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Freshman Again
02:15
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I get paranoid easily
I guess you already knew
When I sent you a message shortly after we talked saying
Hey man, cool it down with the attitude
You got me scared shitless
No more talking if you don't listen to Elliot Smith it is
A scary ass joke for my only friend to make
I'm a freshman again
One friend
Touch starved and desperate for affection
Another chance for me to
Make something of myself outside of the internet
I'm a freshman again
I lose control and I freak out
Over and over again
Over the lamest fucking shit that you can think of
Like missing my first day of history class
I'll email every student I guess
Turns out class ended early and I showed up late
Tears wasted at Mi Degollado for nothing
Free clothes
There's nothing good at The Good Shop
So I'll check it out, but how will I play it off
How about buying for friends
How about simply a joke
How about I'm lost and tired
Am I simply a joke
I'm a freshman again
One friend
Touch starved and desperate for affection
Another chance for me to
Make something of myself outside of the internet
I'm a freshman again
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It's Hard
00:48
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To Be Brave
02:52
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It's hard to be brave
When bravery feels so dangerous
You're just trying to protect yourself
And all of your relationships
Some say you should really come out
But consider your situation first
I know things could get easier but things could get much worse
Just how far can you put yourself out there
Too scared to ask for anything to change
You look so unhappy and I wanna see you thrive
But sometimes that fear will keep you safe
Cause at any time that roof could go away
And sometimes you'll end up looking for a place to stay
And that's why it's so hard to be brave
I think I saw Olivia, I think that was her face
Now I'm thinking up an ice breaker, I'm thinking what to say
Then I remember what I told her freshman year of high school
Remembering how things had changed
How I never saw the same face
When she left, she didn't have much to say
And that's why it's so hard to be brave
I think I like this new guy, I've been thinking different ways
Tell my brother, and he tells me that he asked and he is straight
And I remember that most straight men see an MTF as gay
And it's been a few weeks since I shaved my face
And despite what I do I'm the same
Even if I shave my face and my legs
So I've been thinking what cards I can play if any
And that's why it's so hard to be brave
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Trans Panic
02:49
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There's nothing scarier than two girls laughing to themselves
There's nothing scarier than seeing them look around
There's nothing scarier to people like me
Than dating complications in how people perceive
How I affect their sexuality
They see a gateway drug to homosexuality
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't look like a faggot if the vibe isn't well
A short list of locations
Involves surface level friends, the public, and your common sense
There's nothing scarier than introductions to a crowd
She says that's a good stage name, I like the sound
I choke back the urge to choke on my words
And I never even open my mouth
To say that's not a stage name, I've been waiting to say it out loud
Have fun, but not too much
Don't be there completely, and don't loosen up
If they're friendly, and inviting
The chance of everything backfiring still feels like too much
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SPLITS
03:46
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Maybe if I crossed my eyes
I could see them both at the same time
I'm not just one being
So I'm sleeping with myself tonight
I'm not very good at cuddling
Not very good at comfortable positions
I am the reverb
That drowns itself out, out itself in
I see an echo in the mirror, she says what I say backwards
Backwards, say I what says she
Forward into collision with backward
Into collision with echo
Into collision with myself
Into collision with herself
Into collision with himself
Into collision with ourself
Into collision with separate
Into collision
Conjoining into a nameless car crash
Conjoining into a nameless car crash
I'll make a map by putting X's on separate locations
I'll draw a plan by covering a whiteboard in all black
I'll draw my face as I see it, incomprehensible
I'll separate my left and right eyes
Inside and outside, I am not the name I hold
Not my expectations, I am not my norm
Inside and outside, I am not the name I know
I will change it for the better, I will change it for the better
If it's war you want
It is war you got
We will never settle down
If it's war you want
It is war you got
We will never settle down
Inside and outside, I am not the name I hold
Not my expectations, I am not my norm
Inside and outside, I am not the name I know
I will change it for the better, I will change it for the better
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Progress reaches down from the sky
(Where can I go when it always finds me?)
Dropping bins and couches on the curb outside
(Where can I go when it always finds me?)
Please don't take my love away!
My home from me today!
We'll spend the weekend filling the holes
And caulking the cracks that stretch across the ceiling
While the economic disaster destroys all the color and life
As it slowly moves southeast and I'm like a magnet pulling the storm
Oh, where can I move when it always finds me?
Where else can I stay?
There's a storm cloud pissing rainbows
On the cubes that blossomed on our old street
As the vultures walk the power lines
They're looking for something to eat
They wanna hear us scream
"We ain't got no money, we ain't got no money!
You got me!
Please don't take my love away!
My home from me today!"
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40mg CBD Candy
02:49
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I got 40mg CBD candy
After sucking it, I bit it, and I just felt nothing
Now I really wish I had it on me
And enough of it to knock me out
I bought a bag of weed, actually, it's CBD
And after asking how to take it, some swisher sheets
And Jerry said to save it for a rainy day
So I might go buy a lighter and hope that it does something for me
(What will I tell the cops if I have no receipt?)
(If I cover the smoke alarm, will someone, somewhere see?)
(I want something stronger, I want something worse)
(No shoulders to lean on, no one to contact first)
I wanted to try a hallucinogenic
At first it was for fun, but I'm getting desperate
Do any of you have some illegal shit?
Cause I don't have romantic relationships
And I've been thinking about THC
Yeah, I've been thinking about fake IDs
And I've been thinking about what all these things could do for me
I got 40mg CBD candy
After sucking it, I bit it, and I just felt nothing
Now I really wish I had it on me
And enough of it to knock me out
I got 40mg CBD candy
After sucking it, I bit it, and I just felt nothing
Now I really wish I had it on me
And enough of it to knock me out
(Lord only knows I don't know how to cope)
(But God knows I know how to take things every day without thinking)
(It's honestly my specialty)
(I got 40mg CBD candy)
(After sucking it, I bit it, and I just felt nothing)
(Now I really wish I had it on me)
(And enough of it to knock me out)
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