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Don't Drag Me Down pt. I
04:20
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DON’T DRAG ME DOWN
And I’m Sayin
Goodbye to my youth
Hate to see you go so soon
With plenty of time to screw up
And plenty of time to make do
You can try and drown me out
But my songs are too loud
Now it ain’t easy
To be the man i’m supposed to be
Sayin boy you better
Let me see some ID
And I’m a little scared to dream
Cuz everything, everything’s beyond me
And I can’t find
Steady Ground
Only thing that is around
So don’t drag me down
Yeah don’t drag me down
Everywhere I go I’m reminded
Whos dragging me i’m dragging me
He’s a pig
And I’m a dog
I don’t mind
But we know it’s wrong
So tie me up
Bend my words around
Do what you will
But don’t drag me down
Don’t drag me down
Don’t drag me down
Yeah don’t drag me
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Best Friends Phone Number
Sit in the rain
Wash it down the drain
The memories and celebrities
We wished we could be
And nostalgia forms the cloud in my brain
On our own today
Things are never the same
Drifting listlessly but free
The words I write bring memories
Now I can’t help but feel this way
I had it memorized,
the sequence that colourized
The childhood I still live in today
But time comes to pass,
And my brain can’t encompass
Things that used to mean that much to me
When we come and go
Feel the need to be something we know
But you’re a hack
If you sit and look back
At the ways you tried your hardest to grow
I’m at the end of my rope
I’m at the end of the line.
Still feeling confined by
my debt paid in time
Selfishly intertwining circles
I bare no Ill intention
When I Thoughtlessly mention
The Ill confounded
Portrait of your mind.
Lift the veil and realize
We’re all bound to matrinize
A hollow antiquity unrecognized
By the passage of time.
Do not give up,
When all we have is this life
Do not give up,
When all you can do is survive.
Anyway, it’s been a while
But if I smile,
Can I Go?
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3. |
Modern Life Is Rubbish
04:27
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MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH
Obsessive audiofile
Takes his tunes like the meds he’s on
Can’t take a break for a while
He’s got to have his own happy ending
He gets a headache
And keeps his headache
His life’s imperfect
Cause he’s impatient
Get used to violence
Get used to violence
Can’t sleep together might be ruined forever
I think you need to see a shrink you’ll feel better
I’m a spider spinning webs
Each one’s bigger than the last
But soon I’ll be the fly
And this I can’t deny
OH Yeah
Happy endings
Are just a dream
So quit sleeping
Through the in between
Don't leave me
Please don't leave me
Pick up your feet
Pick up your feet
Cause I ain't there
In the mirror
No I ain’t there
In the mirror
I’m a spider spinning webs
Each one’s bigger than the last
But soon I’ll be the fly
And this I can’t deny
OH Yeah
Cause I’m a spider spinning webs
Each one’s bigger than the last
But soon I’ll be the fly
And this I can’t deny
OH Yeah
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ODE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 2020
I am at a loss
Where has my drive gone
Truth don’t mean a thing
We don’t need anything
I can’t pay my rent
Time is all that’s left
truth don’t need a thing
we don’t mean anything..
I got nothing but time
Nothing but time
Nothing but time
Nothing but time
I got nothing but time
Nothing but time
I’m out of my mind
Yeah I’m out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Said I’m out of my mind
Out of my mind
Nothing but time
Give up your ways, no more wasted days
Why am I just talk? I do nothing at all
One more cigarette, One more hour in my bed
One more day gone, It hasn’t started yet
I got nothing but time
Nothing but time
Nothing but time
Nothing but time
I got nothing but time
Nothing but time
I’m out of my mind
Yeah I’m out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Said I’m out of my mind
Out of my mind
I got nothing but time
Nothing but time
Nothing but time
Nothing but time
I got nothing but time
Nothing but time
I’m out of my mind
Yeah I’m out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Said I’m out of my mind
Out of my mind - I got nothing but time!
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STARE AT UR PHONE TILL U DIE
Blue light shine
Blue light shine on me
Blue light shine on
Blue light shine on me
Keep your eyes open
Keep your eyes open wide
Keep your eyes open
Fill your storage capacity…
We love you so much
we love you so much
We love you so much
We love your new ubiquity
Blue light shine
Blue light shine on me
Blue light shine on
Go on and please blind me…
Corporations
Selling faces and names
You know what to buy
Stare at your phone till you die
Stare at your phone till you die
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6. |
Act II: The Rebel
01:55
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DEMARCO
03:29
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DEMARCO
I’m an outlaw
A cowboy in chains
My shotgun
Is stuck in a a safe
I’m a liar
And a gambler too
They call me a grifter
Cuz I never lose
I pack my bags
To the city I ride
When I wake up
I’m still locked inside
Of this cell
At least I tried
Said I’m an outlaw
I’M AN OUTLAW
A COWBOY IN CHAINS
MY SHOTGUN
IS STUCK IN A SAFE
I PACK MY BAGS
TO THE CITY I RIDE
WHEN I WAKE UP
I’M STILL LOCKED INSIDE
OF THIS CELL
I CANT RUN I CAN’T HIDE
BELIEVE ME YEAH I TRIED
EVERY DAY - AT LEAST I TRIED
I’M AN OUTLAW
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8. |
Blue Piggies
03:30
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BLUE PIGGIES
Blue piggies
In the street
Are coming
After me
Blue piggies
In the street
They’re cracking
Down on our peace
Took him down, took him down, took him down, down to the ground
Look around, you’re the enemy now
Turn around, turn around be scared of what we see...
It’s not a
Militia
They aren’t for
You or me
It’s not a
Militia
They’re just armed for
Property
Took him down, took him down, took him down, down to the ground
Look around, you’re the enemy now
Turn around, turn around be scared of what we see...
Blue piggies
Aren’t listening
They just enforce
Inconsequently
Blue piggies (Blue Piggies)
Aren’t listening (they aren’t listening)
They call it justice (they call it justice)
It’s just frightening (but it’s just frightening)
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9. |
My Love
03:40
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MY LOVE
Kinda crazy kinda lazy kinda proud
Kinda scared kinda loud I don’t
Really know whats going down
Wave of sound waving crowd
Dance around scream out loud
Cuz you know, that were here to fuckin break it down
I don’t mind that you like all the problems in my head you just said
That with work it could be manageable
That’s a lie don’t deny it ain’t even worth a try
You just took what you built and fuckin break it down
My love is rock and roll
My head’s a cannonball
Now baby we don’t mess around
We’re here to break It down
I don’t mind that you like all the problems in my head you just said
That with work it could be manageable
That’s a lie don’t deny it ain’t even worth a try
You just took what you built and fuckin break it down
Kinda crazy kinda lazy kinda proud
Kinda scared kinda loud I don't
Really know whats going down
Wave of sound waving crowd
Dance around scream out loud
Cuz you know, that were here to fuckin break it down
My love is rock and roll
My head’s a cannonball
Now baby we don’t mess around
We’re here to break It down
We’re here to break it down
We’re here to break it down
We’re here to break it down I said break it down break it down break it down…
BREAK IT DOWN
My love is rock and roll
My head’s a cannonball
Now baby we don’t mess around
We’re here to break It down
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10. |
Act III: The Broken
01:56
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11. |
Cherry Tree
04:50
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CHERRY TREE
Said I feel your pain
Put myself in your place
And I rearrange
So I don't waste away
Said I don't mind
This won't be the last time
Were layin down to die
Let's pray for life
This ain’t a picture book
I’m chokin in your chains
My heart don’t look the same
It’s growin’ leaves
Call me a Cherry Tree
I’m on my knees
Submit to thee
The world falls down
And were beneath
What are you waiting for?
She said “walk the fuck away or kiss me like a man”
Guess I'm a boy
Cuz i’m so far away from where i'm supposed to be
This ain’t a picture book
I’m chokin in your chains
My heart don’t look the same
It’s growin’ leaves
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12. |
Garbage Man
07:13
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GARBAGE MAN
He’s got a black heart
And yellow fingers
He’s got a silver tongue
Between yellow fingers
He said my lips are dry
Its always me oh my
He kicked the doors in
With his dirty grin
What Have I Become?
Blood in my veins is mud
I’m choking through tar filled lungs
But my smile kicks like a shotgun
Is that a silver screen?
Or just his silver teeth
I guess they rotted out
When he was down
He’s a garbage man
He’s got dirty hands
He’s a garbage man
With rubbish plans
What Have I Become?
Blood in my veins is mud
I’m choking through tar filled lungs
But my smile kicks like a shotgun
What Have I Become?
Blood in my veins is mud
I’m choking through tar filled lungs
But my smile kicks like a shotgun
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13. |
Martini Police
03:52
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Martini Police
The choice
Is always too late
The dream
Will never come true
Just let yourself be happy
No, it’s not up to you
Martini Police
They help to keep me safe
From the daily race
They keep me locked inside
My plans become deceased
They tell me who to thank
Thank you Martini Police
“Come out for a drink”
I desperately want to
But I’ll just stay here and wallow
Cause that’s all they let me do
Martini Police, they’ve saved me
That’s what they tell me to think
Martini Police
They help to keep me safe
From the daily race
They keep me locked inside
My plans become deceased
They tell me who to thank
Thank you Martini Police
It keeps me up at night
All the things I kept inside
What use is staying safe,
When my questions haunt the slate
What would have happened to me
If there weren’t (if there weren’t)
Martini Police
They help to keep me safe
From the daily race
They keep me locked inside
My plans become deceased
They tell me who to thank
Thank you Martini Police
Thank you oh thank you
I can't do it without you
Thank you oh thank you
to the police
Thank you oh thank you
(thank you oh thank you)
Thank you Martini Police
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Thoughts and notes of a madman
Full of ideas
They're all illusions
That's not what they said
Trapped in delusions and
Filled with regret
Comorbid muses telling me
To forget
But I can’t stand it gotta
Let it, Let it out
Easy now
You’re getting out of hand
Yet again
Put yourself down for one more
Cigarette
Pretend the worlds not caving
In your chest
Your pain is worthless so just
Let it, Let it out
Who am I?
The voice that’s creeping in
To feed you lies
“I’ll never leave” You tell me
Who am I?
The shadow of a man
You recognize
The demon sleeping so just
Let it, Let it out
Let it, Let it out
Let it, Let it out
Let it, Let it out
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DON'T DRAG ME II
Its an Atom Bomb
Ready to blow
And no one
Is at the controls
It's a wildfire
On the ocean floor
We’re losing air to breath
It was you or me
(Dont) Drag me down
(Dont) Don’t drag me down
(Dont) Drag me down
(Dont) Please don’t drag me
Strong wind blows
All around
Darkness swallows
Up the clouds
Leave me now
Let me be
Or I’ll drown
On my knees
(Dont) Drag me down
(Dont) Don’t drag me down
(Dont) Drag me down
(Dont) Please don’t drag me
Don’t drag me down
Don’t drag me down
Don’t drag me down
Don’t drag me…
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Gratuitous Platypus Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta’s own Gratuitous Platypus came together as an unapologetic labor of love and passion for homegrown rock and roll. Twisting the new and uncomfortable with the old and familiar in a way that will captivate you and demand your attention from the moment they walk on stage to the moment they leave. ... more
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