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Hysterical Laughter

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Empires Collapsing 02:58
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Empires Collapsing It takes a stronger person yo, To not throw a punch. You know. To stay positive and grow. To not leave and say Avajo. But I’m feeling weak and I think I might take a stand. I might just make some demands. Like would you take a step back please. I’ll make some tea. If the world was breaking would you find it entertaining. False convictions and lies rearranging brain synapsis. These empires collapsing. Forget my feelings. forget love perhaps. Hey. How come we never smash tvs and cut profit at the knees. How come they never just say please. Why won’t they ever plant some trees. So I’m feeling sad and it's been a bad dad sad had. Its been a try and fall flat. Can we turn this song up please. Let me make some tea.
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Split a Beer 02:44
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Split A Beer Get up, Wake up. The time is now, it's always now. Read a book and find out how. Find a song and sing it loud. Broken speakers and ear drums now. Destroy the map we’re lost again. Always loved when you’re with friends. It’s been so long, remember when we gave it up, we all caved in. Lose the feeling when the dealer’s dealing refrain from squealing when the cops come stealing life away from all of us. Capitalism takes too much. Leaning on a broken crutch. Kids on the block are hanging tough. No need to be so sad. This night will be so rad. We’ll never feel so bad. We should skate down to the park. We can swim there after dark. Split a beer for two size large. It’s fun to laugh and dance and talk some trash. Find a wallet return the cash. They’ll reward us and we’ll throw a bash. Let’s not forget.
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Work is Obsolete 03:00
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Work is Obsolete Why am I so bloody tired. This caffeine should have me wired. I’ve read too much now I can’t stop thinking about life. They love the constitution. Is it just an illusion that man can give man rights at all. Aren’t we just free when we’re born it’s plain to see they’re love of lies, it comes from a fall. Take this job and shove it please. Work is obsolete. Fingers worked down to the bone. Fortune 5000.
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Amazon 02:31
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Amazon Life is full of clowns. Turn the world upside down. Think about the things that we could be. Work hard into reality. Itsy bitsy pretty things. Distraction comes from shiny things. Take it all and melt it down. Turn around that scary frown. Take a break and read a book. Don’t be a Child and learn to cook. Don’t worry about the lousy crooks. It’s worthless everything they took. If you need an explanation I’ve got none at all. If you want a revolution, you can buy it at the mall or Amazon. Everything’s amazing let’s try to be content. No more complaining you can take all of my money every cent. Time flies, fun or not. Take a second give thanks for what we got. People always want more. Joy can’t be found in any store.
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FearCrime 03:22
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Fear Crime If I could fly I’d die. I’m scared to death of heights. Don’t try, ask why. Red bike is tough to ride. Find your mind inside the fight for your life. I lie I lied I died at least we tried. My baby likes to party all the time. Emergent moments. Time releases. Broken pieces on the ground. Wasted years. Terrible. Crime. Fear. No more killing time.
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Life Informal 03:24
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Life Informal Exaggeration, things are spinning into control. Exacerbation, I’m tired. Keep going. I’m on a roll. Exoneration, absolve myself from all thought crime. Exhibition, Life is hard and art is fine. Take it back. Step on a crack. Falling flat. Please don’t rap. You once said that. For a time felt bad. Don’t listen to Dad. He don’t know jack. Cut some slack. Don’t be sad. All you have. Love is Rad. Time won’t stop. Bombs they drop. Don’t call the cops on a mad cyclops. Go home. Pack for roam. Queen is slave. Free is drone. Run around and make life dizzy. There’s more to life than being busy. Taking chances. Taking risks. I don’t want us to miss all this. Life and work can be so boring. We all wake up still some are snoring. Living dreams while plotting schemes. To leave this normal. Live informal.
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On the Marrow 02:40
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On the Marrow Henceforth we both shall live out revolution. Kicking our fears to the curb. Finally something will happen, it’s fight club. Realize that love is a verb. Love isn’t prideful. Love is patient and kind. On the marrow we will blow up our cars, yo. We’ll say it’s our fourth of July. Independant from the flags of our fathers. Flags are just basically rags.
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Chess Not Checkers 02:57
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Chess not Checkers Ride our bikes for life. Exercise our rights. Fight until we die. Witching hour each night. It scares me I won’t lie. I won’t lie. At least I’ll try. Chess not checkers. Broken records. Such a shame when we aren’t honest. Let’s be modest. It’s the hottest it’s ever been. Let’s turn back when we can. I said I’d always try to never waste your time. We lay it on the line. You stab me with your knife.
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Tempting Fate 02:20
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Tempting Fate Read some books and figure it out. There’s nothing to lose and no reason to doubt. Nothing to fear so let’s get out of here. There’s adventures to have and bikes to steer. Something new is coming soon and it’s more than just another tune. It’s more than motivation quotes. We’ll swing across. We’ll jump the moat. Escape the zoo. We’ll live somewhere new. Pour tea for two. So much to do. It feels like we’re losing if we don’t continue working. The truth is we’re working life away. I once heard you say, Don’t waste your best years, quit today. Because no pay is enough. We’re tempting fate.
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Final Resolution 02:56
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Final Resolution I think it’s time to change. Time to rearrange. Things are strange. Everyone keeps saying, act your age, are you insane. If it’s true I’d like to know. If it’s real I want to go. Well if it’s time to tell and show. Light a match and let it blow. Wake up early morning. Quit your snoring. It’s a warning. In this final resolution, revolution has lost it’s purpose. When talk is often foolish and people get unrulish. Everybody needs to stop. Deep breath. Let it drop. Why’d we wait so long. Sing a song. We can’t go wrong. Of course weak is strong. Everybody take a chance. Let’s dance Because everyone is watching What have we got to Lose yourself in the music The moment what are you going to choose.
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Fine 03:18
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Fine I can’t find the words to complete these thoughts I’m such a fool. February is spelled wrong. It’s very cold and short-long. Take a trip outside the chemicals and lies bruh. I’ve got nothing else to do but sit around and think of you. Recycle these ideas to rebirth, work. Compost negativity to dirt, jerks. We’re tearing down the system, building new. Tools are key to good construction this is fun-cool. I can see this turning around, a brand new sound. Life’s beautiful. It’s crazy and it’s upside down. Let’s turn it around. We’re making progress. Now I see it unveiled before me, it’s not so scary. Possibilities. Open Eyes. Look at the sky, no need to cry. Everything has turned out fine.
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Hysterical Laughter 03:13
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Hysterical Laughter We can’t live looking into future. Who cares about the past. Present moment emerges. We blink it’s gone too fast. It’s a fact in fact, that time is wack. Take a drink. Don’t pause to think. Get on the road. This heart’s too cold. To break the mold we’ve got to go. Kittens and gentle-dogs, please calm down. If we don’t go now we’ll never leave this town. Time’s a tornado. Back to the winnebago. Vagabond vagrants, we’ll spare for change. Deliberate living we’ll dive off stage. Time’s a tornado. There’s cops to evade though. Overthinking this completely. Just dance and laugh and crash. Just live a life that’s rad, dad. Each day’s a brand new bash. The clock won’t stop. Let’s belly flop. The Nestea plunge. These hands are wrung. The lake is warm. The laws are torn. The sound of a new world being born.
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Musica Magia 02:50
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Musica Magia How can we go when everyone is moving slow. How can we read when the lights not bright enough to see. What words are left. Orwell’s best dress vest. Not invited anywhere. Too hard to think. Our brains are scared. Go find someone who's brave enough to fly to the sun. Don’t fly too high. Your pride will wreck you. You decide to ignore the lies. Gotta try. Gonna try. Please say goodbye if you’re gonna die. Musica es magia. Abraca-flipping-dabra. Slight of hand just to stab you in the heart so you can wake up and change this. Idolatry in politics. Speaking with no asterisks. Trying so hard to. Toe to toe. Your moves are good but you’ve got to go. It starts to snow. The statues fall cause their a joke. Peace and love are mandatory in this story. It’s not boring. It’s not for glory. War is good for nothing, sorry. Why would we choose to fight. In time we all lose. Don’t scratch a record until you’re told. You're gonna try. You must be bold. You’re selling out. Already sold. Just chill until the next episode.
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The Last War 02:54
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The Last War End all the strife. Have the time of our lives. End all the fights. Turn toward the light. If we take up our arms and blow off their arms, they’ll build back and harm. They’ll decimate our farms. Down to the dust. We cling to the ground Reconsider everything we thought we once knew. All because of you, I’m feeling amazing. Weight lifted off my back. Spared from a heart attack. Love is revolution. It saves us from us. In the last war we’ll ask what was it for. Were we really so bored we had to take more. When we’re ninety five and barely alive. Take boards and we’ll ride a tidal wave tide. Down to the depths. Take our last breath

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Written and recorded as part of the February Album Writing Month (FAWM) in 2022... a challenge to write an album in one month.

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released February 28, 2022

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