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Cold Place
05:12
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put your hand on the camera, move it slowly down
i challenge you to move me, don't want to wear this frown.
soft and welcome imagery, gender-neutral vocabulary
tuck me into bed and tell me a story
don't wanna hear about you, don't wanna see you around
don't want another body later, i just want something now
i want the greatest hits of something more than this
i want the peak without the climb
someone full of love, and yet lifeless
i'm scared of what i'll find
i want a machine
i want a machine
i know you've got a heart of gold or something like that
but you've been watching too many teen flicks (like that)
'cause maybe, just maybe, the girl for me's the wrong one
the universe owes me that at least
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Knock Your Teeth Out
03:54
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if i dream hard enough, it'll eventually happen to me
but i've dreamt long and hard, but if she's in love i just can't see
i believe in jesus, only when he grants me simple favors
like opulence, sex, and affection for all eternity
don't you realize
there's a power of a dream coming to knock your teeth out
and maybe ruin your week but i assure you i will hurt much more
don't you realize
the specific set of circumstances preventing me from being honest
this one fucking time
this one time
this one time
this one time
i try to get to bed, another day's gone by
they've got us locked in here, and now i'm running out of time
maybe i should do this, but my record's telling me i shouldn't
and maybe i'll just bash my head in, and that'll hurt less
don't you realize
there's a power of a dream coming to knock your teeth out
and maybe ruin your week but i assure you i will hurt much more
don't you realize
the specific set of circumstances preventing me from being honest
this one fucking time
this one time
this one time
this one time
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hello venus, nice to see you, how's life from the other side?
last we'd met i'd broken down and you had shown me how to fly
ran me headfirst in a building, let me rot and clipped my wings, yeah
how am i supposed to process that when i can't even try to sing?
there will be no kisses under bleachers we have taxes to do
different type of fall, a different autumn than what we're used to
one day we will look to the horizon and see nothing new
haven't done much running from that fact since i was in my youth
would it be so bad to get you out there fast
so you could come back changed and i won't want you back
would it be so bad to get you out there fast
so you could come back changed and i won't want you back
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Ruin
04:26
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[instrumental]
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don't worry, don't be scared
i'm max prestige in modern warfare
i'll get us through this, wearing the right colors (i hope you wore red)
there's not much to this, just point at the guy and shoot (you look good in red)
dead kids, no sun
where on earth is everyone?
there's always the nuclear option
pack your bags and let's burn your house down
we'll move out to the ocean
feel the weight as we get out of town
we'll leave those youthful feelings
you and i are gonna tear them to pieces
stare at a sun that's moving too fast
and gauge our years by the cod releases (cod releases)
you and me, we don't do that anymore
me and you, we've both been here before
i'll get us through this, wearing the right colors (i hope you wore red)
just close your eyes now and we'll let the dream end (you look better d-)
dead kids, no sun
where on earth is everyone?
dead kids, no sun
what on earth have we become?
well, thanks to the societal collapse
i'm with who i love and we're built to last
killing our friends and taking their names
shut up about your legs (no one asked about your legs)
this is the most fun i've had all week
i'm going off on some sort of streak
you're the cutest thing i've ever seen
but shut up about your body (no one will ever stop me)
dead kids, blood moon
hoping for the rapture soon
dead kids, blood moon
i think i'm getting sick of you
dead kids, dead kids, dead kids
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6. |
Premature Goodbyes
01:46
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namnoom eybdoog, namecaps eybdoog
tseb ta edis-b, namsram eybdoog
enutpen eybdoog, otulp eybdoog
stenalp ffo raf dna snoom ffo raf
namnoom eybdoog, namecaps eybdoog
tseb ta edis-b, namsram eybdoog
enutpen eybdoog, otulp eybdoog
stenalp ffo raf dna snoom ffo raf
namnoom eybdoog, namecaps eybdoog
(i think i'm going back down to earth)
tseb ta edis-b, namsram eybdoog
(i think i'm going to fix myself this time)
enutpen eybdoog, otulp eybdoog
(i think i'm going back down to earth)
stenalp ffo raf dna snoom ffo raf
(i think i'm going to fix myself this time)
namnoom eybdoog, namecaps eybdoog
tseb ta edis-b, namsram eybdoog
enutpen eybdoog, otulp eybdoog
stenalp ffo raf dna snoom ffo raf
ton em sevol ehs, em sevol ehs, em sevol ehs, ho
ton em sevol ehs, em sevol ehs, em sevol ehs, ho
evol remmus ym
evol remmus ym
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i. pale blue dot
she's so empty and obscene as she squanders all of her dreams
she's the sun, she's a star, she's a floating ball of gas
i think she knows she's only pretty on the outside
as she frolics through her life as a plastic girl
each one's different (yeah right) says the back of the box
relax honey, no one wants to play with your heart
she's so empty and obscene, looks like every other girl you've ever seen
she's the sun, she's a star, she's fat and burning out
i think she knows she's not that pretty on the inside
as she frolics through her life as a plastic girl
everyone that's loved you says you put them through hell
so they send you back in your box and you rot on the shelf
sex is not the be all, end all of this generation
get that through your molded skulls so we can fix this civilization
don't you know how hard it is to be your own man?
you don't know how hard it is to be your own man
(or woman, or, whatever, jeez)
you are not the hero of your world's little story
'cause all you are is someone else, and you keep changing every week
can't have time to think when all you do is eat
don't have time to think when all you do is eat
she's so empty and obscene, she's even less than what she seems
she's the sun, she's a star, she's a pale blue dot
ii. punk planet
since i don't align with the politics
i'm slowing this song down so i don't get shit for it
i put in some real chords to throw them off my trail
but who will prevail
(sorry we couldn't get greg ginn to do the solo here. i'm sure you are all terribly saddened)
since i don't align with the morals of our founders
i'm slowing this song down and turning off my gain
so much for being a bastion for freedom of thought
well, i guess not
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Moonman
06:04
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come on, moonman
come on, moonman
moonman, where's the fight in you?
moonman, they broke you in two
come on, moonman
come on, moonman
come on, moonman
moonman, where's the fight in you?
moonman, they broke you in two
come on, moonman
come on, moonman
come on, moonman
moonman, where's the fight in you?
moonman, they broke you in two
come on, moonman
it's okay that she went away
it's okay, you never wanted to stay
it's okay that she went away
it's okay, you never wanted to stay
come on, moonman
come on, moonman
moonman, where's the fight in you?
moonman, they broke you in two
come on, moonman
it's okay, you know we won't be long
('cause down here i don't think you belong, belong)
it's okay, keep fighting and stay strong
(with your fear, you know you'll never be strong, and you're not at all)
come on, moonman
come on, moonman
moonman, where's the fight in you?
moonman, they broke you in two
come on, moonman
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Years Late
03:33
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[instrumental]
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Spaceman
06:52
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i've been a spaceman my entire, pathetic life
i don't want to talk about it
i've got nothing to say about it
can't find something to say about it
i can't pick one star out from the rest
i've been in this pod my entire, pathetic life
i've run out of things to do
can't read books, can't watch flicks
hang with friends or fuck with chicks
when i get down to earth
what am i gonna do?
try to start anew
or continue chasing you?
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Bad Witch Glendora, California
out of tune guitars and manic visions, recorded in my bathroom est. 2017
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