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I'm Pretty Sure This World Has Cancer

by Spencer Carlson

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1.
Frosty (free) 01:40
I am Frosty the Snowman And I keep losing my hat And all the kids who danced around me Have all grown into what they're supposed to be I don't mind if you want to go I'm not half the snowman I wish I was I just stay frozen In all the pain I put upon me So will you help me find my hat Will you help me find my hat Will you help me find my hat 'Cause I want you to stay I think love Has gone downhill Ever since it was Confused with lust It's merely just A physical Attraction now a days I need somebody to show me That they can be more than a body More than just a one night stand I need someone like you So will you help me find my hat Will you help me find my hat Will you help me find my hat 'Cause I don't want to melt away
2.
The world is this, the world is that The world is a lie, the world is truth All I know is I'm leaving it soon And I am loved, so I'll try to love everybody else And hope that they'll love me too Everyone knows, that the birds fly away when it's cold And they come back when they're good and ready And we are the same, we play the same game Just by a different name and we Wont stop, til we're good and ready And I'm pretty sure that the world has cancer I'm pretty sure it's true I'm pretty sure that the world has cancer I'm pretty sure it's me and you Self righteous son of a bitch Cast your judgment on everyone else And say it's the word of God But if God loves you, why do you hate us so much? I'm beginning to think you're just a fraud You turned your god into a trophy around your neck And words in some book But there will come a day when the pain is too much for you to handle And no sense of pride will be able to save you And I'm pretty sure that the world has cancer I'm pretty sure it's true I'm pretty sure that the world has cancer I'm pretty sure it's me and you And everyday is the same thing Just another victim of some sort of tragedy And I guess that is all that's coming my way I could easily end it today I remember when I was young and grateful for The few people I knew But now I got my cellphone, Myspace and Facebook And I got crazy trying to keep up with all the people I know You've got your bumper sticker on the back of your car Telling me to free Tibet and save mother earth But I suggest you get off your lazy ass and do some actual work We are destroying just to build bigger cities And towers to scrape the sky We are dead consumers living in our dead societies And our bodies pile up so high And I'm pretty sure that the world has cancer I'm pretty sure it's true I'm pretty sure that the world has cancer I'm pretty sure it's me and you
3.
My Own Kingdom (free) 02:56
I showed a girl a picture Of a dying man she said it would scar forever And I told her that was the purpose That I was only returning a favor She walked out of the place Thought she'd be gone forever She came back the next day And started to say that she was better Than all the others Said we'd be forever, said we'd be forever But my walls keep falling down Keep breaking down And I put in my all just to keep them up but I am growing so tired of being stretched so thin Of trying to pretend that this ain't bothering me I used to know what I was doing But I got lost in all the fake promises and paranoia I am trying to hard again I'd sell myself to win I'd sell myself to make her smile And sometimes I feel so alone I'm forced into my own world Where I waste my time building my own kingdom But my walls keep falling down Keep breaking down And I put in my all just to keep them up but I am growing so tired of being stretched so thin Of trying to pretend that this ain't bothering me I showed a girl a picture of a dying man
4.
Happy (free) 03:34
I walk around hoping Someone will stop what they're doing Walk beside me But the only time they ever stop Is to just stare And wonder what the hell I'm doing there They have all their plans They have all their friends And everything they need to make them Happy I wish I could be more Than just a door Than just a window I dream to be a house To hold you inside Keep you dry and safe from the world But you never saw me that way Would never let me be The one to make you Happy And you had your back up boyfriends And every time I questioned them You asked me why I don't trust you But trust is just a prison That you hold me in This isn't love So I'm down on my knees Begging you please To set me free So I can be Happy
5.
Aura (free) 05:25
What about the girl who hides behind her faces Bitterness is the only thing she has to keep She wants someone to sweep her off of her feet And keep her held there in perfect ecstasy What about the girl who wastes all of her beauty Her absent father didn't tell her she's worth more She tries to find a boy to fill in her heart's void She'll feel her life's complete as he slips out the door Don't you want someone to love Don't you want someone who'll never give up Don't you want someone who'll make you feel enough Don't you want someone to love What about the boy who keeps messing up No one to forgive him he doesn't know where to hold his heart He gives it to girls who don't even know him How can they when he doesn't even know himself What about the boy who spends his love on pictures Doesn't know how to fight for a real girl anymore He calls her a mystery and gets caught up in his prison Until beauty is as numb his heart Why deny him of someone who can take mistakes The only one who can pick him off the ground Why deny him of the best beauty around Someone who'll never deny him of the man he can be What about the quiet kid in the corner Never had a father to show him how to be strong His happiness goes as far as his voice goes He'll never know his own role in changing the world What about the kid who acts like a fool He desperate for any kind of acknowledgment He's given himself away so many times before He'll soon be gone with no place to go
6.
Eh (free) 03:27
Here am I with my foot in the door I'm sorry it couldn't be anything more I'm either too much or not enough I'm sorry I couldn't get in your head And understand Understand what you want from me What you want from me I asked a friend What he finds And he told me that girls Will ruin my life But I didn't accept it I didn't accept it 'Cause I got hope That he don't know But you wont see it You wont see it When you leave me alone When you leave me alone I've got enough problems on my own Yes, I've got enough problems on my own But I would love you enough to let them go So I'm letting go So I'm letting go And if you love me Yeah, if you love me Wont you let me know? Wont you let me know?
7.
Abyss of Unbelief (free) 04:42
I hate my life is written on the pavement Like a chalk outline of his hope that died long ago All the appointments and disappointments are a battle for his joy All the loss and resignation have stained his soul The warmth hugs him on his way to work And the stars sing to him at night Yet all he sees is his home empty and dark And he's waiting for something to change his life And his confidence goes where his confidence comes from And his confidence goes where his confidence comes from You've been trying to be big in the eyes of the world Yet this world leaves you to do life all on your own Just because you've been abandoned doesn't mean you are alone Unbelief has driven your soul but you still got a home And your confidence goes where your confidence comes from And your confidence goes where your confidence comes from And your happiness goes where your happiness comes from And your confidence goes where your confidence comes from You don't have to be right Wouldn't it be nice to put your guard down You don't have to be busy Wouldn't it be nice to slow down You don't have to be perfect Wouldn't it be nice to know You don't have to be anything this world wants you to be You don't have to do it on your own You don't have to do it on your own
8.
Until I Rescue You (free) 02:32
My best friend has met the love of his life And I'm still trying to figure out mine I got three friends and a hundred acquaintances And this feeling my life will never change Walking around town with my iPod I look in every girls eyes hoping they'll see mine I listen to their pain hoping they'll take mine And it's in there stories I find That we are waiting to be rescued Every last person waiting for time to reverse We are waiting to be rescued And it'll only stop for us when our hearts finally burst All my love ends in the bedroom 'Cause that's the only place it ever was It's fun but I'd rather have A relationship instead of a heart full of regret I listen to her story and begin to think That her pain and sorrow sounds familiar I wonder how can she complete my life When she's just as broken as me Oh yeah, only a human being My arms feel so empty My arms feel so empty My arms feel so empty But my heart is full And I can see that you're alone So I'll wait, until I can rescue you
9.
Amberson (free) 03:17
Everyday is like an earthquake in my head Just another reminder that I'm not dead And everyday I see you is the day I wish I stayed at home And every time I run away is the time I see my weakness 'Cause it's so much easier to burn down these bridges Sorry for walking out on you Sorry for walking out on you 'Cause you promised you would never do it to me And I'm tired of trying to forget about every girl that doesn't like me 'Cause the weight of my bitterness is tearing a bigger hole in my heart And pain is strong and it too moves on until it gets what it wants That no one can tell that this empty shell once held a person Sorry for walking out on you Sorry for walking out on you 'Cause you promised you would never do it to me Sorry for walking out on you Sorry for walking out on you 'Cause you promised you would never do it to me And I've been trying to make this life work all on my own I push myself so hard and yet feel so alone I've been moving forward chasing every love that I see Until I realize true love has been behind me the whole time Sorry for walking out on you Sorry for walking out on you 'Cause you promised you would never do it to me Sorry for walking out on you Sorry for walking out on you 'Cause you promised you would never do it to me
10.
Little Birds (free) 02:41
I used to be myself, I used to be complete But people thought I was trying to hard to be something So I changed myself into what I'd thought they'd want Now I live my life pretending I belong I have searched high and low for some kind of validation But all I ever found are people with more expectations So I will love with all I can And hope that some day I'll finally feel like a man I don't want to waste your time for you to figure out who I am And I don't want you to waste mine just to leave me for who I am My head might be my home but I am willing to leave And if you show that you want it I'll give you the key The only thing I learned in this world is to shut my filthy mouth 'Cause no one really cares about what comes out I'm done trying just to be heard So that I will have to rely on little birds
11.
No Name (free) 03:34
If you complain than they'll just hold you back If you go crazy than they'll just laugh It's empathy that they lack A normal need that holds you back It's easy for them to call you selfish If you wont bend to their will They'll imprison you in pointless arguments That gives them some kind of sick thrill But you've got your future fixed That no one can bend or break A small metal ticket That will rapture you from this place So you'll forget this cruel And you'll just slip away Unwanted and unneeded Just like it's always felt You looked me into the eye and I just looked away I didn't have the time or strength to save you from your pain So you've made your agreements That you are a disappointment That you are worthless And that you should just end it But I love you I love you And they labeled you a whore But I can see a whole lot more I can see your broken heart Every time you open up your arms He just wanted some cheap fun But you needed someone To come and save the day And make everything seem okay This is the only place you can go 'Cause this is all that you know Suicidal Cyclone Media influenced drone But I love you I love you And you think you're clinically depressed But I think you're romantically suppressed You don't have to get undressed to impress me

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released January 13, 2011

Music and Lyrics - Spencer Carlson
Engineering - Carson Heffner
Backing Vocals on Frosty - Alissa Coult
Album Artwork - Mindy Rohrback

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