1. |
Angry Side
02:41
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Things I did when I was 17
Still haunt me in my daydreams
A broken kid I spread my suffering
Til everyone around I’d make bleed
I had no way of knowing why
I only knew my angry side
I broke the world
I went in strong
I hated life
I cried inside
But on my face
I wore a smile
My arrogance
My way to hide
My angry side…
Every name and face of those I’ve hurt
Stuck in a loop of self reflection
I might justify the things I’ve done
But it was only pain deflection
I had no way of knowing why
I only knew my angry side
I broke the world
I went in strong
I hated life
I cried inside
But on my face
I wore a smile
My arrogance
My way to hide
My angry side
My angry side
My angry side
It’s taken years to look inside
And ask for you to pardon my….
I broke the world
I went in strong
I hated life
I cried inside
But on my face
I wore a smile
My arrogance
My way to hide
My angry side
I broke the world
I went in strong
I hated life
I cried inside
But on my face
I wore a smile
My arrogance
My way to hide
My angry side
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2. |
Shut Your Mouth
03:33
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Shut your mouth
You dirty habit
You pretty thing
You frightened rabbit
I like your face
But you can shove it
I’m tryna quit
Everything toxic
Lately I’ve been working on my loving of the bad guys
I’m not try’na say they’re all guys - it’s a saying meant for all kinds
And I’m tryin’a fit together why my lean to you is tethered
When I know I deserve better than you being here in fair weather
It’s an age old conversation that I’m willing to put paid to
Cos you’ve lost all of my respect and I need you to hear me say
||: Shut your mouth
You dirty habit
You pretty thing
You frightened rabbit
I like your face
But you can shove it
I’m tryna quit
Everything toxic :||
Yeah
Let’s not pretend you’re my friend when you only ever show up
Cos you’re wanting something from me so my inbox is now open like
“I haven’t really spoken to you in 5 years, but I’d love it if you’d put me on the guest list please?”
I’m not here to be your freebie; maybe I’m talking to freely
But I’m sick to death of having people who can’t make a habit
Of a two way interaction without other motivations so…
||: Shut your mouth
You dirty habit
You pretty thing
You frightened rabbit
I like your face
But you can shove it
I’m tryna quit
Everything toxic :||
Yeah
You turn up at my door and you’re all sweetness and light
But I know there’s something else cos I can see it in your eyes
It used to be that I would seek all your love and affection
But the tables have now turned my friend; you ready for rejection?
You ||: Shut your mouth
You dirty habit
You pretty thing
You frightened rabbit
I like your face
But you can shove it
I’m tryna quit
Everything toxic :||
Yeah
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3. |
Me Too
03:37
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As she stands before the judge with her knickers on display
She’s asked what was she thinking lying on his bed that day
So she pleads for them to understand that they had been good friends
She never thought that she should fear him breaking her trust with hands
They grind her down with questions, reliving every little thing
Make her feel like she's the one on trial - they say that she had tempted him
Said “asking for it weren’t you though?”
Our bodies still aren’t ours
If one victim is still blamed
Our bodies still aren’t ours
Until systems change
It doesn’t matter what we wear
It doesn’t matter how we speak
The conversation’s still the same
You blame the girl for being weak
She carries this all forward into each relationship
Because she’s learned she’s a thing to be owned and used again
So the cycle ever goes around; all her faith in love is lost
She’ll be old and used and worn unless she’s helped to lose her cross
Said “asking for it weren’t you though?”
(Said “asking for it weren’t you though?”)
Our bodies still aren’t ours
If one victim is still blamed
Our bodies still aren’t ours
Until systems change
It doesn’t matter what we wear
It doesn’t matter how we speak
The conversation is the same
You blame the girl for being weak
Our bodies still aren’t ours
If one victim is still blamed
Our bodies still aren’t ours
Until systems change
It doesn’t matter what we wear
It doesn’t matter how we speak
The conversation is the same
You blame the girl for being weak
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4. |
Fun Sponge
03:17
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If there were a prize for how loud you could whine
You’d win a certificate for biggest Pessimist
I didn’t know malcontent could be such a trend
You wear the term cold fish like you were made for it
Oh sour puss here we go again
You’re a wet rag, drip, bore, a defeatist
I feel my energy sucked out from my soul
Happy hoover, party pooper, you’re a spoil sport
Fun sponge you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space
Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablist
Everytime we hang my heart begins to drag
You have to bring me down and you’re oblivious
To your own buzz kill no matter what we do
Did I do something wrong to make you such a grump?
Unbuckle your face you negative ninny
You’re captain no fun and it’s getting a bit silly, oh
Fun sponge you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space
Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablist
Buzz kill, cold fish, killjoy, wet rag, sourpuss, malcontent, drip, bore, defeatist, pessimist, grump, grouch, whiner, fuddy duddy, drag, stick in the mud, spoil sport, Joy killer, downer, damper, party pooper, newt, negative ninny, happy hoover, bad orb, wet blanket, captain no fun, unbuckle your face, please can you just get out of my space!
Fun sponge you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space
Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablistFun sponge you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space
Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem
You just take take take take take
You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablist
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5. |
Windows
03:11
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In through the pane is a glimpse of your world
It’s a mirror to your soul, it’s a mirror of control
Framed are the fragments broken by my self delusion
Each tinted shard is a fraction of my dark
Unchanged is the view but still changing with each season
A snapshot of a landscape, pinhole looks at heartache
Cracks slowly creak across the boundaries of reality
Try to hold it in but the walls are paper thin
Am I looking in or looking out
The illusion of my safety
Observations through the bars of my cage
Dust is mainly made of skin
But it sparkles in the sunbeams
Feel the shutters closing on my sanity
Cold seeps through all the holes that grow
Tapping on the see through wall
Skewed the point of view with kaleidoscope truths
Refracted light across the floor
||: Am I looking in or looking out
The illusion of my safety
Observations through the bars of my cage
Dust is mainly made of skin
But it sparkles in the sunbeams
Feel the shutters closing on my sanity :||
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6. |
R.I.P
03:19
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Soft self medicated blackout
There’s comfort in my warm sadness
Inscriptions from the depths of my memories
Connections bloom like flowers
The cold within my bones like marble moulded
In the dark shine hot and bright
Like sickly candy it feeds itself
Skull bursting with toxic spice
||: I feel our goodbye like a sunset
Set in stone at the grave of our past
While I stand here I watch as the garden we grew
Dissolves and returns to the earth :||
Release has a texture so smooth and so raw
And it bites and it aches and it bleeds
A sensation painful to the touch
Open fire to the soul as you leave
||: I feel our goodbye like a sunset
Set in stone at the grave of our past
While I stand here I watch as the garden we grew
Dissolves and returns to the earth :||
||: I killed all that we hold dear :||
||: I feel our goodbye like a sunset
Set in stone at the grave of our past
While I stand here I watch as the garden we grew
Dissolves and returns to the earth :||
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7. |
Halloween
04:24
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It’s been a whole year since our first date
Since that time on Halloween
Bad carvings in pumpkins and port on ice
Before we danced beneath the trees
And we were kissing against pillars
We were hiding from the crowd
Stage lights like they were for us
And undead makeup across our mouths
Autumn feels so much colder
Now I don’t get to hear your laugh
I can’t forget the way you touched me
The bonfire in your arms
In your arms
It’s been a whole year since our first date
A year since I felt any sparks
As November creeps into my room
There’s no fireworks in this house
And I know that as I see it
The winter wrapping round my heart
I’ll be sitting here in blankets
Pushing ice across my floor
Autumn feels so much colder
Now I don’t get to hear your laugh
I can’t forget the way you touched me
The bonfire in your arms
In your arms
It’s been a whole year since our first date
A year since I felt any sparks
As November creeps into my room
There’s no fireworks in this house
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8. |
Rebound
03:18
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I’m not gonna be your rebound, rebound
I’m not here to boost your ego, ego
I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep
All over a person who was never mine to keep
I’m not gonna be your rebound…
Swiping left but with you I swiped right
Started chatting, we were up for half the night
I said you’re cute but you’re getting way too warm
Sending pics but I just wanna talk
You wanna gimme your number but I think I know your game
Is that your real name?
And if I dare to think that this is real….
I’m just gonna be a rebound, rebound
But I’m not here to boost your ego, ego
I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep
All over a person who was never mine to keep
Saying you’re over your ex now, ex now
You’re ready to move on to something new
But they’re all you ever talk about
When you’re here with me
Might think I wanna hear about it
But you’re boring me
I’m not gonna be your rebound….
I always let myself get comfortable and end up on my own
I get reeled in by the lies they tell, I’m desperate for love
Then I find out when it’s way too late my gut was right all along
I’m sick of all the games I have to play
The hard to get, then love letters
So now I’m trusting every turn where I went wrong
And you won’t get me while I feel this strong
But I’m not gonna be a rebound, rebound
I’m not here to boost your ego, ego
I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep
All over a person who was never mine to keep
I’m not gonna be your rebound…
Here we go again another cannon loose
Painted up with feelings from a fairy book
I’m not just sitting pretty waiting for your lies
I don’t care how I compare to your past life….
I’m not a stepping stone to find the one
And you won’t get me while I feel this strong…
‘Cos I will never be your rebound, rebound
I’m not here to boost your ego, ego
I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep
All over a person who was never mine to keep
Saying you’re over your ex now, ex now
You’re ready to move on to something new
But they’re all you ever talk about
When you’re here with me
Might think I wanna hear about it
But you’re boring me
I’m not gonna be a rebound (x 3)
Oh, oh
I’m not gonna be a rebound (x 3)
Oh, oh
I’m not gonna be a rebound (x 2)
I will never be your rebound
No, oh
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9. |
One That Got Away A.V
03:13
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I’ll be the one that got away
You never were any good for me
And now you’re gone I’ll make you see
That I’m the one that got away
Was there magic in that kiss when you both first touched lips
And did it make you smile inside? The kind that rises to your eyes
Do you remember how it felt when we were lying on that couch
The world was lying at our feet; our hearts connected with every beat
But now you’re gone, and you’re painting a new song
I’ll be the one that got away
You never were any good for me
And now you’re gone I’ll make you see
That I’m the one that got away
All the promises you made, and all the fantasies we chased
Like stories thought up by a child we believed in every line
It all got too serious- the lines got blurred and disfigured
I tried to hold on to the edge, and I’m still falling to my death
Cos now you’re gone and you’re painting a new song
I’ll be the one that got away
You never were any good for me
And now you’re gone I’ll make you see
That I’m the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
You wanted me to hold onto the lies you told
But you had never meant a single word you said
I’ll be the one that got away
You never were any good for me
And now you’re gone I’ll make you see
That I’m the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’ll be the one that got away
I’m the one that got away
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10. |
Threadbare
03:11
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There’s a certain kind of tummy ache that comes from money problems
Acid that rises to the top squeezed by the vice at the bottom
No one can take this pain from you unless you find a financial saviour
But for most of us it just grinds on no matter how much we slave and labour
||: My clothes are getting threadbare
My hands are dry and cracked
But I’m told that if I give up now
There’ll be no diamonds to collect :||
I feel weak; I can’t afford to eat again
I feel bleak; No money here to heat my place
I feel sick ; Got debt up to my ears today
I feel scared; Can’t see how to make this go away
I feel wrecked.
One more drop of blood they say and it will all be over
One more year of trying hard and you’ll see the fruits and favour
While all the time you’re counting down you see no little light
Just more rocks to trip you up and a tunnel of endless night
I feel weak
I can’t afford to eat again
I feel bleak
No money here to heat my place
I feel sick
Got debt up to my ears today
I feel scared
Can’t see how to make this go away
I feel wrecked.
||: My clothes are getting threadbare
My hands are dry and cracked
But I’m told that if I give up now
There’ll be no diamonds to collect :||
I feel weak
I can’t afford to eat again
I feel bleak
No money here to heat my place
I feel sick
Got debt up to my ears today
I feel scared
Can’t see how to make this go away
I feel wrecked
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11. |
Can I Get Off?
03:44
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So much hate in this country
So many things not understood
Feel like we have so much to learn
So much going back to roots
A genocide in Congo
Another in Sudan
Had you even heard about China?
Ethiopia or Chad?
Our rulers want the wealth
The oil and the gas
The gold and the land
Cobalt for phones in our hands
Did I say something wrong?
Do you feel uncomfortable?
How do you think the Gazan’s feel
While they’re still being bombed?
Am I siding with Hamas?
You’re gonna ask that one again?
Bore off guy that line is dry
And you’re a puppet to the man
||: Can I get off of this planet
And jump into a black hole?
I’m sick of white fragility
Feel like I’m losing control
Can I get off of this planet
Is there a way to escape
From all the pain and destruction
And fascists fuelling the hate :||
How long will this song
Continue to be
A reflection of what’s wrong
With everything we
Constructed to gain
All the world has to offer
By killing the children
So that we whites could prosper
Oh yes I’ll stand here
And I’ll call us all out
Because if we don't, who will?
We’re against everyone else
We watch as the people
Who don’t look like us
Drown in their thousands
Escaping bombs we helped drop
||: Can I get off of this planet
And jump into a black hole?
I’m sick of white fragility
Feel like I’m losing control
Can I get off of this planet
Is there a way to escape
From all the pain and destruction
And fascists fuelling the hate :||
||: Calling out my brothers
Calling out the boys in bands
Saying you’re liberal left
But you’re cowards where you stand
Scared to lose your following
Scared to say what’s right
But you’ll shout out hate for tories
On your stages every night :||
||: Can I get off of this planet
And jump into a black hole?
I’m sick of white fragility
Feel like I’m losing control
Can I get off of this planet
Is there a way to escape
From all the pain and destruction
And fascists fuelling the hate :||
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12. |
Pressure
02:41
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See me now
As I’m finding out
I can’t hold on
Help me as I drown
Closing in with overwhelm
Fighting on all sides
Feeling sick from the guilt trips
Taken on too much
People pleasing
Working constantly
No time to breathe, nowhere to hide
Hello anxiety
Constricted
I can barely see
Fear of failure
Has me on my knees
Closing in with overwhelm
Fighting on all sides
Feeling sick from the guilt trips
Taken on too much
People pleasing
Working constantly
No time to breathe, nowhere to hide
Hello anxiety
Am I a disappointment?
Am I a disappointment to you?
Closing in with overwhelm
Fighting on all sides
Feeling sick from the guilt trips
Taken on too much
People pleasing
Working constantly
No time to breathe, nowhere to hide
Hello anxiety
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