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1. |
I Don't Want A Legacy
02:01
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I Don’t Want A Legacy
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Clavinet
Ella Sugar: Vocals
A bitter heart, I'll tell you
I can't blame
It's just the fault of envy
So I'm walking away
I don't care what people say
I don't want a legacy
I don't need the pleasure/pain
I don't want a legacy
Mark my words they'll sell you
All the same
It's not their fault, they're empty
Auri Sacra Fames
(Chorus)
I don’t want it!
(Chorus)
Don't want a legacy
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2. |
En Vogue
01:38
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En Vogue
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
You got a smile so sweet
That people wonder how
But then you start to speak
Those people shudder now
Ooooh!
Brrrrr...
Ick!
No you're never gonna get it
There's not a lot of love
For the pathetic
They oughta drain your head
And then reset it now
(Chorus)
You can't rely on it
It'll wear you out
(Chorus)
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3. |
Outta Control
01:51
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Outta Control
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit
Ella Sugar: Vocals
Uh-oh, I'm outta control
Yeah I'm outta control!
Light 'em up, let 'em burn hard
And face the hills like a rampart
And take me back to a time where I couldn't love
I just rode
I don't know about an anchored future
Where I sit, picking at my sutures
All I know, headlight and a bead on the open road
Lighten the load.
Outta control
Uh-oh
Outta control
I relive my past
Where I burned myself
Cause I chained my heart to a ladder in hell
I can't dwell
Light 'em up, let 'em breathe, let 'em burn hard
And turn the bikes out coastward
A concrete essay on needing nothing you know
Lighten the load
Outta control
Uh-oh
Outta control
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4. |
I Want Fun
02:08
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I Want Fun
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
Just a sea of rigid necks
All arms are crossed, knees are locked, and charm is vexed
Long faces straight, an affected gait
Not a calorie will go to waste
And a t-shirt with the right movement
Oooh
I want fun!
In my guts, in my head, and in my lungs
Oooh
Gimme fun!
And I don't care what I wear or "how it's done"
Now find yourself some vagary
And do your best to shed conceit
Swing your hips and arms and shuffle feet
Cause the time to be a lifeless beam
Will meet us when this shit careens
So break away
From all you "love"
That's why we're here
To-to-to have some fun
Cause you were born
A stick in mud
I'm wasting breath
Ca-ca-cause you got none
You got none
You got none
Maybe some
Probably none
(Chorus)
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5. |
Bustin' Out
01:33
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Bustin' Out
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie, Hand Claps
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar, Vocals, Hand Claps
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Hand Claps
Ella Sugar: Vocals
Ready, steady, go man go
I'm bustin' out of the hospital
I ain't feelin' too well
And I'll see you in hell
Before I'm gonna pay you
Doctor's nurses and the rest
Wanna make me stay and take one more test
(Chorus)
I ain’t gonna pay you
I'll never pay you
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6. |
Starch Ideas
02:10
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Starch Ideas
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Xylophone
Ella Sugar: Vocals
A pen pegged firm to an empty page
Feeling finite's grasp at an early age
Give me clever, Give me clever
Just tell me what to sever
Give me clever, Give me clever
Cause I'm forcing all endeavors
Give me clever, Give me clever
I'll drown alone in starch ideas
How could a clump of letters bring me to my knees?
Elicit quickened pulse, foment fervent pleas
(Chorus)
Yeah starch ideas
Gimme starch ideas
(Chorus)
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7. |
A Failure's Wake
03:03
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A Failure's Wake
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Shakers
Ella Sugar: Vocals
I lie and wait
In cotton tombs
I stage a failure's wake
And your words exhume
My empty chest
Where hope sat blind to fate
What was nothing new to me
Was something cruel to you
A bottom line was skewed
And now there's nothing I can do...
Erase my heart
This never was for you
Replace the start
And leave the right to choose
It's getting late
My eyes stay glued
On tiles miles away
The fan sifts through
A thousand why's
I'll never tie to sense
Something cruel to you
Was nothing new to me
A bottom line was skewed
And now there's nothing I can do...
Erase my heart
This never was for you
Replace the start
And leave the right to choose
Cause while I writhe and wait
And hope and pray that my phone rings
And you will say, "I'm coming back to die with you." With you.
I know that you're awake and pained
And hoping you can walk away
So you can finally have the life you want for two. For two
(Chorus)
Erase my heart
This never was for you
Erase my heart
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8. |
Livin' In My Head
01:57
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Livin’ In My Head
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
White shriveled lips
Shell a clenching jaw
If I could get passed my molars, I'd burn these walls
Instead I lap
These cartilage halls
Let's pin my scalp back, maybe I can raise it all
Cause I've been living in my head
Thought treble
I've been living in my head
Unsettled
I've been living in my head
Why revel?
I've been living in my head
Unleveled
I've been low...
Too slow to stall
Even carnal thoughts now rarely get cased at all
Try to sculpt the truth
With sweaty palms
But analytical and lonely is nerve napalm
(Chorus)
What I've learned of living in my skull I gleaned from fear
And if I chew these nails up sharp enough I could just claw out of my ears
(Chorus)
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9. |
I Don't Feel At All
02:25
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I Don’t Feel At All
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Lead Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Pete “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
It's like I'm thinking out loud
Standing alone in a crowd
But I can't hear myself
It's like I'm sitting in a room
And I ain't leaving too soon
Cuz there's no way out
I've got to take control
And climb out of this hole
I don't feel at all
It's like I'm staring at a wall
Waiting for it all to fall
Right to the ground
It's like I'm drowning in a lake
But please make no mistake
It's of my own despair
I've got to take control
And climb out of this hole
I don't feel at all
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10. |
Deceiver
02:40
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Deceiver
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
I lie in wait now
To loot and take now
Forced face and forked tongue
Your too fed to outrun
Roll out the rug
I’ll violate all reason,
Exaggerate your feelings
And you will welcome me in
Deceiver! Deceiver!
I’ll advertise my treasons
Annihilate the ceiling
And you will welcome me in
Deceiver! Deceiver!
You’ll say you hate how
I refuse to kowtow
But you’ll never waste me
Because I’m a cloud off your steam
Roll out the rug
(Chorus)
Roll out the rug
(Chorus)
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11. |
I Wanna Know
02:47
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I Wanna Know
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Vibraslap
Ella Sugar: Vocals
Everyday it divides us
While we lie there
And argue what it will mean
So we buy it
When never can we afford it
And we’re basted
With what we think we can do
Will it take me
Will it break me
I want to know
Ride the waves they report out
While we lie there
In dietary demise
Faux ignited
By the wares of the hoggish
So we lash out
At those we’re fed to despise
(Chorus)
“I don’t want to believe, I want to know.”
(Chorus)
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12. |
Big Boring Meeting
01:13
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Big Boring Meeting
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Magic Genie
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
Well I'm the first one here I guess I'll just wait
Never mind now they're here but they're ten minutes late
Someone's talking and they're talking, and they're talking some more
But I'm never gonna listen cuz I'm already bored, at this….
Big boring meeting
Now we're gettin' to the point where the data is flowing
What's that one part really mean? Yeah, well nobody's knowin'
Time is up now we're done but I got something to say
Hey I didn't really wanna smell your breath all day, at this...
Big boring meeting
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13. |
No AC
00:46
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No AC
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
I got no AC!
No AC!
I got no AC!
No AC!
It’s a hundred and four fucking degrees…
In the shade, and where is the breeze?
How does someone sweat behind their knees?
I think I’ve got a rare disease?
It’s a hundred and four fucking degrees.
And the trees provides me no relief
Tell me why I move to L.A. please?
I may leave because…
I got no AC!
No AC!
I got no AC!
No AC!
I got no AC!
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She Wants To Die Before I Do
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Shakers
Ella Sugar: Vocals
She can’t stand the thought of being lonely
She wants to die before I do
Buried in the ground
Scattered in the air
Just as long as she’s first
She don’t care
She can’t stand the thought of being lonely
She wants to die before I do
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15. |
Tom
01:25
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Tom
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
At the earth, Tom was feeling frustrated.
A river swelled and the fields were castrated
Tensions high and they hotly debated
Funds were gone, blinds were drawn, resentments overstated
“If you really want to change it…”, Tom would say it, “…change your mind.”
Tom tried to grow a rose field
Tom tried to breathe some joy here
When townies hands started bleeding
They loved to blame his seeding
Tom tried to grow a rose field
In his yard Tom began to start planting
A fragrant scent for the feeling’s fermented
The greedy grabbed and the thorns they repaid it
Tom was scorned, payback sworn, resentments overstated
“If you really want to change it…”, Tom would say it, “…change your mind.”
(Chorus)
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16. |
(You Can't) Drag Me Down
02:36
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(You Can’t) Drag Me Down
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals, Chinese Bells
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine, Shaker
Ella Sugar: Vocals
We headed to Logan for the fourth
Saw her standing on the phone, backlit by a porch
I wanted to meet her
Said I wanted to know her load
Yeah I wanted to meet her
Now I'm in too deep for sure
Why do I keep buying all the rope to drag me down
You can't drag me down
Why do I keep buying all the rope just to drag me down
Please don't drag me down
Joanne needed needles for before
She took me down a road I loathed, I know this for sure
Now I want to flee her
Said I want to escape her lows
Said I want to flee her
But I'm in too deep for sure
(Chorus)
I'll ease her pain (no)
She said she'll change (no)
I can fix her brain (no)
I'm goin' insane, what have I done?!
(Chorus)
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17. |
Run Away
02:34
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Run Away
(Stimsell/Shithead/Bohner/Standard/Sugar)
Continental Turbulence Music, ASCAP
“Little” Stevie Shithead: Vocals
Charlie “Continental” Stimsell: Guitars, Vocals
Duke “Box” Standard: Bass Guitar
Peter “P.” Bohner: Drum Kit, Tambourine
Ella Sugar: Vocals
Dine,
While you eat I’ll watch the rear
And make sure the coast is clear
And I’ll strain anatomy, and fidget knees, until a breaking
Point,
From your seat I’m in your ear
Airing your deepest fears
And I’ll strain your family, and dignity, until a breaking point
Run away
You got to run away
Runaway
You got to run away
If you feel it
Then believe it
What if people see me?
Can’t you hear your heart beating?
Pride?
You won’t retrieve it
Run away
You got to run away
Hide,
You should shield yourself from peers
And forsake all you hold dear
And I’ll plague your sanity, viscerally, until a breaking
Point,
I’ll erode your comfort sphere
Transform you into drear
And I’ll beat your sensory, delivery unto the breaking point
(Chorus)
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18. |
We're Desperate
02:02
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We’re Desperate
( X )
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SPELLS Denver, Colorado
SPELLS is a five-piece juggernaut from Denver, CO. They are vacation rock to be exact. They produce short blasts of intense
melody and driving rhythms that are custom made to entertain the band members themselves and serve as an excuse to go play shows in cities that have beaches nearby. If your city's best offers include said beach and a good breakfast joint, count them in.
SPELLS RULES
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