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Bring 'Em In Vol. 1

by Various Artists

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1.
I can’t get up, My feet are swollen I can’t complain, Even in pain, ‘Cus I still feel, I still believe On my way to your new home, See you your name carved in the stone, (To) tell you stories you’ll never hear On the path to your epitaph, All those years away, Fighting everyday, Still I wear my scars with pride And hope someone will hear my cries A cold welcome back, All those years, All those dreams, I look deep in the landscapes But all I see is their faces Knocking on my door I hear them ghosts, knocking on my door, I see them running, vanishing, Was I right, was I wrong? Doubts in my mind as dust is settling Nothin’ seems true Anymore, (The) Duality, within me, I did good let the record show I got it right so I was told I am the hero, with dishonor? Your heroic villain? Do I hide behind my medals? I flip the coin, I see all sides Who’s side am I on? Where do I belong? Face to face with the enemy We're on our knees bleeding Bleeding on my floor
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Well lookie here! This is a fine fortress you built, you built, you built, you built, yeah! Now don’t be scared, I’m just admiring your skills, your skills, your skills, your skills, yeah! This is a safe space, it’s such a safe place, I feel so safe here (Just don’t slip up!) This is a safe space, it’s such a safe place, with all my safe friends (Just don’t fuck up!) You’ll avoid discomfort in this tower that you’ve built No need to learn how to navigate conflict (just hide your guilt!) I see you whispering about evil deeds for the guillotine. And you can be the queen of this pure scene if you remain pristine. This “community” gives me anxiety This “community” gives me anxiety Enjoy your island! I hope it's fun! A paper tiger for everyone! Bless this mess! Bless this mess! Word gets around Of how you talk, you talk, you talk, you walk the talk yeah Boots on the ground Or so you thought, you fought, you thought you fought, you thought yeah This is a safe space, it’s such a safe place, I feel so safe here (Just don’t slip up!) This is a safe space, it’s such a safe place, with all my safe friends (Just don’t fuck up!) Encouraging surveillance makes us hyper-vigi-lant And slamming down the gavel makes it look like you give a shit Let they/them among us without sin cast the first stone I promise the saints you've chosen have done more dark shit than you know This “community” gives me anxiety This “community” gives me anxiety Enjoy your island! I hope it's fun! A paper tiger for everyone! Bless this mess! Bless this mess!
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Found myself on the ground again Trying to repent for my sins Impulse control, so foreign to me Patience such a fleeting thing Another promise broken Another failed attempt Feeling kinda hopeless Feeling fuckin spent Bang my head against the wall again Just to see how much it hurts The pain reminds me I'm alive As the world around me blurs Another early ending Another lover burned Not sure if I'm healing Or just getting worse This is the world I live in An unfortunate reality I never meant to hurt you But you were just dopamine to me Round and round , the earths rotating While I'm stuck standing still A chemical imbalance Call it what you will Id rather self medicate than take proper pills You say I've grown complacent But I'm just fuckin ill This is the world I live in An unfortunate reality I never meant to hurt you But you were just dopamine to me Soaked it up and rinsed it dry This cycle never ends A trail of failed endeavors A wake of lost friends Will I ever find consistency Fall into the flow Or am I doomed eternally To suffer alone
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You are a parasite You and your acolytes You are the shameless kind Leeching the bleeding dry Your reckoning is on its way This hangman's noose was custom made and it bears your name You are a parasite The most pathetic type And all your heinous crimes Are bound to come to light
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What does he gain / from death and disease If he sees it all / then where’s his empathy To create all life / is to create all pain, If that’s the belief / then he don’t love all the same This system we know / is broke beyond belief We’re trapped in our / collective apathy They broke us down / till we lost our will to fight We need revolution now / if we’ll ever make things right I’m not fuckin buyin' it So that’s why I won’t try it It’s nonsense to me
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Jam cat! She’s outta her hole, she’s screaming in my ears and striking my sole Jam cat! You’ll never get bored Listen up fuckers she’ll give you some more WHAT? Is it a bat? Is it rat? No, it’s JAM CAT! (X3) Jam cat! You’re in for a treat The way she rocks out is truly a feat Jam cat! She’ll lick up your tears Banish your demons and kill all your fears Jam cat! She’s made of pure gold Wear your shades at night, she’s a sight to behold Jam cat! A gigantic hit, she’ll drag you to hell She’s sick of your shit WHAT? Is it a bat? Is it rat? No, it’s JAM CAT! (X3)
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Uncollate assertions of impropriety Thinly veiled racist diatribes Projection of intention Intent on misdirection Coincidence conflated with contrived Standard issue antisemitism Dressed up in code word wink and nods Hatred waiting in the wings For cues or triggerings To finally come clean and go mask off It’s polarity & vitriol Polarity & vitriol Polarity & vitriol No need to ask why, you picked a side You look like a young man yearning to be told who to hate Well have I got a deal for you I can turn your every insecurity into money in my pocket You’re so downtrodden by not being able to discriminate anymore You’re the real victim here So have your credit card ready Women? Minorities? Life was soooooo much better when THOSE people knew their place…… Just don’t come calling when you reap what I’ve sown
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A decade of mournin’, finally through This is it boy train’s, leavin’ soon Enjoy the silence of the, flash ‘cus it won’t last, He can hear the whistle callin’ SO! So he rolled and, he rocked his own and, he knew just what, he, had to do So he rolled and, he rocked his own and, somehow he knew, he would break through (Now) Johnny’s rollin’ won’t you, look at him, rollin’ and rockin’ (x2) Play that track, get get get out, he’s a rolling stone (he’s a rolling stone) Play that track, get get get out, he’s a rolling stone (he’s a-rollin’) From the backyards to, stadiums Keepin’ him standin’, and so on and on And the rattle kept, comin’ on The whistle, memories, remains of where he’s comin’ from
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Maybe if I just jump, this shit will go away and I can rest. This hollow heart, and Gucci suit and tie have failed to impress. While down below… I can hear them chanting! From the edge, I can hear them screaming! Spilling over the barricades towards me… How did it all slip away from me? Jump, you fuckers! You watch us from an ivory tower we broke our backs to build. Jump, you fuckers! Ask us to tighten our belts so you can keep your bellies filled. You got away with murder! It’s time for you to fly! But there’ll be no golden parachute for you this time! Headlines say the avocado toast is ruining our lives. This attempt to trim the fat: blame-the-victim in disguise. We won’t tighten our belts for your sake, Spin the news til we all feel dizzy, Point the finger round and round til everyone falls down. Jump, you fuckers! You watch us from an ivory tower we broke our backs to build. Jump, you fuckers! Ask us to tighten our belts so you can keep your bellies filled. You got away with murder! It’s time for you to fly! But there’ll be no golden parachute for you this time! The media blackout is not a threat, ‘cause the whole world is watching on the internet. Well you can't use pepper spray to guard against dissent, and you will never kill what the action represents... And as I place my bare feet on the ledge, hot wind hits my face, but no tear will I shed for a dying empire, crumbling in our wake. You've got nothing to lose but your chains, you have a world to gain. As I fall, I raise a fist to better days.
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The long nights , are getting harder The people and the crowds Causcuphonous , it all just seems louder Sometimes can't stand the sounds It breaks my heart and hurts my sole , how do I fill this hole My youthful glow has faded off into a burnt out soul It fuckin pains me to say Shit just don't hit the same way A song overplayed An empty tank It breaks my heart and hurts my soul when did I get so old The boisterous nights of revelry have taken their toll It fuckin wrecks me to see Ain't as invincible As I thought I'd be Oh woe is me Another sob story It breaks my heart and hurts my sole , how do I fill this hole My youthful glow has faded off into a burnt out soul The light that burns brightest, always dies out first A fleeting sense of identity, can't think of much worse
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When the fringes take you in and they show you acceptance They say one of us...they say one of us... Their rhetoric rings all true and you share their point of view You say one of us...you say one of us... How can you live with so much hate? Are you searching for a cause to blame? Or some grander form of meaning? How can you live with so much hate? You adopt their vernacular. It becomes so comfortable It is us and them...it is us and them... Ostracize those that disagree and celebrate in conformity It is us and them...it is us and them... Just a cult by another name
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I know you’ve tried it You know I’ve tried it I don’t anymore You talk about it I’m here to listen You mean so much more I hope you’d wait for me but if you’ve gotta leave I can’t say that I blame you But just before you go I wanted you to know the hole he dug was not made for you I don’t doubt that Your plate is full and You wanna scrape it clean But with you missin' There’d still be dishes Waitin' for me I know you’ve gotta go I wish you wouldn’t go
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These ghosts in my boat won't laugh along with my jokes / They fade away in the sunrise A thousand little scarabs return to my side / Tell me all their tales, all the places they reside Oh, Oh, Oh, I’m a star Not the brightest but I’m gunna go far I set my own bar Watch these jets on my feet send me so far Where I’m gunna fall on my face Get up, start slow, keep up my pace Oh, Oh, Oh, I’m a star Not the brightest but I’m gunna go far Hold your beetles in close / Watch them flutter, watch them glow Watch them burrow in close / Feel their warmth in life’s ebbs and flows Throughout our lives we move the line / Shed our shells till they fit and shine Our colours never stay the same / Grow bright, don’t fade, refuse to be tamed Refuse to be tamed! Oh, Oh, Oh, I’m a star Not the brightest but I’m gunna go far I set my own bar Watch these jets on my feet send me so far Where I’m gunna fall on my face Get up, start slow, keep up my pace Oh, Oh, Oh, I’m a star Not the brightest but I’m gunna go far * * * Strobe lights flashing red and blue I can’t tell myself from you Strobe lights flashing red and blue I can’t tell myself from you We’re all worms here / we’re all RADIOACTIVE Rotting don’t care / we’re all RADIOACTIVE Deep in our tombs / we’re all RADIOACTIVE Stare down your doom / we’re all RADIOACTIVE
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I remember I remember Back in ’17 Somehow you let us thru the door Ralf & Aly turned it up To 12 or 13 And somehow let us book A pile more I remember that time Aaron broke his ass Jumping off the bar With his pipes We wore holes in our shoes Our livers got bruised But that’s the way To make friends for life I remember I remember Back in ’18 Gold medals and best EP’s Set off the smoke detectors Hid from liquor inspectors Boomer smashed the mics into our teeth I remember those times We took over taps Packed the fucking house Every time I wish those times could stay I miss back in the day I wish I could Hit rewind 2019 kinda sucked 2020 blew Just like a power outage That soured a brew Became an uphill battle Of WTF comes next Lost some along the way But Grasser stood the test I remember pouring concrete For patio posts So you could try to open Before May I remember the weight Like a brick in the face When we lost Boomer On Christmas Day I only write sad songs I guess that’s my deal Thanks for lifting me up When my going got real Thanks for the friendships Thank you for these years What you built is Much more than beer I still remember Trying to beat Ralf’s score Back when the pinball was free I want you to know You nailed your goal Of building a community One for family we choose One for the Riot Crew

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16 previously unreleased songs, by 8 bands, celebrating one year of Outhouse Records.

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released March 29, 2024

Each band recorded their tracks in different studios. See individual tracks for details.
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Art and Layout by Laurie Storrie

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