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Booze and Polyamory
02:56
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It would be nice to relax with some booze and polyamory
But how can you get it up with the anxiety of this insanity
It would be nice to just watch the sun fall behind the horizon
But everything is so screwed up I'm disgusted by everything I lay my eyes on
Everything is fucked seems we're shit outta luck
And there's no one to stop the buck
Goddamn I didn't think I could get more pessimistic
But days are filled with horrifying statistics
Just wait for tomorrow wallow in sorrow
Passing my time with beer and Marlboros
I'm drinking for a living all too many fucks given
Never been less happy to be a heathen
Holy fuck the outlook's dismal
Sinking ever deeper in a hole
Paradoxically too hopeless for suicide
Or maybe it's just a perversion of pride
There's nothing to do but drink smoke and masturbate
And write more songs than could fit on a mountain of tapes
As I float slowly down this blood filled stream
I think back to better times and dream
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Saint Helena's
04:01
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These days these days they can feel so fucking long
And every move you make seems to come out wrong
But sometimes a beer and a song
Is what it takes to carry on
Maybe dodging rigs just ain't your thing
There are plenty other places we can drink and sing
Don't care how much or how little you bring
It ain't that kinda thing
Hell knows I'm a fan of solitude
Humanity can really kill the mood
But still I admit I wish I'd seen ya
At Sunday Service at Saint Helena's
They say quitters never win and winners never quit
Fuck my face I'm so sick of that shit
If winning means competing in the rat race
I've got no time for it
'Cause life's so fucking fleeting
It's said a lot but it it bares repeating
It don't matter how much shit you own
Or what dog you're eating
No rhyme or reason
Days made for seizing
All gas no breaks
Live for mistakes
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A Way Out
02:15
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I'm content to agonize
Over things that I can't change
Yeah I'm content to agonize
Over things that I can't change
There's a short in the circuit
There's a loop in my brain
A lack of resolution
That drives me insane
I'd give anything and I mean anything
If I could just find a way out
I'm known to patronize
All the stupid lies
That make the morning
A curse to my eyes
Yeah I am known to patronize
The flimsy disguise
That makes me wanna die
There's a heartlessly hopeful demon in me
That thinks I can consume you and make better of me
But that's just a fantasy
A dream not meant to be
Yeah that's just a fantasy
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Hey There Stranger
03:32
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He was an atom bomb
She was glad to see him gone
But he left his mark on both of us
We stayed up to the morning
We unraveled his bullshit stories
It's safe to say we both had wounded trust
Hey there stranger how've you been
Guess it's been a while since we were friends
I've been up to the same shit I've been stuck in the same ruts but
Hey there stranger how've you been
Her eyes shone like sapphires
Under the streetlight they were my desire
But it just wasn't meant to be
She was there when I needed her
These days swear I'm doing better
But she ain't been around to see
I left a lot a lot of friends behind
I played a hermit for a time
It's strange to grieve the loss of something so attainable
But I can't get it off my mind
I don't wanna give this up
But we've gone and fucked it up
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Change of Course
04:44
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It quiet was on the street
Socks bloodied by my blistered feet
And all I could think about was you
Mind cloudy from the night before
What I wouldn't give to walk through that door
'Cause I don't wanna see anyone but you
Plotting a change of course
Inertia an unrelenting force
When's it too late to start anew
A shallow grave for a sorry lout
The waves crash the fires burn out
Seems that this lie's the only thing that's true
Passing by the junkies shooting up
I wanna join them 'cause I'm giving up
No I don't see no light ahead
Give no cares to passers by
In a womb made of cloudy skies
Just fade it all out until I'm dead
And I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know where this ends
And I wanna go
I wanna go
I wanna go to where this ends
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Guillotine A-Go-Go
03:36
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Remember the moves yeah remember the steps
Make sure that fucking blade is as sharp as it can get
It's gonna be the biggest night of the century
One where we redistribute the treasury
Best to dress in dark there'll be a lot of blood
In fact just expect it'll be a fucking flood
Bring yourself bring a knife wear a big ass grin
'Cause the rich and powerful are fucking dying to get in
We're gearing up for the guillotine a-go-go
'Cause today's dance parties got no soul
We're gearing up for the guillotine a-go-go
So let the heads fucking roll
The executioner looks so damn good tonight
With a mask and a robe that fit just right
When you love your job you don't work a day
And decapitation is its own pay
Let them all eat death
Watch them take their final breath
Laugh as their mothers cry
'Cause they're next in line to die
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Burn It Down
02:59
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It's been said so many times before
This system's rotten to the core
Eating humanity to keep some wallets fat
All light snuffed out by bureaucrats
The whole thing's fucked so I say
Burn it down burn it down
I wanna burn the whole thing down
It's all corrupt so I say
Burn it down burn it down
Let's burn this fucker do the ground
It's an abusive love affair
It's fucked up beyond all repair
The only solution is to start anew
In your heart you know it's fucking true
Cops kill and rape and they don't lose shit
Mental illness is a crime I'm fed up with it
Gotta pay to live how don't you know that's fucked
It's a rich man's game and it fucking sucks
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The Tide
05:01
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Lost and wandering around
No motivation to be found
It's paralyzing
So tantalizing
I'm awake but I'm unconscious
Silencing my conscience
Self patronizing
It's agonizing
This sorry state I can't abide
So I'll dig in deep wait for the changing of the tide
Today I feel okay
Tomorrow I'll waste away
Self sabotaging
Never absolving
One step forward two steps back
Anxiety like a heart attack
It's suffocating
It's unrelenting
There's nothing I want more than to reach the shore
And to feel some peace inside
For now I am lost at sea the waves they carry me
But at least I'm still alive
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Take Me Back
02:55
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You say you miss my
You say you wanna see me face
You never knew me
You'd find me a goddamn disgrace
I'm all you were
All you wish you hadn't been
But I'm assured
I would rather live in sin
Go on and take me back
To the place that gave me all I lack
Where it feels like a heart attack
Go on and take me back
Well I don't miss you
I miss the lies I tell about you
I never knew you
And I don't like the truth
Go on and tell your fairytales
There's nightmares where I dwell
But I can make it on my own
Go on and say I'm the one who split
There's so much fucking more to it
And for my sins I'll never atone
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Surprised by a Snake
01:46
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Writing songs in the park on a warm spring day
Didn't expect that something was coming my way
Reach for my beer pull back in fear lock with them tiny eyes
I swear that motherfucker was in disguise
I was surprised by a snake
My mistake you're okay
I was surprised by a snake
Ask you to take a different way
It was startled back poised to attack
We were at an impasse
Something so beautiful yellow and black
Slowly retreated under my gig bag
I was surprised by a snake
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Happy New Year
03:51
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Started off the new year with a broken ankle
I hope it turns the fuck around
My joy and pain are tightly tangled
I pull myself up then fall back down
You know that I hate resolutions
But this year some shit has gotta change
I wouldn't say that I have clear solutions
I've just gotta rearrange
For now I'm reluctantly straight edge
Except for painkillers and caffeine
Well I ain't gonna make no pledge
But this year I'll try to say what I mean
How can you swim to shore
When you're so far out you can't see it anymore
Sometimes it takes a tidal wave
To push you in the right direction pull you out of a standing grave
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12. |
Hurry Up and Wait
05:19
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I'm sick to death of this passive suicide
Belabored breath it's so much easier to lie
I don't want to live but I swear I want to want to
I've got nothing to give if I secretly resent you
So just hurry up and wait we're all living just to die
Chasing predetermined fate too exhausted to cry
We are satellites trapped in descending orbits
Just drink away the night so you can ignore it
I'm so damn tired of waiting on myself
If set on fire I'd accept the lessened health
Self intervention feels like a year spent every day
Wavering determination on display
Burn like a star then fizzle out
Yearn for the bar to push it down
With a sense of entitlement
Live for the day die by the year
Give time away with every beer
Self immolation as enlightenment
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Go to Sleep
03:52
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Go to sleep my love go to sleep
You've been awake for far too long
You can feel your mind is working wrong
I hope you sleep to and through the dawn
I hope you dream a soothing song
When you wake up I hope you'll feel okay
I hope you're rested and ready for a new day
Hope all those anxious feelings go away
And when it's time to sleep again I pray you may
And I'm not saying you haven't tried
I know relief has been denied
Fully awake feeling weak and glassy eyed
I know it's something going wrong somewhere inside
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Let's Have Fun
04:01
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I've spent so long believing
Misery is the only thing worth expressing
But what has come of all my seething
Depression is so depressing
Maybe I'm a blight
But tonight that's alright
Let's have fun
Let's be corny
Let's drink until we're dumb
And admit we're horny
Let's have fun
Let's get reckless
Let's go all out
And have hair of the dog for breakfast
It's true the world is a mess
I often envy the deceased
But it aides no one to swallow stress
Even rebels need a release
But realization's just the first step
I still struggle not to hate myself
But I've seen how much worse it can get
When you fetishize poor mental health
Let's have fun
Let's get reckless
Let's go all out
And have hair of the dog for breakfast
Let's have fun
Let's do nothing
Let's talk a lot of shit
And pretend that's something
Let's have fun
Let's do nothing
Let's talk a lot of shit
And pretend that's something
Let's have fun
Let's be corny
Let's drink until we're dumb
And admit we're horny
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Alex Abolition Berkeley, California
Hailing from Sacramento, CA, Alex first fell in love with punk music when he heard a Ramones song on a classmate's discman
the last day before summer break. Soon after, he began playing guitar and writing songs.
Alex is a multi-instrumentalist and compulsive songwriter. He does most of his writing at the Berkeley Marina or Aquatic Park with the aid of a couple tall cans of PBR
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