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Fingers Crossed

by Flavored Cardboard

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1.
And I'm invested in the way you make me feel I'm not getting over it, the way you make me real Living in a hurricane is easy in the eye It's when you spin me 'round and 'round I think I'm going to die Close the door Dim the lights I'm in here Stay the night Disinterested in the things we did before I've been spending too much time just lying on the floor Can't believe it took so long for both of us to see That there's no point to all the lies and triviality Lock your doors I'll go outside Sorry I laughed When you cried
2.
Carbon Copy 03:06
Duplicate me, you'll be my carbon copy Always you'll do what I'd do Replicate me, the both of us will see When there are two mes and no yous Every day, I take a piece of you with me And a piece of me fills the empty space If we carry on, it won't be long 'Til every single part of you has been replaced Duplicate me, you'll be my carbon copy One in a million, but now there's two Replicate me, the both of us will see How everybody’s different, 'cept for me and you At first the changes will come slowly When your family notices a difference in your ways But in a few weeks, you'll be unrecognizable Soon you will be gone, and I'll be here to stay And I know right now you think that I'm a bad person in every way But let's see if you feel differently When you're living my life every single day Duplicate me, youll be my carbon copy Always you'll do what I'd do Replicate me, the both of us will see When there are two mes and no yous Duplicate me, you'll be my carbon copy One in a million, but now there's two Replicate me, the both of us will see How everybody's different, 'cept for me and you
3.
Every Halloween, I dress up in a costume Walk 'round the neighborhood saying trick or treat But this year, I must've not done something right Because nobody at all gave me anything to eat I wanted candy but all I got was flavored cardboard It's all I received from everyone in town If I use my imagination, it tastes just like a chocolate bar but The brown pulp leaves a bad taste in my mouth All my friends got M&M's Snickers and Milky Ways I wish that I could have some But no-one wants to give theirs away But then I saw this guy dressed up in devil horns He said that he would like to make a trade All I have to do is give up my soul And all my cardboard will turn into candy And I couldn't refuse his offer I shook a hand; we made a deal It sure seemed worth it then But in the long run, it wasn't ideal Now I'm no more, but my spirit lingers on I haunt the town on every Halloween Putting cardboard in the baskets of the children So that they all will end up like me Like me
4.
Think fast, but don't take it back Take your backpack off and your homework out Sit down at your desk and actually do it Don't mind in the back your mind The little voice cries that it wants to do something else Though you just give in, you know that you're better than this It feels like another wasted Saturday, when all the time has Gone away and all that's left is the looming week to come You feel the seconds pass, their aftertaste is bitter and it Lingers in the corners of your mouth Don't look in a book, you're only young once and you need to make the best of it Otherwise, you'll get old and you'll just find that you had a miserable life But yet when you think about it, you can't do anything when You've got homework hanging over your head It feels like another wasted Saturday, when all the time has Gone away and all that's left is the looming week to come You feel the seconds pass, their aftertaste is bitter and it Lingers in the corners of your mouth Can't do anything productive if you've got schoolwork 'cause you need to get it done Proceed to screw around for hours and hours on end Have to do what really matters: get your priorities straight You can't complain that you don't ever have any time It feels like another wasted Saturday, when all the time has Gone away and all that's left is the looming week to come You feel the seconds pass, their aftertaste is bitter and it Lingers in the corners of your mouth It feels like another wasted Saturday, when all the time has Gone away and all that's left is the looming week to come You feel the seconds pass, their aftertaste is bitter and it Lingers in the corners of your mouth It feels like another wasted Saturday, when all the time has Gone away and all that's left is the looming week to come You feel the seconds pass, their aftertaste is bitter and it Lingers in the corners of your mouth
5.
I can't figure out why, but you act like I'm the greatest person on Earth My attention means the whole wide world and then some Guess I shouldn't be complaining but it's not something I know how to deal with Yeah, I think you're fine and all, but it's clear that you like me more than I like you I was never there for you And I have never cared for you And I'm not especially nice, not especially nice, not especially nice I was never there for you And I have never cared for you And I'm not especially nice, not especially nice, not especially nice I don't know how to tell you when enough is enough Sure, I like to be with you but you tend to lure me in Now I've found it's easier to not engage you at all I'm hoping that you'll find someone better than me, someone you deserve I was never there for you And I have never cared for you And I'm not especially nice, not especially nice, not especially nice I was never there for you And I have never cared for you And I'm not especially nice, not especially nice, not especially nice Though I wish I had the wherewithal To be there for you and to give my all And hold you and love you and kiss you and hug you and see you and need you and stay by your side But we both know that that's not me I was never there for you And I have never cared for you And I'm not especially nice, not especially nice, not especially nice I was never there for you And I have never cared for you And I'm not especially nice, not especially nice, not especially nice
6.
Magellan 03:00
You've got it all mapped out You've got the world inside your hand You'd crush me underneath your palm If I gave you the chance But I I'm not buying what you're sellin' You're a modern-day Magellan Sail around the word 'til you turn around and then You'll end up right where you started again You want everything to work out Your shortcuts won't do any good In fifteen years, you'll be back home Standing right where you stood And I I'm not buying what you're sellin' You're a modern-day Magellan Sail around the word 'til you turn around and then You'll end up right where you started again I'm not buying what you're sellin' You're a modern-day Magellan Sail around the word 'til you turn around and then You'll end up right where you started again No I I'm not buying what you're sellin' You're a modern-day Magellan Sail around the word 'til you turn around and then You'll end up right where you started again
7.
Sharks 02:56
My friends are the sharks I really like them for the people they are But they made a request And thought as a friend I try to do my best I fear my parents will judge me I know they'll say that I'm just throwing away my life But they don't know how important this is to me I don't know how I could live with myself If I didn't follow through I want to feed myself to the sharks I want to be there for them I need to be their human sacrifice I want to be a good friend How could I say no? How could I protest? What is there for me to do But let them lay me to rest? When I was younger All I did was stare down at the water They thought there was something wrong with me But the sharks saw something no one else could see And now the time has come For me to repay the sharks for what they've done They've been such great friends to me And now I must return to the open sea From which I first emerged I want to feed myself to the sharks I want to be there for them I need to be their human sacrifice I want to be a good friend How could I say no? How could I protest? What is there for me to do But let them lay me to rest? I went down to the dock It was high tide when I jumped off But the end of my life was only the start Now I'm forever swimming with the sharks
8.
Which describes how you're feeling all the time Which describes how you're feeling all the Feeling all the time There's this guy in the sky and he makes you want to Want to make you sigh, like the time When you felt like you're feeling all the time And you sighed at the cracks in the ceiling all the time You said "I'm feeling fine" but it didn't really rhyme It didn't rhyme, overseas Which describes how you're feeling all the time It describes how you're feeling Which describes how you're feeling all the time When you lie that your life's unappealing all the time But your lie doesn't rhyme with the word overseas Overseas there's this guy Who describes how you're feeling all the time In his mind he can find how you're feeling all the time From behind distant lines Even straighter than his spine Which is fine Which is fine And describes how you're feeling all the time
9.
Marigolds 02:52
I've been spending time alone And I'm not gonna lie, it's nothing like I imagined it would be It's hard just to move on Not that I want to but they say I'll feel better so we'll see It feels like, well, nothing Not that I'm in denial; okay, yeah, denial's what you'd say I'm crossing my fingers Maybe it was just a joke or maybe someone made a mistake Well, that's for sure Mistakes were made I hope that you know It's the butter-yellow marigolds that line your drive They peek through the windows, you can see them from inside I walk through your garden, alone, and I ask myself why I've been spending time just thinking Watching pages of the calendar move up and up and disappear I sit down on tile floor I slump myself against the wall, I duck out of sight of the mirror And I don't want to see The face that will look back at me And I never like to say It's the butter-yellow marigolds that line your drive They peek through the windows, you can see them from inside I walk through your garden, alone, and I ask myself why I don't know where I stand But I know it's alone I don't know how I feel And I'll never forgive you No, I'll never forgive you It's the butter-yellow marigolds that line your drive They peek through the windows, you can see them from inside I walk through your garden, alone, and I ask myself why (And I ask myself why)
10.
32 Degrees 03:04
Where did the winter go? I want to be there in the snow All I hear is rain On my rooftop every day Out in the winter cold Trudging down the sidewalk all alone Sound muffled, sky is white You feel like you're the only man alive Oh, please Thirty-two degrees I don't want anything at all 'Til winter's here to stay I'm willing to freeze If that is what it means I just want the snow to fall And bury everything away Walking down the street Hear the ice crack underneath our feet The cold air stings and bites But we know we'll be safe when we're inside Oh, those were the days Now they're just a distant memory Still I hope every night In the morning everything will be white Oh, please Thirty-two degrees I don't want anything at all 'Til winter's here to stay I'm willing to freeze If that is what it means I just want the snow to fall And bury everything away Oh, please Thirty-two degrees I don't want anything at all 'Til winter's here to stay I'm willing to freeze If that is what it means I just want the snow to fall And bury everything away
11.
Unmemorable 03:24
Making a mental note of the grease spot on your ascot That way I can point you out in a crowd You accuse me of not taking you seriously But I'm clearly doing the best I can Mmmmmm You are unmemorable There's nothing about you that stands out at all You are unmemorable There's nothing about you that stands out at all Yesterday I willed myself out of existence and you missed it I cut myself out like a cyst from the world They held a trial and it dragged along for days and days I fell out of favor with the judge Mmmmmm I am unmemorable There's nothing about me that stands out at all I am unmemorable There's nothing about me that stands out at all
12.
Elliptipar 03:14
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about

"When I think of Flavored Cardboard, I think of bad gum."
—birdsinbaskets

"I can play guitar now."
—Luke Slomba

"'Say No to Drums' is the best song on the album, to be honest."
—April Friedman

"That's the name of the band? I like that!"
—April's mom

It's just what you've been waiting for—your favorite non-Jamaican band has come out with a brand new album. Described by some as "the best thing since 'Luke Slomba is Sexi'," this innovative musical venture will help you forget your impending death and the crushing weight of your student loans for approximately 39 sweet minutes.

Exploring such themes as the miracle of cloning, days of the week, and, possibly, even geography, Fingers Crossed will take you on a magical journey through the minds of two possibly brilliant non-Jamaican artists.

Will April and Luke finally reveal their trademarked secrets for flavoring cardboard? Will we drift apart? What's the temperature forecast for tomorrow? There is only one way to find out.

That's right, folks: Fingers Crossed is really the only album that alleviates the responsibility of having to figure out your own feelings.

credits

released March 4, 2016

April - vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, drums, etc
Luke - vocals, guitar, synths, ukulele, bass, drums, Sylophone, etc

"Which Describes How You're Feeling" originally written and performed by They Might Be Giants.

"Wasted Saturdays", "Not Especially Nice", and "Unmemorable" written by April.
"Flavored Cardboard", "Drifting", "Magellan", "32 Degrees", and "Elliptipar" written by Luke.
"Semi-Invested", "Carbon Copy", "Sharks", and "Marigolds" written by April and Luke (or vice versa).

Mixed, produced, performed, etc. by Flavored Cardboard (see track info for more specific credits)

Artwork by Luke.

Dress Dress Dress Recordings
GRR 031

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Flavored Cardboard New Haven, Connecticut

Favored Cardbread is the undead spiritual successor to legendary Scratch band Frozen Coco which ran from 2011-2013 until its death in an automobile accident. Flav Carb re-disbanded after legendary comeback single "Luke Slomba is Sexi",, but came back to life yet again after a botched resurrection spell that was supposed to wake Sir Funky Chunky of Scotland. The second album is named in his memory. ... more

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