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Two Weeks Notice
04:14
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i arose from indefinite slumber
to discover a world at its end
they’re expecting an infinite summer
revelation is just round the bend
turn away
you’ve still got bills to pay
wish i could seize the day
but it got me first
television, it tells me sweet nothings
intuition is screaming “we’re dead!”
ask not what you can do for your country
how did these people get into my head?
all’s not lost
get out and join the mob
we’ve still got phones to dial
but nobody’s home
i’ve been a fool to believe the things they asked me to
why? it’s too easy
tell me the truth
i can’t tell the difference anymore
why? it’s a lie
i fall asleep in the shadows of giants
i live in dreams of the time i was young
since when did hate have a home to reside in?
since when did i lose the right to be numb?
i ran away to a primitive future
hiding under an alternative rock
i pray that i can evolve into someone whose existence isn’t easily bought
dream of love
when you get tired enough
i’ve just been doing my job
time to resign
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2. |
Whatever (For Now)
03:28
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just cause you object that don’t mean it’s conscientious
as much as you might like to believe
feeling bad for someone’s a way of doing nothing
while still feeling like part of the team
bandwagon is headed for the cliff
i don’t have the courage to jump
though we might be stuck in the zoo
at least they simulated our habitat
once in awhile
i don’t catch myself being full of shit and i fall into line
i’m a man and i matter and you won’t mind
if i talk out of turn about something i hadn’t considered until you said a word
and my ancestry became activated
thought i really loved it until i caught the wind
carrying the catastrophic reviews
petty disagreements with liberal elitists
we’re gonna need a bigger canoe
with as much free will as the weather
i decided to make a choice
never to go out on a limb
unless a bionic replacement was cheap
you found me frozen
i was focus-grouped to oblivion
like a rat out of sewer
i was chased by the cat of my consciousness
who clawed at the future like it wasn’t worth looking forward to
‘til you put a suture on the time i was wasting thinking about lost time
bandwagon is headed for the cliff
i don’t have the courage to jump
so i’m counting on you to push me
it’s easier said than it’s—
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3. |
Fairy Godfather
05:20
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temper tantrum tuesdays, the tradition is alive
in the tender architecture of a treaty with your mind
cause when a stale strain of solitude settles down in your soul
a simple calculation tells you all you need to know:
that you’re alone in the universe like everybody else
all the better reason to keep that shit to yourself
but like a doctor who shows up to a house call in a hearse
you remind everybody that it can’t always be worse
meet me in the moonlight
bring a sacrifice
cemetery sweet talk keeps me up all night
I shake my fist at every void that’s moved into my neighborhood
make sense of the madness
puzzle at the plot
sneak into my daydreams
only to be shot by car alarms and christmas cards
undercover cops off duty
discontinued children donate someone else’s blood
sitting on a jet ski waiting patiently for flood
they fall in love with the pharmacist and keep on falling ill
stand in line for hours playing percussion with pills
you’re a counter-service creature whose been forced to wait the floor
the world’s smallest violin has really struck a chord
if the hostage situation has the best pizza in town
then where can i catch stockholm syndrome before bonds come down?
palm trees on the hellscape
holograms and trash
photogenic strangers want their money back
i’m banking on the poverty of gurus in the simulation
picture me in pi-charts, body parts and poems
guts and aspirations, moments spent alone
with no one to police me here
i’ve left no sleazy stone unturned
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4. |
Mexico
03:19
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You got a room with a view,
a space by the pool,
travel vacation to Mexico.
Laughing out loud,
there’s no time for the crowd,
time to escape from the casserole.
So hey chief would you mind,
if I waste another minute of your precious time?
I’ll laugh at every one of your jokes,
as long as we don’t drink with your folks.
His ascot, attention to style,
and his Manhattan smile.
Loving his life as a naturalist.
But if the right pattern exists,
I’d reckon he would insist,
on tying you up in is handkerchief.
So you kid step right up.
Pick a prize and try your luck.
There’s no point in holding my hand,
for reasons that you won’t understand.
But I acted like a fool my love.
And you never really were supposed to know.
If I never asked you’d have never known the truth.
If I never asked you’d have never known who’s who.
So come catch an arrogant lie,
and in the blink of an eye he had control.
Since the last time we spoke,
I changed quite a lot,
And I know what I’m not,
And your entertainment is boring me.
But I acted like a fool my love.
And you never really were supposed to know.
If I never asked you’d have never known the truth.
If I never asked you’d have never known who’s who.
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5. |
Silencer
03:35
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the more i aim only to impress
the less entertaining i get
i don’t think i’ve actually meant anything that i’ve ever said
don’t record
i can’t be seen living the american dream
all you ever come here to do
document the beautiful view from every mobile home
gone into orbit around the safety zone
does anybody out there buy this shit?
well then again i guess they must
i looked up the weather online instead of just stepping outside
it’s not easy to keep it real when your facade earned you more followers than jesus had
just like all your imaginary friends
they’re on the hunt to catch another trend
while i suppress my jealousy
though they might like, they never love
soon you’ll be forgotten for some fragrant fluff
though they may watch, they still don’t care
you’ve already vanished into skinny air
i can’t deny i still love you
just not in any way i’d put in a song
all of the crimes i’ve committed
i turned my silencer on
press record, i need to be seen
living the american dream
but make sure i seem to condemn
all i’m participating in
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6. |
Disappearing Wild
04:12
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time to surrender to bad poetry
if it’s what i need to spell out
for you, i’d gladly be a sellout
time to prescribe to ancient medicine
if it’s what i need to swallow
to tame my disappearing wild
i can’t remember before holiday
oh well, it must have been torture
why should i memorize an eyesore?
i can’t remember before honeymoon
oh well, it can’t have been that good
if i tried so damn hard to be close to cool
all the while thinking of myself as nobody’s fool
when the truth was i needed some help
and it came from you
so i’ll compromise if i’ve got to
i won’t be myself
if myself is too stubborn to move
night falls, day breaks
morning cleans it up
we’ll stay on script again, won’t we?
cause cancellation can be lonely
time flies into turbines every time
i try to stay in the moment
i try to tell you
i love you so
and if it ever seems like i don’t
punch me in the nose
cause the truth is i’d go it alone
if you weren’t the woman for me
the truth is i’d love to be free
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7. |
Criminal Child
04:49
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was number one
until he came along
wanted a son
i’ve never been so wrong
you would agree if you could see the psychopathic way he looks at me
she is oblivious, can’t see he’s dangerous
constantly lies, hates lullabies
his only skill is knowing when to cry
she doesn’t mind, lets him run wild
has no idea he’s a criminal child
in the past, we could go on a vacation
on a whim, never need a reservation
now it’s all trying to get a babysitter five weeks in advance
can’t complain, if I do i’m a pariah
fake a smile, wanna set myself on fire
if this is all the love i’m supposed to feel
it seems a lot like hate
i was young, i was free
thinking only of me
now i barely exist
pushed to the bottom of her list
no one warned me that i could kiss my life goodbye
as soon as his began
this is not according to plan
it’s not the woman i know to bow down to a tyrant
it’s not the woman i met to give her life up to a boy
it’s not the woman i know to leave me out in the cold
it’s not the woman i love to forget that i need love to
we were young, we were free
as in love as could be
now we barely exist
more like business associates
no one warned me that i could kiss my life goodbye
as soon as his began
this is not according to plan
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8. |
Little Wrong
03:40
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opened the door and dropped my jaw on the floor when i first saw your face
hour of television, leftovers in the fridge, be back by eight
i just couldn’t keep you off my mind all night
i tried my best to hide it from my better side
thanked you for everything
my darling, i can’t believe he’s fast asleep
girl, you’re a keeper
can we do this again, maybe even next week?
dear, now that we’re alone let’s keep the night alive
i tried my best to see you when i closed my eyes
maybe when she’s out of town
you could come watch him while i wait it out
maybe when he’s gone to bed
we could get talking ‘til it’s you instead
i know that it’s a dangerous game
i think i might have gone insane
but still, i never had the chance to see
how much good fun a little wrong could be
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9. |
Miracle Dude
03:39
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you say that he loves you, but he’s never seen you at your worst
you say he can save you, but from what you cannot say for sure
well, of course i’m not jealous, he’s been dead for centuries
but for anyone but you love, you don’t see me getting on my knees
so why then is it alright when you keep on talking about miracle dude?
i’m not taking our children to the church every sunday morn
if I wanted to raise sheep
i would’ve worked on a farm
i know that you’re worried that I’ll end up in a pit of fire
but i’m concerned for you too, love
cause you’re putting your faith in a lie
so why then can’t i voice what i feel if its alright when you preach during meals?
when i ask you to take a closer look you ignore me and you open your book
no, we don’t really matter and i know that truth can hurt
when the illusion shatters and your parents go berserk
but it gets a lot better once when you don’t have to believe
when you’re rushing for heaven you forget to live and breathe
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10. |
Out in the Woods
02:21
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never wanted to be like the others
but i can’t even look at my mother
now they all see me as pure evil
if you give me a chance i can stop
but not while i get stoned at the stocks
every day is only a death delay
i could live out in the woods
where it’s all understood
fake my own death and escape
the mob that’s on its way
it’s not my fault i was born with this burden
all my life i’ve been behind a curtain
can’t you see?
what a sad thing to be
if you give me a chance i can change
but not while i get burned at the stake
every night they come to feed the fire
there’s still some good buried deep
if you dare to believe
i’ve lived in terrible sin
but that’s not who i am
long nights spent in a trance
longing for what?
call it romance
i fight my other selves
sickness and health
heaven and hell
i deserve all your disdain
but i still have a name
like you i was once a child
the world came to defile
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11. |
Graveyard Girls
03:17
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it’s my birthday
i’ll die if i want to
graveyard girls, take my by the hand
lead me into the backrooms of heaven
goodbye world, hello neverland
lost my skin, found my soul
diving into the darkness
no more makeshift mirages or bullshit horizons in sight
it’s my party
bring your own poison
your good god cannot tag along
play that song bout how youth lasts forever
while i force smoke into my lungs
i don’t care anymore
if i’m not being honest
it’s the end of the world and you’re looking incredibly fine
what a shame to leave behind my forever peaceless mind
but every dog has its day
isn’t that what people say?
see me in a blade of grass
or in the clouds as they pass
if it makes me seem alive
but i promise i’ll be fine here doing nothing
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12. |
Utopia
05:06
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late at night i learned how to levitate
peered into a parallel twist of fate
thought i’d always return
no way that bridge ever burns
news broke like a rogue wave on the coast
of what i considered possible
washing away all signs of our private utopia
can’t believe i chose to crawl out of the sea
only to pollute all the air i breathe
back to being a fish
maybe good will come of this
i could finally write my masterpiece
i could spend the week in mozambique
but i couldn’t care less anymore
all my aspirations are a bore
i just wanna come home, see your face
want for nothing more
guess i just assumed i’d left these feelings in my teenage tomb
but then you go and storm out of the room
and my good judgment quickly gets consumed
i say that i’m so different from the rest
but no one ever put me to the test
until you asked me ego to undress
you saw my worst because you knew me best
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