1. |
Getting Old
01:21
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Endless surprises and sad compromises
You lose a whole lot on the way
You can’t shake the feeling that everyone’s stealin’ a bit
Of you
For themselves
Brilliant flashes, inhaling the ashes with good thoughts
And theocracy
When you’re out of touch do you know that it’s happning
Or do you
Just fade away
It doesn’t feel the same
Am I losing my brain
Or just getting old?
I’m getting old
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2. |
Styx & Stones
02:22
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High fiving Satan on my way out
White water rafting down the river Styx
Kick flipping heaven-heights to stay ill
Head patting Cerberus heads
‘Cause that’s how sick that I once lived
I noticed
You falter
With every word you uttered
This seance
Is giving
Me the chills so knock it off
We’ll cower
Breath bated
The spirits just might hate us
This nightmare
We’re living
Is just too real for me you see
‘Cause now I fear my memories
Fist bump Mephisto on my way out
Zip-lining through the valley of death yeah
I’m grinding on the pearly gates now
Ghost riding Ophanim
‘Cause that’s how sick that I once lived
I noticed
You falter
With every word you uttered
This seance
Is giving
Me the chills so knock it off
We’ll cower
Breath bated
The spirits just might hate us
This nightmare
We’re living
Is just too real for me you see
‘Cause now I fear my memories
High fiving Satan on my way out
White water rafting down the river Styx
Kick flipping heaven-heights to stay ill
‘Cause that’s how sick that I once lived
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3. |
Lie to Me
02:22
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Whoa
Whoa
When you lie
Lie to me, it’s a shame
Shame to see
How you bend, every truth
Till it breaks,
Breaks apart and implodes
Until there’s nothing left
In your heart
Anymore
For anyone
Or anything
Whoa
Whoa
How’d you live
All your life like a fool
Place to place
It’s all the same ‘cause it’s you
It’s your life, you’re living for the hell of it
So why should you care
That nothing’s going to come of it
You’re just scared
Of everyone
And everything
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
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It’s so sad how you
Swiped left on the love of your life
‘Cause they didn’t look like
That they’d be your type, right?
That assumption was wrong
But how were you supposed to know?
Their profile was junk
And their picture was blurred
Yeah it’s tough to
Fall in love on dating sites
But maybe you don’t have a choice
And neither do I
It’s a chore to
Have to always be online
'Cause maybe we don’t have a choice
But try as we might
It’s tiring, right?
Now you’ve lost all hope
The matches just never arrive
No one’s picking you out
And you ran out of likes
Reducing people to
A pic and a couple of words
Gets so shallow that you
Can’t help but feel worse
Yeah it’s tough to
Fall in love on dating sites
But maybe you don’t have a choice
And neither do I
It’s a chore to
Have to always be online
'Cause maybe we don’t have a choice
But try as we might
It’s tiring, right?
I think I’d rather die alone
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5. |
Nothing to Do
02:27
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Nothing to do
I'm just a fool
Wasting away
My day to day
I know I don't
Have any hope
It's sad but true
I’ve lost my cool
Give me one thing
One thing to die for
Like a will to live
Or an answer to the question
Why am I even here
Nothing to do
Times up we’re through
We're bored enough
To all give up
You tried to cope
What a dumb joke
You told yourself
So you'd sleep well
Give me one thing
One thing to die for
Like a will to live
Or an answer to the question
Why am I even here
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6. |
Merely Existing
01:19
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7. |
Angery Online
03:08
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Don't you @ me baby
Gonna ignore all the discourse
I'm already mad online
Please don't push me anymore
Wealthy stupid fascists
Russian robots, incel bastards
Telling them to off themselves
Getting banned a-gain, it's fine
I need something to calm my heart
Something to calm my heart
My brain’s so tired but I can't stop
I can't seem to stop
Wanting to
Logging on to hell today
Gonna give myself depression
Reading 'bout atrocities
Juxtaposed with surreal memes
Everyone is married
Having children, and successful
But I’m still struggling to get
Out of bed at 1pm
I need something to calm my heart
Something to calm my heart
My brain’s so tired but I can't stop
I can't seem to stop
Wanting to suffer
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
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8. |
Impostor Syndrome
03:58
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Success just seems impossible
When I always feel the same
Everyone’s just living day to day
But I don’t think I can relate
Why do I feel so inadequate?
I’ve been trying so hard for years
In pursuit of whatever the hell it was
I was convinced I would find in age
Just wanted to be
Someone better than me
Is that so much to ask?
With every mistake
My body decays
And it aches more everyday
Just wanted to dream
But my reality
Crushed that with apathy
Aspirations to live
Anything I could give
Were all swept away with time
My loneliness is my own fault but I complain
That everything I’ve done is nothing but a waste
From here knows when I’ll last on this forsaken rock
I hope I’ll be smiling when my final heart beats drop
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9. |
Moving On
02:46
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This machine is telling me that I am kind of dumb
It’s algorithms we're written to make us obsolete
We’re moving on
But something’s wrong
I don’t see how this lasts for long
And it’s too late
To hesitate
We've gone too far to hit the brakes
Just how much can we invest into the death of us?
I can’t wait to buy up all of the real estate in Antarctica
We’re moving on
But something’s wrong
I don’t see how this lasts for long
And it’s too late
To hesitate
We went too far to hit the brakes
‘Cause what we’ve done
Is sell our son’s
Futures out for profit abuse
It’s oh so clear
What we hold dear
As we die out in excuse
I know that we’re all doomed
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10. |
Effort
02:07
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I need, I need some sympathy
I’m trying, so hard to be something
I've been, I've been a mess of tears
So long, it's getting hard to bare
Giving up time
For a chance
At a moment
To feel alive
And at peace
Like there's nothing wrong
Turning away
From the world
And pretending
That this'll be fine
And okay
'Cause it's easier
I need, I need some sympathy
I’m trying, so hard to be something
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Melancholy Robot Los Angeles, California
jammin through the tears
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