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you didn't see anything
there is nothing there
just lay down
lay back down
there was nothing
you didn't hear anything, i didn't hear or see anything
just lay down
there is nothing
but us
you're safe now
just lay down
you're safe
lay down
you're safe
lay down
you're sa
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3. |
Tom Warren - behind bars
01:10
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9:48
9:33
10:22
10:15
9:57
9:26
9:31
and then my mother picks
me up after school
instead of taking the train
11:24
11:48
11:37
11:35
11:11
11:29
11:15
11:42
12:04
will this be over soon
march 27
april 13
never again
this is too much for me
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4. |
Tom Warren - parallax
03:04
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it looks like it's moving faster and faster and blanking away
get up from your bed that's enough of a crisis that's all for today
the water it trembles as i'm disassembled and taken aback
look through the viewfinder and notice the error of parallax
do you know where it's all beginning
do you know that they're not still winning
take a listen and hear the singing
take the shot while the sun's still gleaming
plug in the adapter and write up a chapter from what you've received
hdmi how are you so am i but there's no need to grieve
there's no end in sight to this jewel crowned plight so just try to relax
look through the viewfinder and realize the error of parallax
do you know where it's all beginning
do you know that they're not still winning
take a listen and hear the singing
take the shot while the sun's still sun's still
do you know where it's all beginning
do you know that they're not still winning
take a listen and hear the singing
take the shot while the sun's still gleaming
don't you know there's a whole 'nother part in you
zoom in change the focus it's all coming into view
so what are you waiting for
go on and get what you wanna do
do you know where it's all beginning
do you know that they're not still winning
take a listen and hear the singing
take the shot while the sun's still still still still
do you know where it's all beginning
do you know that they're not still winning
take a listen and hear the singing
take the shot while the sun's still gleaming
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(sorry to bother you but)
somebody just told me that the
thing that i'd been doing for let's say
so many years was not allowed
don't know if they said why because i ate forgetful pie
so i forgot wait what were we talking about just then
this new thing hurts
why do they tell me to expect the worst
even though the thing from before was a-okay
(is that all?)
(yeah, i think so)
(alright, um...)
(sorry, i just felt like i was forgetting something)
(bye)
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6. |
Tom Warren - zzz
00:43
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8. |
Tom Warren - zyzzyva
00:26
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9. |
Tom Warren - brother
00:48
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oh brother
do as i say, not as i do
oh brother
don't hurt me, i don't hurt you
i know i'm big and i know you're small, but we're each our own person damn it all
oh brother
oh brother (why don't you listen to me)
oh brother
let up your bargain, listen to jargon
oh brother
double standard
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you see them out there
the people from the before times
you want to hug them
but you are not allowed to touch
you're being patient
the most patient you've ever been
but it seems endless
you wonder when the new life begins
when i was happy
way back when i had my friends
when i slept easy
way back when the world made sense
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11. |
Tom Warren - to it
00:29
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12. |
Tom Warren - cancel
00:27
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i wanna be corrected
i wanna be directed
track me back to the start of my life
i wanna be berated
i want it fabricated
track me back to the first of my lies
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when
look sky
feel good
big eye
when
look ground
sad eye
big frown
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(-meone wrong is a fun thing to do)
i can't abet it
i can't encourage it
the white fills the sky
i can tell you're nervous
not like you don't deserve it
the wind starts to die (but not when you're saying "i trust you")
together we can
don't know if you can or i can but we can (this is the information age. anything you want you can get)
together we can
don't know if you can or i can but we have to
(-s are supposed to make you laugh. nobody's laughing. it's not funny. you're not funny)
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Tom Warren - lipoma
01:20
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we are the little creatures
that live beneath your skin
and should you make a noise at night
to feast on your flesh we'll begin
(oh, god... i don't remmeber)
watching the pus as it travels so silently
gone faster than it came
still in the same spot it was two months ago
it never began to decompose
frozen in frame
static in lame
frozen in frame
static in lame
bubble and-a-and-a boil and-a-and-a
bubble and-a-and-a boil and-a-and-a
build up and build up and
(well i guess i'm glad-)
(can we try that again?)
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16. |
Tom Warren - overheard
00:59
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another buyer sold
rake in my gold
hear her on the phone
listen to her as she calls you a weirdo
can’t wait to find a place to put it
can’t wait to celebrate and boogie
can’t wait to devastate my brain
can’t wait to alleviate the pain
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alright shut up
christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
please do put a penny in the old man's hat
if you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
if you haven't got a ha'penny then god bless you
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18. |
Ben Cossack - missing
01:13
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my sight i see is suffering
can someone give the pain to me
i'm so deluded am i free
have i reached peak lucidity
i'm thinking back my view was black
i'm gonna have a heart attack
am i alive am i asleep
oh god what's happening to me
echolocation
i'm on probation
i lack ability to glean my situation
echolocation
i'm on probation
i lack ability to glean my situation
i've been released am i at peace
i've really made it in one piece
what was i like what did i say
how does this chemical behave
i fail to recognize the verity or sympathize with me
the sight pays off so now i see to be kind to my memory
(bloodshot)
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20. |
Ben Cossack - empty
00:45
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there's something so magical
something so ethereal
you almost feel like it's not right
'cause it's never this way
there's something so whimsical
silence unimaginable
there's no one to call for you here
and i love it like this
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21. |
Ben Cossack - Mr. King
02:41
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i don't know what the hell you think you're doing
but i think it's working
i think it's working
siphoning thoughts i regret
twisting my words so expertly
my nightmare lives on
my nightmare lives on
mr. king said that you can't go backwards
you can't go backwards
you can't go backwards mr. king
recalling one of the best
one of the ones i'd never be
my nightmare lives on
my nightmare lives on
a rift, an imperfection
a cut through the structure
a structure that isn't really there
no way to turn it back
no way to undo the attack
my nightmare lives on
my nightmare lives on
mr. king said that you can't go backwards
you can't go backwards
you can't go backwards mr. king
recalling one of the best
my nightmare lives on
my nightmare lives on
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22. |
Ben Cossack - my hands
01:17
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sometimes, usually it's when i'm on my computer, i notice that the back of my hands... are, like, sorta marbled, i guess? i dunno... i don't know how to describe the texture, but they're like... i guess, marbled, with like a... slightly darker tone.. and... it makes... me think that my hands look old. and it doesn't exactly help that those, like, tendons, or whatever-- the bones, like, kinda stick out of the back of my hands... sometimes. this probably happens all the time and i just notice it, sometimes. but... yeah, i'm-- my hands are bony, my... like, wrist bones are pokin' out and my other bones... my hands are weird. man, i wonder how many other people's hands are like that. i mean... this has to be... kind of... common? ...i don't know what i'm trying to say. and... i'm guessing you're not particularly interested by this. so, um... i-i don't know. i don't know what i'm talking about.
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Ben Cossack - stranger
00:59
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(ha, i know this one)
what's going on here
and who are you
hey, this is easy
you underestimate
but there's a trick here
a caveat
i flip it over
color drains from me
the eyes are merely a window
a window to the soul, a window to the soul
some will try to fool you, so follow
follow jesus, and let him guide you
(you wouldn't want to upset jehovah, would you?)
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24. |
Ben Cossack - seeds
02:29
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speak solemn slow and steady
slink silent simple sandy
seek solace, so stupendous
see silence so and send us
stupidity surrounds
survey the sea of sounds
stalk sight of slightest signs
surplus of stones that shine
what have you learned
what have you sown
sown from the seeds you were supposed to have grown
i ask the questions
already known
you have to look you have to find you have to go
speak soft and always ready
aggress but don’t get angry
comply to oxymorons
see silence, grin, and go on
agree to what confounds
pursue the absent sounds
stalk sight of absent signs
keep absent state of mind
what have you learned
what have you sown
sown from the seeds you were supposed to have grown
i ask the questions
already known
you have to look you have to find you have to go
what have you learned
what have you sown
sown from the seeds you were supposed to have grown
i ask the questions
already known
you have to look you have to find you have to go
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25. |
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i'm gonna lose this game (yes, yes, you're gonna lose this game)
i'm gonna lose this game (yes, yes, you're gonna lose this game)
gonna lose (yes, yes, you're gonna lose this game)
yes, yes, you're gonna lose this game
they got a bingo early game and my rack's really bad (his rack is really bad)
i'm coming vowel dry this luck's the worst i've had (this luck's the worst he's had)
i'm gonna lose this game (yes, yes, you're gonna lose this game)
i'm gonna lo-
(whining)
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26. |
Ben Cossack - become
00:37
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(gibberish)
where you grow up
is who you become
who owns your home
is who you become
what teaches you
is what you choose to learn
and what lovés you is what you choose to love
(gibberish)
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27. |
Ben Cossack - uh oh
00:57
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why are you back
i thought you moved on
this is all so sudden, i-i
i thought you were gone
i don't mean to be rude to you
but i thought you took my hint
have you been here this whole time
maybe i wasn't clear enough before
so let me spell it out for you
i'm sorry but no
you've already told me everything
everything i needed to hear
but you have to go
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28. |
Ben Cossack - bye home
01:28
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29. |
Ben Cossack - impatient
00:18
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hope it's coming soon, i'm getting impatient
when i finally do, it better be worth it
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30. |
Ben Cossack - drift away
00:43
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hopefully i'm ready
the time has come i'm getting a little sluggish
now the clock is yelling
and to my place i'm getting once again
A C B
D A A
wonder how my good friend is doing today
C B B
B D A
dismissing the urge to drift away
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it's different in the dark up here
snuggle up and get inspired on my phone
i'll get to you in a second my dear
i just need a moment spent here all alone
(all alone all alone) it's different in the dark it's different in the dark
(all alone all alone) it's different in the dark it's different in the dark
it's different and it's warm up here
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32. |
Ben Cossack - .
00:31
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(-youuu)
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33. |
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i can make him get up
i can make him walk around sometimes
the camera's in third person
i have to press e to interact
i'm a will o' the wisp
i'm a pixel on a screen of other people
i'm a desert island
in the ocean in the sea with loads of fish to talk to
(thiw aes eht ni naeco eht ni, dnalsi tresed a m'i)
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try to exercise some restraint
you're aware of the consequences
sun in my eyes, man, sun in my eyes
tape your mouth shut pretty boy
just smile and wave, smile and wave
you'll make it out alive if you behave
smile and wave, smile and wave
and stop acting so fucking depraved
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through the colors and the threaded sequins
there’s an under-the-table handful of frequents
it’s four or five guys lined up in the ceiling
with a grid of switches to decide our feelings
ever wonder why things seem to look simpler
why we never see the losers and only the winners
they target our minds but i have inexplicably escaped
the vice-grip brainwaves they put in our juice, i did
i don’t think that you understand what i mean
there’s obviously something behind the scenes
behind closed doors and above our cries
all the oligarchs are clinking their glasses to our demise
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36. |
Ben Cossack - hi worms
00:43
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oh well
i guess it didn't go like i thought
it's natural enough to be
underground and lying motionless
hi worms
the soil's getting comfier
i think i could get used to this
i think i have to
i think i have to
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inspect every aspect
identify the nearest source to
purchase every item that he has
graft onto youself some look-alike skin
you can buy all the equipment you can buy
you won't become him but i know you'll try
as you weave your new hair you fantasize
stare at your human father with sparkling eyes
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Ben Cossack - honeybee
00:40
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the great absence is upon me
and i'm a honeybee
maybe fate'll frown and cut me
'cause i'm not collecting honey
where will i go
will i even enjoy myself
what will i do
will i even come back home
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Ben Cossack - npc
00:48
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avoid eye contact
keep to yourself
look busy at every moment
keep conversations short
i wanna be an npc
no time to socialize
i wanna be an npc
no time to socialize
just a texture, no real eyes
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40. |
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i did not write this song
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41. |
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why don't we all shut up
why don't we all drop dead
why can't we all switch our brains to "off" and play video games instead
why don't we all give up
why don't we all turn in
why don't we all play the quiet game and in the end we'll see who wins
why don't we all shut up
why don't we all drop dead
why can't we all switch our brains to "off" and play video games instead
why don't we all give up
why don't we all turn in
why don't we all play the quiet game and in the end we'll see who wins (sing it!)
why don't we all shut up
why don't we all drop dead
why can't we all switch our brains to "off" and play video games instead
why don't we all give up
why don't we all turn in
why don't we all play the quiet game and in the end we'll see who wins
why don't we all shut up (shut up)
why don't we all drop dead (drop dead)
why can't we all switch our brains to "off" and play video games instead (instead)
why don't we all give up (give up)
why don't we all turn in (turn in)
why don't we all play the quiet game and in the end we'll see who wins (i'll start)
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42. |
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you don't have a choice, the window is shutting
you better figure something out right now, the window is shutting
come on, come on! come on, come on, write something
squeeze something out of your brain, squeeze harder than phineas gage if you have to
the window is shutting
the window is shutting
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43. |
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jesse pinkman is not blond
his hair is brown not blond
jesse pinkman is not blond
and that is final
jesse pinkman is not blond
‘cause if he’s blond then i am too
because our hair is pretty much the same color
and i am not blond
and if you tell me that i’m blond
i’ll do that nordic thing
where i pull your lungs out through your back
while you’re still breathing
jesse pinkman is not blond
his hair is brown not blond
jesse pinkman is not blond
and that is final
jesse pinkman is not blond
his hair is brown not blond
jesse pinkman is not blond
and that is final
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44. |
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i've got grapes i've got lots and lots of grapes
i have so many that i'm willing to share
so if you want some all you've got to do is ask
it's true
i've got grapes i've got lots and lots of grapes
for you and me and anynody else
who might want me to share my wealth of grapes with them
i live in a vineyard
in a little shack on the property
and i've made a deal with the owner wherein
i can work for rent instead of payin' a dime
and he also mentioned that I can have all the imperfect grapes that have dents and stuff
SO YEAH
i've got grapes i've got lots and lots of grapes (vitis vinifera)
tart red, sweet white, but don't ask me for
purple ones, they don't grow here and i don't like them anyway (vitis vinifera)
it's true
i've got grapes i've got lots and lots of grapes (vitis vinifera)
i have so many that i'm willing to share
so if you want some all you've got to do is ask (vitis vinifera)
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it's no use
i forgot the actual paper
damn the lord
i'm a grown adult
yet i get dumber every day
please take a seat
while i pity myself for pay
please take a seat
while i pity myself for pay
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47. |
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48. |
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i did not write this song!
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Ben in a House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
i'm ben and i love mike and ikes and i love drawing and i love singing and i love yooooooooooou
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