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Through the Cracks EP

by Darker Than

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    Seven original tunes on yellow tinted cassette tape with cover/insert art by the band.

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1.
Milk Goats 01:30
Unplug from the mainframe Misanthropic Disdain Go wild in to The good night and Move to the country x3 barefoot Have a nervous breakdown x3 milk goats! Howl up the full moon x3 compost Moralism overload x3 run away! Move to the country x3 barefoot Have a nervous breakdown x3 milk goats! Howl up the full moon x3 compost Nihilism undertow x3 die young! Watch the churches burn down Eat cake, when you're alone Lay down on the Cold ground with me
2.
You must be out of your goddamn mind! No dude, you can’t have my number Your persistence is a wonder Now I’m sticking you six feet under but I was just out for a run, Sir. Boners on the street girls should be more discrete “Hey baby, I can’t help it it’s your fault that I was tempted” Boners on the street girls should be more discrete They say, they can’t help it, but we all know, that’s demented! What are you, some kind of maniac? Your game is all out of whack Cat-calling ain't no aphrodisiac! Don’t fucking touch me–cuz I’ll bite back. Boners on the street girls should be more discrete “Hey baby, I can’t help it it’s your fault that I was tempted” Boners on the street girls should be more discrete They say, they can’t help it, but we all know, that’s demented! Boners on the street girls should be more discrete They say, they can’t help it, but we all know, that’s demented!
3.
I don’t smoke outside the Ottobar anymore I am looking for a new way to breath I don’t have enough time to get bored I am looking for a place to breath One more midnight walk to find a place no one can see me cry another rooftop hideaway where sleepless ghosts unwind And Just breath Stay with me Dont leave baby let’s dream I don’t sleep inside my car anymore I am looking for a new way to grieve I don’t know what getting old has in store I am looking for a place to grieve One more midnight walk to find a place no one can see me cry another rooftop hideaway where sleepless ghosts unwind And Just breath Stay with me Dont leave baby Let’s dream! I don’t want to burn down bridges anymore I am looking for a new way to leave I am tired of marching off to war I want a space// I dont want to leave! One more midnight walk to find a place no one can see me cry another rooftop hideaway where sleepless ghosts unwind And Just breath Stay with me Dont leave baby let’s dream
4.
There are three big crosses On the 81 drag Right beneath a big ol Dumb american flag Im driving like Frankenstein Gotta outrun the scumbags They’re arming priests and senators Im blasting billy bragg Youre afraid of monsters Hid under your bed Black cats/blood baths inside your head Ive got a dead man’s brain Puttin the ritz on top A blue oyster heart And i dont trust cops Im driving like Frankenstein Through the cable news slop Theyre all crying werewolf I gotta make them stop Frankenstein as metaphor Delusions of grandeur Be careful what you wish for Prey becomes predator Government conspiracies Used to be more fun Now I'm afraid fox mulder Would sound like q-anon Im driving like Frankenstein My work is just begun The truth might be out there But the lies gargantuan You're afraid of monsters Hid under your bed Black cats/blood baths inside your head Where does the state begin And the church end? I know we're only mice but are you my friend? Im driving like Frankenstein Away from those who pretend That they’re not the monsters When the monsters are men You're afraid of monsters Hid under your bed Black cats/blood baths Turns out the call was coming From inside your head
5.
Darker Than 02:06
If she has enough // she better throw it up she’s expected to be wanting // expected to be small daddy hands out kisses // but she has to crawl morning’s always darker // than she bargained for bled dry fed up said no get out She takes another pill // to get more comfortable No one wants to listen // they don’t want it to be true When daddy’s in your bedroom // no one looks at you It’s our little secret // I thought you understood bled dry fed up said no get out It was a Violation Just looks at all the damage you've done Just take another sip // don’t give him any lip She knows prayers aren’t answered // knows it’s futile Daddy withholds nothing // except for his approval All she wanted // was for him to love her bled dry fed up said no get out keep it all inside // no where to hide she's accustomed to darkness // accustomed to pain People love her daddy // but think that she’s insane Just another victim // of a silent game bled dry fed up said no get out It was a Violation Just looks at all the damage you've done Violation Violation Violation If she has enough // she better throw it up she’s expected to be wanting // expected to be small daddy hands out kisses // but she has to crawl morning’s always darker // than she bargained for bled dry fed up said no get out rot gut fought back let go wet bed cut deep cant sleep want more haunted get out get out get out get out
6.
Dead Mall 02:03
I’ve got a bruise in the shape of a cul-de-sac White picket fence stains all up and down my back tried to fight my way out Date raped in basements by sons of some prominent Businessmen who will deny that they’re violent tried to fight my way out Bored teenagers, running around feral Hoping dust-off would keep us sterile! I’ve got a wound and deep as suburbia Therapist says I’m completely disturbed, tried to cut my way out prescriptions for xanys and oxys and adderal snuck out our bedrooms and od’d at dead malls tried to cut my way out Bored teenagers, running around feral Hoping dust-off would keep us sterile! Im not a good girl Im not a good girl Im not a good girl Im not a good girl! I’ve have a front seat to polite society “wasted potential,” they said, “what a pity!” thought I’d never make it out but theirs was a prison of limp affectations, I’d rather die than uphold their traditions so I ripped their hearts out! Bored teenagers, went our own ways I guess I just don’t hate myself that much these days
7.
Clocks 02:15
There’s just as many minutes as there ever was they just mean a little bit more to me now because The days seem to go by faster now than they did yesterday so many years ago, felt like a different life i held a different knife i swayed a different sway when my ever beating heart cried out to the fleeting dark you won’t catch me judging you, no i know that im flawed there’s so much that needs fixing, i bought a watch because i have wasted enough time feeling sorry for myself not gonna wait for a savior or wish for a different life i held a different knife i swayed a different sway when my ever beating heart cried out to the fleeting dark yaknow we’re all gonna rot, it’s what a body does i never used to find it precious, now i do because true love goddamn it, im scared we’re running out of time so let’s take all our minutes slow, create a better life i held a better knife i held a better knife minute by minute until i’m dead shout into the night that i’ve lost my head gonna fix my clocks and make it last til we’re just bones beneath the grass lick my ear and make me sweat every heart beat’s a beat closer to death

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released September 22, 2023

Vox - Hanna
Guitar - Ben
Bass - Scott
Drums - Mikey

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nick Skrobisz in Baltimore, MD, June 2023

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Darker Than Baltimore, Maryland

garage punk from baltimore's punk rock graveyard

hanna - vocals
ben - guitar
scott - bass
mikey - drums

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