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There was a
Pre-mid-life...
Somesuch or something like that?
When all the walls
Were closing in…
Note: These words are rehashed from a rehearsed confab
I saw on TV or read in a bad book
And like an amateur I just straight-up took
My cues then repackaged them
As a prepackaged counterfeit life
What else can I really say?
I can say
I don’t want to live
As a bad cliché,
But a real person.
Fragile and frail,
But strong compared
To the plastic lives
We’re expected to share
Here it is
I’m checking out
I’m handing in my resignation
But I just
Had a thought:
This response is another imitation
What do I do when it’s all been done?
Simply rinse, repeat and call it even?
Or hope that I can somehow
Offer something I can be proud
Something that I can be proud of.
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2. |
Very Bad Things
02:22
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It wasn’t the things you said,
It was the way you said them.
Anyone could say such filthy words.
Maybe it was your accent,
Maybe your inflections
That made those nasty words less absurd.
I remember the places,
I remember the faces
You would make. They stuck with me.
I remember the late nights,
I remember bitter fights.
We fought ourselves
to stanch the bleeds.
We’re better off.
We’re happier.
I’m better off.
I’m happier.
With all the blame lain out this way
Our scars can start to fade away.
We made our marks, we said our piece.
We cursed, we screamed.
We’re just memories, memories.
With all the pain as evidence,
We burnt out like a cigarette;
A grimy edge with a short buzz.
A spark won’t last.
It never does, never does
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3. |
Think, McFly, Think!
03:29
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*Lyrics by Shawn Williams
You're overthinking
The same old situation.
"How'd I get myself into this mess?
But I'm gonna try.
Not gonna waste my time."
It's now or never,
Take your pick.
I'm always scratching at tomorrow,
But getting dragged back by today.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow
To shrug the struggles of today.
Gonna live today.
Gonna be all right.
Wish this confidence was yesterday.
Gonna live today.
Gonna be all right.
Wish this confidence was yesterday.
You're burning out
From sweating all the small stuff.
What are you doing with your life?
Quit dwelling on
Your past contradictions,
And play the cards that you're dealt.
I'm always scratching at tomorrow,
But getting dragged back by today.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow
To shrug the struggles of today.
Gonna live today.
Gonna be all right.
Wish this confidence was yesterday.
Gonna live today.
Gonna be all right.
Wish this confidence was yesterday.
Scratching at the moment that keeps holding us back.
Gonna live today.
Gonna be all right.
Wish this confidence was yesterday.
Gonna live today.
Gonna be all right.
Wish this confidence was yesterday.
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4. |
Young Professionals
02:46
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We are professionals.
We’re identical,
Lying through our smiles.
We sit in cubicles,
We follow protocol.
We’ve joined the standard rank and file.
Remember this:
To define
Is to own.
We won’t be owned.
Are we sure of ourselves?
Yes and no.
But it’s worth a go.
The prevailing point
Is we are all adults
With suits and ties utilized like shackles.
Let’s circumscribe our lives
As something less
Homogenized; Undefined.
We all said
We’ll find our way.
All the while
Trying to hold
A brave face.
Like blood through arteries
We drive on pot-holed streets
Singing those old hopeful songs.
Although the hope they preach
Has become bittersweet
We still sing along.
We throw our lives
At the walls
To see what sticks
Not to convince
Anyone
Of anything
But for the good it’ll bring.
To avoid reproach
We hide behind
Our suits and ties, but devote
Our free time
To living lives
We’re not embarrassed by.
We’re undefined.
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Grayson Hatfield, Pennsylvania
New EP "Monster" available now!
Grayson is a skate punk-influenced punk rock band from the
Philly 'burbs. We started in 2013, broke up for a while, and now we're back.
Grayson is:
Nick Gregorio
Dan Herb
Eric Jaen
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