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We are all almost always
Waiting for somethin'
Rarely do I realize
The true quality of the now
Eventually it gets choppy
And chalked up to nothin'
So the thought becomes a page
Then it's something to say
Or sing
Whatever
Okay
It somehow helps to think
Nobody gives a fuck
Maybe that makes it feel
More genuine to me?
Maybe it's the shithole
Where I grew up?
And still seem to be
But I've found some beauty
In all things absent of humanity
Verse, chorus, verse, chorus
Now we're at the end
Just kinda seems to be
The way she fuckin' went
All this fourth wall bullshit
If you're a fan then
You're a friend
I don't need all that attention
I'm just some musician
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Past and After Selves
02:45
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Row, row, row your boat
Then smoke and choke
And croak
When you hit the shore
You find it's all a joke
What made me wanna make
The mistake of faking fate?
Straight and narrow isn't exactly
What they preach it to be
No, it's a vow to doubt everything
That's not that very thing
So set this song on fire
With the demons it may bring
Am I the source of my own hell?
Am I a clusterfuck of my friends?
Am I my past and after selves?
A consciousness that never ends?
What drove us to drive
Nine to fives our whole lives?
A device disguised
As the best way to survive?
We have perks but you'll need
A benefit for a monument
Unless you save what you make
Or be in debt in your grave
Am I my past and after selves?
A consciousness that never ends?
Until it does?
Have I done enough?
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Names and Faces
03:58
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Oh my, do I keep coming out of a speaker?
Have you already reached for the button?
Are you a tweaker? Some kind of believer?
My fuck, I can't help but believe in nothin'
I'd kill to feel as if death wasn't the end
That I am conscious some other place
Somewhere I could be somethin' again
And still get to see my wife's lovely face
But, I guess that isn't the case
The mystery will never be solved
In just a few years
Humanity has devolved
Centuries spent talking to the clouds
No way that nothing is saving us now
My biggest fear is not being afraid
Of losing the life I have made
I could just sit here for eternity
Wondering what it must mean to be
Thinking of my friends and family
Who are no longer in my vicinity
They've transcended this void
And became a part of everything
It's been eight years since Korree died
Man, that's weird
I still think of you everyday, buddy
Oh, Troy I'm so sorry about your mom
I love you, man
I'm sorry Red
Uncle David, Amber
Grandma, grandpa
Dean, why'd you do it?
Oh, I miss you all
But I know you gotta be
Better off where you are
To anyone else
Just a bunch of names
But to me
An unforgettable face
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4. |
One Big Machine
02:35
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Our friends are all sad as fuck
So are we and we've had enough
Let's change whatever necessary
And carry on
The days became mundane
Every flame seems the same
Can barely breathe right now
So if we don't blow it out
Gently send to them
Our oxygen
Be one big machine
That fuels itself
If everyone helped
Everyone else
The earth, universe
Heaven and hell
Could be all as one
And we all be ourselves
If a song could change us
It wouldn't dare sound like this
But I hope in some fucked up way
It may inspire or uplift
Anyone
Who gives it a listen
I appreciate you
Sincerely,
Some musician
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Sink or Get Up
02:43
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Should I decide
I'm already a ghost
Would it not be true
If nobody knows?
If your hair stands up
My work is fulfilled
I just float around
Looking for chills
All concern for how I am perceived
Lies behind the eyes of the beholder
The more I age, the less I believe
The world could get any colder
There's no way hell could be worse
Than being on this goddamn earth
So sink or get up
Time won't give a fuck
And there is never enough
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