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A Glimpse Of Self Joy

by Fossil Youth

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1.
patience grows impatient all of the time and every once in a while it's followed by a brash goodbye I know I hurt you even though I never really wanted to you said you lost faith in me for good like when the water meets the sand things will dissipate and all the good in me will resurface come back to me and find that what we have is worth it constant memories flood in my every day scenery the grass is always greener where I will never be I'll retrace my steps burning every bridge that's ever carried counterfeit feelings I'll make amends this time I'll make a difference salvage every piece tell me what you do and don't want to see envelop every part of me salvage every piece tell me what you do and don't want to see be my watercolor daydream like when the water meets the sand things will dissipate and all the good in me will resurface come back to me come back to me
2.
like the wind we're surely losing touch again I watched the leaves fall from their crooked stems I'm just another crook who likes to play Mother Nature pretend that the world isn't as screwed up as it seems I'm pretty sure that we're both dying I'm sick of giving a shit I'm tired of lying we watched our hair turn bright silver you and I are caving in you are the flood to my flower the outage of power the reason I toss and turn at every hour
3.
your love like a poison and I want it want it your skin like a castle and I want in want in so let me in dive into your dark room swim through it for a little while find pieces of me that you never thought you'd ever find you always wonder where I am and what I'm doing you know I float around your head float around your head castleskin you shouldn't let me in cause I just can't keep you safe from me silent swoon won't you be my favorite moon I'll howl at you all night howl at you all night I just can't keep you safe cause every inch of me is still reaching for your loving I just can't keep you safe from me
4.
Minco 03:28
you're the shrapnel in my side I was shot by love and torn up by pride I only did what I thought was best and as time passes by I'll try to forget the eyes that gleamed into mine every night I'll stop grabbing your hips I'll stop kissing your lips I'll stop rubbing your back when you're trying to sleep I'll stop calling your name keep my hands to myself if you think it'll help keep you around but I can't you're the shrapnel in my side I don't want to cut you out but right now that's best cause you need a break from my stress and I need to learn a lesson I should've never let you get away minco
5.
Forest Eyes 02:56
screaming inside my car as if you could hear me and my stuttered breathing comes and goes this time of year like most things I know forest eyes you're always haunting my mind like the blades of grass in my backyard I'll surely cut you in two we searched the darkest streets for conversation a remedy red brushed across my face you are the east wind you blew me away we sat on the pavement and whispered the night away crushing leaves in our hands silently like the big oak tree in your backyard I can't do a thing
6.
you have got that black and blue shade across your face this feeling's dead now isn't it with distance you've been out of reach I feel incomplete I wish you would slip into me this isn't love yet is it we used to talk the same feel the same cover me up like a blanket need you to make my cold words warm there's urgency submerged in me locked behind my teeth you are the key you unravel me this isn't love yet is it I need to figure myself out I need you to talk me down there's a fire in our eyes we haven't seen in a while for the first time in a long time this is what love is isn't it feeling everything at once there's a fire in our eyes burning wild
7.
you want it to end pressure that's boiling beneath your skin like a nervous wreck you don't even feel safe in the home you grew up in sick of sitting still in a room that won't stop spinning you kept your door shut didn't think that anyone would listen you wanted peace and quiet drifting through your system it's not fair at all that you should do this alone one hand full of pills the other hand full of regret you wonder how you got here and why this mess you're in just won't quit I was just in the next room letting my eyes get heavy when I awoke to a sound that won't ever stop haunting me I should have been better I should have been around but I was selfish only thinking of myself I sat alone in that spinning room wondering why I was never a better example for you in disaster you find a clear view what would I do without you
8.
Open Shut 03:14
I am a car crash I like to sit in the dark no headlights its quiet and comfortable but I still don't know what I feel at all I like to sleep with one eye open I want to see what kills me I like to sleep with one eye shut I don't want to know what I don't know I am that feeling that you feel when your legs get nervous shaking the ground with every step I don't think I still don't think that our puzzle piece hands will ever fit they never quite fit I feel nothing I feel nothing at all I don't want to know what I already know
9.
Common Ghost 02:43
I watched the smoke rise from your backyard I watched you cut that oak tree down a burning sensation lit my lungs as we watched the embers hit the ground where did we go wrong when did we go numb I wish I was a whisper in the wind maybe then you'd be listening and then I wondered what I'd have to do to get out of this situation to cut out all sense of hesitation to put a nail in the coffin and bury me in the dirt silence stirs like scissor tongues that cut our lips with every word some days I wish we didn't speak every night I lay awake you're my common ghost
10.
Monochrome 02:33
color me impressed I'm only hearing sirens in my head they say that you're not the one for me I thought I had you figured out but I was so wrong something struck a nerve in you more than I ever could I feel dismantled color me impressed I'm still only hearing sirens in my head I was never meant to be any kind of happy I was just settling like I always do
11.
Color Coded 02:24
tell me facts that I already know as if I don't know how the river flows it's full of life your lies and broken promise rings you've made me such a hateful thing I don't want to live in a box anymore it's dark in here and the cardboard's torn I want to see more than these grey color schemes I don't want to hide I'm a one track mind lie to me through your teeth I want to see you at your best my name has slipped your mind one hundred times tell me a story of how you've been so busy you should have color coded me
12.
I still see you in the back of my head I know you need me so I'll carry you to bed and as I lay you down to rest I see you at your best I see something new your gums bled self joy and pride I saw it when you smiled and then I knew you don't need me at all

about

After battling the unattainable with the 2015 EP Intertwined With You, Fossil Youth are back and at it again with their new full length A Glimpse Of Self Joy. AGOSJ not only works well as individual songs but, also tells one cohesive story that takes you on a journey from the opening chords of the contagious sing along Watercolor Daydream to the final ring out of the epic closer Linger In My Head, where singer/guitarist Scottie Noonan laments over and over again, “You don’t need me at all.”

Noonan attacks the initial roadblocks, relapses, fond recollections, reminiscing and ultimately, the final resolution of a toxic relationship. Throughout the album, there is consistency in storytelling, that when listened to in sequential order, will bring a sense of apathy to the listener. Personal yet still universal, AGOSJ brings urgency in its songwriting. Noonan persists, “Although you know you shouldn't, you're replaying the best memories you have in the back of your head.”

For the recording of the album, Fossil Youth tapped producer Jay Maas (Citizen, The Menzingers, Somos) and headed to Boston, MA. You can hear hints of the laidback groove of Turnover melding with the quiet/loud dynamics of Balance & Composure. Songs like Minco & Sitting In A Spinning Room showcase the bands penchant for slowing things down and compelling the listener to firmly grasp every melody, while songs like Forest Eyes and Late Night Swim hit you right in the face and force you to bop your head in agreeance with the beat.

A Glimpse Of Self Joy is out now on 12”/CD/CS/Digital via Take This To Heart Records. Catch Fossil Youth on tour this fall all across the USA.

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released November 4, 2016

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