I Was A Better Dad When I Was In Prison

from Post-Sabbatical, 2nd Ed. by Ex-Gods

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Our merit is steadfast
We will outlast you.
Dripped light, and fell soft
Blurred pictured.
None of this seems right
We ditched plan a. whatever that was. Moved to b
It skipped a beat
Hissed to a low limp, and backed up cold.
You mean too much to me….gone

Fingernails
Glossed
Lipstick
I love the way you…….

I saw your name
In the papers…..and snickered slowly
All those words and dull substance
The soothing upset
Of growth and moss
It blankets your pelt, pocks of amber-grey
Stains of rare phantoms
We cracked the code
Now the numbers just seem off

Rusty nails
Glued
Duct tape
I love the way you………

Stepped up with vigor and crossed out blacked
Gauze sift through the skin, and oil
You wrapped in static
And wrong turns. We lit you up.
A masterpiece
I lift this drink to your maw
A tight phoenix, seared fragmented.
I can’t believe what you said
I was a much better dad when I was in prison.

credits

from Post-Sabbatical, 2nd Ed., released April 30, 2020

license

about

Ex-Gods Tacoma, Washington

Ex-Gods disbanded in 2017, and independently released their final recordings in 2018. Longtime PNW Punk/Metal/Noise debacle, Ex-Gods formed in Tacoma, WA in 2009. Originally known as Mahnhammer, they released their debut EP, "Above the New Frontier" (mahnhammer.bandcamp.com/releases) in 2011. They released the "Ex-Gods" EP on Violent Hippy Records In 2015. ... more

ex-gods.com

contact / help

Contact Ex-Gods

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Ex-Gods, you may also like:

Fantasia In Orange
by Dying Trades

supported by 4 fans who also own “I Was A Better Dad When I Was In Prison”
go to album
Post-Trash: Volume Three
by Post-Trash

An expansive release of 51 tracks (with a sweet Deerhoof cover of Madonna's "Live to Tell") to benefit a Hurricane Maria relief agency. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 25, 2018
go to album
Jimbo Demo
by Enumclaw

The new EP from Tacoma, Washington group Enumclaw is a winning combination of coiled guitars & plaintive melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2021
go to album
Femina Furens
by Djunah

The latest Djunah LP channels the duo's heavy, intensely cathartic sound to reflect on living with and healing from trauma. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 14, 2023
go to album
EP
by Perfect Angel at Heaven

This cutely named Indianapolis group describe themselves as a band for fans of no wave, video game OSTs, and metal. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2023
go to album
Shame
by Uniform

featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 5, 2021
go to album
All Eyes On Me
by JERKAGRAM

This L.A. noise rock duo take aim at hot air-filled aspects of our culture with thorny riffs, barbed percussion, and acidic lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 7, 2018
go to album