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Par At Best

by Guardrail

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1.
2006 01:32
Everything I am And everything I know It all traces back to That first fucking show 2006, I was blessed with this gift That crowd was more home than the place that I lived I sweat and I screamed That day was the day I decided this wasn't just music to me The melodies pierced through our sunburnt skin For once i belonged For once i fit in This is my heart and soul
2.
Miserable 03:10
I’ve been losing more sleep Every night this week Even on my days off, I can’t sleep in Alone in this bed Alone in my head My chest feels more empty than it’s ever been, yeah [Chorus] I’ve been a miserable mess since you left me Woah-oh-oh-oh Since you left me baby I’ve been so fucking depressed since you left me Woah-oh-oh-oh Since you left me baby My fingers hit these strings But it doesn’t mean a thing If you’re not there for me to sing to I haven’t drank so many beers In I don’t know how many years You broke my winning streak You broke my winning streak [Chorus] [Solo] Fuck insecurity and fuck the frustration Fuck the long distance and false accusations You're letting it get to your head now, my dear Can't let what we have be consumed by your fear, because [Chorus]
3.
You're Fired 02:53
Goddamn, we had a good run Let’s crack open one last cold one Is this the best that we could do? We’re sick, of the ignorance We won’t back down, we’ll resist this This is one nation under you [Chorus] We won’t let anger break us We’ll overcome it all We need compassion We don’t need walls We stand here together There is no debate Love will conquer hate Love trumps hate This isn’t over We’ll brush the diet from our shoulders We’re screaming louder than we ever could We’re sick, our generation Has had enough discrimination Land of the free? You misunderstood [Chorus] You’re fired! You’re fired!
4.
Goodbye It's something I don't want to hear More permanent than days or years But it seems to be the trend Goodnight It's something much more temporary And even though results may vary I know we'll meet again so When I return will you still be there? [chorus] Well, you and I, we still exist Just fill me in on what I missed I've been away for far too long But I'm not gone So I'll follow these constellations And when I reach my destination I hope you never say goodbye And you only say goodnight Have a little bit of faith in me baby This is the time and the place to be When I return will you still be there? [chorus] When I return When I return will you still be there? [chorus]
5.
Quicksand 03:34
I don't know what I'm doing anymore I guess only time will tell I'm at the same place that I was before Too afraid to help myself Hey! I shouldn't feel like this Hey! What step did I miss? Hey! Where did I go wrong? [chorus] Should I shave my beard or let it grow? I don't know, I don't know Should I shut my mouth and let you go I don't know, I don't know If they stuck my feet in wet cement And tossed me in Lake Michigan Would anybody bat an eye Just tell me that you will and I'll survive I'm stuck in the quicksand of my past The harder I struggle the further I sink in I'm stuck in this self-conscious insecurity Get out of my head and just give me a drink, yeah! Hey! I shouldn't feel like this Hey! What step did I miss? Hey! Where did I go wrong? [chorus] I'll survive [chorus]
6.
If I disappeared tonight Would I be satisfied? Clear my throat, and tune my strings I still got more words to sing I watched punk rock on MTV But not in twenty-seventeen I thought you were dead and gone But then you gave us one more song [Chorus] Where have you been? I almost gave up but I kept my head low You were there at the end of the show Rejuvenation of my hope Untie the noose made from this rope Play it loud all night, til dawn And i know i can carry on
7.
The Weekend 03:57
He watches the clock on a Friday The hands moving slower with time It's 4:55 He can't wait to drive His ass home and get out of his tie He calls up his boys on the telephone He says "Let's not sit & be bored Let's light up Kentucky Maybe we'll get lucky It's been so damn long since I've scored" Let's have 3 cheers for the weekend Let's all raise our glasses to us Hip hip hooray for my best friends Come on now, let's go get fucked up Goddammit, this week was a rough one Everyday he's chewed out by his boss So sick of his bullshit Now it's time to forget It all, cuz they're hittin the sauce 4 shots of Jameson later 5 or 6 beers afterwards That blonde's lookin good He says "maybe we should" She smiles and says "my place or yours" Last call's come and gone, now the bar's closed The crew stumbles out to the car She asks "can you drive" He says "sure I'll be fine We don't have to go very far" The boulevard blurs out of focus He's trying to hide his mistake They see headlights ahead She screams "the light's red" They make impact before he can brake Her body goes right through the windshield The airbag explodes in his face If he just didn't drive, They'd still be alive Now their choices, they can't be retraced

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Our hero is down on his luck. Just when things start looking up, it all comes crashing down. Par At Best tells the tale of a man struggling to find himself amidst a love life lost, a series of increasingly shitty jobs, and a chronic inclination toward poor decisions. At least there's always music.

Or, y'know, here's seven songs you can listen to.

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released June 2, 2017

Skuhll Dude created by Larissa Kaye

"2006" feat. Frank Rosado of Lowcountry
"Goodbye, Goodnight" feat. Jaclyn Heuser of City Mouth
"Quicksand" feat. Alex Vito of InsideOut
"Where Have You Been?" feat. Alex Wight of The Linden Method

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Guardrail Chicago, Illinois

You could say that Guardrail is a punk band. They play fast loud music, so no one would argue with you. Loud loud loud. Fast fast fast. Blah blah blah. We're so over it. We want to be treated as the creators we are. We are gods of our own world. We have the power to make and to destroy. We're just not very good at it. We're bad gods. Bad to the bone. ... more

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