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old bones
03:36
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don't dig up the dirt that the past left behind
the static of the ghost you don't know what you'll find
keep all the lights on and shut all the blinds
somnambulant repose you don't know what you'll find
an attic filled with boxes old memories repine
the mummified remains of a child on fire
don't dig up the dirt that the past left behind
the static of the ghost you don't know what you'll find
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trick or treat
01:21
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i wanna dress like a pilot
and dance with a pirate wearing vampire fangs
i wanna conquer the suburbs
embracing the absurd with all of my friends
i wanna knock on your door
and trick you into holding my hand
walking around in a straight line
I think it was grade 5 when I was a clown
stuck with a nosebleed
a ghost in a red sheet lying flat on the ground
I wanna knock on your door
and walk with you through the neighbors spook stand
I wanna knock on your door
and trick you into holding my hand
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voices in my head
00:50
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sometimes i'm afraid i'll lose my friends
when i don't see 'em
like one day i will get out of bed
knowing no one
i know we grow up to grow old just to die
but i'd like to keep the people i like
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4. |
35 (canned)
04:51
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i fell in love over and over
i lost my job and felt like a failure
90 days drifting the death of a salesman
6 months existing this wasn't the game plan
i felt a veil cover my body
a 3 sided smile depressed but still happy
you took my hand and told me you had me
we slept in the same bed and didn't mind napping
my shrink saw my plan and sent me off packing
i sang Angie's song my mom held by magic
my sisters still gone it's just me and Brandon
but you took my hand and told me you had me
i don't mind growing up when i have you with me
(i showed you my love i showed you my body)
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oh! the horror!
01:45
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spooky scary skeletons send shivers down my spine
we're all in the basement watching laurie hide from mike
a little hocus pocus makes the whole room come alive
and nothing feels as good as halloween on friday night
walking through my 30's with my foundlings by my side
trying to plan some mischief through a calendar invite
potatoes and molasses make the whole room come alive
and nothing feels as good as halloween on friday night
oooooooh (spooky)
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am i the one haunting this house
talking my head off in need of a comedown
peeling the paint off my walls
just to justify needing new paint on my walls
the floorboards are starting to creak
a sign of my aging is this just a bad dream
my insides keep rotting away
from the person i thought that i knew
if i stay calm and breath through the bomb
will all of my fear float away
(i'll keep watching from the shadows)
if i stay strong and keep all my doors locked
can i stop this haunting
am i the one haunting this house
choosing your words like you wrote 'em all down
painting my tongue black in need of a hard out
is my foundation crumbling away
stare into the sun as i try on my sheet
a ghost of the person i wanted to be
or ever was
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oh! the horror returns!!
01:10
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ooooooooooh(spooky)
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spirited
02:14
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there's nothing in this house that keeps me here
i'm barely tangible a fun house mirror
i am drowning in spirits
but i'm not spiritual
if anybody can hear this
send a signal
i saw god in the sun you saw god in a dollar
a full prismatic soul you put your flag on an altar
and we're all afraid of the dark
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energy monster
03:37
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my shadow's free when i sleep
he eat's all my energy
my body runs on caffeine
and a whisp of adrenaline
can i be sold to be host in a different vessel
my spoons are all on the floor and it's not worth the hassle
i gotta kill the energy monster
and i gotta light the shadow that haunts me
i gotta take back my body
my brain is a violent thing
and the dishes keep piling up
all i do is eat sleep and shit on repeat
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5 year plan
04:56
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i used to be afraid of who i was
a 90's kid you better toughen up
love is not a spectrum you better be just like us
all my friends talked shit on rainbow kids
stuck inside my head a pressure cooker broken lid
i tried to find a lifeline she wanted me to grab her tits
i don't want a 5 year plan i want a lifetime
23 and close to death
a poisonous concoction made me open up my chest
don't worry they'll still love you a broken hearted manifest
but i was still afraid to fall in love
obergefell v hodges my fist was rising up
i refuse to hide anymore i know what i want
i don't want a 5 year plan i want a lifetime
a half smile on yellow
i love boxes and lines
and dungeon crawls
do you want to meet up
i think i'd like to
coffee in facemasks
a phone call a nervous laugh
can i give you a hug
don't ever let go
i finally found the key to my heart
a quiet love a peaceful start
a strange reveille the world is ours
i don't want a 5 year plan i want a lifetime
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talking to the ceiling
03:04
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hey sis
i've been thinking about you lately
and how i just got married
but you couldn't attend
but then everything got soft
and we turned all the sound off
and asked you to come in
i sent a light a shade you would have liked
a royal invitation
we spoke our rites in the middle of the night
a royal proclamation
yeah i guess i'm doing alright sometimes great
when it gets bad my husband helps me carry all the weight
it's a laugh that all i'm trying to do is be okay
yeah i'm okay
hey sis
i'm talking to the ceiling trying to find some meaning
in the time that i have left
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36 (ode to joy)
03:05
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why am I so tired
when i'm off my meds
my stress on fire
impending 36
but i'm planning a party
the big kind
cause somebody asked me
to be his ride or die
i've lived alone since 29
and i've wanted a dog the whole time
but my insides were all stirred up and i couldn't cope
been sharing my space at 35
and i've never been good at biding my time
so i brought our girl home
an open door surprise
she is the best dog
...well she tries
inelegant gremlin
i can't believe she's mine
my brother got married
they called me a minister
spent 30 days trailing
it was finally my turn
and i never thought my time would come
a closeted kid now all grown up
we walked through the twilight
to a brighter future
now i have a husband
and sunshine
i'm still a nervous kid at heart
but i think that i'll be fine
oncoming deadlines
a song for what it is
everything matters
impending 36
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recovered
03:31
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can't sing about death anymore
i'm recovered
called my mom from the car
i'm changing my number
if your insides shake run away
time moves through each day
and my bodies the filter
can't hold anything
can't hold in my anger
if your insides shake run away
dead leaves on the ground
a mask and a shadow
stopped running around
i'm losing my child
all days and all sounds
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stags. Salt Lake City, Utah
I write songs about boys who kiss other boys.
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