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and... "Smile!"
01:02
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Let Us Hurt You!
02:40
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G C Cm
corporate shacks and fanny packs
go hand in hand
retail chains and daily pains
are something to encourage
it's cheaper than your fellow man
that's for sure
and of course the vultures will come to roost
on your corpse
do what they tell you 'cus otherwise they'll kill you
do what they say 'cus you don't have any choice
shop where they tell you 'cus you're sheep
and you're complacent
there's nothing you can do about it
nothing you can say to fix it
your body is a dead thing
that's not quite dead yet
ooo
your mind is a distraction
from the stuff you should be buying
oooo
and if you try to change it
you'll dead much faster
ooo
so please just behave
and don't run away
and don't say a thing
just let us hurt you
parking lots and empty slots
where you can pay
cheaper food to fix your mood
is something you desire
it used to be a nicer place
but that's all gone
so work for us
and buy from us
and sleep with us
and kill with us
do what we tell you 'cus otherwise we'll kill you
do what we say 'cus you don't have any choice
shop where we tell you 'cus you're sheep
and you're complacent
there's nothing you can do about it
nothing you can say to fix-
your body is a dead thing
that's not quite dead yet
ooo
your mind is a distraction
from the stuff you should be buying
oooo
and if you try to change it
you'll dead much faster
ooo
so please just behave
and don't run away
and don't run away
and don't run away
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3. |
Behind Locked Doors
04:40
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A D
A D Open5th
Each day I wear another funny mask
in an effort to hide myself from those around me
one slip of the tongue and the rug’ll be pulled
from underneath my feet
it’s not a fun way to spend a day inside
trying to be quiet so they don't ask me questions
and I'm not really too afraid
I’d just wish they'd stay
like thirty-thousand feet away
...
and some days I like to fall apart
just lose my shit and scream for hours
might be stressed about the time of day
or angry at myself for caring
and I'm scared they'll go and take it all away
rip it from my hands cus they say I'm insane yeah
they'll punish me for making a mistake
they'll never even tell me what I did to deserve this
..
F Dm
‘cus behind locked doors
you’d see my pink affliction
behind locked doors
you’d see how much I care
behind locked doors
you’d see me struggling to record this
A# G# A
inside my bubble
don't want to have to explain myself
...
and as I start to walk among the crowd
they'll probably want to get to know me
one slip of the tongue and my name will become
synonymous with hate and villainy
I'll watch as everybody turns away
a suitable replacement will become their new idol
I'll watch them throw that other one away as well
another 15 minutes is all that I ask for
...
behind locked doors
you're watching as I hurt myself
behind locked doors
you're comparing me to someone else
behind locked doors,
I'm debating whether to kill myself or not
inside my bubble
you watch me struggle
behind locked doors
I’m wishing I was 17
behind locked doors
behind locked doors
I'm trying to think of a way to explain
the shit that you don't wanna see
and why the fuck are you staring at me
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G Am
I wish I could be there with you
I wish I could just walk away from this
It's hard to see the path before me
You beckon but I cannot follow
My feet aren't moving, I'm barely breathing
my body has betrayed me yet again
It swallows me, fucks me over
I'm scared of what i'm turning into
...
Am B C B
I wanna be with you
and get away from them
Am B C *D*
but they're really not all that bad
and that just makes it worse
Am B C B
have to cut them down
have to burn these bridges
D B
have find a way to cry out
while I can
...
Hard to find the time, hard to keep it focused
I wedge myself into a little box and choke to death
I am almost empty, their fangs are in me
nothing left of me, no there is nothing left
I just want to be there, I just wanna see you
just want to hold you while I can
all of this is empty, all of this is dead
there is nothing like you here
I wanna be with you
I want you to be here
but I love the way they hurt me
I love the way it hurts
I want you to hurt me
I want you to end it
I don't want to do this
I just wanna be with you
...
and I start to wonder
when the day comes
that I make it out of here alive
will I still be what I used to be ?
will what's left of me be enough?
I just wanna be with you
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5. |
Ode To Kiosk
02:38
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6. |
I Sleep In A Pothole
04:14
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Cm
I sleep in a pothole
G
the size and shape of my body
it’s the only place I fit
a hole in the concrete
ooo
...
Cm D#
I used to feel that way
G# G
I used to feel like such a burden
my body felt so strange
misshapen and unwanted
and how could I complain
they gave me what they thought I needed
but slowly I discovered
that the schools were there
to slow me down
...
G# G
and all that I can do
Cm D#
was an exception to the rule
and even though my high school years
were plagued with rage and misdirection
I got out, I came here
I discovered that the pothole
was a crack in their big thing
the concrete only works when you do
and otherwise it’s killing trees
and then you plant some more around it
and then you try to dance around it
act like you can just ignore it
treat it like a lifeless body
but there’s somebody sleeping in it
...
yeah I sleep in a pothole
the size and shape of my body
it's the only place I fit
a hole in the concrete
yeah I sleep in a pothole
the size and shape of my body
and you, do not believe me
you look away as it crashes down
around you
...
and all that I can do
was an exception to the rule
and even though my high school years
were plagued with rage and misdirection
I got out, almost died
G# G
several times because you
G# G
didn’t give a shit now did you
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7. |
I Don't Wanna Die
03:04
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AmCFG
Wonder if it's worth it to
look for something else to do
something to appease 'em yea
just to keep 'em off my back
wonder if it's worth it now
to worry if they'll put me down
if I'm just their punching bag
if this song'll make 'em mad
I don't wanna make em mad!
...
FCGAmG
they all want me dead even if they don't know it
they all want me gone even if I'm behaving
I don't wanna die but there's nothing here for me
I don't wanna spiral and yet I can't help it
they tell me I'm special, they tell me I'm useful
they tell me I'll find a good hole to expire in
but why would I bother when I could just end it
and why would I worry when I know it's all so unfair
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8. |
We Don't Care
02:30
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Dm C
they'll never let me go
i'm never coming home
such a pretty day outside
I'm sure it is sir
but I'm stuck in here tonight
quats you're looking kinda bored
did you need something to do?
you know i'd rather be in bed
but I'm stuck in here with you
they say
please just stop complaining
yeah we know that it's unfair
try to see the bigger picture
and see that we don't care!
we don't care
no we don't care
so go and cry and cry
and cry you baby
we don't fucking care
...
they'll never let me leave
I'll never see the sky again
and yea i'm crying
'cus I gotta keep coming back
again and again and again and
when I'm forty-five in 2041
when I'm old and falling apart
I'll be just like 'em
I'll be another manager at Martymart
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9. |
Bruises
03:16
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F G Am G
you see right through me now
but deep down somewhere
I'm sure you know I'm here
I'm sure you see this thing
as I stand before you
with my hands all bruised
from the soap I used
while I glare at you
wish you could see me
wish you could see these bruises
and I know they're real
...
F G C G
wish my body could be scarred to hell
from what I've been through
what they made me do
wish I'd choke just to get back at you
but I know you wouldn't even notice
but I know you wouldn't understand
....
'cus you'd say i'm just a little spoiled brat
who had no idea how good he had it
'cus you've been through this
a thousand times before
and your hands are screwed
from all the years of washing
but I know all that, and i'm still surprised
that you'd put me through this
that "that's just life, bitch!"
and all I want, is for you to see
that things don't have to be this bad
...
dadada dada dadadada
dadadadada dadada dada!
but I know you wouldn't understand
but I hope someday that you can
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10. |
Nothing Here
03:18
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D D7
for a moment I just need to stand
take a walk to calm my shaking hands
wander out around the man-made lake and
have a think about the path I'll take
just need a minute to contain myself
just need a minute for my mental health
I need to think about my strategy for
optimizing my productivity
G A
as if I've left the page
as if I've been walking sideways
this feels like a mistake
somewhere between the home
and the workplace
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line of bushes and some plastic trash
it'll be there til the guy comes back
rotten wiring from the nearby pole um
kinda scary but I'll bet they know
kinda like it how there's nothing here
bet these plants been here a couple years
god I envy them and their lifestyle
I might join 'em for a mo' and sit a while
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syd/sydney Ohio
singer, guitarist, furry,
wrote the theme for Dreamwork's film "THE BIG BUNGUS"
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