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I concentrate 9 to 5
Keeping myself unoccupied
If the devil makes work for idle hands
I might be figuring in his plans
I can’t pick, I can’t plough
I can’t milk no cow
There ain’t sweat on my brow
I can’t do nothing ‘cause I don’t know how
All day long I twiddle my thumbs
Waiting ’til happy hour comes
Then I raise a glass of beer
And toast the dearth of my career
I can’t chop, I can’t dig
I can’t drive no rig
I can’t feed no pig
I can’t do nothing ‘cause I don’t know how
Watching the TV, answering the phone
Is my idea of working my fingers to the bone
I’m like a tractor without its wheels
My only exercise is dragging my heels
Some called me indolent
But I’ve no idea what he meant
I didn’t learn too much at school
It’s why I’m ineffectual
I can’t write, I can’t spell
I can’t read that well
But I do excel
At doing nothing ‘cause I don’t know how
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2. |
Ironbark - Last Call
03:38
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all the places i've been
are just a smudge on a screen
here i am in this body, this haunted machine
i fall through space
i'm painting a face on the wall
a face (that's all)
till somebody answers the call
nice knowing ya, sol
i'm spinning out of control
there's a beauty out here that could swallow you whole
we are gently destroyed
little waves in the void
losing strength till our signal makes peace with the noise
the end, the end
i know you too well to pretend
my friend
each small act of love i've received
i'll send (my friend)
i open my heart and click send
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I'm waking up, losing sleep
Feel it in my gut like a secret
Time is running out for us, cause
I don't know what you want you from me
Been pulling all of my punches
The game is up the blood is rushing
What do you mean I don't try
What do you think I've been doing
All this time
I know you don't believe me
[I swear I'm trying to find my way back
To where I was]
Don't you say you're leaving
[You deserve a better reason to stay
Than just because]
If you could only
Hear me out
See from my side?
If you keep shutting down
We won't survive
Is a feeling real if I don't name it
Tried to keep our love
Safe and blameless
We stay afloat, but is that enough?
(No it's not enough)
You take anxieties
And take them out on me
You're so sure of your self-fulfilling prophecy
Take the air from my lungs
Suffocate our peace
(You've said your piece)
Okay fine then you win
I'll make this so easy
I know you don't believe me
[And who am I to say what you know
besides
the one who dries all your tears?]
Maybe you can say I'm leaving
[It's wasting time to say anything
you've decided that you're not gonna hear]
I just need you to
Hear me out before I go
Maybe you could love me now
Now that you know
Heaven help me
I’m in doubt
If you haven’t got
The point by now
Is it time to throw in the towel?
Are you something I can’t live without?
Heaven help me
I’m in doubt
I feel so alone
When you’re around
Are you something I can't live without?
Can't live without?
I know you don't believe me
[I'd say whatever changes you mind
if you'd change you mind]
I think you should stay I'm leaving
[If I save you from this smoking wreck
would you leave it behind?]
You're never gonna hear me out
Don't waste my time
Maybe you could love now
Now that you know
If you could just hear me out
If you could just hear me out
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4. |
▷ - Brain Brain
02:24
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i woke up one morning. said to myself "i wanna do some things."
so i took my medication. and i waited. and then i waited...
a and then i-! waited some more.
a and then i waited.
[intro]
hey, brain? i was wonderin how i got here... tired on a tuesday... nothin in my brain, brain.
i was wondering what led me here... hungry on a tuesday... and i said-
hey brain why'd you forget?
(forget what?)
forget to eat this morning
(what do you mean?)
took my tablet, had a milo- but my stomachs still rumbling
(i dont know i was busy)
busy doing what?
(having my tablet)
[CONFUSION]
(and having a milo...)
...i dont get how i function-
[chorus]
brain, brain, what are you tryna say? say?
hey, hey, its all lookin the same, same.
brain, brain, where have you been all day? day?
hey, hey, motivation can wait, wait, wait a minute...
nah nah nah, its almost time for bed we gotta eat now
([bleepy noise])
thats not a word ([bleepy noise])
idunno what that means!
([long bleepy response])
okay- okay i get it, you wanna add some bleepiness to the track, go ahead, but we're eating after this okay?
([bleep. Bleeple blapple. Bloop beep boop. Boop bleep.])
[bleepy chorus]
brain, brain. what are you tryna say? say?
hey, hey, its all lookin the same, same.
brain, brain, where have you been all day? day?
hey, hey, motivation can wait, wait
[outro]
okay, that was actually pretty good, that was a worthy time investment
([bleep. bleep.])
haha, yeah i know "im the best", lets go to bed now.
why do i feel like im forgetting something?
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5. |
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don't remember the dreams anymore
And I don't understand
What you think I would carry that for
All that baggage just left on the floor
I would scatter it gladly
I would leave it in pieces, in pieces
Shattered mirror, sharp and frail
Disarmed sparkling light
Colorless, whisper thick
Hushed, in the dead of night
Time I lost losing grip
I feel the tension slip
Time to break feverishness
I don't think
That I owe you an explanation
And you don't owe me either
We didn't sight on a goal
Or settle for less
Now I guess we'll get neither
Broken plans, what else is new
Best instensive stare
Start the car, fire the crew
Windows bricked, tires bare
Time we lost, hear it tick
Unlearning helplessness
Time to break feverishnesss
Maybe it's better we don't
Dwell on the details
Sometimes the best plans
Just melt with the snow
Not that the "best plans" are releveant here.
Maybe we say that we did
Maybe we believe it eventually
If I'm gonna be sold a lie
You know there's nobody
I'd rather buy it from than you
Shattered mirror, sharp and frail
Disarmed sparkling light
Colorless, whisper thick
Hushed, in the dead of night
Time we lost, hear it tick
Unlearning helplessness
Time to break feverishnesss
I don't remember the dreams anymore
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6. |
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Halcyon days
We were so lucky our parents built us a pool
Come round to play
We're jumping in off the fence
We're jumping in off the fence
Those summer days
We didn't know that they were the best times
You'll hear me say
Don't be a fish out of water
Don't get caught out
when I say Marco
‘I say polo'
And I know where you are
'When I say Marco'
I say polo
Never get too far away from you
yeah
Gone are the days
When you were only a phone call, or a short walk away
Lost in the haze
Falling from weekend to weekend
There's a black hole
when I say Marco
‘I say polo'
And I know where you are
'When I say Marco'
I say polo
Never get too far away from you
Don't stay submerged hiding for too long
Brother mine don't fall for that old siren song
Remember that you've got to come back up to breathe
Remember that you've got to call back to me
When I say Marco
When I say Marco
When I say Marco
Please say Polo to me
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I think I’ll take it on a fishing trip
With my young son and father in-law
We can listen to an 8-track Abbey Road
It’s been forever since i lost my grip
California was never Utah
I have no mission to be happy a la mode
‘66 Chevy Truck
With a custom Alaskan camper
I get my fix when I’m down on luck
I’m okay when i command her
An oasis of my own
Parked right in front of my home
When my house is full of neighborhood kids
I can go and escape it all
Crank up the roof and finally be alone
Try not to think about the didn’ts and dids
I’m in an earshot of the supper call
This old jalopy is my only comfort zone
Do you know if it has enough room to sleep four?
(Sure it does, if two of them are small)
How can I sell this to my wife?
(Never before have I heard this concern)
What about mileage?
(It’s only 8 or 9)
I don’t know
(Make a choice!)
I’ll take it!
(Very well!)
‘66 Chevy Truck
With a custom Alaskan camper
I get my fix when I’m down on luck
I’m okay when I command her
An oasis of my own
Parked right in front of my home
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8. |
Sober - The Morning Call
02:50
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The morning call
In another life perhaps it’s you who’d kneel
And if place is all
Is the circumstance of birthplace something real
If you had to roll again
Would you change the game
As why is it you’re comfortable
But always afraid
If there’s nothing between them and you but fate
And you wouldn’t trade
You give the game away
Now if you could talk
Could you imagine yourself standing in their eye
And if you would stop
Two roads diverge where borders lie
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9. |
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strange man from a strange land
rode to town and raised some sand
on a pitch black steed
with fiery eyes
took the folks here by surprise
smooth talker
slick walker
helluva ballroom dancer
deal maker
heart breaker
if you got a question
he's got the answer
one and a-two
how do you do?
three and a-four
would like some more?
five and a-six
from his bag of tricks
seven and eight
cause it's soon too late
have no fear, have no doubt
he's a man who'll never run out
of the things you heart
yearns the most
so you better be a generous host
smooth talker
slick walker
just for you a special price
sign here
initials there
the devil clad in disguise
silver and gold
he wants your soul
fortune and fame
that's the name of the game
wisdom and skills
he'll give cheap thrills
we only wish well
go straight to hell
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10. |
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Years become ruins of all you said we’d be
still, the sun lights a path you never see
where the birds sing to the fruit trees’ applause
as the light dims
and you’re still lost on just enough…
Is it just enough?
Oh, just enough…
Hardly just enough
sugar plum blossoms decorate the snow
fingers, numb, reaching out ‘cause you still know
that the birds sing to the fruit trees’ applause
as the light dims
But is it really just enough?
Never just enough
Oh, just enough
Only just enough
(Instrumental)
But is it ever just enough?
Are you just enough?
Oh, just enough
Barely just enough
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11. |
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Well I lost myself somewhere between First and Prospect
I was looking for their corner but those streets don't intersect
I had a perfect plot, then I went and lost it
Nothing ever works out quite like we expect
And I found myself in a hot dark crowded basement
With everybody singing along with me to my amazement
I had a perfect line, then I went and crossed it
But everything has worked out, even if by accident
So where are you? (I'm still here)
Where did you come from? (I've been here the whole time)
Where are you going? (I dunno)
Can I come along?
So where are you? (I'm still here)
Where are you? (I don't know)
Where are you? (I'm still here)
And where will you find yourself?
And I scared myself when a bird flew through my window
It circled round the ceiling fan and left a feather on my pillow
And you found me there at the corner of east and willow
And you asked me where I was going, and I told you I don't know
So where are you? (I'm still here)
Where did you come from? (I've been here the whole time)
Where are you going? (I dunno)
Can I come along?
So where are you? (I'm still here)
Where are you? (I don't know)
Where are you? (I'm still here)
And where will you find yourself?
And I lost my God damn mind when I went to college
Where they taught me how to think and how to eat and how to breathe
And I could've gone without all of the knowledge
At least my teachers told me how to live in harmony
So where are you? (I'm still here)
Where are you? (I don't know)
Where are you,
And where will you find yourself?
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12. |
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do you ever feel jaded or lost in your days
running the clock out, passed by in the race
work unfulling, a task for a meager reward
paid just enough to survive, but what is it for
and my brothers
if you find you feel the same
come and take my hand
and we'll leave this land
ch1:
hear my plea the winds carry forth
yearning to be
at the whims of the sea
charting the unknown
follow me, sons of the north
come and youll see
what it means to be free
endless blue horizon
our new home
a purpose, a calling, call it what you will
a labor of love, dont care if it wont pay the bills
live for our own sake, live for the chance at the dream
the path isnt easy, theyll mock you for fighting the stream
and my brothers
dont you ever live with shame
live your life with pride
on the endless tide
ch2:
hear my plea the winds carry forth
yearning to be
at the whims of the sea
charting the unknown
heroes we, the sons of the north
its life that we seek
not just gold for a king
questing for adventure
so we row
row (row!)
row (row!)
row (row!) x4
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13. |
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Eight months work
Each day and night
I capture the sky
The New Horizons flight
I'm between two worlds
Shining just for you
Nine years, five months
Through the depths of space
A piano-sized craft
Catapults with grace
Seeing everything as if it
Was brand new
I paint each photo
As the satellites spin
Forever in a dance
With their tides locking
One bears its heart
While the other breaks apart
Now I am looking at you
While you are looking at what I do
What do you see?
(TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS,
NOT ENOUGH,
TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS,
WHAT. THE. FUCK.)
Eight months work
Each night and day
Exploring new worlds
As time pirouettes away
Life hovers
Like a star
I knew a man once
Who drew and drew
But he never showed his art
So no one ever knew
And it disappeared
Without a trace
So I hang it on the wall
And I let you in
I watch from a distance
As you see my mind turn
Trying to move
While standing still
Now I am looking at you
While you are looking at what I do
What do you see?
(TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS,
IT'S NAKED,
TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS,
WHAT. A. WASTE.)
Crack me open
Let the light shine in
Now I am looking at you
While you are looking at what I do
What do you see?
(MY HEART IS RACING
MY HEART IS RACING
I FEEL ALIVE
I FEEL ALIVE)
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Tuesday morning, like a fever or a wave
It was breaking, I was broken, there was nothing left to save
Only 5AM, but already far too late
Like a shadow before the sunrise I felt you slip away
Did I imagine the connection
(You know I felt the same as you)
Was I so distant from affection
(You know you were but I was too)
Was there a difference of direction that might have seen us through
(You know I never knew)
You took the time to get inside my mind
(I’m so surprised that you could tell)
Knew me better than I knew myself
(That still wasn’t very well)
Please, just tell me it was true
(I know you know it was)
In the days when I was everything to you
(You were all of that and more because)
We both had a funny way
Of pushing down our selves to make
A place in desperate hope that someone
Might rush in to fill the space
But vacant hearts and aimless days
Seed bitter thoughts when they pervade
And make a mark you can't erase
(But I would never ask you to
I know you never knew)
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15. |
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V1
My new love hurts me so
But that’s gonna get better
When she comes over
I’ll be tougher, ok?
But when that dress hits the floor
My resolve fades away
CH
Friends keep telling me
Oh ay oh
Better let her go
They’re all warning me
Oh ay oh
Red flags flying I know
But I want her
Soooo, I don’t see
Such good friends I have
V2
I’m probably wasting my time
And a chunk of my heart
Find one who loves you back
They all say
But oh my god the view
When she’s walking away
CH
Friends keep telling me
Oh ay oh
Better let her go
They’re all warning me
Oh ay oh
Red flags flying I know
But I want her
Soooo, I don’t see
Such good friends I have
BR
Why should I ignore
Good advice
Like how a match
Can burn twice
I need to put this fire on ice
CH
Friends keep telling me
Oh ay oh
Better let her go
They’re all warning me
Oh ay oh
Red flags flying I know
But I want her
Soooo, I don’t see
Such good friends I have
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16. |
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Verse One:
Pressure building for results in my project
(I’m) full of dread in a two-hour commute
I’m pounding coffee just to try and stay focused
I wish they’d tell me “smoking’s good for you!”
Pre-Chorus One:
Do you want some anti-anxiety meds?
No thank you, I just need to clear my head
Chorus One
I need a vacation
Somewhere under the stars
Away from light pollution
I don’t care how far away
Verse Two:
Building pressure in my veins and homelife
mounting tension and surmounting stress
I do my best to keep the household running
Both my teenagers are unimpressed
Pre-Chorus Two:
Would you like to talk to a professional shrink?
No thanks, I just need to get alone to think
Chorus Two:
I need a vacation
Somewhere under the stars
Sit around a campfire
Get my acoustic guitar and play
Pre-Chorus Three
Do you think you can be done by quarter’s end?
I’ve done it all for you, and I’ll do it again,
But right now….
Double Chorus:
I need a vacation
Somewhere under the stars
Sit around a campfire
Get my acoustic guitar and play
I need a vacation
Somewhere under the stars
Away from light pollution
I don’t care how far away
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17. |
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Johnny Roadhouse nears the table and cries
[What does he see? And why is he crying?]
He sees all the faces of his lovers that died
[Where did they go and how did they die?]
Johnny don’t know he just tried to please them
He painted his face and he started screaming
Johnny, speak to me, grief is hard and your pain is healing
You’ll soon realise that you’re on to something
All part of a plan ’cos you wanted a better life
So grab it and hold on tight
Johnny Roadhouse is a quiet man
[Why is he here? And why won’t he speak then?]
He presses his mouth to the back of his hand
[What is that for? And what is he thinking?]
He thinks he sucks blood while the skin is still healing, makes a vitamin loop and a circular feeling
Johnny, speak to me, grief is hard and your pain is healing
You’ll soon realise that you’re on to something
All part of a plan ’cos you wanted a better life
So grab it and hold on tight
Nothing’s too hard if your method’s conventional
Taking those steps probably seemed essential
Speak to me, grief is hard and your pain is healing
You’ll soon realise that you’re on to something
All part of a plan.
You wanted a better life, you grabbed it and held on tight
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18. |
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The lawyers have been seated
Mediation
Can you hear us clearly
Not quite
Children yelling faintly
Empty hallways
Start the presentation
Long night
I don't want to be inside
I could be down at the beach
Sitting on the sand and
Breathing the cool Kona breeze
The meeting is extending
Never ending
Numbers have no meaning
They say
Talking cause they get paid
By the hour
Or by the percentage
They take
CH
Compromise means
No one's really happy
Lawyers talk of winning
But the consequence remains
I'm slouched in some corporate seat
Throat dry from the AC
Waiting for them to agree
So I can go to the beach
CH
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19. |
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An arbiter of taste
(Nobody cares)
So much cooler than you
(So unaware)
I like the bands that you like
(Send thoughts and prayers)
But I prefer their early work
Now everybody knows
(Knowledgeable)
Music attained perfection
(Intolerable)
When I was seventeen
(Illogical)
Disparage any music after '93
(Your opinions)
(Are weaponised)
Nobody likes a purist
(Your toxic tone)
(Man child now grown)
Nobody likes a purist
(So dogmatic)
(Act like a prick)
Pestering teenagers
(That sounds creepy)
Demand they name three songs
(Oh so cheesy)
By the band on their t-shirt
(Mansplain to me)
Cos gatekeeping is the Lord's work
(Your opinions)
(Are weaponised)
(Your toxic tone)
(Man child now grown)
Nobody likes a purist
(So dogmatic)
(Act like a prick)
Nobody (Nobody)
Nobody (Nobody)
Nobody (Nobody)
(Your opinions)
(Are weaponised)
Nobody likes a purist
(Your toxic tone)
(Man child now grown)
Nobody likes a purist
(So dogmatic)
(Act like a prick)
Nobody (Nobody)
Nobody (Nobody)
Nobody (Nobody)
Nobody (Nobody)
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20. |
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you'll call and I'll respond in a manner most fitting
in fact it’s a pleasure to make you acquaintance
I'll do what you want as you call out the shots
and I hope in time I can make you smile
so I lay out the path with a gold coloured marker
and give you a reason to follow its trail
it's a nice gesture that I thought would win you over
but instead it made you turn the other way
and I learnt that you don't hurry in love
when I met her at a party where I wasn't invited
she gave me smile and had something in her teeth
I didn't pay a blind bits notice until the very next day
when I told her the phone and she pushed me away
and I learnt that you don't hurry in love
so why do I make these same mistakes
why do place my heart on a plate
all for you
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21. |
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I keep calling, you keep falling (x6)
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22. |
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When the bridge fell down
the bridge fell down
We all pulled together
Like one big town
When the flood swept through
the flood swept through
We looked out for each other
Like we always do
When it’s difficult to deal
We put our shoulder to the wheel
stand together facing the unknown
we might bicker all the time
but when there’s so much on the line
….no one is alone
When wildfires come round
wildfires come round
We all do what we can
until the rain comes down
( Inst. )
When it’s hard to make it through
We know what we have to do
stand together facing the unknown
we might squabble, we might whine
but when there’s this much on the line
….no one is alone
When the storms blew in
When the storms blew in
We all worked together
to build things back again
Whatever’s down this road
Our own history’s shown
We all work together
and no one is alone
We all work together
Because no one is alone
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23. |
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The sergeant and the captain were out one day
They were walking over the hills and far away
Then the sergeant turned to the captain to say
Thank you for joining me today
As we walk up this hill that is far far away
So here we go (x2) Up the hill (x2)
Whose hill (x2) Our hill (x2)
What for (x2) To get fit (x2)
So here we go Up the hill
So the sergeant looked at the captain to say
Are you sure we can walk up this hill today
Then the captain turned to the sergeant to say
We have come a long long way
To walk this hill today
Chorus
So the sergeant and the captain started to walk up teh hill
And one behind each other it was such a thrill
That on that day they reached the top of the hill
Chorus
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24. |
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(pop-punk call and response)
D, B, D, B, D, B, A, D
CH
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Bowser
GO GO GO
D, B, A, G
D, C, B
G, D
G, D
A, C#, D
V1
I've always wondered 'bout Bowser's motivation
What if Princess Peach locked up his wife?
His life seems pretty fraught
With his constant revenge plot
A single dad with 7 kids, I mean that's a lot
CH
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Bowser
GO GO GO
[[Phone audio Recording 1]]
[[4 yr old: Okay, so can you go down, Daddy please? {scrolling on screen}
Larry Morton and Wendy, and Iggy and Roy and Lemmy, and Ludwig at the end of the line. Did you hear that song?]]
V2
He's got Larry, Morton, Wendy
Iggy Roy and Lemmy
and Ludwig at the end of the line
Bowser Junior's also here,
But his daddy isn't clear
It comes as no surprise
Bowser's not doing fine
CH
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Kirby
GO GO GO
[[Phone Recording 2]]
[[6 yr. old: Kirby likes to eat stuff and anything and shoot them at the enemies so he can stay alive and the enemies will die]]
D, A
D, G
D, A
G, A
V3
Kirby can beat the bosses
Kirby can eat the bosses
Kirby eats stuff to shoot at the bosses to stay alive
He's the Rogue of Nintendo
His glory, will never end-o
He takes baddies powers to stay alive
and he will never ever ever ever ever die
[Drop chorus]
CH
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Bowser
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Bowser
WE GOTTA GO
CH
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Where's mama Kirby
WE DON'T KNOW
Find mama Kirby
WE GOTTA GO
Outro
So what are they gonna do?
Bowser and Kirby got MARRIED!
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25. |
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Will you help me plant this wheat?
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me plant this wheat?
No thanks I don’t want to
I know I’m not the only one, who hates to work out in the sun
But if you help we could have fun
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me reap the wheat?
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me reap the wheat?
No thanks I don’t want to
I could use some help today, Surely there must be a way
Then later on we both could play
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me mill the wheat?
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me mill the wheat?
No thanks I don’t want to
I wish somebody would help out, I don’t want to beg or shout
Our friendship I begin to doubt
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me bake the bread?
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me bake the bread?
No thanks I don’t want to
Though the job can be quite hot, with more help we could do a lot
Are you gonna help or not?
No thanks I don’t want to
Will you help me eat the bread?
Yes please I would love to!
Will you help me eat the bread?
Yes please I would love to!
So NOW you want to volunteer, and eat the food I’m holding here
Forget it! You can DISAPPEAR!
I refuse to feed you!
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Rolled up to the honky tonk, must have been about half past two
I was one step ahead of my last mistake but I was three drinks behind you
Stumbled up to introduce myself but before I made it through
You said “Hey cowboy, lets see what six of these shots will do”
Said your man was all over town, you were left with lonely nights
Digging deep for forgiveness but that well was coming up dry
Now you’re drinking and thinking that it’s time to wrong some rights
That’s when I understood why you were giving me the eye
But baby - (what’s up?)
I’m drunk - (so what?)
And in the morning - (in the morning)
I’ll still be drunk + (you’ll still be drunk)
You’ll still be way too good for me
We can drink by the Ohio, smoke a pack on the Blue Ridge
Self-destruction be our lot, only way I know how to live
And if you’d like to author I’d rather not finish alone
But what the hell you gonna think of yourself when you send me marching home
‘Cause baby - (Uh huh?)
I’m drunk - (Lit up!)
And in the morning - (when you wake up)
I’ll still be drunk + (you’ll still be drunk)
You’ll still be way too good for me
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I was dead by late December
Like the crocus and the daisies
I somehow missed the funeral
It was my obituary
Said nobody knew me
Except strange and peculiar
I didn't quite fit in
So they came for me with pitchforks
I didn't know I broke the rules
I never attended school
Didn't see the arrows coming
of the critical and the cruel
Killed off my best intentions
A bear trap of derision
There's no love in this town
For someone a little different
The bells they rang out loudly
Pallbearers dragged their feet
When my dreams died
There was no one to mourn me
I didn't know I broke the rules
I never attended school
Didn't see the arrows coming
of the critical and the cruel
Three days, crept out the cave
A heart hoping for change
No one cleaned up the blood
The song remains the same
I didn't know I broke the rules
I never attended school
Didn't see the arrows coming
of the critical and the cruel
can I come home? (No, No, No)
can I come home? (No, No, No)
can I come home? (No, No, No)
can I come home? (No, No, No)
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