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The Demo

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1.
Chapped lips make for a rough kiss But it’s alright Nothing went smoothly anyways I was seasick By the time the summer was over And you were playing sick Yeah you were throwing up in my inbox About being sorry About being sorry Sorry, sorry, sorry Oh what a sorry sucker I’ve been all this time And you bit when you weren’t supposed to So you could get to my insides What are you so sorry for? What could you be sorry for? When there’s so much to consider When it’s carved into the wall What are you so sorry for? I don’t think you’re really sorry at all I don’t think you’re really sorry at all I don’t think you’re really sorry at all
2.
Stephanie 03:17
January of last year The storm stretched over your island empire And snow cascaded like you haven't seen Since leaving New Hampshire The runoff traced the corners of your eyes In frosted patterns on freezing panes You swallowed fire to thaw two stifled, clotted lungs Enflamed your swollen throat No amount of rain Pummeling the flesh of your mouth Can quench the white coal Digging pits into your stomach You’re bloated You’re anchored You’re driven down The sun in your skull will never drain the deadweight The sun in your skull will never breach the rusted gates
3.
Percy 02:55
Now don’t cry You’ve got makeup on Do you really want Streams of black running down your face Do you want people to say That it looks like your soul Is leaking out of your eyes? Now’s about the time that he will realize That you fit him like a glove But on the wrong hand so How about you start running Keep your legs moving fast until You drop dead Or start recognizing the streets
4.
You've been following me again You've been right over my shoulder You've been swallowing me again Oh am I sitting like a boulder in your stomach? You've been pulling the sheets up Over your head and running away You held my hands and made me Cut the circles out for your eyes But you still couldn't see me You walked right through the walls into my home You've been swallowing me again I've been dissolved and half digested You've been swallowing me again Please tell me that I'm the Hardest pill to take
5.
I'm burning through this notebook And I'm dying for a smoke To drag my nose down to my collar To paste my heavy eyes Onto the floor There's a skeleton behind me There's a skeleton inside me It wants my skin I couldn't add to this conversation If given a calculator or an abacus Or someone else's opinion Everyone else's opinion There's a skeleton behind me There's a skeleton inside me It wants my skin And I Can't pull my head out of this sleeping bag There's a skeleton behind me There's a skeleton beside me And it just wants to hold my hand

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Demos

There's no way to thank Ben enough for mixing this, turning around three versions of a song in three days.
Also thanks to our parents and stuff.

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released July 12, 2015

Mandals is:
Alli Brunner - Vocals
Justin Blau - Guitar, Vocals
Joe Scibelli - Guitar
Dan Mayotte - Bass
Andy Esborn - Drums
Jill Caldwell - Chicken Nuggets

Recorded by Ben DuBois and Kevin O'Brien at University of New Haven
Mixed by Ben DuBois

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