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1. |
Once and Future
02:26
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Running 'round in circles
A timer in my hand hoping that someday I'll be fast enough
This isn't a dilemma
I'm just bored, unfulfilled and can't associate with anyone
I'm drinking on a schedule
To keep it in control so I don't ever have to quit outright
I'm cutting out amphetamines and coffee after 4
So I can finally get to sleep at night
If everything I want is in the future
And everything I've earned is in the past
Then all I have now is apologies
But someday I will learn to please the once and future me
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2. |
I Wish I Wasn't
02:00
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Hit the lights and draw the blinds
Another night we’ll spend inside
I know there’s a world out there to explore
Meanwhile I prefer to hide
From all of the ones that just might see what it is we do secretly
Hitting the bricks because you never signed up for this
I wish I wasn’t the me that you got
Damaged goods left out by the curb to rot
The things you’re not saying all screaming the thought
That this isn’t the me that you want
A part of me wonders why
A bigger part already knows
You deserve the happiness you’re seeking
And that means I just have to go
No one to blame, this one’s on me
I wish I wasn’t the me that you got
Damaged goods left out by the curb to rot
The things you’re not saying all screaming the thought
That this isn’t the me, though I wish I could be
I’m just not the me that you want
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3. |
Progress
02:15
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There's a cloud of dust that's blocking out the sunlight
That will soon enough be settled at our feet
To trap us like quicksand and pull us until we're unable to breathe.
What do we export the blame to
When we're all a bearing witness to the crime?
With cause of complacence and result of bedlam
I wish we all could wake like none of this had happened
Another chance to take control we gave away
I'm trying to explain the purpose of your actions
But they'll be getting no respect today
You took our progress and tore it away
I'll keep in mind that we exist in a bubble
If you'll acknowledge you gave up listening to any logic long ago
There's a wave that's coming up on the horizon
That will soon enough be crashing at our shore
To pull us all under a blanket of water
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4. |
Rain Check
00:53
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Too busy for lunch, too busy for dinner
Too busy all times in between
Never too busy for anyone else
Just always too busy for me
I finally get you don’t want to be friends because every time I try
To make plans to hang out with you I am met with
The same simple reply
“How ‘bout a rain check?”
More like how ‘bout a “no”
Or how ‘bout a “yours is the last face that I want to see
Now fuck off and leave me alone”
Don’t get me wrong
I appreciate that you’re trying to be polite
But you might as well say what we both god damn know
You just want me out of your life
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5. |
United Failure
01:35
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We were seventeen
So naive
A ghost of who we'd someday be
But headed to the point of no return
Now it's been some years
We're twenty two
Barely scraping by but both accepting that you're settling for me
And I'm settling for you
Here we go
I am dropping to one knee like we had planned
And with this ring I'm giving up on every dream I've ever had
We're both to blame but I know that we'd agree if we were honest
That we are one united failure to keep from being both alone
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6. |
Don't Try
01:15
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If it wasn’t fucking this, it’d be something fucking else
Always some dumb shit fucking up my mental health
I don’t know if this is the end or a cry for fucking help
I just know if it wasn’t this, it’d be something fucking else
Don’t try, do drugs
Don’t work, it sucks
Don’t bother going to school unless you plan on dropping out
Say to hell with voting because your vote doesn’t really count
It’s all a joke, it’s a lie
You’ll stay broke, then you’ll die
But it’s your life so you decide which road you think is best
Save the world or burn it down
I couldn’t care less
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7. |
Mayday
02:26
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I don’t care if the sun don’t shine
And it rains ‘til the end of time
All it ever did was hurt my eyes
And I don’t care if this house burns down
I ain’t trying to get out
I’ll be gone by the time that I’m found
Oh I don’t want to be like this
Mayday, is there a way out of here
Should I just neglect reason and accept
This was all a case of shitty luck
Fighting makes much more sense
But honestly I feel like giving up
Oh I don’t want to be like this
But I guess that’s just how it is
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8. |
Legacy
02:39
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This is our night
Let's grab our drinks and raise 'em up into the sky
Let's put our arms around each other one more time
We'll by the martyrs of a legacy run dry
Let's make a memory that cures us all
There are narratives at play
Each less important than keeping a common resolve
Not just anyone would stay
Each year that passes includes one or more moving on
We're firing with all cylinders aligned
We're holding off our future like a dam holding onto a tide
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9. |
Uncomfortable Shoes
02:19
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How the hell did I get here
Just kept on ignoring everything for years
Hoping it would go away
Fingers that I pointed now all point this
Way too tired of fighting myself
Those these shoes hurt my feet
Won’t take them off
Still have so many miles to walk
Before I’m through
So many times you tried to help
I told you “don’t worry, I’ll fix it myself”
But I never fixed a thing
An expert in denial and self-medicating
All those times I should have faced it but I ran
“Leave me alone” I said
Now that’s just what I am
Those these shoes hurt my feet
Won’t take them off
Still have so many miles to walk
Before I say
I’ve made it to the place I’ve had in mind
Got to leave some bad habits behind
Along the way
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10. |
Throw it all Away
00:47
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I could hold on but I grip too tight
I could see you but my eyes are too wide
I am winding up to see how far I can throw it all away
I can throw it all away
I could speak now but I'd have to write
I could hear you but the volume's to high
I am winding up to see how far I can throw it all away
I can throw it all away
We can throw it all a...
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11. |
You're Not Crazy
02:52
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Like the doctor told you
Twice a day you swallow it
The pills don’t make you smile
They just make you shit
The voices that won’t let up with the awful things they say
They’re lying and trying their damnedest to take you away
I need you to please stay strong for me
The thoughts in your head don’t mean that you’re weak
You feel there’s no coming back but you’re not crazy, you’re just sad
I need you to get up and out of bed
And face this day and all the ones ahead
Believe me when I tell you that you’re not crazy, you’re just sad
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12. |
Piece of Shit
01:26
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Do you remember what I used to call prosperity?
Can you remember what I used to do for fun?
It's like a movie made for studio
Over budget, undersold
With no one understanding what it was
But still I'm watching for a better sense of clarity
And I'm still staring at the faces frozen in time
It's like a hit parade of "could've been"
So many better roles if I had stopped myself from fucking up the lines
I've been a hypocrite for challenging convictions
A bully to a freshman on the bus
I've kicked some friends out of the band so I could write more songs
I'm sorry that I did that to you
There is a price you pay for acting out insatiably
There is an emptiness to "take all you can get"
Now looking back at life and what it was
The things that I did just because
I realize that I'm just a piece of shit
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13. |
Too Old for Drugs
02:35
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The drink’s no longer helping now
And I’m too old for drugs
My ass is wearing out the couch
My feet glued to the rug
I swear that I have tried to move at least a million times
But there’s nowhere to go
Except further down into a head that I don’t want to be in no more
It just shouts, “let’s be done with this”
And it’s getting so hard to ignore
Nobody is going to call
Haven’t seen a soul for days
Trying to will these walls to fall
Or for the roof to cave
I swear that I’ve thought about reaching out a million times
But I don’t and so I go
That much further down into a head that I don’t want to be in no more
It just shouts, “let’s be done with this”
And it’s getting so hard to ignore now
The train tracks by my apartment are starting to look like an opportunity
To rid myself of all that I’ve felt and finally be set free
Free from everything
There’s so much that I can’t ignore no more
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14. |
Splat
00:25
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If I thought that every day was going to be like this
Better believe that I would find and climb the highest bridge
And fall right off that fucker ‘til my brains went splat
But every day won’t be like this
So there’s no sense in doing that
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15. |
Going Home
02:07
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We have all been digging in our separate well
And the sky is clearing far as I can tell
The sun's getting brighter
The days getting longer
A ladder slowly rolling down to let us up and see what all has changed
We're all different in ordinary ways
With patience that's growing and burdens unfolding
We're feeling more inspired now
It's been a great visit
The next one's unknown
But I've overstayed my welcome and it's time
I'm going home
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Symphony of Distraction Sacramento, California
4 guys from California who are unabashedly in love with melodic skate punk. This love is poured so aggressively into their music, that people who have heard it have been known to have portions of their face melt and have awesome-sauce ooze from their ear balls. Rock it at your own risk! ... more
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