Get all 6 Trade Heroes releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Just Checkin' In, We'll Figure It Out, Carousel, Running Wild, Trade Heroes, and Phosphene.
1. |
What Then?
03:27
|
|||
|
Yes I recognize your face
But you're not quite the social type
Every night you lie awake
And alphabetize your 45s
From A to Z
From Abba to the Zombies
You use your taste to justify
All the time that's gone to waste
Since your last night with Mrs. Right
The one who got away
The one you can't replace
If she stood outside your house
Would you let her in?
Would you try again?
If she swore to figure this thing out
What would you do then?
Tell me what then
Yes I know it's hard to see
Why you need that so-and-so
The hardest part of being free
Is knowing where you're supposed to go
You're stuck inside
Night after night
Oh here we go now one, two, three
You reach for the telephone
And hope you don't get the machine
It's all you can do
It's nothing new
If he stood outside your house
Would you let him in?
Would you try again?
If he swore to figure this shit out
What would you do then?
Tell me what then
|
||||
2. |
The Other Man
03:49
|
|||
|
I've had distractions, recreations
Empty pursuits and flirtations
I even committed to a few
But why not include you?
Or maybe it was you
Who couldn't include me
Knowing that yours is what I wanted to be
We've heard all the reasons before
Don't fault me if I want more
Please don't think me weak
I want another chance to speak
And if I'm a fool who's lost his cool
Then turn off your stereo
Didn't you know?
I fell over backward for you
But forward was the way you went
And whether that's false or true
I only know the shot's been spent
For me to be something other than
The other man
When my flirtations became frustrations
And I lost touch with those sensations
I could only think of you
Oh what a Catch-22
If just for once the timing was right
I swear to you, I won't put up a fight
So treat me like an open book
Come and take a closer look
Please don't think me weak
I want another chance to speak
And if I'm a clown with a painted frown
Then hang up your telephone
Didn't you know?
I fell over backward for you
But forward was the way you went
And whether that's false or true
I only know the shot's been spent
For me to be something other than
The other man
(CHORUS)
|
||||
3. |
Carousel
05:15
|
|||
4. |
Running Wild
05:22
|
|||
5. |
LA
04:33
|
|||
|
I can see the fire in the canyon
Come the dawn this place will be abandoned
I got just enough to get us through the night
Drink a glass of this stuff, babe, and it'll be alright
The air clings to me now
Like the whiskey on your breath
It's too goddamn hot out here
For all this talk of life and death
I'd pass you the bottle
If you could take another pull
I'd like to light your cigarette
But the ashtray's almost full
I can see the storm beyond the spillway
Coming down to wash those rusted heaps away
Now the water's six feet high and rising fast
All we've got's the moment so let's make it last
The moon hangs overhead
Like the ember from your hand
Shining on the only souls
In this godforsaken land
I'll stay til the morning
Even if the sun don't rise
I'll take whatever comfort's left
In your sweetly worded lies
The earth shakes below my feet
Like the heartbeat in your chest
Just a little longer now
And we'll be buried with the rest
I'd pray for deliverance
If there was anywhere to go
I'll just lie down next to you
And await the final blow
|
||||
6. |
The Blade
03:09
|
|||
|
Tell me do you jump at the things that bump in the middle of the night
Under the bed and in your mind
The devil is real but to break the deal when he barks you’ve got to bite
Keep your head and you will find
I’m the one
To make ‘em bleed
The cutting edge
A killer needs
The instrument
Of your intent
If you can tell right from wrong
Use me either way
In the longest night
You will be the hand
And I will be the blade
Tell me do you hide when the beast inside comes out to feed again
The rising heat in the falling dark
Or do you get a rush when you feel the flush of blood against your skin
The ragged beat of the animal heart
I’m the one
To cut the seams
See me flash
Hear them scream
Tear the ghost
From the host
(CHORUS)
Break from right and wrong
Use me night or day
In the longest fight
You will be the hand
And I will be the blade
|
||||
7. |
A Little Mystery
04:20
|
|||
|
Look in my eyes
And you will see
Just how wrong
A man can be
Headstrong
And still so weak
I apologize
Yet again
For the shape
I am in
I’ll change
But don’t ask when
Tell me your side
There’s always two
It takes a life
To know what’s true
But I got time
To learn from you
Maybe your pride
Is worth the pain
As for me
There’s only shame
My need
To explain
Oh I don’t know
Where we go from here
Every little word is so sincere
But the truth
It ain’t as sweet
As a lie
That’s meant to leave
A little mystery
Oh I don’t know
Where we go from here
Every little word is so sincere
But after all
Honestly
If you can lie
You get to leave
A little mystery
|
||||
8. |
Mr. Tried and True
04:54
|
|||
|
Strictly two by two's today
Beats the stalls on the freeway
We got nothing to do so let's stay
And talk the whole day away
Simply doomed by taste again
But she seemed like a Greek fan
It's one thing to try and defend
Another to pretend
No matter what gets thrown my way
You can bet I'll stay the same
Picked up, put down, past due
Call me Mr. Tried and True
|
||||
Trade Heroes Los Angeles, California
Farm-fresh fandangos from four flippant fools festooned in faux flair.
Trade Heroes recommends:
Metal at its very finest: catchy, brutal, immaculately produced, socially conscious.
go to album
The personal becomes universal in this waking dream of an EP.
go to album
A working thesis on shame, longing, and acceptance that will make you think and feel in equal measure.
go to albumIf you like Trade Heroes, you may also like:
Strange, Strange Times
by The Ugly Kings
Combining crooned murder ballads with raw, angsty hard rock hooks, Melbourne's The Ugly Kings are a wrecking crew well worth watching.
go to album
Oscars & Jellyfish
by Thaylobleu
Debut album from the D.C. rock band. Full of edgy rhythms, the LP evokes memories of the city's punk scene.
go to album
The crossover no one saw coming—a sinister, album-length tribute to the King from the legendary Glenn Danzig.
go to album
