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Kayfabing the Boys
01:55
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the devil on my shoulder’s always screamin’ in my ear
when the people that i love tell me the things i need to hear
he knows me better than anyone and he hates my fuckin’ guts
i’ve been learnin’ not to listen but nothin’ seems to shut him up
so i’m sorry if i seem zoned out, it’s probably cause i am as fuck
i wanna see if he’ll give up if i just sit here long enough
plus, the peace and quiet is worth it
sandy always said: “better an empty house than a bad tenant”
he meant burps, but i think it works for thinkin’ too
if i was thinkin’ all the time, i’d just be worried all the time
so i avoid it altogether, and all in all i feel all right
all right; i hate when people lie—i don’t think i ever do
‘cept if i’m lyin’ to myself as well, i guess i wouldn’t know i was lyin’ to you?
i’d never lie to you, unless i do without tryin’ to
when i tell you i don’t need the things you keep telling me i do
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Brain Chowder
02:38
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lose the afternoon to “i probably shouldn’t move if all i really wanna do
is a frog splash off the roof of the tour van to see if i can’t break a leg or two”
do whatever i gotta do to get out of whatever i gotta do today, because
i’m just not in the mood
which i hardly ever say, so you know i really mean it if i do
i don’t know if i’ll make it to the show, but i’ll let you know if i do
i don’t know if i’m in the mood
cause it took just about everything in me just to send that text
just to bail on these people who just wanna see me happy
but i’m just not that up to just stand around and drink
i’m done with getting fucked up
‘cause i never wanna die
i'm speaking figuratively of course
cause i still get fucked up sometimes, but
i’m just not in the mood
which i hardly ever say, so you know i really mean it if i do
i don’t know if i’ll feel like coming over, but i’ll let you know if i do
i don’t know if i’m in the mood
idunno how long i’ve had this watch on but i just noticed it doesn’t work
either that, or i’m stuck in some sort of time warp
and i can’t think of one thing worse than:
today, of all the days, to be my fuckin’ groundhog day
well i’m starting to suspect it may ‘cause i think i said this yesterday, but
i’m just not in the mood
which i really hate to say
so that’s why i never do
the car’s paid off but it’s stayin’ parked
no matter what i said i’d do today because
just this once i’m just not–
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there’s so much i’ll never know about you; it sucks we can’t just talk
you still stop by daily but lately you’ve been making shorter stops
well, i guess that that's how it oughta be ‘cause we both know you gotta leave
and i can’t get too attached if you don’t shit where you eat
i'm right here where you left me last
nothing really gets me off my ass
just eat and sleep and shit and watch another day slip through the cracks
i just hope you’re staying warm out there
i don’t know where you are and you don’t need me to care
so i’m trying not to worry too much, but it's easier said than done
you can stay if you want to
i’m not gonna stop you if you’ve got better things to do
but i left the door open a crack so you don’t have to knock if you come back
i’ll be here
waiting around, just hanging around
you can stay if you want to
there’s no one to stop you if you’ve got better things to do
but i left the door open a crack so you don’t have to knock
just please come back
i’m always here
waiting around, i’m always waiting around
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it's fucked to me that you still haven't figured out
why no one in this living room gives the slightest shit about
how fuckin' good you are at everything
'cause you know fuckin' everything
or how you're friends with everyone
which—that one's kinda funny 'cause
i don't think you know what that word means
yeah, i don't think you know what that word means
while you're holding this whole room hostage
oblivious to the exhaustion
the kickback's a captive audience
for your humble brags
and increasingly shameless namedropping
i don't think you know what that word means
yeah, i don't think you know what that word means
you've got so many friends but it sure seems like
you don't really know what that word means
or at least a lot of them don't tend to stick around for long
that's just a coincidence, huh?
or is it hard to keep someone underneath your thumb?
so when they don't wanna be there,
you'll just find someone who does
someone you know
who doesn't know you well enough to know what's up
someone kind as fuck who won't mind
they're only there to hype you up
god i swear narcissists can sense that shit
like sharks can sniff out blood
you know an easy mark when you see one
someone to use up and beat up on
'til they get smartened up
another one bites the dust
but there's plenty more friends where that came from
i don't think you know what that word means
yeah, i don't think you know what that word means
you've got so many friends but it sure seems like
you don't really know what that word means
i don't think you know what that word means
yeah, i don't think you know what that word means
you've got so many friends but it sure seems like
you don't really know what that word means
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Happy Hour 2
03:56
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okay, no one here’s a monster
i admit that was dramatic
but to be fair, it’d been a shit couple of summers
sold dad’s old car for scrap and left that picture on the dash, kyle’s sticker on the back
the sickest car i’ll ever have
i watched it all turn into one big ball of trash
maybe it’s my fault i’m always getting so attached to the stuff that’s only stuff
and not the stuff that actually lasts
just these relics of a past that’s getting further in the past
wish you’d look up for once at all the love and luck you’ve actually had
but you can’t; you’re too busy gettin’ bummed out at old pictures of your dad
no use waiting on the view to change if you’re always looking back
and i’m always lookin’ back
when people say you sometimes miss what’s right in front of you
i always thought that sounded like a crock of shit
but i guess that you can’t see what you can’t see if you can’t see it
so i can’t help but wonder what i’ve missed
i’ve been back to the capital a couple times since happy hour
but not to see the sights and shit just to come play happy hour
for some friends we made online and some more we met that night
man, RIP mystery inc
goddamn that really was the life
that’s just easy for me to say in hindsight
when i know that at the time i was probably whinin’ all the time
cause i’m still whinin’ all the time
so if it’s my fault that i can’t see what’s right in front of me
then self-awareness doesn’t seem to be the fix
cause even if i see how i can’t see what i can’t see
that just leaves me obsessed with all these things i’ll never know i missed
you’ve got no right to change the ending, but what if we reframe the plot?
maybe frankenstein was just about makin’ due with what you’ve got
so it starts with taking stock of the lot you’ve got in life
quit takin’ all those gifts for granted
quit hangin’ on to all that spite because you wasted all that time
waitin’ on something else to change your mind
what if i changed it myself and just decided you were fine?
well i know it’s not that easy, but i owe you all a try
i’m not that used to trying but i think it might feel nice
It’s time to let go of what you’ve let go by right in front of you
and try to look ahead and give a shit
about the stuff that actually lasts that you still have while you still have it
before it’s gone, just more you’ll never know you missed
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6. |
Roses (Stanley's Song)
02:14
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we can’t leave well enough alone alone any longer
well enough ain’t enough to get through
i know you’re getting by, but you’ve still got better things to do
you bottle up, but you never explode
you just find other ways to make room
let it out in little whimpers when it’s just me and you
well that won’t work forever but i think you know that too
you can’t feel like this forever and you can’t tell me that’s not true
i know you're scared
we're scared too
i know you wish that things were different
well hey man, we all do
but i know you know the lot you have in life
just imagine who’d be there (yeah, like, *there*)
you gotta stop and smell the roses
stop pretending they’re not there
there, there, we’re just so glad you’re here
we love you :)
you gotta know you’re someone else’s roses too
you can’t forget you’re someone else’s roses too
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Thanks!
04:06
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“i’m not takin’ any more shit” sounds pretty good in theory
but you just end up treatin’ everyone like shit
‘cause if no one ever took my shit then i’d be drowning in it
so it’s not about not takin’ shit, it’s about takin’ a little bit but strictly from the people you pick
and sayin’ thanks for takin’ mine every chance i get
‘cause you never signed up for this
and i’m not saying you wouldn’t; i’m just saying you didn’t
so thanks!
cupps and brandon didn’t sign up to be in the van
that i crashed ‘cause i was caught up in my usual rant
about how much i hate driving in chicago
stanley didn’t sign up to spend every summer
placating this fickle fuckin’ ADHD riddled motherfucker
but they do
if i ever found the reason, the thing i do that makes you stay
i’d do nothing but whatever it is all day
you didn’t sign up to share your whole shit with somebody
that freaks out leavin’ the house and freakin’ hates spendin’ money
i don’t know how you do it
and i don’t know what i’d do without you
you didn’t sign up to put up with a grown up baby
always forgettin’ everything and throwin’ fits at everything
and i don’t know why anyone would
so if i ever find the reason, the thing i do that makes you stay
then i’ll do nothing but whatever it is all day
i’ll do nothin’ but whatever it is all day
cause i’ve got so much shit to do but doin’ shit’s too hard to do
when i’d rather be not doin’ shit with you
the car’s paid off but the tank’s on empty; i made it here on fumes
just so i could not do shit with you
i don’t know what i’m supposed to do in a broader sense, but for now i do
‘cause it’s me right here not doin’ shit with you
shit gets so hard when all i really wanna do
is just be right here not doin’ shit with you
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8. |
Quitting in the Name
03:21
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bury me with all this stupid merch
i’ll sleep better knowin’ i fed a few more worms
after pissin’ my whole life away waitin’ for kate to get off work
it’s just song after song after song about doin’ fuckin’ nothing
when i could’ve been doin something that was actually worth somethin’ to anyone
well, anyone but me
but when i only think of me then of course this is what i get
you get what you give so when you don’t give a shit i don’t know what you expect
you’ve got all the time you could ever need to do anything you could ever want
but it seems like all you ever wanna do is smoke pot and play tony hawk
you say “i’m just waiting on better things yknow?”
but i don’t think that’s how that works
people usually say that when they know or they’re pretty sure
what those better things might be or why they might be on the way
‘cause i don’t think they just show up if all you’re gonna do is wait
i know you hate to let yourself down but i hate this new approach
if you stop wishin’ into one hand you might as well just shit in both
‘cause quitting in the name of “trying to be more realistic”
is just a nicer way to say you picked the path of no resistance
it’s a nicer way to say you’re afraid to try but you won’t admit it
you never know until you try and you’re scared of both
but you won’t admit it
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