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Icarus
01:58
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You're a long lost friend
An arc that never met its end
Definitely for others
But not for me.
And I could ask you, "How's the North West?"
Is your father doing alright?
I haven't reached out
for different reasons than you'd think.
You won't believe the things I'm doing.
I've got a studio and good friends
I've been with my lover
For three years & a half
And ya probably think that I
Don't look back
But my personality is
predicated on that fact
I don't define myself
by the trauma that I went through
But I'll be damned if I regret
the day I met you.
And its hard. Ya, its hard.
We went to hell & back
And then we grew apart.
Everybody I know told me
that I shouldn't blame myself
Pill bottles, photographs, & knives forever line my shelves.
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Knoxville
01:45
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Got out of the car outside of Knoxville.
The sun burnt my skin.
I felt like I could cry.
Walked into the cafe
I could barely order a coffee
Stared at the painting on the wall
A featured artist from town.
It was beautiful.
Beautiful.
Then the bells on the door rang.
And then I turned my head.
There was a stranger standing
in the place
of where i thought there was a friend
This time last year
I was crawling through fucking bedlam
Fighting a man who trying to kill his nurse.
Now I'm vaping in front of Wal Mart
Haven't showered in weeks
Might seem funny to you
but I feel like a f***ing freak
Oh God
Where does Ohio end?
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3. |
Enormous Green Feeling
03:17
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Do you remember when we danced in front of everyone we knew?
We were constrained in pain like 14th century Strasbourg.
I don't remember the song. But it felt so long.
We were frozen in an awkward embrace.
You felt embarrassed. I could tell by the look on your face.
And you just wanted to rest back home.
You were lying in the arms of someone close
But you still felt alone
And you just wanted to rest back home.
You didn't have to tell me you were stressed out
I could hear it in your tone. I'll take you home.
I became the antithesis to our opportunity.
Everyone could tell I was broken.
I was just the last one to see.
I've been on a spirit quest since 2012.
Its hell to know that terror has a face,
And its face looks just like mine.
And you just wanted to rest back home.
You were lying in the arms of someone close
But you still felt alone
And you just wanted to rest back home.
You didn't have to tell me you were stressed out
I could hear it in your tone. I'll take you home.
And I could ask you about the North West.
I'm sorry about your Dad.
I know I never reached out.
And I'm sorry about that.
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Time & A Half
03:05
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Jazz piano. Smoke rises up from the ceiling.
The floor is on fire but its not the pain im feeling
i button my shirt in the morning. today im feeling like a windsor knot
i get to work at my desk. my co workers smile. my boss waves at me.
im f***ing dead. im crying. i lift my head. im feeling fine. im on the edge. im trying to be someone that i could never be.
i bought a car. a Lincoln. Everybody was impressed by the price.
im getting proud of my appearance. I even shaved and cut my hair.
im looking at apartments. I quit smoking to reclaim my health.
And everything is perfect. nothings broken. So why do i want to kill myself?
im f***ing dead. im crying. i lift my head. im feeling fine. im on the edge. im trying to be someone that i could never be.
I'll quit my f***ing job. I'll kill the great guy that i was pretending to be. Before i'm out the door you wait and see. My position'll be list on indeed.
They'll hire some a**hole who was pretending just like me.
credits
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5. |
24 Hour Rule
02:49
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We met on Belmont.
Outside of the school where they taught us to be alive.
And did they care?
Or were they just collecting a paycheck?
I like to think it was a mixture of both.
And you stared at the blue walls closing you in.
Surrounded by white coats holding onto your chart.
There's a million places that I have never been and a million places that I will never go. But if there's a spot for me inside your heat then I promise you that I will never go.
I snuck in. Pretended I was a volunteer. Pretended I was a volunteer. So I could see you. And you sat on a plastic chair in the back of the room. You couldn't look me in the eye. And if there's one thing I know its that the pain is never permanent. But if you don;t let go you'll carry it with you for life.
There's a million places that I have never been and a million places that I will never go. But if there's a spot for me inside your heat then I promise you that I will never go.
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French Expat
02:24
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Friendship is like a burning mattress in the graveyard.
its like trying to pry some pills form violent hands
and you can study all the burn marks. you can study all the stains. Destroy your local history. burn the pictures in the frames
And get yourself a loaded gun and shoot em at the fireworks. Turn away from the flashlights to your back and give em a run for all their worth. No one'll ever know who we are. We'll die alone together in obscurity. We'll paint these cave walls that we're living in. We'll both change our names and move to France.
Friendship is like throwing cyanide in the dirt
its like drinking blood from a stranger's arm.
You can study all the drywall. My spackling is seamless.
Drink from empty paint cans. no one could ever dream this.
And get yourself a loaded gun and shoot em at the fireworks. Turn away from the flashlights to your back and give em a run for all their worth. No one'll ever know who we are. We'll die alone together in obscurity. We'll paint these cave walls that we're living in. We'll both change our names and move to France.
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Moonrise Kingdom
02:28
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The original IT movie was good.
But not necessarily better than the new one.
I watched rom the couch i had an emotional response
but the adult actors in the first one just weren't very good.
And i think there's something to the trope
of kids with their backs up against the rope
Wes Anderson does it all of the time
Rushmore's a good example
And so is Stand by Me
The Sandlot too but its kind of low on my list
And the audience will relate they'll have an emotional night
they'll have an emotional night
And the whole thing'll make me feel better about my own life
And the audience will relate they'll have an emotional night
they'll have an emotional night
And the whole thing'll make me feel better about the trauma in my own life
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8. |
Polar Seltzer
03:01
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I've got Polar Seltzer in my blood
C'mon by.
Its Free.
I heard a knock on my door
a stranger looking for me
there was sawdust and deathtraps
as far as i could see
and there was Polar Seltzer in my blood
C'mon by
Its Free.
You can't hurt me when I'm in my own house
this dirt on the floor belongs to me
im in a place where my worries die
i'm surrounded by ghost but im among my tribe
I heard a knock on my door
a stranger looking for me
there was sawdust and deathtraps
as far as i could see
and there was Polar Seltzer in my blood
C'mon by
Its Free.
The winter sunrise is a harbinger of death
Revolutionary v:2 plays as i take my last breath
hand out photocopied fliers in the dark
the angel of death comes to snuff out my last spark
I heard a knock on my door
a stranger looking for me
there was sawdust and deathtraps
as far as i could see
and there was Polar Seltzer in my blood
C'mon by
Its Free.
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9. |
The Cosmonaut
03:59
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I'm just trying to make it feel like its all worth it
paying respect to people who don't deserve it
seeking approval from people who
think im f***ing stupid for no good reason.
Whats your problem?
And im trying to justify my existence
out of spite
its a terrible fuel but i won't prove them right
im the rocket man Elton John talks about
my spaceship is 100 sq ft where im never alone
im not the person they think i am back home
im not the person they think i am oh no, no, no
it reminds of a picture i saw online
about trying to pull your chair up to a crowded table
you're camped in the corner
people are talking over your
what do you do
will you stay there?
And im trying to justify my existence
out of spite
its a terrible fuel but i won't prove them right
im the rocket man Elton John talks about
my spaceship is 100 sq ft where im never alone
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Dial Up Emo
02:25
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Youth run riot, embarrassment, and conspiracy
i was on the internet at 10 years old.
Embaums World & gore
the dawn of the digital age
i was in a world that i had never been in before
And i don't want to know if Bush really did it.
And i don't want to know if the jar guy really died
I know you're online please respond to what i said
i'll just sit on Myspace and cry until im dead.
I kinda wana get an MCR tattoo.
to describe the way im feeling for you
and i noticed you've been appearing away from me today
im sorry i put those lyrics in my profile
and whats the worst you take?
from every heart you break.
and like the blade you stain
i'll just cry on the internet all day.
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Walked down the hall toward the boiler
trace my fingers along the shelves
creating pathways in the dust
ive got a suspicion that i should give you a call
i hope to God you answer my call
we were happy when we last talked
and ive got no reason for this but
ive been waiting all day
to tell you that im sorry for everything
and i know exactly what you'll say
you'll tell i don't have to be sorry for anything
you'll remind me that im fine
and tell me to relax
you're in the middle of something
later you'll call me back
pick through plastic knives looking for the one thats clean
bought some snacks for the studio and it makes me feel more free
public radio reminds me that im dying
i forgot for half an hour that our country's dying
we were happy when we last talked
and ive got no reason for this but
ive been waiting all day
to tell you that im sorry for everything
and i know exactly what you'll say
you'll tell i don't have to be sorry for anything
you'll remind me that im fine
and tell me to relax
you're in the middle of something
later you'll call me back
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12. |
Strangest Places
02:06
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I've been feeling sick of looking at my life through someone else's lens
usually don't care what you think but we both know it depends
they told me to make my own path
so thats what i did
i etched the devil's name into the skin on my legs
they told me to change my whole self
i fought back but i did
become the bastard son of a lost cause & New England gothic
I'll never be the person i once thought i would be
thought i'd be dead by now
shout out to the unconventional philosophy
i'm coming to terms with my path
i've got a therapist again
go home take all the crosses off of my wall
I f***ing changed my whole self
and i'll do it again.
become the bastard Bill Wilson & EMDR
And oh, oh, oh its really hard
I like to be alone but i won't go far
there's hope in the strangest places
if not your heart
just step out onto the rode and let the bulls**t start
just step out onto the rode and let the bulls**t start
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Neuron Gardens
02:09
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Left, Right, Stop
Breathe in and out through nose and mouth
picture the smell of hospital
mixed with linseed oil.
You're impossible and you know that
compassionate but combative
a moral license giving you permission to kill
but you're my friend and i love you
but your just an apparition
you'll disappear the second i step away from this mirror
Left, Right, Blink
recount the image of you retching in the sink
help out a little bit and go get the alcohol wipes
you're a stray dog and you know that
virtuous but you're vicious
a moral license giving you permission to kill
but you're my friend and i love you
but im not sure if you existed
you'll disappear the second i try to point you out.
You're impossible and you know that
compassionate but combative
a moral license giving you permission to kill
but you're my friend and i love you
but im not sure if you existed
one day you'll be in another neuron living in my brain
one day you'll be in another neuron living in my brain
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No One Left
03:08
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Spent my nights in a dark room with a carpeted green floor
mineral spirits soak through my shirt
sometimes the pictures talk like voices long past
crying alone in the parking lot we reached the superstore at last
and now im searching through the boxes looking for a sign of life
something to tell me this past year was real
and im plagued by the memory of you backpack next to mine
looking hoping for something to feel
hoping that none of this s**t was real
And when i wake up
i'll go downstairs and make some eggs
and then i'll get into my car
and i'll drive one exit to the next
my demons are gone
until the gas lights on
i'll go until there's no horizons
Drag racing with my problems
first one to hell is best
We lost something that we couldn't see
and then you turn say to me
ive got no one left
thats been through what ive been through
ive got no one left
i can pull aside to talk to
ive got no one left
ive got no one left
thats been through what ive been through
ive got no one left
i can pull aside to talk to
ive got no one left
And when i wake up
i'll go downstairs and make some eggs
and then i'll get into my car
and i'll drive one exit to the next
my demons are gone
until the gas lights on
i'll go until there's no horizons left
because i've got no one left
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15. |
Terror
03:14
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there's sickness in the air
no gloves but i don't care
rinse my mask in mouthwash and proceed
and i never thought i'd see the day
that i'd meet someone i'd turn away
don't let the sickness rot you from within
or they'll forever read as a lepor from the marks on your skin
the longer you struggle the faster forever begins
I met a man with hate written on his face
terror tattooed on his knuckles hidden in disgrace
he'd tell you the truth if you asked him why
but if it meant his penance he'd give it all up and die
don't let the sickness rot you from within
or they'll forever read as a lepor from the marks on your skin
the longer you struggle the faster forever begins
I'm sorry about what i thought of you before
I can't forgive you but i won't leave you behind
the hatred in me ain't the same as yours
but radical change is an unrelenting force
And y'know
Terror will never go
And y'know
Terror will never go
but you can free the terror trapped inside your soul
But y'know
Terror will never go
And y'know
Terror will never go
but you can free the terror trapped inside your soul
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