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Almost Alive

by Mountaineer!

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1.
Sour 03:00
Found you deep in the dirt And sheared the roots That clawed their way up over your face Fawning over everything As life aligns for you Now how tattered you are Out on the roof A flag would wave up over your head And although it was white to you It flew a sour shade of red Cause I’m at my most insincere with you Don’t bother climbing up Just listen close And you’ll hear what you need to hear That I trust you so implicitly I just can’t help but see The flaws that you bring out of me
2.
April 03:24
For some time You were a wild thing Who split the wood For fires that burned you alive Rot your mind So when the world ends You don’t feel as accountable For tending roots that crave Salted wounds over flames Still in your tomb Cups and plates spill Across the room and on Is that your way of saying You’re not just tired? Oh my god I’ve been this way All my life I know it’s fine But I hate the fact That you’re having fun It’s all the same outside It hits the grass and then it dries But never loosens the roots From the ground alive Slow to rise Sewn to a boxspring Content to rust And fine sewing circles In your wrist Brave the waves without a hook Better sick from the ocean Than dead or marooned But my feet are numb And my mind says no For some time You were a wild thing Who split the wood For fires that burned you alive Rot your mind So when the world ends You don’t feel as accountable For tending roots that crave Salted wounds over flames They won’t see the light that you’re making Your eyes could be vacant to them You think you’ll play it cool? You think you’ll power through? Oh my god I’ve been this way All my life I know it’s fine But I hate the fact That you’re having fun It’s all the same outside It hits the grass and then it dries But never loosens the roots From the ground alive
3.
Once, Too 03:19
The tide is sobering It’s just a harbinger in my room And it pulls for me To know, by-and-by What makes the ivy bloom So don’t wait for me Cause I won’t be moving on The salt is soaked Into the mooring knots And don’t fight for me Your knuckles will soon be raw I’m impressed enough By the the blood in your eyes And the cuts to your jaw
4.
So Long 04:02
Late to fix you (close your heart) It’s strange, but not new (close your heart) If I back in You would say that luck Cheated you You would sit and Load your heart Let the vice back in And the burn will too Turn off the light But dread if I go You feel the need to blur it up Just cause it’s dangerous Thrown off the side It’s your right to float But keep this in mind It’s unoriginal I don’t know why it’s true I don’t know what to do The night’s beaten But the sun won’t come up this time It’s not a miracle To watch you inch on by All in, I’ll swim And drag the bottles in But I don’t know what to do Just count the lines on my face And hope that you’ll try to Take some time with Lies you’ve been told Through the years Consider it an age to Flood your arteries Inching by Invites the vice back in I don’t know why it’s true I don’t know what to do The night’s beaten But the sun won’t come up this time It’s not a miracle To watch you inch on by All in, I’ll swim And drag the bottles in But I don’t know what to do Just count the lines on my face And hope that you’ll try to Take some time with Lies you’ve been told Through the years Consider it an age to Flood your arteries Inching by Invites the vice back in Instead of wasting time Instead of scraping by Just shy of an unknown life You could take some time with Lies you’ve been told Through the years Consider it an age to Flood your arteries Inch on by
5.
Little Belt 03:15
Unhook yourself Another lure is hollowing out A blank slate in the shape Of your mind Sirens will call you again When the radio’s off Feel their humming Harpooned in your ribs Relax Things are good But who knows When their harmonizing will draw the rope? Avoiding the poison Is good enough for you For now Learn something new You’re in your prime When tongues will tie But overnight, you’ll forget it Cause in your own mind The thoughts are all nice and so clever, right? Your sirens are The swell and crest That crash to fill your empty chest Calm as it demolishes You feel yourself Dissolve into the depths The waves help to rinse Your fingerprints will melt Into the belt Until your body can flood The body it’s in
6.
FM 03:08
I’m just a waste of time You go your own way But I won’t go on mine You take a look over the steps Say the fire escape’s too high So you’ll burn instead You’re just a friendly plague If I don’t cure myself You’ll contaminate But is this something I should mourn? Though your fire is much too bright At least it keeps me warm We’re just a nine-to-five Any song that comes on To help a boring drive You put your feet up on the dash Wanna sit and rest your eyes ‘Til we run out of gas
7.
Rerun 01:48
A new trial To another new horizon And now we’re running For as soon as it arises You’re overgrown Without a thing to lose But they say it grows back And the days get better with age You’re told that you need a reason To feel that way I’m no match I’ll wave through the fog and the rain Then sit and rattle the chains But does it count as a sickness? Cause I don’t think you would notice if it did And I’m not so bright On my own Feel it creeping in Feel it creeping in Feel it creeping in Feel it creeping in Feel it creeping in
8.
Rerun, Pt.2 03:54
Lie still While my mind spills Cause I’m so saturated Wrecked and soaked But you keep raining down On all sides Ghost in my life Night’s pale My mind’s stale Cause I’m wrung out, sedated Empty bones, you can break ‘em With a long sigh But my throat’s too dry And I don’t have a life I never really thought to prune The dull, rotting roots Where they found you Bright trails I know my eyes will fail to find Once phosphorescent You were frozen cement And I was warm, dry But coasting by Now you’ve re-bent the roots In tune And I like that they treat you well Cause this time I’m unexceptional Still whine over sewn-up ventricles I know your hear it as a hollow sound But a heart breeds a pulse No doubt about it And this time my arms don’t bend at all To un-rust my brain with chemicals I know you see me as a fossil now But it’s fine, in time Somebody will dig me out You face ‘em off One by one You’re a natural Cause you live Like you’re almost alive But there’s something still rustling In the room between the rocks A subtle hue of you Still glows on the reef So venture off Untie the roots and run Your hands are rough Because you live like it’s honest To keep things to yourself But that remains to be seen Yeah, I’m not sure if I’ll last But at least I’ll glow in the pavement
9.
Alright 03:44
You found it too slow The life, the wait And the thaw To sharpen your knife And tighten you gauze But now the room seems so small Your clothes, they won’t fit Thumbtacks in the wall A twin bed you’ll miss You never learned how to fight You pick the phone up at night You use the same line That life’s alright And you’re okay Life’s alright and I’m okay But it’s fine Some will say That in time You’ll have your way

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released December 13, 2019

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Mountaineer! Los Angeles, California

Danny Poissant likes to make music instead of going outside.

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