1. |
The General Idea
01:46
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only you can evaluate whether or not it’s worth it to try and
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2. |
Let's Not Mince Words
05:00
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you just biked
past my window
thank you
I needed something
else to start with
your accomplishments
my attitude
your logic
but there’s no rush
head butt
please let’s stop this
it’s horseshit
but it’s so real
I can’t do it
I’m not ready
I’m laughin
I’m laughin
you just biked
now two times
and I’ll just wait
for the third time
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3. |
It Feels So Strange
04:14
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it feels so strange
that now, more than ever,
no one wants to talk about it
it pays to be clever –
not the kind of thing you want to hear
when you’re this tired
and you’re just a hired gun
when your back is sore
from standing at shows
and you’re not even 30 yet,
but at this point,
you might as well be dead.
oh man,
the year 2016 really got me, let me at it again.
how could you write that then sleep?
why all this hide and seek?
come out and sit right next to me -
and let’s get to talking through all this dismantling.
so quickly, we’re back
we’re singing the same tune
but to someone else’s song
shame will one day find you
when you wake up on a side you’re never on
and you’ll feel so tired
so many years you’re running from
your principles are only slightly dulled
but the shapes and the lines on my body aren’t the ones you knew before
it’s clear where this is going, you don’t have long to let me know
how could you write that then sleep?
why all this hide and seek?
how will you find your harmony
while I’m out here
and you’re sitting right next to me?
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4. |
Simple Song
02:22
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two more down
three to come
causing tension where there’s none
a measurement
the time you took to say it
a sad attempt on second try
that got better overnight
a hole one, a pretty bad example
getting so close
never done
the black horizon shadows the sun
two years of minutes
broken down
the list is long but we’re all together now
a trembling hold on the past
that just isn’t built to last
a reckless tune, the cool drink you’re holding
microsoft, rhubarb pie,
what your parents used to like
the ticking clock,
summer breeze forever
wring out the last rays
of curfewed light
does it constrict you or can it hold you tight?
before we close shop
open up
let us pay you like the other does
change these last words
to what you want
can you commit to anything you love?
three bells, sunshine, pour the last one out, one chain, two bribes, she fell one flight.
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5. |
The Next Idea
01:34
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a bandage
and a short rope:
I have fought it against it and I will continue to.
I am ashamed of everything I make
there’s a new trend
a heinous crime
dance
no longer afraid to die
you said just once,
can this just stop
not much of a sweettooth
keep it down
rise up
hands in the sky
plant seeds in the ground
I know who to trust to get this done
it’s not easy and I can see why
I know how to trust to get this done
it’s not them, no, it’s you and i
keep it down, rise up
still hold
those sweet hands in the sky
turn it upside down, set fires
plant seeds in the ground
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7. |
Laval
00:18
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oh well I hopped on my bike, went to Laval, just to find a way to past the time – since it’s the end of the world I think I’ll marry the girl, the post-apocalypse sure looks bright!
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8. |
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I’m so lonesome I could cry
but I can’t reach out to you
how much longer must we pretend
that I don’t want to break the rules -
but you’ve got your home
and I’ll keep to mine.
I beg that you let me down easy
I don’t wanna hear a thing
untie me slowly, friend
I think it’s an inch, I know it’s a mile
but if you’re down to kick it too
then let’s take the risk
I’ll roll the dice
and I’ll do my best to keep steady
while you just keep wandering.
I know how this story ends.
stripped down to colour
and a shape
two brown eyes
without a face
I’ll bet money
someday
you’ll fade away
But until that day, I wish you’d bust out of lockdown, come over, and stay.
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9. |
Five Roses
03:53
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I wrote a song
that starts with the words:
“five roses”
and nothing after.
cause there’s nothing left
to sing about.
I wrote a song!
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10. |
EDM Light
03:00
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everything leaked
I posted on reddit for the first time
everything’s true
I’ve turned on the lights in the disco, baby
and it turns out we weren’t alone
right behind you was
just the sort of person I’d avoid at the grocery store
when you know them
but not enough to say hi
just avoid eyes
everything’s blue
took me for a walk down the avenue
everything’s timed
the clock doesn’t tick as the wind chimes, baby
the bass dropped right when the sun rised
you fled instantly
to shield from that edm light
apotheosis of none of the things that you like
at the right time
maybe, baby
if I could warn
bmxdude69
the pigeon stood poised
the cat arched its spine
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11. |
Mountain of Gore
04:19
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you said just once
will you ever stop this
time to give up
scylla and charybdis
where did you get it
where did you find it
not much of a sweet tooth
but you’ve got one real bad
this one’s on you, friend,
time to kneel down, friend
[it’s very hard to predict but this is the part for you that only you can evaluate whether or not it’s worth it to try and]
you said just once
will you ever stop this
time to give up
scylla and charybdis
where did you get it
where did you find it
not much of a sweet tooth
but you’ve got one real bad
this one’s on you, friend,
time to kneel down, friend
keep it down, rise up
still hold
those sweet
hands in the sky
turn it upside down
set fires
plant seeds in the ground
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12. |
Deliberate
04:05
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settle in
one, two
count me in
all the songs
settle in
found it
here again
three more songs
yet again
three, four
count it off
two more songs
settle in
here again
I could be
deliberate
settle in
one, two
count me in
all the songs
settle in
found it
it again
one song
yet again
three, four
count it off
two more songs
settle in
one, two
here again
I could be
deliberate
it again
one song
count me in
more songs
count me in
three more songs
it again
it again
deliberate
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