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This Happened

by Early Ape

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1.
Pills 03:13
Pills By, Nate Rylan I wanna get things done Then I want to have a lot of fun But I don't have enough energy To do the things I wanna do for me I'm keeping busy thinking all they think I should I've got a diagnosis, so I'm feeling good I SAY YES! Take a little bottle Open up the top Take a little pill out Swallow till you drop Things are getting hard And I can't afford my credit card Load up on my tongue and take a sip So I can finish up this internship I'm keeping busy thinking all they think I should I've got a diagnosis, so I'm feeling good I SAY YES! Take a little pill out Open up the top Take a little pill out Swallow till you drop I'm feeling bigger than nature I'm feeling to good to hate ya Pop another one and I'm done I think that I need to sleep now And it seems like I don't know how, I don't how Take a little bottle Open up the top Take a little pill out Swallow till you drop Like a fish that's out of water You flip and then you flop So take a little pill out Swallow till you drop
2.
Kids Kids 03:30
Kids Kids By, Nate Rylan You're only young but you know how to move The way you're acting makes your parents disapprove You wanna live but your life is insane It's too much thinking to be going on in your brain Shake it off You can have some fun if you want to What you need is nothing new, oh Kids Kids want a piece of the cake Kids Kids wanna take a break Kids Kids wanna get along and get it on Kids Kids wanna puff it and pass Just like Dad before he cuts the grass Kids Kids wanna get along and get it on Just like everyone You text your friends up while your family eats They are so clueless about what you do on the Streets, when they sleep And people talk at you as if you don't know That everybody's always putting on a show Even you And that's why you need to relax Dance around and get on your backs, oh Kids Kids want a piece of the cake Kids Kids wanna take a break Kids Kids wanna get along and get it on Kids Kids wanna puff it and pass Just like Dad before he cuts the grass Kids Kids wanna get along and get it on Just like everyone And no one listens to a word you say So keep it to yourself until it's time to play You like some drama but you don't really care And sometimes you just have to sit and stare At your stupid hair And your weird little face That always seems to be changing But believe you are amazing, oh Kids Kids want a piece of the cake Kids Kids wanna take a break Kids Kids wanna get along and get it on Kids Kids wanna puff it and pass Just like Dad before he cuts the grass Kids Kids wanna get along and get it on Just like everyone
3.
There's No Price By, Nate Rylan Living in a Shadow and Your thoughts are kind of shallow Your people planned a pretty good week And I don't want to hear about Problems you make up so you can wake up With something to direct your whole day And you don't want to know about what you have And as I stand hear steaming Inside screaming Working my young fingers off as you go On and On On living off your name It's all the same when you're Down, Down, Down, Down in your pocket book But there's no price for a heart Maybe I'm an animal trampled under foot By people thinking that they're something they're not Oh yeah, you think you got it bad Picking out a ring cause your daddy buys you All the things you've never had to live without? But he could never buy what I have And with a gentle motion I cross the ocean Waves on deck and no respect as you go On and On, on living off your name It's all the same when you're Down, Down, Down, Down in your pocket book But there's no price for a heart You're reaching out for a heart And disconnect from the start Cause there's no price for a heart You're there between a dream and another one I'm here between a rock and a bigger one Oh I wish that I could show you what it's really like To earn a dollar for a day to make your own way To opportunity, look at what they do to me Acting like a charity case And who do you need to convince about your worth When your monied from your birth and All the papers like the way that you look? And here I am watching you go On and On, On living off your name It's all the same when you're Down, Down, Down, Down in your pocket book But there's no price for a heart You're reaching out for a heart And disconnect from the start Cause there's no price for a heart
4.
Complicated 04:13
Complicated By, Nate Rylan You can hang out and call yourself what you want While I sit at home and do the things You should have done And when people look at me Will they see you walking around in my shoes? And when the scene is over will you ask What there really was to lose? Jump back, Look around is it everything you thought you had found? or is it all a little more complicated? Jump back, Check your style Won't you see if you can turn up a smile? Even though it's all a little complicated It's for no man, and there's no plan For what we are doing Are you chasing a vacation? Are you visiting? It never makes sense It never will It seems alright to me It's ok, no one really know which way the wind blows Jump back, Look around is it everything you thought you had found? or is it all a little more complicated? Jump back, Check your style Won't you see if you can turn up a smile? Even though it's all a little complicated It's the gun show on the radio and It's the only way To be lightning rod, to be a half-God Jump back, Look around is it everything you thought you had found? or is it all a little more complicated? Jump back, Check your style Won't you see if you can turn up a smile? Even though it's all a little complicated
5.
Follow Thru 02:55
Follow Thru By, Nate Rylan You’ve been chipping away at this world for a while Make your bed, fix your head, and you crack a smile Walk around on the ground hear the sound, hear the sound Of sunlight when it’s bright and it’s all around I’ve been in trouble but it’s really not that bad I’m feeling better since I meant the things I said I don’t want to mess around with you I just want to have some follow through Any time or place is always good for me And don’t you leave until you see what I can be People change; people strange what’s the difference to you? You’ve been wrapped in your thoughts for the longest time Be a man take a stand put it off now you’re soft And you live for the beautiful afternoon I’ve been impatient but I know it’s in my head I’m feeling better but I started seeing red I don’t want to mess around with you I just want to have some follow through Any time or place is always good for me And don’t you leave until you see what I can be [Solo] It’s been exciting but who know how long it will last It’s been confusing to be living in the past Take a chance do a dance make a song sing along It’s enough to be doing what you wanted to See a sign blow your mind shake it off you will find All the things in this world that were meant for your You’ve seen some changes in the people hanging out You’re changing too and that is what it’s all about I don’t want to mess around with you I just want to have some follow through Any time or place is always good for me And don’t you leave until you see what I can be See the changes, see the changes, see the changes, and follow through
6.
Garden 02:57
Garden By, Nate Rylan You can read about what it's like to feel If I studied long enough I might find The vaguest notion of what you really mean to me but You're the only one who knows How to make a garden grow You're the only one stands In the face of my demands You bring out my energy You do it very patiently And even when I run away I love you more the next day Somewhere far away Somewhere somebody's heart breaks today Wasn't instantly, but now I see Oh everybody near me puts a mask on when I come around but You're the only one who knows How to make a garden grow You're the only one stands In the face of my demands You bring out my energy You do it very patiently And even when I run away I love you more the next day Things unsaid make us dead Things we say make today Things we do make things new So I tell you that You're the only one who knows How to make a garden grow You're the only one stands In the face of my demands You bring out my energy You do it very patiently And even when I run away I love you more the next day
7.
How Can I Miss You? By, Eric Bazilian Additional Lyrics By Nate Rylan You stood beside me When the house was burning down And I lost everything So we moved back to town Where I've gone back to work While you just hang around Trying to Find Yourself And wishing you were somewhere else Talking about your mental health Well that's something i can't help, so If Goodbye is what you need Go ahead and leave I'd love you to stay How can I miss you when you just won't go away? You've got so much to do and Places you must go to That's fine, that's ok How can I miss you when you just won't go away? I stood beside you Every time you got that itch Then you'd come crawling back As soon as you got ditched Well that was yesterday, and Now it's come to this Oh, you're a passionate girl You hold a man inside of your world But this one wrote the play with your part switched Isn't life a bitch? So, If Goodbye is what you need Go ahead and leave I'd love you to stay How can I miss you when you just won't go away? You've got so much to do and Places you must go to That's fine, that's ok How can I miss you when you just won't go away? And yes I'd like to think that If I should see you someday I'll know that you were the right one How can I miss you when you just hang around and You won't go away? So If Goodbye is what you need Just Go ahead and leave I'd love you to stay How can I miss you when you just won't go away? You've got so much to do and Places you must go to That's fine, that's ok How can I miss you when you just won't go away? [c][p] 2012 Bad Candy Music, ASCAP
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Grown Ups, Ghost Towns By, Nate Rylan Sittin around in the dirty clothes that you wear Looking for chances or handouts, you really don't care Life is slow And the action is repeated And you start to get defeated You ought to know there's a reason for you and me For you and me We all agree For you and me it's just Grown ups, Ghost towns Can't find anything to do Grown Ups, Ghost Towns No one takes a second look at you Pick your head up off the ground Don't you know there's nothing wrong with you? Grown ups, Ghost towns Do anything that you want to do Tired of playing games and feeling strange i can't afford to act like nothing matters anymore That's for sure I don't mind wearing a uniform But I don't want to act with my friends Maybe I don't have to be over it for everyone For everyone Cause if this is fun, if this is fun then it's Grown ups, Ghost towns Can't find anything to do Grown Ups, Ghost Towns No one takes a second look at you Pick your head up off the ground Don't you know there's nothing wrong with you? Grown ups, Ghost towns Do anything that you want to do If you're drinking, maybe you would talk to me tonight But you're thinking "What's the point of tonght? Nothing's wrong, nothing's right Nothing's good, Nothing's bad Can't get back what we had" I could be what you need right here in front of you So look at me as if you wanted to Grown Ups, Ghost Towns Grown ups, Ghost towns Can't find anything to do Grown Ups, Ghost Towns No one takes a second look at you Pick your head up off the ground Don't you know there's nothing wrong with you? Grown ups, Ghost towns Do anything that you want to do
9.
Little Lie 03:41
Little Lie By, Nate Rylan I would do anything you need me to But what does it mean when you're on a different team? Maybe it's a different point of view But you're telling ies and you're putting on disguises That look a lot like me before the time I realized I can't stand by and watch you drowning It's Not my fault, but I'm understanding I don't want to test you but I can't Trust you anymore like I did before You said you thought of me as better than Anyone you know But i think you told be so I'd turn around and leave Thinking I could just believe I can't stand by and watch you drowning It's Not my fault, but I'm understanding It takes a lot of time to be something to you Meet me on solid ground It's right around Halfway down to where I am Wrestle with a featherweight You're sure to break some bones, I mean I gotta hit you over the head To get a message through to you You're always in my thoughts I can't stand by and watch you drowning It's Not my fault, but I'm understanding
10.
No Country 02:47
No Country By, Nate Rylan No Country No Country No Country Anymore No Country And I'm Hungry It's No Country Anymore Go to a hearing, take vote Go to a meeting, take a note Make an appearance in your town But you can't change the world With what makes it go round No Country No Country No Country Anymore No Country And I'm Hungry It's No Country Anymore Look down the highway Find a hideaway But then you realize that you got nowhere to go What's the direction? And what the speed You gotta move at to get the things that you need? No Country No Country No Country Anymore No Country And I'm Hungry It's No Country Anymore It's no money for me son He's No Country Anymore And it hits me What will I be With No Country Anymore? The expectations that we had The information, it was wrong And all the kids will play their songs And all the brightest stars will shine So far from their time, so far from their time No Country No Country No Country Anymore No Country And I'm hungry It's No Country Anymore

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Early Ape
This Happened

Nate Rylan: Songs, Guitar, Vocals
Joe Baldacci: Drums
Adam Winokur: Bass

1 Pills
2 Kids Kids
3 There's No Price
4 Complicated
5 Follow Thru *
6 Garden
7 How Can I MIss You?
8 Grown Ups, Ghost Towns **
9 Little Lie
10 No Country

Synths: Adam Flicker except (*) synths: Nate Rylan and (**) synths: Joe Baldacci
Lead Guitar "How Can I MIss You": Eric Bazilian
Background Vocals "Grown Ups, Ghost Towns": Stephan Hayes

All Songs by Nate Rylan [c] [p] 2011, 2012 Molly Monkey Publishing, ASCAP
except "How Can I Miss You?" by E.Bazilian/additional lyrics by N. Rylan [c] [p] Bad Candy Music, ASCAP

Recorded & Engineered by Adam Winokur at Kawari Sound - Philadelphia, PA
Asst. Engineer: Al Daniels
Mixed by Joe Baldacci, Adam Winokur, & Early Ape at DangleTown U.S.A. & Kawari Sound
Mastering by Khari Mateen
Front Cover Artwork by Erik Horvitz
Logo/Title Design, Back Cover Artwork, Layout: Kristyn Fayewicz

Thank You: Karl Rieders, Eric Bazilian, Adam Flicker, Stephan Hayes, Al Daniels, Fred Berman, Dan Reed/88.5 WXPN, Ann Reed, Josh T. Landow/YNot Radio, Mark Rodgers/Hometown Heroes on 93.7 WSTW, Jaxon/93.3 WMMR, Scooter Best/The Grape Room, Ben Arnold, Jim Boggia, Pete Donnelly, Todd Kat & Toddler Kat, John Vettese, Jake Rabid, Josh Craft/Cloud Entertainment, Cara Daily/Valor & Virtue Productions, Marion & David & Dan Mitchell, Steve Fleischer & Marge Hunsicker, Sean Hunsicker, Corey Compa, Rick Friedrich, Rock to the Future, Ukiah Carbone-Gambon, Ian Zolitor, Ben Dickinson, Jesse Lundy, Kathy Landin, Michael Harrington/The Philadelphia Inquirer. bitandwatts.com, Matt Kass, Jim Thorpe/The Legendary Dobbs, Russ Eisenlohr, David Wannop, Adam G/The Deli, John Fahres, Ross Bellenoit, Vater Percussion, TRX Cymbals, Silver Surfer Vaporizers/7th Floor, Ted Maider/Consequence of Sound, and Discount Heroes.

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released March 14, 2012

"Early Ape's songs pay homage to a time when rock was rock, a guitar was a guitar, and your garage was a musical mecca" (Adam G, The Deli NYC). But that time is now. After all, you can't be something you're not, even if what you are became extinct long ago. You may feel late to the party, but you're just Early to your own life. In their 3rd release, THIS HAPPENED, Early Ape invites listeners to ride the shimmering rainbow that flows from the gaping chasm in Life's face. "While micro-genres are steadily outnumbering actual bands playing music, this band makes it easy for critics by embracing the sounds of many pop-rock greats" (Adam G, the Deli NYC). Early Ape's music is in the vein of the great major-label rock hits and most loved rock music of the past 25 years, citing influences like Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes, The Cure, and Nirvana. The band's fun, sincere 90's sensibility coupled with futuristic synths and relevant lyrics urges everyone to look into the frustration of life and say "yes" anyway. They can be heard on many radio stations including 88.5 WXPN, 93.3 WMMR, XPN2, 93.7 WSTW, and countless podcasts/internet/college radio stations across the country. Says Nate Rylan, songwriter and vocalist for the group, "THIS HAPPENED" is music for everyone, not the 5 people cool club or the faceless mass of 'tastemakers' with the biggest trust funds...Early Ape is for everyone because it's the real thing from the ground up." It's Pure Pop, Now People (Philadelphia Inquirer). "A sunrise is exceptionally beautiful for a reason. Catch Early Ape during theirs" (bitsandwatts.com). You can download Early Ape's THIS HAPPENED at earlyape.bandcamp.com
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