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Scared
02:28
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Well I’m scared, of the thought of having kids (Scared)
I’m scared, in front of each election (Scared)
(Scared) of the thought of having kids
(Scared) in front of each election
(Scared) of getting settled in a job
(Scared) of North Korea, and being single
Scared of being alone
Scared of picking up the phone
(Scared) of robots taking over
(Scared) of sharks and the economy
(Scared) of the thought of turning 30
(Scared) of Google knowing where I am
I’m optimistic
And scared
Scared of the impact refugees has on society
Scared of the government looking at my browser history
I put a post-it sticker in front of my laptop’s webcam
But I’m still scared
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2. |
Am I Losing Touch
02:46
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I leave without locking the door
Sleepwalking from 8 to 4
Is this what you were looking for?
No, I don’t think so
May I have this dance
You’re too embarrassed to give it a chance
It just feels so fine in my body and mind
But what do I know
Am I losing touch?
Am I contributing? (Not so much)
I’m on a different page than the modern age
So please tell me
Is it embarrassing to dance?
The transition to adulthood
Hit me harder than it should
Do they look at me the way I used to look at them?
I cannot break the social codes
Or learn the different yes and no’s
Is this what I was looking for?
No, not at all
Am I losing touch?
Am I contributing?
Not so much
I’m on a different page than the modern age
So please tell me
Is it embarrassing to dance?
Is it embarrassing to dance?
I wonder why it is weird to openly seek romance
Is it embarrassing to dance?
I wonder why it is weird to openly seek romance
Is it embarrassing to dance?
I wonder why it is weird to openly seek romance
Is it embarrassing to dance?
I wonder why
I don’t lack confidence
So why do I find it embarrassing to dance?
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3. |
It Sure Is Fun to Paty
04:12
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Teenage anxiety, affected his personality
At the time I was glad it wasn’t me
But now I’m filled with jealousy
As I look at him now
Oh wow
What a time to be alive
I once heard him say
It’s the best time in history to be openly gay
And I look at him now
He lives in Berlin
He’s having so much fun
So much fun
He’s having so much fun
So much fun
Payday on Friday, broke the next Monday
It sure is fun to party, but he can hardly pay
For rent and food, at least he looks cool
Breakfast at Tiffany’s,
a song I haven’t heard in years
A night flooded in tears
A night I almost drowned in beers
My mind starts to swim
and I think about him
He’s having so much fun
So much fun
He’s having so much fun
So much fun
(It sure is fun to party)
(It sure is fun to party)
(It sure is fun to party)
(It sure is fun to party)
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4. |
Stuck at Work
02:10
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I want to take a girl to Spain
Learn how to fly a plane
When I enter this room my mind starts to wonder
Now I wonder – am I insane?
I’m stuck – stuck at work
What makes a man kill his wife?
I have to do something with my life
I should take my job more seriously
I should spend more time with family
But I’m stuck – stuck at work
Stuck – stuck at work
Algorhythmic Dance Music
Tell me what to listen to!
I’m getting frustrated by feeling outdated
I’m borrowing your point of view
I’m stuck – stuck at work
Stuck – stuck at work
Stuck – stuck at work
How do I get important?
Cultural capital
I feel ignored, ashamed, bored
leaning towards not giving a fuck (stuck at work)
I have to do something with my life
I’m stuck – stuck at work
I’m going nowhere
Stuck – stuck at work
Stuck – stuck at work
Stuck – stuck at work
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Immense lack of patience
Drives me through the night
It fills me up with love
and makes me warm inside
And it makes me rethink everything – I know
It makes appreciate what you’re wearing
Everything is going to be fine – I know
My shyness becomes less visible through the night
I’m no longer embarrassed
To dance in daylight
And it makes me rethink everything – I know
It makes me appreciate what you´re wearing
Everything is going to be fine – I know.
And it makes me rethink everything – I know
It makes me appreciate what you´re wearing
Everything is going to be fine – I know
I’m no longer embarrassed to dance in daylight
I’m no longer embarrassed to dance in daylight
Everything is going to be fine – I know.
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6. |
Algorhythmic Dance Music
01:11
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7. |
Conflict Avoidance
01:17
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Telling her is really not an option
Be quick to take control in conversation
I’m losing sleep to my guilty conscience
The amount of lies have now become countless
Does changing the subject count as a lie?
I’m guided by conflict avoidance
Constantly building up annoyance
Leave the room if trouble’s in the air
Pretend to have to be somewhere.
Conflict avoidance does anything but avoiding conflict
Conflict avoidance is another way of saying: Coward!
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8. |
Dementia
03:21
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Her mind is like a one year diary
Filled with 80 years of memories
The same news takes her breath away
Every day I have to say
Your husband passed away years ago
The look in her eyes is just as bright as ever
Her tongue is as clever as ever before
And it still takes me by surprise
That she’s unable to recognize
Faces she’s sheen a million times before
Dementia – makes me terrified to age
Dementia – is becoming a modern plague
Dementia – makes me terrified to age
Dementia – is becoming a modern plague
Just store her in a nursing home
Should I feel bad for being too reserved?
Or is this feel of guilt undeserved?
It wears me out to think about
What gives purpose to my life
Am I going through an existential crisis?
When is it OK so say goodbye?
How old should humans get before they die?
I wish that I could talk to you
Before you turn into a shell of your former self
Dementia – makes me terrified to age
Dementia – is becoming a modern plague
Dementia – makes me terrified to age
Dementia – is becoming a modern plague
Just store her in a nursing home
Give her food, keep her warm
Store her in a nursing home
Find some pills, give her some
Store her in a nursing home
Keep her safe, keep her warm
Store her in a nursing home
Give her some excylon
Store her in a nursing home
It wears me out to think about
What gives life purpose
What am I all about
It wears me out to think about
What gives life purpose
What am I all about
It wears me out to think about
What gives life purpose
What am I all about
It wears me out to think about
What gives life purpose
What am I all about
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9. |
Ads
03:22
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Awareness
Knowledge
Liking
Preference
Conviction
Purchase
ADS
My gender
My age
My coordinates
My payday
Like a predator
Identifying its prey
ADS
Politicians / entertainers
Faces on waste containers
Propaganda spread in lunch rooms
Lies in expensive costumes
Reliance on junk science
ADS
If I were interested I would get in touch
If I were interested I would call you up
If I were interested I would get in touch
If I were interested I would call you up
50% less sugar
Less sugar than what?
How should I cut my hair
What should I think? What should I wear?
I’m lovin’ it
It’s fingerlicking good
Have it your way
Just do it
Impossible is nothing
Think different – like everyone else
Think different like everyone else
Different – like everyone else
Think different like everyone else
Different – like everyone else
Think different like everyone else
Different – like everyone else
Think different like everyone else
Different – like everyone else
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The world needs more parties
At least that’s what I think
Cause I need an excuse for having a drink
The world needs more parties
I don’t want go home
It takes great courage to get drunk alone
The day is born premature
The night dies too young
The world needs more parties
Honey, I’m not going home
I’m not going home
I’m not going home
I’ll make this a party and I’m not going home
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The Modern Times Tromsø, Norway
Probably the only band idiotic enough to base a song on the burger menu of their favourite bar. The Modern Times from Tromsø, Norway play jangly and jagged post punk, snotty punk rock and garage-infused power pop. And they're great at it!
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