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Abstract Trust

by Basic Printer

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1.
We're going fast but not fast enough We're going fast so quick, let's get tough! So here we go into ourselves! (A day in your shoes: Ask me how I got in)
2.
We roll into to town and fuck the place up Nothin' to do but bow to the king, yeah When you're spun up this bad, it tends to feel good So grab a hold and enjoy the ride I can't help that you're scared and I'm not But then again I'm someone to stop So come in si-i-i-i-i-i-i-ide I'll give you a nice tour of my head, yeah I said before that you talk like a passenger All the better for me to get tough! Your cracking skull's not conducive to thinking clearly But that's okay because that's how I live A certain value arises from a dead body Despite my head it still 'aint gon' be me So just put up your head and look into the Flaming city we built from our fears, yeah (Computers might be twice as fast as they were in 1973, but your average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever! The only one who's changed is me. I've become bitter! And let's face it, CRAZY over the years! And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our childrens' organs to ZOOS for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place! MUAAHAHAHAH!)
3.
I once thought I had shielded eyes but lo and behold I went and made a million dollars from the one that I owed Turns out I got a bit more than I know And there's something to be said about a black box with holes Just because I'm down and broken don't mean a bit Because I'll show you something worthy of a robot with wit Taunting puppets hobbling all around from up above I tend to see every fucking one as all possible If you could even talk then I might get all real But for now I'm gonna settle in and roll in the guilt I'll say something and then another the next You'd wonder how I got to be so rich with my mind all vexed
4.
This is my 'you,' and you don't know who Through rustic days, and rustic days, and rustic days, and rustic nights, goodbye and you, you read books, for my brain's cook And I think you're better you're better, and I think you're better you're better So how is the weather the weather 'cause we're on a tether a tether And I don't want to love you now And here is your 'me,' but I don't believe When you say hi, and you say hi, and I say bye, and you say hi, goodbye And so as I should, I'll hide out away And you'll try, it's no good it's no good and you'll try, it's no good it's no good I don't want to be in love be in love, I don't want to be in love be in love I'm both extremes and I can't see you there And so, here's our 'us,' in all abstract trust And I say I'm fine, and you say what's wrong, and I say I'm fine, but you stay too long, goodbye And so here I am, a small humble sham, And I think you're better you're better, I still think you're better you're better I know I can't get her can't get her, Will you stay? No never no never And I don't want to love you now
5.
Who are you, when I don't know me? There's nothing there to me... Then what do I see in you? What do I see in you? Unfathomable angles... Sharp and green and purple Jagging me here and there You don't even care... You don't even care! So what will it be, when there's nothing to see in me and there is structure in you? I guess I'm the deconstructed fool....I guess I'm the deconstructed fool. Dark old landscape behind you Beating heart of red and blue I'll just sit here in my room And listen to the songs I know That keep me 18 years old So what will it be, when there's nothing to see in me and there is structure you? I guess I'm the deconstructed fool....I guess I'm the deconstructed fool I guess I'm the deconstructed fool....I guess I'm the deconstructed fool
6.
Solitude 04:49
I'm going to close my eyes and sit in a corner I'll look so far into nothing that I'm no longer here And then I'll run away through the dark; I'll sit in a forest Sit underneath a dry tree and delude into blackness, blackness Into blackness What goes on in solitude I swear the world closes shut People are drawing skies, and I'm all alone I'm sitting here firing neurons out of these things that I call eyes I'm all alone, all alone I'm all alone I'm all alone
7.
Anablue 03:33
I sunk the day feeling astray, and where are we now? I can't believe in the seven seas, so help me in You're too blue to even know Well I'm blue too, so let's go Come to the depths and learn yourself! I went around, looked up and down, found nothing but electric goo I took a swim, you don't get in, but soon you follow suit You're too blue to even know Well I'm blue too, so let's go Come to the depths and learn yourself! Come to the depths and learn yourself!
8.
Dark; Scared 02:25
N/a, 'cept for the breath.
9.
Ice Satan 04:00
I am a dead bird in the midst of something more Blooming buzzing hearts all across the city floor, oh I need to see something to change But my eyelids are frozen Dreaming about days that never come I've been in here for years and years Speaking silent converse to anyone that hears (I'm not all right, I'm all screwed up.) I need to see something to change But my eyelids are frozen Dreaming about days that never come I want to open my eyes I want to open my eyes I am opening my eyes I am opening my eyes (Something is wrong with me: I can't see. When my eyelids are down, Ice Satan comes around. The windows froze. They melted. And I died.)
10.
The field was enormous and bright And I came with no one to please I swear world, that I come in peace Just stay and let me see, help me help me please And here we go around the bend again And here we go around the bend again And here we go around the bend again And here we go around the bend again I swear that it's speaking to me Crossed up tongue of speech I never quite catch the whole seed But I'll plant what I can to get what I need, help me help me please And here we go around the bend again And here we go around the bend again And here we go around the bend again And here we go around the bend again I swear it's speaking to me What else could it be?B
11.
I can't even know where you are, no 'Cause I'm nothing but a lonely star, no Every summer haze you pass and we look, yeah Orange lazy sky, it's one for the books, yeah And I try I try To be with you We'll retreat to your soft house and do what you want And tell the tales of books you've read and I've not Nothing ever seems to escape this trust But still I feel like you just see through us And I am I am The lost color of a flame with no flick The orange heart of you is to what I stick The dark landscape where we found our place It takes one somber summer for hearts to race Lo-fi vinyl cracked voice Gramophone conversations 'til morn A rolled up tape of all our days And a dark deep orange summer haze And I am I am The lost color of a flame with no flick The orange heart of you is to what I stick The dark landscape where we found our place It takes one somber summer for hearts to race (-Why do you do this to me? What have I done to you? Tell me, what-what do you want me to do! -I don't know. Maybe touch my hair or something? -I can't do that...why me? -Because everyone else is boring, and you're different...you don't like me Stephanie.)

about

This is a backlogged record, endearingly called a 'Printer Prelude'. I find these records to be dated, of a lesser quality, and not as indicative of my current level of musicianship, however there are some good songs here. This was written long ago, but brought back to life. There is an accompanying podcast explaining this older record, which you can find at basicprinter.com/podcast. Enjoy!

Abstract Trust is my fun album - I felt very much more experienced since Poor Ian and was excited to show off what I could do. All of these songs were just ideas I wanted to try out, because I know I could.

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released June 10, 2011

Steven Spinks for album art! Check out his band Spiracles!

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