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Muscle

by Evan Diem

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1.
You can find comfort anywhere And if you can you should 'Cause even something painful Can be one part bad and one part good Like how summer school becomes An unexpected way to make friends But I can understand how That might not make sense It’s the kind of thing that sits in your mind Like that one un-blurry snapshot It’ll bring you back from drifting By making you slack jawed Like burning your hand hurts But makes you feel anything at all I think about how Randy Johnson Made a bird explode with a fastball If it had been a slider Might've missed its wing We’d have one more mourning dove One fewer unbelievable thing But that game meant nothing No legacy but the casualty And it sticks in my memory It just somehow always stayed with me And he never saw it coming Nobody did But now millions have seen it It’s right up there on the internet And Randy’s thrown a perfect game He’s in the Hall of Fame But he killed a bird one time And nothing was ever the same It’s the kind of thing that sits in your mind Like that one un-blurry snapshot It’ll bring you back from drifting By making you slack jawed Like burning your hand hurts But makes you feel anything at all I think about how Randy Johnson Made a bird explode It was so cool
2.
I wanna own a sword some day I’m gonna make it with my hands Two-handing my own blade I’m gonna swing it as hard as I can There’s too much pressure pushing in to see If you sense a storm coming it might just be me I’m gonna start refusing to live in this position There’ll be no flowers blooming under this condition And I’ll get hot and hammered, annealing into healing Get ground down and hardened from tempering the feeling I wanna own a sword some day I’m gonna make it with my hands Two-handing my own blade I’m gonna swing it as hard as I can I’ll move into a castle for a kiss If they treat us like monsters I guess that’s where we’ll live Push us to the edges of the map We stepped out of their boxes and they demonized us back If you can’t look at me anyway I might as well become Medusa No confusion or substitution, I won’t be losing anymore I wanna own a sword some day I’m gonna make it with my hands Two-handing my own blade I’m gonna swing it as hard as I can I wanna own a sword some day I’m gonna make it with my hands Two-handing my own blade I’m gonna swing it as hard as I can When I own a some day I will hold it up with my two hands I won’t be laid to waste Nobody’s stronger than I am And if you think you’re bigger than me And you try to come towards You might be stronger than just me But you’re not stronger than me and a sword I'm gonna own a sword some day I’m gonna make it with my own two hands Two-handing my own blade I’m gonna swing it as hard as I can When I own a some day I will hold it up with my two hands I won’t be laid to waste Nobody’s stronger than I am
3.
"Meet me in the lobby" You say you'll come to get me in a minute I left a bit abruptly last time Now you're gonna make me come and get it Our first time alone Not two-timing Treat me like a hobby You really meant to do me when it's fitting Knit us both together 'til you miss a stitch And then got to unspin it Our first time alone Not two-timing Those someday situations Can still come around Those someday situations Will sit you down And say "Was it worth it, the wait?" Those someday situations Can still come around Those someday situations Will sit you down And say "Was it worth it, the wait?" You follow me on my mind We're finally at our sign It feels like I'm free The past nights were killing me Your body takes time And that's what you've given me: Time, time Your body takes time And that's what you've given me: Time
4.
It can take so long to realize When the gap is small in family ties What you didn't say can prove to be The hard-hitter in the eulogy If you know it, feel it, say it It'll become integrated As casual as "hi" Preceding your goodbyes Yeah I love you And I'll tell you now while you can still understand Yeah I love you And I'll tell you before you're past the point that you can't If it drives you apart Though you feel it in your heart Hold on to it for a friend Just in case they ever want it again Yeah I love you And I'll tell you now while you can still understand Yeah I love you And I'll tell you before you're past the point that you can't Yeah I love you And I'll tell you now while you can still understand Yeah I love you And I'll tell you before you're past the point Don't be scared to admit it I mean, it's scarier to miss it Feel it behind your eyes Lay on the beach and cry Yeah I love you And I'll tell you now while you can still understand Yeah I love you And I'll tell you before you're past the point that you can't Yeah I love you And I'll tell you now while you can still understand Yeah I love you And I'll tell you before you're past the point

about

In 2018, the EP Bones unknowingly started a pattern that would finally be concretely established four years later. Muscle is the continuation of a theme which is: Four Songs That Don't Go Together And Don't Fit On An Album But I Want To Release Them.

However, unlike Bones, each song on this project is grounded in some part of reality or truth about myself or someone close to me.

I'm extremely proud of these songs. I am grateful to those who knowingly, or unknowingly, helped me write them. (Or at least helped me have the experiences that inspired them.)

Thank you to Ben, Spencer, Opal, Shahirah, Jessi, Ellie, Hannah, Kelci, Talia, my mom, my dad, my grandmother and of course MLB Superstar Randy Johnson.

credits

released July 1, 2022

All songs written and performed by Evan Debevec-McKenney, except...
All drums, and bass on track 2, performed by Ben Mueller.

Mixing was a joint effort between Evan and Ben, with advisement help from Spencer Newton.
Mastering was all Ben.

Album art by Pauline Rowsome, inspired by the art for my EP Bones (2018) by Sam Bree.

Get the Cover Art on a shirt here: evandiem.threadless.com/designs/muscle

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