Steam Powered Crocodile

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1.
Drugs 02:36
I felt an itch in the front of my brain Which made me have a crystal realization The chemicals aren't working at all But my spaceship gas is true The previous ones didn't hit the spot And the ones before neither I’m looking for someone with the greatest shot And I hope you do And I’m not talking about drugs If I weren't joking I would be called a liar But that’ll always be better Than a stray dog Got picked up by an ambulance Got hospitalized for two weeks and a day They said I’d become victim of a so called 'self-inflicted depression' So I needed some more of that Crystal realization I'm looking for someone with the greatest shot And I hope you do And I’m not talking about drugs
2.
All I ever learned has been written in books I've got my mouth wide open, does my tone bother you I've got my mouth wide open, just to swallow you whole Like a snake-attack I absorb your tissue Rise up to the men in black But you might see truth, please attach your head I've got nothing to do, yes I can be like you Be worth it, be worth it, be worth it I can build a cabin from wood Instead I stand here selling blossom scarfs and fat-women's shoes I'm the guy with the nail polished eyes I've got my eyes wide shut, to see inside of your mind Got my mouth wide open, let me swallow your truth I've got nothing to do, yes I can be like you Be worth it, be worth it, be worth it Lost opportunities, vodka and gin Will we ever break the circle, trading sin for a sin And in the end unto our knees we'll fall You know you had it all, but you still wanted more Though there might be something worth dying for I will see you All I ever learned has been written in books I've got my mouth wide open, does my tone bother you I've got my mouth wide open, does my tone bother you I've got my mouth wide open, does my tone bother you
3.
The creatures They're in my head Calling me Waiting to be fed You breathe me in You breathe me out Squeeze my little brains Poke my eyes out I'm going Where no one'll go Away from This metropole You breathe me in You breathe me out Squeeze my little brains Poke my eyes out The more Dale tried to make sense of the situation the less he understood, of what was going on Poor Dale went mad, and the realisation of this was the worst kind of torture he had ever experienced He could not do anything else than to obey the creeping voices inside his head And so he wandered off, into the forest The insects have taken hold of me
4.
I've got no shit to tell and now it's too late They're not even worried about the state I'm in They told me: 'Be gentle, be genuinely good.' But up until now I just seem kind of rude If I had a gun, I'd carry it always If I had a gun, I'd point it at you If I had a gun, they would always If I had a gun, they would always love me Kill me, I just want you to break me In order to love me I just need you to believe in me I don't want to love when there's nothing to care about I don't want to joke when there's nothing to laugh about I don't want to cry when there's nothing to be sad about Look at what you're made of, this is what you're made for My mind is overflown by gruesome thoughts Which I've kept hidden for long enough But I ain't got the fire, I ain't got the fuel And I sure as hell got nothing other to do If I had a gun, I'd carry it always If I had a gun, I'd point it at you If I had a gun, they would always If I had a gun, they would always love me
5.
Demon's Eye 04:09
I can see your falling star It's not hard to fear the dark Could it be, as clear as anatomy? Your falling star, waiting in the distance I want to sit in a carousel with ice-cream And not give a fuck if there's anybody like me Feeling dizzy, think my head is broken Caught a bullet with my mouth, now my tongue is choking We ain't supporting your shit, though we are buying your shit And we despise all that's rich and yet we try to get hold Of what is left by the others, what is left by a world That sorely feeds on the weak, that moves your bed whilst you sleep In the room where the king is blind The demon's eye Have faith in a spaced-out mind The demon's eye I can see your falling star It's not hard to fear the dark Could it be, as clear as anatomy? Your falling star, waiting in the distance I want to tell all those early punks with bald heads That wars are won by violence, not by empty false threats You'll need much more than a crappy childhood Just ignore all the nonsense, and you'll see my value They say that peace takes some time, well how much time does it take? The more you stick out your neck, the higher chance it will break Well I am here to acknowledge, I was born to be waste What will I get in return? - a cold-hearted grace In the room where the king is blind The demon's eye Have faith in a spaced-out mind The demon's eye
6.
At times when the clock stops ticking It’s there, and it tries to haunt you So inconvenient is your life Filled with unpleasant surprises Why can’t you be more like them? You overhear them talking Mentioning spiders on the second floor Putting pills in their mouths My body versus me I fall into repeat My mind is obsolete My body versus me My heart beats faster than I can count Must be the soup that I just ate I swear I saw a dead rat’s body Floating upside downs The sun shines ultra-violet Right through my pale and weakened skin Should I be worried about the smell The smell of burning corpses My body versus me I fall into repeat My mind is obsolete My body versus me
7.
Heaven knows I’m adopted Heaven knows too much I’d rather live in exile Than to be fighting over empty bones Our path may cross sometime But none of theirs is equal to mine I welcome you in what we call a dream too good My arms are tied behind my back, but I don’t mind It’s all a trick, a way to keep you satisfied And slowly we unfold into emptiness But you are part of something that Rises up above all else Set in auto-pilot mode Flying straight into the edge Living life in silence To ignore the dreadful noise Which tells you you’re not special Just an indie-rock singer with a common voice And I hope you are right When you tell me you see me in a different light Ignore your thoughts, don’t interfere with what you see Dream on about the person you will never be It’s all a trick, a way to keep you satisfied And slowly we unfold into emptiness But you are part of something that Rises up above all else Set in auto-pilot mode Flying straight into the edge
8.
Save my crippled mind I'm longing to unwind How long must I still try To keep you satisfied? I carry my mind round my neck It's getting heavier every step And I wish these words could be spoken with reason Instead of empty promises that I keep making every season...
9.
The bittersweet taste of life is getting warmer But I still believe the King of all that’s good is gone It might not be in the way it would seem, but he travels time and space, where everything can be replaced. Now I’m rolling around Like a steam powered crocodile I might as well be gone, or just lay here motionless Now I’m rolling roll around Like a steam powered crocodile Everything becomes easier as we go along Floating through the haze of my dreams Dwelling lights carry me away And suddenly my troubles seem insignificant In my isolated state, I adapted to the rain Keep puddling on, you will stand the test of time Now I’m rolling around Like a steam powered crocodile I might as well be gone, or just lay here motionless Now I’m rolling roll around Like a steam powered crocodile Everything becomes easier as we go along

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released May 26, 2017

Bob Adels: Composition, Guitar, Vocals
Joeri Braams: Production, Guitar, Vocals, Keys
Yves Defesche: Bass, Vocals, Clarinet, Triangle
Robin Cairo: Drums
Daan Kapitein: Drums on My Body Vs Me
Ian Nieuwland: Trumpet
Myrthe van de Velde: Cover design
Bart, Hugo, Misha & Marc: Backing vocals on Small Me/Big You

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Instrumental Disorder Castricum, Netherlands

We are Instrumental Disorder, a Dutch rockband with a passion for music that toys with the listeners' expectations. The music we like to make isn't always easy to label, because exactly where genres clash is where the excitement arises. We like to play with broad contrasts in, and between songs, with harmonious catchy songs giving way to dissonant and asymmetric guitar violence. ... more

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