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Otter Shambles

by Adrian Aardvark

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1.
Through all the pain you say, through all the pain you say “I am okay”, “I am doing okay” Can’t escape tragedy, can’t escape tragedy, there will be better days so you say In the end we’re all equal Bones and dust and dead people So why can’t we all enjoy this time? Don't look back, just keep on running, going forward In the end we’re all equal Bones and dust and dead people (cold dead people all underground) So why can’t we all enjoy this time? What will I see before I die? Will it be walls or the sky? I wonder... What will I hear before I die? Will it be laughter or a cry? I wonder..... oh oh oh oh! Will you recognize me when I am weathered down Will you recognize me when I am under ground And the maggots are rolling all around underground Do I really want to know what’s at the end? Do i-i-i- i do, i do, I do, uh-huh! In the end we’re all equal Bones and dust and dead people So why can’t we all enjoy this time?
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Boneless 02:43
I want to look into the mirror and see no bones there at all I want to shake your hand and throw you through this here wall And I am so tired of coming to this no end backyard bar-b-que And I am so tired of cumming alone with dirty pictures of you But I can’t change this slow dance into a tango I can’t break my body and revert into a new low But baby I got a heart so full that it could cover up this shit And loose your way back around this last little bit Hey you still came out alright Got your head on straight and put your sex parts right back on Baby cakes, this milk is stale It’s okay since I am out the door, on the road and as good as gone But if I was boneless right now… right now… right now…. I’D SLIDE BACK DOWN UNDER THE SEWERS WHERE I BELONG!
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My name is Adrian Theodore Aardvark, I’ve came to say “hello”, hello, hello I had a dream that my plane crashed into the sea, and everyone aboard died but me, but me Floating and starving in the cold North Atlantic Ocean water, I felt it was the end of me for sure, for sure But alas, I had a vision of how I could survive, for three weeks and five more days Somewhere in the sea there’s a pigeon floating there for me, with its name carved across its chest Softly I swim my way to thee (to thee, to thee), its wings are broken and there’s no hope for life But oh, I am hungry so I eat it raw, with a splash of salt water for flavor But no, it was a dream, I am not about to die Or starve or drown or eat a dead pigeon raw
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Perdón 03:08
Saving your money, oh she’s saving her money And she’s gonna buy a really really really big pair of fake tits When something is so old, and something is so bold It takes the shit with the gold and not have their wrists up in slits Oh I see what you meant by that now I will die alone I will die on the phone On hold waiting for you I am sold on you I got a hold on you I wanna get old with you I gotta die cold with you I just hope you know I’d forgive you for everything If you wouldn’t mind me kissing your toes at Your parents’ house sometime on Thanksgiving Shaaaa-ut up you little weasel She don’t care for that kinky sort of thing She’s a good girl with a good Solid Christian upbringing I know, I know I just don’t know what I was thinking
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and then it goes to your hypnotic toes i am a gentleman but i wouldn’t mind mouthing your feet so, you turned out to be sicker in the head than me it’s alright when you’re in bed but this fella still has eyes on yer toes, uh-oh!! suckling, rubbing, i think i am gonna paint your nails pink & blue wiggling, flexing, you think it’s the ugliest part on you but that’s untrue sep-er-rate your... sick minded love-lust feelings for one night!! dis-con-nect the phone... so we can be alone, do this till it’s done right!! i wanna say, whatever gets you on, leave it on, throw it on, and come away with me! i wanna say, i know what gets you on, i will leave it on, bring it on, and go away with you! go away... with you... come away.... with me... for one night.
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Soda Water 03:49
i've been drinking for some time i've been giving up alcohol for a while but it always finds its ways in my glass whatcha worried for it is only soda water have one little drink, okay have one shot, okay have a glass of wine, okay have a can of beer, well okay whatcha worried for it is only soda water times keep changing but things will be the same things will always (never) be the same
8.
oh.... mountain troll, mountain troll do you still live underground?? mountain troll, mountain troll can you hear my jumping around?? i am climbing the mountain i am climbing the mountain i am climbing the mountain i am the king of the mountain i am the king of the mountain i am the king of the mountain huh huh uhhhhhh
9.
yesterday, i sold my eternal soul to a pleasant well dressed pagan and just today, i’ve lost control i’m killing off all my good friends again i’m standing here saying i’m so sorry my suit is stained with their blood and i don’t know what came over me well i don’t really wanna talk about it i’ll be thinking of what went wrong when i’m burning in hell for eternity burn, burn, burn and i thought i was doing my best to stay far away from my evil ways then i felt my soul leave my chest that pagan cashed in and now i must obey hey, hey...... oh... cleaning up this mess, and i realize, i’m all alone, all alone! i’ve drained everyone’s blood, onto, their carpets of their expensive homes went through their things and i find crappy keyboards and scratched up CDs so, i think to myself, SELF, lets start a band, get some gigs and try to get laid i’ll score a record deal and headline a world tour, i’ll save up my money and buy back my soul i’ll feel complete again, worth something, on the day that i get made until someday...
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Tough Enough 01:07
while i am gonna stand up and call your bluff i am gonna prove to this world that i am tough enough yeah i am fucking tough and it can hit me all year with bad vibrations cuz i am done with all the news stations i am making this weather and it’s clear for you so you can see out your window and wave “hello” to that mailman that you like who just got his job to feed his kids so they can have the strength to walk to school and become smarter people to make this whole great world a better place for even more little people to do the same and the same and the same till the end of time
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Smarty Pants 03:29
I am impressed that you are a genius I just go wild when you talk to me oh so smart But sometimes, I’m ashamed to say, I get a little jealous That you know all the chambers of my heart Lets take off your smarty pants and give this dumb boy a fighting chance! Lets take off your smarty pants and get ready to dance, dance and dance! Many days I’ve been alone, hoping to hear your voice on the phone but you’ve left me hanging out here to dry I called your mom and she said you were gone, so I crashed outside on your lawn and your daddy ran me over with his lawn mower and I die You turn yourself into a scientist, with a lab, potions, well you get the gist You put my cold dead body on the operating table You get me prepped for reanimation, restart my body with a new sensation Bolts of lightning go through my body and now I am able... To run and sing about how smart you are You brought me back to life and you’ve raised the bar Whatever knowledge I lack, I know you’ve got my back Cuz you are my one and own, smarty pants! So why don’t you give me a fighting chance?
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what are you birthing for if you don’t have the power to give birth? i want to die and create my life over and over again oh come out in the moon light with me oh see the pregnant moon with me
13.
mmmm mmmmmm i don’t feel like singing anymore no more today
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Gunslinger 01:01
do you want to be a real gunslinger like me i hope, i hope, i hope, i hope

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Buried under a blanket of sunless sky and comforted in a deathbed and dreaming of women in smarty pants... this drunken gunslinger stumbles through experimental folk-pop songs while running away from mountain trolls at high speeds.

Recorded shortly after moving to Keflavik, Iceland and following a series of loss of loved ones and continuous rejection in the search of love.

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released December 20, 2006

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Adrian Aardvark Plattsburgh, New York

Adirondack mountain electric freak folk

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