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Shoddy Heart EP

by The Nod

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1.
The States (free) 03:54
The States Must be a big big day The caffeine store gives change in 10’s Must be a dashing suit Looking like Bruce Wayne again Must be the afternoon Post-lunch nap has left us wrecked Must be a villain’s game Jokers drawn out from the deck You don’t want the extra me When there’s strings attached Not like these puppets you make dance…spontaneously While the world outside dissolves I sit and solve your little thought clouds in the States Must be the supper hour Children’s plates are filled like men’s Must be a three-piece suit Looking like Capone again Must be the end of the day Clothes on the floor in a heaping mess Must be the end of the States The only time left is a half a sec, wait a sec, we don’t have a second now You don’t want the extra me When there’s strings attached Like life support you can afford…financially While the world outside dissolves I sit and solve your little thought clouds in the States Mutual friends went hindering Killing the seed and pulled a leaf off of my clover now there’s three There’s a key with a lock I’m jimmying To your stock I’ll try to sell before it’s plummeting You don’t want the extra me When there’s strings attached Like time outside the bar we’d spend…haphazardly While the world outside dissolves I sit and solve your little thought clouds in the States
2.
Frustrating the Shit Out of You Dragged her around, made her wait Ran the battery out of her car and then I walked away I lost my head, she lost hers too I’m frustrated I frustrated the shit out of you I turned my back, head up my ass Then I left her down on Mound Street all alone with just her cat I lost my touch, she lost hers too I’m frustrated I frustrated the shit out of you It must have been about a year she hung around my place I should probably start kissing things 3 inches from my face My time ran out, her patience too I’m frustrated I frustrated the shit out of you Long drought, wrong route, another shout out But it’s not so pleased, it’s pissed this time around It must have been a dozen times that she stayed at my place I should probably start kissing things 3 inches from my face My time ran out, her patience too I feel like shit for all the shit I did to you She turned her back, said grow a pair I’m heading out without you now from all this wear and tear I lost my friend, she lost hers too I’m frustrated, I frustrated the shit out of you I lost my friend, she lost hers too I feel like shit for all the shit I did to you
3.
Shoddy Heart 03:15
Shoddy Heart Where’d he go?! To every longitude and latitude What’d he do?! He smashed it up, he went looking for scrubbers A young Aussie bloke addicted to the road Through every dirty mattress and the bed bug bites And the sound of the construction he would sleep so tight And all the lonely planets and the sentimental things He never got too attached because he knew it would sting He delivered a shoddy heart to her Praying that she wouldn’t shoot the messenger. It was a sport for him it was a love for her He broke every communication barrier Through her Spanish dialect she was a perfect little thing But he knew if he tried to love her, the sooner it’d sting Through every little hostel he was paid in full And all the duty-free stands in the terminal Went back to the outback and never clung to a thing The sooner you hold onto something, the sooner it stings
4.
Watering Hole You’re on the run getting gunned down for fun Deep in the heart of Texas with nowhere to go Except the Watering Hole Don’t bite the hand that feeds you Two in a heart that’s been dead from the start You know, you know It’s gonna bring you somewhere you don’t wanna go Told, you’ve been told All the memories come back to scold Oh no Down on the ground with no one around Dirt cold as New England And asking for help It comes out like a yelp No one will ever believe you Two in the chest, dead like the rest Magnifying glass That trek got burned right off your map Against that old west sky Where the watering hole runs dry And you can’t wet your whistle to save your life
5.
Talk in Code 03:31
Talk in Code Seemingly straight small family Family tree, crashed quickly Familiar cold wind blew Through the family room The sex was complex, she was her ex Family carries weight he packs Strain upon their lower backs The son he stayed pissed while the daughters dismissed the fact They might miss their father The normal days seemed so long ago He decided to stay put And keep the same friends best he could But it won’t work that way The normal days weren’t that long ago The makeup on their faces Made up a fake marriage Imitated their neighbors For twenty years, kids, and tax forms His new throat, it talks in code They all met at church last Sunday
6.
Hometown Kid 04:47
Hometown Kid That was kids’ stuff when we met At least we knew each other existed I flew under the radar set At least you knew that I existed Formed a base, learned your face At least I knew that you existed Then hiding came and took your place And we never would’ve known if we would have coexisted So roll me over Misses Juliet I’m not a stud but I could play one on TV Back then I loved everything that you did Yeah, you little hometown kid That was kids’ stuff when we met At least we knew each other existed I flew under the radar set At least you knew that I existed That stuff smarts, that stuff stings If you pretend that I had never existed By those smug social things That other people say to hurt my existence I’m gonna add to the chances that I blew Distracted by the conversations that you dominated And I still like almost everything that you do Yeah, you little hometown kid And maybe you’ll click with this Maybe we’ve got something in common At least a few trends in pop culture And maybe I’ll be lashing out Maybe I’ll cause a scene Maybe I wont be me, at least right now…

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A band birthed 18 months ago in the belly of Madison, WI, The Nod is well past its infancy. What keeps them going are the easily-digested rewards of each live show- playing for people, catching adrenaline buzz, having a PBR with fans and friends, hearing new bands, forming new allies, and contributing a little more to the music scene with each performance.

The Nod’s Shoddy Heart EP was released in August of 2009. A fairly organic and upbeat record, the disc encompasses truthful songs molded from stories of loss, gain, selfishness, selflessness, guilt, elation, regret, and optimism. The record acknowledges that what goes around comes around…to some degree, only some of the time. We’ve all been stabbed in the heart before, figuratively…hopefully. Sometimes we return the favor and stick someone else right back. Either way, we get burned, but we wouldn’t play with fire if it wasn’t a little bit of fun. Right?

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released August 27, 2009

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