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I’m only tired, tired
When I can’t sleep
Long day expires
It’s halfway through the week
I’m only weary, weary
Of that dark cloud
Hanging slowly
Dressed in simple shroud
So I can’t afford to be awake at all
Sleepless nights I’m staring gently at the wall
I’ve made mistakes before but none I can recall
Staring at the wall
I’m only tired, tired
When I can’t sleep
Long day expires
It’s halfway through the week
I’m only weary, weary
Of that dark cloud
That’s hanging slowly
Dressed in simple shroud
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Sleeping till noon
Is early for me
I never see
The sunrise
When I dream
Awake at dusk
As simple could be
Inviting the night
The sunset
When I dream
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It resembled a truth
It resembled a win
Why can’t it find its ground
It resembled a sin
It resembled a truth
It resembled a win
Why can’t it find its ground
It resembled a sin
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4. |
2017/03/04 - I'll Never
01:39
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I’ll never tell
Tell what I am feeling
I’ll hold my breath
Goodbye
Farewell
I’ll never fall
Fall from the ceiling
The the ground
That road
Is long
I’ll never know
Know what I’m doing
Say what I will
It’s all
Been done
I’ll never feel
Feel that kindred spirit
Spark in the eye
It's gone
So long
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Can’t find the time
Can hardly find the patience
Turning on a dime
It’s a simple act of fate
Won’t turn away
Will not percieve to vacate
Simple words today
Leave the world a bitter state
The poems scrawled upon the shoulders
The gentle breeze upon the cheek
Forget what is remembered
A fragment of the weak
Can’t find the time
Can hardly find the patience
Turning on a dime
It’s a simple act of fate
Won’t turn away
Will not percieve to vacate
Simple words today
Leave the world a bitter state
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6. |
2017/03/06 - Saltines
00:37
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Saltines
Taste good
To me
Mostly
Saltines
Taste good
To me
Mostly
Saltines
Taste good
To me
Mostly
Saltines
Taste good
To me
Mostly
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7. |
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I’m not the one that is
Afraid of your honey
These last few times
It’s been tasting real funny
Buhbuhbuhbuhdadada
You’re the queen of the hive
Buhbuhbuhbuhdadada
You leave no one alive
I’m not the one that is
Afraid of your sting
These last few times
Are less than interesting
Buhbuhbuhbuhdadada
You leave no one alive
Buhbuhbuhbuhdadada
You’re the queen of the hive
The hive
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8. |
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Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
You were always on my mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
You were always on my mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
Empty project
Empty mind
You were always on my mind
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Friend or not
You’re welcome here
Stand by the fire and
Have no fear
Friend turns on friend
It’s the worst it can be
But stranger on stranger
Is better you see
Reach for your belt
And you’ll find it undone
Reach for the stars
I will reach for my gun
But friend turns on friend
Is the worst that can be
But stranger on stranger
Is better you see
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I got a cough
I need some soup and drugs
I got a sneeze
I need some soup and drugs
I got a headache
Need some soup and drugs
To make the pain go away
To make the pain go away
I’m bummed out
I need some soup and drugs
I’m bored as fuck
I need some soup and drugs
I’m so stressed out
I need some soup and drugs
To make the pain go away
To make the pain go away
To make the
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I’m too old to notice that
I’m too young to know
About my future as a past
I’ll never have a go
It’s so quiet on the dark side
Of the road
I guess I’ll never ever even know
The story told
It’s too late to take back
All those troubled thoughts I’ve had
Simple is as simple was
It’s kept me feeling bad
It’s so quite on the dark side
Of the road
Well, I guess I’ll never ever even know
The story told
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12. |
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I’ve got nothing to say
I’ve got nothing to say
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13. |
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I’m so out of energy
I can barely see, barely see
I’m so full of cloudiness
I can hardly breath, I can hardly breath
I can never seem to be
Who I’ve always seen in mee
I’m so out of focus now
I can barely see, barely see
I’m so out of practice now
I can hardly be, hardly be
I can never seem to be
Who I’ve always seen in mee
In me
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Dancer took a hit
He got what he paid for
Dancer took a hit
He saw what he came for
Dancer will you find out
What it is your feeling
Dancer will you zone out
Gazing at the ceiling
Dancer took a hit
Now everyones dissolving
Dancer took a hit
No problems need resolving
Dancer will you find out
That we are all one
Or dancer will you find out
That we are nobody
Oh, dancer took a hit
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15. |
2017/03/15 - Past Lament
01:46
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Simple letter
Addressed to myself
A small reminder
That I’m nobody else
Funny feeling
Awaits in the print
A single token
Of my past lament
Simple letter
Addressed to myself
A small reminder
That I’m nobody else
Funny feeling
Awaits in the print
A single token
Of my heart’s lament
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16. |
2017/03/16 - True Fire
01:49
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True fire never felt
As good as snow
Truer words are never said
As fine as now
True fire never felt
As good as snow
Truer words are never said
As fine as now
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17. |
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I don’t want to go outside
Where the weathers awfully nice
Where my friends are having
A good time
I could call around
To the other side of town
I don’t want to go no where
Where I have to force a care
Please please no not there
I could call around
To the other side of town
And I could settle down
On the other side of town
And I could settle down
On the other side of town
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18. |
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Unfiltered, receding
Unattached, depressed
Defeated, retreating
Unrelenting, repressed
The same as it ever was
It will never change
The same as it always was
It’s fallen down range
Ungodly, revolting
Devoid and digressed
Repulsive, unending
Never to last
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19. |
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Why are you here anyway
Why are you here anyway
Why are you here anyway
In my home
In my home
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20. |
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It’s never summer in my room
It’s always winter
It’s never heated, anyway
Not even here
It’s never summer in my room
It’s always winter
That’s why I keep the heater on
Every night and day
It’s never summer
It’s always winter
It’s never summer in my room
It’s always winter
It’s never summer in my room
It’s always winter
It’s never summer in my room
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21. |
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I can’t open can of tuna
I can’t open can of tuna
I can’t open can of tuna
I can’t open can of tuna
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22. |
2017/03/22 - Quiet
01:21
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Quiet
I hate being quiet
But I need to
Be quiet right now
Silent
I hate being silent
But I can’t say a word
Anyhow
Maybe I could learn
From the silence
Maybe you could learn
To be quiet
But quiet
I hate being quiet
And I can’t say a word
Anymore
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23. |
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[Instrumental]
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24. |
2017/03/24 - Eventually
01:05
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I just wanna
Start a folk rock
Band and sail
Across the sea
I just wanna
Play a cafe
Euro tour
Eventually
But I’m stuck at home
I’m on my own
I’m stuck at home
Eventually
I just wanna
Start a folk rock
Band and sail
Across the sea
I just wanna
Play a cafe
Euro tour
Eventually
But I’m stuck at home
I’m stuck at home
I’m stuck at home
Eventually
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25. |
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Candy wrapper
Left under car seat
Candy wrapper
Can’t wrap my mind around it
Candy wrapper
Left under car seat
With chocolate fix found
Fixed to the back seat
Candy wrapper
Fixed to the back seat
Candy wrapper
Candy wrapper
Underneath the car seat
The car seat
Candy wrapper
Affixed to the wall
And the window is down
Blowing out against the
Highway so
Candy wrapper
Yeah yeah
I can’t get enough
What did you contain
Well candy wrapper
Underneath the car seat
Candy wrapper
It’s getting, gaining heat
Now the chocolates melt
Candy, candy
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26. |
2017/03/26 - Note Pad
00:56
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Note pad
Feelin' bad
Note pad
Feelin' bad
Note pad
Feelin' bad
Note pad
Feelin' bad
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27. |
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Staying up late, part two
Staying up late, part two
Don’t know what to do
Staying up late, part two
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28. |
2017/03/28 - Swan Song
00:54
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Test
Long, long swan song
Sung gently neigh
Straight faced, fearless
A taste of grateful sky
Upright, uptight
Tethered to the lawn
Timeless, time test
Tactful as a fawn
Why can’t fear feel fate
Like the way I do?
Forward it falls facing
Outward to the pew
Please reconsider
Reconcile what I knew
This world so blue
So blue
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Ode to March 29th
I’ll only know your name
Cause I skipped town
And left you down
Across that deep blue plain
Ode to March 29th
It wasn’t meant to be
I passed you by
And blinked my eye
You vanished in the sea
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30. |
2017/03/30 - Innocence
00:46
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So intense
So intense
So intense
Your eminence
So intense
So intense
So intense
Your eminence
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31. |
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If I blame myself
Why do I need anyone else
To tell me that
I’m doing good
Promised I would
But I am slipping up
In need of a good change
Who should I blame
None but myself
I reason that
Who calls me out
Shrouded in doubt
Maybe I can
Do better now
Do better now
Do better now
Do better now
If I blame myself
Why do I need anyone else
To tell me that
I’m doing good
Promised I would
But I am slipping up
Now in need of a change
Who should I blame
None but myself
I reason that
Who calls me out
Shrouded in doubt
Maybe I can
Do better now
Do better now
Now now now
Now now now
Now now now
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