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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Auld Lang Syne, Melancholia // Who You Are, Old Wine and New, A Backhanded Apology, The Joy of Rebellion pt. III, Shity Folk Music for Shity People, and Rectification.
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I was a horrible oogle cause my life was already a train wreck
So I tried my hand at alchemy, turning vices into paychecks
Cause when life leaves you hammered, every problem looks like a nail
When life leaves you hammered, every problem feels like a nail
And it's an odd relief when you wake up and you'd hoped that you wouldn't
And it's an odder despondency when you do and you know that you shouldn't
Acid, Kratom, whisky
Sleep dep, asprin
I was playing junkie roulette but that sixth chamber was the one that was loaded
I was playing junkie roulette and missed the one loaded
We were throwing glass houses at Jack's rocks
Cause shattered is easier than shame
We were throwing windows on full tilt
Cause shame's easier than guilt
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Farther
03:44
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Sometimes it takes a kick in the head
To see how close to the ground
The one you thought elevated fate
Was really holding you down
Cause the farther I get from you the more I think about you
And the more I think about you the farther I wanna get
So cut me down to size
Small enough to swallow
Cause I need to break down
More than I want to wallow
Now you're probably with some other dude
With a bigger dick and a better attitude
A quicker wit and less to prove
Who'll put up with your childish moods
To the point of no return
Where you'll finally have to learn
That this on again, off again, on again, off again
Is a cycle you're perpetuating
And I was just along for the ride
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Fourty Ounces of Freedom
02:12
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I was molested at the age of five
By a ten year old girl with daisies for eyes
In the bathroom of a Christian kindergarten
Where her teachermother said everything happens for a reason
For some reason
Tainted ink from dirty pens
Spewing words of ecstasy that turn
My heart to lead
I think my heart needs
Some alchemy
Four chords and fourty ounces of freedom
Salvation for someone with nothing to believe in
Four score and fourty ounces of freedom
Salvation for someone with nothing
To be
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Shawl [Reprise]
03:00
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Snowflake Blues
03:20
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I know that you think they're the
Source of all your misery
But why would they take all your beatings
Become the crucible for all your loving ways
How much work does it take to become human?
And if it's the work you don't wanna do, what does that say
About you
Cause you act like there's nothing to prove
When you never learned a thing you've said
And you act like there's nothing to lose
When you never earned a thing you've claimed
And you talk about cuckold crews
When you're getting fucked by the men you praise
And you talk about snowflake blues
When you melt when we look your way
But don't listen to me, I'm just walking death in the family...
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Hollow Alter
04:09
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I have a tendency to fall in love
With the last person I'd want to become
Till they become the person that I was
When I decided I don't deserve love
And no it's not your fault
That I'm a lifeless automaton
It may have been false advertising
But a flash in the pan is all that I Am
Were we ever together or were we seeing ghosts
Just cause we were in the same room doesn't mean we were ever close
We may have seen each other hiding under sheets
Like two kids on Halloween
Just cause we were the phantoms of spectres
Didn't make it any less scary
So drain the vein in my neck
Till the skin is sallow
Let the blood fall on your hollow alter
And you'll see just how hallowed
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We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we'll pray that our unity will one day be restored
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They'll know we are Christian by our love
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride
And they'll known we are Christian by our love, by our love
They'll know we are Christian by our love
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we'll pray that our unity will one day be restored
And they'll know we are Human by our love, by our love
They'll know we are Human by our love
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride
And they'll known we are Human by our love, by our love
They'll know we are Human by our love
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