1. |
Shark Bait
02:49
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2. |
Happy Pills
03:25
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Coasting on a cloud now,
Nothing on my back,
Living in a dream world,
Trying to stay on track.
Time to take my happy pills - Take my happy pills (x4)
Lexipro and Buspar,
Coarsing through my veins,
Rounding out the corners,
Filtering my brain.
Time to take my happy pills - Take my happy pills (x8)
Doctor asked what was making me anxious,
I said Doc, just about everything,
We're on the "Biff stole the almanac" time line,
Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
(solo)
Floating above my body
Half asleep and half awake
Protected in my bubble
Wait, how many did I take?
Time to take my happy pills - Take my happy pills (x8)
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3. |
Why Souls
02:55
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Why give us souls?
Why not make everybody think the same?
We'd all have the same goals.
No one would ever have to feel any shame.
We'd all play the same role.
Like little drones buzzing 'round our hive.
Without a soul, It would be easy to survive.
We're Spinning round and round and round and round...
Why give us love?
Is it a trick to help the species survive?
When push comes to shove,
Is love the reason that we're all still alive?
A child is born
To keep the family tree in place.
In this mystical world, Love is the light that wakes the mind each day.
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4. |
Undercover Punk
04:30
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Deep in the suburbs there once lived a man
Who supressed his true nature so that he'd blend in
With the squares and the normies of his little town
They don't see who he is when they are not around
He's a master of mischief and he hides in plain sight
With his khaki's and polos, he seems so polite
But deep down inside he just wants to destroy
All the systems and structures that oppress and exploit us
Undercover punk (chant x8)
Tucks his kids in bed giving forehead
kisses now for the misses red wine and
a book a suble look mistook more forehead kisses
Closes door and slips away into his cave of
fears and wonders undercover punk you secret skunk
you hunger for the thunder
Deep in his heart is a primative man
Who expresses himself by playing songs in a band
Barring chords on guitar and yelling into the mic
He can be his true self like a star in the night
It's his passion and he can't keep it bottled inside
He needs let it all out, no more hiding his pride
It's time to make his personality unclassified
Oh yeah!
Uh huh!
Come on!
Let him play!
Every day - HEY
Doin what he does best!
Every Day - HEY
Who cares what the people say!
Every Day - HEY
Feeling good and having fun!
Every Day - HEY
4x - (sax solo)
Every Day - HEY
Undercover Punk you'll get there some day!!!
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5. |
Nowhere Good
03:49
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Don't know where we're goin'
But I know it's nowhere good.
No, I'm not sure where we're headin'
But it can't be anywhere good.
The truth that we once knew,
is no longer true
The choice is up to you and me
It's time to be free
We had a destination,
but that's no longer the case.
I can sense your hesitation,
by the expression on your face.
If you come with me
you will surely be
throwing destiny to the wind
I'll say it again and again and again and again and again
And we run and we jump and we turn and we slide
and we dip and we glide from the back to the side
up the rope down the chain through the smoke and the rain
over land out at sea through the sand and the trees
with a spin and a flip and a dive and a lift
an annonymous gift an insideous grift
Through the foam and the steam on a journey supreme
in a boat on a stream "this life is but a dream" she said
I don't want this life to be over
Please don't let this be the end.
Don't know where we're goin'
But I hope it's somewhere good!
No, I can't see where we're headin'
But it's got to be somewhere good!!
We were born of the sun
And we've only just begun.
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6. |
Freckle
04:19
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Creeping on your storyline, I
learn as much as I can.
Here's an ad for a therapy lamp, I
know you like that brand.
I've seen your list of contacts, and I've
carefully read your DM's
Collecting
Perfecting
Nervous system
Algorithms
Learning what you do
Data Farming
What's the harm in
Digitizing you?
Keeping track of your every move, I
count the steps that you take.
I see you when you're sleeping and I
know when you're awake.
I know your face down to the freckle,
and every law that you break.
Suspecting
Protecting
Selecting
You sacrifice your privacy when you
bought your new device
Just so we can target ads to you
Doesn't that sound nice
We sell your data and collect the profits
Wish you could have a slice.
Reflecting
Projecting
Affecting
We know you more
Than you do so
What gives you the right?
Live forever
on the server
Step into the light
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7. |
Hypnotics
04:36
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8. |
Flower
03:35
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The sweetest part of my every day is coming home to you.
When you are gone, I can't sleep at night. I don't know what to do.
I need you more and more the more we get together. I can't stop.
It's true.
Spending all of my money and time.
People try to say our love is a crime.
I would do 'bout anything for you.
And I really think you love me, too.
I can't say they didn't warn me, but when beauty's at your door,
you have to welcome it with open arms.
You like to keep me safe right inside your pocket and I keep you in mine.
I think about you at least 20 times a minute, need you all the time.
You overpower all my senses all at once. You know I think it's a sign.
Would you like to go with me and find a place where we can be alone?
You understand me more than anybody else that I have ever known.
I think you are the most perfect little flower that was ever grown.
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9. |
LCD
03:39
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Breaking you down
Trained to the sound
of dog whistle tones
Your linked to the denominator
Partisan hacks
crave it like crack
Throbbing red meat
Inside of the denominator
Fear makes you blind
They've studied your kind
Peered into your heart
To exploit the denominator
Tugging your strings
The nerve that it stings
Confirming your bias
by pushing the denominator
Won't you come out of your shell?
Can't you snap out of their spell?
Fascist book bans
They know how that lands
They fabricate crisis
Engineering the denominator
Limit free speech
The topics they teach
Get the kids while they're young
The seeds of the denominator
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10. |
Persevere
03:46
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I can feel it coming
You best start running
A storm is brewing
Better hop to it if we're gonna make it out alive.
I think you better drive.
You used to think you were safe and life was stable
You never knew how fragile it was
One day you're sitting with the family at the table
The next minute you're on the run
There's no time to waste
We will be outpaced
It will swallow us whole
It will take it's toll and leave nothing standing in it's path.
Nothing but it's wrath
Through the bitter winds and the pouring rain
We'll fight through the fear, the darkness, and pain
And when the dust settles and the smoke clears
We will persevere
Nothing is guaranteed
Life is too short, indeed
The storm might be behind you
just be ready to run - when bad luck finds you again
You never know
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John Kill Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis independent songwriter, performer, and low budget music producer
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