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Fun Days

by Ne'er-do-well

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1.
Compromise 03:53
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I remember sitting in the last booth At the diner in the town we used to live My hands were shaking As I thought about the life I chose to live And all that I would have to give up I took a leap into eternity Would I create a new reality? Or just another Compromise Is this the life I bargained for? Or just another compromise I should've asked for more That was 18, full of piss and vinegar I was the only one who had a clue Seven years are gone And I don't wanna have this same old fuckin' talk When I turn 32 I took a trip to get some clarity Just to learn that there's no you and me You're just another Compromise Is this the life I bargained for? Or just another compromise I should've asked for more I'm fraying at the seams And you still don't know what it means To want the things you haven't seen Compromise Is this the life I bargained for? Or just another compromise I should've asked for more
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Feel No Pain 03:27
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Yeah, did you think I’d take this lyin’ down? When you turned the knife and smiled right in my face You left me on the brink, on the other side of town Now I’m mad as hell, and I’m back in the race You’re gonna rue the day I stepped out of your shadows Now I feel no pain You just lost your edge And now it’s mine to gain Maybe you’ll think twice Before you play my game And don’t you show your face Round here tonight Now there’s venom coursing through my veins And I’d rather die than live to be your clone And now the joke’s on you, 'cause no one needs you too You made your bed, and now you sleep alone You had to turn on me To shake me to my senses Now I feel no pain You just lost your edge And now it’s mine to gain Maybe you’ll think twice Before you play my game And don’t you show your face Round here tonight Now I feel no pain You just lost your edge And now it’s mine to gain Maybe you’ll think twice Before you play my game And don’t you show your face Round here tonight
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Wasteland 03:56
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Left my home with my life scattered on the floor The end so close that I could taste it I came back to try to settle up the score Just to see that you’d disgraced it So let’s not pretend that I’m on the mend I’m sick as a dog, can’t you tell? Abandoned my friends for dollars and trends It’s just another fine day in hell Feels like I’m losing my mind Am I the last of my kind? The world keeps on turning And I keep on yearning Desperate to find my way out Of this wasteland Trudging through the desert 40 years or more Name a plague, I bet I’ve faced it Now you drag me back into your endless war I hate to see potential wasted So this was your plan, why fight like a man When the squeaky wheel’s the one serviced first For all of the pissants and misanthrope fools Congrats, honey, you’ve been the worst Feels like I’m losing my mind Am I the last of my kind? The world keeps on turning And I keep on yearning Desperate to find my way out Of this wasteland Feels like I’m losing my mind Am I the last of my kind? The world keeps on turning And I keep on yearning Desperate to find my way out Of this wasteland
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The Truth 03:06
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Woke up from a five-year daydream Wondering if I’d get that feeling again I lost touch with all of my team And limped to an unceremonious end Young at heart But I turned 26 last week And the lines on my face tell me That my future’s looking bleak I pissed away all my time I’m wishing on my last dime Well is this over now? Won’t you tell me the truth? It’s hard to recognize my some days Black my eyes and do my cute little dance I’ve gotta drop this pop star cosplay And strike out on my own, just give me a chance Young at heart But I turned 26 last week And the lines on my face tell me That my future’s looking bleak I pissed away all my time I’m wishing on my last dime Well is this over now? Won’t you tell me the truth? Tell me! I pissed away all my time I’m wishing on my last dime Well is this over now? Won’t you tell me the truth? Tell me!
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I'm Not Getting Any Younger 03:51
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It’s late, I did a lot of bad things to you And now I’m wondering If I can pull myself up off the floor You say I don’t have anything left to prove Well then maybe you can tell me Just what I’ve been fighting for I don’t wanna waste away I’m sick of walking through the haze And feeling like there’s nothing left ‘Cause I’m not getting any younger Is it any wonder I found myself to blame? Now I can’t even find that hunger I don’t know the number Of days that feel the same I killed the lights and I shut the door To try to find whatever I was looking for I’d rather get lost in a TV screen Than ask what all these feelings are supposed to mean I used to pray to God all this shit would change To take away the bitterness and quell the rage So sick of being numb, too scared to ask for help But not as much as being honest with myself You know I’m not getting any younger Is it any wonder I found myself to blame? Now I can’t even find that hunger I don’t know the number Of days that feel the same I built a wall around me To have a place to break down I made a million mistakes But now I’m finally crawling my way out ‘Cause I’m not getting any younger Is it any wonder I found myself to blame? Now I can’t even find that hunger I don’t know the number Of days that feel the same ‘Cause I’m not getting any younger Is it any wonder I found myself to blame? Now I can’t even find that hunger I don’t know the number Of days that feel the same

about

FUN DAYS is the product of my hopes, dreams, anxieties and neuroses. (And my riffs. Plenty of those.) It’s a love letter to the people, places and sounds that made me the person and artist I am today.

The title and cover art are an homage to the carnival that came through my hometown every summer. (And specifically to Clay Aiken for Bacon, the pot-bellied pig who competed in the pig races every year.) We used to roam Boyertown Park like we owned the place, flirting, fighting and dreaming of a life beyond our one-road, dead-end town.

Those experiences — those potholed backroads and cigarette-stained diner booths — inspired “Compromise,” which I wrote about the feeling of being 18, full of piss and vinegar, standing on the precipice of the rest of my life, racked with terror that every decision I made had the power to make or break my future.

Of course that wasn't true. I realize now that all of those decisions and experiences have a cumulative effect, and I wouldn’t be the person I am without them. Basically, all that existential dread was a huge waste of time — but at least I got a song out of it.

Welcome to FUN DAYS, please have your tickets ready, and I sincerely hope you enjoy the ride.

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released September 30, 2022

All songs written and performed by Bryan Rolli

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Kieran Krebs at Overcast Recordings

Drums tracked at Hen House Recordings in Austin, Texas

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