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1. |
Fanfic For Ash And Misty
04:05
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Boy meets girl
By the water
Both are young
Ready for adventure
Doesn’t mean
They’re an item
Band together
Just to fight ‘em
Friendship can be so much more than physical attraction
Friendship can be so much more than physical attraction
Egos and
Rivalry
Will make them
Travel far
Conquer trials
Hard to handle
By adults who
See no evil
Friendship can be so much more than physical attraction
Strong relationships make you ready for action
Friendship can be so much more than physical attraction
Strong relationships make you ready for action
Friendship can be so much more than physical attraction
Strong relationships make you ready for action
Friendship can be so much more than physical attraction
Strong relationships make you ready for action
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2. |
Ripe For The Hunt
02:40
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Eyes downcast
Minds developing
Perspective forming
Looking for more
Severing ties
To their old lives
Trying to push
Away
Minds so open
Searching for acceptance
You might just say they’re
Ripe for the hunt!
Seeing these smiles
Happy faces
They want to be
Just like that
How much money
Will they spend
On their appearance?
Social norms cemented
Minds so open
Searching for acceptance
You might just say they’re
Ripe for the hunt!
Minds so open
Searching for acceptance
You might just say they’re
Ripe for the hunt!
Minds so open
Searching for acceptance
You might just say they’re
Ripe for the hunt!
Minds so open
Searching for acceptance
You might just say they’re
Ripe for the hunt!
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3. |
Tense
04:37
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Has it been this bad before?
I don’t believe it has
Difference of opinion further than
Classical and jazz
Opposite sides differentiated by a
Fundamental shift
It is only fair to say
Our leaders caused this rift
People afraid to stand for what’s right
If you can’t speak your mind you’re spoiling for a fight
It’s time to take this back to the root of the problem
Atmosphere’s intense
Feeling reticence
Never though it would feel this
Way
Everyday conversation
Spoiled by needless
Arbitration
When will this end?
People afraid to stand for what’s right
If you can’t speak your mind you’re spoiling for a fight
It’s time to take this back to the root of the problem
People afraid to stand for what’s right
If you can’t speak your mind you’re spoiling for a fight
It’s time to take this back to the root of the problem
People afraid to stand for what’s right
If you can’t speak your mind you’re spoiling for a fight
It’s time to take this back to the root of the problem
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4. |
Blunt Instruments
03:34
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Of course it isn’t sharp
The knife plunged in your heart
The story wouldn’t sell
If it hadn’t a sadistic start
I hope you get the gist
The killer gives a twist
All done for infamy
He’s been added to the list
Television’s grade-A violence
Is done with blunt instruments
Television’s grade-A violence
Is done with blunt instruments
So sorry to break it to you
If you were hit and run
‘Cause honestly a story on cars
Isn’t that much fun
Although they make a timely hobby
District you from real experience
Their makers form a monster lobby
Your tragedy’s just happenstance
Television’s grade-A violence
Is done with blunt instruments
The act cannot seem commonplace
Fix our ratings, keep our space
Television’s grade-A violence
Is done with blunt instruments
The act cannot seem commonplace
Fix our ratings, keep our space
You thought we cared about your pain
So sad this is how it’s explained
With frustration, you might exclaim,
“I feel as if I’ve been framed!”
But really, don’t take it personal
The public just wants spectacle
Although your loss may have felt scary
Its occurrence is ordinary
Television’s grade-A violence
Is done with blunt instruments
The act cannot seem commonplace
Fix our ratings, keep our space
Television’s grade-A violence
Is done with blunt instruments
The act cannot seem commonplace
Fix our ratings, keep our space
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5. |
Nein
05:53
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When you are exceptional
Expectations will climb higher
Careful being too eager
It’s a blessing and a curse
Seldom will a thank you that you receive be wholehearted
The time that you put into your work seemed so much but only started
Seemed enough but only started
Seemed enough but only started
Calling you for overtime (Nein!)
Do an extra job for us (Nein!)
Couldn’t you just free your schedule and help us with a small task? (Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!)
If you get by on the minimum
Progress will be rarely expected
Let them see you thrive
You’ll be forced to strive
The tower of responsibilities will stack
Up and up until its
End is no longer in sight
Calling you for overtime (Nein!)
Do an extra job for us (Nein!)
Couldn’t you just free your schedule and help us with a small task? (Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!)
Calling you for overtime (Nein!)
Do an extra job for us (Nein!)
Couldn’t you just free your schedule and help us with a small task? (Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!)
Eins
Zwei
Drei
Vier
Fünf
Sechs
Sieben
Acht
Nein!
Eins
Zwei
Drei
Vier
Fünf
Sechs
Sieben
Acht
Nein!
Calling you for overtime (Nein!)
Do an extra job for us (Nein!)
Couldn’t you just free your schedule and help us with a small task? (Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!)
Calling you for overtime (Nein!)
Do an extra job for us (Nein!)
Couldn’t you just free your schedule and help us with a small task? (Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!)
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6. |
Higher Than The Stars
04:14
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Don’t hold yourself back
Your time to shine
So what if you make them all look like swine?
Some will be jealous of your discipline
If they ask your secret, you say, “it’s by design”
Group them by age
Not by their strengths
With this arrangement, you’ll
Go to great lengths
Just to make them feel that
They all belong
Looking back on this, it
All seems to wrong
Don’t hold yourself back
Your time to shine
So what if you make them all look like swine?
Some will be jealous of your discipline
If they ask your secret, you say, “it’s by design”
In our current system
We’re sure to miss them
All of their brilliance
Dropped at the door
What purpose serves
These menial tests?
Seldom will rote knowledge
Help them the best
Don’t hold yourself back
Your time to shine
So what if you make them all look like swine?
Some will be jealous of your discipline
If they ask your secret, you say, “it’s by design”
Due to this decrepit
Ancient system
Countless young people’s schools
Will give them scars
If you manage to escape
This murky con
Don’t be afraid to go
Higher than the stars
Don’t hold yourself back
Your time to shine
So what if you make them all look like swine?
Some will be jealous of your discipline
If they ask your secret, you say, “it’s by design”
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7. |
Stormy Weather
05:25
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Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
I think I am falling
Into a sense of
Desensitization (bother)
I now find it harder to
Relate to lives
Beyond mine, overseas
Those poors souls who I will
Never, ever see
In my life
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
Thought I could engage on this level
Now I see my limits comprehending
Hell
I would love to make
A difference for the
Lives shattered by the wars
And the upheavals
Caused by my country
Although we’re far away
We still keep our
Fingers in every pie
Acting like a bully
Colonial brat, money’s where it’s at
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
Thought I could engage on this level
Now I see my limits comprehending
Hell
I would love to make
A difference for the
Lives shattered by the wars
And the upheavals
Caused by my country
Although we’re far away
We still keep our
Fingers in every pie
Acting like a bully
Colonial brat, money’s where it’s at
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
Stormy weather
Hits me hard
Raise my defenses
I’m still jarred
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8. |
Tired Metaphors
02:31
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Herded like sheep
Cattle to keep
Sedentary at our desks, what the (beep)?
It’s been said before, I won’t make it better
Ask a layperson, they’re filled with regrets
Let’s take this home
Fresh garden gnome
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Behave like robots
Tired machines due
To human flaws
You haven’t the means
No matter how long
You try to deny
This isn’t your function
Come on, freaking guy
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
Life should not be lived in tired metaphors
Every compromise you make closes a thousand doors
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9. |
Living In A Box
09:11
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“Getting married, having a few kids, buying some stuff, retiring to Florida, and dying”
Part I – Childhood:
Cry for air
Life’s so hard
Where’s your food?
And the warmth?
You feel pain
Down below
Never mind
It’s only pee
Life is a thrill
Certified miracle
Magical journey
Through all emotions
Life is a thrill
Certified miracle
Magical journey
Through all emotions
Start to speak
Conscious thoughts
Filling your mind
With perspective
Yet the world
Revolves around
You
Life is a thrill
Certified miracle
Magical journey
Through all emotions
Life is a thrill
Certified miracle
Magical journey
Through all emotions
Part II – Teenage years:
You’re your own person
Perspective changed
Now begin to
Think for yourself
It is time to
Separate from
The home that raised you
Mind is open
Trying to fit in
It could be said you’re
Impressionable
Mind is open
Trying to fit in
It could be said you’re
Impressionable
What’s with these folks
Crusty as hell?
Cramping your style
Despicable
You wish they would
Just go away
Nothing they do
Is ever right
Mind is open
Trying to fit in
It could be said you’re
Impressionable
Mind is open
Trying to fit in
It could be said you’re
Impressionable
Part III – College & Leaving Home:
Finally you’re free
Getting out of there
Wind blows in your hair
Now you’re on your own
Spending your time alone
Learning how to live
It’s not really easy
You come to see
They gave you so much
Independence gained
Respect for them built
Enjoying your visits
You find that this is so complicated
Mixing emotions, as if you’re a cook
Thought you wanted to be so different
Now you see value in how they live
You find that this is so complicated
Mixing emotions, as if you’re a cook
Thought you wanted to be so different
Now you see value in how they live
You’re setting foot
In a new land
You’re finding yourself
Isolated and
Wishing you were back
With your family
It can be hard to
Assimilate in
Unfamiliar
Spaces and now you
Have to do that to
Succeed in your venture
You find that this is so complicated
Mixing emotions, as if you’re a cook
Thought you wanted to be so different
Now you see value in how they live
You find that this is so complicated
Mixing emotions, as if you’re a cook
Thought you wanted to be so different
Now you see value in how they live
Part IV – Career & Settling Down:
You’ve worked it all
Tables to tech
Try something new
Oh, what the heck!
This isn’t bad
I’ll miss the time
That I once had
It’s expected
Work nine to five
Rest of my life
I have become
Slave to the system
It’s a great job
It pays the bills
Though I’m not free
It challenges me
It’s a great job
It pays the bills
Though I’m not free
It challenges me
Time to buy a house
Build up my own nest
Only take me twenty years
Surely it’s the best
Tie my life to a house
Do I own it or vice-versa?
Who cares if I can impress
That sweetheart across the fence?
Maybe they’ll come live with me
Be my partner, let’s see
Wait a year or two or three
You’ll see I have become “we”
It’s a great job
It pays the bills
Though I’m not free
It challenges me
It’s a great job
It pays the bills
Though I’m not free
It challenges me
Part V – Critique of the Pattern:
What if I don’t want to settle
Fill up my life with routine so predictable?
All my soul lost to my damn boss
That is a trend I can’t comprehend
Our human lives are worth so much more
Than sitting up high on the 31st floor
But if you say that to some businesspeople
They’ll only smirk, then show you the door
I don’t want my life sterilized
I refuse to be predictable
I don’t want my life sterilized
I refuse to be predictable
Maybe my viewpoint is flawed
A symptom of privilege not easily bought
I think this applies to people all over
It doesn’t matter if our beliefs clash
Nobody’s life is only worth cash
Try to free up, and you might have a blast
Stop self-destruction that turns you to ash
Live a new life that will make itself last
I don’t want my life sterilized
I refuse to be predictable
I don’t want my life sterilized
I refuse to be predictable
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Nyentek Chicago, Illinois
An “adventurer in electronic sounds-poetry” whose music is “mind-bending, at times blissfully bizarre.”
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