1. |
Stutter
03:26
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Give me your attention
nAnd no one gets hurt.
Don't want to fire this weapon,
But don't test my nerve.
T-t-t-t-take notes,
I got this st-st-st-stutter from looking at you, man,
I'm feeling dangerous, veins filled with gasoline.
You are the bomb call to the hospital that is my heart
And I won't negotiate with terrorists if you know what I mean.
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
Err on the side of danger,
I'm sick of luke-warm love.
Get in the car with a stranger,
The fingerprints of a glove.
T-t-t-t-take notes,
I got this st-st-st-stutter from looking at you, man,
I'm feeling dangerous, veins filled with gasoline.
You are the bomb call to the hospital that is my heart
And I won't negotiate with terrorists if you know what I mean.
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
La, la, lala lala la-la, la,
x12
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
St-st-st-st-st-stutter
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2. |
Skip This Track
03:25
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Take it all out on me, shaky like you bought me from Ikea.
Investing all my money, straight into Kanye West ideas.
Hang me up to dry, never wash away the stains, I tell you,
Subtweet me on twitter, knock me out I'll never come to.
Put me up for sale,
Half price go on, buy one get one,
I am just junk mail,
Mark me as unread, that's no fun,
No point in trying, no one listens to the things I do,
This is just a song on the album that you never got around to.
Give all the kids guns, kick the poor and make them miserable.
Build a giant wall, a Donald Trump bash, wow, how original.
Censor all the TV, sex is something that you have to pay for.
Please turn up the news, the government's about to declare war.
Put me up for sale,
Half price go on, buy one get one,
I am just junk mail,
Mark me as unread, that's no fun,
No point in trying, no one listens to the things I do,
This is just a song on the album that you never got around to.
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3. |
Spooky Girl
05:00
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Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ooo-ooo-ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Spooky spooky spooky!
I was walking through the graveyard in the middle of the night,
When I saw a pretty girl, who didn't look quite right,
She was wearing all black, and had some crazy bangs,
She gave me a pretty smile, but I think she had fangs.
I said, 'Hello, how are you? You look nice.'
She said, 'Why thanks, want to go get a bite?'
I gave her my hand, and by the hand, she took me.
I started to think this girl was
Spooky spooky spooky!
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you, oo-oo-oo.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you, oo-oo-oo.
Spooky spooky spooky!
She has skin like a ghost, and she glides when she walks,
She's quiet around her friends, but alone, she always talks,
She was cold when I kissed her, but hey, she kissed me back,
Though my friends say they've never seen hickies like that.
Sometimes she needs help, with her makeup and her hair,
But it must be kinda hard when you don't show up in the mirror.
She's a different type, but I wanna be her pookie,
I think I like that girl, who is
Spooky spooky spooky!
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you, oo-oo-oo.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you, oo-oo-oo.
- Spooky noises -
Spooky spooky spooky!
- Spooky noises -
Spooky spooky spooky!
On Halloween night, we went on our last date.
She didn't wear a costume, but still scared all the kids straight.
We howled with the wolves until we saw the morning light,
Then she gave me a kiss, and turned into the night.
Now I know she was odd, or so says my best bud,
But she always came to support me when I donated blood.
So say what you'd like, I thought she was groovy.
That crazy little girl, who is
Spooky spooky spooky!
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you, oo-oo-oo.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you.
Spooky girl, I'm in love with you, oo-oo-oo.
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ooo-ooo-ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo,
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo, ooo-ooo-ooo
Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo.
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4. |
Sprint
04:17
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i've been searching
for a thousand years or something
for the perfect parking spot
but there's a 'full' sign at every lot and
i've been searching
for some sort of meaning
in these verses that i sing
as pointless as the parking pass i bring
sprint to your first class
and then you
crawl to your second
there's a ten mile hike
to the next hall, did we mention?
mindless wandering, mass confusion
at least there's a Starbucks in the student union
i've been trying to figure out my wordplay
saying things that make no sense
no time to pay the consequence
i need time to hit the things that i've missed
they say these are the best days of our lives,
i didn't think it could get much worse than this
sprint to your first class
and then you
crawl to your second
there's a ten mile hike
to the next hall, did we mention?
mindless wandering, mass confusion
at least there's a Starbucks in the student union
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I'm not gonna practice this song before I play it for you.
I'm not gonna triple screen everything before I say it to you.
I don't wanna stay up all night, helping you with your problems,
I don't wanna turn down something fun for whatever we planned,
I don't have the patience to sit down and record an album,
I don't have the patience to function well in a good band,
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds...
Shakespeare said that love is strong, steadfast and unchanging.
I say that Shakespeare is hard to read, and kind of boring.
'Cause I'm not made to dedicate my life away just like a slave, just waiting for you,
I'll do whatever you ask, as long as you don't ask me to follow through.
'Cause I'm not gonna stay up all night, helping you with your problems,
I don't wanna turn down something fun for whatever we planned,
I don't have the patience to sit down and record an album,
I don't have the patience to function well in a good band,
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds...
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated, complicated, complicated, complicated, complicate
Commitment sounds complicated, complicated, complicated, complicated, complicate
Commitment sounds complicated, complicated, complicated, complicated, complicate
Commitment sounds complicated.
Commitment sounds complicated.
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I think the worst kind of ad is the anti-smoking PSA. And not because of the message, I don't have a problem with the message. What I do have a problem with is with the way they try to *convey* the message.
Like, I saw an ad recently, and it had a biology class, and the teacher's dissecting this weird, alien creature that's snarling, and it has claws, and then it breaks free, and it starts to terrorize the classroom, and that's when you find out that it actually represents... a cigarette.
And then the voice in kicks in, and it's like, Don't be fooled: Every cigarette contains hundreds... of chemicals.
Which is true, I guess. But you know what else does? A baby. That doesn't mean anything, because the word you chose is the only word that can represent everything we know to exist. And I don't get why they're pushing the health aspect anyway. That's not going to change people's minds. That's not new information for anybody. What they really need to do, if they want to be effective, especially with the youth demographic, is they have to make smoking look uncool. They should run a series of ads that link smoking to the most irritating, most annoying people you can imagine.
The title card comes up and it says: 'WHAT SMOKING DOES TO YOU.' And then the rest of the thirty second spot is just a guy smoking and saying stuff like, 'Man, what happened to real music? You know, like, uh... like, um.. Nirvana, and um... Alice and Chains? You know, real music, what I'm talkin' bout.'
We already know that smoking is linked to lung cancer. A real game changer would be to find a link between smoking, and like, wearing a chain wallet, or talking about black flag all the time.
That's it, I'm outta here.
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7. |
The Loop
04:36
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wake up smell the coffee
pour a cup to stop the coughing
find the remote, turn up the tv
all these shows with celebrities
look at all these flashy people
the days are long, slow and bleak i'll
get out of bed, and take a shower
then go back to sleep for a few more hours
it's winter time and things are bleak
i've worn the same shirt and jeans for the past fucking week
guess i'll just watch the office again
continue watching, it never ends
college is overrated
stay at home, start a band
college is overrated
move out west, do whatever you can
get out of the loop
ben went to kent, my ass is in akron
wandering campus waiting for something to happen
buy a pretzel, computer lags
i've got 30 bibles man it's such a drag
look at all these flashy people
the walks are long, slow and steep, i'll
trip all these longboard fuckers
see ya, peace, i'm out ya suckers
you're the one constant in my life,
but you can barely keep a beat
can't focus on the task at hand
you're too busy trying to write a tweet
college is overrated
stay at home, start a band
college is overrated
buy a house out west, do whatever you can
get out of the loop
get out of the loop
college is overrated
stay at home, start a band
college is overrated
move out west, do whatever you can
get out of the loop
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8. |
Light a Match
04:25
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Light a match,
Let it burn out without much thought.
You're not the devil,
You just lure people right into her open arms.
Was bleeding from,
Right under, his left eye,
Walking away in,
The snow for the night.
Don't tell me to dance like the world was ending,
'Cause if the world was ending I'd probably be calling you.
Don't tell me to dance like the world was ending,
'Cause if the world was ending I'd probably be calling you.
Always complaining,
He came to the dance, but now he's not having fun.
A bulge in his pants,
Christ he brought a gun.
Don't tell me to dance like the world was ending,
'Cause if the world was ending I'd probably be calling you.
Don't tell me to dance like the world was ending,
'Cause if the world was ending I'd probably be calling you.
Light a match,
x4
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9. |
Girl Named Billy
03:36
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She's just fine on her own,
She has these excitable eyes.
She'll wear whatever she wants,
Won't be intimidated by you guys.
Guitars and drus are overrated and dumb.
Vocalists and rock bands are stupid too,
I know this girl named Billy,
I think she's great.
I know this girl named Billy,
I think she's great.
She's one hundred percent supernatural ingredients,
Plays with her ouiji board for fun,
She knows she's got pretty alright parents,
She gets things done.
Guitars and drus are overrated and dumb.
Vocalists and rock bands are stupid too,
I know this girl named Billy,
I think she's great.
I know this girl named Billy,
I think she's great.
And I think that I like her
x10
I know this girl named Billy,
I think she's great.
I know this girl named Billy,
I think she's great.
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10. |
Scrooge McDuck
03:17
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my new years resolution was stop writing shitty music
i had 365 days and i already blew it
nobody knows our name or where we're from
you won't be dancing to this shit when you go to prom
i'm not complaining, i'm just overwhelmed
no one sings our songs, well damn, oh well
you can take my money
don't touch my guitar
i hope my old friends
are happy where they are
me? i guess i'm doing fine
i'm not swimming in coins or drinking fountains of wine
My new years resolution was to finish what i start
but if it had all these restrictions then they wouldn't call it 'art'
my inspiration has so many uses
it always comes up with the best excuses
maybe i'm too cynical or just depressed
i should drop the act and just get over myself
you can take my money
don't touch my guitar
i hope my old friends
are happy where they are
me? i guess i'm doing fine
i'm not swimming in coins or drinking fountains of wine
and you can take what you know
and throw it away
cause none of it will matter
on new years day
and all i ever wanted
was just a dream
i'll fall asleep again on
new years eve
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11. |
Highest Place
05:25
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I expected, nothing less than perfection.
So imagine my surprise.
When I found you, there was nothing around you,
Expectations exceeded for the night.
My friends hate mondays, they think we'll all die one day,
So they'll give their eyes a roll.
When we live forever, and levitate together,
I hope you know that I'm under your control.
I hope you know that I'm under your control.
Take me to the highest place you know,
Tell me something beautiful to scream.
I want to be under your control,
I want to understand what you mean.
You say that you are perfect together,
She's in it 'cause she's bored and you, you love her.
Somebody trapped me in this prison,
And now I'm finally free from the burden of choice.
Take me to the highest place you know,
Tell me something beautiful to scream.
I want to be under your control,
I want to understand what you mean.
I hope you know that I'm under your control
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12. |
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Who's that band in your neighborhood?
It's The Drawing Blanks!
The band that everyone likes, and always should?
It's The Drawing Blanks!
A band for the whole family,
It's The Drawing Blanks!
A band based on friendship and morality,
It's The Drawing Blanks!
Hey, hey, hey, it's The Drawing Blanks!
This has been a huge mistake.
Hey, hey, hey, it's The Drawing Blanks!
This has been a huge mistake.
(brad noises)
Who's that band walking down the street?
It's The Drawing Blanks!
They make you clap your hands and get on your feet,
It's The Drawing Blanks!
They're not too bad and they're awfully nice,
It's The Drawing Blanks!
They'll help you with your problems and give great advice,
It's The Drawing Blanks!
Hey, hey, hey, it's The Drawing Blanks!
This has been a huge mistake.
Hey, hey, hey, it's The Drawing Blanks!
This has been a huge mistake.
Hey hey h-oh-hoh hoooohhh
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The Drawing Blanks Medina, Ohio
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