We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Winter Break EP

by A Bird Among Men

supported by
Nick Fiore
Nick Fiore thumbnail
Nick Fiore I think the best way to describe A Bird Among Men is by saying that he sounds real and he's not afraid to shout that. He's not just some artist fuck, he's a real guy who revels in his own "mediocrity," his words not mine. There's a lot of pretentious shit in the folk/punk scene and A Bird Among Men captures something genuine. Favorite track: For Robyn.
Rabid Gorilla
Rabid Gorilla thumbnail
Rabid Gorilla I love this album for the honesty of lyrics, the uniqueness of the rhymes, and the speed it all comes at you.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
For Robyn 02:23
Robyn you’re gonna be okay What’s hurting you will one day go away I know that things look dark now, but they are gonna change Cause Robyn you’re gonna be okay And I know that you’re afraid Of all the voices screaming in your brain You feel alone, you feel deserted and you feel betrayed Oh yes I know that you’re afraid You want to leave this world behind The afterlife will have more of your kind I cannot bear to see you there before it is your time But you wanna leave this world behind We all found you there, in your room The place you slept, it became your tomb The vacancy that you left us was only filled with gloom When we all found you in your room And dammit Robyn you were my best friend I needed you here with me till the end Don’t you know I loved you more than you could comprehend Robyn you were my best friend Robyn you were gonna be okay What was hurting you it would’ve gone away I know that things looked dark back then, but they were gonna change Robyn you were gonna be okay
2.
We were walking down the sidewalk, on a Sunday night Who knows what was on our minds? Cause when the sun goes down in this small town we gather by the candlelight. But stay too long and we’ll go blind. Some days I stay in bed till 4 pm Others I don’t lay down at all Because the world is either perfect or it’s just too much for me But I am still here standing tall I am scared to let my family know Just what goes on inside my head Because this state of hiding everything has become comfortable Me and apathy are wed A home is more than just where you grow up It’s not a building with four walls The place where I feel safe and sound does not like to stay still Maybe I’m homeless after all On a small farm in Missouri A child and a dog got in a brawl And I really don’t see what’s the hurry To live and die, you’ll never see it all. You said that you just had to wait it through the year And then your plan would work okay But I care about you too much to let you throw it all away I promise someday we’ll escape We all gather in the basement Almost every night somehow We put on faces and pretend that we are someone else Cause that’s what life is all about On a small farm in Missouri A child and a dog got in a brawl And I really don’t see what’s the hurry To live and die, you’ll never see it all.
3.
College kids around the country Say that for their hard earned money They should at least feel safe in the place they live But seventy years ago Eighteen year olds stood, exposed So bold, so brave, and with their lives to give. We’ll pack you up and ship you out, Overseas there’ll be no doubt You’ll toughen up and start to learn your place. You will scream and you will cry You will see your best friends die But don’t you know going to war is great Cause education so it seems Takes a back seat to killing human beings That don’t blindly support a scrap of fabric So if you want to make something of yourself Without having been born into wealth Just shoot our enemies with your automatic We’ll pack you up and ship you out, Overseas there’ll be no doubt You’ll toughen up and start to learn your place. You will scream and you will cry You will see your best friends die But don’t you know going to war is great
4.
When I’m walking down the street, and a stranger passes by My brain takes a back seat to thoughts impossible to justify The sun has gone down and there is no one else in sight Nobody would notice if I made this man… die. I could take his head and slam straight down to the pavement Or pull out my knife, slide it between his ribs, send him to the grave and If I’m careful, take my time and just be patient I could get away with this completely free form of entertainment I just wanna kill people and run from the police Yeah, who gives a shit about sanity? Everybody dies sometime, so why’s it matter when? Don’t look at me like I’m the enemy. Snap back into control, oh god what am I thinking? Is the difference between me and Charles Manson really shrinking? If I’m a crazed psychopath, murderous rage on the brink, then Why am I afraid if a man in the same room as me so much as blinks? Wouldn’t it be so much easier to take that man and rip his throat out? It’d be the end for him if I laced his coffee with arsenic, there is no doubt. If I put a bullet in his head, I wouldn’t see what the fuss was about Why don’t I go ahead and take the quickest and the most direct route I just wanna kill people and run from the police Yeah, who gives a shit about sanity? Everybody dies sometime, so why’s it matter when? Don’t look at me like I’m the enemy. Drown em, burn em, shoot em, gut em, Stab em, break em, skinned em, ate em Starve em, gas em, bomb em, crush em What the fuck, decapitate em Slam em, kick em, choke em, spear em Gore em, rip em, split em, hang em Grab em, twist em, snap em, frame em I wanna kill people, I don’t care who made em I just wanna kill people and run from the police Yeah, who gives a shit about sanity? Everybody dies sometime, so why’s it matter when? Don’t look at me like I’m the enemy. Oh fuck. Late for class.

about

I could talk about how this album was inspired by countless people in my life, or experiences I've had or whatever. But, to be honest, I was just bored during the winter break between semesters. So I made this.

credits

released December 25, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

A Bird Among Men Bath, Maine

ABAM is Robyn Crews and I make
tongue in cheek, self deprecating folk punk from mid-coast Maine!

I started this project because I don't have enough friends to make a real punk band.

contact / help

Contact A Bird Among Men

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

A Bird Among Men recommends:

If you like A Bird Among Men, you may also like: