The Antlers
The Antlers are an indie rock band currently based in Brooklyn, New York, f… Read Full Bio ↴The Antlers are an indie rock band currently based in Brooklyn, New York, fronted by Peter Silberman. Initially, The Antlers was a solo project created by vocalist and guitarist Silberman immediately after he had moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2007. Silberman wrote the first two albums, "Uprooted" and "In the Attic of the Universe" by himself and under his own name. Afterwards, he recruited Lerner and Cicci, becoming a collaborative group. The band recorded two EPs: "Cold War" and "New York Hospitals". Silberman's collection of songs (which was mentioned as an "elegy for his planned disappearance") would later become a full-length album titled "Hospice" and would feature an epic storyline, telling the story of an abusive relationship through an allegory of a hospice worker losing a patient—for whom he developed feelings for—to bone cancer. Silberman has stated that the album is mostly auto-biographical. The album was independently released by the band in March of 2009, selling an apparently overwhelming number of copies, later selling all of their stock and had to produce more. The band later commented that they had "bit off more than they could chew". The album received critical praise for both its narrative and musicianship and has since been listed on several "Album of the Year" lists. The band later signed with New York-based French Kiss Records. The label released a remastered "Hospice" on August 18, 2009. In 2011, they released "Burst Apart," their follow-up to "Hospice." The album was received with critical acclaim equal to its predecessor, and the band subsequently launched a world tour in support of the record.
They released the (together) EP shortly after Burst Apart which contained 8 remixes and covers with several collaberating artists.
In 2012 the Undersea EP was released containing 4 new songs.
On March 31th 2014 the band announced the 5th studio album called "Familiars". It was released on June 17th 2014 receiving critical acclaim worldwide.


Peter Silberman - vocals, guitar
Michael Lerner - drums, percussion
Darby Cicci - keyboards, trumpet, bowed banjo

Additional members
Justin Stivers – bass guitar on Hospice
Timothy Mislock - bass guitar, guitar (touring)

Discography:

Uprooted (2006)
In the Attic of the Universe (2007)
Cold War (EP) (2008)
New York Hospitals (EP) (2008)
Hospice (2009)
Burst Apart (2011)
(together) (EP) (2011)
Undersea (EP) (2012)
Familiars (2014)
Green to Gold (2021)
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The Antlers Lyrics


"Hotel" In the hotel, I can't remember how the past felt I…
05. Rolled Together Rolled together with a burning paper heart Rolled together w…
Apple Orchard You only give me what you don't want no more Ask…
Atrophy You've been living a while in the front of my…
Bear There's a bear inside your stomach The cub's been kicking fr…
Cold War Nothing is waking up well Our hearts gone to hell So come…
Corsicana The one time when we woke up We couldn't stop the…
Crest Wait in the dark for me. Wait ’til you hear my…
Director From a stage in your heart I can tell that you're…
Don't Want Love I don't want to die but I wish I weren't…
Doppelgänger Can you hear me when I'm trapped behind the mirror? A…
Doppelgänger Can you hear me when I'm trapped behind the mirror? A…
Drift Dive Waking up… I'm not awake. The planet drowns in a hundred…



East River Berlin Wall Ice-paved street, saved heat Running low, running out We m…
Endless Ladder If I seem much different, More removed, If I seem distract…
Epilogue In a nightmare, I am falling from the ceiling into…
Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out One bad night I'll hold the glass until the glass…
First Field I wanna stand in the middle as a man with…
Flash Floods Don't Retreat The atom's broken and the strings are comin' loose The foun…
French Exit Every time we speak You are spitting in my mouth If I…
Green to Gold So, summer's on the outs Cicadas swim around the house Crick…
Hotel In the hotel, I can't remember how the past felt I…
Hounds So loud So loud Slow down Slow hound They want to conquer y…
I Don I don't want to die but I wish I weren't…
I Don t Want Love You want to climb up the stairs I want to push…
I Don't Wanna Love You want to climb up the stairs I want to push…
I Don't Want Love I don't want to die but I wish I weren't…
I'm Hibernating Whether you're aware of your limbs or of your hair You're…
In The Attic Completely awake in the back of the car I don't…
In The Snow It got cold in the snow And I just want to…
Intruders Maybe when i'm older, i'll be clearer More attuned and under…
It Is What It Is This is the first day the flowers wilt and fold Nothing…
It Seems Easy We can't keep living if it's not what we're doing If…
Jupiter This my first year being rich God, Guide me in…
Just One Sec Do you think you could free me from the man…
Kettering I wish that I had known In that first minute…
Keys I can't sleep in the waiting room I can't sleep in…
Nashua You shouldn't wait, you couldn't walk It wasn't written out …
No Widows If I never get back home There's no garden on the…
Nothing Matters When We're Dancing Dance with me, my old friend Once before we go Let's prete…
On The Roof Stuck to a growing black balloon My neighbors are slowly gl…
Palace You were simpler you were lighter when we thought like littl…
Palaces You were simpler you were lighter when we thought like litt…
Parade Right when the blizzard ends, they throw a fucking huge…
Parentheses One broken wing, Soaring and suffering, Arm in a sling, I do…
Porchlight Anesthesia Out in the dark, walking through fog Trying to re…
Putting the dog down Prove to me I'm not gonna die alone Put your arm 'round…
Putting the Dog to Sleep Prove to me I'm not gonna die alone Put your arm 'round…
Refuge When you lift me out of me When you lift me…
Revisited When some unfamiliar faces came to shop in our old…
Rolled Together Rolled together with a burning paper heart Rolled together w…
Shiva Suddenly every machine stopped at once And the monitors beep…
Solstice The week went slow, the year flew by From the end…
Stairs To The Attic I decided on that evening that I was through with…
Stubborn Man I'm a stubborn man with a fickle plan Given lots of…
Surrender Well I hope, when you can't hear what I am…
Sylvia Please, curtains in, start us off You swing first, sorry I d…
Sylvia (An Introduction Please, curtains in Start us off, you swing first Sorry, I…
Sylvia An Introduction When you were younger, you had nightmares You had scissor-p…
Tears Are in Your Eyes You tell me summer's here And the time is wrong You tell…
The Universe Is Going To Catch You It's been a long time coming, it's not up for…
Thirteen Pull me out Pull me out Can't you stop this all from…
Tongue Tied Here we are, tongue tied Before we collide Here we are, to…
Two In the middle of the night I was sleeping sitting…
Uprooted Trees are still trees if their roots are not deep Even…
VCR You, you used to have all the answers And you, you…
Volunteer Traveling on the wind, carrying credentials Abandoning anyth…
Wake With the door closed, shades drawn, the world shrinks Let's …
Wheels Roll Home There's a point, way out, past the present tense Where our…
Zelda Zelda— You asked me to wake you If I woke up before…


Gryffin


on Putting the Dog to Sleep

Prove to me
Please convince me

I'm not gonna die alone
That I won't end up alone

Put your arm 'round my collar bone
Wrap your arm around me, tight

And open the door
Let's see what's on the other side

Don't lie to me
Please be honest with me

If you're putting the dog to sleep
If you have to put the dog down/if you have to leave me

That pet you just couldn't keep
That you couldn't afford to take care of

And couldn't afford
Because you didn't have enough money

Well, prove to me
Please convince me

Unstitch that shed-off soul
Help me repair my damaged psyche

To close up the hole, that tore through my skin
To heal my emotional wound

Well my trust in you
I have faith in you

Is a dog with a broken leg
But it's fragile and cautious

Tendons too torn to beg
Beyond repair and begging for mercy

For you to let me back in
To be accepted into your life again

You said I can't prove to you
You said "I don't believe I can convince you,"

You're not gonna die alone
"That you won't end up alone"

But trust me to take you home
"But let me bring you to safety"

To clean up that blood all over your paws
"And help you recover from your wounds"

You can't keep running out
"You can't keep avoiding your problems"

Kicking yourself off the bed
"Beating yourself up for your mistakes"

Kicking yourself in the head
"Being too hard on yourself"

Because you're kicking me too
"Because it's hurting me as well"

Put your trust in me
Have faith in me

I'm not gonna die alone
I won't end up alone

I don't think so
Maybe I won't end up alone

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