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Mr. Desk Is My Father

by FRED DESK

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1.
brick by brick, pane by pane raise the housing for students inlaid started with a flicker and grew into a flame a culture so emboldened put a fear into that fame all they know, a place called home in the heart of darkness was a light hard as stone the place was safer while things got harder they all tried to get a little bit farther indestructible, indestructible concrete was poured and the soul was formed we made something out of nothing collective swarm on us no hold from early morning to late into the night souls pressed together pushing deep into that night all they know was a place called home they all tried, they all tried. indestructible, indestructible concrete was poured and the soul was formed we made something out of nothing collective swarm on us no hold misfits who never knew what friends could mean people they embraced in their true being indestructible, indestructible concrete was poured and the soul was formed we made something out of nothing collective swarm on us no hold
2.
In My Soul 02:37
i'm addicted to a certain kind of day it's scaring me, will i always be this way? in my soul i know a change is gonna come what luck, aw shucks, it's already noon in my soul i know it's why i'm feeling blue what luck, aw shucks, it's ending all too soon my headache's coming on and my blood boiling up the body's rotting in the grave but this life ain't over yet in my soul i know a change is gonna come what luck, aw shucks, it's already noon in my soul i know it's cuz i'm feeling blue what luck, aw shucks, it's ending all too soon another day, another way sleeping in a new place counting til i'm driving home and trying to find my new grace in my soul i know a change is gonna come what luck, aw shucks, it's already noon in my soul i know it's why i'm feeling blue what luck, aw shucks, it's ending all too soon my thoughts are that of an old man out at sea looking down, so caring and so free he won't be in my soul i know a change is gonna come what luck, aw shucks, it's already noon in my soul i know it's why i'm feeling blue what luck, aw shucks. in my soul i know a change is comin' soon what luck, aw shucks, it's already noon in my soul i know it's why i'm feeling blue what luck, aw shucks, it's ending all too soon!
3.
i hear you're having a beautiful summer with all your beautiful friends spreadin' tales of your beautiful lovers and how they get you there oh yes, it seems so perfect from the outside looking in oh, it seems uncertain what's real and what's pretend beautiful summer beautiful summer beautiful summer i know you're having a beautiful summer you tell me everyday they pry and pry, those curious minds guess that's the price you pay you made the grass look greener you can see it in their eyes but who will cross the line to take a peek on the other side? beautiful summer beautiful summer beautiful summer they pull the string, it breaks the spell and you know it's time to go you pack your bags, escape this hell and call the curtains on the show call the curtains on the show i hope you're having a beautiful summer somehow, somewhere far away from the fame and the glory where no-one can sit and stare beautiful summer [repeat to fade out]
4.
backwoods and faded dreams old times getting older it seems why ain't you the same to me the past isn't past to thee and i go back to the tree but you ain't there for me i go searching about broke glass all abound memories you said to me swing back and come home 'fore I'll know that you'll be there for me as dark turns into day i find my mind's ablaze a million miles away will i be thinking 'bout you? as day turns into night and the sun hides so all the stars fade into view will i still think about you? i mind throughout the day i'll be thinking, still thinking about my AAA a battery refills me i'll be moving, still moving moving on passing cars and passing days a million holidays gone away history class has been teaching me about my life that's meant to be i mind throughout the day i'll be thinking, still thinking about my AAA as dark turns into day i find my mind's ablaze a million miles away will i be thinking 'bout you? as day turns into night and the sun hides so all the stars fade into view will i still think about you? everybody needs some distraction everybody needs a second view everybody's trying to second guess you like they're meant to, oh yeah holding myself against the moon i sing of love, oh once, so true as dark turns into day i find my mind's ablaze a million miles away will i be thinking 'bout you? as day turns into night and the sun hides so all the stars fade into view will i still think about you? i think you said you weren't listening but i wasn't listening to you (will i be thinking 'bout you) i think you think i wasn't meaning it i wasn't meaning it, it's true (will i be thinking 'bout you) i think you said you weren't listening but i wasn't listening to you (will i be thinking 'bout you) i think you think i wasn't meaning it i wasn't meaning it, it's true (will i be thinking 'bout you)
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despite my best efforts it's another sleepless night you said everything was going to be alright armed with best laid plans as prepared as we could be only god herself could see when the seams start falling apart it's unraveled, it's undone and we all know what's to come despite my best efforts it's another sleepless night you said everything was going to be alright to my great displeasure we've gone down this road once more so i'll see you in the morning trying hard to make things right under these fluorescent lights call it "conquering the night" every moment passing by nothing brings us any closer to getting it right go ahead and call it a night i can see the betrayal in your eyes the beauty of sunrise is tempered by my decline so it's come to this again now it's time to flip the switch emergency reserve a second wind it's time to stop screwing around but i want you to know now i want you to know that now you've found me i'm in my element and yes you've found me i'm in my element you're racked with indecision facing stubborn friction we can be friends when the sun comes out unsustainable condition time to make the last incision but i want you to know now i want you to know that now you've found me i'm in my element and yes you've found me i'm in my element but now you've found me i'm in my element i'm in my element, in my element, in my
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Abstract Art 02:35
passing time 'til another day's gone but it won't get me down gonna go live it my way abstract art is hanging on the wall won't stop for anything pushing through 'til another day a new goal in my way freedom, freedom freedom, freedom beautiful world, beautiful cold who knows what i'll see myself it's abstract art traveling down this freeway of life breaking down the doors, & yelling i'm home what's that hanging on the wall it's abstract art in the hall but i know it's not for me know that i'm gonna be free anything goes, it ebbs and it flows it breaks and it bows, it gets home what's that hanging on the wall it's abstract art
7.
molten steel pours my form taking free life away ask yourself where you're born it's all the same a soul a ghost a woman so brave she lights up his world she makes him feel brave it's never too late it's never too late you said to me we'd always be the light creative kid burnt a little hole it is he our son who brightens up their world and the creative man burns up it all he our son who brightens up their world so he can have some fun it's never too late it's never too late to this i'll agree a better man, wait and see woe is a thing to chase when i've turned to dust never penned letters to those who you once just loved those once stopped, they're never determined once called their end she was the one she was the one to me it's never too late it's never too late she said to me you'll always be it's never too late it's never too late you'd say i agree a better man, wait and see
8.
Jabberwocky 06:06
information breakdown it's never the same 20 different sources all over the place "everything is dangerous. step into my rabbit hole, a bunker for the end of the world." it's a hard thing to gain my trust, in this world your tribe, my tribe give it all away all those open channels the bands we see are closing all those closing channels width a single signal "what are you doing standing there? we'll have a grand old time! everybody's waiting on you everybody's waiting on you now!" i'm right and i'm wrong and i might be so wrong i'm right and i'm wrong and i might be so right when is the world gonna come back around when is the world gonna come back down when will we all just get along when will we all just get along oh no the cards we play what do they mean the words they say what do they mean "no need to worry we'll teach you everything we know aren't you glad this madness has such a pretty bow?" they're insecure and it allures i'm controversial reactionarial i might be naive i might be naive but that's the world i want to live in i might be naive i might be naive but that's the world i want to live in i'm right and i'm wrong and i might be so wrong i'm right and i'm wrong and i might be so right when is the world gonna come back around when is the world gonna come back down when will we all just get along when will we all just get along "this is your destiny. you were meant to be here. don't disappoint me now. you were born to do this." crawling out (come on up and see the light) i see the light is it too late to turn back now is it too late to turn back now is it too late to turn back now is it too late to turn back now
9.
i'm a man in crisis i got a few screws loose and i never really knew until today the boys up in the tower they wanna get me on the ground i'd rather see what this bad boy can do and i don't think that i'll be coming down tonight cuz i've seen it all before and i think i know where this is going i don't think that you'll be seeing me again but you should come and see me now, my friend and it feels so good flying high above the sound and i know you would if you spent every day doing the same old thing i don't think that i'll be coming down tonight cuz i've seen it all before and i think i know where this is going i don't think that you'll be seeing me again but you should come and see me now, my friend i'm a man in crisis to those of you i love i'm sorry that i let you down i don't think that i'll be coming down tonight cuz i've seen it all before and i think i know where this is going i don't think that you'll be seeing me again yeah i think this is the end.
10.
Life After 08:39
you will see me again in that old place touch me again in that old way i'm feeling you now on your grave i'm alone this time, please stay love me, the world is full of beauty and crashing down dreams into me the end of the road is there attempts to try so sincere my life is in your hands got to find a way to move on my own light, my right to life must break this chain that holds me down i've left those days behind me passing seasons change i will not move my head's on tight i'm alright with this tune alright with this tune as subways trains pass it's all a blur as they go past my life after my life after making life worth living and finding art worth keeping having friends worth seeing it's alright make this life worth living (life worth living) find art worth keeping (art worth keeping) have friends worth seeing (friends worth seeing) it's alright (alright) give me peace give me tranquility i'm sorry i'll make it up this time i'll make it, i'll make it up this time this time in the darkness, nothing changes it's sinister evil those people smile, not smiling at me as we jump into the sea turn the lights out grab a bat now i swing it hard and shout it's not working (this will pass) i don't know how (this will pass) i don't want it to make this life worth living find art worth keeping have friends worth seeing it's alright give me peace give me tranquility i'm sorry i'll make it up this time i'll make it, i'll make it up this time i'll make it, i'll make it i'll make it up this time

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released February 24, 2023

FRED DESK is...
hector iglesias - guitars, synth (7), vocals (10)
jonathan ledet - bass
hadrian merced - fake drums, synths (3, 6, 7), vocals (4, 5, 10), field recording (8, 10), mixing, mastering
jacob miske - vocals (all but 5), harmonica (4), field recording (10)

the songs on this album were written by FRED DESK (except "never too late", written by FRED DESK and barış ekim) between october 2018 and march 2022.

this album was recorded between december 2020 and february 2023 in various homes and at the record co. in boston, massachusetts.

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