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I see your picture on my homepage
I find that I can't look away
I didn't think it would hurt this much,
But I'm fine, I'm fine let's stay in touch.
I can't complain about the guy you chose
He seems pretty cool I suppose
In my head he seems a lot like me
but I project myself into your selfies
I tried to escape you
I tried to replace you
I tried to block you out
But I guess I don't know how
This song started as one thing,
but then I started getting sad and couldn't sing
So I wrote a shitty metaphor and tried to change it up
But I can't ignore
That I can't escape you
I can't replace you
I can't seem to block you out
I guess I don't know how
You're a princess and I'm a knave
You take while I save and slave away
You're kinda like a cliche song
with cliche words and I'll sing along
And you're stuck in my head
You're stuck in my head
I can't seem to block you out
I guess I don't know how
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I've only got one skill--
it's called "paying the bills on time."
And I don't know what your deal is,
but I think we'll get along alright.
And I don't think you wanna leave him.
So I'm gonna leave it and just be friends with you.
But I don't think I'm gonna really
ever want to be only friends with you.
I just took some pills--
The kind that make me feel just fine.
I don't know why your deal is
when I'm paying my bills on time.
And I just really wanna listen to Nirvana,
and pretend we never met tonight,
smoke some marijuana,
cuz I really wanna pretend we never met tonight.
I've only got one skill--
it's called "paying the bills on time."
And I don't know what your deal is,
we used to get along alright.
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I’m a different person when I’m sinking
I can’t stop picking up these stones
do you know what ever I’ve been thinking?
I keep feeling ugly in my bones
This week I saw the sun and moon were kissing
my eyes were slits while looking at the glow
I didn’t know I’d see something so pretty
or that it would make me feel alone
I keep feeling ugly in my bones
I keep feeling ugly in my bones
Sometimes I can’t seem to find my feelings
I’m not sure where they decide to go
Do you know what it is I’m feeling?
I keep feeling ugly in my bones.
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I made a list of the things I need.
I wrote "Money" and "Self Esteem."
And I could use a half ounce of weed.
But—that’s a want and not a need.
I gotta get my priorities
in order, so it seems.
Cuz I'm running from my dreams,
and it's making me feel mean.
It's making me feel mean.
It's making me blow smoke.
I can hear you laughing.
You laugh, but it's no joke.
You made a list of the things I need.
You wrote "God" and "a degree."
you didn't write down "therapy,"
Cuz you just want what's best for me.
I put my trust in authority.
Thought I was destined to succeed.
Then I realized that your dreams
just weren't right for me.
You thought you could save me
Shoving shit right down my throat.
Well I don't need your father,
your son, or Holy Ghost.
I bought a book on anarchy.
That's a little bit of irony.
But I was hoping to find the key
or something to believe.
I made a list of the things I need
I wrote them down:
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
But I left the lines empty
to reflect the current "me."
My tank is on empty.
My heart is out of hope.
I know that you are laughing,
but I'm the writer of the joke.
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I wish you would hold my heavy half up, but you won't so instead I'm stuck being broken in two.
I don't think I'll ever go out again because I thought we were friends, but I'm broke and thinking of you.
Last night I prayed that I wouldn't wake up or that the Lord would come and fix me up, but he hasn't and I'm broken in two.
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Everybody wants me to come hang out.
Everybody wants me to come to town.
If they only knew that's not easy for me to do,
They would know why I don't come around.
If you marry him, I know that it will end me.
If you marry him, I'll do it to myself.
If you only knew how many times I've thought of you,
You would never have put me through this hell.
Everybody wants me to come hang out.
Everybody wants me to come to town.
But if they only knew the awful shit you put me through,
They would know why I don't come around.
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If you want to die, take a selfie and put it online
It will get about 44 likes
(enough to validate living your life)
if you want to die.
If you feel unloved, swipe around til you develop a crush
Play it cool and don't tell her too much
if you feel unloved.
If you're feeling down, your opinions are structurally sound.
Your echo chamber will hold up your crown
if you're feeling down.
If you're feeling dead cuz all the stimuli's fucked with your head.
Charge your phone and lie in your bed,
if you're feeling dead.
If you feel depressed, you should take a personality test.
You'll confirm that you're just nervous and stressed
if you feel depressed.
If you still want to die, you can livestream your suicide.
If no one views it, you're not justified,
You'll have to keep on living your life
if you want to die.
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Got a friend who only sleeps in trees, but she doesn't go outside. Well, ya see, she never sleeps, but she says she's all right. She says she dreams such awful things when she tries to sleep inside. Eyes wide open every day, too dry to even cry, and she says she "couldn't be happier."
Got a friend who smokes cigarettes every single day. Yeah, he knows that they're bad for his health, but he smokes them anyway. He doesn't mind that he coughs a lot, he says "We only live to die." Well, I guess it's his life, he can live it how he likes. And he says he "couldn't be happier."
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I saw you dreaming
Well, you were in mine.
I hope you and me were dreaming at the same time
Yeah you were with me
but so were demons.
I hear them in my hallway cackling and screaming
"We might be empty inside
Come and break us open
Go ahead and dip your fingers
Feel how well I'm flowing"
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Demon Dreams
02:35
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