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Pentamuse EP

by Benn Park

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1.
DSBIY 04:11
I got lost on the trails I’ve paved Stuck in a puzzle that I’ve helped to create Colors start to fray Fixated on my shadow on this cool, sunny day I’m unsure of the state of my well-being Butterflies don’t always flutter when I’m singing Seems to do less about the passion in art I look at the things so differently than when I left the start So lead me back to what my journey’s all about And teach me how to let the substance escape my mouth All my priorities are focused on how to get it done And down and over with I am a cynical adult at a musical Appreciating their expression but never my own I feel the saturation of the music numb my bones It’s time to take a step back and lock myself alone So lead me back to what my journey’s all about And teach me how to let the substance escape my mouth All my priorities are focused on how to get it done And down and over with Don’t stop believing in you You know what you need to do Don’t stop believing in you I believe you know the truth So lead me back to what my journey’s all about And teach me how to let the substance escape my mouth All my priorities are focused on how to get it done And down and over with
2.
I stand by Stanley Kubrick and his take on our short lives Where we self-define our mortal purposes while time passes us by Who needs the nihilism or the statues made of stone I don’t need to look to things to reaffirm that I am not alone Let’s be realistic, I know many of you are I usually let people be, but some take things too far Before you look at what the stars above you have to say Just know they’re fairy tales that aren’t here to stay I am a virgo and an asshole, according to my ex But thin excuses and zodiac signs are reasons I get vexed Those constellations can be fun and games until you realize That people use to completely define their whole lives Let’s be realistic, I know many of you are I usually let people be, but some take things too far Before you look at what the stars above you have to say Just know they’re fairy tales that aren’t here to stay I stand by the so-called pessimists and skeptics when it comes to Horoscopes and palm readings, plus other forms of pseudoscience There are no miracles if you bullet points are not empirical And contradicts the years and years of scientific research Let’s be realistic, I know many of you are I usually let people be, but some take things too far Before you look at what the stars above you have to say Just know they’re fairy tales that aren’t here to stay
3.
Windy City 03:42
A drive to Chicago is all it took for me to fall under your accidental spell A drive to Chicago is all it took for my weary soul to overflow with joy I couldn’t help but stare as you graced the Metro with your full-piece band And I know you’re with someone else, but I long to take you by your hand And no other person has moved me since before And others music hasn’t moved me quite like yours But it was never your intention One drive to the city and back, I wish I had so much more to say Like the way your silk hair flows to compliment your elegant face One drive to the city and back, I wish I had more confidence when we talked But ever since I met you in person, I should’ve known better than to go out of my league And no other person has moved me since before And others music hasn’t moved me quite like yours But it was never your intention And no other person has moved me since before And others music hasn’t moved me quite like yours And no other person has moved me since before And others music hasn’t moved me quite like yours But it was never your intention
4.
Wait 06:37
Are all the loved ones in my head? Am I beloved, or do I need meds? I hate these limitations all around me I’d rather set up my own boundaries I cannot help being so paranoid I find it helpful to, y’know, just avoid Please put me down upon my knees I want to feel again what it’s like to be free I don’t wanna wait I don’t wanna wait to fix myself I want to be the fool who makes you laugh But you’ll take things the wrong way, and I don’t want that I want to be the man who makes you smile But you only know me to be so senile My friends all live on other planets I’m stuck on a highway with loose chunks of granite Going over empty bottles and cigarette bums Going 80 to 25 and back, how can I ever survive this one I don’t wanna wait I don’t wanna wait to fix myself Maybe I’m afraid to start again Maybe disconnection is for the best Maybe I haven’t had a drop of sunshine in days You know that I have been avoiding your gaze I don’t wanna wait I don’t wanna wait to fix myself
5.
Petrichor 03:43
Sometimes enough is enough, And I’m not one to judge The system that’s been lived in The bricks on your head, Stacked upon your bed, You thought all was a given You wish you could say, All that’s been said All that has been said to you I may not know What’s been seen, what’s been shown Exactly what’s been perceived by you Words in a lecture aren’t what you need. Not from me, not from anybody But I’ll be here when your knees give way beneath Please do know that there’s still a home With its filled-in cracks and holes Please know there are friends back here that love you so Like a brother, I may not have been the best All our spats and my little pests But in the end, You have been the best You have been the best Although a calm has come, a storm still stirs But it’s drenched with the scent of petrichor To freshen up this devastated wasteland Words in a lecture aren’t what you need, Not from me not from anybody But I’ll be here when you knees give way beneath Please do know that there’s still a home With its filled-in cracks and holes Please know there are friends back here that love you so

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Each song on this EP is inspired by noticeably different things. As a result, each song has its own sound that sets it apart from the other. However, they're placed in a cohesive order that makes the listening experience distance itself from sounding like a "various artist" soundtrack.

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released June 10, 2017

All five songs were tracked, mixed, and mastered by Upstate LLC. Production done by Upstate LLC and Ben Park. All songs performed by Ben Park.

Art - Benjamin Cripe.
Photo - Stephen Finlay.
Production - Upstate LLC, Ben Park

"DSBIY" - Ben Park, Adam Raschka, Zachary Pierce,

"So-Called Pessimist" - Ben Park, Adam Raschka, Zachary Pierce,

"Windy City" - Ben Park, Mark Scalzitti, Adam Raschka, Adam Poupard, Collin Mattiford, James Neary, Benjamin Cripe,

"Wait" - Ben Park, Adam Raschka, Adam Poupard, Dustin "Shaggy" Speybroek, Rus Stanford, Zachary Pierce

"Petrichor" - Ben Park, Adam Raschka, Adam Poupard, Collin Mattiford, Josh Fabugais, Fran Gleason, Kasim Whiting, Japheth Marshall, Maxwell Nicodemus, Zachary Pierce,

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Benn Park Nashville, Tennessee

According to Benn, music-making is a creative, therapeutic response to the human condition. Included in that response are the rewards and defeats of 21st-century adulthood. These days, Benn Park happens to express this worldview through original folk and alt-country songs. ... more

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