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Successfully Not Giving Up

by Captain Asshole

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1.
Oh brother never lose your focus Never try to settle down move on and on and Brother never lose your focus just keep moving on move on and on and Jesus Christ, I'm damned Look at my reflection again don't I look just like a joke I've never felt so alone If Dave Lizewski was a loser Damn what do I need to prove ya Shit scares me to death Feels like running in place Never moan about the consequences loud Guess it's okay for sure To feel a bit insecure tryin’ to burn my life And save the ashes I could build it up And take new chances But as i've always been I'm far too lazy The rain will come and wash away the ashes I sift it through But i can't see my chances It formed to something that reeks and sticks And it will all go down Like a sinking ship
2.
I had a dream last night That someday I would get it right But now I’m wide awake To see the mistakes that I’ve made Dreaming of a future While stuck here in the past Mapping out big plans That would never last I’m always tired But I can’t fall asleep My brain won’t shut down It keeps me wide awake Lying awake at three AM Wondering what could have been When did life become so cold Is it part of growing old? Escape the inevitable To grow up another day Talk a lot about moving on But don’t live by the words I say I’m always tired But I can’t fall asleep My brain won’t shut down It keeps me wide awake Even when I sleep I dream of Everything I missed out on At times when I wake up I don’t know how to keep going on I’m wide awake, I’m wide awake Keep going on
3.
I wake up to familiar sounds this city has gotten so loud it’s been a long time since we’ve left just some odd things I regret Take my time, take my time And I breathe it all out Wide-eyed kids didn’t know What this life’s all about You were my anchor and my shoulder Never wanted to get older The city that saved my soul But everything seems dead and gone Dead and gone I wake up to some random sounds This city has changed without a doubt Kids are no longer fighting back In the gutter a withered descendents badge Now I want to save this all again But I am no savior my friend Fuck this place and what it’s all about All I see are lonely streets and broken dreams Fuck this place and what it’s all about
4.
The night is young but is it okay If I'd close my eyes for a sec I need a minute to sort my thoughts Everything is happening too fast I slow it down, take a deep breath Think about where life has led me Am I standing on the edge Ready to fall… ready to fall? Let's play a little mind game: What if it's written in stone Where you come from And where you belong? It feels so unreal And all those people seem to blur 'Cause you never know Are these all just ghosts You're living for? Is it time to go? Disembark! Disembark! I can barely stand on my own two feet Still fighting demons living inside of me I'm trying to make it better, Trying to be a better me! When I was 22 years old, I had all to go for Now i try to not fall asleep, drunk and desperate Surrounded by people I can barely stand They told me their names, another thing to forget And now I'm storming out in the cold The air in there was too bad! I hear a voice: „step away from that ledge“ But what the fuck is the option? Falling instead? Falling instead!
5.
From time to time I get the feeling That I’ve been wasting away my best years Now I’m much older, tired and jaded Still not wiser than ten years ago One day I’m on top of the world Next morning I’m burning in hell Got no idea how I ended up here But I know I deserve where I’m at The highest highs are always followed By crushing lows that are out of my control It always plays out exactly the same way Still surprises me consistently This fire‘s been burning forever The devil’s been calling my name I know I’ll be meeting him someday Right now I’m only stoking the flames
6.
Please tell, please tell me once again Why am I here and what’s this band called? While the amps just keep exploding in my head! Where's Fred? Don't know! Let's get a drink, These nights will pass within a blink Oh gosh the boards of this basement are soaked in sweat So I’m still waiting for a glimpse of hope And I’m still smelling cheap perfume and smoke My ears keep ringing when the world gets tired And why do I keep getting lost, lost at night Part ways, misplaced, I’m lost again just leave me here guess it’s my own fault Don’t know why I never wanna go to bed No worries now, another drink I let them drown, don’t stop to think Do you remember when these nights were all we had Oh tell me all about the nights, when we just got lost When Fred just got lost! And I know: This time I’m trying to keep my memories close My memories close!
7.
So am I lost forever Or is there a way out of this misery? Just keep swallowing these pills They promise you some better days but I'm Fucked up forever Do you think I could be saved? These lights make me so tired, I've never been so tired before It's hard to walk with broken legs It’s hard to think with fucked up brains hard to forget and hard to love It's hard to live with a broken heart I'm better when I'm broken Don't mistake my smile, i come apart Nothing really lasts forever Already feels like something's gone Fucked up forever singing in my smoky bedroom I fell asleep, i never sleep I haven't slept in years Nothing can fix me I can't get out of here What if I can't feel Nothing at all, nothing at all? Would you please save me? Please help me out here Don’t let me die here, All alone, all alone?
8.
Well it’s been a bad day I watched our planet die Get me home again I just wanna sleep a while And I don’t believe We’ll make it through alive But we’ll try… Well I’d love to say that This winter was so goddamn cold And I’d love to see My children growing old But we keep Kicking ourselves out of Dive bars with broken windows And we’re reeling, retreating Until the light goes out... And I wonder if you ever read the news? Is this all a joke to you? Or do you even have a clue What this is all about? Well the bad news are: We’re all just gonna die And oh my god how nice To be almost alive Well, it’s been a bad few years Being totally honest I can’t sleep, we never did A thing that we promised But I Still think we have to keep on Fighting for what we believe in
9.
Drink down the weight of another year It's been a while for you and me I haven't seen you in weeks What have you been up to all the time? Do you have everything you need? We tell us stories of better times I order more drinks, damn we're fine! Why aren't we doing this all the time? When you're around I feel like I could talk As if nothing's changed But I guess I'm wrong We talk about next year And all the plans we've made! Shouldn't we act like things Are still okay? We might never change But we've gone separate ways Let this go, it's gone too far We keep still we won't refill Our empty glass! High fives, And half-hearted: „goodbyes!“ We both know it's a lie You say that we haven't changed And I'd love to believe the same But to be honest sometimes I don't know what to say
10.
Isolation Sleep deprivation Hallucinations Self-medication We sit on our asses, Just staring at screens We rarely talk these days, But in our hearts we are screaming Weeks turn into months, Maybe a year, maybe eternity It won’t blow over easy, It won’t blow over easy! So just lay back and wait and see Locked up for months With no end in sight Can’t count the times I drank myself to sleep at night I don’t believe in miracles But I could use one right now If we somehow make it through this year The future’s still unsound so just lay back and wait and see A generation of misfits and losers This will define us in history books What will they say when we’re dead and gone Guess it depends what side you were on
11.
You’re talking for more than an hour Without pausing to breathe I’m getting tired of your future plans And why I’m not able to leave? Well I know that this is far from perfect But at least I have a place to call home You will clearly make a career over there Get some kids and work your hands to the bone But if you think I’m struggling Than just because: I’m successfully not giving up Can’t you see,I truly know I know how to survive Why don’t you pause to breathe The future seems so bright at night Now you’re married and you’ve built your own house And I no longer see you around You’re silently judging the choices I’ve made “Yeah sure!” You got it all figured out And everything that I’ve been through Has brought me to this fucking place This goddamn city and all my friends This has brought me to these dire nights Too much alcohol, the future’s bright The future seems so bright at night And now you pause to breathe The future seems so bright at night
12.
Post Malört 02:54
So what’s the matter? Why do I think that I grew old? Of course my bones hurt Slightly more than years ago But that’s the difference Between getting older and giving in You learn your lessons But do the same shit again and again Thank god I've good friends by my side They make sure I'll stay alive They make sure that we’ll survive We were drinking Malört In an american parking lot I know it should feel wrong We were drinking Malört In an american parking lot That's where we belong! So what’s my problem? I just got bruises on my way home I got real drunk And sang some spanish love songs Slightly out of tune… Thank god I’ve great friends by my side They make sure we’ll cross the line Cross the line, we’ll cross the line I’ll be fine

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The Captain‘s back!
Captain Asshole are back with the long awaited follow-up to their debut album “What An Awful Life”.
With the sophomore release “Successfully Not Giving Up“ the melodic punk rock group releases 12 new melodic, high energy songs with catchy riffs and singalongs.
Painting an homage to life, the dreamers and the child in all of us, the album deals with the struggles of growing older, reminiscing about lost friends and moving on despite maybe not knowing exactly where to go.

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released April 15, 2022

Captain Asshole on this Album are:

Theo Landeck - Drums, Vocals
Max Philipp - Vocals, Bass
Basti Stinglwagner - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Manu Wieslhuber - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
- since late 2021 Phil Bretschneider - Drums

Additional Gang Vocals on tracks 3, 7, 10 & 12:
Hannes, Martin, Ciara, Tooney

All songs written and recorded by Captain Asshole at The Engine Studios.
Mixed and mastered by Jakob Braun.

Cover art and layout by Manu Wieslhuber

Released on SBÄM Records and Say-10 Records

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Captain Asshole Munich, Germany

Captain Asshole, easy enough to remember. But you won’t remember the Munich-based punk rock band just based on their name.
Most fittingly classified as “Orgcore”, based on bands affiliated with punknews.org, the band will win you over with melodic guitars and singalongs inspired by bands such as The Copyrights, Dear Landlord and Latterman.
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