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Hometown Hero

by warm human

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1.
Offering 03:37
I can't get out of my head I'd give anything I have Like a dumb gold coin Or a stupid dove Or I'd shave my head Like all the boys I've loved Loved What do you want from me? I don't think I can offer you anything You can't give yourself What do you want from me? I don't think I can offer you anything You can't give yourself You can't give yourself I am so alone in this Like everyone's alone in this I am so alone in this Everyone's alone in this What do you want from me I don't think I could offer anything You can't already take from me You can't already take from me Take some time to breathe Lump in my throat I don't wanna say anything Can't hit the note I don't want to breathe Lump in my throat I don't want to be the one to leave I want you to go
2.
Rabbit rabbit Happy birthday Scorpio season Fuckin’ hooray All my friends are texting me to not text you Speed on 80 Ninety on the highway Hope the time change will change me in some way Desert doesn’t adjust To the winter I’m not eating enough somehow I’m still getting thinner And I can’t believe my luck Daylight savings is a man-made construct I can’t believe my luck I get dark so early, I get dark so early God what have I done? Mother has lost her son I just lost another one I loved I loved One year later Lost in my bed Unreliable narrator Telling lies to my head Fell in love with stories For me to overanalyze And I hope she’s nice The girl I made up for you And I hope she treats you better Then I could do And I can’t believe my luck Daylight savings is a man-made construct I can’t believe my luck I get dark so early, I get dark so early I get dark so early Oh god what have I done? I get dark so early Mother has lost her son I get dark so early I just lost another one I loved I get dark so early I loved
3.
Maybe in a few years I'll see you Hanging outside with your friends You'll get up from your chair pretend It's nice to see me again Then That's it We'll part Affairs of the heart Over when they start Begging for atonement Give in too late I'm so hard to date Say the wrong thing in the right Couldn't fix it on my own Thought I knew well enough to know Better Better than who? And when you find another love I hope she treats you like a dove And is better Better for you Got a call from an old friend last night Said he was checking up on me Told me a story how you told him That you knew I was way out of your league The defense It rests Feeding from the breast Of an empty chest Monkey hugging wire Blankets warm but colder Then when you would hold her So cut her up And throw her on the fire Couldn't fix it on my own Thought I knew well enough to know Better Better than who? And when you find another love I hope she treats you like a dove And is better Better for you God how it hurts, You couldn't handle me at my worst God, how it hurts You couldn't handle me at my worst God, how it hurts to know You couldn't handle me at my worst God, how it hurts to know You couldn't handle me at my worst God, how it hurts to know You couldn't handle me at my worst God, how it hurts to know You couldn't handle me at my worst
4.
Make Good 03:58
You’re having a hard time And so am I Can’t define the light Or some kind of Silver lining here You take a snake bite Everybody cheers I can’t read your mind but I know you Wish I wasn’t here So I make a joke Some pithy line I can choke on my smug satisfaction Another time Cuz tonight I can tell that you wanna die If I could make everything alright for you I would When we yell at each other We’re not yelling at one another We yell at our childhoods If I could make everything alright for you I would And when I’d make a promise I would always make good Make good You’re afraid of your dog dying You brought me yours when I lost mine Always think it’s weird we say we lose things When they’ve died But that’s just life wish we could go To Austin or New Mexico Overpack our bags Bring too many clothes If I could make everything alright for you I would When we yell at each other We’re not yelling at one another We yell at our childhoods If I could make everything alright for you I would And when I’d make a promise I would always make good Make good I’d make good Or we could sink Go down below Weigh down everything With the rocks that I stole From dried-up lakes They’re fossilized They look see-through in the light They look see-through in the light But they’re opaque
5.
Do It 03:30
You’re so gentle When you fuck me up Crying on the floor Where I grew up 2am and we’re not getting close To solving problems We’re just making more so You ask me to choke you out And I say no I tell you to go But don’t want you to go Do it do it do it I fucking dare you Do it do it do it How fucking dare you Took your car and drove around Smoked some spirits Wore the tires down Desert roads are so dilapidated Your shotgun waits in anticipation You said you would strangle the smile Off my face No one can hear you scream when You’re in your own space So do it Do it do it I fucking dare you Do it do it do it How fucking dare you Does this sound good? Doesn’t it soothe you Couldn’t take my love Or prove it to you I criticize while you analyze Everything that I say with my mouth Not my eyes Isn’t this nice? Tearing off all my limbs Chastizing myself that I even miss him I’m sick in the head I’m sick in the head I’m sick in the head I’m sick in the head
6.
Took me out on friday night I was ready for a fight We watched a band play That pissed off the sound guy They played well But the vox were too dry Now you walk me to my home I’m with you but I’m still alone What a day for going outside I’m having fun but I’m dying on the inside And the seasons changing getting darker early I know these things take time But could time hurry Cuz it’s pathetic How apathetic I am Now you’re lying in my bed It’s a lie that he’s not in my head He always snored too loud for me to sleep But you’re so quiet that I can’t breathe Maybe it’s a good thing How much I hate being with myself Licensed at deflecting My own solitude With someone else It’s pathetic How apathetic I am But I guess misery Hates company When it’s paired with my Antipathy Silly me I guarantee This won’t end well For me But I guess misery Hates company When it’s paired with my Antipathy Silly me I guarantee This won’t end well For me
7.
Walking to the corner store To get some quarters They say they don’t have any Something ‘bout a shortage Guess it doesn’t matter anyway Cuz I can’t change for you No it doesn’t matter anyway Cuz I can’t change for you I’m so fucking funny I’m so fucking clever Everything that comes out of my mouth Reads like an Edith Wharton letter But I can’t seem to stop Messing everything up The cup’s not half full or half empty It’s just a fucking cup
8.
Daddy Issues 02:58
Picking cherries off a cherry tree Stuck with myself for eternity Just me myself and I can’t take it I hate my body Except when I’m naked I walked by a flock of geese Who turned out to be kids playing On the swings I walked by a flock of geese Who turned out to be kids playing On the swings I held a man in my arms who cried Telling me how is daughter died And I couldn’t think of a good reply I just thought of my father’s eyes I thought of my father’s eyes Self-care is the worst phrase In the English language Don’t fight me But I still have to celebrate When I get me some groceries Or when I cook myself a meal Or label what I feel Wouldn’t have taken the deal If I knew this was the deal I held a man in my arms who cried Telling me how is daughter died And I couldn’t think of a good reply I just thought of my father’s eyes I thought of my father’s eyes I hope he’s proud of me I hope he’s proud of me I got out of bed today Some days are worse than other days I hope he’s proud of me I hope he’s proud of me I got out of bed today Some days are worse than other days Some days are worse than other days
9.
D.O.A. 03:58
Let’s take a drive Yell in my car I miss everything That pissed me off before Can’t deny That I am sore I got everything I need I don’t take drugs anymore But if I could I would take you In an instant If I could I would take you back In an instant It’s too late Auction’s over And I got nothing left but me and my car On the shoulder Of the open road I don’t know where the hell to go Guess I’m not brave Every chance I get I start to cave I don’t see the point in trying to save Something that was dead on arrival When I left you said you wouldn’t hold me back Don’t hold me back now When I left you said you wouldn’t hold me back Don’t hold me back now When I left you said you wouldn’t hold me back Don’t hold me back now

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Written in a month-long breakup fever dream, Warm Human’s newest album Hometown Hero is the swan song of a fraying relationship driven by distorted guitars and diary entries. Hometown Hero transforms Warm Human’s typical self-described ‘sludge pop’ into rusted-out nails of the garage rock world.

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released March 31, 2023

Hometown Hero was written, recorded, and produced by Meredith Johnston aka Warm Human in her bedroom studio. Drums played and recorded by Gavin McDonald (Mister Amiss), post-production by Gavin McDonald, mixed by Chad Howat, and mastered by Casey Wood. D.O.A. saxophone by Sen Morimoto. Special thanks to Matt Ciani, Luke Silas, Dez Connolly, Kerry McCoy, Alex Riggs and Hether Fortune.

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