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Living In America
03:52
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LIVING IN AMERICA
all my close friends are splitting up
i moved out west for a brand new start last month
and it's hard to see your face on my computer screen
as i'm blacking out all these memories
and i can't stand being here all alone
and it's so hard to mend a broken heart
and it was so weird seeing you by the mini mart
now there's an angel singing in my ear
(that's actually your tinnitus dear)
well i loved you like a christian loves the bible
and i need you like your father needs his bottles
living in america dancing with my limbs to your favorite songs
drag me out to shake out all the pain
been ingesting too many chemicals
since i broke my brain back on the east coast
believe in me because i believe in you
and it's so hard to mend a broken heart
maybe it was broken from the start
now there's an angel singing in my ear
(that's actually your tinnitus dear)
now jar jar binks is staring back at me
as i take a bump right off the key
and everybody in this bathroom thinks i'm in mgmt
as they google results of ketamine
well i loved you like a christian loves the bible
and i need you like your father needs his bottles
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2. |
When You Lose The Light
04:02
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WHEN YOU LOSE THE LIGHT
life on penn street, god abandoned me again for sleep
old apartments, vacant food at night i shouldn't eat
infrastructure breaking daily
we keep lying down
we're fast torpedos stuck with needles
angelic simple kindness
that's not important to me
i just want my body back
i'd grab my running shoes
and set the smoke alarms
circling my consciousness
i should just keep my mouth shut
glistening down the drain
when you lose the light of who you're supposed to be
saving coupons, buying mushrooms
depression light leak
i'm a tortoise, high on platforms
spitting in the night
the sirens went off again
nobody even came
i guess it's all up to me
the best decisions are free
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3. |
I Don't Feel Funny Today
02:32
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I DON'T FEEL FUNNY TODAY
i don't feel funny today
not even when you laughed so hard that the milk came out of your nose
or when your dress got caught on a branch and unraveled all your clothes
i don't feel funny today
i wanna see a mountain lion running around on my television screen
i wanna lay in bed all day and barely think about anything
and i wanna make a stranger laugh
so loud you need a seismograph
body curling over on the ground
o' what a wonderful sound
i don't feel funny today
i realized that all my favorite songwriters killed themselves
then i went to go grab a book right off of my shelf
and saw that a lot of those authors also killed themselves
but we're alive
i don't feel funny today
not even when you tripped on your lace and you fell right into the mud
or used your whole paycheck just to build me a house of spuds
and i wanna make a stranger cry
the kind of tears that make you feel surprised
wake up with the morning sun
go outside and have yourself some fun
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BLACK DEATH (i've been thinking bout you lately)
black death i've been thinkin bout you baby, black death
my friends we've been keeping our heads up, lately
is something wrong
was that new song you wrote for me?
you lied so i just repeat the same old inner monologue
seesaw i've been going up and down wanna tag along
black death i've been thinkin bout you baby, black death
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5. |
I Don't Wanna Die In TX
02:48
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I DON'T WANNA DIE IN TX
i don't wanna die in tx with my friend behind the wheel
feel my body gyrating and my mind is kind of making me sick
60 is the new 40 but 26 is still the new 26
braden you could get to heaven, and not make 27
and never even get your fix (of life)
i wanna see your face on the dancefloor
or chasing down a greased up pig
dreaming of southern life cliches
while i'm basking away trying not to have a panic fit
i don't wanna die in tx unless pantera's on the box
bring me back to middle school, smoking your stepdads kools
using horse shampoo to make your headbanging look cooler
well if i make it home in one piece
i'll probably just sleep for a whole week
maybe make this demo and obsess about my dwindling spirit
until i make it real
i don't wanna die in general but maybe i should write my will
with my bank account near zero i could be a hero
and graciously give you my synth
i don't wanna die in tx but i guess i didn't if you're hearing this song
and just because i'm a jew doesn't mean that i should rip off silver jews
and not acknowledge it all
i don't wanna die in tx with my friend behind the wheel
feel my body gyrating and my mind is kind of making me sick
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6. |
Randy
02:42
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RANDY
i invest in feeling you've expressed
i'll be home every morning
my second chance is dawning
randy says, she's gone to chicago
she's sleepy in the daytime
made best friends with her bottles
cover your eyes, this could take all night
but we've got all the time
since you've suspended your prized flight
away
calling to check to see who's gotten dressed
taking shots of bourbon
shouting about the state you're in
you cut your tongue just to have some fun
we could watch the shining
or freak out on your acid
i invest in feeling you've expressed
i'll be home every morning
my second chance is dawning
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7. |
Haggert's Nightmare
02:59
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HAGGERT'S NIGHTMARE
we walked through the belly of the town
crossing over just to see me drown
we had a good time
everybody feels fine
i'm at a loss
roadblock in the heart
why's life so impossible
when you were in love it was so plausible
you hit that solid ground
and you felt muted in sound
praise be the piece of the pie
priest to the pie
piece of mind you are the apple of my eye
(you can't even sleep painting pictures on the ceiling
don't even think so honey, now feed your body
and smoke your cigarettes, you really know what's best
you really think so)
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8. |
I Was Wrong About You
02:18
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I WAS WRONG ABOUT U
waiting for my phone to ring
hoping this response don't sting
i was worried that i'd fall right back in
got me thinking that i was wrong about u
it's getting hot here in the fahrenheit
on the street in the middle of the night
you dropped something right out from your pocket
watching out for alien abductions
my brain's doing the same old thing
i was worried that i'd fall right back in
making jokes about these fancy cars
got me thinking that i was wrong about u
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UNITED COLLISION SPECIALIST #4
my eyes glaze over i have socks
on your feet you're wearing crocs
i took off my death mask so i could finally see it
life is beauty life is loss
here we freeze out in the moss
i'm always feeling like an altercations coming
going to grab more salt for her
as i burn my candle with no alter
i just wanna shine and for you to shine
seeing vultures in my sleep
vacant signs are taunting me
as the river nearby starts making me anxious
sleep or swim i'm filled with dread
so hard for you to find a peaceful man
reality wants me but i really need a coffee
crack my head with an 808
crack my head with an 808 wide open
looking for a big noise to fill my soul
walking towards the movie theater
we ate grapes as the credits rolled
everything here smells like distance
flawed and sprawled put out like rejects
talking about the possibilities with the deli clerk
and to the space left undisturbed
i've been holding on to old patterns
and i just wanna hold your hand with my hand
so much conscience in my throat
i think last night i barely spoke
waiting to feel a warmth that wasn't coming
my whole life's been repetition
masqueraded as ambition
and i cant keep putting myself so down
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10. |
WW3
02:25
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WW3
i don't see the point anymore
i don't wanna live through the third world war
and i don't wanna die, unless it's with you
that'd be pretty painful but also kind of fucking cool
eating vegan substitutes, waiting for the nuclear bomb
writing strange songs that will freak out my mom
i could be a mannequin or a puppet on a string for you
i'm here alone in my new house and your out on a prog rock cruise
i know that sounds specific
do you want to go to the pacific and drink some booze
well i've got nothing left to lose
fuck it turn on the autotune
turn it off, here's to a new start
here's to kinda falling apart
here's to everybody trying to hide their broken heart
it's so easy to get bitter
it's so easy not to litter
i tried to make her happy but maybe that just didn't fit her
now i feel my sorrow creeping in
sometimes i don't know what to do with it
we went to the bar and watched the sea cave in
i feel like an alien
can we just pretend
life's okay it's a birthday party
ice cream cake and warm bacardi here
now i think i see the point
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11. |
Things That Sit Softly
04:22
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THINGS THAT SIT SOFTLY
we woke up to foreign flames
you looked so cool in the parking lot
wanting to take a drive just to get away from me
now everything in sight burns like romantic love
and you knew me better than i knew myself
things that sit softly
what's the matter in the system today
fecal matter inside of my brain
i snapped at two old friends
thinking i understood the shit
and you know me
a version that's maybe sensing
a surplus of obligatory
weird and showstopping themes
things that sit softly
now i'm watching you driving in video games
and i get choked up at the strangest things
a "death or glory" shower scene
the clash making me spill all of my beans
things that sit softly
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