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The Greatest Depression (2020)

by The Smile Case

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1.
A Quick Peek Behind 00:48
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Posh Beach Homes And A Weekend Rager At Bernie's 02:22
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Everything was getting better and then I read your letter. It was filled with letter that make no sense. I make no sense. I've lost for as long as I can remember. I don't remember what we ate. Did we ever eat or did we go hungry? Went hungry. Did we? I know this isn't where I'm supposed to be. Why did reach back out to me? I'm still hungry for your love.
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Smoochin' Drummers While Listening To Joe Strummer 02:36
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She came out of the water and she was breathing air. I brought Ursula back to see her mother. Listen to Joe Strummer. Smoochin' drummer buddies. Our personalities clash and I think I should go. It was bummer summer because less is more. I brought the girl in #4 back to see her mother. It was a bummer. Listen to Joe Strummer. Smoochin' drummer buddies.
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The Worst Friends 02:34
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Call a spade a spade. Well I can't play cards anymore. I burned my fingers from the flame. I don't know who is to blame. My blisters they all feel the same. He showed her all these spots. He is a self proclaimed geologist. Sometimes he acts like an animal. He makes her his muse. She believes she is a zoologist. You're always on the run. Always having fun. Everything is a phone. I wonder if you're calling home. The best part of this town is that her shadow always looked good. Oh but her friends were always the worst. Oh that one girl was mad that we didn't have coke. She disappeared for a bit. Caught her trying to piss on my roommate's bed and then we lost her again and ended up finding her pissing in the apartment building hallway. Oh she always had the worst friends. Call a spade a spade. Well I can't play cards anymore.
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Walking Alone At Night 02:23
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Walking around at night and then I get I bright idea. It comes to me. A bright idea. What do you think I think? And I won't come back for you. I won't come back for you. Bright ideas sometimes turn into bad ideas. Well I got an idea. Turn out the lights and just imagine that I don't have anything else to say. I don't have anything else to say. I don't have anything else to say.
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Mommy's Little Helpers 01:54
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What would I do without Mommy's Little Helpers? Samantha sits crossed legged reading Helter Skelter. I ask if I could help her. She asks if she could have a Helper. I joke and say 'Old Yeller' 'Like the dog?' she asks. I say 'Yeah because they are yellow' What would I do? What would I do without Mommy's Little Helpers? She was a basement dweller. A storyteller with artificial sunlight. It was always night in that bedroom. It felt more like a bomb shelter. I can't take you anywhere. I can't take you anywhere. I can't do anywhere. What would I do without Mommy's Little Helpers? What would I do without you? What would I do without you?
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Your Ghost Living 03:13
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She sure has a problem with anger. She sure knows how to hide it. Maybe it's dumb charm or hard luck. She sure has a problem with anger. When you leave it's like you're gone for good. I'll never know if I'll ever see you again. Your ghost living with me. Seems like there is a problem with addiction and Tabitha knows how to how it. Maybe it's eating her up on the inside? She sure has a problem. When you leave it's like you're gone for good. I'll never know if I'll ever see you again. Your ghost living with me. I guess you know that my heart is gone for good but the hands always extend for a friend. For a soul that needs help. That needs care. That needs love. That needs air. It sounds like your ghost is still living with me.
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Can't Hide On The Moon 05:32
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I think one pointed and winked. Oh it's nice that they were on our team. I told them about everything I've seen. Rest your sore feet and clear your mind. I think one shouted and said 'yeah you'll be alright' I told them about everything I've seen. I think one pointed and said 'oh yeah. yeah that? that was just a dream' Rest your sore feet and clear your mind. Rest your sore feet and clear your mind. Rest your sore feet and clear your mind. No time for defeat or you'll fall behind.
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Differently Definitely 02:47
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Oh I remember a time. You always presented yourself in such a way. You were flawless. It was flawed from the start. And if we could do it again. What would I say and would I do it differently? Definitely. Oh I've run out of things to say but I still know it's all my fault and the last time I saw you was down in the subway and your train went that way and I was looking dumb. If I could do it again. What would I say and would I take the time of day to explain or would I do it the same? No I think I would do it differently. Yeah differently, definitely. Oh I'd do it differently.
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Span Time 05:39
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Staying Awake At Night 04:41
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The things we do I can't tell you but I figured it out. The things we say I can't hear but oh man we'll figure it out. We will figure it out. It's up to you. The things that keep us awake at night are probably the same. The greatest depression comes in many forms and tonight I take myself out of the equation. I was never good at math. That is because nothing adds up. Nothing adds up. Sometimes I'm faced with the face that I don't like. Tonight when I shave maybe I'll shave all my skin off and I'll be left with blood and bones and you can see that I don't mean it. I just want to pass through with flying colours. There is a flag. I've always liked flags. There is a flag. I want a flag and you wave. You wave the flag. I give up. It's blue. It's white. It's yellow. It's tight. and I can't and it feels alright and I wave it over my head and I can't sleep tonight because the same things keep us both awake. The greatest depression and it's yet to come. I'm sure it's just a blackness that we all can't avoid. Maybe we can run. Maybe it might be fun? Who knows? Who cares? Let's just clear through the stare. Maybe reruns might be fine. It won't be fun because no one likes being no where. I know where. I know where. Can I leave a little room to breathe? There we go? Can I just leave a little room to breathe?

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The Smile Case close up their Central Nervous System Trilogy with a third and final surprise album drop titled 'The Greatest Depression'
This release features 11 tracks that tackle the subjects of accepting grief and moving on, more substance abuse, more sobriety & healing, accountability and moon battles. This anxiety fueled rollercoaster in finally stopping.... but it still definitely sounds better with a pair of headphones and 5mg of Diazepam. Ready to be amused?

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released May 1, 2020

all songs written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by The Smile Case

*drums on track 3 performed by Jackson Schott*

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...is an anxiety fueled rollercoaster that sounds better with a pair of headphones and 5mg of Diazepam. Ready to be amused?

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