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The Answer Doesn't Exist

by Lessons in Crime

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1.
A day the colour of dawn And sleepless all night long It makes a mixture of incredible brawn They say what never went wrong was broken all along This is a new start and we've already lost With your head held high And your heart in revere There is always time before it all disappears It's witching hour and there's no use The light is dull through the fog in the air Now, why can I not make this fair? The cons at the end of their ropes Say, "Where did all the good men go?" And now we'll never get tired of feeling uninspired The law's effects will trace an imminent plan They say the good'll go blind For lending out their eyes This is a new start and we've already lost With your head held high And your heart in revere There is always time before it all disappears It's witching hour and there's no use in losing hope for a world you can't save Am I the tortoise, am I the hare? The race is before us, I am aware But you could never make me scared, I don't care Nothing's gonna make this easy If it's a dream or if it's a lie The colour of dawn is stuck in the sky But you could never make me scared, I don't care Nothing's gonna make this right I know that the earth is stuck on its side There must be a reason we are alive So you could never make me scared I don't care Nothing's gonna make this easy With your head held high And your heart in revere There is always time before it all disappears It's witching hour and there's no use in losing hope for a world you can't save
2.
Oh, I'm an aristocrat And I get off on selling souls They try to ignore me but bow before me Oh, that's how it goes Your life is a welcome mat on which I step and drag my toes The passage of time will creep up behind you Oh, that's how it goes When you get that feeling that there is a monster, There's always a reason, your conscience is haunted The spirits are humming the song of an offer And you won't be safe anywhere The days are too long And then they end Right when we wanted some more They always end Right when we needed some more Then day becomes night As we close our eyes to sleep And why can't I feel it? And why can't we just be Together now Oh, I'm an aristocrat And I can make this hell your home The passage of time was always beside you Oh, that's how it goes Have they got a name for this sorrow? Against all, where we once stood tall And it’s easy to wait for tomorrow When there’s nothing to miss The days are too long And then they end Right when we wanted some more They always end Right when we needed some more Then day becomes night As we close our eyes to sleep And why can't I feel it? And why can't we just be Together now Well that's what I call one hell of a day And a weight on my back That's what I call one hell of a life With my spine twisted in a knot Oh, I'm an aristocrat and I get off on selling souls They try to ignore me but bow before me Oh, that's how it goes
3.
Ecosystem 03:27
There's something wonderful And I can't bring myself to do anything about it Go and get it, won't you, fool? But that sets something In the ecosystem slightly off And that means something in the world Won't work the way we want But you, ou ou, ou ou, there's nothing better than a fear come true I get this feeling I'd go on and on and on without you, yeah Yeah you, ou ou, ou ou, when all I want is to erase myself I know that nothing could compare to what's alight inside you, yeah The mass addiction of a newfound stomping ground And a minute in ammonia Make the mind feel something new But that sets something In the ecosystem slightly off And that means something in the world Won't work the way we want But you, ou ou, ou ou, there's nothing better than a fear come true I get this feeling I'd go on and on and on without you, yeah Yeah you, ou ou, ou ou, when all I want is to erase myself I know that nothing could compare to what's alight inside you, yeah But he makes nothing seem like wonder He makes silence sound like thunder In comes what I thought was something new Now if I won't give up this world They're gonna scream, "disparity!" We’ll rue the day we let this go, uh oh Now if I won’t give up this world I'm gonna leave longevity And rue the day we let this go, uh oh But you, ou ou, ou ou, there's nothing better than a fear come true I get this feeling I'd go on and on and on without you, yeah Yeah you, ou ou, ou ou, when all I want is to erase myself I know that nothing could compare to what's alight inside you, yeah
4.
Humour Me 04:08
This is the end of another grey cutaway I wanna be the sagest colour Another noise in an all new break through And so we'll break it all the way in Ever-eternal edge glue Semi-immortal, he comes for you And it’s never-ending, portrait, analog On piles and piles of unused tools to scrape off the excess from the human heart Having a bad sense of humour only happens in pain So please don't stay inside circles where you know you’re still sane There is a collar on me, don't let me out and play You've got a bad sense of humour and a face with no name Who needs to be always happy? Always agree, always easy We are the backbone inside what they can do They put me out on an under-par seminar On how to be the sagest colour And when the boys get a little bit sick of it They'll wanna break it all the way in Pictures of where we sidestep Dead on the doorstep, call that lazy And a never-halting creature in the fog On piles and piles of books which read His hamartia got him good, always in a fix And when he's feeling like stealing, he's got a rope 'round his wrist And he said, "hey now, here we go, live life in prison" You've gotta learn what you like and take it with a grain of salt in your wounds Oh, it takes one to know, uh oh Having a bad sense of humour only happens in pain So please don't stay inside circles where you know you’re still sane There is a collar on me, don't let me out and play You've got a bad sense of humour and a face with no name How can we both go down with you by my side? Walking out now and I can feel the world is waiting on an answer Laugh when the sun goes down Even with no light, pick it all up and use it Make it worth the life of misadventure And just like the flesh of the black knight: scratched up but pale That's like a match made black and white Humanity's here and right now, weakness in how Having a bad sense of humour only happens in pain So please don't stay inside circles where you know you’re still sane There is a collar on me, don't let me out and play You've got a bad sense of humour and a face with no name
5.
Grey Matter 04:38
I'm gonna be late Everything is always grey In a minute, I'll bring it if I can bring myself to say Anything about my state Enter my competitor And then me I can't even lift my weight I can't even wrack my brain for something new Is anybody out there too? Just trying to get up and make this worth it Everything's grey til it shows In a way you could never imagine Everything's warm 'til it snows Then the leaves die and children go home While their hearts grow colder To stay fresh when the evening gets old While their lives get longer As they wait for their fleeting primes When everything that we thought about would come to life There was a spark to find out about What now would die in an instant And in an old story long ago, they told of love Where they could say what they'd want to say And then they'd die in an instant No talking with your mouth full Them's the rules So why you gotta keep taking all of my time With your lists of names and everything on your mind? Now bring out dinner for the prisoner And then I I hope I can rest my brain You don’t have to entertain me anymore I know everything from pain down to the enemies on my shoulders Picture a place all alone; devoid of the noise and distractions I might as well not even go, for the noises can turn into songs That we coo so softly Like the bird at the end of a dream And the wind blows off me All the things that we've already seen When everything that we thought about would come to life There was a spark to find out about What now would die in an instant And in an old story long ago, they told of love Where they could say what they'd want to say And then they'd die in an instant But now everything's always grey And does it even matter? When everything's always grey How can this even matter? Yeah, everything's always grey And does it even matter? When everything's always grey How can this even matter? So how can I live this way? And does it even matter? When everything's always grey How can this even matter?
6.
You can't go out on your own You're not a lark from a past life You're never truly alone You've got a friend by your side You're always bending your back You should be sitting up straight That's always one for the road You're always one to be afraid All the great prophets never disappear Try to take shape and lose all progress Copper-based fates and whispers in your ears All the right traits and all wrong problems When they are all in the right place They take it too close to heart With light shining in your face You're always breaking your jaw You should be keeping your mouth closed Or just go breaking the law You have been overexposed To everything that you've seen On a screen in your bedroom So tell me, what have you learned? There's always time to be afraid All the great prophets never disappear Try to take shape and lose all progress Copper-based fates and whispers in your ears All the right traits and all wrong problems When they are all in the right place They take it too close to heart With light shining in your face It was a mess from the... beginning Soon there is light And what we offer can't be redeemed Nor can discover moments between Watching your life go by from your seat Holding each other Due to our own actions or inactions And the misuse of our technology We live at an extraordinary moment for the earth At least, for the first time, that a species has been able to wipe itself out All the great prophets never disappear Try to take shape and lose all progress Copper-based fates and whispers in your ears All the right traits and all wrong problems
7.
Remedies 03:16
This looks a lot like hell It's a little bit warm for me But it's got everything right for me And more I’ve got something that is proud of me I’ve got something that’ll light my life up And most importantly, it’s not someone You take one hit, you're down Your remedies failed and you scream aloud "I'm burning all I touch" You're proud the riddles all look like order But how could this be home? How could chance take hold of me If I choose not to take chances? It's a freak and I'm clever But now it's real It's a miracle I'm alive It's a miracle I can try to survive When there's nothing better to ever believe in anyway Am I in debt or forever a slave to these things that hide where I went wrong? You take one hit, you're down Your remedies failed and you scream aloud "I'm burning all I touch" You're proud the riddles all look like order But how could this be home? How could chance take hold of me If I choose not to take chances? It's a freak and I'm clever But I've gotta be a bit more like them If they’re gonna take me in, and ever make me You're gonna be a big man some day I hope you're gonna miss me Even if you don't see You're never gonna top that high From trusting in the angels You're never gonna top that high I never meant to stay here so long Give me amnesty, keep me alive Are you gonna let me have something to hide? You take one hit, you're down Your remedies failed and you scream aloud "I'm burning all I touch" You're proud, the riddles all look like order But how could this be home? How could chance take hold of me If I choose not to take chances? It's a freak and I'm clever
8.
A rush to the head of cortisol Innate in her skill Oh, ain't she so funny The way she controls my psyche? I've got everything in my pocket Lights to guide me Wings to fly me Cry me a river and I won't come home (HEY!) Throw me on a weightless uphill journey Ask all these questions that we don't understand Like, “where’s the soul?” But I know there's a road running in me We’ll stop at nothing when we don’t got no plan But if you know what you know There's a world in the TV I’m screaming at a crowd to make them believe Like, am I everything you want me to be? Menacing is everything I see And what is coming is an abating in meaning of what we've searched for so long now Let's stop for a minute And clean every pigeon-hole out The day is defeated No, I've been bitten to the bone And I've got this feeling that the worst is yet to come Tread that lightly and I'll wait here until we can go And ask these questions that we don't understand Like, “where’s the soul?” But I know there's a road running in me We’ll stop at nothing when we don’t got no plan But if you know what you know There's a world in the TV Raise your hand and ask But the answer doesn't exist And your mind is an anchor Ask all these questions that we don't understand Like, “where’s the soul?” But I know there's a road running in me We’ll stop at nothing when we don’t got no plan But if you know what you know There's a world in the TV Raise your hand (A rush to the head of cortisol, innate in her skill) And ask (Oh ain’t she so funny) But the answer (The way she controls my psyche) Doesn’t exist (I’ve got everything in my pocket) And your mind (Lights to guide me, wings to fly me, cry my a river and I won’t come home) Is an anchor (Throw me on a weightless, uphill journey)
9.
You've seen it all You've climbed every mountain Hit every wall When I've seen it too I'd like to believe that I'll be like you Through trial we're always learning But what if I can’t outlive this curse? The ink on the pages burning Remain secrets with the universe I’m bidding my time... You would not believe where I've been I dreamed that we got to the end When I am gone, will you still remember me or this song? I know we're made out of memories When we disappear, we're taking them all with us Through trial we're always learning But what if I can’t outlive this curse? The ink on the pages burning Remain secrets with the universe I’m bidding my time...
10.
Real Life 03:08
If I’m a misfit, and I could seize today Then I would only ever think about the problems Like if I missed it, ‘cause I was shown the way But then I never even made it out of bed right So why is it I’m so unsettled by the way we move? And when the fog lifts, will I still be the same or will I have changed? If I could risk it and throw it all away Then I would only ever think about the progress I could have made when I really had the time Til I thought maybe none of this is even real life Well it seems like I fall to a new low every day And when I get up, I don’t wanna be okay My brain is the only thing inside my head But I think with a broken heart instead Sometimes I wonder if the world around me isn’t all it seems like And I get lost again Fix me or I might fade away Into oblivion I’ve seen in other lost eyes So where’s the line between a phase you’re in and when you are gone? In the darkness, you'll only be saved by your real life Where the only way out is the way that you came inside I can hardly believe that you still haven't realized In the darkness, you'll only be saved by your real life This is real life I'll play good this time Guess for now I'll pretend like I'm doing fine In the darkness, you'll only be saved by your real life Where the only way out is the way that you came inside I can hardly believe that we still haven't realized In the darkness, you'll only be saved by your real life
11.
We wash ashore and wait for help It'll never come but the need seeps in for Something to be proud of In the light that follows us to death The cycle's protection Is the light that buries us That's the nature of bad timing And the voice that rings through the dark Is this what security is? Is this why a miracle looks so incredible? And what a beautiful day To rot in the misery caused by this certainty The beggar's curse is also bliss He'll never know why the moon won't guide me A light in the darkness Is the light that follows us to death I'd never have thought this Was a weight that'd bury us That's the nature of bad timing And the question screamed in the dark Is this what security is? Is this why a miracle looks so incredible? And what a beautiful day To rot in the misery caused by this certainty When night becomes day I'm not scared anymore I was always afraid Of wasting all my time on fear Take it all, repay Take it all, repay Take it all, repay And that's why we search for something new And why our lies cannot come true It's why we fight for something that we'll lose And why the blame is all on you Is this what security is? Is this why a miracle looks so incredible? And what a beautiful day To rot in the misery caused by this certainty
12.
Spent the day in hope That at night all your wishes will come true Until the seasons change and you are left the same Just to find out your success was never you Now I can never stop and I don’t even want to But sometimes in a trance, I wish I'd never started Part of me is all for letting go of all of the part of me that’s scared, says I know That you’ll never get anywhere if you don’t try Take your time Lose your mind End up with the feeling you’re a waste of a life Cry all night And end up fine But fall back into panic and repeat Til you die or forget reality Well, I just hope that when I lose my mind I never lose the piece of me inside Well, I can never stop and I don’t even want to But sometimes in a trance, I wish I'd never started Part of me is all for letting go of all of the part of me that’s scared, says I know That you’ll never get anywhere if you don't try Take your time Lose your mind You might as well get on your knees Say, “Thank You, Moon” See you soon But I’ll miss you And I’ll never get anywhere alone The colour of dawn stained the sky for long That the morning light felt so perfectly wrong Til I tried to recall why I try Still violence was stalking the evening I thought I was aware Well, maybe I was the hare And I just gave up too soon When humour is gone and time stops Real life always persists So, could the answer exist? I’m still screaming at the moon This may feel like the end, but we will begin again This may feel like the end, but we will begin again This may feel like the end, but we will begin again This may feel like the end, but we will begin again

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released September 21, 2019

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Lessons in Crime is a duo from Ottawa, ON, comprised of Liam Schwisberg and Paolo Pace

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