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Institute of Living

by Two Humans

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Charlie Hoyt
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Charlie Hoyt listened to this because someone posted about it on twitter and loved it. thank you twitter person :-)
Peter Schaffner
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Peter Schaffner easily one of the best albums of all time. buy it. give them money. they deserve it. Favorite track: Bruce Museum.
foxie neptune
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foxie neptune Thank you for this music. Two Humans is what was good about Modest Mouse. Fave track: Beaux. Ps fans of two humans should check out Mumblr's White Jesus EP Favorite track: Beaux.
Joe Peluso
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Joe Peluso One of my all time favorite LP's. Consistently great from song to song in such a seamless manner. Two Humans bring you on a series of highs and lows that you will find yourself singing along to for weeks, months, and years to come. Favorite track: Institute of Living.
Gary Scaramella
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Gary Scaramella two humans was the best band to ever come out of CT. RIP in peace. Favorite track: Body.
ceneumann
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ceneumann best intro to an album that I've heard in a long time! take a listen, you won't be disappointed Favorite track: Body.
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1.
Head 00:50
i have a body it's fucking useless because i have no soul because i have no soul and you are a birdie you're mind is useless you fly south from the cold you fly south from the cold i have a body and you have a body that i wanna hold that i wanna know
2.
Body 02:25
chase your demons till you cant see them i think i can see them on the horizon what other guy's gonna love you baby? love your mother love your father they gave you a bed and some toys to play with taught you to never play with matches silently sobbing on the bathroom floor hugging the toilet "policia! policia" they dont know you they dont have to i dont know if ill come to see you nobody out here would want to be you I've stopped writing we've stopped fighting and one day youll catch me for a cigarette we'll be standing on the sidewalk 12 o clock i bet you'll say i should miss you your friends at school dont miss you finally a story that can end with a sigh and not me looking at ya hangin off of some other guy "can i come over?" "oh maybe" YOURE DRIVING ME FUCKING CRAZY and im only showering cuz i got nothin to do i havent felt clean in a month or two
3.
Beaux 02:26
And when the speed it hits me I finally feel at home till I'm going gone. And when you say you want me you tell me I'm your beaux. I'll just roll over cause I'd probably rather be sleeping, baby. Cause you drive me crazy. You interrupt my concentration. I like it. We built a lie on this foundation. I hate it. And now I'm gonna count to three and you're gonna look at me and we're gonna say goodbye for the very last time. And I'll say, "I wish we could go back to a time and place where we would never meet". And you'll say, "I wonder how your shit-eating grin looks when you have no fucking teeth". So J be nice when you finally see her. What a sub-par use of my shit demeanor. What a complicated way to say, "I care".
4.
Gut 00:30
i'm only showering cuz i got nothin to do i havent felt clean in a month or two so if you want to we can see this through i know youve had doubts for a month or two i just might believe that i have been deceived
5.
Bruce Museum 02:35
i heard your heart break from a second story window the sound was music to my ears there are things about that you claim to know but you dont know where i hide my fears so be free be sad go tell your best friends that they make you fuckin mad and all the time im feelin lonely i know that you feel lonely too dont make me confess to the pictures of you i hide in my dresser its nothing scandalous just us having a dance cup of coffee "man i say too much" glass of whiskey "now i fucked it up" when did we decide that we could not collide? in the summer of 2013 im gonna show you what it means to be free to be sad i told my best friends "man you make me fucking mad" and all the time im feeling lonely i know that you feel lonely too and all the time im feeling lonely just know that is because of you i will radiate alive only to die the backseat of my mind is where we will lie
6.
last march i woke up drunk and hit the road with my family machine gun wolf and me that week you called me up and said "im not who im supposed to be" and thats just fine with me ill spend my summer trying to love you out of house and home and ill spend my winter watching rust collect on this pile of once white bones baby lay your head on my chest im sorry that im such a mess its just ive been drinking since i woke up and thought of you i had a dream that i crashed my car and about a new girl i adore and yeah shes got a little of me and a little of you ive met new ones they dont like me much im too tall im awkward im too tall too fuckin awkward
7.
Spine 02:57
locked up all my memories i guess im still hung up about what could likely be the current state of us and our love a love so sweet it makes me sick so sick that i throw up could you dog ear my prologue and put me on a shelf? replace me with poetry thats sung by someone else please put me with comedy i like laughing and smiling i deserve more than just a dusty spot next to kerouac theres one thing that you may not get is that i am never coming back
8.
Iron Things 01:24
Rusty pile of iron things. My hat hair falling in my face. Another missed phone call. I can almost hear your voice so guttural. So claustrophobic. The room feels small. And in the morning I know you'll call and say, "Honey isn't it a little early to be drinking wine?" "These days I do all I can to pass the time". So with every broken bottle and with every mistake I will make I'll leave a million broken hearts here in my wake.
9.
well i guess its just semantics after all thats tearing us apart, that invades my head and heart. that makes me say and do things that i dont really want to. your perfect new york drawl (xo) you're always dressed up for the fall (xo) you match my lack of courage with too much alcohol (xo) you say you've got some knowledge to give. i say "i dont even know where you live or where you're from or where you'd like to see yourself end up" you'll say that "i was born between new york and boston a hospital not far from the corner of washington street" go smoke your 100 packs a day so when you end up back you can say you "just wanted to see the place you were born"
10.
You just want whats best for us but us isn't "us" remember we went belly up? Sometimes enough is just enough. Heard your new guys using. Misuse, abuse, a little bit of boozing: a recipe to make you kiss the cook. I could write my lonely tune but I can't write a song for you because happiness is much to hard to sing. So I'll just sit here trapped alone don't call or text my telephone. The less I know the less I feel the pain. I love my married mother, my three sisters, two baby brothers. The best love of my life is truly free. Whatever you think I'm missing you're wrong as rain, yeah I've been lifted up from the ground, no longer a spirit, I no longer say things when I don't mean it.
11.
Free Refills 02:40
You said my footsteps sound different. You heard me coming home last night. You wanted to talk about something and I just wanted to fight. You said that I need a haircut. And I said that you could use a shave. We haven't been talking lately but which one will be the first to cave? And I got a letter from mommy. She said, "Jason it is time you grew up". But I won't. I'm still drinking at the Hotel Lobby and writing that I don't give a fuck. You said my footsteps sound awful as I trudged my way to the top of the stairs. Your Hallmark apology's not thoughtful. It just shows that you came unprepared. You came unprepared. And I got a letter from Mommy. She said, "Jason it is time you grew up".
12.
Homestead 02:33
A worn out rusty iron hide; it was a perfect shade of white. And now the weather gets it. I shrug my shoulders cause I don't really mind. And in the morning when you wake up you'll feel different but just on the inside. I'm halfway to homestead. And I hope to see you there. I might drown in my own self-confidence. I don't want to die like this. And, no, I won't behave. I will not feel the same as I used to. That person you knew, no he hasn't gone away. He just chose not to stay. A, B, C and 1, 2, 3, Oh my darling just listen to reason please. I don't know what has happened to me. Could have been all the fights could have been all the whiskey. The only one who cares. The only one who's there. She'll hold your hair back when you get upset. Darling, come here quick. My bottle's made me sick, Put me in a deep dark pit I'll never leave. I'm halfway to homestead and I'm glad I found you there. I won't drown in my own self-confidence I don't want to die like this.

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released April 20, 2014

Two Humans is John Rule III, Lucas Borgstedt, and Kevin O'Donnell.

All songs written by John Rule III.

Produced & mixed by Kevin O'Donnell.

Engineered by Kevin O'Donnell, Craig Mills and Cameron Boucher.

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