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26
01:54
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I'm gonna quit my job
Gonna quit my band
Gonna move my things to a faraway land
Hang out in a bar where they play the hits
And blow my brains out by 26
Work fifty hours, still can't make rent
So I'll work even harder and get paid even less
Pushed down the stairs, never raised my fists
Probably won't see 2026
Quit my job
Quit my band
Move my things
To the promised land
Meet the future
If it exists
See you back here in 2026
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American Guy
03:02
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Taking
Taking me
Dying
Dying
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Beatdown Blues
01:39
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Ooh baby I'm out for blood
These days got no use for love
I'll break your nose just to hear the sound
I've been training my arms and legs
So I can crack your skull like a chicken's egg
Best think twice next time you're coming around
I'll break your hands, I'll blind your eyes
And I won't need to take you by surprise
Cause when we come to blows it's sure you'll lose
I'll beat you like a piece of wood
I'll beat you like your daddy should
Best get ready to catch these beatdown blues
Coke in my wounds
Salt up your nose
Leave your teeth on the ground
With your girl's clothes
Indolence is wasting all my time on mediocre top
While all my friends and heroes commit suicide by cop
Well it's not cause you talked to my girl
And it's not cause you scratched my car
And it's not cause you put your drinks on my tab
When we were at the bar
Well you're begging pleading asking why
Pal I don't know where to begin
Let's just say it's cause you're where you are
And I'm in the mood I'm in
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Cave Wars
02:03
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Chloroform
02:19
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I've been feeling too good for too long
I've been waiting for something to go wrong
I can sense that something is being born
As I kick back and crack a chloroform
When you're working weekends
Every day's a weekend
When you're working weekends
It's a party every day
Too much comfort is a poison
And a little poison never hurt no one
I've been feeling fine and that's ok
But feeling good just ain't no fun
When you're working weekends
Every day's a weekend
When you're working weekends
It's a party every day
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Green Seas
03:53
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You build these worlds inside your mind
I think I'd like to get lost inside
I'll drive you to the green seas in my car
If you let me climb your tower to the stars
I'm drowning
I'm feeling fine
In the ocean
Inside your mind
You're growing a garden behind your eyes
Where life recurs in miniature size
I'll tell you just what the moonman said
If you'll take a nap with me in the riverbed
I'm drowning
I'm feeling fine
In the ocean
Inside your mind
You give me a way to escape, I'm an escapist
You give me a taste of the life that I'm wasting
You give me a way to escape, I'm an escapist
You give me a taste of the life that I'm wasting
Your spidery hands
And your solar eyes
Let me be your man
In the rising tide
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It's Eating Me Alive
03:23
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Jewelry
03:14
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I think you see me like a piece of jewelry
Seems like you see yourself the same way
I don't think that you're tryna fool me
It's just the only game you know how to play
I think you see me like a piece of jewelry
It's fun to say you have a boyfriend
You like the outline of a lover
You don't much care who fills him in
Cause when you close your eyes
I don't disappear
And when I leave you behind
You'll still be stuck here
I think you see me like a piece of jewelry
Seems like you see yourself the same way
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Lyndon
02:01
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Lyndon Larouche made me break up with my girlfriend
He's gonna hold my hand while the world ends
Ewan Cameron spiked my morning coffee
Trying out tricks he learned from the nazis
I can't see, I can't hear
I don't know if something's wrong
I don't know, I don't know
But I know, that something's wrong
I can't hear, I can't see
I can't tell, what is wrong
I don't know, I don't know
But I know, that something's wrong
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Starter Fluid
03:20
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Holed up in the basement
The ether I can taste it
Fear I erase it
I'm gonna start it up
Haven't left the cellar yet
Just me and my accelerant
Puts me in my element
It gets me moving
My life as a statue
Is coming to a close
I wanna get up and
Put on my dancing clothes
That smell that cooks your insides is what's gonna keep me alive
Oh it'll give you cancer, but first you'll drop it in drive
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Waves [Album Version]
03:47
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Waves aren't made of water
Cause water doesn't move
And I'm not made of water
I'm just passing through
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