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bent on
01:19
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there's no chance that we'll finish if we won't begin
it feels better to lose when there's nothing to win
your friends are some people with money you can use
it won't hurt if you don't pay attention to:
sports tv barbecue bible insurance and a credit card a credit card
shit well i've gotta go out now (right now)
exit to alley slam into the store
spend money to dull down the day hold
being so miserable's making me poor
but i went by myself
to a field full of paper
behind the museum building
after it closed
and i smoked myself sick into laughter
still hearing the sound of the road
it's everywhere
it's not fair to make people wear seatbelts
wanting to die is expensive
we will continue to live
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intake
00:44
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english translation:
"Man's happiness today consists in 'having fun.' Having fun lies in the satisfaction of consuming and 'taking in' commodities, sights, food, drinks, cigarettes, people, lectures, books, movies -- all are consumed, all swallowed. The world is one great object for our appetite, a big apple, a big bottle, a big breast; we are the sucklers, the eternally expectant ones, the hopeful ones -- and the eternally disappointed ones."
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command meant
03:27
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half strength twice the price
desperation got me buying it twice
wrong length will suffice
care less put your reasons on ice
well i'm about to be out of money
we all got something in common there
not one of us gets paid enough money
so maybe we oughta learn how to share
and what if i gave everything i own away
and what would that say about which rules i will obey
and what if i gave my whole self to every day
and what could that say about finding another way to live
2pac: "but i feel guilty walking by somebody; i gotta give em some mail. and if i know i got 3000 dollars in my pocket i feel like it's wrong to give that person a quarter. or a dollar. it's wrong. no matter what they do. if they take it and drink it, they take it and drink it. but i mean you got, you understand? and we all know how hard it is and it's not about if you're good or you're bad. so since it's not about if you're good or you're bad we know that because he don't got don't mean he was bad. can you imagine somebody having 32 million dollars? thirty two. 32 million dollars. and this person has nothing. and you can sleep?"
cuz i'm about to be out of money
we all got something in common there
not one of us gets paid enough money
so maybe we oughta learn how to share
and what if i refused to sit refused to stay
and what would that say about commands i won't obey
and what if i said i won't accept the price we pay
with our lives every day we all should find a better way to live
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4. |
letters of resignation
03:29
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so many ways to quit
why don't you pick one if you're done with it
so many ways to quit
why don't you pick one
overhand loop with a bight or a scaffold knot
well maybe not
overhand loop with a bight or a scaffold knot
well maybe not
you could drive in front of a train or car
but you wouldn't do that it's too low to sink
that would make it about somebody else
and you wouldn't go that far i don't think
or you could fall from a roof and land way too hard
get up the guts after two dozen drinks
but that would make a bad mess for somebody else
and you wouldn't go that far i don't think
or you could just get a job that kills you
you could just get a job and let it kill you
or you could just get a job that kills you
you could just get a job and let it kill you
you can join that club
it's a really big club and they'll take you
we could join it too and they'd take us all
if we let em don't let em don't
you could drive in front of a train or car
but you wouldn't do that it's too low to sink
that would make it about somebody else
and you wouldn't go that far i don't think
or you could fall from a roof and land way too hard
get up the guts after two dozen drinks
but that would make a bad mess for somebody else
and you wouldn't go that far i don't think
or you could just get a job that kills you
you could just get a job and let it kill you
or you could just get a job that kills you
(that's what the rest of us do)
you could just get a job and let it kill you
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disclaimer
03:07
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now that it's the future
i have to charge my cigarette and my cd collection
now that we've entered the future
i need electric power all the time for gps location
to know where i am
i don't know where i am
i won't know where i am without it
who allowed this
let's reroute it
now that it's the future
we are connected from inside comfortable cells of isolation
now that i endure the future
i get to pick which kind of noise i'd like during slow suffocation
the air's too expensive
but distractions are endless
buy one more minute of pretend
ignore your friends again
if they want transactions
i'm gonna throw my bills away and see what happens
and refuse my rations
cuz starvation hurts less than cancer anyway
now that it's the future
the truth is safer than before
we don't solve problems anymore
you'll be happy in the future
we have relief you can pay for
comfort delivered to your door
where does it all come from
doesn't matter it's done
the cost unmeasured live forever
soothing evidence
soothing evidence
if they want transactions
i'm gonna throw my bills away and see what happens
and refuse my rations
cuz starvation hurts less than cancer any day
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6. |
keep going in my way
01:43
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https://www.dialectsarchive.com/russia-36
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7. |
base pay
02:14
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all the bird corpses of middle school
what did you buy for your home
all the words they use on us
trick riddle tools
when you shop do you feel less alone
what's your real job on this earth
have you figured out how much you're worth
what's your real job on this planet earth
have you figured out how much you're worth to them
they'll charge you interest on those thoughts
close your account if you take a shot
remember everything you've ever bought
on paper forever like it or not
what's your real job on this earth
have you figured out how much you're worth
what's your real job on this planet earth
have you figured out how much you're worth to them
"you go into an office and sit at a desk. but maybe it is a fake job. your real job is shopping."
look back on your trail of receipts
all the numbers your one life increased
they go up until you are deceased
final score it means nothing
choose peace please choose peace
what's your real job on this earth
have you figured out how much you're worth
what's your real job on this planet earth
have you figured out how much you're worth to them
how much you're worth to them
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8. |
day gun
02:23
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i think we've heard enough from you
yes those are my opinions true
but i think you've made a point or two
and now we've heard enough from you
and the ocean lives over there
in another life things will be fair for you
if i go swimming then i won't have to wash my hair
sit at my table i'll pull up a chair for you
are you satisfied with your life today
did you ever think we'd turn out this way
we're both old but we look younger in the springtime
in the springtime
i met your words and they filled up the places missing in mine
so if i can ever help let me know it
and if you can ever help i'll let you know
so if i can ever help let me know it
and if there is no help i'll let it go
and the ocean lives over there
in another life things will be fair for you
if i go swimming then i don't have to wash my hair
sit at my table i'll pull up a chair for you
i'll pull up a chair
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9. |
refill
02:18
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there's no mail today it's not even sunday
i looked at the clock and that was a mistake
i'll do it again then increase my intake
cuz i wanna be happier happier
i've been in this box for three days too many
i've finished it all now i don't have anything
to take on this edge and it won't come off it
i'll get some instead of trying to watch it
but i wanna be better despite it all
the pharmacy was closed
when i got there
(it's not gonna happen today)
there's no mail today it's not even sunday
i looked at the clock and that was a mistake
i'll do it again then increase my intake
cuz i wanna be happier happier
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10. |
the horrors
02:17
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all the horrors that the people that i love
go thru every single every single day
it isn't fair when every push becomes a shove
you might as well just leave it where it lay
i wanna help you out and it's ok to shout about it
sometimes it even sometimes it even helps
all the bullshit that we can't even express
working all our ideas backward toward a mess
throwing up our hands and just walking away
but it all follows you insisting that you stay
i wanna help you out and it's ok to shout about it
sometimes it even sometimes it even helps
these kinds of things you can't unknow
looking away just makes them grow
i'm telling you it starts to show
but hey what do i know
"it's textbook stuff brendon. look the bottom line is you're gonna be fine. you're just a kid. you know what you grow up and everything -- oh well it doesn't work out."
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11. |
assets
02:52
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all over the city there's permissible trees
do you see them the birds won't live there
living in the city they've got you on your knees
i will not stay there cannot
breathe inside the city they come from factories
they're all the same yes really
what if they come for the air next
you gotta find something they can't take away from you
what if they come for the air next
you gotta find something they can't take away from you
all we have is now and i am learning how
to accept this and other facts also
all we have is now but i can show you how
to ignore this and other facts also
what if they come for the air next
you gotta find something they can't take away from you
all over the city there's permissible trees
do you see them the birds won't live there
and i for one don't blame them at all
like leaving in the springtime returning in the fall
sleeping in big buildings while feeling very small
no i for one don't blame them at all
what if they come for the air next
you gotta find something they can't take away from you
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12. |
straight answer
02:10
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don't look both ways anymore
not sure if i'm keeping score and for what
i haven't done a single chore
i'm not sure who that matters to and for what
but you said these walls are temporary
what if i'm not what if i'm not
what if i'm not what if i'm not
everything's a major bore
your ship's offshore and you'll be late but for what
i haven't done a single chore
the house reflects the state of my dumbest luck
he said the sun is temporary
well what if i'm not what if i'm not
what if i'm not what if i'm not
they'll come to claim it
so we shouldn't name it
i reject the blame just maybe
but i'm never gonna pay my late fees
so what if i'm not what if i'm not
what if i'm not
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some people are good at connecting
but they don't have enough dots
sometimes i'm bad at collecting
my too many all at once thoughts
nobody touches each other
nobody gets enough sun
we're never really together
they won't even sell us a gun
they'll never sell me a gun
they'll never sell me a gun
they're gonna make you watch ads in the shower next
they already make you watch ads in the car
they're gonna make you watch ads in the shower next
they're gonna find you wherever you are
feel the fear do it anyway
that's the secret to tame the day
it doesn't mean it will be ok
feel the fear do it anyway
(it's all fear)
and nobody touches each other
nobody gets enough sun
and we're never really together
they won't even sell us a gun
some people are good at connecting
but they don't have enough dots
sometimes i'm bad at collecting
my too many all at once thoughts
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14. |
ledder
01:54
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assembled from the letters of rainer maria rilke
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S. Rabbit Savannah, Georgia
"there's a hole
in the hour
i'm gonna find it
i'm gonna fill it
with a flower"
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by Hill View #73
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go to albumi got to do the art for this album, and i sincerely love all these songs.
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supported by 6 fans who also own “your stuff will outlive you”
This music helped me through a rough period of my life a few years back.
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