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by M A T H

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1.
I Am Tetsuo 03:41
You were my best friend Ever since we were little kids We watched each other's backs To make sure that they didn't fuck with us But now so much has happened, so fast And I don't think I'll ever be the same Cuz now, i dont need you Because now, i have myself And, no, I don't need you Because now, I finally have myself and... No, I don't want you around Get out of here, I'm gonna burn this town Down to the fucking ground Unless you wanna get killed too I'm a raging goddam psychic Not your fucking sidekick And, no, I don't need you Because I have myself And, no, I don't need you Because I still have myself and i am tetsuo Broken mind and broken arm Swarm of wires, this throne will bind Running low on time and pills Fighting off my sick body's own will All I wanted was to be But now look what has become of me And, please, now I need you Because I can't control myself And, please, now I need you Because I don't have myself but i am tetsuo "Look at what they abandoned in their panic, they were afraid! They were too scared, so they hid it away from the public. They forgot all shame and honor, cast off the civilization and science we had created, and shut the lid of the Pandora's Box they themselves had opened." i am tetsuo
2.
no weed 02:40
what did i do to you my darling? im so sorry that i burned you but now youre gone and i ask why? i just wanted to socialize please dont go cuz im not ready to say bye i sit alone just to cry feeling like im gonna die, i would trade it all away for a moment with you please dont go, youre all i need, all i need is my weed
3.
some shit works and other shit doesn't so don't let it get you down when your life is fucking up you really shouldn't feel like you're about to drown cuz everyone wants to die nobody's really happy no one wants to be alive you see? your thoughts are not so different you're another brick in the wall cuz even the dead don't like how their life was spent so you're not so special after all
4.
Orange Juice 02:05
don't you have another place to be? cuz i know for a fact you don't wanna be with me i tried to talk but was denied but a closed door still has you on the other side but that door's been broken since 1994 we lost the key a long time ago so don't look at it the door knob doesn't turn the paint is chipping badly the hinges are all rusty now it's stuk in the threshold tapes and books and ugly movies faking my smile, but so is she tripping in the muddy sleet but a dirty floor is still under your feet but that floor's been dirty since 2008 it's got all sorts of weeds and bugs living in it the worms are squirming through it the roaches eating through it he maggots are growing bigger but only until you kill them
5.
wcch 04:17
intensely he falls into the hole unharmed and shaken, he trusts the floor he doesnt wonder about the time in space he cares not of feelings or emotions he was unwillingly apathetic in a self oppressive wave of pessimistic mist drowning and showering all the interest away dont be scared of what is coming cuz it is just going to get worse return, i will to old.. brazil, where hearts were entertaining june we stood beneath an amber moon and softly whispered that- -i promise you that in a week or two you wont have to deal with me anymore i just dont think that i will survive that long if everything keeps happening the way that its going right now i just want to go back before all this hate back in time to the days of 2008
6.
=sweat= 01:29
your hands look so smooth, but i know theyll never touch me. your ears are so cute but i know youll hear me. your lips are so soft but i know ill never taste them. your eyes are so full so i know youll never see me. so i'll just put all that out of my head. cuz i dont give a (thats) fuck (not) what you (really) said and i wish i could just (if) let (you) it (really) all (wanna) go (then) by(e) cuz im just (that) too nice (shitty) of a guy
7.
knowing what i want to say but not the words to make you understand so ill just throw my mouth and my brain into a dirty trashcan that way they could hang out with all my shitty mistakes and maybe they could all go out and get super baked you look at me like im crazy but i just havent got a clue but if having a clue will get you over here then i promise, i do what the fuck? was that a cat wearing a viagra baseball cap? im gonna jump out the window, here i go, but the fall was way too slow i let my mind slip into the biggest pile of shit i can find covered in poop, maybe now i can finally find the time to make this alright all i gotta do is wait until 12 but all the time before that is gonna be pure hell
8.
kelly. 03:06
kelly baltazar, porn will take you just as far as you are deep. fuck getting good grades, all you wanna do is go out and get laid. but with a mouth like that you can say anything. why then are you drinking pee from his dick? your broken soul and decrepit holes only brand you as a dirty nasty whore. after all that you went through and all the puke, i know theres something more to you. and with eyes like that, you can see anything. why then dont you see me?
9.
the L train 03:33
just like clockwork in 15 minutes time we'd catch it by the stop sign across the street from the 7-11 where keoni stole oreos. the same street where we saw weed dog for the second time and he didnt recognize us cuz he probably was fucked up on crack (speed). take me away. i dont want to be here anymore. take me out of this fucking rotted place. but it doesnt take my problems away it just makes them harder to see. it doesnt make my problems go away it just makes them harder to see. her slouch covered me like a cloud in the desert i am without water and i am without her

about

this album is the product of a year and a half of me writing songs about stuff like pornstars, not having weed, San Francisco trains and the character Tetsuo from Akira. Initially, i wanted it to be pretty silly, which I still think it is, but somehow i think it turned out a bit more ''serious'' than planned. oh well, maybe it's better that way, maybe not.
This album was recorded with garageband, a guitar, a keyboard, and a range of effects that are nearly impossible to recreate live.

pressing of 50 c30s on Kerchow! Records and Stagnant Fjord Recordings.
a KER-FJORD creation.

this was originally released on Almost Halloween Time Records you can purchase a physical copy here:
www.underwaternow.com/catalog.php?id=033

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released February 25, 1994

Josh lopez: guitar, vox, keys, samples, noises
Axel Jimenez played drums on 'I Am Tetsuo'

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M A T H West Covina, California

josh lopez's bedroom recording project. making songs and finite physical albums since sophomore year of high school.

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