4-panel Digipak. Artwork by Fiona Chamness, layout by Ana MeiLi Carling.
Includes unlimited streaming of Sink / Swim
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Cassette + Digital Album
Single-J-card casettte. Art by Fiona Chamness, layout by Ana MeiLi Carling. 100 copies.
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T-Shirt/Apparel
Screenprinted by New Planet. Sea green on black gildan tee. Sized S to 3XL; please reach out for larger sizing options if needed. Describes a painful and powerful moment.
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lyrics
I want you alive
‘cause I know if you go
you’ll go for the reasons that grip at my loved ones
we’re trying to build houses from rotten wood
& we’re not living
we’re coping, we’re stumbling
& feeling is strange, what’s familiar is numbing
& kindness always comes as a surprise
‘cause the ways we’ve been hurt split us off in directions
that make us go headlong, ignore intersections
we look through the cracks in the bodies of friends
for some kind of truth
replaying our trauma as if we can’t help it
we’ve all seen the harm & we’ve come to expect it
who’s going to teach us to cultivate care
& make it bloom
do we fight or fly
when neither’s an option
we’re all on this island with families chosen
by how we’ve found ways to survive
it’s hardly
intentional really
communities flailing, can’t deal with our feelings
we’re trying to build houses from what we can find
only time will tell whether we fight or fly
& if you hurt me am I still your keeper
isn’t my abuser still one of my people
I’ve tried but I can’t keep the question at bay
& it’s haunting me
to dream of escape is a waste of our time
that’s what makes so many of us want to die
who’ll teach us forgiveness when we’re so afraid
of our own insides
no one’s here but us whether we fight or fly
you drove by my house last night
I couldn’t let you in
I let you have my bed after our fight
stayed on the couch that night
& lay awake trying to decide
if I was right to doubt
whether or not your kindness
was something I could count on
you wrote a letter, tried to bring it
by but I said no
my friend got caught up in your game
I couldn’t have her in my home
I cast out everyone
& everything
that could tie me
to you
except of course there
was one tether
I couldn’t undo
honey you’re a beehive, sweet & stinging
I still remember the singing
love, love, love, love, love, love, love
I had to tear myself away from the lakeside
the days you gave me your good side
love, love, love, love, love, love, love
you told me that you knew you still had a knife
in your back, it kept hurting everyone
you touched, you knew that much
& how can I forgive you now that you’ve swallowed
the girl I loved more than anyone,
one, one, one, one, one, one
& I don’t wanna see you, I can’t be near you
but sometimes, I wonder if you’re okay
or if I did you harm
the good in you was only mine to borrow
but we’ll both wake up tomorrow
that’s what I want, that’s what I want
Cutting Room Floor is a queer, feminist, genre-bending punk 3-piece based in the northeastern united states. Also sometimes described as a psychic rock band from the underworld.
Ana MeiLi writes songs for Cutting Room Floor. Her solo album addresses important issues such as transcontinental emigration, loneliness, fucking for the first time, and social anxiety. Cutting Room Floor
Alyssa also writes songs for Cutting Room Floor. Her eclectic solo album "Contingency" deals with trauma, grief, catholocism, and sexuality. Cutting Room Floor
Cartoon Network will always be my favorite for the pure trauma venting, but Music... Music makes me cry every time I listen. I want to say both are my favorite, but Bandcamp sucks ass lol danijayy
The songs on the latest from Worriers hurtle forward breathlessly, with hook after hook topped by scorching vocal melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 16, 2023
