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i’m not in love with you anymore, in fact I never was
but tell that to the whiskey, tell that to the vodka!
i shouldn’t be on the road right now, can’t legally consent
but tell that to the whiskey, tell that to the vodka!
my carefully cultivated exterior
Is crumbling faster than my self respect
i shouldn’t really call you when I get this way
but I lost all logic when I poured that poison down my throat
i’ve never heard of the mourning tide receding to the shore
of a well-greased corporate engine provided by the capital
attar says that the sea’s the sea whatever one drop thinks
and all things are but masks
they are symbols that instruct us
my not-so-well-maintained interior
is falling prey to several cruel demands
that dictate that I settle for what was proposed
by so many experts who convened a panel on my fate
i might as well
damn it to hell
cause i’ve lost my grip on reality and i’ve no respect for your authority
it’s a hard sell
i might as well
damn it to hell
cause i have no sense of propriety and i have no words for posterity
i might as well
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the same time/breakfast
03:06
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time and again i find myself at a loss to remember what happened last night
but i feel in my face through my mind via my inner monologue something ain’t right
false prevarications, calm and cool consternation, it’s all fading as quick as i blink
i can’t find my wallet and i can’t find my car and god damn i wish i had a drink
every bone in my body started hurting at the same time
all my anxieties came up at once to the front of my mind
i just got sad about all of my exes at the same time
i always say I’ll be dead by next year but I ain’t really tryin’
this shit ain’t working and we’re bored and we’re lurking so the five of us decide to take
pills made in a lab someone stole from their dad but i can’t imagine that it’s safe
hours have passed, i’m lying down in the grass, and i’m nauseous and covered in dew
we say never again and we cancel our plans but at least I got fucked up with you
every bone in my body started hurting at the same time
all my anxieties came up at once to the front of my mind
i puked in the bedroom, the hallway, the tub at the same time
i promised myself that I’d be better than that but I guess I was lying
let’s pass out and get breakfast in the morning
soothe the hangover with pancakes and coffee (if that doesn’t work then I guess we’ll smoke some weed)
i’ve been drunk every night of the weekend and even most of the week
let’s hold each other until we fall asleep
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falling apart
04:14
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just a break in the rain / to open up my door
and make me come around again
another person who cares / another thing to believe
just gonna weigh me down again
another sunday night at one of three bars in town
I guess we’re feeling affable
but it’s too late now, the bus is pulling in
and quite frankly it’s laughable
i asked you on a different day
and said you wouldn’t anyway
but what good will that do if neither of us has a spine
i think i’m falling apart / i’m giving way at the seams
i think i’m falling apart my friend
i think i’m drifting away / i’m getting lost in the waves
i think i’m falling apart again
just an onslaught of rain / to wash away everything
that made this nearly bearable
another freezing night / the warm embrace of the dark
i’ll see you at the funeral
and the gutter’s overflowing with shit
but that’s the best place for it
plus what does it matter? everybody’s already learned
i think i’m falling apart / i’m giving way at the seams
i think i’m falling apart my friend
i think i’m drifting away / i’m getting lost in the waves
i think i’m falling apart again
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everything's ok
03:39
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i've got some problems, yes, that much is true
but life's been okay for the past month or two
i've run out of complaints, same old shit, nothing new... except you
and i've got no complaints about you, oh no
a hand to hold onto when my world is dark
someone to walk by my side in the park
pizza and star trek and mario kart ain't so bad
you could almost say i was glad
(and i would be if i didn't have depression)
everything's ok / things could be better, things could be worse
everything's ok / love's gonna make it a whole light brighter
everything's ok / things could be better, things could be worse
everything's ok / love's gonna make it a whole light brighter now
if all the depths of my pain could be revealed
you would not think i could get even out of bed
but instead, yes, instead, i'm smiling instead cuz of you
everything is ok cuz of you
everything's ok / things could be better, things could be worse
everything's ok / love's gonna make it a whole light brighter
everything's ok / things could be better, things could be worse
everything's ok / love's gonna make it a whole light brighter now
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dislike
03:51
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i was walking down the stairs today and my knees ached with every bend and step
i’m only 31 years old, but it feels like 60
my body’s always sore and i don’t even drink that much anymore
can you dislike yourself in a way?
inside my head i’m fine / on the outside, everything’s falling down
can you dislike yourself in a way?
i wonder if my friends still like me even though i ignore them
can you dislike yourself in a way?
can you dislike yourself in a way that’s not so hurtful?
can you dislike yourself in a way that it feels alright?
can you dislike yourself in a way that’s optimistic?
can you dislike yourself in a way?
another day, another week, another year
it’s the friends theme song playing inside my head
can you dislike yourself in a way?
looking back I guess they’re all psychopaths, but who am I to judge anyone on that?
can you dislike yourself in a way?
can you dislike yourself in a way that’s not destructive?
can you dislike yourself in a way that doesn’t feel contrite?
can you dislike yourself in a way that isn’t too infectious?
can you dislike yourself in a way?
i think the opportunities I am losing are inaccurate, misleading at best
it’s my responsibility to figure them out, but that’s something I’m not gonna address, oh no
can you dislike yourself in a way that’s unimportant?
can you dislike yourself in a way that it feels alright?
can you dislike yourself in a way that it seems cathartic?
can you dislike yourself in a way? all right
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polden' na lysoy gore
03:23
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yesterday i was brushing my hair after i got out of the shower
my girlfriend was standing behind me and staring at the back of my head
she had a puzzled look on her face, an expression that filled me with dread
she took a picture on her phone and showed me that my hair was thinning out
i’ve always feared that this day would come
and I really don’t know what to do
i’ve never liked myself but at least I had my hair
people told me it was shiny and pretty and soft and healthy and full
but now my hair is falling falling out
the one thing I had any control, over
i could drape it over my face, run my hands through the soft waves
but pretty soon there’ll be nothing but bald spots and a bad combover
i guess my hair is falling falling out
yes my hair is fucking falling out
i’m the ugliest person that ever lived
i’m fat and gross and i’m losing all my hair
smoking cigarettes in the rain all alone and i’m losing my hair
i’ll never be pretty again cause i’m fucking losing my hair
what’s the point?
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tempvs fvckit
03:29
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in 2006 i charged my phone once a week
it’s 2019 now it dies in three hours
something must’ve changed when i was asleep
now I’m 32 years old and i’ve never felt stranger
(i’ve not written this line for what seems like so long)
the world’s getting hotter and the winters are colder
i’ve aged several months since I’ve started this song
if I ever record it I’ll be even older
there are two brands of cereal bars i ate in my childhood
kellogg’s nutri grain and entenman’s multi-grain
i thought one was delicious and the other was too dry
for years I avoided buying either cause I couldn’t remember which one I liked
it finally dawned on me it was nutri grain
it tasted just like i remembered, but it’s nothing like i remember
seems like 2020 is starting off strong
australia’s on fire and qasem soleimani
but the internal chaos that’s plagued me for so long
is a timeless endeavor / the only constant in this life
"so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
-f. scott fitzgerald
THE END
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