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The Regal Sum

by Rat Motel

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1.
I saw a dog in my window today (I saw a dog in my window today) I asked him if he needed a place to stay (I a-a-asked him if he needed a place to stay) He said man if it ain't no thing I just need a few days to get back in my swing I said come on in why you waiting in the rain I couldn't shake this bad feeling you know Seemed like nothing went like it's supposed to go I should've known cause all my life A bad feeling never turned out right He woke me up in the middle of the night (He woke me up in the middle of the night) Said I just gotta go man this don't feel right (He said I just gotta go man this don't feel right) I said do what you think you need It was nice to talk again I'll be sad to see you leave He climbed the roof and he jumped off the side I couldn't shake this bad feeling you know Seemed like nothing went like it's supposed to go I should've known cause all my life A bad feeling never turned out right I saw a dog in my window today (I saw a dog in my window today) I couldn't save him cause I didn't know what to say (I couldn't save him couldn't save him couldn't save him cause I didn't know) Still I doubt I could've made a change You could see it in his face he was done with his day Still his ears stood straight and his face betrayed no pain
2.
Sinners 01:37
I threw a sinner in the way Spewed tales and bogged him down with ought-nots And invited him to stay Through the guilt and shame Listen to the people what they tell you is just not hot And if you'd seen the way he's drinking I'd say you'd put him out the same And if I had ever seen him at Walmart (Yeah I saw him I saw him I saw him at Walmart) I'd kick him in the face (And looked the other way) Well I'm the lord of good deeds (The lord above you says "hi") I got the key you know Lend your ear and I'll give you a free lead What's real's what you can hold (So turn your nose) So turn your nose I'm told The front of the back room's very cold The backs all blacktop Take his mask off Breath in deep into his soul Feels good you know Water's high Breath's tight All I see is carved up stones just broken bits of bitterness in snow
3.
High Call 02:40
Shade me, fake me out Take it all in stride, then later send me down Show the fall and prove it's all absurd Then vamp till I lose my frown Then drill it, drill it, drill it Drill it deep till it cracks the ground Taste the drainage out my eye Take me, take me down Down where there's just silence, until there's sound Then further further further Till I'm so deep underground That it burns, it burns, it burns My aural nerves and I'm finally found Howled out a high call that'd raise the dead Then crashed through the drywall, I lost my head Uh oh And I Let out a sigh all my demons fed They screeched out through my squall It sucked my dread I don't wanna die Taste the drainage out my eye Howled out a high call that'd raise the dead Then crashed through the drywall, I lost my head Uh oh And I Let out a sigh all my demons fed (Let out a sigh I'm fed) They screeched through the sky's squall It sucked my dread
4.
I've been trying so hard But it's come back at me With a thousand arms And it seems that being right here Would be worse than being wrong And I'm done But right now I just can't see Well here we are it seems Standing at the field of dreams Where it's lonely and it's holy and it's sweet Hey Lock the exits Bar the doors and follow course You'll see my face in the faded church house floor Imagine being right here For at least a year it seems All right there for you and I to see Well he was breathing cold affections Paper love on TV screens Well here we are it seems Standing at the field of dreams Where it's lonely and it's holy and it's sweet Why's it gotta be so goddamn sweet Ah hey Lock the exits Bar the doors and follow course You'll see my face in the faded church house floor
5.
Regal Sum 02:38
Well I was plotting inside a slump And I'd picked out a plot for my grave Low Now it's all grey High time for change Well I wake up in the morning, ain't the man I was Got some mental fuzz buzzed shaved clean off my face But what's this here in its place Well if I fall would you hear the thump Even though It wasn't part of the plot I'd paved But still if my body went thump in the middle of the night And it's right before the time for fun and games Well would that be okay Alright Just fine Be alright You know it'd be just fine 'Cause if I'd wanted to I'd have that in my life Ah, wouldn't I? Don't think I'd like to see the regal sum I'm taking pictures In case it's today Documenting every inch of My bow to old age (My bow to elderly age) I'm operating lately As if I could make a change Make a change Well lately, lately Soon and lately is all there seems to be 'Cause I'm still counting on that regal sum And it keeps me sane But you know it's lonely inside that cave Because that distant light it steals me from today
6.
Shock 03:59
Well I was out on the prowl Riding round, casing out Faculties out on the town My notions wired, running wild And I shocked myself Right into a state Well I remember that first time Looking in as I drove by It flipped a switch in my mind But don't you worry I reached in there And I flipped it right back just in time Yeah sure I could drive a few miles Ditch some chummy risk and see some new styles Oh yeah but then I'm missing out On that feeling, oh I just don't know no other route Oh because it shocks myself Right into a state Oh it shocks myself It shocks my self and it bends my mind But it doesn't break Yeah you know it Shoots me up Bolt of love Fills my cup Dumps it out Shocks my self Shocks my self Shocks my self Shocks it to a state I could sit alone Or I could live along the line What's a crucifix, the letter "t" Seems that one takes your pity while the others free I know Get it? 'Cause I don't wanna die Let's try What's the use of it, the sweater stinks I got no one to pity or to tickle pink I could leave home without it Just my hairy chest But I'd lose all the baubles in my sickened jest And to tell the truth about it, then I couldn't sleep Couldn't lie down and shout it to the bitter brink I shrink, I shake, I spill, I break and My sugar I don't wanna die You could step right into me An open mind Well it shot love through me Like an arrow in my eye Two-faced Split me dry Yeah It shocked myself Shocked myself and it bent my mind

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released June 17, 2022

Written and recorded by Rat Motel at Peacrack Studios, mixed by Seth Peacock. Mastering and additional recording by Neil Tuuri at Amish Electric Chair Studios.

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