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Optimist
01:11
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One of my favorite fantasies is to go to my own funeral
Everyone would try to care about me
But that's just way too morbid and no one wants to hear it
Not part of my upbeat personality
I've been around the block a few times and I won't go around again
I'm on my own two feet but I don't know how long that I can stand
I'd rather waste my life away
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2. |
Knuckles
01:59
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Spend another night alone
Another night staring at my phone
Wishing you were here with me and
Wishing you weren't there with him
So I will drink all by myself
Not ask anyone for help
This medication's key
To get you to notice me
It all becomes so clear
With every single beer
I've got to do this on my own
On my own alone
Spend another night with you
Another night staring at my shoes and
Wishing I was somewhere else
Instead of living in this hell
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3. |
Don't Wanna Know
02:27
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The world burns me out
Wanna sit here on the couch
And turn on my TV
There’s panic on the screen
And reporters on the scene
Ripped from my darkest dreams
It’s pitch dark at noon
I sense impending doom
But I’m switching to cartoons
Cuz I don’t care
I don’t want to know
I don’t care
I just want to be alone
Fire’s raining from the sky
And a man made out of flies
Is spouting prophecies
There’s weirdos in the streets
Mutants and plucky teens
Doing battle with strange beasts
Instead of asking why
I’m gonna stay inside
And close up all the blinds
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4. |
Cookie Soup
03:09
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The homecoming’s never as I plan
Stranger in a familiar land
They’ve already divvied up the map
Scarce refuge in the overlap
Being neutral
Has downsides
Nation of one
Allies and enemies all sides
I won’t capitulate and pick a side
Rational differences are not a sin
I won’t submit and be a stereotype
More to my pride than my chagrin
I’ll stand on the outside looking in
Minefields of philosophies
Ideologic amputees
Is tame discretion for the best?
Will you charge in and set off the rest?
Sovereignty
Has upsides
Nation of one
I’ve got compatriots all sides
I won’t capitulate and pick a side
Rational differences are not a sin
I won’t submit and be a stereotype
Forever locked in battles no one wins
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5. |
Mass Confusion
01:04
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Coffee Mountain madness
Is swirling in my brain
The feral walrus rubs his tusks
While doling out my pain
I'm on the bus to crazy town but I don't wanna go
I know
My head is about to blow
My toffee turkey sandwich
Is planning out my day
The walrus and the sandwich
Are driving me insane.
This new prescription is killing me
But yet this doctor keeps billing me
I don't think he knows just what to do
Oh look a blackout here we go
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6. |
Animal
01:50
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I've been inside a cage for so long I just count the hours
Grinding my teeth to dust and pacing back and forth
It's been so long since I've had any kind of human contact
This hunger's killing me unless I kill it first
I'm feeling like an animal
Someone let me out
I've passed all of my tests and aced all my experiments
I've come to the conclusion there is something more
It's been so long since I've had any kind of human contact
This hunger's killing me unless I kill it first
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7. |
Midnight Man
02:26
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It’s 1 PM and he woke up late for work
Throws on his shades as he staggers through the door
Sleepwalking! Through the daily bump and grind
No interest! Only one thing on his mind
When the Sun is gone he comes to life
From dusk ‘til dawn, he’s Midnight Man
He shows up four beers deep and on a roll
Steps over the passed-out bodies on the floor
Double vision! The only way that he can see
Both barrels! The only way that he can be
Block out the Sun and cling to life
Die when he’s done, it’s midnight!
Can’t stop him! He’s only ever just begun
No limits! Playing chicken with the Sun
Up from the ashes he will rise
To blaring thrash, he’s Midnight Man
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I left my house and went to work today
I said to myself I'm feeling just okay
I walk around and people look me in the eye
They see my straight face and think I'm about to cry
Just 'cause I'm stoic doesn't mean I'm gonna die
It's okay just to be okay
Dodging interaction just for peace of mind
Why can't everybody just leave me behind
I was fine and dandy til I stumbled into you
You think I'm sad but it simply isn't true
Leave me alone or I might just murder you
It's okay just to be okay
Just 'cause I'm not spectacular
Doesn't mean I'm gonna put my head in a blender
Bugger off I don't wanna hear it
My mood is none of your business
If I need help then I'll seek it
No one knows me better than I
So get lost and never ask why
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9. |
Initiative
01:44
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So many times now, I’ve watched you as you tried
As you fought your fear and chased your hope
Too many like you, I’ve watched you try and fail
And I felt it as you crawled back home
I’d rather wallow in my trendy nihilism
Than even dream about a change
Don’t see much purpose in standing on my feet
If you’re always there to rescue me
I’ll save some time then, and quit before I try
So much effort to improve a life
Willpower and resolve are foreign words to me
There’s more convenience in despondency
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10. |
Responsible Clowns
02:28
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I might be Horrible
And irresponsible
I let you fall to pieces
While confidence increases
I craft my art from pain
I make you toil and slave
You'll think you have it made
And just like that I've done my part
I'm not responsible
You've made that choice yourself
Your mind is my only prey
(I'm not responsible)
Wouldn't have it any other way
I live to pull your strings
Think what you want to think
When our world crumbles faster
You come to me for answers
Now drink the kool-aid
And shed this mortal plain
You're stacked with all the blame
And like that I've done my part
And when you think I've carried on
Before you know it I'll be gone
Wouldn't have it any other way
Your mind is my only prey
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11. |
Independency
01:16
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I want to be left alone with you
I want to make you feel unglued
I'm not leaving here til one of us has lost it all
Maybe I'm not the one for you
Consider it a coincidence or maybe call it fate
Stepped in my trap but I'm satisfied, I already ate
See how the leftovers taste
Watch me as I clean my plate
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12. |
Junk Food
01:37
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Life just gets so boring, boring
Every morning same old story
Not the way that I thought things would be
Sometimes I get unproductive
And we get reproductive
This is the life I'm dreaming of
Cause all I wanna do, is be next to you
Eating junk food and watching cartoons
We can quit our jobs and just live like slobs
Seize the day
Sometimes life gets stuck on repeat
Nothing to do, nothing to eat
Watching reruns as the sun rolls by
I don't mind if you don't mind it
Get fat and move around it
This is the life I'm dreaming of
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