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intro
01:30
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i wish i could save us all with these words
save us all from our selves, endlessly trying to start
living the whole day through with dry eyes because
it didnt hurt to be alive.
~these words are sung knowing we're not alone in saying them.
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Will you hold this note with me
just a couple bars to drown out everything trying to kill us
would you hold it while i cry, would you cry with me
cause i cant stand the silence on my own and its killing everything
i dont think we'll make it on our own
i dont think we'll make it
im scared we're the only ones who know
im scared that we might break out in song and there'll be no one there to sing along
teach me how, how you got through life in so few breaths
what are the tricks you use to survive in a world like this
cause though it still hurts to wake up sometimes
its getting easier to make it through the day, but still i
is it so wrong to feel this way i asked, to feel like we're all dying
you just took my hand and shook your head
“this world is killing everything we love”
those words were yours not mine, but i agree with every part of me, oh i.
~this song is about feeling like you dont belong anywhere and the world isnt made for you. Which it isnt. I speak this as a trans*persyn and as someone who lives with severe depression, where i feel like the binaries and stigma perpetuated by this society perscribe assimilation and/or invisibility.
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Can i stand next to you only, for this next tune
would you just sway with me slowley, im begging you
cause latley im needing convincing, in what its worth
and somthing about standing here dancing with you just works
Can i sit next to you over, overlooking the earth
would you show me everything id miss, cause with the shit that i wouldnt its hard to be sure
and please dont be scared if i tell you, i wish it would all burn away
just tell me everything will be ok
~this song is about being at a show and trying to forget about the shitty things that bring us down.
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if this bathroom had a telephone, id call you from this tile floor
and ask if you rememeber, driving me to the hospital
i thought i was dying, there was blood on my teeth
you knew that i wasnt dying, but you humored me
looking back those were the good old days
running from myself i pushed you away
i guess not much has changed still almost dying waking up in your clothes
got sick and tired of money and assholes and moved back home
funny now those were the good old days
running from myself i pushed you away
mold and mice a bed i shared with you
now all thats left are hazy memories and bad tattoos
~this song is about the ways friendships can change over time, and how difficult it can be to deal with those changes. it's about realizing you're putting half as much as you're taking out of a relationship. it's about giving people space when it's the last thing you want to do. it's about letting go and growing the fuck up, and for my best friend.
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panic away from homo
01:53
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i cant breath, for the life of me
i feel it on the streets in all the ways you stare inside me
you see me, what do you see
will you tell me to fuck off completely?
reach out and grab me
shake the death out of me
give me a reason
not to feel defeat so easily
i breath deep, for the life of me
these words are not mine but sometimes i swear they saved my life
i debrief, just to get it out of me, you know what im sayin?
~this song is about trying to leave the house and expieriencing glares and verbal harrasment because of your appearance
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watertower
02:37
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i once climbed the water tower, i was all alone
started getting that sinking sunken feeling like if i fell
well it feels kinda like that now
the way things are going its hard to tell
but i feel like we're loosing our whole world
so please dont leave me now
searching for that simple thing
the one that makes sence of it all
but theres no such thing as simple things, anymore
i drank a pint of whisky, i was all alone
just one more thing to regret before i go
when that is i dont know
searching for, oh i forgot now
something about, oh i dont know
~this song is about climbing the water tower in the southwest of montreal, and about trying to come to terms with living with depression.
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streetfighter
02:51
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come so far to get nowhere at all, out of every car, around every corner in this town
tonight im mad enough to do something i might regret
fill you with the fear that i felt
cause these sidewalks arnt safe, its a scary fucking place
cause no one should have to walk with their keys in their hands
this isnt self defence its refuckingvenge
if only it was as simple as in our fantasies, id make you as scared as you make me
cause nowhere is safe, this worlds a scary fucking place
so when your shitty friends see your face, dont forget to say how a fags fist tastes
for all those times we couldnt fight back, and all those nights we've been harrassed
by useless bro's, and fucking pigs, oh all those wars we wish to wage on you.
~this song is about my own experience (and a close friend's experience) with street harassment. it's a sort of revenge fantasy. it was an important song for me to write, however i acknowledge that i have immense amount of privilege as a white, cis, male etc. and there are tonnes of people who experience violence way more often and in different ways than i do. this song is for anyone who's ever had to deal with any form of street harassment
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