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WEEKNIGHTS

by The Welcome

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1.
"Idle Violator" Oh, a set of 24 And most are broken on the floor I could rise But I lay out lengthwise I am, I am The idle violator (Repeat) Tonight, I might Oh, but never mind The heavy weight And disappointing taste Disown these bones That stayed too close to home Cut off the head As it falls, it says, it says I am the idle violator I am the idle violator Oh, a set of 24 And most are broken on the floor
2.
Henrietta 02:26
“Henrietta” Got a taste for your blood On the floor right now Got a taste for your blood On the floor right now I want to take what isn't there Pull it out so everyone can see You keep walking like everything is fine Turn it inside out, turn it inside out Chorus: Henrietta Screams in stereo When the neighbors Aren't at home Hey now, Henry Transistor radio Keep on dancing When you're alone Got a taste for your blood On the floor right now! Don't tell me what it's really like I can taste the asphalt on my tongue Recognize these legs are lifting Recognize that it is really done Chorus (3x) When you're alone When you're alone When you're alone
3.
“Ghost In My Head” Think I need to find a way to Renovate our ancient history The creaky attic in my head Still echoes with your voice And it won’t leave Think I need to find a way to Separate my shoulders from my head Little thoughts that should be nothing Reconvene to crush me in my bed Chorus: You left a ghost in my head (3x) And it's time for it to go Think I need to find a way to Open up my ears and bleed it out Anything to amputate Fingers at my throat when I am down Like I’m down Chorus Oh now honey, can’t you see You took a healthy head and made Halloween Waking up shaking and calling out In this haunted, haunted house You left a ghost, a ghost, a ghost, a ghost (Time for it to go, time for it to go)
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I 00:43
5.
Honey Child 02:16
“Honey Child” My honey child is something catchy My head is humming with the happy racket I don't know what to do ‘cause I can't shake it I don't know what to do I don't know what to do My honey child's got me wrapped so tightly My ears are drumming with the song she writes me I don't know what to do cause it's still sticking I don't know what to do I don't know what to do Na na na na na na na na na na na (4x) My honey child is so incessant She's got me shaking and I'm fucking desperate I don't know what to do but I know I like it I don't know what to do I don't know what to do Na na na na na na na na na na na (4x) I hear my honey calling (4x) My honey child is so goddamn reckless Sweet as everything she's stuck in my head and I don't know what to do, my legs are jelly I don't know what to do except what she tells me Na na na na na na na na na na na (8x) I don't know what to do! I don't know what to do!
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“Latest Breaking” Keep your friends close And your enemies Take them out one by one like the Kennedys In a new suit Double Windsor You gotta take, take, take what it gives you In a short dress With a cute face You got a knack for going back to his place And myself I’m Pushing fiction Trying to find my way into some friction This is the latest And the breaking This is the roar of our recreation This is ours for For the taking And shaking & shaking & shaking Keep your friends close And your enemies Well, make sure to annihilate totally Leave no room for Comparison Ripping little boys into venison You’re a nice girl With a cute face And your weekend packed in a suitcase I’m a different Sort of human Not the kind to get stuck in a room with This is the latest breaking Latest breaking Latest breaking
7.
Vanity Fair 03:21
"Vanity Fair" Baby, I've been watching you Lately, trying to talk to you These patient vertebrae Have so much they could say You've got your eyes pointed at me But your body is a creature That turns to the light from the exit sign I know that you're looking at my hips And I'm feeling kind of split 'Cause you're beautiful (yeah!) But I won't fall for your fiction Chorus: Please don't just magazine me Feed me idle things I don't need I know that you're living by yourself I could fill up those vacancies The heat that I give you Will help me to continue Moving you towards the darkest rooms Baby, I've been watching you Maybe, I'll go home with you But I see what you're trying to do I'll do what I wanna do, not cause you want me to Chorus And I swear that it's not fiction... Please don't just magazine me Feed me idle shit I don't need
8.
Tenticulae 03:02
“Tenticulae” You're always hovering Those long extremities It seems extreme to me But you don't seem to be Your sweetened shadow kiss It visits me in fits It seems to me a myth It seems to me there is no fix I want you to be lonely when I go You don't know Weeknights I spent alone Leisure it lurks And when it grabs it hurts, it hurts I want you to be lonely when I go You don't know Weeknights I spent alone Leisure it lurks And when it grabs it hurts, it hurts You don't know How I have missed you so Lover you hate And when you go I wait, I wait I want you to be lonely when I go
9.
Technicolora 02:42
“Technicolora” You got your money, honey, I got mine Your tongue’s been moving, baby, serpentine Your lips are twisting but it’s all just hiss You need to shut ‘em, sugar, listen to this Your body’s breaking like a Pacific crest You need to give it, child, give it a rest You’re entertaining, but it’s all just tricks You need to shut it, sugar, listen to this Chorus: I said, I said, I said The broken record breaking in Again, again, again, Et cetera and shaking I used to dream of you behind my eyelids Technicolor at the lonely drive-in You looked so pretty on the silver projection But never graced me with the slightest reaction You’re getting older and it shows in the light A smaller audience on opening night Tell me, honey, did you pick out your dress? You need to cool it, sugar, I’m not impressed Chorus I think my love is shifting I think it’s moving on I think these chains are lifting I think they’re really gone
10.
II 00:36
11.
"You Got The Medicine" You got the medicine, I'm not gonna take it You mean so well, but it's just mean Sick, sick, sick You're making me sick You're making me sick, sick You make me sick! sick! sick! You want an injury Honey, I got the proof you need Your mouth moves easily But I can see the teeth Sick, sick, sick You're making me sick You're making me sick, sick You make me sick! sick! sick! You're no professional You got your hands in your pockets But I can tell Sick, sick, sick Girl, you're making me sick
12.
Arrowhead 03:49
"Arrowhead" You & I will open mouths in alternating turns Feel the heat between us, feel it rise up with your words Arrowheads come towards me, you have carved them with your teeth Tearing through my paper skin and I begin to bleed Chorus: And I feel it move in between And I know you're not through with me Love, you don't even see The holes that you leave in me Behind your lips an armory, you've laid me to the ground The salty scent of discontent is bringing me around Chorus And I feel it move in between And I know you're not through with me Love, you don't even see The arrows you leave in me
13.
Policy 03:01
“Policy” Here he is The loveliest Specimen you ever saw Wanna know What makes him so Easy to pass by Is he not easy on the eyes? Looking back On a lack Of elementary education romance Give a bit To the one who always gave a shit And kept you in his thoughts Though you cared not Though you cared not Chorus: Who makes these rules? Who gets who? I want a one that wants me first I want a one that I can hurt First, behave Second, wait Then see how Love comes running up so fast! Ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Don't make me Don't you even try to make me Chorus This is the way things work First, behave Second, wait Then see how Love comes quickly running up!
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III 00:37
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Victoria 03:23
“Victoria” Oh, Victoria Who chewed you up & spat you out? Living in your lived-in skin In your Victorian house Go and take the evening Wrap it ‘round you like a ( ) Go and take the evening Wrap your hands around its ( ) I hate everyone I hate everyone Oh, Victoria When did the bother stop? I’m just trying to say hello But you’d rather not I will take the evening Hide my face behind the ( ) I will take the evening And wait for it to I hate everyone I hate everyone I hate everyone I hate everyone 63 is a sin Don’t you dare let it in Don’t you dare let it in 63 is a sin I hate everyone I’ve ever met

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released March 7, 2014

WEEKNIGHTS
The Welcome

Recorded Sept. 2-8, 2013 at CarterCo Recording by Jamie Carter

Mixed and mastered by Jamie Carter

Produced by Jamie Carter & The Welcome

All songs written by Gehring Miller & Sarah Johnson
except Tracks 3, 6, and 13 written by Gehring Miller
Track 10 written by Jim Vondruska & Jonah Kort
Track 14 written by Jonah Kort & Gehring Miller

All songs arranged and performed by The Welcome
© 2014 Eleventy Seven (ASCAP)

Additional gang vocals by Erin Vogel, Lauren Crabtree, Heather Hain, Joe Grazulis, Paul Doerr, Sam Vicari

The Welcome is

Gehring Miller
Sarah Johnson
Jonah Kort
Jim Vondruska

Special thanks to Jamie Carter, Abe Zverow, Charlie Hernandez, Kerry Weber, Danny Bezinovich, Lizzy Optholt, Sam Vicari, Paul Doerr, Macklin Andrick, Erin Vogel, Lauren Crabtree, Heather Hain, Joe Grazulis

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