Biscuit on the Side
Biscuit on the Side
God gave me an apple
Now it's rotting in the fridge
I guess that tree of knowledge
Don't do all they said it did
God gave me a hammer
Now it's rusting in the yard
God gave me some oil
And an Exxon credit card
Now I'm gonna drive
Until I make a wreck out of these tires
Until I cruck my bones and leave my eyelids
Flickering
Like a crushed up butterfly
Licking its last flower on the
God gave me a freight train (choo choo!)
And I rode it off the tracks
God gave me a boulder
Now it's lying on my back (Camus!)
These legs were made for walking
These eyes were made to see (hee-hee!)
These hands were made for breaking
Everything in front of me
Now I'm gonna cry
Until I turn this pillow to an island
Beneath the waterfalls that leave my eyelids
Rippling
Like a waffle cut French fry
Floating in hot oil at the snack shack
By the poolside
From Kokomo to Kingston (Aruba!)
Up to Margharitaville
All this shit we've made up
Just keeps rolling down the hill (just chill!)
God gave me a heaven
It was right there in my lap
But I don't need no wicked snakes
To turn it all to crap
Now I'm gonna fly
Until my wings start melting in the fires
Of a sun that roasts my bones and leaves my eyelids
Sizzling
Like a battered chicken thigh
In a bucket with a dozen other limbs
And a biscuit on the side
released December 13, 2024
Reuben Toadstool: Lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitars, percussion
Reily Gordon: Drums, lead guitar, organ, backing vocals, percussion
Sam Popkin: Bass, lead guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Written by Kieran Najita
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Sam Popkin
Cover art by Lily Arnell Popkin
Abandoned songs by the side of the road
Whisper please come take me, take me home
I adopted one, out of guilt
Ten years later I'm singing it still
We fall
In and out of dust
In and out of doors
In and out of trust
We climb
From unconsciousness
Over safety lines
Through disappearing times
Even when you know you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Yeah you don't know, yeah you don't know
Blooming flowers and birdcage doors
Sing on the wind like birthday cards
I once met a man with a brain in a jar
And asked him to trade it for my heart
He lied
The merchandise was flawed
And I was left alone
Screaming for the loss
One breath
Begging for the seed
To grow what's gone anew
I opened up like spring
Even when you know you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Yeah you don't know, yeah you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Even when you know you don't know
Yeah you don't know, yeah you don't know
Yeah you don't know, yeah you don't know
Yeah you don't know, yeah you don't know
released October 2, 2024
Reuben Toadstool: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, 8-string baritone ukulele, harmonica
Reily Gordon: drums, synth, lead guitar, backing vocals
Sam Popkin: bass VI, lead guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
Written by Kieran Najita
Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Sam Popkin
Cover art by Lily Arnell Popkin