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Can only get so much fresh air, and guess we're going to be stuck here for a while dear
I call that an escape there, knew that you'd never love me but thinking you'd care
Drives me to overthinking, drowned out with daytime drinking
I'm okay for a while now, sure we're gonna get out but when and how
Really trying to smile about the situation we're in but if there's no sound
I might end up a victim, of my own overthinking
I've been playing it off uncool but I
I've been free of the blues but I'll be honest with you, I'm kind of scared what I'll do if the drugs run out
Overtired and cooped and hiding out from the news, what are we gonna do if the drugs run out?
So to tell you the truth, I'm blowing half of the funds on my favourite muse
I'm holed up in my room, burning holes in my brain trying to forget about you
But I've got years to fix this, right now the ship's just sinking
I'm not worried about the long term
I've been free of the blues but I'll be honest with you, I'm kind of scared what I'll do if the drugs run out
Overtired and cooped and hiding out from the news, what are we gonna do if the drugs run out?
I don't have any proof but I've got none left to lose, so I'd rather be safe than to be in doubt
Reasonable to assume there'll be more hell to go through, what are we gonna do if the drugs run out?
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See You Again
05:29
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Under assumption of death and destruction it's reasonable but
I skipped the functions to wait for instructions at home
It's never been up for discussion this would be the way things go but
I thought the end of days would be a good time to get close
Trying to fill up more time than you know since you had to go home
A cop out acceptance of God just to feel less alone
Thought maybe I could squeeze six months more out of this hold but I know
Sooner than later it's small talk and dial tone
What in the world's going on I'm just trying to keep calm
As the shit hits the fan
For once I am trying to be strong in the midst of a storm I'm just trying to dig in to the hope that one day I might see you again
Indefinitely I could use the break after all
Maybe in six weeks I'll get a real steady hold
Stop giving in putting bandaids on bullet holes
And leave the apartment to live not just keep afloat
What in the world's going on I'm just trying to keep calm
As the shit hits the fan
For once I am trying to be strong in the midst of a storm I'm just trying to dig in to the hope that one day I might see you again
I'll get to the punchline just please let me tell the joke
Was good but I can't quite remember just what I wrote
Stoned on your front porch outside in the freezing cold
Trying for the right words but I never had a hope
What in the world's going on I'm just trying to keep calm
As the shit hits the fan
For once I am trying to be strong in the midst of a storm I'm just trying to dig in to the hope that one day I might see you again
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Mystery Meats
03:23
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I know that it's starting to bring you down and it's already gotten me
We only smile when the kids come around and it's been months but we lost count at weeks
Now half the battle's trying to pay the rent living off mystery meats
So let it run until the gas is gone or until we finally feel some heat
Woah, take it easy on me
Woah, I'm on a miserable streak
But I washed both hands and I've been keeping them clean
So I've got no choice but to jump in with both feet
Stuff what fits into a beat up car that I paid way too much to fix
I was thinking at the time that I'd be dead or rich by twenty six
Now I have prayed to everybody's god hoping one of them will stick
Another year of getting kicked around you'll be as cynical as this
Woah, take it easy on me
Woah, I'm on a miserable streak
But I washed both hands and I've been keeping them clean
So I've got no choice but to jump in with both feet
Back against the wall, hoping there's still hope involved
Am I just getting old? Waiting to fold...
I know some days I tend to bring us down but I'm just trying to take the reigns
Because I've gone deeper than I want to go and I have sworn I won't go back again
Because I'm just trying to use the god damn time, for so long I have complained
If I don't make it out in better shape then I must not be worth my name
Woah, take it easy on me
Woah, I'm on a miserable streak
But I washed both hands and I've been keeping them clean
So I've got no choice but to jump in with both feet
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Cool Now
04:24
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A song about feeling disillusioned and as if you have to ignore all the shit sandwiches around you to live contentedly
lyrics
Are we cool now?
Think I'm coming around
Wouldn't say proud, but I'm here in one piece anyhow
I've tapped out
Been screaming so loud
I'll calm down, won't be a problem anyhow
Are we cooling down?
In the midst of a drought
When I've found, the only way out is the clouds
Are we screwed now
Am I just freaking out
I'll back down, try to dissipate into the crowd
Like the back of my hand, but I've gotten so careless I forget what it's like
Taking a stand, but get to embarrassed to really put up a fight
Are we tuned out?
To uncomfortable sounds
All holed out, but the sound of screams is getting loud
And I've lost count
Of heads stuck in the ground
I'm stuck around, a quiet and complicit crowd
Like the back of my hand, but I've gotten so careless I forget what it's like
Taking a stand, but get to embarrassed to really put up a fight
I don't think I have the heart think we've been doomed from the start
Relying on some broken parts to hold it up enough
But I've been trying to say something is not in it's place
And trying to fight through the days is really getting tough
So I've been turning away from even half of the pace
But getting harder to hold even a simple bluff
So I've got something to say and getting closer to caving
Trying not to complain but it just comes off the cuff
Like the back of my hand, but I've gotten so careless I forget what it's like
Taking a stand, but get to embarrassed to really put up a fight
Why are you screaming I've been practically honest that's the best I can do
How can you blame me when I still don't believe you saying the worst is through
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It won't go far, but hand them all a gold star
For doing the god damn least they can
A bit depraved, to ask how much that I gave
When all I've got is in my hand
Things take shape, and start to quickly slip away and all that I can do is laugh
And we've come so far, I don't know if I have the heart, all that I can do is laugh
Shouldn't be so complicated, frankly I don't understand the patience
Guess we've all become complacent, as long as we can keep it out of sight
Things take shape, and start to quickly slip away and all that I can do is laugh
And we've come so far, I don't know if I have the heart, all that I can do is laugh
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Willy Nilly Kingston, Ontario
A bunch of raccoons wearing trenchcoats playing various instruments
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