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Sell Out

by Yeo

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1.
Give me 15 minutes to open this door Believe me when I say that we're not here for nothing on the 13th floor I know this city better than most, and most ain't privy to the art of a ghost They all want to see what a ghost can see I'm 'a show it to you 'cause you risked it all just to be with me From the edge of the roof to the green of the park River snaking through, it's only just getting dark I can't see colours but I know this dream Sky's red like the socks on my favourite team Come back to mine and spin Gainsbourg please We're talking 'bout the weather with a scotch in my hand while you kiss my knees Breathe in your ear, I can smell your hair as you shift into gear while I touch you there Making you shake, spilling wine on your tee Best you take it all off and get closer to me If you don't want to deal a traffic jam we can take turns reading Japanese comics when we catch the tram I'll pick you up when you finish late We can watch the band if you're done by eight Fall into bed 'cause you're tired as hell but you still got energy to do me well and I'll never have enough of your body from my place to yours, from the club to the party it's totally your fault that I skip a heartbeat when you smile and tell me you want it in the back seat So I stop the car, and I let it idle bazz
2.
Bacteria 03:32
I BUILT MY BODY FROM GROUND UP I DEVELOPED MY MIND AND WOUND UP NEVER WANTING TO BE PIGEONHOLED IN ANYTHING NOW I'M ONLY JUST A LITTLE GOOD AT EVERYTHING PUT THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER MYSELF BRICK BY BRICK BY SHELF THEY ALL KNOW HOW WELL DESIGNED IT IS HOW WELL RENOWNED MEN IN BLACK ARE NEVER EVER GONNA TEAR IT DOWN YOU CAME ON THE SCENE DRIPPING WITH ELECTRICITY TO MATCH MINE LIKE A LOCK AND KEY, SPRING AND TOOTH FIT SEAMLESSLY IT'LL NEVER STICK HOW DID WE GET SO BRAVE, DOING IT HOW WE WANT WE DON'T BACK AWAY DON'T EVER TAKE THE KNEE, DOIN' IT HOW WE WANT DON'T EVER BACK AWAY SOMEBODY LEFT THE DISH UNCHECKED SUCH A WISE MOVE IN RETROSPECT YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH BACTERIA IS GROWING HERE THEY ALL SUPPORT EACH OTHER SO THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHANCE IN THIS GAME IN THIS POINTLESS DANCE BUT WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING TIL WE DISINFECT THE PREMISES THANK THE MAN WHO ASKED US HOW DID WE GET SO BRAVE, DOING IT HOW WE WANT WE DON'T BACK AWAY DON'T EVER TAKE THE KNEE, DOIN' IT HOW WE WANT DON'T EVER BACK AWAY I'M GONNA TELL YA HOW I SEE IT RIGHT FROM THE START NO USE HIDING A THING COS IT'LL ALL FALL APART BACK FROM THE DEAD SO MANY TIMES AND STRONG IS MY HEART TEST MY METAL, YOU KNOW I'M A GENTLEMAN STATE OF THE ART HOW DID WE GET SO BRAVE, DOING IT HOW WE WANT WE DON'T BACK AWAY DON'T EVER TAKE THE KNEE, DOIN' IT HOW WE WANT DON'T EVER BACK AWAY
3.
Expedit 04:30
This is an expedition to the far side of the sun. We will be the only ones to get there.
4.
FOASU 02:05
How could even have thought that you could be one to solve all my problems? Where did you get that idea? Did you find it inside a stream? Inside one of your dreams? I'm not as stupid as I sometimes look Still it was your hand that was the one I shook Please will you leave me alone with my failures I'll figure it out without your misbehaviour
5.
Every little once in awhile you find yourself overwhelmed Something's missing, like the strength or a reason to tell me if there's something wrong and I'm noticing the cracks in the tiles lining the walls of your dim-lit bathroom I see the pain of your bruises fading in like the insects crawling through The air is growing heavy and the minutes turn to hours I'm hearing all the voices yell muffled through the thin walls keeping your mind at ease The waves of the rough sea lapping at the edge of your shatter-able sanity When I come back in the room you're there, all balled up in the corner struggling to breathe What took all the air out of your lungs and put you on your knees? When the darkness falls around you And your hope has failed to find you I'll be standing right beside you Take my arm and I will guide you Do you remember back to when we used to run along with the wind letting it carry us over-hill, leading us to all our dreams? Now we're just fighting it, lost without a cause As we fell from those innocent days, growing up, losing our ability to tell what's right and wrong for us you don't know what to do Step by step, I'll bring you back to light It's growing brighter inside Jacob's ladder will rescue us again We'll climb the walls, escape Never looking back
6.
Burden 03:12
feel this ache from my heart down to my knee as I roll past the diamond green carriage, on-board on a sunny first of spring weeks gone by, still my pain does sing I cannot sleep wake to melodies I hear hurtful screams, even in my dreams open my eyes black as crow is all I see god gave strength, but he's worn my bones burden break my back bring me down from my throne a bird in, in my hand is worth none in this wilderness
7.
Try Anyway 03:47
The sky is a battlefield with planes occupied avoiding you This guy don't know how to feel in place in a dogfight I am learning Flying low through Williamstown side by side Look at all the refugees There are two on bicycles, riding, killing time before the fall-out I know the sun will not be there when I most need it to see So I light my candle, though I know it can't handle the wind between her knees Reproached by an officer for not being on time Disturbance spreading through the ranks, unsettling They know the dark is here to stay They are learning I know the sun will not be there when I most need it to see So I light my candle, though I know it can't handle the wind between her knees How come you light up my life, only when you want? 7 months still feel the same Learn how to play this game of who could care less Inconsistency describes it's love for me
8.
This is just another underground rapper nerd A lamb amongst the Aesop Rock and Tyler The Creator herd Spittin' words that end with -iple and -ical Lyric principle critically rammed with heavy vehicle So many men in this cut throat industry The men who need their throats cut are the ones aren't into me Too busy jerkin' the dicks of young bands without a single clue of what it takes to write a paragon of living virtue Fuck the idea of what we call airplay They'll never help us or our friends' bands anyway A certain industry be full of sharks in a sea of shallow taste and I'm supposed to play their games while wading through the toxic waste Hey! You! Motherfucker, I can swim and I don't care how deep in this shit I'm in I'm gonna show you and all your bloodsucker friends that there's more to life than being a smug fucker in the end Don't talk to me like I don't already know Don't talk to me like I don't already know that I need to play a show in every city befo' I make cash so I can play in these cities some mo' I'm so stupid, I must have left my brain at the do' Sitting there with facial hair, surfing web on wireless Acting like your brain is worth the man inventing fire first Sipping on espresso from some second-rate machinery Don't get mad at me, I'm just enjoying all the scenery Collecting all your change in a cold silver ramekin Impervious to blame like a Big W mannequin Love to wax the walls with your slack discontinuity yet you lack the balls to put your name on your review It seems to me you're reaching for a goal amongst so-called journalists hoping blindly that you'll navigate the crazy turns and twists You think by now you writers wiki'd history so you know it ain't the dough that makes the record, it's the record that makes the dough It's frustrating, 'cause all you people be having hating oozing out of your nipples and calling it groundbreaking journalism This is a schism with me one side and everyone else on the other We all conform to the diapason set by the king, my brother What the hell am I complaining for? I guess I'm leaving this excuse for an industry anyway, I don't believe in this No more shows or records for the public Yes you killed it It ain't even worth trying to help you fucks rebuild it Yeah you killed it GUESS ALL THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO NOW LIKE I AIN'T SPEAKING THE TRUTH BUT YOU KNOW IT DON'T DENY IT GUESS WHAT YOU'RE ALL GONNA DO NOW 'CAUSE I'M SPEAKING THE TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT STAND BY IT
9.
I just wanna beat this cold Every day I wake up feeling old Cough it up and swallow down this soft-knock life Do I really think I have it tough? 12 hour days are more than enough How can I complain when I've a car, a roof and a loving wife? Spilled coffee on my brand new suit Wristwatch lost down the laundry chute I'll go buy another one with a diving gauge that I'll never use Blakey boy is in trouble at school Principal thinks he's a straight-up fool Don't they know I've killed my dreams just to put this kid in black leather shoes? Honey please, hand me the keys I'm sick of paying government's goddamn fees Take good care of our little boy Blake I'm going for a drive into Michigan Lake When they find the car upstate Bobby Dick'll run the number plate Narrow down the search for me between Kenosha and Milwaukee In my pocket there's a small toy gun They'll find my body up in Sheboygan Drag it from the water when I float to shore at the dockland quay Honey please, hand me the keys I'm sick of all the caviar and blue-vein cheese Don't mind me while I take a short break I'll be at the bottom of Michigan Lake Years later there'll be footage found of a dime-store stickup in Madison town I'm wearing that shirt I wore on our 5th anniversary Old fox behind the counter had game Shot me in the leg, yes she had good aim I had nothing else to lose but a bit of blood from my weakling knee Honey please, hand me the keys I'm sick of holding back 'cause I'm truly sleaze Why did you marry such a stupid flake? I'm meeting with my friends under Michigan Lake Spent the money on booze and blow, Tried to OD up in Muskego Woke up feeling worse than dead wishing that my gun was more than real Drove over to the Lake Express, really didn't think I'd wanna re-assess Pedal to the floor, and then I saw the blue through the steering wheel
10.
For A Song 03:25
I've been here before plenty of times Only this time it's a sure fire bet What was I waiting for? Perfect conditions? That's why it's taken so much stress and small stuff sweat Said I was good enough to quit my job but I never believed them I was good enough to quit my job but I never believed them How many dinosaurs can fit in a smart car? I don't know but that is how I feel What Batman say to Robin before they got into the same car? Get In The CAR. Get IN THE CAR Said I am good enough to quit my job and I wanna believe them I am good enough to quit my job and I wanna believe them I'm driving off of the mountain's edge with my eyes open I'm slaying time with the dreams in my head my eyes wide open Many shit creators get more than they need Don't even think about the luck that's theirs There ain't a single thank, the hours yours and mine holes in their feelings, we are sewing up the tears You got it for a song, it was value that you couldn't believe in You got it for a song, it was value that you couldn't believe in I'm driving off of the mountain's edge with my eyes open I'm slaying time with the dreams in my head my eyes wide open I wanna show it to you
11.
Blessing 03:55
Smell of rain drifting through the open window Nose is leaking from the hit I took before it came pouring down Couldn't feel my wet heart beating Not too old to care, but still too young to care for I've waited all this time to fight the good fight and now I'm in it the fight's gone out of me Somewhere in this town there's still a blessing here for me If you're holding it back will you please come forward, tonight? Play a show just to see the smiling faces Only got 5 minutes 'til the good will's gone If you be my friend I'd like to hear from you so often You've got my number on your phone and I've got yours I've waited all this time to bring you with me The ship has sailed and you have failed to show Somewhere out in the world there's still a blessing here for me If you're holding it back will you please come forward, tonight?
12.
If I was evil like a devil is What kinda present would you give me? I wouldn't expect much I've only given you a hell of a lot of trouble Lucky humans want to do the right thing Every person loves to show that they know how to love You want control, so pull on heart strings Make another puppet out of me for your incredible show When you see me I will be covered in gold So melt me all down, make me your crown I want you to come with me So I can show you where your hard work's gone Don't be afraid, I'm just a tour guide I'm not the one who stole your time and turned you into a pawn Land that's yours is full of fake green grass The banks you owe never complain because they own you They took control, you let them right in Just another puppet, one more soul for their incredible show
13.
Wishing Well 03:58
She snuck him outside the gates of hell to a cool little garden with a wishing well They spent that night beneath a pale blue dish and he didn't say a word about his secret wish Did he ever have a chance? Was she playing as a lover of the Devil's romance It was only one night He fell to her charms, he was putting up a fight He's got no hope when she's wearing those frames with those bright little eyes that set the lens on fire She's got a chuckle that melts his iron heart And it's cast in the mold of his deepest desire Aren't there any second chances? Even for the pawns of the Devil's romances? He wants one more night At the risk of an addiction that would come to light To a beautiful drifter It's killing me watching over him Chase a beautiful drifter She'll drag him from hell and drag him back in Somewhere in a dream, she's changed her mind Only seconds 'til he falls below Mendoza's line She'll charge the gates and take all of his demons down and the Devil hath no choice but to give up his crown Now he's got a chance To be a bona fide champion in the Devil's romance It took only one knight She fell into his arms after the end of the fight She's a beautiful drifter It's killing me watching over him Chase a beautiful drifter She'll drag him from hell and keep him from going in

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Yeo's 2013 return to synths, beats, and experimental pop production

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released February 9, 2013

All songs © Yeo 2013
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Mastered by Jack Frost at The Arctic Fox, Melbourne
Artwork by Greg Hodgson
Hannah Crofts (vocals) on Art Of A Ghost
DJ Perplex (turntable) on Like I Don't Already Know

Thanks to Sophie, Greg, Pek & David Beeley, everyone I've ever played with/for, people who loaned me g/ears, and all my friends for getting me through the tough days and sharing the beautiful nights.

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