1. |
shallowing
05:34
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It’s simple
Like the world without me
It’s sinful
Just the way it sounded
You want to? In here?
You want to?
For someone that grew up here,
I feel like I failed.
I hear about the things you’re doing back home,
It sucks that I care.
I’ll never be enough of any one thing,
But I promise to stain on you
Like a bruise.
Slept on
Til the bed is tired.
Ran through
The ghost I found there.
I look into the mirror.
Oh, Look! A fool!
I saw you in a nightmare,
I was losing my hair.
They say that that should mean something deeper,
Couldn’t say that I care.
I am just going to the back room,
Who said you could follow me here?
I can’t lose you.
Don’t worry I won’t ask you where you’ve been
Or how you’ve been again.
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2. |
dimelo
02:01
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Send me on my way,
I made a deal that keeps me
Living the same way.
You’ve got my number
Call me with good news today
Or I don’t really need to know.
25 a game
Was not enough for Phil
You know he has his way
I’ll put up numbers
Just clear out the god damn way
You know I was your legend.
You said you don’t
Really know what goes on.
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3. |
sad bot
03:09
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Don’t mean to complain.
But my heart? it aches.
Just want to be someone’s
Soft launch on Valentine’s Day.
Is it true?
Your boy looks blue?
He’s held his breath
Since last Monday.
He’s held his gripes
But cleans up nice.
He sleeps all day
Til you come home.
Talks up his big dreams.
But don’t mean to get there.
He’ll lose his only
Excuse why he’s lame.
Rides the pine.
But sleeps just fine.
You’ve held him back
From nothing.
He loves your lie.
It’s frees his mind.
He knows to cum
When you call his name.
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4. |
the cry that came
04:58
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Been an ass to me
Since 7th grade
For no reason.
For no reason.
Did you know
I can smell fear?
Did you know
We can settle this here?
Heard GO before you know it
You’re airborne.
The cry that came was all I was in for.
Now shrink back
Behind the weaker ones.
I’ve become
The guy I said I hate.
That’s how it goes.
Weed out the weaker ones
From the herd.
So we aren’t the weaker ones.
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5. |
pony
04:30
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Meet me in the parking lot
4 airplane bottles in my coat.
Right beneath that gravel pit
Pony boy was free to roam the earth.
5 yards and a cloud of dust
Wasn’t his game he only needs one touch.
The gold and blue of catholic school
You could say he found his gateway
To his final form.
Wasted potential.
Not everyone get all,
All this potential.
’88 was our year
Won the states and got the game ball.
Fucking on the girl next door
She left town to see something more.
Broke her heart right after states
Played the field like a real man would.
The next 6 months were all a blur.
Boy can you believe it?
A banner on the wall.
Now we would risk it all.
Permanently fall.
So much potential.
A king with term limits
I guess it’s kinda
Kinda like a rental
He could get used to it.
The corner store at Hollywood I think and
And New Hampshire
Wouldn’t card a hero
He’d get away with it.
(Oh) but Pony Boy died long ago.
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6. |
yung yeller
03:52
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I took 2 shots.
Then I sped home.
So pissed at
Only God knows.
Under the moon
The tires are losing
The grip on the road
Don’t know what I am proving
And I thought that there was nothing that could hurt me.
Felt the fun against my temple now lets see.
Another day another dollar pay the rent see.
I’ll say I’m sorry but don’t under estimate me.
I came to town
2 days early
Gonna give you
My whole life.
Under the moon
We snuck past your roommate
Playing with you
There’s no playing it cool.
And I thought that there was nothing that could hurt me.
Felt the fun against my temple now lets see.
Another day another dollar pay the rent see.
I’ll say I’m sorry but don’t under estimate me.
I believe in nothing.
It could lead to something.
In control of nothing.
But it could lead to something.
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7. |
throwing ax
03:51
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Ass naked
Right on cue.
Seats taken for the
Bullseye view.
Breathe slowly.
Then let go.
Feels lonely
Til the wood splits.
The days need
Wasting.
Can’t make me
Get up for nothing.
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8. |
5225
04:39
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I wish my life would end and start again.
You’ll meet me half way on the way to being a friend.
I’m apart of history.
A nostalgic running mate.
You thought Dukakis was a thing from a dirty film.
I don’t hate that.
You sent me pictures threatened me with more.
I sent you starry eyes and headed for the store.
You warned me “this doesn’t last
Don’t be so sensitive.”
When I left it started pouring rain.
But I made it back.
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9. |
why i play 2k/land back
05:17
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It’s complicated but we can be friends now
Just rest assured though you won’t get off
So easily.
It’s black before sunrise
But that’s not like your family
So I’ll never get to see
The daylight.
I paid for this for years.
Apologies aren’t about you and your tears.
As soon as I came over
Your head was on my shoulder.
Your winter just got colder
When I tell you this is over.
I know you were hoping that I did not write down
How I was feeling
So you could get
So sneakily
Back in the picture.
The fucks with your family?
But you won’t get off
So easily.
I paid for this for years.
Apologies aren’t about you and your tears.
As soon as I came over
Your head was on my shoulder.
Your winter just got colder
When I tell you this is over.
……..
Defending all the masters
You pretend this aint about a piece of land
Smoking on my peace pipe.
You pretend not to check for germs.
How low.
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