The Depreciation Guild - What Am I (Demo)

Rare demo that I got from Stugard (thanks!), this one never made it onto a CD and, as such, is unmastered...but damn, what a great song it is. Be sure to check out Ice Choir and Ablebody, the new groups that formed in the wake of The Depreciation Guild breaking up.

*Kurt was cool enough to hook me up with the lyrics!

Ant
You carry this grain through the green
And you, drone
You carry your seed to the queen
Wasp
You carry this poison you make
And I
I just carry the burden and weight

Burden and weight
A thousand mistakes
A burgeoning weight
A line to the slate
Burden and weight
A thousand mistakes
A burgeoning weight
A line to the slate
Which perilous insect am I? Do you know me?
Which perilous insect am I? Can you tell me?

Lark,
You follow the song of the flight
And you, bat
You follow your echoes through night
And you, owl
You follow the mouse's swift tracks
And I
I've just followed down all the wrong paths

And every path
It leads to the sea
The wax it will melt
Fall into the sea
Every path
It leads to the sea
The wax it will melt
Fall into the sea
Which flightless, dumb angel am I? Do you know me?
Which flightless, dumb angel am I? Can you tell me?

And every dream
Is a bright flare that's
too hot to hold
The light I've chased
Has punished these false
wings I've been sold
It's bringing me down

And every dream
Ends up in the sea
The wax it will melt
And float out to sea
Every dream
Ends up in the sea
The wax it will melt
And float out to sea
Which perilous insect am I? Do you know me?
Which flightless, dumb angel am I? Can you tell me?

[Hidden_Egg]

Who knew that the fusion between shoegaze and chiptune could be so fresh.

[TheCaelina]

Well, it's a pity that he doesn't like his own song, I can't understand why, when he puts so much soul in the song... it's beautiful to hear, it's like old loves gone and disappeared, you can dislike the people you loved and find yourself an idiot for having loved them so much whereas they abandoned you but you cannot deny and dislike the beauty of the lofty feelings you felt, emotions you felt that you find back, conveyed with poetry & lyric expression of love & other nice feelings in music...

[Nikkolina]

✨ the most gorgeous voice and melody 🥰 wish he was still releasing gems, love Ice Choir too

[Renulph]

I've always liked the vulnerable sensibilities of his style. He doesn't even like this song, but 'ey, what does he know? Haha, never trust an artist's opinion of their own work, we're all delusional perfectionists.

[yourunmarathons]

the greatest band of all time. all time.

[TheCaelina]

Thank you for the lyrics, they're beautiful but very sad, however the singer manages to make all this look nice, with his sweet voice, as if it were a lullaby. Great band, great song, thank you very much again for the upload and the lyrics, it's precious :)

[projet]

wow, gorgeous song, beautiful voice.
thanks for posting this, Lodey.

[RoDilllV]

Holy shit yes what a great track from them.

[chyntiaar]

oh god just now I cried listening to this and reading the lyrics - they're relatable to what I'm currently feeling as a 25 yo (darn it quarter-life crisis!). they're very coming-of-age yk? just like almost every song in Spirit Youth 🥲 I hope I grow out of this phase eventually

[Renulph]

No prob', I'm thinking about uploading more music onto this channel again, it's originally what I used it for. Updated the description with the lyrics.

[bbas]

the first 20 seconds you can listen to for ever. overall, a great un released track.