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1. |
Smoke and Mirrors
03:25
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look!
what's this behind your ear?
is this
the card you chose, my dear?
may i have a volunteer
my motives always are
unclear
smoke and mirrors
tricks and traps
that's the way
to keep children
under wraps
when you look away
she plays a trick
while you're focusing
her hand is quick
she's got all kinds
of designs
but you just
don't see the signs
i know the
magician well
but i also know
magician's never tell
look!
what's this behind your ear?
is this
the card you chose, my dear?
smoke and mirrors
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2. |
Paper House
03:53
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stay at home crustacean
overnight sensation
my father's epic mistake
made me a birthday cake
falling from such
low graces
leads to amoral stasis
as i lead you through the mazes
and the pleasure of
confined spaces
don't succumb
Munchausen syndrome
go to your room
rooms made of horsehair
and lead supergloss
made of cardboard painted garishly
like glue
morbid morose
lead painted nightmares
nude window nightscares
nightmare don't even cover it...
everything looks solid
but on close inspection
it was hollow
just like the soul of the house
colors like a stupid clown
if you touch a thing
you knock it down
we were the biggest joke in town
balancing a cosmic frown
paper house
burn it down
so cold so cold so
very cold
make a fire
burn it down
make a fire
dance around
make a fire
sacred ground
...
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3. |
Gift Horse
04:10
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always look a gift horse in the mouth
if it's a gift, the meat went south
and it wasn't good enough for the giver
but you can have it, make you shiver
make yourself out to be a hero
but you got maggots underneath your meat
cuz no one else can see but me
the way you lie and cheat
Hook:
don't take the bait
the bait stems from hate
don't take the bait
don't take it
no
don't take it
don't
take
it
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4. |
In A Corner
03:44
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Will anybody tell me why I'm standing here, the reason is unclear, there is a ringing in my ear, my arms out at my side instead of playing outside, why can't I just hide, I am stuck here in the corner maybe cuz I lied or maybe just because I cry oh, it's my favorite one though of all corners in this home, it's a game of hide-and-seek except I'm all alone, can anybody call me on the telephone? There's an aching in my bones, there is aching in my bones, I did nothing wrong that I should be here for so long, I must be strong because begging her for mercy would be wrong and I knew it all along so I sing this song.
Will anybody tell me why I'm kneeling here, with my nose up to the wall, walls made out of clapboard, it isn't really wood at all because nothing's really real, at least that's how I feel at least that's how I feel, look at all the pretty patterns in the wall, I hate this kneeling in the hall, the punishment don't fit the crime at all, I must be strong because begging to get out would just be wrong and I knew it all along that's why I sing this song, I am stuck here all night long, all night long.
I memorized the patterns on the wall though the walls not really a wall at all it's an entrance to another world and when I get a punishment I focus on the pattern swirls until there's nothing there at all because you see, there never really was a wall. I am stuck here in the corner in the hall.
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5. |
Never Be
02:08
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i will never be
what you
want me to be.
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6. |
Panic Attack
03:46
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one step forward
two steps back
it's enough to give me
a panic attack
to give me a panic attack
i am damned if i do
damned if i don't
so why should
anybody care if i won't
what is wrong with me?...
if i go forward
the way is back
if i go left
it's right
these are the thoughts
that plague me
in the middle
of the night
no matter what i do
it's wrong,
try as i might
i am damned if i do
damned if i don't
so why should
anybody care if i won't
one step forward
two steps back
it's enough to give me
i am damned if i do
damned i don't
so
why should
anybody care
if i won't?
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7. |
Too Bad
03:12
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why do you have to talk so much?
why can't you get outta my sight
why are you aggravating me right now
are you just looking for a fight?
too bad
isn't it?
go to your room again
i know i just let you out
but you're really bugging me now
so you better just shut your mouth
too bad
tough shit
too bad
isn't it?
hook:
isn't it just too bad
the way you feel?
you really make me mad
the way you feel
hook:
isn't it just too bad
the way you feel?
you really make me mad
the way you feel
why must you be so curious
why are you so sensitive
you must get thicker skin
because softly
is no way to live
go to your room for the night
stay outta my sight...
go to your room for the night
and you better stay outta my sight...
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8. |
Egg Shells
03:00
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9. |
Maladjusted Mama
04:13
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you always pulled my hair
too tightly on my head
and whacked me with the brush
to stop my moving
you never took your time with me
you were always in a rush
your manner never soothing
your big rough hands
are like a man's
and use them them like
you're tough
and every word out of your mouth
is deceitful and gruff
i certainly recoiled from you
all through my growing years
when you're the daughter of a snake
you learn to shed your skin
instead of shedding tears
you let me know
you let me know
you let me know
you hated it
taking care of us kids
because you never got
you never got
to live
so that was our
and that was our sin
the sins of the mother
passed onto the children
so it's no wonder
then the children run wild
i guess that was because i was my daddy's child
you let me know
you let me know
you let me know
i can't do anything right
you let your drunken boyfriends
come to my room in the
middle of the night
you said to me
you said to me
you said just
just get outta my sight
alright
i wish i may
i wish i may
i wish i might
you told me looking in the mirror
was of the devil
you let me go to school
each day disheveled
you said that dancing was a sin
oh yah
revealing the type of mindset
you're in
you said to me
you said to me
you said just
get outta my sight
oh
i wish i may
i wish i may
i wish i might
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10. |
Sly Kinda Wolf
04:20
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there once was a sly kinda wolf
pulled the wool over some people's eyes
but not mine
kept the damned show going all the time
eyes to the skies
forked tongue
on the lips
little smiles
between whips
loose lips
sink ships
wolfie wanted redemption
so badly
never got enough
attention from daddy
he'll never know
he'll never know
how i feel
they always want what isn't theirs
shove you aside with zero cares
lie to your face
as they take your place
and get away with it
there once was a sly kinda wolf
wolfie took my boy
he was the one thing of mine
she could destroy
don't think i couldn't see through her
wolfie did it, took my little boy
he'll never know
he'll never know
how i feel
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11. |
44
04:20
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MIZERO Massachusetts
dark electronic
I am not myself.
I am, though.
I am zero, zilch.
But call me MIZERO, for nothing amounts to misery and misery amounts to nothing.
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