1. |
Sleep
01:35
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(wake up)
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2. |
Not My Friend
01:52
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Call out your racist friends
It's not just a joke when they actually believe it
You're not my friend
Call out your homophobic friends
It's not just a joke when they actually believe that shit
Behind the scenes, behind closed doors
Privacy's not an excuse anymore
Start a dialogue with those who experience empathy
Because ignorance is the enemy
Call us out too because we're not exempt
We'll fix our behavior and make another attempt
I've gotta be a better ally
If they won't listen but have something to say
They can say it to your back as you walk away
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3. |
Climbing Out
02:17
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I pick up the shovel
Start to break in fresh ground
Forehead starts to sweat
As earth piles around
The crater's growing wider
As I'm tunneling down
I can't see the sun now
I've been thinking about
Crawling my way out
Reconnecting with friends
Leaving my house
And making amends
Owning who I am
And confessing my doubt
I'm climbing out
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4. |
Consent
01:08
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Consent is mandatory
Not an option
An awful lot of us men are the problem
The fight has been one-sided for far too long
Where sex is a commodity
and others bear the weight
We're the reason they're afraid
End your silence
but listen before you speak
Believe survivors
Your support is what they need
They deserve better than this
The fight has been one-sided for far too long
It's time to engage
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5. |
Dang! (Love Yourself)
02:28
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Who we gonna be?
Ourselves!
Who's opinion matters?
Nobody else!
Because we are worth it!
Be yourself don't compromise
We have to fight right through those lies
So come out slow or come out fast
Be true to your heart at long last
Everybody in this place needs to know
That you deserve to feel safe and comfortable
Factors outside make it hard to find
The piece of you that's worth your time
It's time to light the fuse
Pick it up!
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6. |
Can't Go Back
03:28
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I pause
Feet cemented to the ground
Heart rate up
On the crux of the decision to turn around
I'm staring at the bottles and they're staring back at me
A house been boarded attached to former property
The chorus of the horns is "staying dry inside the scene"
Constantly just flashing back to who I used to be
I can't go back
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7. |
Upswing
01:54
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Driving Interstate 96
East to sleep and west to live
Hands gripped tightly on the wheel
While my brain leaks like a sieve
Crashing couches means to me
I've finally found my family
Time's just hands nailed to a clock
and once I've thrown it out I'm free
26
Wandering on Allen St.
Never fixed
Flashlight out
Looking on the ground for me
Broken brick
Peeling paint off of the walls
in my head
Starting to hear noises down the hall
Reach out
Reaching for stability
And the lines begin to blur
I've been running while I'm yelling
so my words begin to slur
I'm still wearing the mask
because I still feel insecure
I've been bandaging my mind
I doubt I'll ever find the cure
Reach out
Reaching for stability
but what will I do when I find it?
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10. |
Greet Debt
02:36
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I hope you like debt
I hope you like it because you're in it
Acadamia sold to you by a business
Medical bills the most dangerous perscription
Barely paying rent isn't what I call a living
We're building shrines to the people we want to be
Rooms cluttered
Gut shots at self-esteem
That's what they call creative marketing
the selfish economy
I look around and see a culture I hate
Retail therapy scaring me to stagnate
In the choke hold feeling forced to tolerate
We'll get crushed
Real estate developers seeking to gentrify
working class neighborhoods left hanging out to dry
planning for a future that we don't want
White-washed communities haunt
I never wanted to be this
A cog in this machine
they make our needs become wants
it's like they feel nothing
I look around and see the people I love
quality time over saving a buck
sticking together is how we'll survive
working hard and making art is how we'll thrive
I look around and see the people I love
quality time over saving a buck
sticking together is how we'll survive
our community will never die
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11. |
Downswing
02:11
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Push harder
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12. |
Panic
01:28
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I can feel the pressure
I watch the clock hands spin
It's coming on fast
bury it down until it comes back
The feeling moves
panic sets in
manic but relieved
I can feel the beat of my heart slow down
panic washed away I can feel the smoke hit my lungs somehow
I've got my claws in it
It's got it's claws in me
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13. |
96
01:35
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Pick it up!
We're driving through the wasteland
Sleeping on floors
Sleeping on bench seats
Loiter at the gas station on empty
Not enough sleep but we try to stay friendly
Do our own thing
Yeah we've never been trendy
Sleeping on couches
Sleeping at the gig
When we started out we thought we'd never make it big
But now our locomotive's never running out of steam
We'll always be out here chasing our dreams
From being frozen in a QD
To a manic 4am
From finding who you are
has gotten lost in the mayhem
From pushing out the bad
and pushing to do better
We make it clear we're still here
I look around and see the people I love
Quality time over saving a buck
Sticking together is how we'll survive
Ride every wave because ska will never die
I look around and see the people I love
Quality time over saving a buck
Sticking together is how we'll survive
As long as we're here the scene will never die
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