1. |
Vegan X
03:57
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I'll drink coffee till I'm nauseous
and I'll eat a box of chocolates
often sitting on the toilet I'm in pain
and I just quit smoking cigarettes
now I'm eating more and shitting less
stress I guess
has got me smokin smokin more than ever again
vegan straightedge
smokin cigarettes I break edge
almost every day yea
vegan straightedge
a head of lettuce got more brains than me when I break edge
my weight it fluctuates
my diet's inconsistent
inconsistently
calorie deficient
I used to think occasional
constipation was normal
diarrhea sometimes too
I came across a meme that said my symptoms were from eating meat
so true
vegan straightedge
smokin cigarettes I break edge
almost every day yea
vegan straightedge
a head of lettuce got more brains than me when I break edge
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2. |
Follow Me
02:30
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I'm afraid to turn my tv off
it makes me feel less alone
I know that isn't punk
but what if I told you
that I still use a flip phone
don't get confused
I'm just like you
I'm online
notifications feel so nice
they validate my life
so lets take a group picture and post it
la la la la la la la
follow
worship
me
I've been in love before
or maybe just obsessed
I turn my phone on silent when I'm waiting for text
impatiently depressed and yes that's me again
I'm so extra
insecure
so I'll text ya
nothing important just give a reply
and make me feel alive
can we make this official and post it
la la la la la la la
follow worship me
follow worship you
follow worship me
follow worship me
follow worship you
follow worship me
and I'm scared
that I'm never gonna get to wear a kxlu sweater and I swear
that I thought this was real
and I thought I could feel
worth for a while
but know I just don't know
cuz I'm going home alone
I'm gonna stay up all night looking at my phone
I'm searching
for nothing
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3. |
Katie
02:37
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Katie girl you're so damn sweet yea yea
Katie girl you're so damn sweet yea yea
yea yea yea
yea yea yea
yea sometimes it's hard to understand
yea yea yea
I love eating monkey bread
staying up late on the couch instead
of going home
and your smile it makes me cry
not a lot but just sometimes
when I'm alone
and you're always there
for me
you always pick up
I know I don't text back
but I'm trying to get better at that
I'm sorry I called you names
a text message as I drove away
after banging on your door and you wouldn't let me in
could you hear me screaming
you don't love me anymore
I smelled like shit
and you
drove to me and picked me up
and put me in your car
and took me to get food
with blood on my arms
I'm better now
if you call me I'll pick up
if not I'll call you back
you work so hard
I scream so loud
I love you
I love you
I love you
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4. |
Listening
04:18
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Chris walked through door
I was playing Fortnite on the floor
he shook his head
the place was a mess
no video games
we're cleaning instead
I don't want to hear it
I know what you're going to say
lets throw it away
free up some space
I said tomorrow
he said today
okay
don't touch my CD's
please
and the couch stays
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it, talk about it anymore
I don't wanna hear it
I work the graveyard
I get off at 7 AM
oh how time fly's
I realize
dentist appointment
Friday at 9
I don't wanna hear it
may I please use a sick day
my boss says now way
but I've gotta sleep
we're understaffed
so I gotta stay
then they next day
my telephone rings
my boss is calling me
asking if I can come in early
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
I've heard this before and I honestly bored
yes you had my attention but now for much more
I don't wanna hear it
I should't complain
you're just being real
and honestly quite chill
communication is key
thank you for teaching me
and always listening
listening
listening
listening
listening
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
I've heard this before and I honestly bored
yes you had my attention but now for much more
I don't wanna hear it
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5. |
Carpet Farm
02:19
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I remember being in my room
I was but naked
though I was not alone
I could feel them watching through the walls
I swing my nut-sack back and forth because
if they're gonna watch they're gonna see it all
I throw my middle fingers up
at a blank wall
I had a flashlight carpet farming on the floor
I remember sifting through the dust
I pored out of
my vacuum cleaner
I had a collection of used batteries
dirty needles and empty baggies
with nothing but my delusions to keep me company
I'm scared
all the time
I'm fine
I got this room for one more night
my clothes are dirty
my belly's empty
I can scrape up enough change
for pop tarts at the 99
you don't need friends in this place
inside a bag I'll pick my face bloody
I've got some band-aids
I don't need nobody
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6. |
Casey's Song
03:39
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-chorus-
you left us all behind asking and wondering why
tomorrow will never come for you (x2)
-verse-
i used to have this job, working really hard
getting different people back into their cars
casey was often one of them
he'd call up the club while he's working making subs
hey joe i locked my keys in my car again
i didn't mind helping a friend
other days i'd pick him up and we'd drive across town
go north in the valley then we'd go all the way back down
listen to the sounds on the radio
helped these three girls years back in the summer
it was so hot he even got one of their numbers
it doesn't even seem that long ago
-chorus-
you left us all behind asking and wondering why
tomorrow will never come for you (x2)
-bridge-
I hope they serve guiness wherever you've gone to
I'll see you in the stars beyond the moon
-(we'll all see you real soon!)
-chorus-
you left us all behind asking and wondering why
tomorrow will never come for you (x2)
we will all see you real soon.
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7. |
It's Molly
02:49
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one brother's dead
the other brother's running through my head
traumatized from all the lies
we used to be good friends
we shared a needle once or twice
against my judgment's poor advice
he told me he had cancer
and then this is what I said
oh never mind
the cancer was a lie
and now I'm terrified
I'm freaking out
he's staying on the couch so I locked him out
might be raining but he's scary
I'm always complaining
that your around
but now I 'm down
homie spot me a dose?
fair weather friend as you can see
that's me
I'm oh so gross
molly is more socially acceptable than meth
those SHARDS you found the latter but for fun lets just pretend
that I'm not banging crystal in the bathroom with my friends
I can't stop now do you understand
it's important to my self esteem if that makes sense
I'm freaking out
he's staying on the couch so I locked him out
might be raining but he's scary
I'm always complaining
that your around
but now I 'm down
homie spot me a dose?
fair weather friend as you can see
that's me
I'm oh so gross
back when
before things got so bad
we were tweaking at your pad
when your girlfriend walked in and she said
"hey Matt, I heard you're using meth"
and i said yea you heard correct
but some things I omitted
that word's
just a fancy way to lie
as in not ten minutes prior we were getting so much higher
in the home that you share
I though that you'd care
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8. |
Sleep Smoking
01:37
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-verse-
got a belly full of beer
and a stogie in his mouth
gonna hit the rack
before he puts it out
doesn't think twice
as he falls right to sleep
smoking as he snores
he sets fire to the sheets
-(nick hoodrich melts faces)-
-verse-
his brother wakes up
what the fuck is going on
threw the mattress out the window
onto the front lawn
almost killed them both
a little longer they would roast
brother saved the house
but the mattress it was toast
-(again, nick hoodrich wins over the hearts of young americans)-
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9. |
Xander
02:04
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the first time I held you
my sweat was crystallized
I was afraid
it would seep through you
and dilate your eyes
to be honest you were hardly on my mind
for a while
I've been pretty selfish
for most of my life
obsessed with myself
and being dishonest
to everyone I love
couldn't count on me to show up
I had better things to do
I'd hang out with myself avoiding
any thought of you
at all
they wanted me to clean up my act that day
I told them I'd do it but it'd have to wait a week
we had to get the test done DNA
I picked one up at walgreens
with a pack of 30 gauge needles and some band-aids
when I got to detox they took my phone
they said I'd get it back in 30 days
I'd pass the time smocking cigarettes
drinking coffee and romancing
and at the end of the month
I got my phone back
several unread messages
telling me I'm a
DAD
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10. |
Seagulls, Pt. 1
01:25
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we're all doing our best
even some of us make our beds
sometimes
my willingness is better than
the week before my running shoes and water bottle seldom used
sometimes I go a whole half day without smoking a cigarette
then I get stressed
I over eat
I'm under slept
I've got a job that keeps me up
I'm nodding off on the free way
I've got a lot
of fears
like I'm not gonna get what I want and I'm gonna loose all that I've got
there's so much to be grateful for
I'm not
I'm selfish
I forget
few and far between I let
a thought come occupy my mind
that isn't screaming out
mine mine mine
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11. |
Completely Stoned
02:50
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-chorus-
i'm rarely sober when the sun goes down
unless i'm working then i'm not too far behind
i get out just right before eight
and thats about the time i start to fade
-verse-
my mind wonders all of the time
i often wonder how i stay in line
im in control
but did you know
i love it so
so here i go again
by myself or with a friend
it doesn't matter
sometimes i mind the chatter
you can find me at home all alone
with all of my thoughts, completely stoned
-(guitar solo)-
-verse-
i have dreams of my teeth falling out of my head
self diagnosed, i should probably read less
sometimes i feel like i'm doing so well
then sometimes i feel like my life's a fucking mess
i work long hours at a job i don't like
to pay the bills and for a place to stay
things that bring me joy are music and family
and one of them are two thousand miles away
-chorus-
i'm rarely sober when the sun goes down
unless i'm working then i'm not too far behind
i get out just right before eight
and thats about the time i start to fade
i start to fade
i start to fade
i fade away
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