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Critical Failure

by Critical Failure

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It's Friday night and that means it's Board Game Time Everyone just sitting round with their beer or wine The dice go round and round and hand to hand until it gets to you and then things grind to a halt There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn Maybe tell that story when it's your time to burn There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn Oh we don't care what happened at work today we don't care what you had for lunch We all came here to roll some dice and play a game It's not that we're not nice we just want you to roll those dice so please oh please just shut up and roll There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn Maybe tell that story when it's your time to burn There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn But right now Shut up and roll Shut up and roll Shut up and roll [ad infinitim] *anguished scream* That's the sound that we all make inside our heads when you won't roll the dice So I'm gonna ask once more real nice Please just shut your mouth and roll the dice so we can play this game Oh please just shut up and roll There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn Maybe tell that story when it's your time to burn There's time enough for talking when it's not your turn But right now Shut up and roll
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I saw her standing between the washers and dryers She saw me staring so I looked at some flyers Then she approached me to ask for a quarter I gave her a handful in an effort to court her We had a laundromat love affair just standing there watching our underwear fly through the air We had a laundromat love affair just standing there watching our underwear fly through the air Her beauty so delicate that it would be washed separate I could soften my fabric or would that just seem desperate The Bold with the Snuggle and Cheer all their Gain the cold did a slow Tide just Whisk away their pain We had a laundromat love affair just standing there watching our underwear fly through the air We had a laundromat love affair just standing there watching our underwear fly through the air When I saw her my heart beat like an unbalanced load She could be my princess and I would be her toad She's suddenly leaving in her arms was a basket My question unfolded but I did not ask it That's how I lost her as a sock lost its mate but the cycle's still spinning It's never too late We were two people doing laundry on a Friday night
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1980s programming class Backpacks Trapper Keepers Those little squishy stickers of unicorns We were all learning how to love one another and program basically in BASIC It was the 1980s programming scene back when love was pure and not obscene So I'm sitting in my class and I got my eye on this lass So I wrote this little program to win her And it reads 10 PRINT I LOVE YOU and 20 GOTO 10 I love you I love you I love you And she types 10 PRINT I HATE YOU and 20 GOTO HELL Hmmm Well I think I heard the class bell It was a 1980s programming scene and I think I can see through her smokescreen But she's playing quite coy with this little programmer boy But I wrote this little program to win her And it reads 10 PRINT I LOVE YOU and 20 GOTO 10 I love you I love you I love you Oh she types 10 PRINT NOT QUITE YET and 20 GOTO HECK Well I think that's better yet This might be an infinite loop This might be an infinite loop Oh yeah This might be an infinite loop might be an infinite loop Oh I love you Oh I love you Array pointer out of bounds memory address not found I said I'd wait for you but I am caught in an infinite loop Ctrl-C Break It was the 1980s programming scene with dot matrix and fax machine But now I found my programmer love and with a comment up above. We wrote this little program together And it reads 10 PRINT I LOVE YOU and 20 GOTO 10 I love you I love you I love you Yes it reads 10 PRINT I LOVE YOU and 20 GOTO 10 Oh GOTO 10 GOTO 10 GOTO 10 End Of File
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Two Beers 02:42
I drank one beer but I'm still feeling lonely I drank one beer but I'm still feeling homely What am I even doing here? Should I have another beer? (Have another!) I drank two beers so now I'm invincible I drank two beers throwing darts shooting pool I drank two beers (He drank two beers) I drank two beers! I drank two beers! I drank two beers so I'm still invincible I drank two beers so I think I'm gonna ask out that girl Would you go out with me? No? Oh... Well should I have beer three? I've had twenty-four ounces of power (He drank) That's twenty-four ounces in an hour (He drank) I drank I drank (He drank) two beers! Well there's a mythical happy land a perfect lack of sobriety It's somewhere between beer two and beer three You want to find it but you do not wanna go over Mmmm.. that golden beverage with the bubbles. I've had twenty-four ounces of power (He drank) That's twenty-four ounces in an hour (He drank) I drank I drank (He drank) two beers! And he's a happy drunk "I love you guysh" And he's a silly drunk "Packing peanuts are food" And he's a queasy drunk "I just threw up on my shoes" And he's an angry drunk "I want to punch that dude" I've had twenty-four ounces of power (He drank) I've had thirty-six ounces of power! (He drank) I've had forty-eight ounces! (He drank) Bartender, two beers please
5.
Gnomes 03:42
I went down to the gaming store to buy four point oh I brought it home to make my first character But when I got to the races section what to my suprise there weren't any of my favorite race on the pages there inside Oh Why did the Gnomes go away? Why did the Gnomes go away? I don't care about no Tieflings or Dragonkin I just want my happy little Gnomes back again But no matter where you look the Gnomes ain't in that book Why did the Gnomes go away? Why did the Gnomes go away? Oh Why? Oh why oh why oh why? Oh why? Why did the Gnomes go away? Why did the Gnomes? (Why did the Gnomes?) Why did the Gnomes? (Why did the Gnomes?) Why did the Gnomes go away? (Why did the Gnomes go away?) Why are the Gnomes in the Monster Manual? I don't want the Gnomes in the Monster Manual Why are the Gnomes in the Monster Manual? I don't want the Gnomes in the Monster Manual Why are the Gnomes in the Monster Manual? I don't want the Gnomes in the Monster Manual Why are the Gnomes in the Monster Manual? I don't want the Gnomes in the Monster Manual Why did the Gnomes go away? Why did the Gnomes go away? Why? Away away away (Why did the Gnomes?) Away (Why did the Gnomes?) Why did the Gnomes go away? Away away away away (Why) Why did the Gnomes go away?
6.
Sports Ball 02:29
This one goes out to all the jocks that inspired us (ra ra ra) You're looking at the captain of the Sports Ball Team (ra ra ra) You're looking at the captain of the Sports Ball Team Make a field try Score a goal point You can do anything (anything) when you are the captain of the Sports Ball the Sports Ball Team You could even ask out the Homecoming Queen (ra ra ra) if you are the captain of the Sports Ball Team Make a field try Score a goal point You can do everything (everything) when you are the captain of the Sports Ball the Sports Ball Team the Sports Ball Team the Sports Ball Team the Sports Ball Sports Ball Sports Ball everywhere a Sports Ball Dear God please tell me those weren't the glory days Dear God please tell me I didn't peak at seventeen Dear God please tell me those weren't the best days weren't the best days of my life Make a field try Score a goal point You can do everything
7.
T-Shirt 02:27
So you wanna change minds in just one or two lines You better say it with your T-shirt So your humor's complex and it shows off your pecks Because you put it on a T-shirt So you like anarchy and want hugs to be free You better say it with your T-shirt Whether crew neck or V No not actually V Go and get another T-shirt Cotton and polyester will speak for me forever A special fabric blend will cause their minds to bend So you wanna change minds in just one or two lines You better say it with a T-shirt So your humor's complex and it shows off your pecks Because you put it on your T-shirt Cotton and polyester will speak for me forever A special fabric blend will cause their minds to bend The canvas of our times the memes are prose and rhymes describes our crucial scene with ink through a silk screen with ink through a silk screen Do you know what I mean? What size are your ideas? What size are they? What size are your ideas? Our are EXTRA LARGE EXTRA LARGE EXTRA LARGE medium or small So you wanna change minds in just one or two lines You better say it with your T-shirt So your humor's complex and it shows off your pecks Because you put it on your T-shirt So you like anarchy and want hugs to be free You better say it with your T-shirt So you wanna change minds in just one or two lines You better put it on your T-shirt T-shirt changes their minds like you change your T-shirt
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It's not the easiest so go find Theseus It's not the easiest so go find Theseus You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you wanna cut off his head You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you better make sure he's dead You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you better follow that thread You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth after you make sure he's dead What did Daedalus say to Icarus What did Daedalus say to Icarus Son we gotta build a home for the Minotaur What did Icarus say to Daedalus What did Icarus say to Daedalus ..... his wings and fly real far. You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you wanna cut off his head You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you better make sure he's dead You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth after you make sure he's dead You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you better follow that thread Aw, where am I gonna get some thread around here? Arachne won't you give to me Arachne won't you give to me Arachne oh won't you give me your thread Arachne won't you give to me Arachne won't you give to me Arachne oh won't you give me your thread You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you wanna bite off his head You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you better follow that thread You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth after you make sure he's dead You're in the Minotaur's Labyrinth you better follow that thread Oh no You didn't make sure he's dead Now your following that thread around the corner And here comes the Minotaur Round the corner Ye shall find Death, destruction for all mankind Round the corner (Round) Ye shall find (the corner) Death, destruction (you'll find) for all mankind Round the corner (Round) (Min) Ye shall find (the corner) (o) Death, destruction (you'll find) (taur) for all mankind ROUND THE CORNER YE SHALL FIND DEATH, DESTRUCTION FOR ALL MANKIND Min o taur

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Finally! The first Critical Failure album. Eight pop songs just chock full 'o nerdy goodness.

This is the digital download version of the album and anyone who buys the album will receive a coupon code for 25% off of the vinyl release (which is expected in October 2024).

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released May 26, 2023

Critical Failure is:
William - Vocals - Human Bard
Franklin - Guitar/Vocals - Human Paladin
Jerry - Drums/Vocals - Elf Thief Acrobat
Shane - Bass/Vocals - Halfling Fighter

This album was recorded with Chris Baumann in Black National studios.
It was produced/mixed/mastered by John Brownell.
Album art by Buck Miller

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Critical Failure is four old dorks writing nerdy songs about gnomes, programming in BASIC and other nerdiness.

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