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1. |
I Never Sleep
02:49
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He screams at this wolf
He shivers and cries
He whispers and tells me
He hates when he dies
I look at the ground
Don't know what to say
Then climb into bed
Feeling exactly the same
I won't sleep tonight
And neither will he
I've passed on this curse
Probably my legacy
I hate it for him
Accept it for me
I can't kill his wolf
I'll try to build a place
From which he can hide
From this whole stupid race
For all of these wolves
We'll alway be prey
And someday my kid
He won't know what to say
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2. |
David Christ
02:30
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David Christ
It can't rain all the time
And while you're waiting for the world to end
You might as well get in line
People like you, by which I mean me
We share the same proclivity
For fucking things up, without intending
Your ego's writing checks but your brain's done pretending
Well, he's a saint
Who would've ever guessed
I'll never understand what these assholes like
Color me unimpressed
People like you, by which I mean me
We share the same proclivity
For fucking things up, without intending
Your ego's writing checks, but your brain's done pretending
We'll pick a place
Somewhere you've never been
Remember to breathe as the plane lifts off
You'll probably be able to do it again.
People like you, by which I mean me
We share the same proclivity
For fucking things up, without intending
Your ego's writing checks, but your brain's done pretending
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3. |
Evangelical Tiki Torch
02:47
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They paved over everything that you care about
We went to the march and listened to them shout
My brain, there's a disconnect
A distant memory
I guess
I thought it would get sorted out eventually
Driving past the crumbling church
Evangelical tiki torch burning in the lawn
Traded your god for a gun.
Jesus, I wish there was a way for you to understand
How dangerous
When you work so hard to deify a conman
Skeletons
I know eventually that's what we all will be
But bury me away from everything that you consider holy
Driving past the crumbling church
Evangelical tiki torch
Burning in the lawn
Traded your god for a gun
Scream still
All we ever wanted was a fighting change
I will keep pushing back
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4. |
Gave Up
03:16
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Gave up on astral projection
Never been much of an exception
Always want to escape
Still try to meditate
Then over medicate, I'm a mess
Trying to catch a feeling
Or the memory of that
But everything's so fleeting
And I can't stay on my back
Just tell me when to be there
And tell me what the fuck I should wear
I'll throw something together
We'll make believe that we both care
The days are getting longer
The nights are filled with dread
Will it end
When did it start
This aching in my head
In my darkest moments
Weak with apathy
I'm not even sure why you would stay with me.
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5. |
Beach Day
02:33
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Bathed in a river of rage
You would think at my age
That I could figure it out
And I laid on the beach in the sand
With my head in my hands
On a day full of doubt
When I said that I know
"Everything works out eventually"
Like a forest buried
Underneath the leaves
You could search all day and still never find
Whatever we left behind
When I thought
That I was going to get caught
And all the things that I've fought
How could I not run away
Then you said
"Have I always been dead
Or is it all in my head?"
Maybe I should just stay
When I said that I know
"Everything works out eventually"
Like a forest buried
Underneath the leaves
You could search all day and still never find
Whatever we left behind
I know
Someday my heart will explode
And the rest of me will just go:
"How did we ever get out?"
So I sat
On the beach, in the sand
With my head in my hands
On a day full of doubt
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6. |
I Can't Wait
01:48
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Tried to escape out the window
But it was painted shut
I pushed and pushed and pulled
And now I've come undone
I thought I knew
I guess I fucked that up
It seems so strange
Whatever this once was
What did they say to radicalize you?
You hated me, before I despised you
Is it the apocalypse?
Isn't that what you all want?
What a way to live
I can't wait to haunt the shit out of you
I'll whisper "murder" in your ear
That way we can justify
All that time living in fear
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7. |
Ghost World
02:19
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I live in a ghost world
Where nothing is real
And everything's changing
At least that's how it feels
I'm floating down hallways
I'm sleeping til noon
I'm staying up all night to howl at the moon.
And maybe you hate
Can't say that I mind
When I look back at everything
You're always behing
I mean that you're lacking
It's progress we need
You simply don't have it
It's time to concede
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8. |
Southern Bulgarian Miak
02:57
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Lit by street light
Got lost on the way home
I'd say
"No way"
You know how my mind always roams
Why would you ask me
We can't ever agree
Mostly I'm asleep
The only safe place we can meet
Sat up all night
Dread what daylight will bring
Hide out
Why not?
I'm pretty good at that sort of thing
Why would I call you?
Don't ever know what to say.
I'll never have to disappoint you
If you're always away
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9. |
Decaying Proof
01:12
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The skeletons of shopping malls
Decaying proof of our past
Don't pay attention to the preacher
It's clear that nothing ever lasts
They dot the landscape in the distance
Across the sea of plastic bags
I'll never trust another person
Who says they're telling me the facts
Then we can burn down all the garbage
And light the trees on fire
Maybe we'll pray that we're forgiven
For whatever will transpire
And now I'm stick here with the living
And I'm obsessed over the dead
I keep on living like I'm dying
And that just fills me with more dread
I guess I don't know where I'm going
But I've got company for that
Just trying to make sure I don't confuse
My feelings for facts
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10. |
My Brain is Sick
01:52
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I'm sick
Sick in the brain
Sick in a place I can't quite reach
Maybe going insane
Detached from all really
"Oh look it's a magical thing that no one can see!"
And maybe you're right
And maybe you're wrong
I'm sad
"Oh, why can't you see?"
I think it's in the place where my feelings should be
The dead
They're screaming at me
Oh, it's all a waste
I said in poor taste
And now I'm splitting in three
And maybe you're right
And maybe you're dumb
And maybe I'm tired
So please just fuck off
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11. |
Feel our Bones
03:25
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Watch the astroid keep coming closer
Then we'll disappear
Like the dinosaurs
Buried under a mountain
Or in a pit of tar
Spend our lives hoping that this
Eventually
It all would make sense
I guess right now I'd settle
For an open bar
Feel our bones get crushed
Watch us turn to dust
Afterlife or bust
Seems meaningless to me
Hide me underground
Never make a sound
At the lost and found
For all eternity
Traded some coffee
For a ride in a spaceship
I didn't show up
It never made sense
Now I look back and wonder
"Maybe, I was wrong"
Feel my mind start to wander
Spent too much time trying to ponder
Living from feeling to feeling
Til everything was gone
Feel our bones get crushed
Watch us turn to dust
Afterlife or bust
Seems meaningless to me
Hide me underground
Never make a sound
At the lost and found
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12. |
Six Kids From Bayside
01:02
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13. |
This Place is Cursed
03:56
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Oh, corporate shill
Sweet sycophant
You'll take your fill
While others can't
Don't hide away apologist
It's all okay you charlatans
It's not your fault capitalist
It's just the way it's always been
This country's curse
Sweet lizard brain
Stood on our backs
To get your gain
Now close your eyes
Just like your minds
Your thoughts and prayers
Have made you blind
Then all this pride
Stands in the way
"I'm proud to be"
You always say
But all I see
Marginalized
How can it be that we're so blind
Then there's a debt
That's left to pay
Pray to your gods
It's all ok
You'll never know
The harm you've done
This place is cursed
With gods and guns
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14. |
Honest Liar
04:08
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If you really think you're right
Then why are you screaming
If you honestly think I'm wrong
Then why are we pretending
That there's anything left to say
I mean the weather's the same
And this town is still lame
And I think I'm fucking losing my mind
I want to set it all on fire
Then watch it from the tallest tree
I could make an honest liar
If they never asked me what I thought
I wouldn't have to say a fucking thing
If we're going to pretend it's noble
To always deal in absolutes
All its going to cause is trouble
It keeps nagging at me and it won't let me be
Like some sort of mental loose tooth
I want to set it all on fire
Then watch it from the tallest tree
I could make an honest liar
If they never asked me what I thought
I wouldn't have to say a fucking thing
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Lizard Brain Trust Lawrence, Kansas
Indie Rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. It's a shame the world is ending, we were hoping to fuck some shit up.
JP Redmon, Aaron Swenson, Cameron Hawk, Seth Chandler, Colin Jones
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