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2 black dogs
03:01
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I've got 2 black dogs right on my tail
they're rabid and you best believe they're fast as hell
they're nipping as they're getting closer to my feet
one wrong step and they're bound to feed on
me
they're hungry
they're gonna eat
they're gonna eat me alive
they're gonna rip out my insides
they do it every night
somehow I'm reassembled by the morning light
I cannot tame them, lord knows I've tried
they hurt the ones I love and they seem to take pride
in teaming up against me, how can I survive?
terrifying, haunting, even when they're quiet they're
close
follow me home
they won't go
no, they won't go away
it doesn't matter what I say
I think they like it this way
sometimes I wonder if they'll follow me to my grave
after all this time, you'd think I'd know
at least how to live with them, but I still don't
I'm always surprised when they bare their teeth
and I know that they'll be a part of me my whole
life
by my side
I can't lie
I can't lie I kinda like them
and their familiar darkness
2 of my oldest friends
sometimes I feel as though I deserve all I get
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2. |
Ghost Bones
02:51
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my vocabulary's down to just a few thousand words
and I've got stones where my heartache used to live
I'm not leaving this grey town
and it's not really getting worse
I'm just running out of reasons I should stay
I've got ghosts in my bones
and they're trying to drive me home
but I'm not ready
I'm not ready
I've got pride behind my eyes
but if you look close you might find
you'll see right through me
see right through me
and I'm not sure just
where I'm s'posed to be
but I'm getting tired of saying
the same damn things
my vocabulary's down to just a few hundred words
and I've got holes where my worries used to live
there's a voice that's scratching to get out
and I can't quite make out the words
but I swear that it's begging me for change
I've got ghosts in my bones
and they're trying to drive me home
but I'm not ready
I'm not ready
I've got pride behind my eyes
but if you look close you might find
you'll see right through me
see right through me
and I'm not sure just
where I'm s'posed to be
but I'm getting tired of saying
the same damn things
my vocabulary's down to just a few dozen words
something 'bout what I've been avoiding, blah blah blah
I always seem to overthink it
wonder if I'll ever learn
but getting started is the hardest thing to do
I've got ghosts in my bones
and they're trying to drive me home
but I'm not ready
I'm not ready
I've got pride behind my eyes
but if you look close you might find
you'll see right through me
see right through me
and I'm not sure just
where I'm s'posed to be
but I'm getting tired of saying
the same damn things
you know, I'm still not sure just
where I'm s'posed to be
but I'm getting tired of saying
the same damn things
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NPR
03:24
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driveways made of seashells
humid and hot as hell
lizards who can lose their tails
thinking about giving up
but I'm here for the month
thinking about giving up
and it's only day one
not sure what I got myself into
from one peninsula to another
and so far away from you
a state of constant perspiration
increases frustration
gotta heighten my hydration
ooh, I think I've had enough
of this southern stuff
ooh, I think I've had enough
and it's only day one
not sure what I got myself into
from one peninsula to another
and so far away from you
not sure what I got myself into
from one peninsula to another
and so far away from you
and so far away from you
and so far away from you
I'm so far away
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4. |
The Pharmacy
02:19
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there's a sign outside of the pharmacy
advertising bud light for pretty cheap
for some people that's all the medicine they need
'cause you can write that 'script for free
and you don't have to talk to no shrink
so self-medication is the perfect remedy
well it runs through my veins
and through my sister's too
the kinda thing that makes me stop and think
at every sip or hit or pill that I need to take
but I don't have a problem
and I'm not like my parents
I just need to take the edge off
so I don't feel embarrassed
most days I can't keep my head on straight
it's always spinning off a million different ways
been feeling like I could use an escape
you know the addicts aren't to blame
even scientists will say
it's not the rat, it's all about the cage
well it runs through my veins
and through my sister's too
the kinda thing that makes me stop and think
at every sip or hit or pill that I need to take
but I don't have a problem
and I'm not like my parents
I just need to take the edge off
so I don't feel embarrassed
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5. |
The Ladder
03:00
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just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
there's a man out there who says he's gonna build a wall
his polarizing language serves to separate us all
'cause the radicals are manageable as long as they stay small
otherwise the ladder will fall
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
why am I so afraid? there's no real danger that I face
I live inside a bubble surrounded mostly by my race
sure being queer is still revered as being second rate
but hey, it's not like I'm in last place
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
society's a prison built around your mind, you see
its bars aren't made of steel, they're made of white patriarchy
but the food's all salt and sugar so we stay here willingly
no one complains 'cause we still get tv
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
so what do we do next? is what's on everybody's mind
some are trying to come together and mobilize
against a swarm of angry worker bees whose hate's incentivized
don't just kill the queen, set fire to the hive
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
just keep climbing
you gotta keep climbing
you just gotta keep climbing up
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worm Lansing, Michigan
the result of being raised on John Denver and having an emo phase
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