FAWM 2011

by Smashy Claw

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2011 was the first year I tried out the February Album Writing Month or FAWM. In said month you are unreasonably tasked to write and/or record 14 brand new songs. I totally succeeded.

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released 27 February 2011
Austin Aeschliman: Everything ever

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tags: alternative experimental fawm geek indie pop rock rushed as hell Longmont

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Some unsolicited testimony on the overwhelming awesomeness of Smashy Claw:

"Stop contacting ... more us!"
-Raves the New York Times newspaper

"They are visionary geniuses who are redefining music as we know it today"
-Austin Aeschliman of Smashy Claw less

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Track Name: Jar of Worms (Demo)
I'm out of luck, on top of the town
I'm caught in the clutch of this beast, going down

How did I let things get so far?
Looks like I opened up a jar of worms
Those shady dudes were eyeing me
They gave me a free glass of tea
My eyelids weighed down with each sip

I woke up sometime later, I felt thin
Saw my reflection in the river, yellow skin

How can I live like this?
I guess I won't live long
There's a giant ape and he's coming my way
He's looking to get some lunch
Life sucks as a banana

A hungry monkey tears down trees
Chasing at the fruit he wants to eat, I'm screwed
A helicopter drags me fast
With a harness I'm attached
On the bright side now I'm full of potassium

I wonder what will happen, if I'm detached
Will they let me get chomped on or change me back?

Get him to the zoo
Get him to the zoo

How can I live like this?
I guess I didn't live long
There's a hungry ape and it looks like he ate
I'm gone

I'm out of luck, on top of the town
I'm caught in the clutch of this thing, going down
Track Name: Deadbeat Decimal (Demo)
My name is 3.14160
You might have heard of my brother
His name is π
Everybody is so damn proud of him
They say he's a constant
And I'm constantly drunk

He gets all the glory
They think I am boring
I'm not sure why
He'll help you do geometry
They're not so fond of me
He's in his prime

My parents 2 and 3
They barely even notice me
I'm still living with them
While my brother bathes in his success
I dropped out of school
I'm a deadbeat decimal

Every Christmas, π got more presents than me
They thought he was special, I disagree
They're so impressed by how he can find a ratio of a circles circumference
Well, I can do this trick where it looks like I cut off my thumb

He gets all the revelry
I'm stuck in obscurity
This is my life
If I ever need some quick cash
I've got a video of this gay dance
He did when he was five, black mail home boy

My parents 2 and 3
They barely even notice me
I'm still living with them
While my brother bathes in his success
I dropped out of school
I'm a deadbeat decimal
Track Name: Hey Jude (Demo)
I've got this new roommate, he's kind of a jerk
He drank all the coffee, now I'll be cranky all day at work
His name is Jude
Isn't it funny how that word rhymes with rude?
Hey Jude, I gotta message for you:
You suck

He borrowed my iPhone then he left it outside in the mud
Every time he kills a hooker, I have to clean up the blood
When I'm trying to sleep
He makes loud noises praising Satan by sacrificing sheep
Hey Jude, I gotta message for you:
You suck

I clean the house, I make the meals
I got him a bomb kit for his birthday
What does he do for me? Nothing at all it seems
He and his Taliban buddies burned down a building in my name
Hey Jude, I totally hope you move out soon
You asshole
Track Name: Winning the War
Word around town is that you can't get your words out
If you don't come home a winner then don't come home at all
You picked four words, well there's an easy word score
You squandered your talent by writing novels, you failed me, son
You'll be the champ
Then I can say that I am that kid's dad

I know times are hard
You've got three 'Ls' and nothing to attach 'em on
You better put those letters on the board 'till you're sore
They may have won the Scrabble, but we won the war

You let me down cause you just let my dream die
A second placing son is certainly no son of mine
You could've had it all, I don't think you realize
We could've had that coupon and that $50 prize
It's time to go
I guess we won't be taking that plastic trophy home

I know times are hard
You've got three 'Ls' and nothing to attach 'em on
You better put those letters on the board 'till you're sore
They may have won the Scrabble, but we won the war
Track Name: Amberline (Demo)
Sweet Amberline
English class, a thousand hands
I give a glance, you take a chance, you're wrong
You blush with pride, at least you tried
You hide your eyes, escape the snide remarks
You say you'll never leave this town
If that's the case then I'll stay put
Cause even here is good when you're around

Sweet Amberline
The doctor's here, we're rife with fear
He says the thing we're most afraid to hear
We'll get through, we always do
I'm trying to convince me more than you
I know that times look bleak
But it's the best of us that brave the weight
When things seem incomplete

Sweet Amberline
A fleeting beat, the prompter beeps
Then like a shriek, it echoes without pause
My eyes deceive, I can't believe
There's no relief, my stomach's in a knot
But I'll be calm real soon
I'm eighty-five, there's not much time
Till I'll be seeing you
Sweet Amberline
Track Name: My Other Car is a Giant Head
A shadow sweeps across the land
Giant people with socks on hand
They enslaved and ate most of the Earth
But every Monday we get ice cream for what that's worth
It's not like I'm saying I cared that much for the old regime
But there's certainly a comfort in knowing
You won't be sedated and then ated, now I hate it

All I see are sock puppets all over town
There don't seem to be any real people hanging around
None that I've found, except at the pound
Highly sedated
All I see are sock puppets staring at me
They're chasing me, I've got to flee
Sock puppets, sock puppets
I don't understand
Giant floating hands, covered with socks

We had the upper hand when it came to brains
We snuck an obedience drug in their veins
Now they're less like foes and more like pets
We haven no need for cars, cause we've got giant heads
I got mine in the mail last Thursday
He's so cool, but how did the company box him
And if Billy Tovaleski calls me names, he'll go squash him

All I see are people riding around
They're up there riding on the heads in the clouds
When they want on the ground, the heads all fall down
Highly sedated
All I see are sock puppets staring at me
They're dumb as can be, they sleep in the trees
Sock puppets, sock puppets
I don't understand
Giant floating hands, covered with socks

Billy Tovaleski's got a better sock than me
And I've been saving up to show him off, you'll see

All I see are the monsters all over town
I've accepted their dominance. I kissed the crown
There's chains on my arms. What could be the harm?
I'm highly sedated
Track Name: Cardiac Probe (Demo)
We met under some strange circumstances
Is it any wonder we were getting all those sideways glances
I remember how those people stared in aw
When they saw us walk together, you holding my hand in your claw
So, who cares if you've got six arms
Your jaw extends, your head is large
What makes us different is what makes us whole
Just let them hate what they don't understand
What we haves great, and that's all I ask
In time they'll see that were breaking the mold

I don't care what they say
I moved into your UFO
Our love's banned in forty states
My cardiac probe won't let me let you go

I remember our first date on one warm spring night
I ate a sandwich, you unhinged your jaw and ate a cat in one bite
When I introduced you to my parents they screamed
They told me white should be with white, and green should only be with green
They always said don't judge on race
So why the change on your three nosed face
No stinging sneer will ever beat us down
Don't pay attention to the ignorant ones
Their narrow minds can't see through the dust
Who are they to judge where love can be found

I don't care what they say
I moved into your UFO today
Our love's banned in forty states
My cardiac probe won't let you go away
Track Name: CHOMPCHOMPCHOMP (Demo)
Take this unlucky bloke
Take him to get his scrawny neck choked
Hang him up on a rope
Or better yet slice it off for the folks

Chomp, chomp, chomp
Says the guillotine, till it's full
It gets fed twice a week
On killers and fools
A rusty blade, a bloody serenade

I think that I smell a witch
She's working for the devil so let's throw the switch
A headless body will twitch
It's good entertainment for all the kids

Chomp, chomp, chomp
Says the guillotine, till it's full
It gets fed twice a week
On killers and fools
A rusty blade, a bloody serenade

Soon you'll be lying dead
All the people's shoes are covered in red
You made it, now lie in bed
Every twice a week, come get some head

Chomp, chomp, chomp
Says the guillotine, till it's full
It gets fed twice a week
On killers and fools
A rusty blade, a bloody serenade
Track Name: A River In Egypt (Demo)
I started a diet last week
It's going pretty well, I almost lost a pound
I walk around the block for ten minutes every other day
I should treat myself to a chocolate ice cream mound
Just you wait, I'll lose the weight
So, what's the harm in eating a pizza whole?

My friends say I'm in denial
But I've never been to Egypt
So, what the hell do they mean?

I must be getting thin, cause it says that I weigh zero pounds
Wait, never mind, I just broke the scale
I should jog, but I don't wanna, I'll do twice as much tomorrah
For now, I've got this sheet cake I must inhale (SQUAK)
My shirts hug my skin, I'm just too big to fit
Well, you've heard the old saying
You'll get fatter before you get thin

My friends say I'm in denial
But I've never been to Egypt
So, what the hell do they mean?

Big, big, big, big, bones
Big, big, big, big, bones

My friends say I'm in denial
But I've never been to Egypt
So, what the hell do they mean?
Track Name: Larry the Retard's Discount Disco
Hey, chicken little
Come down to my store
You can buy a tiny fiddle
And a bunch of other shit you don't fucking need

Come to Larry the Retard's Discount Disco
You can come inside and I will dance around
And you can touch my helmet
Track Name: Collecting Dust (Demo)
Everyday I'm reminded, I was just a fad
Cause now I'm in a box, next to your outdated crap
Every now and then get to feeling betrayed
You wouldn't treat your other pets this way
I remember my life before I went to the store
I used to live in a yard, I always felt so ignored
But then you bought me and one week later set me aside
I'm so petrified

But I don't want to be some stupid geode
You can just string along
You probably think I'm ignorant igneous
Well, you're wrong

Now I'm just sitting here, I'm collecting dust
Into the darkness I stare, with no illusion of trust
You've made it clear that you never wanted me
My sediments exactly

I've tried several times to escape this cardboard cage
But its hard to pull off without an arm or a leg
Please get me out, this Barbie is annoying as hell
Damn you Mattel

And the Ouija board is such a hippie
And the Slinky's lame
And the Monopoly is missing pieces
Stupid game

Now I'm just sitting here, I'm collecting dust
Into the darkness I stare, with no illusion of trust
You've made it clear that you never wanted me
My sediments exactly

I know you love your iPod
And your Droid phone
But where will they be in ten years?
They're gonna be in the garage with me
Track Name: Way Home (Demo)
I haven't felt like myself in so long
I'm always in someone else's shoes
I only wanted to rewrite the wrong
But I never thought I would give up all I knew

Accelerate me to a whole new time
The memories unclear
Why can't we let these people just live their lives?
Is it god who keeps me here?
I've got to find my way home

When I look in the mirror, it's always someone else
I can't remember how I appear
I've got a hologram observer and he's here to help
But can he help me bring back the years?

Al's my best friend, but he's kind of weird
He lusts after every girl
As he tries to figure out why I'm here
I'm stuck saving the world
But they don't know, so I'll find my way home