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ctrl + f, happiness

by Watch Your Tone

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1.
How many months have passed since I have seen the light of day? Last I checked the windows weren't this soft vignette of gray Oh well, we'll see, eventually, how well I can adapt back to normalcy Two tabs left me open: one's accruing at the bar And, well, the other makes messy fingers, none but stains upon the floor Oh goddam me, I could use some coffee With lots of room for sugar... and kill myself Sell my bass, let's leave this place We could run away forever, tell the past it's been a pleasure No longer dying for someone that I just live with When I should go on living with someone that I would die for Dreamt my youth away for a woman I could trust Finally a girl who loves as deeply as she lusts But then when it's in your hands, it all just turns to dust So close this case, and fuck the United States We could run away forever, tell the past that we've had better No longer dying for someone that I just live with When I should go on living with someone that I would die for Oh yeah, I forgot this song was supposed to be about you
2.
Put me down, I've been a bad, bad boy Out of turn, the devil's toy Make me humble, make me clean Please, oh, please beat it out of me Cut my belt loop one notch thinner 'Til I wither away a waste Squeeze me tightly, boa constrictor Squeeze, yeah Feel it course through me Poison by degrees All my eggs into one basket 'Til it all becomes a case Retrofitting my synapses Revive a sacred place Sold my soul in search of truth Bottled up 100-proof Took my cup, drank it up I drink therefore the Great I Am Feel it course through me Poison by degrees
3.
04:04
Prove it in movement Illuminate, wash away The dissonance Daytimes spent chasing somnambulant strains Carving pathways for worms in veins Is it possession? or a vacuous design? This numb sensation swirling through my spine Use me, I'm only human All-consuming Your blood in mine Choking on loathing Am I broken? Fill my soul with revelation To dash my skull against a wall... When will I break through? Witlessly driven to self-battery I drag my corpse through the refinery Choking on loathing Am I broken? Fill my soul with revelation Proven in movement Illuminate, wash away The dissonance
4.
I'm mixing chemicals to wake my consciousness Maximum exposure to antioxidants Suffocate me dry, my love Prithee sip my soul discretely The blood on your lips is treacly Mind over matter If it happens, it happens I ain't got nothin' else to prove Art not without ambition? The path before you like a dagger in your eyes Heaving aspirations smothered in surmise Stay persistent to whatever interests you Life's a journey though you're not the hero in it And inspiration's bullshit Mind over matter If it happens, it happens I ain't got nothin' left to lose Art not without ambition? It'll work out Or maybe it won't What about you? Mind over matter If it happens, it happens I ain't got nothin' else to prove Art not without ambition? Mind over matter If it happens, it happens I ain't got nothin' left to lose Art not without ambition?

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released May 14, 2021

Andy Hoopes - lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, piano
Gareth Calk - production, guitars, synth bass
Alec Lowe - drums, percussion

featuring:
Gage Freeman of Greyshift - guitar solo (tracks 2, 3)
Zach Zepeda aka Zokko - synth, organ (track 2)
Nick Bruno - trumpet (track 4)

all songs composed & lyrics written by Andy Hoopes

mixed & mastered by Gareth Calk

album art by Julia West @bestjuliawest

special thanks to: Mom, Dad, Tay & Hay, Ian Calk, Holiday Kirk, Katie Fierro, Emo Karaoke Crew, r/poppunkers, Dalin Shepherd, Isaac Gehring, Cubby McBride, Nat King, Luis Fernando Puente, NewNameNoah, RFM, Naomi Wada, Brian Call, Todd Tran, & Steve Vaughan Pool & Spa for my day job

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