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Moving Day

from Killing The Teenage by Calamity Down

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I originally titled this track I Don't Recall Much of This As True. Its long winded name matched its even longer original run time. I shaved an extra two minutes off from what you hear. Weird enough this song was heavily inspired by Only in Dreams by Weezer.

The vocals took a long time to write. I struggled with identifying how I wanted them to sound and eventually opted for the mostly spoken style you hear. I decided to double most of the verse's vocals to represent a haunting presence. Eventually that presence leaves, hence the single vocal track at the very end.

I took Neil's advise from Fistless and applied it to Moving Day which allowed the drums to be far more dynamic than they originally were.

The sample was recorded some time in the late fifties or early sixties.

lyrics

I know I know
I know I know
I know

I got yours, don’t get mine
I’m finally allowed
To breath tonight
In the open air
The Air

I shrug off this dust
The job is done
I am never coming
You are finally going
The bed stays empty

This smoke you play in
Leaves me molten
Looking out this window
I become smaller
As you drive away

Yelling to walls
I won’t hear it
Volume flow through me
I’m pierced beyond it
The echo is slapping back

This hand drags truth
I can’t ground myths
Charcoal grazes my wounds
The callous makes me warm
I embrace my burn marks

I regret another holiday when I wouldn’t curse you
I regret another car ride when I couldn’t beat you
I regret this other chance to finally hurt you
Nothing but my eyes
My rain is heavy
My skin is seizing
I itch on the inside
I’m filled with your sound
Are you ever leaving

It’s moving day
And I’m feeling free
The rooms are breathing
The oxygen is coming

You don’t recall
much of this as true
It’s not a big deal
Why carry that weight

Even when gone
shadows lingers
Reverb cuthroat
Careless message

You won’t believe
What I tell you
least in my mind
Not just yet

It’s moving day
And I’m feeling lost
The rooms are talking
The air’s been poisoned

If you won’t admit
Much of this as true
It dies.

Poison stares at me
But I seek antidotes
Vagrant but clear blue
Strip mined in untruths
This will take time

A hand reaches out
I can’t hang on just yet
pet the surface tension
This takes more time
You still live here

Sleep echo is old
But I’m ready to stare
You only come in the dark
Forms are unsure to me
The room waits for me

I throw my cap high
I want to move on
But you followed
So I do it again
You grow further away

I regret another holiday when I wouldn’t curse you
I regret another car ride when I couldn’t beat you
I regret this other chance to finally hurt you
Nothing but my eyes
My rain is heavy
My skin is seizing
I itch on the inside
I’m filled with your sound
Are you ever leaving

It’s moving day
And I’m feeling free
The rooms are breathing
The oxygen is coming

You don’t recall
much of this as true
It’s not a big deal
Why carry that weight

Even when gone
shadows lingers
Reverb cuthroat
Careless message

You won’t believe
What I tell you
least in my mind
Not just yet

It’s moving day
And I’m feeling lost
The rooms are talking
The air’s been poisoned

If you won’t admit
Much of this as true
It dies

You don’t erase
My inside is knots
Ink stains everything
Is my heart blackened

How does this void
Haunt like the stone
And also give me
A chance to sleep

I draw a circle
and say the prayer
The sweat I’m giving
It will help sever

You sent a letter
The rope is thinning
I hid a last time
The tie is breaking

The bond is dead
I float in the river
It took some time
But I’m never drowning

I’ll take the stains
And connect the scars
When the sun is shining
They become stars

Moving day
Cut into
These boxes
And unpack
all the haunts
line them up
onto these shelf
take them down
play some time
and then go
into the trash
and light it up
light them up
burn them down
burn

I regret another holiday when I wouldn’t curse you
I regret another car ride when I couldn’t beat you
I regret this other chance to finally hurt you
Nothing but my eyes
My rain is heavy
My skin is seizing
I itch on the inside
I’m filled with your sound
Are you ever leaving

It’s moving day
And I’m feeling free
The rooms are breathing
The oxygen is coming

You don’t recall
much of this as true
It’s not a big deal
Why carry that weight

Even when gone
shadows lingers
Reverb cuthroat
Careless message

You won’t believe
What I tell you
least in my mind
Not just yet

It’s moving day
I’m feeling lost
The rooms are talking
This air’s been poisoned

Even if you hide your lies
I live

What do I do
With all the clutter
I pile it up
Onto the curb
And somebody can take it
It’s no longer mine
I take no ownership
I’m finally home
I sit amongst the four walls
And I watch the sky
I feel free
I feel home
And I feel safe
I look next to you
And the air is pure

credits

from Killing The Teenage, released September 17, 2023

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