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Asuka

by Free Parking!

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1.
I hate a lot of people the first time that I meet them Hated my mother and my father I screamed at the world and cried And as the years went on, I twisted up my feelings “The world is beautiful!” A smile on my face as I spit lies You’re a bitch, you’re a cunt You’re a lot of words I wouldn’t use in mixed company When you look into my eyes I want to strangle you But I know every monster deserves a home I’ve almost killed myself a half a dozen times I’ve stared into the void, but got so fucking scared I'd pussy out I’d punch myself across the face until I bleed I’d weep until I fall asleep, pathetic helpless and alone You hold the world at arm’s length, cuz you’re a coward, too You’ll never know my name, but I’m in love with you Because we are the same Bite your tongue and absorb the blow Every monster deserves a home Every monster deserves When did I become the kind of person that I hate? I hate a lot of people the first time that I meet them I’ve known myself so long, eventually I will get better I’ve known myself too long, my mood is changing like the weather now My mood is changing like the weather
2.
Bored all summer long I’ll stay inside, I’ll leave the air on high There’s nothing out there for a lump like I’ve become Go, go to the beach Put on your trunks, get sand inside your shoes Smile for Facebook and pretend you’re having the time The time of your life Try, try to keep up Call your friends, make some dinner plans Talk for an hour and reminisce about your high school Find a menial job Make someone’s lunch, make someone a buck Wait for the paycheck so you can tuck it away For a rainy day What’s the point? I need a point! I need proof there’s life on earth If it’s true, we’re stuck in a zoo I need youth, I need youth Take it slow, play some Halo On your TV, across the internet Pull the right trigger and kill people you’ll never meet Oh, this is dumb. I need some fun! Maybe someone? A foot out of my door I need an escape before I melt through the floor Until the end of summer
3.
When I wake up I wonder where you get your energy Then one day you showed me your battery I found you in a trash can in Japan One whirr of your drive and I knew I’d be your man Just help me understand! Why can’t you see? Why? Why why why...? Why do you feel so cold when I hold you close? You’ll never die, die die die... You’ll remain seventeen forever as I go You know that she can fly, fights like a samurai I see her soaring through the midnight sky She’s leaving me behind I want to hold her arm-cannon, if I can and Take her away when she’s treated like a weapon I don’t want her to go through that again My girlfriend is a robot I know she’ll never get caught by the Gestapo Will you take care of me when I am dying of cancer inside the retirement home?
4.
Stuntman 01:32
You don’t really want to be a stuntman, baby You just want to be DOPE-ASS BIGFOOT You don’t really want to be a stuntman, baby You don’t really want to be a stuntman, kid They’ll use you up and throw you out the dope-ass window Stuntmen weren’t made for love, or giving a shit So hold me close tonight Keep me warm inside I will be your crutch If you lay by my side Let me wash your hair at night Let me hold your hand when you’re sad Kiss your face when you’re mad Let me be your _________ You don’t really want to be a stuntman, baby You don’t really want to be a stuntman, kid They’ll use you up and throw you out the dope-ass window Stuntmen weren’t made for love, or giving a shit You don’t really want to be a stuntman, kiddo You don’t really want to be a stuntman, girl Nod your head and let me be your dope-ass boyfriend Come to bed and let me take away your world You will orgasm. Dope-ass bigfoot.
5.
Asuka 04:12
Oh, I am tired, but awake again Cup in hand, it’s three am But I’m terrified that I will hold you down. The specters all around my bed Will comfort me and hold my head But everything is cold here in the night And if you’ve got wings, you should use them If you’ve got wings, spread them and take flight To me, tonight Tonight, Asuka Tonight, take flight I’m like a man who is paralyzed Ten feet might as well be a mile And a mile might as well be eternity Let’s call each other on the phone Whisper how much we’re alone And pretend that a voice can make your warm inside If you’ve got wings, you should use them If you’ve got wings, spread them and take flight If you’ve got wings...
6.
All of the women I’ve adored Revealed themselves as feudal lords And in a land I’ll never see They would reveal themselves to me Invite me in and let me know I am a child, she’s a ghost All of the women that I’ve loved Came on to me from up above And in a language I can’t speak They wouldn’t turn the other cheek Without the warmth of her caress I won’t deny her paper flesh She has no skin upon her bones I am a child, she’s a ghost All of the women that I trust I’ve used for baser needs of lust In fantasies they’ll never know I would remove all of their clothes Reveal myself as what I’m not: Lothario and polyglot I need a friend to hold my hand To comfort me and understand I’m no great man, I’m flesh and bone I am a child, she’s a ghost
7.
I’m despising all their eyes upon your body Those capricious monsters need somewhere to dwell I remember all your curves just like a monument But I’m wondering if they all do as well I hate vampires, in my head I hate vampires, in your bed They’ll feast upon your blood just like Lugosi The biting and the scratches leave their marks A hand upon your back will get me spitting fire and cooking garlic They only target young and pure of heart And you’re both I hate vampires, in my head I hate vampires, in your bed GET CHER GARLIK NOW Everybody’s out to get me!
8.
I don’t know, I don’t know just what to do But I think, but I think I’m eying you And I think that you think I think you’re easy Yes, I do. Maybe we, maybe we could take a turn Grab a match, light a fire, let’s watch this burn We could be you and me: Something un-special I don’t think I like, I don’t like your attitude The way you sound so rude And I don’t want to feel I’m trapped in a minefield again I’ve lost another friend I’ll replace you, soon Who are you, who are you, are you to judge? Who am I, who am I to hold a grudge? I did this whole thing to myself Don’t you know? None to point the finger at, to blame I’ll just let this dark lust rot away Atrophied, it’s arrived, it is an awful disgrace I don’t think you’re worth half of what I spent on you I hope I hurt you, too And I don’t think I’ll heal, I need something real again I lost another friend I’ll replace you, soon I’ll replace you.
9.
This Voyage 03:13
On this vessel we call our Odyssey Don’t forget that, don’t forget that you’ll always be here with me Through those whirlpools and other run-down ships On my radar you’ll always be the only active blip Across the hydrographic we’ll find drifters here and there We’ll pick them up, party it up, and help them without a care The grief of goodbyes will only be short-term Cuz there’ll be more new friends out there And that I can confirm! I can confirm... So please don’t drift away No, please don’t drift away This voyage is a lifetime where you and I just kill time And make it the absolutely best Better than the rest of everyone out on this sea It’s perfect that it’s only you and me On this course that we call our own journey There will be some, there will be some rough waters in the sea They will breeze by, just listen to my voice Don’t be scared, it’s all over, now we can rejoice! We can party every second and have the best of times Living to the max, damn it’s so divine With no worries and no need for a cure There will be no more sorrow And that I can assure! I can assure So please don’t drift away No, please don’t drift away I see you walking, please step up: start talking And take my hand We’ll get through anything that’s out there Let’s take a stand!
10.
Black Hole 04:17
In my youth, I was promised life of adventure Played as Link, Master Chief, and I saved Spira Got the keyblade and killed Metal Gear But in high school I just killed time Life goes on and you learn how to accept it Get a job, study hard, pick a career and Race right to the finish line Where those promises go to die, in time Ooooo. Oh no... Ooooo. Oh no! Disappointment starts to take its toll I wasn’t born to die in a black hole I promise you Later on, I would learn I was no different There’s no town waiting for a verbose redhead To appear with a sword in hand And a heroine at his side But it’s really okay. It’s really okay! I’ve learned to treasure my hourly wage If I get killed, I can’t load up a save! I’m not the ‘hero’ type Ooooo. Oh no... Ooooo. I’ll grow old Disappointment starts to take its toll I wasn’t born to die in a black hole I promise you The truth is I’m nothing, I am a coward I don’t leave my dorm room unless I have showered I don’t smoke or drink, I don’t go to parties I lock my door and I stay inside I miss when I was a child and my whole life was ahead of me I realize I’m young, I’ll learn to have fun But till then I will soak in misery Disappointment starts to take its toll I wasn’t born to live in a black hole But I do
11.
White Flag 03:46
Never thought I would get you here at all Seventeen, it was right before the fall Ten-to-one, and I needed to run Away from here They said your chest was the best thing about you It’s kind of sad, cuz I think it might have been true I’d never met a human shell So hollowed out If you’re so wise, why are you so alone? If you’re still mine, would you please just take me home? I don’t buy you for a second, but I’d sell you for a dime I wasn’t ready for prom night I am so alone White flag, white flag Looking back, should have left you at the door I don’t know if you could have stolen more Oh you were hip, but I don’t give a shit You’re also scum! I am not a toy for your amusement I’m a Montague and you’re a Capulet We were doomed to die before we met I am the patron saint of bad decisions You’re the Lois Lane of malcontent I’m a Guy Fawkes mask, you’re Natalie Portman And I’m blowing up your parliament I don’t buy you for a second, but I’d sell you anytime Please don’t buy it, I am such a liar I’m not telling the truth
12.
If I was a boxer and you were a thief I’d follow you around till you became my belief We’d roll in the gutters, we’d scour the sea I’d find the cure You would lose the battle, and I the war If you could appear and be here in my life You’d rape me and leave me and render me blind Oh I’d be your victim, and you’d be my crime So self-assured You have cost me friends, I give my word In my dreams there’s a house in the country, and You wait with a child You're lovelier than I could have hoped Bliss is chosen, time is frozen tonight I spread my wings and take flight When the morning arrives I can’t get to my feet I wallow in visions of idolatry I cover my head and I pray for more sleep But the night is gone I waste away until the setting sun I’ll play your puppet, my favorite part I’ll memorize lines till I know them by heart When Asuka strikes, she will tear you apart Limb from limb I’m shocked to find my heart is paper thin In my mind there’s a house in the country, and You wait with a smile Your beauty is beyond belief Love is chosen, we lie softly entwined But it will not last this time You deserve to discover where you can be happy Spread your wings and fly away free Find some arms that will hold you close for me You’re only a dream, and sad as it seems Your emptiness makes my heart die I need to escape, to abandon this place Need reality, not your blue eyes Consider this a victory! Raise your flag up high! Asuka, my friend, this is goodbye.

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"catharsis" n.
The release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).

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released August 22, 2011

Free Parking! album 02: "Asuka"

starring:
Cody Gunther - drums and percussion
Trevor Gilleece - guitar 1
Jesse Nebling - guitar 2, vocals
Bogdon Niemoczynski - piano and keyboards
Brendan Steere - lead vocals, bass, some guitars

Collectively they are Free Parking!


All lyrics and music copyright 2011 by Free Parking!

Composed and recorded in Brendan's basement during the summer of 2011, except for "My Girlfriend is a Robot" and "I Hate Vampires", which were composed/recorded in winter 2010, and "I'll Replace You", which was composed in 2009, but re-recorded in 2011 for this release.

Lyrics by Brendan Steere, except for
"This Voyage" by Jesse Nebling and
"My Girlfriend is a Robot", which we all wrote together.


The character Asuka was designed by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto in 1995 for Studio GAINAX’s groundbreaking anime “Neon Genesis Evangelion”. All likenesses of her belong solely to them.

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