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.

Chenille Throne

by Leonard the Comet

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Purchasable with gift card

     

1.
A hostel built all carefree With a screen room where we all shot the breeze With vagrants and drifters from afar Walter was straight from Switzerland Took a break to get his thoughts straightened He'd left his lover but brought us his guitar Away from the mangrove trees We all shared beliefs Things grew cold But Walter was wiser than most Well the lady from Perth was growing absurd And she told me my country's devoid of culture So I said "at least we're not sons of convicts" And taught her about baseball and Route 66 She'd hit the bottle, so she started to yell While I fought for our broken liberty bell And she asked why we messed around in others' affairs And I said it's 'cause our guns are bigger than theirs Then in this loud moment all full of despair I remembered it's not worthwhile to care And I played Walter's guitar
2.
Decisions 03:32
She makes decisions, ones that I could never make 'Cause my head's on leave, looking for sideways figure eights I can't process all this looking up and feeling down So I'm skipping town And I'll get some coffee and donuts In a truck stop playing Buck Owens Somewhere warm and far away I know there's violence in your mind that I can't see And you're trying to beat down nostalgic memories Well I want to be there, riot shield and hose and all But I dropped the ball And I'm seeing summer in Claremore Leaving Columbia airport And I can't catch a ride back home Well you've done swell, yeah, you've got such piece of mind You're looking straight ahead like you've got horses' blinds I know that you've been told a thousand times that it's okay Sorry it's all I could think to say
3.
4.
Mojave Jamb 03:40
5.
It's 2 AM and I wanna go home But I'm stuck in a mob and everybody's stoned We're fighting for the weak and the poor By flailing around to the same three chords I'm so tired of fighting the man This mosh pit is the last I can stand And I don't think that I'm gonna last 'Cause this here government could kick all our asses I don't see how this party's gonna change a thing Chuck Taylor just kicked me in the face Thrown backward out of the angry mob Start to feeling like a music snob This song sounds like it's from '82 But we're all screaming like we hear something new I'm so tired of fighting the man This mosh pit is the last I can stand And I don't think that I'm gonna last 'Cause this here government could kick all our asses Can't tell if this band agrees with Friedman or John Keynes Suppose that they're firm believers only in cocaine So stand up on a stage 'cause you wanna make a change But the politicians play a game and say they'll do the same thing You sit down, your words get drowned out, they give their friends handouts and kowtow To John D. Rockefeller, even though he's dead Yeah his money's more important than anything you said So you try to blow the whistle on this national disgrace, but all are busy counting freckles on Lindsay Lohan's face
6.
7.
Spoiled Brat 03:57
8.
Cabin Fever 04:19
Freedom rings like jingle bells And sure as pennies fall to wishing wells We'll storm the fort and raise our flag While listening to Superdrag But days go by And I'm wasting time The truth is that everything will never be just fine Fun in the sun Get away from everything and everyone Walls are coming down So you best pack your bags and get on out of town The world's a rat and you're the snake But you never realized your teeth were fake The world's a sunset and you're the sky But you can't bring yourself to say goodbye Promises To be problem kids And we'll never have to stand behind one bit of our real lives Love is in the air So you best kill your friends if you want your share And it's hard for me to say But I want everything in the worst way (I can't help but feel a certain way when I look out the window and see a new sunny day)
9.
It's been a long day Return to the autocratic state You try to call your home You're there first and last Hoping all who enter kiss your ass As you scowl from your chenille throne Harboring hate, you forgo movies, friends, and dates To keep a watchful eye Lips angrily curled, you listen for a shot that could be heard 'round the world After it's amplified You make our lives hell And in return, you only elevate your own blood pressure while You see red Helpless like a child who wets her bed Because you see All these things on liquid crystal screens And you've got facts Vital knowledge everyone else lacks But you can't act Fighting mad but stuck with talking smack For all you've fought, Have you ever devoted a single thought To what you've won, And realized fighting for fake labels might just be a distraction?
10.
Life goes on in slow circles while You lie in bed in strategic denial Of the fact the world could solve its problems without you And when you die, your molecules will be reused Everything you own is made of dirt, just like you are And your whole world is just a speck next to a star Meaningless days go into nights Being heard requires endless fighting A million other people all feel just the same Potential comrades who will never know your name Technology helps you reach out across time and space But can't provide you with real friends who know your face So take a bath, put on some clothes Some mindless task will fill the hole Your ego will often deprive you of feeling alive
11.
Unsatisfied 04:59
Give me everything I want, and I'll find some way to be unsatisfied Time moves on, I'm still yawning Despite attempts to remain starry-eyed The greener grass is brown, but it's hard to kick the past out of my mind My selfishness astounds me I'll keep on walking straight and close my eyes Run all you can To the promised land But when you see it, it's just sand Yeah, life goes bland So move onto the next thing Show me everything I'm not, and I'll kick myself for falling so behind Complacency's a rot on my temporary peaceful state of mind Focus on what I've got, but the thought's derailed by envy all the time I know that I've forgotten what it was like to work for what's now mine So stay in town Or move around But no matter how great your life sounds It all goes down Once you hit the ceiling Sometimes it helps to wait the next turn Sometimes it helps to let it all burn first I forgot how much I don't remember There's another August past December But I don't even wanna know that I don't even wanna go back anymore
12.
I'm flipping off the coach Tired of being nervous about taking my own approach And I'm packing up this coat Want to step outside without being afraid it might snow I'm taking back what's mine Kicking over all the garbage that precludes peace of mind And I'll stick to my own lines I've been lost fighting in arguments that weren't even mine I don't care which side I'm on, when all the sides float on the same hot air We've all gone and joined angry mobs, none of which are quite sure why they're still there David won; the giant's dead And a million little people took his place News about the slingshot spread The stones will fly right when you show your face All fights are for egos now, not food or water, shelter, or airspace Can't help but feel lost in this crowd, which forgot why it formed in the first place

credits

released September 25, 2010

Ben Knollenberg played trumpet on tracks 3 and 7.
Katie Munck played violin on tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, and 10.
Krista Rasmussen wrote the synth part for track 2 and played bongos on track 3.
Tom Teslik played lead guitar, drums, and sang backup on track 2 and played bongos on track 4.
All other stuff was played by Nathan Schaefer, who also wrote these songs.
All songs on this album © 2005-2010 Nathan Schaefer

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Leonard the Comet San Francisco, California

Leonard the Comet is a medium-fi indie rock solo project, now based in San Francisco.

Nathan has played in bands including Meteorade, Slow Loris, and El-Tin Fun in Madison, WI, and Loser Soup, Common People, and Bulletproof Hearts in Santa Cruz, CA.
... more

contact / help

Contact Leonard the Comet

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Leonard the Comet recommends:

If you like Leonard the Comet, you may also like: