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1. |
I Hate Going Out
04:44
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Hey there
I know it's been a minute since we've hung out
We all would get together in some car
Go to some bar
Where half of us would sit in silence
It's so fun
Unfortunately that will have to wait some time
This isolation's gonna be quite rough
But we are tough
And if I'm honest, well there's a small small part of me
That feels relieved
A guaranteed get out of jail free card
From those awful plans that weren't that fun, don't blame me
The reason I can't hang out is the CDC
It's the perfect excuse
And it's the right thing to do
We're staying healthy by avoiding giant crowds
At least for the time being
I'll never feel pressured
No more social
Obligations
Yes, of course, I hate this situation
And they say that no one should be going out
Which works for me because I hate going out
Before
They'd give me so much shit for never partying
"You've got to make it, everyone is here!
Come grab a beer"
I feel guilt
And so I go out and regret it
Like, near immediately wish that I'd just stayed home
It's so expensive just to make a toast
Keep my money close
I'm socially distant
But fiscally near
Wait why are you
Going outside, and not for work
So you're insensitive, a jerk
Ignoring facts
At Disneyland, or the beach
The dumbass of the year award's just out of reach
It's the perfect excuse
You have a chance to stay home
And yet you choose to be in giant crowds
At least for the time being
I'll never feel pressured
No more social
Obligations
Yes, of course, I hate this situation
And they say that no one should be going out
Which works for me because I hate going out
(Try to look on
On the bright side)
No I shouldn't have to say this
Not hard to not be racist
Out of cash
Can't wipe my ass
We're being run by dopes
If you're an introvert like me, it's how I cope
It's the perfect excuse
To stay inside if you can
To take a break from being in giant crowds
At least for the time being
I'll never feel pressured
No more social
Obligations
Yes, of course, I hate this situation
And they say that no one should be going out
Which works for me because I hate going out
Which works for me because I hate going out
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2. |
I'd Homie Stock for You
04:15
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SD
Every now and then we make mistakes
Yeah I might be up
But part of me feels so weird
So not right
It's a sacrifice I'll gladly make
Playing with my peers
Our friendship is top tier
Not messing with your mind
It's partly for my pride
But I know that you could do
So much better
Between the blows we deal
Respect is always due
That's precisely why I'd homie stock for you
That's how much I care
I'd homie stock for you
(oh I'm so generous)
A side-b off the stage, you're falling down
Recovery was nowhere to be found
This cannot be how I'm crowned the victor
I wouldn't dare
Not playing in tourney, not playing for cash
I guess what I'm saying is I just wanna smash
Some might give me backlash
Say I threw away the game
Well, I don't care
I just want you to be happy
To feel loved; I swear
Even though you kinda suck
But I will keep things fair
And if you play Little Mac
I'd homie stock the match
'Cause otherwise you'd never win
A single game of Smash
You wavedash off of ledge
The timing wasn't tight
I'm jumping off of Battlefield
To make things right
It might seem unnecessary
But that's just what friends do
Even if you camp
I'd homie stock for you
Even if you John
I'd homie stock for you
Even if you Wobble
I'd - I'd - nah, screw that, fuck you
You are my smash brother
I'd homie stock for you
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3. |
We Need to Talk
03:39
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VERSE 1
Uh
Same old shit
I wasn't too surprised when you said it
Seen it in every movie
Not a normal conversation
Signifying the termination
Of our relationship
Cause if that's how you're initiating
A part of you's hating this
No go on, I insist, say the rest
But if I had to guess
This conversation can only go in one direction
I don't know why you're masking your intentions for my protection
It's pretty obvious given your inflection that it's an
Instigation of an investigation
Of our compatibility
And our stability
Analysis of the probability
That you and me will be a thing tomorrow
Maybe you say it cause you know I know what you mean
Instead of cutting me off, you wean me
Shoot me first, kill me later. Thanks.
Oh, working with a timer
Setting up the knockout with a primer
Come to the audition prepped with the line
It's just 4 words
The worst I've ever heard
So innocent but I know what's inferred it's
Cliche, tried but true
It's almost like a warning, a last gift from you
To prepare me for the inevitable news that we are through
CHORUS
Why go for improv when you've got a script, yeah
Can't you be personal when ending it, yeah
Running to the finish line, you insist we walk
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk - oooh!
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk - oooh!
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk
No! No! No, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fucking - fuck -
Okay, I'm not fine, okay? It's just -
I don't wanna have this conversation. I've seen every movie, I know exactly how this goes. I could just do the whole damn thing myself.
But I don't wanna do it in 4/4, I need something unstable, like us!
7?
VERSE 2
Yo I know it's been a minute since we've been intimate
I been thinking of us and our future and what's in it
I think we're finished, not you it's me
I think as a couple we have trouble, the rubble that
comes from destroying the foundation of our love
Will show to you that space is really what we need
Trying your best to make sure I don't cry
At the same time make it clear as the sky
You want me to be that guy
Going in with the intent to give a hundred and ten percent
Need to implement some sort of event with a romantic incentive The message was sent loud and clear
I heard it the first time, no foul no crime
I'm falling behind on the criteria for cheering ya up
To the possibility for staying with me
Guess you could've said I saw this coming
Not just cause I'm ugly and you're stunning
But your lack of communication until this
Situation was the awakening that I really needed
When a couple fights a demon we must defeat it not
Back away, retreating, ignore it and concede to it
Kinda conceded this is how we're deleted
Maybe we could beat it if we both really try
But I don't think you wanna, and neither do I
CHORUS
Why go for improv when you've got a script, yeah
Can't you be personal when ending it, yeah
Running to the finish line, you insist we walk
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk - oooh!
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk - oooh!
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk - oooh!
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk - oooh!
Tell me why
After weeks without a word
We need to talk
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4. |
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VERSE 1
Nothing happens anymore
Without a little divine intervention
That's how you think a genius thrives
But most of the time you will be bored
Inhibited by your ideal invention
When all you want to do is thrive
CHORUS
But you will only fall to the occasion
Paralyzed by lack of motivation
You may hold out for some inspiration
Don't you wait, you can't wait, please don't wait, there's no time
Don't you wait, never wait, please don't wait, there's no time
No time at all
VERSE 2
I thought that I would have some drive
Instead I fell into old habits, of course, they didn't work
The page is not the only thing full of empty space
Those ways feel good to keep alive
How can one love this if one has to force it
One day a good idea might slap you in the face
CHORUS
But you will only fall to the occasion
Paralyzed by lack of motivation
You may hold out for some inspiration
Don't you wait, you can't wait, please don't wait, there's no time
Don't you wait, never wait, please don't wait, there's no time
No time at all
BRIDGE
Wasted potential, the best will come without even trying
Woah-oh-oh
A guarantee you'll never find what you've done satisfying
Woah-oh-oh
You fall in love with the artist you could be and wait for another day
When you don't need to think so hard about what to say
CHORUS
But you will only fall to the occasion
Paralyzed by lack of motivation
You may hold out for some inspiration
Don't you wait, you can't wait, please don't wait, there's no time
Don't you wait, never wait, please don't wait, there's no time
No time at all
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5. |
Jewish Lobster
02:56
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VERSE 1
Ever since I was a little crustacean
I've had a different set of views
No explanation
All alone in this deep blue
Who would've thought that someone so nautical
Could end up being so theological
This song is in B
'Cause it's under the C
CHORUS 1
Life is pretty sick
Living as a Jewish lobster
I've got a yarmulke I made out of a clam
I don't eat ham
I don't know what ham is
I live underwater
Don't mean to sound overzealous
I'm just one proud Hebrew shellfish
My existence is ironic
And I love it
VERSE 2
See?
I'm not that different from you Jewmans at all
I've got a tallit wrapped around my shell
I'm also hundreds of feet tall
I'm a kaiju as well (roar)
And when I finally have my bar mitzvah
I'll invite King Kong, and Mothra, and Godzilla
And Clifford the Big Red Dog, I hope that he can
Celebrate me becoming a man
I mean, lobster
CHORUS 2
It's a life
Living as a kai-jewish lobster
I think I might take a trip into the town
Accidentally tearing buildings down
Oh, sorry, oh crap, I'm
Just looking for the rabbi
Not a good first impression
I just had a couple of questions
He'll understand them
They're about the Ten Clawmandments
(eh? eh? Get it, it's like commandment but with claw-)
BRIDGE
Oy vey, I just wanna be
With those who are like me
Who can see that all I really need
CHORUS 3
Oh, is to be accepted
As a kai-jewish lobster
I've got a yarmulke I made out of a clam (giant clam!)
I don't eat ham
I don't know what ham is
I live underwater
And if right now you're assumin'
I'm not a lobster 'cause I look like a human
That's because
I- I have no budget
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6. |
Guitar Song
02:58
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I take one look and I am mesmerized
They pick you up and play
It leaves me feeling insignificant
Because I can't do the same
Holding you in my hands
Something's not right
Picking up someone else's destiny
With a tenacious grip so tight
But I think you're beautiful
Knocked off the ground
But at the moment
I can't make a sound
I guess I could just learn and practice
But I'm so lazy
Put down by others around me who use you to your full potential
I'd always feel worse
No need to worry
No need to fret
No need to try to learn what makes you tick
I'm not capo-ble of that
I'm fine with listening
While you're around
But at the moment
I can't make a sound
(sick solo)
Maybe it's jealousy
You're a natural star
You get to dance and move so endlessly
While I watch from afar
Wanting what I don't have
To go out of bounds
Turn it around
What helps me sleep at night is
I can do this voicing
Try to makes that sound
(yeah)
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7. |
Boring's in Real Time
03:49
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(doot doots)
Verse 1
Find the tools for the construction
Only fools avoid instructions
They think they'll do it by themselves
And their world around them crumbles
As it literally falls
Underneath their breath they mumble: "END IT ALL!"
Never felt so small
CHORUS
I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo)
Until I'm finished (do do do doo)
Go supersonic (do do do doo)
That's all I want is to skip some steps
Maybe work a little less
Can't fast-forward life
Boring's in real time
(doot doots)
Verse 2
Missing some essential pieces
Hope of finishing decreases
Then I find them all in front of me
I must be defective
I end up with
Honest trusty monotony
CHORUS
I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo)
Until I'm finished (do do do doo)
Go supersonic (do do do doo)
That's all I want is to skip some gaps
Turn this all into a timelapse
CHORUS
I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo)
Until I'm finished (do do do doo)
Go supersonic (do do do doo)
That's all I want is to skip some steps (also do do do doo)
I'm wasting minutes (do do do doo)
Until I'm finished (do do do doo)
Go supersonic (do do do doo)
That's all I want is to skip some steps
Maybe work a little less
Can't fast-forward life
Boring's in real time
(doot doots)
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8. |
Mind vs. Mouth
02:45
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-Mind-
Hey mouth, it's me, your brain
Let's take it from the top
Should put a leash on you
Cause you keep running off
You talk before I know it
I'm always a step behind
All your fault yet they still ask me
"Have you lost your mind?"
Actions have consequences
Did that thought occur to you?
Oh wait, you can't think
That's literally the main job that I do
I write it all specifically
And you just make the sound
Though, at times I'd speak more clearly
If you just weren't around
You could really stand to take a breath
No need to talk til there's no words left
You know what they say: "think before you speak"
That's the solution that I seek
-Mouth-
Look, I totally get it, where you're coming from
But from my point of view, you're kinda dumb
I just wanna say the things I wanna say
I don't wanna think about a stupid brain getting in my way
Who cares about the points I made as long as someone bought em
Might be physically above me but you actin like a bottom
You want someone to deliver your messages well you got him
You don't like the words I'm using? Well you're the one that taught em to me
Sorry man, but you're kinda stuck
Kinda sucks, but I really don't give a fuck
Ain't not getting rid of me, not even a replacement
Everyone would be asking where the main part of your face went
I will say whatever to stay ahead
Even if it's random at least something was said
Apple bottom Dark Souls, secondary flex
A little bit of chronic, and Bionicle sex
[Mata Nui!]
-Mind-
See what I mean? With sentences that dense
None of what you just said makes any damn sense
If you only took a second to wait
What you said could've been gre-
-Mouth-
Wow, look at the big brain on my brain
Knows exactly every sentence that I should be saying
-Mind-
Look, I'm not saying you're corrupt
For starters, please try not to interru-
-Mouth-
And man, I don't understand why you're getting mad at me
[Dude]
Sorry I can't live under your monarchy; I'm speaking free
Don't you know you can't stop my flow, it's a sonic boom
I could change the time signature if I wanted to
[wait, what?]
Now we're in 5, whatchu gonna do about it, gonna cry?
Sorry I can't live a life in closed quarters, too much order, I need to fly
From the borders that you put around me that you implement like cement
Well guess what? You can think what you think, but they'll hear what you meant
Cause no matter what I said it still links back to a thought that you had
It might've been subconscious but that doesn't excuse the rude or the bad
Maybe I'm just saying what you're too afraid to say but I do it with ease
Take responsibility for what you've done, now fuck it I'mma change the key
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9. |
Backlog
03:18
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So easy to click
On what I want to buy
I feel like a dick
Cause I - I - I
Can't even commit to leisure
I will fall into the hole
That I dug into my soul and wallet
A new one gets thrown onto the pile
A new one gives a temporary smile
It's a new one, well, don't worry about me
I've got a life
I put it in my backlog
Can't miss this deal
It's only 5 bucks
I said a hundred paychecks ago-o-o
Well, rent is for the wicked
If I had a dime every time that I said that I'd complete these
I might actually be able to afford these
A new one gets thrown onto the pile
A new one gives a temporary smile
It's a new one, well, don't worry about me
I've got a life
I put it in my backlog
Put it in my backlog
Put it in my backlog
Oh, the guilt from doing nothing
Makes me do nothing even harder
So I stall, how could I beat one
If I can't beat them all?
So I save it for a rainy day, but my
Forecast reads bright sunny skies
'Til the day I die, it's
A new one - why would anybody want this
A new one, because what have I accomplished
With a new one, well don't worry about me
I've got a life
I put it in my backlog
New one - why would anybody want this
A new one, because what have I accomplished
With a new one, well don't worry about me
I've got a life
I put it in my backlog
Put it in my backlog
Put it in my backlog
I put it in my backlog
I put it in my backlog
I-I put it in my backlog
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10. |
Reading (ft. The Ringer)
04:16
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Verse 1:
Woke up in the morning, what a shame I'm still the same person, I'll try again tomorrow
To become a man whose sense of social cues is built in, not something that's borrowed
Spend my whole night guessin'
Your facial expression
Says a thousand words but I don't know a single one
Chorus 1:
No I'm not the best at knowing
What exactly people mean
When their words and their faces
Are in two different places
So come on, what's the deal?
How do you feel?
What's my appeal?
I'll break the seal stopping my brain
From reading what you're really saying
Verse 2:
Everything's the same, not a thing has changed, means nothing and everything together
All the pages in a foreign language, anguish, say it again, I'm not too clever
Then you give a smile, and I smile back, but in my head it's always been
That a smile going towards me's either not for me, or it's not genuine
Quickly turn neurotic
I become robotic
Racing through, crash in your captcha
Chorus 2:
No I'm not the best at knowing
What exactly people mean
When their words and their faces
Are in two different places
So come on, what's the deal?
How do you feel?
What's my appeal?
Is this real
Verse 3:
Can you say that one more time, I didn't get it
No I heard you, I just don't believe you said it
Different book, different page, they don't even look the same
They're just next to each other
I could use improvement
Seeing every movement
Got a long long way to go
Chorus 3:
No I'm not the best at knowing
What exactly people mean
When their words and their faces
Are in two different places
So come on, what's the deal?
How do you feel?
What's my appeal?
Is this real, so come on, what's the deal?
How do you feel?
What's my appeal?
Is this real, so come on, what's the deal?
How do you feel?
What's my appeal?
I'll break the seal stopping my brain
From reading what you're really saying
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11. |
Para11el
01:51
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Hey, I see you every time I fantasize about what life could be
A version of me that aims to please
Only seems to come out spontaneously
At a party, in a crowd, part of me that gets loud
But I know that you're not real
I jump into this character to live up to the mass appeal
Yeah, I've been thinking bout it lately
Don't want anybody to hate me
I'm changing who I am so maybe someone will date me
Greatly influenced to be equal to the vision that they have
My personality is split in half
The part that no one wants and the part that makes them laugh
I can't last, the pressure is approaching me so fast
I've reached an impasse
The task is slowly breaking me down with everybody around
I'm living up to an image in my head - their head
Instead of what's in my heart
I start to act genuine but I end up regretting it
Does it stop? (×4)
You can choose to live up to their expectations
But what your own? Shouldn't that come first
What they want's not possible without all this frustration
Let it go; you'll become your worst enemy
You'll be fine, you are fine
You'll be fine, you are fine
You'll be fine, you are fine
You'll be fine
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12. |
Attainable Equanimity
06:11
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13. |
June 13th
05:58
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Verse 1
This is the story of a show you
Probably couldn't go to
But I know you
Had other stuff going on and you got busy, yeah, no worries, you'll make it next time for sure
I spread the word to pull a crowd
To a night where the music's bumping and loud
Where everyone is proud
To be right where we are right now
You see, it'd mean so much to me
Cause I've got a set I'm playing
I hope you come through
Chorus 1
To my my next big gig I just can't shut up about it
And I hope that anyone who wants can make it out to
June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go)
You can have a drink, use my ticket at the bar
Friends and family coming from afar to
June 13th, June 13th
Verse 2
I feel part of a community
Immunity from the couch-ridden slobs
Saying "Get a real job"
I might not but at least I've got real friends
We'll have the best time of our lives
My last show we tried to light up the night
Not a person in sight
Can you turn down the lights, I can't see anyone
Oh, no one's here - cool
And if you know that you can't go
Don't take a flyer
I have a limited number of these (please, they're more expensive than you think)
Chorus 2
That promote the night that the scene would come together
A random show remembered forever
June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go)
And if you have a show but want to use this song to promote it
Just change the date we're singing, instead of
June 13th, just *insert date*
They say the scene already died
This is the day the scene was
The scene was reborn
Chorus 3
And it all revolves on a special little date
That really shows just how the scene is great on
June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go)
When the soul is weak, and the spirit isn't strong
We spread the love by playing a song on
June 13th, June 13th (oh you know you gotta go)
It's my next big gig, I just can't shut up about it
And I hope that anyone who wants can make it out to
June 13th, June 13th
June 13th, June 13th
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Ben Visini San Francisco, California
Comedy music from an unsuccessful musical theater participant-turned-pit musician-turned-man unsure of where hyphens are supposed to-go.
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