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Zygote pt. 1
05:41
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If there’s a time and place for action, I’d say we missed that point about a million years ago
If there’s a way to split the atom, maybe that information would be best forgotten
Maybe we would all be better off if we never were
Once and for all and all for one
United we stand, divided we fall
I’m falling apart all over again
I’ve seen enough to know it’s over. I just don’t think there’s any coming back from this one
You say you want a revolution, why don’t you round up every single gun
It started with a bang and it will end with just the same, you wait and see
There aren’t enough Lennons in the world to keep the peace
Maybe we shouldn’t assume that we’re here for good
Maybe we’re all on a train careening toward our families
The choice to deviate is ours
This stomach ache is never-ending
These butterflies have long since died, dried up and disintegrated
I’m screaming for someone to help me but you all have been long gone
It’s not your faults, I understand, life is always moving
I can’t expect it to say the same but I’m afraid of change and it’s sudden coming
Over time we’ll grow old and wise up to the fact that we’re trapped in this race we’re running
I always thought and always believed that we all had purpose, have to find our meaning
In this vacuum of talent, this train careening, there’s no lever to lessen this vessel speeding
From the second we’re born we begin deceiving, ’til the moment we die and we cease the dreaming
There is no purpose
There is no meaning
We’re all here for no fucking reason
Maybe we would be better off if we're gone for good
Maybe we took this existence thing for all it’s worth
I guess we’ll have to wait and see
I’m finding out I’m always wrong
I thought falling in love and falling apart were one in the same
They’re two different things…
I’m an idiot
All that I’ve done is foil myself
Now I’m falling in love with finding it out all over again
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Hard times call for harder booze
You’ve been spending all your time cause you’ve got none left to lose
You’ve been gawking at the moon
You hear it talking back to you
Mad dog set loose
You’ve been combing through the alleyways cause you’ve something yet to prove
You’ve been walking afternoons and it’s been wonderful for you
You feel…
You feel brand new
But it all disappears when it’s cold and you’re clueless
Three sheets to the wind and it’s the wind chill that really gets ya
Just steel yourself, the winter’s bitter but you’re strong
I know you are, though you may not always show it
But the suns gonna rise again
’Til then you’re sleeping with the stove on
The troubles gonna melt and you’ll be warm
’Til then you’re sleeping with your socks on
But it all disappears when you’re lonely
You need a coalition to survive
It would all disappear if you’d hold me
’Til then I’m sleeping with the lights on
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3. |
A Very Boring Apocalypse
03:50
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A weird several weeks with lots more ahead
We want to get up and get down and plant gardens
And buy lots of ammo cause it’s a necessity
A new world order, sure, whatever…
I really don’t care anymore
There’s nobody stopping me from going outside
Nobody stopping me from living my life
Nobody stopping me from going outside
But I’m not gonna go outside
I’m gonna get high cause there’s nothing else to do
I’m gonna get very, very high because I want to and I can
I’m gonna get high because I’m distracting myself from this horrible scene
I’d rather just drown in an ocean of green
I’ll smoke myself stupid that sounds good to me
And if I run out I might kill myself
A very boring apocalypse is what lies ahead
A superfluous pissing contest between the blue and the red
But nobody’s stopping you from going outside
Nobody’s stopping you from living your life
Nobody’s getting out of this one alive
So I’d rather stay in if that’s fine
And get really high cause freedom depends on it
I’m gonna get so uncomfortably high I’ll need to sit down… but I’m already sitting
I’m gonna get high because the endtimes just aren’t what I thought they would be
I thought that a fungus would make us all zombies
Instead we’re all worried and glued to our screens
Looking for light but we can’t see it coming
Searching for truth in an ocean of green
Seeking comfort in the warmth of monotony
And if I run out I’ll be fine
If I run out I’ll be fine
If I run out I’ll be fine…
Cause I’ll just get more
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Rise and shine, the day's begun. There’s lots of work that must be done
All these things to do, cause no ones gonna do them for you
Sharpen the machete, hold the blade so calm and steady
Swing hard and true, and very soon, you’ll have a new tool
Beads of sweat, no rest is had, ’til you complete the task at hand
Split the stalk in two and thank the moon for watching over you
Carve out the holes, make proper folds and soon you will behold
You have the strength it takes to make yourself more comfortable
You grew the plant, you chopped it down
The circles always spinning round
There’s nothing you can do to slow it
Just do what you’re doing now
Soon, I’m sure, the Earth will reward you for all you’ve given back
You’ve made a living all your own, choose to forge your own path
There’s nothing that can cut you down cause you’re invincible
Unlike that’s growing tall, you’re more formidable
You’re more formidable
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One day, well, I did decide to throw caution to the wind and I’d go outside
I said bye to my ma, she cried, cause she ain’t never been the same since Eddie Money died
Later on, I thought I’d go get some smokes from the liquor store
Gotta talk to the manager cause I can’t find ‘em
Well, he’s an asshole. I don’t like him
Gonna kick his ass up and down the road
Gonna whoop that ass up and down the road
No time to play favorites, shoot first and ask later
Don’t know if that’s right but I don’t really care
Gonna kick his ass up and down the road
Gonna whoop that ass up and down the road
Goin’ back to Majula, wanna find my wife
Gonna lie in bed and try to let it out and just cry
Even later, I hate to say, I went into a BK, didn’t have it my way
Called the kid workin’ there an unsavory name
Got into a fistfight with a manager again
Well, back home, safe and sound, went into the fridge for another round
I looked around, it isn’t here! My mama drank my very last beer
Gonna kick her ass up and down the road
Gonna whoop that ass up and down the road
Nothin’ says I love ya like a broken rib
Gonna start a fight on twitter just to own the libs
Dirt roads, loyal dogs, cheap beer, guns, America,
Fireworks, war and freedom are the only 8 god damn things I need
Gonna kick your ass up and down the road
Gonna whoop your ass up and down the road
Gonna make up lyrics that are really funny
Gonna cash ‘em in later, make lots of money
Gonna kick your ass up and down the road
Gonna whoop that ass up and down the road
Gonna try and find a word that rhymes with urban
Then go out on the road, open for Keith Urban
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Jerith's Song
03:42
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Sitting around, killing time, la-da-da-da-da
Run through the cycle at least twice a day
Rinse and repeat, might as well, la-da-da-da-da
All this monotony has made me a dull boy
I’m tired and nearly suicidal, la-da-da-da-da
I’m going outside if it kills me and it just might
But I’m gonna take some precautions
Yeah, I’m gonna meet with some friends
We’re gonna gather at Tom’s place and get really high and end up on youtube
Now we’re just four clueless dudes watching furry porn
Yeah, we’re just four clueless dudes watching furry porn
I’m not sure what happened, I think someone said “yiff”
And before you know it we’re looking at a cat with tits
Let’s all buckle up boys, we’re all in for the ride
But no one seems able to look the other in the eye
No one seems able to look the other in the eye
No one seems able to look the other in the eye
No one seems able to look the other in the eye
No one seems able to look the other in the eye
Watching furry porn
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Backwoods Banana Man
02:46
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Dead leaves and the dirty ground but he never heard the song before
Keepin’ tally on the good and the bad, he keepin’ occupied, he’s feeding the forge
Dead bees and banana trees but a price that you aren’t willing to pay
You want his fruit but he only wants you , you better hope that you can get away
Cause if he gets his hands on you, I’m gonna tell you exactly what he’s gonna do
He gonna peel you like a banana, baby
Gonna strip you down to your soul
He gonna desecrate and investigate
Was a banana worth your flesh and your bones?
He gonna peel ya like a banana, baby
Gonna strip down to his socks
He gonna masturbate, he’s a real freak of nature
Gonna lay your body down in a box
Don’t tread or he’ll make you Example One
He’ll bend and he’ll break you, ’til the daylight come
He gonna peel you like a banana, baby
Gonna tear you limb from limb
I swear it’s true, what he takes from you
Gon’ be more than what you take from him
He gonna peel you like a banana, baby
Got nothin’ else better to do
You thought you might just take a bite
You thought wrong, now the banana is you
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Or Flight
02:22
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Perhaps it’s best said in a song
I want you to forgive me, everything that I’ve done wrong
You’ll wonder why I’m not around
I didn’t know what I could teach you
I was afraid to let you down
So I fled so fast my feet barely touched the ground
I gave you all I could, it’s up to you to make it out
So I beg you, do not follow me, don’t choose the path I chose
I will sink you to the bottom, or so the story goes
You can never truly hate someone that you don’t even know..
Or so I hope
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Grow a Rope
03:30
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Some say that self-sufficience is unobtainable
I do what I can to prove them wrong
There ain’t a man, machine or monster big enough
There is no destiny after all
You mean to tell me all this work that I have done
These dirty fingernails, oh no
My back pressed up against the corner, guess again
There was a missing piece you never could have known
I’m movin’ soil, I’m poking holes
I’m plantin’ seeds of shattered hope
I measure twice to I only have to cut once
I’ve got the skills to grow a rope
Patience, thread by thread, you gotta work the whole night through
The only shred of light you see be the grinnin’, blood-red moon
Pull tight, wind from the middle, joints ache, eyeballs dry
No matta, gotta go fast or I might have to answer why
I’m movin’ units by the pound
I got enough to go around
Now I’m the joke, I’m the classic, great, white dope
But I’ve found my niche, I’m growin’ rope
Patience, thread by thread, you gotta work the whole night through
The only shred of light you see be the grinnin’, blood-red moon
Pull tight, wind from the middle, joints ache, eyeballs dry
No matta, gotta go fast or I might have to answer why
Praise be, scream “hallelujah”, as the bounty piles up
Loose leaves take shape in the tea at the bottom of your cup
My god, scream bloody murder as the bodies piles high
Sure as the sun gonna set, sure enough it’s gonna rise
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Eric Bennett Wyandotte, Michigan
I write songs that make middle-aged to elderly people cry.
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