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Frozen Inside
04:27
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if loving you is my job
I do it for the hell of it
not just the benefits
if I do something wrong
I’m sure there will be hell to pay
but will it be the same
as if I take too much time off
am I liable to be replaced
or just a pretty face
when you remind me of my mom
I start to melt down again
this shit will never end
walk on home at the end of the day
heart is aching burning your brain
realize you have nothing to say
and if you're so smart why don't you run away
find the life you wanted yesterday
'cause it drags you down and drives me insane
if loving me is your life
it's sad I never realized
the damage in your eyes
the time I cut myself with a knife
I didn't mean to lacerate
but I was so irate
when I stayed up all night
I was trying to repair
all the furniture
but I never get things right
sometimes I wish I didn't care
it would be easier
walk on home at the end of the day
heart is aching burning your brain
realize you have nothing to say
and if you're so smart why don't you run away
build the life you wanted yesterday
'cause it drags you down and drives me insane
like a strawberry pie
but it's frozen inside
hurts when it hits me in the face
you can clean it off but still have the scrapes
morning is the hardest time
poison is metabolized
the cloudiness in your mind
can never be satisfied
it's like a strawberry pie
but it's frozen inside
walk on home at the end of the day
heart is aching burning your brain
realize you have nothing to say
if you're so smart why don't you run away
find the life you wanted yesterday
'cause it drags you down and drives me insane
and if we're so smart why don't we run away
build the life you wanted yesterday
that won't drag us down or drive us insane
and if I’m so smart why don't we run away
build the life you wanted yesterday
'cause it drags us down and it drives us insane
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2. |
Scorpio
03:55
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I always thought you were a Scorpio
you never know how this is going to go
you held me up when I was so low
I always thought you were a Scorpio
you are my boss' best friend
she said she'd love me until the end
don't want my life to fall apart again
she said she'd love me until the end
disintegrate
self-medicate
deteriorate
I can't say your name
you look like Bettie Page
I do appreciate
we are not the same
I always thought you were a Scorpio
you never know how this is going to go
you held me up when I was so low
I always thought you were a Scorpio
every time I saw you around
my heart it always would begin to pound
my eyes firmly fixed on the ground
every time I saw you around
disintegrate
self-medicate
deteriorate
November 28
my heart will remain
with an Aquarius
with an Aquarius
with an Aquarius
with an Aquarius
with an Aquarius
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3. |
Street Light
04:13
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sit awake and I stare at a streetlight
as it illuminates the world outside
in the suburbs of Bergen in the springtime
feeling jet lagged and not knowing why
I decide what to do with my life
play music and have a good time
in the kitchen in the absence of the daylight
the year is nineteen ninety-five
and that streetlight
feeling is alive
on a late night
playing in a dive
bar
all the people there
care about is green beer
we all need this in our lives
ever since the dawn of time
and if it ever feels discouraging
it's just bad marketing
at the time the scene was looking alright
before the formats changed
budgets were high
any kid with a TV and a cool vibe
could get the feeling that
this was a good life
but when boy bands happened we all realized
that it was just another scam of the times
and that streetlight
feeling is alive
on a late night
playing in a dive
bar
all the people there
care about is green beer
we all need this in our lives
ever since the dawn of time
and if it ever feels discouraging
you shouldn't be so frivolous
dude you can't be serious
some say it all comes down to luck in the end
but that streetlight
feeling is alive
on a late night
playing in a dive
bar
all the people there
care about is green beer
we all need this in our lives
ever since the dawn of time
and if it ever feels discouraging
it's just bad marketing
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4. |
Cycle Breaker
02:37
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I'm sick of this shit
the scar runs deep
I think the outside world
is trying to kill me
better stay in here
admit defeat
hijack sleep
live like a junkie
on your birthday your family call you
if you have any family left
better answer the phone
before they're all gone
and make it easy for them
or call them the day before
and make it easy for them
have birthday conversations
enjoy the aggravation
hungry as hell for something to eat
but the eating is all the same
anxiety's pills for society's ills
so you can fit in once again
I'm sick of this shit
the scar runs deep
I think the outside world
is trying to kill me
just stay in here
admit defeat
repress memories
sleep through the morning
every meal you've ever eaten
everyone who was involved
every video game beaten
never to be played again
every meal you've ever eaten
everyone who was involved
every level you've never beaten
never to be played again
break the mold, break the cycle
break the mold, break it
cycle breaker
cycle breaker
break them all, break the cycle
break them all, break them
cycle breaker
you're cycle breaker
cycle breaker
you're a cycle breaker
cycle breaker
you're a cycle breaker
cycle breaker
you're a cycle breaker
I'm sick of this shit
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5. |
Hydrogen Cat
04:28
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my former neighbour's cat
attacks my neighbour's cat
the neighbour's dog attacks my cat
and the dog barks at the mailman
who works for the government
and is afraid of aliens
who are only here to study us
we're unstable and unpredictable
my former neighbour's cat
eats birds in the yard
the birds eat the worms and
the worms eat microorganisms
and they eat phytoplankton
phytoplankton eats sunlight
the sun is made of hydrogen
but the cat is not made of hydrogen
I used to hope that I'd die
and microorganisms eat my body
and the worms eat the microorganisms
and the birds eat the worms
and the cat would eat the birds
and we would be together forever
until our bones turn to dust
or even slowed down light
our neighbour moved away you stayed behind
at first we couldn't look you in the eye
I wish we never had to say goodbye
when you're gone we won't know
what to do with our lives
so just do the best you can
take it one day at a time
enjoy the time you have
because everybody dies
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6. |
Nurse Ratched
04:06
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you look strange and arrogant
you were my mother's high school friend
all the lies and the theft
and the echoes of what's left
will come back to haunt you in the end
you display no emotion
and use a weakness as a weapon
oh, the life that you made
abandoned and betrayed
will carry the cycle of your debt
they said when I left
just don't think about it
but I can't get it out of my head
I just can't get it out of my head
if you're alive and well
or know how bad it felt
a childhood emotional death
that has an influence
on brain development
I'm sorry your life was a mess
you never had control
when you were ten years old
a cycle rarely broken at best
The Butterfly Effect
Over The Cuckoo's nest
you were a modern-day Nurse Ratched
and I dissociate
from my current state
and I have these kind of brains in my head
'cause of the fucked-up way
you behaved
I have these
kind of brains in my head
'cause of you
I have these
kind of brains in my head
because of you
but I love
these brains in my head
despite you
and I will use
these brains in my head
to spite you
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7. |
Puzzles
07:02
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all these pieces of puzzles
scattered all over the floor
you can have a piece of my struggle
I'll show you how to open the door
everybody's looking for something
break it down and pull it apart
build it up back into nothing
you never know how it will be hard
when you got emotional
talking about Nina Simone
I saw myself in you
made me feel like I was at home
you never know
the piece you take or pass along
could save your life
or help someone undo the harm
picking up your medication
don't need an explanation
it's cool
the pharmacist rules
Senses Working Overtime
having clarity of the mind
I knew
why I dropped out of school
when your psychiatrist's licence expires
due to administrative misunderstanding
will you go to a walk-in clinic
when the liquor store is right over there
it's such an inferior product
but we gotta sell it to offset the overhead
at fifty bucks a head
yeah!
I can use a piece of your puzzle
everyone has some kind of struggle
just don't throw them away
because you think they're wrong
we are all made of these puzzles
the pieces get us into trouble
in a dying world
where we don't belong
you can be the piece of my puzzle
you don't have to wear a muzzle
there's others like you
who can help you
move it along
yeah!
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Aaron Trory Vancouver, British Columbia
Aaron Trory was born in the stereotypically-known hippie community called Salt Spring Island, where he developed an interest
in punk rock music. Through the help of peers and community members, he was turned on to bands like The Replacements and Guided by Voices. After dropping out
of Jazz school in Naniamo, Aaron headed to Vancouver to persue of his musical path, and has met cool folks there.
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