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I'd Do
02:50
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Please hold me close to you / like it was all you had to do / like it was everything to you / if only I could be with you / please fall into my life / like it was soft and warm inside / like it was everything to you / if only I could be with you / I’d do /
Even when I talk to you / I feel like someone / even if you want me to / I’ll do /
Please tell me what to do / I don’t know how to talk to you / I don’t know if I want to be myself / like, would that bother you? / I’d do /
I have to try / to make this work / everything is better with you / when I find time / to talk to you / everything is better.
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Peace
02:13
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Every time I find myself / looking at the mirror at me / I see someone I don’t recognize / (reversed) I’m convinced my eyes are the wrong color / I can see a bleak heritage in my / peace to the universe and passive persuasion / I don’t wanna be another one of them / I will be different / I have the discipline / taking time to collect myself / never be passive / do not forget it / taking time to correct myself / I am not human / we are not people / I can see a bleak heritage in the mirror in front of me / that’s why it’s there / to show me what I cannot see /
Every time I find myself / I’m looking back at me / every time I find myself / I just can’t believe / I can see a bleak heritage in my / peace to the universe and passive persuasion / I don’t wanna be another one of them / I will be different / I have the discipline /
If I could take a bite of war / and spit it out into a trash can I would / if I could get a piece of cake / and all I have for now is a fork an knife with which to eat / and all I have for now is the stinging feeling of defeat.
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Awake
03:01
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You fall asleep on your phone / you fall asleep all alone / but you’re not lonely, no / you fall asleep all the time / you fall asleep in your mind / but you don’t do it on purpose / day after day / it all stays the same / I could just wait / for something to change /
And you too / I can feel it you have bad days / and bad dreams that become invasive / and I swear I’ll do everything I can to / get you away from them / and you too / I can feel it you have bad days / and bad dreams that become invasive / and I swear I can harness all the bad vibes / and that’s why I can stay awake /
You fall asleep in your bed / you fall asleep in your head / then the world moves on / we have places to be / and we have people to see / and you’re not one of them / day after day / it all stays the same / I could just wait / for something to change / but that’s not gonna happen.
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Of You
04:24
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It’s so hard to say / why my heart feels this way / even when my head has been unplugged / I feel it because of you / and no one’s gonna take it from me! / I have no idea / where it comes from / but I think I could / love someone / if I had the time to give to them well / where can I find time? / to love you? /
I give to desire what it took from me and / I was living working in a Dairy Queen and / easy as it goes but I’m not engaged / and the work is all dull but you’re still not getting paid / best I can do is give it up / but that’s not much when you’re paying for love / just take some time to figure it out / so you’re not stuck left paying for love /
You have been there too / you feel the way I do / even though the way it came was strange / I know you feel it too / it’s all about the Milton Friedman / I have no idea / why it’s like this / hopefully I’ll get used to this / if I find myself feeling neglected / where can I find time? / to love you?
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On Me
03:24
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I found this lonely place all by myself and / I’m gonna live here just to spite myself and / I can tell you’re holding back / on me / just to give me space that I / don’t need / you have me looking for a better self but / you only wanna see me burn in hell so / I’m gonna be the better man (oh-oh!) / make myself a better plan / that doesn’t involve you /
Don’t be mad / it’s not that bad / you’re not important to me / and you never will be / don’t get upset / we can forgive and forget /
I found this lonely place inside myself and / all of the times I didn’t want my health and / I can tell you’re holding back / on me / just because I don’t know why / we’ll see / for everyone who has a loss of faith well / I can assure you that you’re loosing brain cells / why not try and take a nap / with me / why complain when we could be asleep? /
I can never tell what’s what / or if I’m feeling better / than before / was I ever even here? / if I could just become it / or if you’re all my only / I’ll be your / how can we have done it / at all?
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Outside
03:19
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(Do you think he’s taken singing lessons? / no it doesn’t sound like it)
When I walk outside / I never feel like I could be / another person in this world of thieves / and if I say / “Maybe not today…” / I’ll only be the part of me / that doesn’t want to hurt anybody / I’m still afraid of you / the things you say and do / the world you pull around with you / while acting so abused / I’m dreaming in my mind / you’re violent by design / instead of your humility / which feels undefined.
You’re not the one that I’m fighting for /
Who gets off on awful stuff / and acts like it’s okay? / did your parents raise you wrong / or are you just insane? / I feel it because of you /
When I walk outside / the people talking down to me / cannot conceive beyond their own TV (television) / and if they ask / for me to fuck them up / I’ll do it if they want it rough / but usually / they’re prudes with body insecurities / I’m sleeping in my bed / because I feel brain-dead / I write about it all the time / but I am not upset / you’re pissy because you’re bored / your dick is not as big as you think / you spat me down the sink / I have to act surprised /
I’m gonna be the better man (oh-oh!) / make myself a better plan / that doesn’t involve you.
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Yourself
04:54
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You hide inside / you turn your computer on at night / but you don’t talk to me / why am I alive / everybody’s got a place to be / but not for me / everybody’s got a place to stay / but not today /
Do you feel better? / better when we’re together? / hooked up to computers / and talking through the internet / I still see a future / where we all feel better / and no one ever dies again! / beep boop beep boop beep / beep boop beep boop beep / beep boop beep boop beep / beep boop beep boop beep / bueeeeh /
They don’t even need to like us / please just be yourself / plug into the mainframe / and be somebody else / everybody’s running away / from their body’s needs / I am here for comfort / so plug back into me /
Could you love a man / made out of wires and tin cans? / can he return affection? / does he have a ghost? / is he a computer / or is he a lover? / does it really matter? / I feel like I should know / (anxious scatting) /
Everybody’s artificial / but that doesn’t mean they’re fake / they just live their own lives / even if they’re in pain /
Tell me if I am real / just what is fake about me? / just give me what I need / I don’t wanna be me.
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8. |
I'd Do (MIDI)
02:27
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9. |
Untitled
01:54
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I dropped out of school
I gave up and I moved to Canada
blocked all of my friends and decided
to eat less everyday
lost all of my weight and I sold
my computer to pay the rent
but then I moved on and decided
to sleep outside instead
It's nothing to me, I can be
without technology
for a day or two, or more or less
I guess, I guess I'm just depressed
What we could achieve, we could be
without technology
for a little while
without denial
without the things that make you smile
(GITS sample)
How much of your body is original?
Hey are you drunk or something?
It's probably the decompression/depression
Information, even a simulated experience or a dream
is simultaneous reality and fantasy
What's her name? How old is she?
Well I guess cyborgs like myself have a tendency to be paranoid
Sometimes I suspect I'm not who I think I am
like maybe I died a long time ago
and somebody took my brain and stuck it in this body
(Lain sample)
Take the initiative, even a girl like you should be able to make friends right off the bat
I'm not scared, not really
You should broaden your horizons, make an effort to create friends
(Cowboy Bebop sample)
I'm going to find out if I'm really alive
So stop with the angst.
But that's just it, that's the only thing that makes me feel human-
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syd/sydney Ohio
singer, guitarist, furry,
wrote the theme for Dreamwork's film "THE BIG BUNGUS"
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