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Summer of Twenty
04:17
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I did a thing that I never imagined I would
In the summer of twenty
Made a call to the husband of my lover’s friend
And put a sign out in the front of my house
I guess I was ready to get what I could
For my home of a decade
Got the whole mess cleaned up and got rid of my stuff
And I went down to North Carolina, so Kathleen and I could do something new
I’m not looking back
But I miss you
We got a nice little place that ain’t falling apart
And we’re taking it easy
At the end of the day, I feel happy and safe
I got a plan and my head’s feeling straight
I admit it’s a little bit strange of a change
But I say I’m a mountain man
And I don’t have to waste anymore of my life
I’ve got the time to make up for the past and get off of my ass and create something new
I’m not looking back
But I miss you
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My Little Beanie Baby
05:16
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It’s exhibition time
We have a big surprise
Somehow I got these eyes
From David’s fathers side
And now I have to crystalize
Before this conversation dies
And I’m off
into the busy streets
The echoes make them neat
I pass the gallery
Then I’m imagining
An alarm that rings occasionally
To remind me that I’m basically
Fading out
What do you think of love?
It’s not my place to say
Where do you get it from?
It grows inside the brain
It’s collecting where the sun don’t shine
And it almost makes me run and hide
But I won’t run and hide
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Asleep too Deep
05:37
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I fell asleep in a chair and the fog swept over me
I’m never going anywhere but I live well in dreams
Crawl across Ferraris and make some babies
I get to do funny things to people who hate me
drink a glass with a cat that’s a bassist in a band
Take a bath in a class where the subject is math
How do I taste in your mouth, am I sweet
Do I ever turn sour, do I fuck up your teeth
Am I making you cry, oh I’m sorry
Tell me, cause there’s nothing you can say that will surprise me
Get me out on the street, wake up and smell the gasoline
Will you increase the speed, come on baby please
I never thought that again, I’d feel so free
My head cannot believe, what my machine is telling me
I’m just out in the open, this is lovely
but I’m starting to see, I’m just asleep too deep
What the hell was that sound, did you hear that?
Who among all these creeps, can be trusted?
Do you think we’ll be found, if this ends bad?
We’ve been seen by the queen, I think we’re busted!
Never forgive me my love
I lost you, I can never wake up[]=—\]]]]]
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Asskorpion
04:33
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If you want to play
All my favorite games
In the yard all day
All you’ve got to say to me is take me to the center
We only have to venture to yesterday
embracing in the sticks
Hesitation kiss
Every little part of this is busting down our egos
We’re feeling love and killing baseless hate
Shaking like a leaf
Shaking tambourines
Burning like a sun inside, you don’t have to hide my sadness
It’s crazy but I think I may be sane
Questions are the key
Now it’s plain to see
Technically it’s always been, and we’ve always been together
We’ve only to remember why we bleed
Introduced as friends
I was meant to bend
Even if we could be introduced as enemies, I’d love you
You’d find a way to bring me to my knees
If you want to play
All my favorite games
In the yard all day
All you’ve got to say to me is take me to the center
We only have to venture to yesterday
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Elephant Man
04:59
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The elephant man with delicate hands
putting his dad into a trance
The elephant man is a sad son of a gun
But there could only be one
When I go to bed and into my head
I think of the end and things that I said
When I go to bed I’m as good as dead
My spirit does not rise with the sun
Do I know who I am
am I who I know I am
Is it time to change the plan
Can I change my mind again
Why don’t I feel bad
And as I open my eyes up
I lose everything I thought
Even in the afterlife
You will wander off alone
So, why don’t we stay home
I have a grenade and pink lemonade
And half a rolaid to leave for the maid
I’ll stay in the shade to preserve my shell
I’m never gonna burn in no hell
A little machine just dancing with me
And making me see a love supreme
It isn’t a dream cause I can’t go to sleep
Or maybe I’m too senseless to tell
Do I know who I am
am I who I know I am
Is it time to change the plan
Can I change my mind again
Why don’t I feel bad
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Larry's Lament
04:11
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He’s got a baseball mitten on his hand
And he probably can’t remove it
He sleeps like a turtle in the sand
In the morning, he gets his head checked
By the elephant man
‘Cause he’s all about being cautious
He’s got a million friends
They all tell him that he’s the coolest
He plays rhythm in a band
They’re called Larry and thee Enthusiasts
They don’t sound like anyone
It’s the first of it’s kind of music
He swings around
While breaking ground
He turns his head around
To meet the crowd
He says it don’t make a difference to him
If anybody pays him attention
He lives all of his days on a whim
He invented imagination
He’s got a million dollars in gold
And he buries it in a mountain
He picks up everybody’s trash
You know everyone says they love him
He swings around
While breaking ground
He turns his head around
To meet the crowd
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Fire Snake
04:20
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When I was the king I like to think I opened up somebody’s temple
I wasn’t very mean to any queens.
And if I cursed into your eyes, then I must apologize
I should not have always said what’s in my head
Tumbling away I see the place that gives the song a happy ending
I’m rolling like a stone up to the mill
Turning to the sky it starts to cry and then surprise you guys I’m raining
It’s never time to go, don’t you know
You cannot give up hope if you want to have a good time
you cannot be in two different places at the same time
Get a fucking clue you can’t undo a single thing, this is the real world
And everything is changing always
That’s what they all say, and I’ll admit it’s hard to argue with the truth
I guess this isn’t all just a joke
Firesnake did you ever plan on making yourself known Firesnake?
Firesnake do you love me more than anybody else Firesnake?
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Agartha
03:36
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I can’t survive these awful times without a little something special
I’ve half the mind to go outside, but I’m safer in my castle
What’s in the sink, I think something stinks
It’s just the kind of thing I love
I’ll have to shrink to get out the kinks
I’ll have to shrink my rubber gloves
But why do I care who dies?
here come the bats they must attack. They know how long I’ve been resting.
What type of text would they select if they were violently texting
Don’t fuck this up. We’ve had enough. And we now how to take a hint.
I’ll flick my wrist and blow a kiss and hope that someone gets a glimpse of it.
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Moon Rock
02:31
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I won’t let her play
Cause she just got spayed
I know what she needs
She needs quiet and peace
She knows to calm down
I’ll give her a treat now
She ain’t got no fleas
She’s the dog of my dreams and now it seems
I gotta make it all right for the girl
She’s my joy and pride in this world
She’s getting so smart
Always in my heart
Yeah she knows a few tricks
She loves chewing on sticks
Sometimes she listens
And sometimes her head spins
I’m so glad she’s mine
She’s the greatest canine of all time
I’m gonna make it all right for the girl
She’s my joy and my pride in this world
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Brain Infection
03:44
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Your brain has been infected
you're not what we had hoped
you're not what we expected
you're not even close
Now you've got to kill yourself
you'd do well to kill yourself
now you've got to kill yourself
when love has been neglected
and greed is all there is
and you don't have a conscience
you don't deserve to live
now you've got to kill yourself
you'd do well to kill yourself
now you've got to kill yourselfYour brain has been infected
you're not what we had hoped
you're not what we expected
you're not even close
now you've got to kill yourself
you'd do well to kill yourself
now you've got to kill yourself
I'd give him none of my blessings and I'd stab his face
with steel and sapphire
some men just can't be saved
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Rue Vieille du Temple
05:46
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When I write a letter to my dream self
There’s a little moment of clarity
At the top of all those peaks I seek out
There’s a premonition of blue and green
Here we go again into my ugly heart
Now I’ve got a craving for jealousy
Someone look me in the eye and tell me how
People can be happy and yet healthy
When the tune goes up and out
I’ll do it too, you’ll hear me shout
I’m so big, I can’t fall down
Moving my arms makes tornados
If I ever have to choose my way to die
I would do it just like my friend who got high
I can memorize the first seventy-five
Years of my life and the numbers of pi
Have a little faith in space and fungi
Leave a little room for digestive enzymes
When the spores shoot to the sky
It’ll be seen by the naked eye
I’m all tucked in bed sometimes
But I know my love flows through the night
It took a lot of guts to be this fortunate. That’s why I wear my eyes on my sleeve and flaunt my shit around until the cows come home to get milked.
This is a hell of a reason to be alive.
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Shane Tripp Grand Rapids, Michigan
Shane Tripp is a singer/songwriter from Grand Rapids, MI. Shane produces a special kind of freak/psychedelic folk that really entices the brain and makes it drip.
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