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Carry On, Carrion

by The Big Friendly Corporation

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1.
Lost It 01:00
Had a dolly in my chair In the corner over there I lost it I lost it Had a love once long ago I never told him, he didn’t know I lost him I lost him Another boy he told me a joke We had a laugh then had a smoke I lost it I lost it This young man he loved me so Yet he still left me long ago I lost him I lost him
2.
When all your friends go Who knows where winds blow? I may have answers and then.. One keeps on singin’ Ignore the phone ringing It’s sanity calling again Don’t take what they give you As long as you live You will be dependent on them Still trying to fight the good battle inside No matter, you’ll still be condemned So many voices and so few choices Every day is the same This one haunts me And this one taunts me This one just whispers my name They’ll rip you apart just to make you whole And then coddle you til you rise You look in the mirror you sparkle and glimmer The devil in this guise So many voices and so few choices Every day is the same This one haunts me And this one taunts me This one just whispers my name This one tells me I’m no good and This one screams and then This one’s singing Just let it keep ringing! That’s sanity calling again Stuck in a soft cage Sequestered by my rage I’m never, ever alone No need to ponder Wherever I wonder Inside my head is my home So many voices and so few choices Every day is the same This one haunts me And this one taunts me This one is screaming my name This one tells me I’m no good and This one screams and then This one’s singing Just let it keep ringing! That’s sanity calling again
3.
I wish I was a mad scientist I’d look to find a million ways To keep you safe and happy Keep you by my side forever and always And I’d be able to protect you from sadness and evil all our days Our love would fill the world and all the world would see what happens when love stays And if you should die I could bring you back to life with electricity Then show you around my lab so if I died you could do the same for me Shrink you down to size so that I could carry you with me in my pocket If I got it right I could make you so small you’d fit in a locket I wish I was a mad scientist I’d look to find a million ways To keep you safe and happy Keep you by my side forever and always And I’d be able to protect you from sadness and evil all our days Our love would fill the world and all the world would see what happens when love stays Build a teleportation device so that I can always get to where you are I'd teach you to use it, too so that you and I would not be very far Build a cloning machine so that everyone in the whole world could be you Then when you met you you'd see why I love and then you'd all love me, too. I wish I was a mad scientist I’d look to find a million ways To keep you safe and happy Keep you by my side forever and always And I’d be able to protect you from sadness and evil all our days Our love would fill the world and all the world would see what happens when love stays We could live forever in our fortress in the sky the sky The world may burn and fade, but our love would never die We could live forever in our fortress in the sky the sky (where the ocean meets the sky) The world may burn and fade, but our love would never die
4.
You know I had it coming I could stay here every day And I would be waiting You would talk about a place to stay But that would be grating I think I saw you running I could chase you far away But that would be crazy You don’t love me anymore My future is hazy You’ve got it all worked out I hope you feel a little bit better You don’t love me anymore Just knit yourself a sweater You’ve got it all worked out I hope you feel a little bit better You’ve got it all worked out At least my heart’s still beating I guess that’s all it’s good for? Just to help keep me bleeding I wish I could even the score But revenge is fleeting So you won’t see me anymore And chance should keep us from meeting You’ve got it all worked out I hope you feel a little bit better You don’t want me anymore Don’t bother writing a letter You’ve got it all worked out I hope you feel a little bit better You’ve got it all worked out I know what you’re thinking But my mind’s been set in stone Since our love’s been sinking And I think you’ve always known When I caught your heart shrinking Finally feel all is right Because I’ve been healing Try as hard as I might I still hope you’re reeling You’ve got it all worked out I hope you feel a little bit better You don’t love me anymore I won’t put you back together You’ve got it all worked out I hope you feel a little bit better You’ve got it all worked out
5.
Foolish Girl 02:50
I’ve got a penny for your thoughts and the devil in my pocket A boom box in my car And a bunch of bottle rockets Alright? You’ve got a chip on your shoulder and nothing to lose A handle of Jack and a really short fuse Alright? I’ll get you to hit bottom and I’ll Hold you down To keep you ‘round I’m desperate I’m lonely I’m a foolish girl I’ll wreck your world I’ve got a hole in my heart and an angel on my shoulder Something’s getting filled or it’s getting knocked over Tonight You’ve got a hole in your pocket And money to spare The Devil’s on your shoulder And you don’t care Tonight I’ll get you to hit bottom and I’ll Hold you down To keep you ‘round I’m desperate I need someone I’m a foolish girl I’ll wreck your world Once you’re down here with me I have got no doubt You could help me to break free You could get me out Once you’re down here with me I have got no doubt You could help me to break free You could get me out I’ll get you to hit bottom and I’ll Hold you down To keep you ‘round I’m desperate I'm lonely I’m a foolish girl I’ll rock your world
6.
Exhaust It 01:49
Had a baby inside me Next thing you know I’m sad but free I lost it I lost it If there was a drive to keep me awake Then I would go and not hit the brake Exhaust it Exhausted Had a dream I could not sleep And all my wits I couldn’t keep I lost it I lost it And now I’m sitting in my chair I’m crazy, dazed, with none to spare I’ve lost it I’ve lost it
7.
Night’s long dark and cold Or so it’s been sold I will not Be so easily told What else will it take? Just to get you to stay? When nothing seems right You will just close your eyes And I’ll be there Travelling deep in the night You’re not so far away And you can’t stay awake But life’s not what it seems When I haunt all your dreams I will not say goodbye I will get you this time I will beg you to stay You will just say good night You’ll put up a big fight But your heart is mine always When you hold your head high You must know you’re not right I will not Be far from your side With whispered, “good night,” As you just close your eyes But life’s not what it seems I will haunt all your dreams I will not say goodbye I will get you this time I will beg you to stay You will just say good night You’ll put up a big fight But your heart is mine always
8.
Did you hear me calling out your name? Did you think I would never be the same? When you caught me bare-boned there on the floor? Cuz you know I can’t see you no more? Can you bring me down? Can you turn me round? I will not be found When you bring me down There were times when I thought we could be friends Then I told you I’d never see you again I fell on the floor felt like I was dead I look right at you and said Can you bring me down? Can you turn me round? I will not be found If you bring me down Once upon a time I swore I’d take your name Never thought I’d be the one ashamed I’ll be damned if You return I’ll Never take the blame I will bring you down I will turn you round You will not be found If I bring you down I can bring you down I can turn around You will not be found When I bring you down
9.
You laugh at your own joke Or maybe you just misspoke You look around no one’s laughing with you You just feel with your head Wonder if your hear is dead You look at yourself and you’re lacking virtue Let me see your face You think you fell from grace Your laughter is a ruse Let me hear your words You think you’ve got no worth Please stop this self abuse You cry in your place And laugh at your own face You look around see nightmares come true And all that you’ve ever known And all the ways you’ve grown Have only left their best selves behind you You look at the ceiling fan A leather belt in your hand And wonder will anyone ever miss you Let me see your face You think you fell from grace Your laughter is a ruse Let me hear your words You think you’ve got no worth Please stop this self abuse So laugh at your own joke Don’t worry if you misspoke Just look for me I’ll be laughing with you Don’t look at the ceiling fan Put down the belt in your hand No matter what I will always love you (Sometimes it’s hard to find a friend) (But always loneliness can end) (No matter what I still love you) (And life is beautiful)
10.
Tossed It 02:14
Had a job Worked 9-5 Did what I could to stay alive I lost it I lost it Had a house I could not keep I lived my life like I’m a sheep I lost it I lost it So far life has been a clown A jester in this boring town I tossed it I’ve tossed it If people knew what I have known They would have given up long ago They’d lose it I’ve lost it
11.
My car got broken into My stereo is gone I sent a claim to my insurance So they cancelled my policy On some technicality Sent a letter to the DMV Which nulled my registration Now I owe them a hefty fee And fines I can’t afford to pay But they’re not due just right away I should have time to save But my taxes have just been raised So while I’m earning more now Than I did this time last year I’m taking home much less And all my paychecks quickly disappear And I’m deep into debt Feeling defeat Most days I can’t afford to eat And it’s been wearing on me So now I’m trying to sleep Wide awake And all of these things more than I can take At once Are givin’ me hell So now I’ve gotta get back Find some peace Hope that in revenge I find release From this American lullaby Don’t care if I’m mad Or in a haze As long as I spend the rest of my days On earth Just givin’ ‘em hell My bills are piling up They just turned off my phone So now collection agencies Can’t bother me at home And while the President still sings Of gifts the tax collector brings I don’t know how it happened But I hope the IRS knows things Are really getting pretty hard I maxed out my last credit card On spray paint, bleach. And fertilizer, So now no holds are barred And as I’m headed off to bed The visions dance through my head Aren’t sugarplums and fairies But bombs and obscene messages And I’m deep into debt Feeling defeat Most days I can’t afford to eat And it’s been wearing on me So now I’m trying to sleep Wide awake And all of these things more than I can take At once Are givin’ me hell So now I’ve gotta get back Find some peace Hope that in revenge I find release From this American lullaby Don’t care if I’m mad Or in a haze As long as I spend the rest of my days On earth Just givin’ ‘em hell
12.
Static 03:33
Never met a girl really new Ooohh how ‘bout you? Love’s so strange never true Ooohhh what to do? Looks like love is gone long Oooohh now I’m strong Can’t be right when it’s wrong Ooohh now I’m gone Hey It’s automatic It gives me static I feel so tragic Hopeless romantic Now I’m strong Love like yours is so clear Ooohh and so near Want to be alone, my dear Ooohh now you’re here Been so long in my mind Ooohh now you’re fine Gone away for some time Ooohh now I’m mine Hey It’s automatic It gives me static I feel so tragic Hopeless romantic Now I’m strong Hey It gives me static I feel so tragic Hopeless romantic Manic Hispanic Now I’m gone
13.
Fantasize about the places I would like to go Places far and secret So much no one will ever know Not sure how I’ll get there But I’d like to go by boat If things don’t work out in my favor I’ll still be afloat Picture all the faces and the Past I’ll leave behind Things would be much different if I Could just press rewind I’m so bored and I’m afraid So I must get away There is nothing left for me to Stay another day But if I dropped everything To leave this life behind And sail off in the sunset What in the world will I find? I feel like in this rat race There must be a better way To do more than just survive I need only to get away Not sure if I’ll say any or all of the good byes I don’t want to have to face Perplexed looks in all their eyes I just really want and need A grand gesture of escape Cuz I long to live for the unknown And leave the rest up to the fates Haven’t worked this hard for nothing So I think I will go My ship will keep sailing If it won’t I just will row Or I might just sit here I might go over the falls I’m still undecided but All my dreams will be resolved
14.
Elect Me 04:06
Taking on the weight of the world Everyone around you is worse Did you ever know who you are All you hear around you so far You say, No way I want to play You can’t let go And now you know I want more than You can pretend You will not be And now you’ll see Lookin’ on the way that you are Could you ever let me go far I could never be who you be Would you ever let me just sink? You say, no way I want today You say go away And now I play You could not be More than me I will not be And now you’ll see Hey, elect me I don’t stay to be with you Reject me and you know that it’s not true Elect me and you know that it’s real So real Taking everything that you face Did you really think a disgrace I could never make you cry Everyone eventually dies You say, no way I will not play I will to be You want for me I will not go And now you show You could not say Hello today Hey, elect me I don’t want to wait for you Reject me and you know that it’s not true Elect me and you know that it’s real So real So real Surreal
15.
I think people put their faith in things That merely pacify When money burns and power fails And politicians lie War destroys and breath gives out But ‘til I breathe my last I’ll try To carry on, carry on, carrion And I’ve been saying if we keep this up We won’t last very long Cuz everything about the way We live today seems wrong And I write about it like a fool But who’s gonna hear this song? Carry on, carry on, carrion So now you’re hunched Bent beneath the weight of great despair Like a backpack stuffed with gold You carry with you everywhere And you’re going nowhere very fast But sorry I can’t meet you there I’ll be gone, I’ll be gone, I’ll be gone I’m cynical at times but still I long to do my part When everyone around me has been placed upon my heart And I know my God will be with me wherever I may roam But still most times I only want to be taken home So I pray, “The Lord, please hurry up. It’s tough to be alive, and try to speak the truth When it’s a thing words can’t define.” He replies, “Just be patient. I’ll come get you in good time. Carry on, carry on, carrion.” Now when that mountain crashes in the ocean Blackening the sky And the moon above is red as blood Just like the foul new tide When the King returns to finish off The few who have survived I’ll be gone. I’ll be gone. I’ll be gone. I’ll be gone. I’ll be gone. I’ll be gone.
16.
Intro 01:13
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When we were kids and you first went to school You were funny and smart and you broke a lot of rules Later on you stayed as you'd begun A rebel and a scholar all in one Oooooohhhhhh I miss you so We always remained the best of friends My brother we were tight until the end But near the end you never told a soul Why you ever felt the need to go Oooooohhhhhh I miss you so There's a place inside me where, not long ago, When you died it left a great big hole Now I know I won’t again feel whole Cuz every day since I have missed you so Oooooohhhhhh I miss you so
18.
You’ve got me spun so I can’t tell if I just came or went You waste my time and now all my money’s spent Since we’re together all my friends can’t stand me anymore And now I wonder if there’s anything worth living for Alright Shamone You set my shirts and shoes on fire on the kitchen floor I packed the rest of my clothes up and walked right out the door I moved into the first apartment my small change could by And now my only friend’s the pizza place delivery guy I’m just glad to be out of there You’re so evil, but I don’t care What’s this all about? Well no one knows This song has a beginning and here it goes: Pizza delivery guy comes over to bring me my pie We’ve both reached points in our lives where it’s either do or die I ask him in to give him a beer and he says, “thank you man” Then both sit down and begin to hash our master plan We’ve got little but we want more All we’ve gotta do is get one big score What’s this all about? Well no one knows This song has a middle, and here it goes La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la We finish off our plan delivery guy says, “What the heck? I’ll take the gun and wear that bomb around my neck. I’ll take the note up to the counter like a stupid jerk. Somebody tried this before, but this time it might work.” Grab the money get out of there Without a care Will this even work well no one knows This song has an ending and here it goes
19.
A.L.F.March 00:50
20.
Return from work turn on the TV Where you know that there’s always something to see When all of your dreams come alive on the screen You end up believing you need what you see Relax and have a Coke or a Pepsi You’ve nothing but options and each one feels good Open your eyes to visions of paradise Live from Hollywood The products they’re selling will make you more beautiful Buy more I promise the rest of your years You’ll live like the stars that you see in the movies With beached perfect smiles and glycerin tears Our scouts are out searching the nation For talent exactly like yours, so I say If you wait to dream like you’ve always dreamed You’ll be famous one day You need just a couple of minor enhancements With fake breasts the world would bow down at your feet Then you’ll have a mansion the love of the masses An image that’s perfect. A life that’s complete We have the technology to make you sing in tune Without it you’d need to take lessons for years We’ll teach you to dance and acting is easy It’s bleached perfect smiles and glycerin tears
21.
Some people say This life is filled with slings and arrows And we die Your life simply blinks out Some people say This life is only the beginning They sound as if they’ve never had a doubt And then some people say This life is like two paths diverging In the yellow, leaf-strewn open wood Some think that when We die we’ll all be reunited With our loved ones only if we’re good Some say we live over and over Til we each become who we are meant to be Then Sink into blissful loss of ego In a consciousness more vast than any sea Some people say This life is merely an illusion Viewed darkly as though through a glass Some people say This life is nothing but a dream From which we only wake once we have passed And some say when we die And we are laid to rest We go up to the Spirit in the sky Some people say Our lives are unique little snowflakes Falling gently on the mountains high Then when the springtime comes the snow melts Feeding streams in the valleys down below Running through canyons to the oceans And seas where those waters tend to flow I’ll say this with a sigh As for me I’ll try To live life to the fullest till I die Then should we meet again tomorrow I’ll imagine it will be Where the ocean meets the sky
22.
You know you won’t feel normal again If you don’t swallow that pill Addiction makes you feel ill You think you’ve had your fill So you got yourself cleaned up All over again But then the panic sets in And so you phone a friend I wish that I could send this song straight to you Back through Time So when you see how we understand you would change your mind Then everything would be fine Everything would be fine You think you won’t feel normal again if you swallow that pill And then you start to feel ill And pop another one still You disgust yourself With actions you can’t defend When you can’t phone a friend Then contemplate the end I wish that I could send this song straight to you back through time So when you see how much you’re missed you would change your mind And think before you put that gun in your mouth Why can’t you see that you are gonna miss out? You’re gonna miss out You’re gonna miss out You’re gonna miss out There’s still lots of fun There’s still lots of fun There’s still lots of fun The best is yet to come It’s still to come It’s still to come The best is yet to come I truly believe The best is yet to come
23.
The best is yet to come The best is yet to come We wish you hadn’t off yourself Our lives are just begun And the best is yet to come You were all messed up on drugs You couldn't Love you couldn't give hugs We lost you. We lost you The pain of withdrawal made you nuts It was in your brain and in your guts We lost you. We lost you You didn't even say, "farewell" You made your choice You were just a shell We lost you. We lost you Found you out back in your chair With your brains sprayed everywhere We lost you. We lost you. The best is yet to come The best is yet to come We wish you hadn’t off yourself Our lives are just begun And the best is yet to come
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Outro 03:10

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This album is dedicated to and inspired by the life and death of our brother and friend, Thomas Christian Marth, 11/23/1978 to 4/23/2012

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released April 29, 2017

The Big Friendly Corporations is:
Ryan Marth
Melissa Marth
Jeffrey Ford
Brandon Johnson
Andrew Karasa

Recorded by:
Andrew Karasa

Mixed by: Andrew Karasa
Additional production and recording by: Wyatt Boswell

Additional musicians:
Sean Bernecker-vocals and percussion
Stuart Brough-vocals and percussion
Corlene Byrd-vocals and percussion
Emily Couture-vocals and percussion
Lois Karasa-upright bass
Thomas Marth Sr. -banjo, fiddle, and guitar
Tom Miller-vocals and Percussion
James Montelbano-cello
Paige Overton-vocals and guitar
Ryan Pardey-vocals and percussion
Jaime Romero-vocals and percussion
Megan Wingerter-violin

In addition to everyone who contributed to this album, The Big Friendly Corporation would also like to thank: Dianne Eddington, Timothy Styles, Angie Scaduto, Norm Karasa, Ruta Comegys, Bret Comegys, Ryan Couture, The Jonas Brothers, Jobin, Bob, Sally, Mr. Pink, Harry Fagel, Leilani Fagel, Brian Henry, Jennifer Henry

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