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Overstimulated
02:35
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(v1)
spending all my money on second hand clothes
while listening to “Immunity”
Washing my hair with the cheapest soap that’s in the store
while thinking about how to write some better songs
all my favourite bands seem boring to me now
and every other new song I listen to
on my way to work
is worse than what I’ve listened to before
(chorus)
I complain about how empty I feel
from time to time
I’m fed up with the world
and I’m overstimulated
(v2)
spending all my money to get away from here
instead of sorting my shit out
she’s spending all of her money at 7-Eleven
and she’s sleeping through the weekend
when all I wanna know is
what life is all about
sometimes I feel sad
thinking back to time we had
doing the dishes
or changing the strings on all of my guitars
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2. |
Cutting Vegetables
03:06
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i used to count my money in tobacco packs
and trading cards and tanks of gas
now I’m saving up to kiss your lips
and imagine walking through the streets of Venice
we can take your family’s trailer you said,
so I could see your smile
on our way to Norway baby and when we go to bed,
take a trip around Europe for a week or two
yeah you like dvd’s you think they’re cool
well I think they’re a waste of space but I’ll buy Grease and ET to enjoy with you
(chorus)
I used to think about girls all the time
but I could not imagine what it would be like
no I could not imagine what it would be like
to meet someone I’d wanna be with
my entire life
I used to smoke and smell like cigarettes
now I paint my nails and talk to cats
the past has never helped me to move forward
my heart keeps pulling me closer to you
as I zoom
down the road
80 miles an hour down the suburb coast
and I love having all those girls sing to me
as I change to a common tune
sometimes the boys in the back sing a song too
but mostly t’s just you and me baby
yeah mostly it’s just you and me
roll up to the beach
around the block
have a coffee, maybe go for a walk
you like those heavy records and I like them too
but we’ll probably play Snail Mail, Surfbort or Tennis,
when I’m cutting vegetables for you
I’m always cutting vegetables for you
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3. |
Another Life
03:07
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(v1)
I feel myself beginning to shift
now I know that I gotta get away from here
get a life somewhere else, far away from the crowd
I just wanna leave, there’s nothing left for me here
it was years ago but it still hurts my head and my heart
to think about the way it was
soon I’ll be gone and away
and follow your steps with every breath I take
(v2)
After a couple of years I thought there’s nothing left
but my heart’s still pounding in my chest
there was another person who used to make me cry
now I walk alone under a different sky
all the clouds are gone but the sky is still grey
sometimes I wonder if the sun will ever shine again
I don’t have to see you attend another show
to make up for the wasted years
(outro)
for now the sun has set but it will shine again
the petals broke off but I will bloom again
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4. |
Fashionably Late
02:56
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living life in the backseat of my car
busy watching the outside world
moving boxes
like a poet moves his words
I got a job
driving around
only my left arm is sunburnt now
home a little older
so fashionably late
I will come back around
like your flower dress, your empty words and cigarettes
are you ready for combat?
Nearly apart
but still together in the passenger seat,
moving on
Got a picture of every boy I’ve dated on my dresser-drawer
none of them would ever stay here
but I’ll keep smiling at the bedroom door
you don’t want to delete my name from your contacts
and I can’t forget your hair falling down
the back of your long dress
endless conversations on the phone
and how you made me feel at home
instead of blaming someone else
give yourself time to mend
like Juno and Paulie Bleeker
it will work out in the end
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5. |
The End of the Misfits
02:44
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Hey baby, do you ever think of me
the way I think about you?
because all I wanna do is sing about you
like the Misfits do
now I’m taking the lead on a beach
in the middle of nowhere
you sit there, the bleach in your hair
in your flower dress
I’m sorry I made such a mess
I’m sorry I made such a mess
“should we go downstairs and have a glass of wine?”
I don’t want to feel lost in life anymore
I want to hold your hand as the sun goes down
and kiss your lips as it gets dark
I will keep listening to Black Sabbath and to Led Zeppelin
If that’s what you want me to do
I love them anyway but there is nothing, baby
nothing I wouldn’t do if I knew it was for you
I want to be the bleach in your hair
your knackered leather jacket and the goosebumps on your skin
but I feel like the soil surrounding your body
like the concrete shoes that hold you down
our love was like one in a movie
just like your favourite song
you were my favourite record
and I would play you all day
and I’d sing a long
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Combat Beach Vienna, Austria
emotional power pop from the suburbs of the suburbs - sad but still rocking!
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