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.​.​.​Then Came the Swing

by The Frog & Bandit

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    A CD jacket for The Frog & Bandit's new album, '...Then Came The Swing', printed digitally in full color directly on the disc surface, and case inserts and covers.

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1.
Outside The wind tries To love like Those inside Though they cry All night For those who never could Never Could As though I ever could Ever Could
2.
Wasted Misunderstanding of your circumstances Salt soaks in Into a wound that I had failed to mend When I saw them I feared for my home and I abandoned it And you said It was my fault again Face to ground I don't think I could feel anymore guilt for Breaking down Or any name you choose to give her My lungs against Every one of your sins Again and again you give them second chances And now I'm screaming in anguish Into a desolate pillow who has only known me Known me And then you came out swinging With the frightening notion You could never own me Or want me I know I do better on my own I can cry about it when I'm home when my name's written on your hands again I could never cry for a holy one But if the innocence was what I sought I am already on my knees I know I do better on my own I can cry about it when I'm home When my name's written on your hands again I could never cry for a holy one But if the innocence was what I sought I am already on my knees
3.
Pathetically curled on your couch again And I couldn't tell when the morning began but I know the night ended somewhere between my apology And your hands Drunkenly trying to hold it down Burning the bush you won't beat around And I could cry "I only want the best for you" But you know it takes more to be happy And I always tell you I love you You tell me you Love me too Sometimes I'm afraid We don't mean it the same But too often I'm scared that we do Off and on I could hear everything You set the alarm but you're dreading the ring While I was too lost in the way you glow In the sun Through your window And I leaned in and I kissed you You sighed and you kissed me too Sometimes I'm afraid we don't mean it the same But too often I'm scared that we do I guess we'll never know If I never grow I can try hard to be yours But you know it takes more to be happy You know it takes more to be happy You know it takes more You know it takes more I always tell you I love you You tell me you love me too Sometimes I'm afraid we don't mean it the same But too often I'm scared that we do Sometimes I'm afraid we don't mean it the same But too often I'm scared that we do
4.
On the eve of when we Decided that we Never could be Satiated You held out your hands for giving or taking A kindness never lost on me Is that what we're calling it now Your sympathy in a shroud To never be seen again I always dreamed that I Would see it before I die Just one last time If I fall Would you need another hand to hold me Down One last call And that's all that I could do to make you Proud By the time the sun rose And your love had gone home All you feel now is the weight on your chest You hate what you've built till now You're burning it to the ground And dancing to spread the ash When every dream has passed Which morning will be the last And why am I grateful now If I fall Would you need another hand to hold me Down One last call And that's all that I could do to make you Proud If I fall Would you need another hand to hold me Down One last call And that's all that I could do to make you Proud
5.
The both of us were crying on the porch In a fulminating shroud Of wasted breath I took my time Cause I knew it'd be the last I was afforded Even though it made no sense It doesn't matter You don't owe me a goddamned thing I'll learn to live without I've always been without You were always on the outside looking in Calling me worthless Weighing in on my sins I just wanna be Someone who's worth your time I'm sorry that I wasted it A sorry little waste of skin I am ill defined If you have to ask again You should probably check with him He's a better man than I And I have tried all my life Oh God I've tried There's a congregation outside on the porch Even though we've made our peace And lived ahead I'm still not there I can only think of how I don't deserve this

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"...Then Came The Swing" works as a study on how best to roll with the punches and survive the curve balls life constantly throws at you. Feeling helpless leaves you questioning your adequacy more than anything else, and learning to cut your losses and move on is easier said than done in the face of recurring setbacks. Are we the problem? Should we bother hanging on to that which has left us repeatedly?
Context changes, people change, and we change. Could things ever stay the same?

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released July 30, 2021

The Frog and Bandit are:
Vocals and Guitar: Jack Heartily
Guitar: Brandon Olmedo
Bass: Carlos Jimenez
Drums: Ted Martinez

Recorded by Ted Martinez at Tree Top Tones
Mixed and Mastered by Carlos Jimenez at Temp A Studios

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