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Slowburn
03:04
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13 million acres in a slow burn
30 years to learn, no going backwards
It’s a telltale sign of the end of time
but “it’s fun to die” online
Burning a hole through the ozone
You can pump us full of your hormones
Trading little hearts in for headstones
Building up a wall with no capstone
It’s a big joke, look at your phone
Alone, don’t mind what we don’t know
It’s a big joke, look at your phone
Alone, alone with your mind closed
“It’s really cold outside,” so you can deny
Watched a compilation on your timeline
It’s a telltale sign
but “it’s fun to die” online
Burning a hole through the ozone
You can pump us full of your hormones
Trading little hearts in for headstones
Building up a wall with no capstone
It’s a big joke, look at your phone
Alone, don’t mind what we don’t know
It’s a big joke, look at your phone
Alone, alone with your mind closed
Misrule, burn fuel, write our headlines
Skip school, have you ever seen the youth strike back
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2. |
Pessimist
03:00
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Broken
Be my serotonin
Going through the motions
Having a hard time coping, coping
Sticks and stones might break my bones
but your words keep me up all night
Your door’s open mine stays closed
to keep the world outside
You’re so fearless I stay anxious
You take chances I hate changes
You’re a one way flight to Vegas
I can’t walk down my street
Broken
Be my serotonin
Going through the motions
Having a hard time coping, coping
Noticed
Life’s been out of focus
Thorns on all my roses
Hope I’m not a hopeless, hopeless
pessimist
Drink from your glass half full
but mine it just stays empty
You keep your chin up
while my head is getting heavy
My best is your worst
I’m last when you’re first
You’re high when I’m low
I wilt and you grow
You’re up when I’m down
You float when I drown
You say that life’s fair
I don’t fucking care
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3. |
Out Of Control!
02:47
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This one’s for the youth
Catching misdemeanors
Stealing people’s sneakers
Sunday double features
Seventeen sneaking into theaters
Picking fights with the seniors
underneath the bleachers
She hated every teacher
Never needed somebody to teach her
Young, broke, out of control
Given up, given up on and abused
Given up, given up on far too soon
The kids who also seem to lose
The kids you forced to break the rules
A firecracker with no fuse
This one’s for the youth
Someone said we grew up
staring into a coffee cup
Thought we’d never go far enough
to chase the setting sun
Ditched out on our graduation
West coast trip with no refund
Fed up with the local reruns
Old crows preying on the youngbloods
Given up, given up on and abused
Given up, given up on far too soon
The kids who also seem to lose
The kids you forced to break the rules
A firecracker with no fuse
This one’s for the youth
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4. |
COBAIN
03:07
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Young dreamer trying to shoot for the stars
but big dreams never got him too far
Most nights sleeping out in his car
His daddy says life’s not that fucking hard
Someone told him he should move out to LA
That’s the place with all the fortune and the fame
Pen on paper signed his whole life away
What a shame, such a shame, that we’re both the same
Oh, how could he have known
how it feels to be alone on the road
20 hours away from home.
Young girl with her father’s guitar
Barely old enough to step in the bar
Playing covers of The Cure and The Cars
Dramatically says she would die for the art
Pictures herself as a young Cobain
She’s got a “Bleach” t-shirt and a beautiful brain
She’s been singing just to deal with the pain
That’s okay, I’ve been doing the same, honestly
Oh, how could he have known
how it feels to be alone on the road
20 hours from home
Oh, no one ever knows
what it feels like, 40 shows in a row
They’re singing every note
I’m just going to sit outside the club
cos’ I don’t really want to die this young
Wearing all black with a white lighter
No, you don’t want to light my fire
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5. |
Lie Your Way Out
02:25
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Woke up at ten, down again
Guess I’ll write another song about it
Obsessive Compulsive
I should probably get that medicated
I’m ugly on the inside
The outside matches most the time
A cold night
My eyes wide
I want to die
Fuck my life
Lie, lie, lie your way out
(Lie your way out)
Lie, lie, lie your way out
(Lie your way out)
From the white washed walls
to the silent halls
When the pills dissolve
you’ll be standing tall
You better lie, lie, lie your way out
Our shadows cast dark shapes
They keep us in the dark like a mistake
But we can’t run away to a lost place
Cos’ there’s no second star just a heartbreak
Show me the lesson in 12 minute sessions
the drugs they’ve been pressing to keep us in check
I’ve still been stressing, anxiety messing up all my progression
I guess I should, guess I should
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Telltale Richmond, Virginia
Alternative Rock quartet from Richmond, Virginia.
New EP "Lie Your Way Out" available now via Rude Records!
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