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You're Not Special
03:30
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((One spotlight, glaringly bright. 100° or more))
((why do you live in this paradise? Who do u think you are fooling?))
I didn't want to risk
The worries if
The earthquakes hit
There's no chance we'll survive
We’re well within
The rising water line
((Take a breath, collect yourself))
I drove downtown
Between earth and metal
Thought we could argue
Until we got it settled
((Does this feel better? Are you happy now?))
You're not special
((but me…however))
This world was built for me
Marquee names
Shallow graves
This near to the beach
Some pocket change
unlocked it all for me
((sudden change of attitude, turn on a dime))
Everyone here is gonna die
Especially me,
was shocked to find
That I'm not special
((Would being special protect you?))
Picking up your prescription twice a week
Thought you only used 'em to fall sleep
Like you think you're special
You think you're special
I didn't wanted to risk
Blocking out
My sacred light
With antidepressants
Cause i could change your life
if only i could find
the motivation to sit down and write
((What if I’m meant for something else))
…
((went to the city and felt at peace))
I drove downtown
To sit and to revel
At all my luck
And how in my troubles
i'm not special
((The spotlight slowly plans up and away))
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2. |
Open Ocean Death Song
03:04
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The only creatures smart enough
to weigh our options when going's rough
and ask if nothing's better
than staying stuck
in mud like which we rose from
in the bottom of the ocean
by the thermal ducts
I think the strangest thing about life
is that we've overcome our instincts to survive
are we meant to count our steps there off the side?
If I can get myself together
learn to like godspeed! you black emperor
instead of falling asleep
to the same six bright eyes covers
and it seems so strange to me
that a man can die of thirst at sea
i'd like to think us like the evergreen
above the worlds motion
to beautiful to poison
so i can stay naive
I think the strangest thing about life
is just that everyone isn't happy all the time
Are we meant to wilt like a rose at your bedside?
If I can get myself together
learn to like godspeed! you black emperor
instead of falling asleep
to the same six bright eyes covers
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Leo Dolan Los Angeles, California
You leave a part of your self everywhere that you go
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