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Friends
02:42
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I've been thinking
Life's been too good these days
And ya know i've been drinking
Away all the spare change
I got the feeling
That this could be the end
Rusted like the van
We drove 3,000 miles in
Time to take another bus to Chicago
Head thru Kansas on to Colorado
Straight thru the desert to the forest on fire
If the van don't make it you can call me a liar
Party with boss daughter if theyre in Reno
And the Pyrate punx out in Sacramento
Till I can put a pbr in the sand
Back in California then over to New York again
Truckstops rule
But I'm no fool when it comes to it
Just here for the microwave
And to STEAL ALL THE CONDIMENTS
Life is about choices.. and im
Stoked for ones I did not make
I don't drive so I can't see straight
Call it a waste but you can't relate
Don't miss the exit
we could run out of gas At any minute
Push the van into a parking space and hang out to avoid a ticket
Eat week old bagels and wait for friends I got drunk with.. that one time
Find out they overdosed
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Friends are still friends if you only knew them one night
Friends are still friends if you just knew them one night Friends are still Friends x4
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Low Ceilings
03:06
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Is this what it's like getting older
Carrying all but my world on my shoulders
The reason that my back hurts
I think I'm running backwards
I forgot how to feel good feelings
Forever the young crazed peeling
My heart is now an empty building
With no doors and low ceilings
Im the rookie on the bench
That never had a chance
The feeling of regret when you don't ask her to dance
The dying hope for sunshine when your whole life has been grey
Has been grey
The song that was written
That never once was heard
The feathers pieced together
That never made a bird
The smile on your face
When you thought you had finally won
You never won
You're the crack in the sidewalk
No one noticed exists
The character that left the show
People don't realize they miss
Important as a prophet
You were played off as a fool *
You're not a fool
(To fight your fight for everyday
Never expect a thing
Because years of battling for everyone else
Has only brought you pain
And if you learned one thing in life
It's that it's better to be rich in experience
Experience)
I'm the lonely songbird that never got to sing
A metaphor for a loser, depressed human being
That one last gasp of air
Before we finally sink
We finally sink
Hold on to your loved ones
And those who never had a chance
Some of still waiting on hope for that dance
These songs are just scars
Played from shaking hands
Take nothing for granted
And give some of us a shot
Because when it comes down to it
We are all that we've got
Even when life is pain
It's better to have than have not
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3. |
Worry Less
02:22
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Broken bruised or busted and not pretty on the inside
If I said I was happy where I'm at then that would be a lie
Tired of battling
myself
with no help
all inside my head
I can't believe the person is me when I hear what was said
Try to cope with drugs and booze
But learned that's the fast track to lose
People that I care about and the few that care about me too
I know this what they call crazy but this wasn't the life I choosed
Scarred, betrayed and belittled a product of defeat
I don't know how to recover but I know who I want to be
A goal that seems unattainable with no confidence to say the least
Total war inside my head and only one brain cell fighting for peace
If I took it all away would I still be insane
Would I be happy and would you please retain
The better memories over the bad ones in case I have to go away
Stacotto fast
Right to passage right to sing right to cry and right to be
Anything you want unless you're mental illness keeps you from your dreams
I know it's hard and I know it sucks but please believe me
When there's will and where theres hope there's possible victory
Everyone's got a story and it doesn't matter where you begin
The journey is the pursuit of happiness and it has no end
It gets dark and it gets hard a road we have all been
But don't give up and don't give in the because fighting is the only way to
wiiiiiin
I just really wanna
Worry less
Worry less
Focus on the better things
forget about the rest
Worry less
Worry less
Be ok with who I am and
Know I tried my best
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4. |
Wherever I'm Alone
04:26
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I can't see
That far in front of me
A bunch of stuff got in the way
As I walk thru these Pittsburgh rains
You're far away
But close to me you'll stay
In my heart my mind my soul I've told
You.. promises never get old to fools
I'll find my way
That's what I always say
California to New Jersey
I live for the love of music
That I play
Everyday seems the same
but i know it's all different
Some pay bartenders. some pay rent
They say one day i'll regret the life i chose
I'll get tired of being hungry and searching for a home
But i'm more scared of becoming one of you
Work till the day you die
Who's to say the day doesn't come too soon
I've got a guitar
And no time to play it
And I complain it
Is something I miss
And I've gotten older
I've gotten over most things but I still don't know where I'm going
I make my own dreams
And fail at my own goals
Make myself at home
Wherever I'm alone
And wherever in time that may be
I hope that I still hold that fucked up part of me
That keeps writing songs of the things I see
And things that I don't want to remember
Like you and me
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Day Drinking
03:26
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Strap on my boots before I walk out the door
Expecting the same fate I've been dealt before
Shove my anxiety into a bottle of Jack
And smoke enough Cigarettes to cause my lungs to collapse
And breath in the words you used to sing to me
Live everyday in a dream
Wake up every night and scream
Wondering who the hell the world wants me to be
With me you're not
Anymore
Tired of waking up on the floor
I've drank enough
To keep you away
But not enough liquor to kill the pain
Years have passed and not much has changed
Except my mentality to keep my life rearranged
Don't settle down don't trust a soul
Get the fuck out of Memphis because it's a black hole
Lived my life on a bad repeat
Drugs, booze, and girls have not been good to me
I've been dragged through hell for trying to do my best
Now it's time to get out, I got one last dying breath
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Defeated
04:14
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I used to wear my heart
On my sleeve
but now I just cover it up
Ya can't do enough these days
To try and look tough
I used to smile thru pain
*With everything I could to it
It Drove me insane
I know that I shouldn't have
Come to my senses
or what I thought they were
In the back of a van using what light the day has left
Somewhere in Minnesota with what little hope I've kept
I write like you were here
& gave a damn about what I'm going through
I miss you
You're a thousand miles away
With the rest of me
There's somewhere I'd like to die
And it's not in anyone's arms
I can see why it seems
Impossible to smile thru get over you own defeat
As for me
I don't know why
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Diy punk collaborative shindig featuring a dude with a guitar. Folk, Punk, Ska, and hiphop
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