Playing with Matches

from Record Store Day 2016 EP by Ben Diesel

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

I've tried meeting girls for
Drinks downtown
But I can never hear a word
They run parallel to
My interest
I wish to be tangent
To her curves

I haven't changed
Since she left me
I still think death is funny
I still leave my clothes
On the floor
And don't care much about money

I wish she'd just take
My whiskey and
A train to Kansas City
Leave me on this side
Of misery in peace
At least then
I'd really have to try
More than a text
Late at night
To get some satisfaction
And leave

I've looked at furniture
Online
But I'm immediately bored
I'm content in this ghost town
House
With tumbleweeds
crossing the floor

I haven't shaved since
she left me
So the bathroom
is still clean
Don't need a trim
Before kissing girls
Who don't mean anything

I wish you'd just take
My whiskey and
A train to Kansas City
Leave me on this side
Of misery in peace
At least then
I'd really have to try
More than a text
Late at night
To get some satisfaction
And leave

credits

from Record Store Day 2016 EP, released April 16, 2016

license

about

Ben Diesel Missouri

We like to party and make music, respectively.

Jason Koch // Dan Kelley // Joey Maestas

contact / help

Contact Ben Diesel

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Ben Diesel, you may also like:

Vol. II
by Silicone Prairie

An irreverent, emphatic ode to joie de vivre from the Missouri punk project. Bandcamp Album of the Day Aug 1, 2023
go to album
Time Vehicle Earth
by The Mall

St. Louis group The Mall make a debut as a two piece with dark, driving, and near-demented synth punk. Don't sleep (they won't let you.) Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 1, 2022
go to album
"Leave Your Body" EP
by SBSM

This Oakland trio makes spine-prickling, visceral noise with live drumming: a big sound that lives in the throat and heart. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 10, 2018
go to album
Bluest Year
by Girl and Her Bad Mood

Girl and Her Bad Mood are a dreampop band from Indonesia who excel at nestling heartbreakingly beautiful melodies amidst silvery guitars. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 23, 2023
go to album
v/a The Things That Shaped Us Together
by Various Artist

This outstanding compilation of bands from Indonesia puts a focus on atmospheric pop and rock music, with hooks 20-stories high. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2022
go to album
Happiness
by Beauty School

Taking cues from Midwestern emo and early ’10 pop punk, this Leeds, UK outfit are full of heart— not to mention hooks. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 21, 2022
go to album
Innocence
by Closure

Classic '80s-style goth-inflected post-punk from Closure, full of soaring guitar lines and swooning synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 6, 2022
go to album