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On The B​-​Side (Best of 2000 - 2015)

by Textbook

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1.
YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL you say you don't want me / you say you don't need me / cause I fucked it up again this time / I only wished that you were mine / I recall you were fond of ALL / I recall you were beautiful / today I’m gonna kiss you / tonight I’m gonna miss you / cause I fucked it up again this time / I only wished that you were mine / I recall you were fond of ALL / I recall you were beautiful
2.
Outside 03:14
OUTSIDE you never knew what you did to me / I never knew I did you too / It used to be just secretly / a little bit faster now / on the outside of your love / and you’re all that I think of / I'm on the outside looking inside / I'm never inside / I can't explain that I'm missing you / glad I know you miss me too / there's a day I'll be into you / take you back and forward too / on the outside of your love / and your all that I think of / forever on the outside looking inside I'm never inside
3.
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS just out of the ghost rapport / jumped out of the second window / I thought about it for too long / as I fill with emptiness / in this life of loneliness / I'd drink up all my dreams / and then I'd ask for yours / I'd go to bed if I could sleep / I'm just one of those things / that life can't keep / now where are you? / this life is without you / now where are you? / this life is without you
4.
RAILWAY STATION sittin’ in a railway station / I’m waiting for a freight to go by / nothing is the way I’m feeling / nowhere is the place I knew that / you would break my heart / what ya do with all that sunshine? / I’m waiting for the clouds to go by / empty is the way I’m feeling / never is the time I knew that / you would break my heart
5.
Letter Turn 01:59
LETTER TURN we divided this time / been together last time / and every time I think of you / is every time I wanted to / wasted everyday / things decided this time / fell in love for the last time / and every time I think of you / is every time I wanted to / wasted and too late / wasted every day
6.
DESPERATION FEE no you don’t bother on picking up the telephone / reaching out to call you up cause I am home alone / I know it’s wrong but I will pay the desperation fee / this weakness is without compare and I’ll forever be / waiting for you / it’s all I can do / I’ll call you back is a personal greeting that I can live without / open doors and off the hook and footsteps walk this house / all along and overdue / every little thing to get to you / onward through / to keep waiting for you
7.
DEAR YOU, DEAR crowded bars and broken dreams / loneliness and nicotine / dull a harsh reality / of unrequited love and loss / and drinkin' to forget it all / I’m drinkin' until I forget your name / with this heart of mine you've broken / with this heart of mine you've broken / and every word you've softly spoken / is broken / an empty bed that is this song / of misery and what went wrong / so pour another / ‘til I can't think about you now / it doesn't matter anyhow / I’m drinkin' until I forget your name / with this heart of mine you've broken / with this heart of mine you've broken / and every word you've softly spoken / is broken / dear you, dear / like it was those years ago / I guess we'll see / if this is how it's meant to be / if I held you now / I know it wouldn't change a thing / so dear you, dear / do you miss me / like I miss you
8.
EVERYTHING I’M NOT all this time / past but I can't find / a way to get to you / you can't switch sides / of chapters I unwrite / regrettably in truth / regrettably of you / I guess that I forget to tell you / everything I'm not / a moonlit night / a beer, a kiss, a fight / making up with you / waking up with you / I guess that I forgot to tell you / everything I'm not
9.
THE THINK OF YOU INTERSTATE my you seem so far away / I see your pictures taken in a book back home / I waited for the day / I think when me and you / seeing you / me and you / the think of you interstate / before I knew that it’s too late / a smile as bright as baseball lights / where every lesson learned creates a scar somewhere / a second chance can only last us for so long / when you’re old / the think of you interstate / before I knew that it’s too late
10.
WASTING ALL MY TIME you said you were sorry / little did you know to what degree / it seems that we all die / lonely, broken hearted, alone / waste my time with you / wasting all my time with you / a drink sells this lie / that things will be just fine / our love's like Micha's bass head / you take me down and I can't help but / waste my time with you / wasting all my time with you
11.
Chalk 02:35
CHALK breathing springtime / a welcome incline / another year that I can’t find / I think it over / you’re getting older / it makes you wish that you would have told her / we could ride together / graduated / thought we made it / looking forward then just faded / we could ride together
12.
Holden 02:48
HOLDEN written by the band Chillerton and appears on “Bleak Unison” (2007 / Boss Tuneage Records)
13.
LOOKING AFTER ME asleep and you're fine / dream a place that you can hide / from words you can't see / happiness out of reach / looking after me / by the time you should know / it's you and me / proof that life's not how it used to be / it's sad biding time / for better days that don't arrive / and dreams you can't reach / as life goes by emptily / looking after me / by the time you should know / it's you and me / proof that life isn't how it used to be
14.
THE GREAT SALT CREEK spin my tires never fall in love / love someone that never loves you back / then forever starting over again / drive right by and I’m over you / all those things that we used to do / should have been forgotten long ago / all fucked up and I’m not done drinkin' / temper change maybe stop my bleeding / right as I get pale unafraid / as we cross the great salt creek / the days that I wouldn't miss you now are gone / the years pass by and we're less good lookin' / I found your name when I found your book / in a corner of this mess that that is my head / the hurt goes on when you love someone / love someone who never loves you back / then forever starting over again / as we cross the great salt creek / the days that I wouldn't miss you now are gone
15.
DEAR YOU, DEAR crowded bars and broken dreams / loneliness and nicotine / dull a harsh reality / of unrequited love and loss / and drinkin' to forget it all / I’m drinkin' until I forget your name / with this heart of mine you've broken / with this heart of mine you've broken / and every word you've softly spoken / is broken / an empty bed that is this song / of misery and what went wrong / so pour another / ‘til I can't think about you now / it doesn't matter anyhow / I’m drinkin' until I forget your name / with this heart of mine you've broken / with this heart of mine you've broken / and every word you've softly spoken / is broken / dear you, dear / like it was those years ago / I guess we'll see / if this is how it's meant to be / if I held you now / I know it wouldn't change a thing / so dear you, dear / do you miss me / like I miss you
16.
ON THE B-SIDE now the station / won’t come in / here’s another mess that we’re in / on the b-side / we don’t matter anyway / drove for hours / just to get here / drank another “fucked em up beer” / on the b-side / we don’t matter anyway / Christmas lights flash in the basement / another song a hundred times again / I always say that for the last time / it’s running circles in my mind again

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This record is the first in Paper + Plastick Record's "The Sound of the Skull" series; a brand new pairing of music and toys where they pair bands, digital music and resin skulls. Purchase the bundle at paperandplastick.com.

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released March 4, 2016

Mastered in January 2016 by Kevin Nix at L Nix Mastering.

All songs written by Dave Lysien and Textbook except "Holden" written by the band Chillerton.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Dan Vapid appears courtesy of Torture Chamber Records. Danvapidandthecheats.com
Jeff Pezzati appears courtesy of Riot Fest Records. nakedraygun.org

Cover photo by Jody Werner
Cover art by Rick Uncapher
Promo photos by Katie Hovland

Thank you to everyone who has helped out this band in any way especially Matt Allison, John Agnello, Mike Hagler, Chris Cosgrove, Aston and Boss Tuneage Records, Paper and Plastick Records, Torture Chamber Records, Mike “Without Fear” Taylor, Si and the Out of Spite crew, Adam Smith, Tai Nagan, Brian, Vito and MP Shows, Katie Hovland, The Magnificent, Russell Remains, La Historia, and everyone that has contributed to these recordings.

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Midwestern pop-punk-rock FFO The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Naked Raygun, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Get Up Kids, Son Volt, etc...

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