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Let 'Em Fall

by Joe Billy

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1.
Sorry, Mom 03:43
I've been thinking too much again About life and all the stupid shit that I'm in All the regrets I've made, and those I should never regret As my mind continues to circle the drain I wonder if I could've spent my time better like helping victims of war, or fighting cancer instead of fighting ignorance or burning all the McDonald's to the ground So sorry mom So sorry mom, i'm not coming home, until I make the world a better place or die trying Cause the weight of my backpack and heart on my sleeve isn't heavy enough to stop me No they're not gonna like what I have to say but someone's gotta say what's on everybody's mind No, they're not gonna like what I have to say So fuck em So sorry dad So sorry dad, i'm not coming home, until I make the world a better place or die trying Cause the weight of my backpack and heart on my sleeve isn't heavy enough to stop me
2.
so let me get this straight, if i can if i may columbus stole this land, and he was the one to stay? now tell me, what the fuck is right with that? And the history books won't tell us, of how he raped and pillaged and tried to racial cleanse, all the Native Americans and how he killed off half the tribes by enslavement and as they were dying off, they decided to replace them with the Africans so please tell me why, we celebrate this man and so many others like him, just because we can could we honor and learn from all the ones that made a difference and perhaps weren't so tyrannical i think we need a better holiday well we still gotta thank Chris for plenty like disturbing a world of peace, and bringing in disease and taking new world credit from Leif Ericson and when the kings and queens found out of his heinous crimes against humanity they arrested him, and tried to punish him but found out that he got so fucking rich so please tell me why, we celebrate this man and so many others like him, just because we can could we honor and learn from all the ones that made a difference and perhaps weren't so tyrannical as privileged as i am, being as white as a saltine cracker i can't help feeling some kind of guilt for my native american friends, and so many cultures like them for enduring a life of pain and resentment so please tell me why, we celebrate this man and so many others like him, just because we can could we honor and learn from all the ones that made a difference and perhaps weren't so tyrannical i think we need a better holiday
3.
So tell me why you have to be 21 to drink while most 12 years olds i've met are more mature than most in their 40s and they're the one's being irresponsible and tell me why they say children are the future but once we have opinions, you shut us down instantly while we're just living the way you taught us well here's a quick lesson for you So i'll take this line from everyone who said it all before me cause goddamn, aint it the truth but if we're fucked up, then who are the ones to blame? well it aint us. it's you. And I'll ask myself before i die, am i happy with the way i lived my life And when i get older, i won't feel like my life is over because, age is just a number, age is just a man made number So i'll take this line from everyone who said it all before me cause goddamn, aint it the truth but if we're fucked up, then who are the ones to blame? well it aint us. it's you. And when we do grow old, let's try our best and hope that we don't damage the generation after us. So i'll take this line from everyone who said it all before me cause goddamn, aint it the truth but if we're fucked up, then who are the ones to blame? well it aint us. it's you.
4.
Sitting on a bench on a nice afternoon, can be quite relaxing but imagine, it being your home during, the winter and those hot summer days As you walk by in your suit and tie or in the warm comfort of your car or under your nice new umbrella ignoring what's happening as they get approached by someone much bigger than them by someone much bigger than them again Flies flies, everywhere, but not a one to eat unless you're into that Flies flies, everywhere, but not a one to eat unless you're into that Sometimes you don't have a choice, it's just survival at that point when life throws you away like some dirty old rag on the street How many of us see them, every goddamn day And do absolutely nothing, absolutely nothing How many of us even want the change and coins that we get from our daily little purchases, our daily little purchase And the food that we get, and how we usually just throw the rest of it away Flies flies, everywhere, but not a one to eat unless you're into that
5.
At the rate this planet's going I think that it's inevitable our doom is near but do I care? Everyday i sit and watch my home and fellow humans get destroyed, torn down, sucked dry of any life by parasites, that are far to powerful to lose or so they say Feeling hopeless without action, i've come to one conclusion that is simple enough to ease my mind Bring on the fire, bring on the chaos Bring on the fucking end to this world as we know it As i sit, and wait, for apocalypse and armageddon this problem's now too obvious to hide from the ice caps melting, to the black fucking oil in the sea I wonder if they realize their money, won't save them, from what's coming Bring on the fire, bring on the chaos Bring on the fucking end to this world as we know it As i sit, and wait, for apocalypse and armageddon You, and I, we sit on the dock, and witness The scenery we once loved get taken away By that evil, black sludge, and the dead animals' bodies oh god... As i sit, and wait, for apocalypse and armageddon
6.
"I'm sorry but" that's always how it starts are our heads present here or are they miles apart were our actions somehow just or is that just an opinion can we suck this up, and try to talk with some feeling This is my half assed apology I'm sorry you hate me but I can't be sorry for all the shit that you gave me ya you've been my friend through it all, that's why i give you tough love and i don't want you to turn into someone that i despise, or criticize I don't want you to become like all the rest of those pests cause fuck em ya i have days where i need to be alone and i have my days where i can't get off my fuckin high horse as shitty as we both are, i guess i'll apologize so we can again go get drunk This is my half assed apology I'm sorry you hate me but I can't be sorry for all the shit that you gave me
7.
Well I saw the news again more senseless people doing senseless things for their own selfish reasons assuming that violence and rage are the answers that one day will set them all free Will they one day realize the power of balance and peace or will they keep destroying in hopes of creating something I experience a riot inside of me now and I express it with the stroke of this pen not with the harming of others who happen to live here not with riot shields raised and not with guns aiming ahead but with the freedom i have to express my disdain for the things that we do as so called "human beings" where's your regard for living things to respond to a death with a death, now does that make any sense? It would be so fucking easy just to love if we just tried to try a little harder again I experience a riot inside of me now and I express it with the stroke of this pen not with the harming of others who happen to live here not with riot shields raised and not with guns aiming ahead but with the freedom, i have to express my disdain for the things that we do as so called "human beings"
8.
Every now and then, i think about how many children i could've had with the amount of semen going down the toilet and i wonder how many aliens or dead relatives witnessed it happen and if they'd be proud and i wonder how many damn showers i have to take to cleanse my ever so perverted mind Cause just blaming it on being a man aint cutting it enough for me blaming it on being a man is just fuckin lazy Oh, will i ever be able to not be mesmerized by cleavage And oh, could i separate my dick from my heart from my mind and what if this tempo was 69? and i wonder how many damn showers i have to take to cleanse my ever so perverted mind Cause just blaming it on being a man aint cutting it enough for me blaming it on being a man is just fuckin lazy
9.
White, black, yellow, red there's a slur for all of us and if it's not a color, it's a cheap shot stereotype You got people spreading hate just because they don't understand and the ignorant types are always the most creative ya, fuckin right. But hey look at me and I'll look at you, and we'll all look at eachother and we'll see that we're all just a rainbow of trash
10.
Smash your TV, the one that teaches you how to hate Sending waves of propaganda that slowly brainwashes you away Telling you who to be, telling you to be lustful and greedy Here are some better things to do then watch that cancer filled light box We could read the dictionary we could talk to other people we could do jack shit of absolutely nothing at all we could make a sandwich for a friend we could take the dog for a nice long walk we could take a massive dump after eating a raw burrito or fuck off into a corner, and just fuck the world, fuck the world and all ya just fuck the world, fuck the world and all so I'm saying, smash your TV Smash your TV, you don't need it, you don't need it So smash your goddamn television and go outside Think for yourself, don't let anybody fuck with your feelings, god forbid Exciting division and fear is all the rage now So instead, let's spend some time with our families and talk about the things most don't even mention maybe make a fire, or i don't know and sing songs about this fucked up world we live in and we'll sing woah

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"Let 'Em Fall" is an album full of songs expressing disdain for various social norms and societal practices and ideas that most of us just brush off our shoulder and say "it is what it is."
Let 'Em Fall is my way of trying to get people to think more about these types of things and, if necessary or wanted, let these negative ideas crumble and fall to the ground.
In addition, there's only so much you can control in life. Somewhat of a 2nd meaning behind this album is well...you really can't do much about certain things. life must keep going, regardless of the changes we like and don't like. you just gotta take it with stride and let the dominoes fall where they do.

Much love and thanks to all of you for listening to this album, and for actually reading this blurb-shit.
Peace <3

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released June 9, 2017

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Joseph Billy III

Album Artwork from the AWESOME Alexander Lobo:
www.alexthelobo.com

and of course big shout out to Sammy, Alamo Alex, Pat, and Lana for offering their voices to these AMAZINGLY sexy gang vocals up in here. love you guys.

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Joe Billy Clifton, New Jersey

Introspective Acoustic Punk.

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