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Kid Chameleon
02:43
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Check the pantry and,
well, I guess it’s coffee for breakfast again.
Check all my screens for any brand new internet friends.
Been writing my dreams in an, an empty book by my bed.
Been spending my weeks trying to get outside of my head.
Cause I’ve been psyching myself out constantly and
I’ve been living my life irresponsibly and
I don’t think I know what’s gonna happen next but I like it like that.
And I’ve been doing all my chores prodigiously and
I’ve been checking the high scores religiously and
I think I’ve come to terms with being second best.
But when you’re looking at me I never know what you’re looking for…
So I’ll show myself to the door.
Lay in my bed and I stare at a wall and I wonder if it’s worth getting up at all
Lay in my bed and I stare at a wall
You lay in your bed and you stare at a wall and you wonder if it’s worth getting up at all
lay in your bed and you stare at a wall…
well get the fuck up!
Cause I’ve been psyching myself out constantly and
I’ve been living my life irresponsibly and
I don’t think I know what’s gonna happen next
but we like it like that.
And I’ve been doing all my chores prodigiously and
I’ve been checking the high scores religiously and
I think I’ve come to terms with being second best.
But when you’re looking at me I never know what you’re looking for…
So I’ll show myself to the door.
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Lost Levels
02:37
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Person in my mirror has got shit to do
and better places to be
What happened to you?
What the fuck happened to me?
Last thing I remember I was seventeen and restless
in someone’s parent’s basement planning some new way to be reckless.
And then I closed my eyes
Lost Levels (contd)
in for a hell of a surprise
‘Cause now I’m just getting by
trying my best just to not feel helpless
Wo-ah Wo-ah
Just wanted to live my life
Wo-ah Wo-ah
As the stars in a younger me’s eyes
Now I swear to god that I’m not living in the past
but if my life’s a race feels like I’m set to come in dead last.
Every time I turn around
a new ship’s run aground.
Feels like I’m gonna drown
my life’s passin me by too fuckin fast.
Wo-ah Wo-ah
Just wanted to live my life
Wo-ah Wo-ah
As the stars in a younger me’s eyes
And I just wanted to do right by the ten-year-old inside
play some video games and stay up every single night.
And I just wanted to do right by the seventeen-year-old in my mind
screamin “If I’m goin’ down it’s not without a fight”
Wo-ah Wo-ah
Just wanted to live my life
Wo-ah Wo-ah
As the stars in a younger me’s eyes
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Green Hill Zone
02:58
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These mild winters are making me nervous
and it’s the same with the heat waves in the summer.
Seems to me that they both might be pointed toward
the same colossal bummer.
and I know that we’re all looking for the little things we can do
and I know that the one to blame well it isn’t just you so
Kick the doors down and light it all up
‘Cause the god damn millionaires aren’t giving a fuck
The world is burning and it’s just our luck
How could anybody fuck this up?
Well these early springs have got me feeling good
but their reasons have me uneasy
and you know I love the falls that last an extra month but
their implications are making me queasy
and I know that we’re all looking for the little things we can do
and I know that the one to blame well it isn’t just you so
Kick the doors down and light it all up
‘Cause the god damn millionaires aren’t giving a fuck
The world is burning and it’s just our luck
How could anybody fuck this
Kick the doors down and light it all up
‘Cause the god damn billionaires don’t give a fuck
The world is burning and it’s just our luck
fuck
and I know that we’re all looking for the little things we can do
and I know that the one to blame well it isn’t just you so
Kick the doors down and light it all up
‘Cause the god damn millionaires aren’t giving a fuck
The world is burning and it’s just our luck
How could anybody fuck this
Kick the doors down and light it all up
‘Cause the god damn billionaires don’t give a fuck
The world is burning and it’s just our luck
how could anybody fuck this
how could anybody fuck this
how could anybody fuck this up?
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I can feel the summer ending
all the trees are bleeding red
and I keep having to remind myself that I don’t wish that I were dead.
As one might say to a lover
when things are looking bleak:
“Baby, let’s give it another week”
We’ve got hurricanes in Texas and we’ve got fires in California
and when the cops shoot you with teargas well, they’ll say they tried to warn ya
Neo-liberals in the white house and they’ve got no fuckin’ spine
so they’ll swear they’re doing something if you just give them a little time
and they’ll say: “It’s all part of the ride”
But when your basket’s full of broken eggs it’s hard to find the sunny side
You might call me anarchistic but it’s not really that specific
I’m just tryin to do the best with what I’ve got
I don’t think it’s just apathy but there is something wrong with me
Everything I wanna be I’m not
Everything I wanna be… 2, 3, 4!
We might be down, but we’re not out
they don’t know what they’re talking about
We might be down, but we’re not out
they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about
Folks they always tell me that the stars have got a lot to say about my life
And I just wanna know “Well, who gave them the right?!”
Fate can eat my shorts and I’ve been receiving disturbing reports
from the surface of Mercury
that say that year round that planet is pretty boring
and they’ll say: “Our future’s in the stars”
But I’m more concerned with life on earth than our prospects up on Mars
You might call me nihilistic but it’s not really that specific
I’m just tryin to do the best with what I’ve got
I don’t think it’s just apathy but there is something wrong with me
Everything I wanna be I’m not
Everything I wanna be…
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Don’t you ever feel like the world is crashing down on top of you?
Like a plane into the ocean, like a fist out of the blue,
it’s an arrow in my chest and I can’t catch a god damn breath.
What’s a person like me to a person like you?
So you say you’re moving forward but your head’s stuck in the past
and I say I’m right behind you but my feet keep sliding back
and we’ll see each other soon cause I know it’s been forever
and I know I always say that just gotta get my shit together
get my shit together
Don’t think I’m blaming this one on the weather.
Cause we’re all gonna die some way, someday
and when you’re dead it’s over no matter what those other people say.
We’re all gonna die some way, some day and so right now
I’m gonna party the night away.
Wanted to go out tonight
but my anxiety’s not going down without a motherfuckin fight
Gotta make it out tonight
Cause after weeks of darkness what I really need is a little light
just need a little light.
Doesn’t really even need to be all that bright.
Cause we’re all gonna die some way, someday
and when you’re dead it’s over no matter what those other people say.
We’re all gonna die some way, some day and so right now
I’m gonna dance the night away.
And if you’re feeling bummed out by what we’re trying to say
just remember the words of Paul Blart Mall Cop:
“Not today, death, not today!”
And if you’re feeling bummed out by what we’re trying to say
just remember the words of the immortal mall cop:
“Not today, death, not today!”
Cause we’re all gonna die some way, someday
and when you’re dead it’s over no matter what those other people say.
We’re all gonna die some way, some day and so right now
I’m gonna party the night away.
Cause we’re all gonna die some way, someday
and when you’re dead it’s over no matter what those other people say.
We’re all gonna die some way, some day and so right now
I’m gonna live my life away.
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Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
03:37
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Caught up with my sister last week, talked about our life growing up
and how some new kids in our hometown are all stuck with the same bad luck.
Feels like we’re caught in a cycle
Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
trapped in some Stephen King novel.
feels like we’re caught in a cycle. And she said:
Those hills are full of hometown ghosts
they’ve got churches full of hometown demons
and they’re praying to a heavenly host
to a god that I just can’t believe in
Those hills are full of hometown ghosts
they’ve got churches full of hometown demons
and they’re praying to a heavenly host…
Don’t believe ‘em.
Your past is gonna haunt you, it always seems to find a way
just might be in the little things that you used to do or say.
It may be where we found each other but there’s nothing left to find
and it’s what brought us together but there’s nothing left my friend
now leave it behind.
‘Cause those hills are full of hometown ghosts
they’ve got churches full of hometown demons
and they’re praying to a heavenly host
to a god that I just can’t believe in
Those hills are full of hometown ghosts
they’ve got churches full of hometown demons
and they’re praying to a heavenly host…
Don’t believe ‘em.
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20XX
03:37
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One day I’ll get tired of reacting to these cycles alone.
All I’m saying is one day I’ll lose count of all the broken bones.
Everybody knows that hell is just a quiet room.
I’ll walk up to the gate with a smile and balled up hands.
All that I ever learned was to do no more than anybody demands.
Everybody knows that frustration is a quiet thing.
So if I were Jesus I think that I would have cast a few more stones
made a few more examples before I came around to atone.
Whoo!
Watch the clouds pass by like the pipe smoke of the divine.
Do you think if I asked them that they might give me a little more time?
Everybody knows that nothing ventured is nothing gained.
Still I can’t stop the question circling in my mind:
“Would we be any better off if we were all just a little more kind?”
Everybody knows it’ll all come around again.
So if I were Jesus I think that I would have cast a few more stones
made a few more examples before I came around to atone.
So if I were Jesus I think that I would have cast a few more stones
made a few more examples before I came around to atone.
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420/2 Days
04:20
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The monotony of daily life has been getting me down
and it’s been getting harder to deal with without you being around
The little things in life just aren’t as fun anymore
watching tv by myself and I’m making solo trips to the grocery store.
and mostly I’m doing fine, it’s just a little hard to forget sometimes
a flash of light in the furthest corner of my mind
But I hope you’re happy ‘cause you deserve it,
Hope that ending what we had was worth it,
and I hope from here on out it’s only better days
I wish that we’d had more time together but nothing really lasts forever
and there was just one more thing I wanted to say
Maybe I’ll tell you what it is if I see you around someday.
I wanted to send you a message on your birthday
but the words wouldn’t come out right and I thought it might bum you out
Anway,
I don’t know why it’s important to me that you know.
I guess I wanted to remind you of the one that we spent together five years ago.
And mostly I’m doing alright, it’s just a little harder to sleep at night.
Gotta keep those thoughts ahead on the morning light.
But I hope you’re happy ‘cause you deserve it,
Hope that ending what we had was worth it,
and I hope from here on out it’s only better days
I wish that we’d had more time together but nothing really lasts forever
and there was just one more thing I wanted to say
Maybe I’ll tell you what it is if I see you around someday.
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