1. |
ChemicalZ
02:15
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Tossed it all aside
Just not the right fit
For a slow ride
You can get real lit
The fashion of the day
Is to stay inside
Keep your thoughts gay
And learn to hide
I tried a few chemicals
To blot out the brain
I gave up a testicle
To stop future pain
I turned on the inside
I turned off the out
To take a thin ride
On the roundabout
Flexed big muscles
For a little gain
Avoided the tussles
By staying off the train
Making big mumbles
Talking in my sleep
Baking apple crumbles
Counting chemical sheep
Put me on the trazodone
Drink me up the tea
Staring at my phone
Til I got to pee
I'm still no gender
But you can still call me mister
Or miss or missus and/or
Stereo mixer
I tried a few chemicals
To blot out the brain
I gave up a testicle
To stop future pain
I turned on the inside
I turned off the out
To take a thin ride
On the roundabout
Tossed it all aside
For a flash in the pan
The ebbing tide
Put you back on land
The come down
Always brings a clarity
Sticking around
Is more of a rarity
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2. |
Exposed Icon
03:15
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If you want everyone to love you
You want to be seen
Everything you govern
Hides a secret being
If you want someone to hate you
Or covet your routine
Every slip you cover
Becomes more obscene
There's a certain taste to lies
It lingers on the tongue
I can't quite figure why
In all the songs I sung
There's a little price to pay
It weighs upon the mind
It grows bigger every day
That you can't leave it behind
When you open up
When you take it in
You can't get close enough
You can't feel the sin
But it's always there my love
Right beside you love
It's never ever enough
But holds you like a kin
If you want to feel the friction
(Friction)
Rub against your skin
You pray the benediction
For the battles you can't win
When the war is finally over
With diminishing returns
You'll become a lover
Cuz you can always learn
There's a certain je ne sais quoi
That hangs in the air
When you obsess over every flaw
But pretend to not care
There's a little price you pay
It weighs upon the soul
It grows darker every day
That you can't let it go
When you open up
When you take it in
You can't get close enough
You can't feel the sin
But it's always there my love
Right beside you love
It's never ever enough
But holds you like a kin
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3. |
Good Luck Scholarship
04:57
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It's a bad joke
It's a bad joke
It's a bad joke
It's a bad joke
It's a bad joke
You got no degree to show for it
For so many years
Course load after course load
You spent so much time arguing
(Arguing arguing arguing)
Arguing just to argue
It didn't mean half as much
To them as to you
You want a higher education
Get some hands on training
Every book you read
Just leaves you wanting
Now it seems too late
Just running on autopilot
If you could pull a Uey
And correct it
It's good luck
A bad joke scholarship
A full ride to nowhere
Aboard a sinking ship
Endless oceans
You never learned to swim
Shallow waters
Always made for easy wins
You toiled and tried
But maybe not hard enough
It left you empty
It left you rough
It's good luck
A bad joke scholarship
Just a paper
With a fancy script
It's good luck
A bad joke scholarship
A full ride to nowhere
Aboard a sinking ship
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4. |
Sad Sonnet
03:48
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Under the pale moon sky tonight
Fireflies dance upon the cool breeze
Crickets chirping in the damp leaves
No matter how sad I could shine so bright
Bracing for the worst but giving it all
Confessing your crimes 17 times
Your pride, your pride was the biggest crime
This was always your downfall
Caught in a sad sonnet
Caught up on it
You cried you cried
Crosses and callouses
Crosses and callouses too kind
Too kind
Tell me again
About the neverending ocean
Yelled at the moon
About the ever bleeding sky
Scars on a hand, stars in motion
Fell too soon to properly die
Caught in a sad sonnet
Caught up on it
You cried you cried
Crosses and callouses
Crosses and callouses too kind
You cried you cried
Crosses and callouses
Crosses and callouses too kind
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5. |
Five WisheZ
03:02
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In the fountain
You found a magic penny
Every time you flipped tailz
A dream came true
You wished for peace
You wished for more wishez
You proved the hands
Won't work you through
Sign says buyer beware
Big dreams become nightmares
In the woods
We touched the lichen
Five wishez for wild life
All over the newz
Sign says buyer beware
Big dreams become nightmares
The beauty of
Groundhog Day is the truth
Every day repeats
The same ol' bluez
Sign says buyer beware
Big dreams become nightmares
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6. |
DigitZ
01:39
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Looking down the rain falling
Calmly sitting on my knee
I've had feelings of longing
Ever since you talked to me
Can't shake the dreaded dryness
Cracking on the finger skin
When the winter brings a shyness
Slumbering within
Let me pick your favourite melody
Let me be your favourite song
You can count a beat to help me
It won't last very long
I've got digits on my mind
Ones and zeroes, fractions of
Everything I left behind
When the numbers weren't good enough
Let me pick your favourite melody
Let me be your favourite song
You can count a beat to help me
It won't last very long
It won't last very long
Staring down a dying star
Gone before you were even here
The last to leave the dive bar
The first to come out queer
Let me pick your favourite melody
Let me be your favourite song
You can count a beat to help me
It won't last very long
It won't last very long
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7. |
Foolish Enough
03:30
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Oh my precious fool
Have you given enough
Did the drugs make you cool
Did you do all the stuff
The Rubbermaid has letters
And playbills and stubs
Left from our betters
With the shoulders we rubbed
You didn't want fandom
You didn't want fame
You didn't want anything random
To come your way
Release a CD
Like it isn't 2023
Foolish enough
To do a physical run
Oh my precious fool
Counting on the past
To take you to school
To teach you some class
You eat an idea
Like it's 1985
And you can somehow see
That I'm not really alive
Release a CD
Like it isn't 2023
Foolish enough
To do a physical run
Oh my precious fool
Holding your breath
Floating in the pool
Awaiting death
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