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Entropy

by Dylan Rodrigue

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1.
You know one thing about a chocolate cake is you want to make sure that it's not, you Don't want it to be lumpy, you want those chocolate chips ground up so you have it nice And fine there It's got to mix in, it's got to mix in real smooth Sometimes they stick a little bit on there but you just got to, you just got to keep At it and you know they, those things, they crunch down, crunch down pretty good Sometimes you got to kind of scrape them off the side but you know, I think it's working Just fine Yeah, I think everything is going just fine, don't you Yeah, I think so I hope they can stand a while before the slouch comes on Cause eight years turns to twelve, then a sad, sad song She was tumbling over her giant Lego tower Little duckies falling over in the shower When the keyboard plays itself so you can clap your hands I hope the fall isn't the break that understands I first heard it before I lived it, homesick blues And one day she can fit in mama's shoes The sky is so much bigger when you're small Most of us don't see the sky at all As soon as I hit the needle on the head Dil Pickles started wishing he was dead Well the Kool-Aid only works if you believe When they say the abracadabra, that's when I leave Cause I can tell a prophet when they're faking The structure cries out loud as it's breaking It's a mighty unveiling It's a mighty unveiling Better hold on to the railing Well the beaming eyes see past the sickening state The unveiling comes too fast, you hurry up and wait For this happy-go-lucky feeling to come again Then it's 63 years just pissing in the wind And she's out collecting berries for her mommy But her clumsy legs cave in under her body Tell me, how could you ever be so nonchalant? When somersaults and berries are all you want And the van is making emphysema wheezes The diagnostic yields uncommon diseases One day it makes its way to the junkyard grave The cost ain't worth the life you're trying to save And she's finally learned how to say, "I want It's all you need to order at the restaurant If they don't give it to you, you can cry, "Waa waa waa waa!" Now the little child knows how to lie It's a mighty unveiling It's a mighty unveiling Better hold on to the railing 100 years is too much time to think Open up the fridge, there's one more drink Milk the blood, maintain a stasis will No deeper meaning to that fool on the hill She reads and writes, and she's the top in her class And Cody drew the shortest straw, gotta squeeze her ass She's unbearably in love, gonna be his wife She'll show mom and dad she can live her life But it's another murder-suicide town And I wake up to some demolition sound All those pharmaceutical companies will get paid And Dil Pickles strikes up the band, he's got it made And someone told her she's got pretty eyes She's not allowed to hang with the older guys Every bone in her body hurts now, cause it ain't no game The mighty unveiling finally came When it was coming out, it was kind of neat because I had this idea that a caesarean really Wouldn't look like a vaginal delivery, but it did I mean, it is, it's delivery out of the, well, I mean, it comes through the uterus I mean, the baby's head came out of the uterus, and it was so big, they were just going, whoa
2.
There's a madman in the mirror I feel the end of all wanting get nearer He is a basket case with a razor face Yeah, there's a madman in the mirror There's a psychopath in the rear view Tells me to close my eyes on the avenue I tell him "That ain't wise," he covers up my eyes Yes, there's a psychopath in the rear view No matter what I do, he'll never ever turn his back on me When I'm on a slump, need a bump, man he give me the key Ain't that just like me? Ain't that just like me There's a schizo in my whiskey He does a magic trick, make my life risky He is a friend of mine, my funny valentine Yes, there's a schizo in my whiskey No matter what I do, he'll never ever turn his back on me When I'm on a slump, need a bump, man he give me the key Ain't that just like me? Ain't that just like me
3.
One, two, one, two, three Well, I fall in love every morning I got a broken heart every evening But I don't mind as long as I got my Bacardi and Coca-Cola Got a good feeling to start the day By the night, the feeling's gone away But I don't mind as long as I got my Bacardi and Coca-Cola
4.
Siddhartha 04:14
Buckle your seatbelts, cause we got a long ride ahead Obligated ritual, so the living may receive the dead All the rest of his clothes are mixed up with yours Fold them like it don't mean nothing, of course, of course There's trouble in the valley now that God has been proven guilty Just like the master couldn't help but give in for that virgin pussy He could make you cut out pleasure for pain But for you he wouldn't do the same, he wouldn't do the same My mother is singing in a lonely kitchen Every day everyone should sit, by a creek and listen They say matter can't be created or destroyed So comfort food is shipped in, filling up the void Finally something Jameson won't ever heal You don't need to gamble to fold on a losing deal Sabbath, bloody Sabbath, and the dead keep walking Show me the divine intervention, and then we can start talking Ricky's grandpa was a cowboy Ricky make a loop for the jump, say, "Now boy! Now boy!" I'm out in the river pissing Every day everyone should sit, by a creek and listen Now dad is a ghost and I see him in grandma's reflection He walks towards the door as she walks towards the salad selection And now the salad is the door I don't feel so hungry anymore But isn't this such a beautiful way to die? We have footage so one day my kids can see my mother cry And when they sit on daddy's knee They'll know the Dead are better than the Eagles like my daddy taught me Look here at this one, mom and dad are kissing Every day everyone should sit, by a creek and listen And we see the father of Dylan, hey! Alright!
5.
The Rope 04:17
It's the same bed but it's not the same smell It's the same loneliness but it's not the same hell It's the same trash can but it's not the same trash I'm at the end of the end of the rope It's the same drug but it's not the same feeling It's the same dealing but it's not the same wheeling It's the same campfire but it's not the same ash I'm at the end of the end of the rope Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on, come on, Everyday! Everyday It's the same love but it's not the same lover It's the same friend but it's not the same brother It's the same cooking but it's not the same joy I'm at the end of the end of the rope And it's the same driver but it's not the same car It's the same drink but it's certainly not the same bar It's the same man but it's not the same boy I'm at the end of the end of the rope Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on, come on, Everyday! Everyday It's the same yard but it's not the same crew It's the same foot but it's not the same shoe It's the same A but it's not the same B I'm at the end of the end of the rope It's the same joke but it's not the same laugh It's the same hole but it's not the same half It's the same you but it's not the same me I'm at the end of the end of the rope I'm at the end of the end of the rope I'm at the end of the end of the rope
6.
30 on 2 03:33
30 on 2 and a box of blues I was a loser long before the day that I met you No one remembers Shakespeare's daughter Will they make an exception for the publisher's son? Sunday, baby, and parking is free I can see your new man looks even worse than me Did you see his mask grow into his face? A little death around the eyes and he's gone, gone, gone Aren't we a little bit older? Aren't we a little bit older? Aren't we a little bit older? Yeah, yeah, yeah It smells so good, I want to eat that fish As you throw it all away, please don't break that dish The only calls that I get are from telemarketers Cause they don't feel bad when they lie, lie, lie She does drugs instead of entropy I do her instead of therapy Half of my friends are one with God And I guess we'll find out when we die, die, die Aren't we a little bit older? Aren't we a little bit older? Aren't we a little bit older? Yeah, yeah, yeah Dr. Pepper and Sutter Home It's a cheaper way to waste away alone She said chicken soup is good for the soul You ask me how I know she's lying, it's cause she's opening her mouth Well, it all came around in 2009 Popping little candies with a friend of mine We made a good run, but he got ahead I packed my bags and made my way down south. Aren't we a little bit older? Aren't we a little bit older? Aren't we a little bit older? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
7.
I heard that you take those bad boys in Strap 'em all down and give 'em a spin Teach a bad boy when they misbehave You say there ain't no soul you can't save I said, hey babe, why don't you do the same thing to me? All those doctors and all those lawyers All those subs and all those voyeurs CEOs need a woman's touch They call you mommy when it's all too much I said, hey babe, why don't you do the same thing to me? I said, hey babe, I'm down with the entropy But I'm not doing all that well Suppose it isn't hard to tell Bigot is my middle name So come on baby, bring that shame Cause this here world ain't near enough Need half the love and twice the rough Come on darling, show me something I ain't seen before Pins and needles do the trick Stab me if I cum too quick You can call me daddy if I need a little more Cause pain will get me back to heaven Pain will get me back to heaven Pain will get me back to heaven A little more, a little more It's dirty deeds done dirt cheap I'll see the bill and I'll read and weep But like the lawyers, just like the doctors God loves a man who makes his own answers I said, hey babe, why don't you do the same thing to me? I said, hey babe, I'm down with the entropy I said, hey babe, why don't you do the same thing to me? I said, hey babe, why don't you? Hey babe, why don't you? Hey babe, I'm down with the entropy
8.
Dad and I always make the egg nog A cup of whiskey to cook the eggs Egg nog don't excite me no more Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Dad and I always make the stuffing You just add water, it's easy as pie Stuffing don't excite me no more Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Dad and I always drive to get the wine Two buck chuck from the convenience store Two buck chuck don't excite me no more Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Dad and I always sneak away from the family And talk about things nobody cares Sneaking away don't excite me no more Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Cause my dad is in ashes for Christmas Cause my dad is in ashes Joy to the world! The lord is come Let earth receive her king Let every heart prepare him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing
9.
I was sitting in my room a little bored, a little sad When the telephone rang, it was a call from my dad It seemed a little early for him to call, like there's something I'm not knowing But I answered the phone, I said, "Hey dad, how's it going?" I was stopped in my tracks as I was slipping on my shoes It wasn't dad, it was my mom. She said, "I have some very bad news," She was crying so loudly, I couldn't hear what she said And I asked, "Is dad alive?" And she said, "No, dad is dead." They were hiking with their friends at 13,000 feet But at three miles in, dad said he felt weak They took some weight off his pack and kept moving right along And then dad turned to Glen and said, "My body feels wrong." So they all agreed to stop for a break and a snack And dad said, "I don't know why I can't carry this pack." He sat himself down and said his hands felt numb No one would have thought that his time had come He had one last gasp and no more words were said His body started shaking and his face turned blue and red And then within an instant it was over and done They took turns with CPR in the afternoon sun Then the helicopter came and they strapped him to a gurney Mom said, "Can you save him?" And they said, "I'm sorry!" So they flew down the mountain to the coroner there That's when she called me. I said, It's not fucking fair la, la, la, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la, la, la
10.
Casio DG-10 02:21
Oh yeah In my room I'm a happy boy Just a play, play, playing with my favorite toy I don't care about women, I don't care about men All I care about is my Casio DG-10 All the other kids are playing basketball I don't give a fuck about them at all They don't know who I am, but they know where I've been I've been in my room with my Casio DG-10 I don't wanna go to stupid karate class I don't wanna go to school where they beat my ass They call me a loser but I got one friend It's my Casio DG-10 Safe and sound In my room Once again All alone Don't need women Don't need men All alone Safe again Safe again With my Casio With my Casio With my Casio With my One, Two, One, Two Three Four! Mom and Dad, they don't understand I don't need no one else, I'm a one man band I'm gonna do my chores real fast and then I'm gonna rock all night with my Casio DG-10 DG-10 DG-10 DG-10 I'm a rockstar now, lookit! Ladies

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This album is dedicated to my father, Richard Rodrigue (Oct 19, 1955-August 28, 2019). He was one of the kindest, smartest, most thoughtful and generous people I've ever known.

All of the songs (apart from Bicardi and Coke) were written in the month surrounding his death. Drums, bass, guitar and vocals were all recorded live in one day, Jan 2020. Certain minimal overdubs were added in the following couple weeks. This record wouldn't have happened if it weren't for Julian Nicholson pushing me to record during what was the hardest period of time in my life. All in all, I am so glad and grateful that he did. So much gratitude to everyone who played/sang/contributed to this record and Ian Lipson for taking on the incredible task of mixing the beast.

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released October 19, 2023

All songs written by Dylan Rodrigue
Arranged by Dylan Rodrigue, Marcus Högsta and Robert Anderson
Album cover photo by Kathy Rodrigue
Recorded at King Size Soudlabs in Eagle Rock, CA.
Produced by Ian Lipson, Julian Nicholson and Dylan Rodrigue
Engineered by Julian Nicholson
Mixed by Ian Lipson
Mastered by Jason NeSmith

The Players:
Marcus Högsta: Bass, Background Vocals, Piano
Robert Anderson: Drums, Background Vocals
Dylan Rodrigue: Guitar, Lead and Background Vocals, Casio DG-10, Piano
Sierra Benhoff: Background Vocals
Ian Lipson: Background Vocals
Joel Heinrich: Background Vocals

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