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Tentacles
02:51
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I don’t wanna head-butt this wall
Anymore my head is sore
I’m bleeding and my teeth are on the floor
The longer it takes me to break through at all
The more water that drains
Water I need for my tentacles
I will suffocate in here
I’m not evil I promise you, dear
So please let me inflate my lungs
I know it’s necessary to break me
And one day I’ll thank you maybe
But I won’t be a floating corpse yet
I’m too young
The blood still flows from the wound
That I made next to you
I sliced my palm and so did you
This saltwater stings the cut in my
Flesh but I must satisfy
Ignore my body over my mind
I will suffocate in here
I’m not evil I promise you, dear
So please let me inflate my lungs
I know it’s necessary to break me
And one day I’ll thank you maybe
But I won’t be a floating corpse yet
I’m too young
It’s futile to try
When you know that the best thing for you
Is to give up your fight
Because you know you don’t want these
Tentacles for life
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2. |
Odd Specific
03:34
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Suppress the reaction
Because I won’t win
Reason that this horrific transaction
Isn’t optional to them
It’s ok, no harm done
The package assures you to remain calm
So you decide
Before you take the first step, you’re justified
Because death ain’t the same as something
That already died
Hey man I’m easy, but I won’t do that
So write off the reason as abduction by a fad
Because there’s a natural order to which we must stick
But we break it every day in every way
So why hold on to this odd specific?
You got a thousand things to tell me
You got an undisclosed number of facts I didn’t know before
So thank you for opening that door
To enlightenment
I’m grateful, man
Next time don’t even bother explaining
To a chump like me
What do I know?
Tell me honestly
Why you should have to justify yourself
It’s almost as if your violent recoil is an admission of guilt
The high ground isn’t as high as your stilts
You can walk on them but they’re not very well built
Hey man I’m easy, but I won’t do that
So write off the reason as abduction by a fad
Because there’s a natural order to which governs these things
But that’s not even true, I’m just pandering to you
Employ a false truth so it doesn’t sting as much
But I’ve had it
Everything you say is fucking factually damaged
And it sounds
Like words falling from a desperate person's mouth
Someone who’s trying to
Skeeve off the feelings that this kind of thing leaves with you
(Leaves with you)
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3. |
Cut Thumbs
02:03
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You asked me am I desperate to connect?
Because I almost went over to that stranger and asked them to elect
Their favourite song by a band they’d never heard of
But I thought I saw it on their t-shirt
But I was wrong again
You said I should of regardless
I said “I’m too fucking scared to talk to people”
You called me feeble and weak
So I said “fuck you” defensively
You looked out of my window
And picked one of the many squares of light
And pointed to the person behind the window
Opposite from mine
And you said “what about her?”
I felt embarrassed this time
I told you “she would be my first new real friend”
You said “really?”
I said “really.”
You turned to me and then turned back again
And you asked me:
Do you get lonely sometimes?
You don’t have many friends up here
And do you have a hard time
Making them just appear
And can days go by
When you haven’t said a word to anyone?
And when you finally try and speak it comes out wrong?
Is it easier for you to not belong?
You asked me am I desperate to connect?
Because I almost went over to that stranger
Pretty much ready to beg for a face to blend
Am I abrasive?
Or just a fucking mess
I don’t believe what you say to me
I refuse to take in anything you said
I should have anyway
I told you “I’m too fucking scared to speak my mind”
You called me deaf and blind
So I said “fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, I’m fine.”
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I am relieved to see that tracks that guide me home
Yet still, the heavy rising dread weighs down my bones
I promise that I want this ride, just not this railroad
What cures the desperation
Makes us loathe the lines that we grit our teeth and follow
Maybe I will start burning sleepers because
I theorise that me breaking ribs makes the spine weaker
Until we can’t recognise our warping path
Void every slat in all hopes that
The metal’s shape can’t ever come back
Rigid rails remember
Soon I’ll definitely be weak enough
To surrender to the will of them
Rigid rails remember
I am relieved to see that tracks that guide me home
Yet still, the heavy rising dread weighs down my bones
I promise that I want this ride, just not this railroad
What cures the desperation
Makes us loathe the lines that we grit our teeth and follow
(Woah)
Rigid rails remember
(Woah)
Soon I’ll definitely be weak enough
To surrender to the will of them
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5. |
I Hate My Job
00:31
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I hate my job
Actually, that’s not true
I like it better than being unemployed
I wish I didn’t need money, but I do
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6. |
Can't Fix Everything
02:14
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Leave it be
Let it go
But that would be too easy
Wouldn’t you just know?
Destructive
Effect reverse
Always trying to make things better
Is just making it worse
You got a problem
You’re causing problems
Stop trying to fix everything
There’s no way you can
For once in your life just listen
You run your mouth
Run it right down into the ground
There’s no help in the words you’re spitting
You’re not content
With what’s already been said
So you just hack away
Until there’s nothing left
Harmful extent
Isn’t what you ever meant
So shut the gaping hole
In the front of your head
Because it’s a problem
It’s causing problems
Stop trying to fix everything
There’s no way you can
For once in your life just listen
You run your mouth
Run it right down into the ground
There’s no help in the words you’re spitting
You can’t fix everything
You can’t fix everything
You can’t fix everything you asshole
You can’t fix everything
You can’t fix everything you asshole
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7. |
Standing In A Dark Room
04:05
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Punch the light switch in
Who does it think it is?
The way it makes your eyeballs sting
And makes you look like this
Never make eye contact
Because if you do you’ll never look back
And every time you’re forced to check
You’ll say to me “I’m a wreck”
If I could say one thing without a contradiction
I’d tell you that symptoms are symptoms and not facts
Cons always leave you behind because in your beautiful mind
You’re not beautiful enough to die
We could lay in this bed
Until we are both dead
But you wouldn’t trust a single word I said
Because strangers can’t dissect your head
If I could say one thing without a contradiction
I’d tell you that symptoms are symptoms and not facts
Cons always leave you behind because in your beautiful mind
You’re not beautiful enough to die
A sense of sight cannot be taught
But you could still give me a call
If we could exchange thoughts
You may not rise
But I promise you won’t fall
Punch the light switch in
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