Velvet Hours from PET HATES by Finn Swingley

everybody has got to get off
this carousel
this Ferris wheel
spins like a top
just another way to keep you down

it’s just another way
it’s just around and round
everybody’s in a rush
getting to their place of work
but it’s just not
it’s never enough

it’s never enough
that you want to say
when you don’t want to say
what you really want to say
strap in you’ve got to play the game

everybody come on
put your hands in the air
party till you drop
or till you just don’t care
it’s a hell of a trick
what a way to go

I don’t want to seem lazy
but these velvet hours
inside your couch
make me wanna be ready
for the next attack
everyone is sitting pretty
as we pass around
the bowl and laugh
I don’t wanna be ready
for the next assault on my senses

so many ways
to crash yourself
take a number put it on a shelf
hesitate you die
lie down or run away

just another way of passing time
it’s just another way to get another dime
just another way to keep you down
spin you round and round

I don’t want to seem lazy
but these velvet hours
inside your couch
make me wanna be ready
for the next attack
everyone is going crazy
as we pass along
the boulevard
I don’t wanna be ready
for the next assault on my senses

• 12 string guitar
• Alternative
• four track cassette
• indie rock
• lo-fi
• singer-songwriter
• Chicago