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I woke up today, feeling weary, feeling gray
I struggle to pass underneath the sunrays
The latency overcomes me like a disturbing trend
Riding the bus, fast approaching a dead end
What I wouldn't give to be there again
to feel the beach stains beneath the sands -- of T&T
We met to play mas and waved our rags on our way to a fete
And limed at the Bight, reminisce it was last night:
"It's bad luck to go all this way without getting your feet wet"
"(As long as you like) swim, just don't let the sharks bite"
We're green on J'Ouvert and jumped with the pan
When things got rowdy, you take my hand
No one knows me the way you know me
Because every time that you look at me
I realize that my soul is free
And every time you look at me
Look in these eyes, my soul is free
Because every time you look at me
I realize that my soul is free
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May
04:10
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You know (you know), you know I love you
I know (I know), I know I care
But all (but all), but all these yearnings
are more than I can bear
While I go on with hiding
these precious notes
I'm burning up inside full of grief
when I saw what I can reap
All for the sake of friendship
You know, I wonder how much longer I can keep this up
You know where I stand, but I can't take it
You know the best things are the ones we can't think about
That's why I can't give up right now
I thought (I thought), I thought I loved you
Distraught (distraught), I ought to skip town
I don't (I don't) don't want to want you
so why do I still hang around?
While I go on withholding:
repress you through red herrings
From the depths of my sleeve
I regret that I deceive
All for the sake of friendship
While I go on with hiding
these precious notes I'm burning up
...but I won't take this lying down
All for the sake of friendship
That's why I can't give up right now
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Red Rose
03:10
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I don't like pictures because they don't move
I like art, though, because they don't need to
It's sorta odd when you look at it
All these years I haven't changed a bit
Scratched the surface, no harm to the core
I'd like to come, but am I too sure?
I could've had her, I waited too long
All I know is all I thought was wrong
(Because) It took me 5 years to realize
-- You're momentarily memorialized
-- Across the world is a million miles
-- Used to be a daily wish for me to die
-- That without you I could stand myself
Robbie Ganzon, yeah, she was pretty
I could've gone, yeah, all the way!
But I just looked and stared endlessly
She's just a painting of a red rose
Sitting at the edge of my bed
I felt a sudden draft
Plastered posters on my wall
Gobbles up the dull blue paint
And it sums up to a misconception
All is lost in my confession
Tears would break, yeah, with no reason
You haunt me like it's an obsession
It took me 5 years to realize
-- She's just a painting of a red rose
-- I could've gone, yeah, all the way
-- She's just a painting of a red rose
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Chameleon
02:33
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Flipping with my finger,
I'm watching tv
Surfing with the lights on,
my watch tells
it's 3 o'clock
It's way past midnight
Now I'll get some sleep
-- Into my bed I'll slip into my jammies, wishing goodnight
The way I have been
these past couple days
I owe myself just so much
so far from catching up that I'll never die
Chameleon pride
It slumbers in me
I am your number one fan
You are my identity
All I'm really good at
is mimicking you
You don't know me, but I know you
You know it's
all because of you
I'd like to change now
but my shadow is gone
-- I used to say we're inseparable forever; we're always one
Flipping with my finger,
I'm watching tv
Surfing with the lights on,
my watch tells
it's 3 o'clock
I'd like to change now
but my shadow is gone
-- I used to say we're inseparable forever; we're always one
The way I have been
these past couple days
It's been a habit of mine
to be a charlatan to get what I want
And even when there's
none to imitate
I'll just slip into my dreams
to see how much of my surreal mind can take
The way I have been
these past couple days
I owe myself just so much
so far from catching up that I'll never die
Chameleon pride
It slumbers in me
I am your number one fan
You are my identity
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Lit
02:00
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Boys and girls across the world I think I'm gonna get wasted!
I always do my work
and I'm always on time
I've never stolen anything,
I've never told a lie
I'm a good kid
and I'll never break the law,
But if I find a cool store
that would sell me alcohol
I'll get lit!! I'll get lit!!
-- I'll walk down to the lake and get lit!!
You're the coolest girl
that I've ever seen
Except for the one
in my porno magazine
I just want a girl
that I can figure out
But if I'm with my friends
and I hear her start to shout
We'll get lit!! We'll get lit!!
-- We'll leave her smart-ass home and get lit!!
Boys and girls across the world I think I'm gonna get wasted
We'll get lit!! We'll get lit!!
-- We'll walk down to the lake and get lit!!
-- We'll walk down to the lake and get lit!!
-- We'll leave her smart-ass home and get lit!!
We'll leave her smart-ass home and get lit!!
We'll leave her smart-ass home and get lit!!
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6. |
A Stubborn Star Story
02:41
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My heart is fleeting fast for I'm meeting somebody like you today. The note, it said, "Set out for my silhouette at tonight's soiree."
So here I go, feeling irresolute (because when you're young, there's nothing else to do). So I look forward, for tonight's debut, to finally hear your voice when I'm next to you.
I arrived at the party around 11:15 and hoped that you would soon appear. Then there you are, the "stubborn star", amidst the awkwardness I drew near.
So I pursued despite my feelings of: "...this attitude would turn most people off..." I'm thinking, "Dude, what am I so afraid of?" when finally, from this place, you sprinted off.
Mixed in the mess of the bested and the unexpressed, caught in the air of uncertainty and second guess, clutching the trail of her dust before it fades away, hoping someday you'll bestow some thought to when I say, "Discard your cloak and let it float away toward this boat," and I'd recover until the day when my "Why?"s will stand a chance to her "I dunno."s
Lost and never found again: "Where or when did she go?" Now I have this song to mend because now I am adrift from the stars that she's holding...the stars she's folding...the stars are FALLING!!!
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Two Separate Worlds
04:27
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(So) I won't cover for why I don't wanna hang anymore
All that we have said and implored were for naught and we're back to where we were before
So now that we acknowledge where we stand:
we're too remote in two separate lands
We'll burn away the empty vows so much we clouded our days withal
As much as I will miss you dearly so,
we're too involved in two separate worlds
We'll throw away the promises so long we messed our brains withal
The tether line is going
far beyond the point of breaking
me
and at that extent it was
sufficient
for me to see that all the time we spent...
spinning...
around the bend...
is making us happy at my expense.
(It made no sense.)
So I'm not gonna lie as I look in your eyes anymore:
This humbled piece of pie in the sky's all but crumbled and I'm imbibing more and more
I don't want to be alone,
that's why I waited for so long
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Murphee K Gainesville, Florida
Murphee K is an indie punk band made up of George Ryan Perez and his talented Gainesville, Fla. friends.
Murphee K recommends:
Discovered while traveling in my home country The Philippines. Reminds me a lot of tricot. On repeat for almost a year, highly recommended, especially track #5, Frontiers.
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Full disclosure: I've personally met and played on the same bill with members of this wonderful classical VG band. But that just makes it even more special. I recommend track #ALL OF THEM.
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Solid solo acoustic album. His onstage banter is also something to watch for. I recommend track #2, Analog Boy.
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Taking cues from Midwestern emo and early ’10 pop punk, this Leeds, UK outfit are full of heart— not to mention hooks.
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v/a The Things That Shaped Us Together
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This outstanding compilation of bands from Indonesia puts a focus on atmospheric pop and rock music, with hooks 20-stories high.
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Something Heavy
by you, me, and everyone we know
The songs on the latest from this Lancaster, PA group have the fire of punk rock and the angst of emo.
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