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Pixelated Heart
03:01
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Alone at 10 p.m. on a Saturday, she swipes away
Until she drains her phone
She matched with Daniel, James and handsome Jake from Silverlake
Who texted “Want to bone?”
She just wants a chill hipster to share her heart
But she don’t know where to start
Guys, all of them are assholes who spout lies
And most of them are married
Lord of the Flies
She’s a Piggy in a world of Ralphs
She’s got a pixelated heart
Fifty dates or more since they dropped the bomb at his dotcom
Divorced dad wants to score
Burns through his 401K at a frightening pace but a happy face
For the daughters he adores
He just wants no attachments, a horny divorcee
But he don’t have any game
Dames, all of them are busy playing games
And most of them are icy
Shot down in flames
He's s a Lennie in the world of George
He’s got a pixelated heart
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Faded Polaroids
03:26
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I respectfully disagree
With the names you’re calling me
But I’ve explained myself enough
We’re just different tribes
I guess the thing that really smarts
Is the coldness on your part
A couple years just disappeared
Wiped off the books
Weekend road trips to the lighthouse
Laughing in bed until we passed out
These memories are slowly fading
Washed out by how you left
My memories have gone grey and hazy
Just a bleached-stained image of a woman I used to love
Always so sweet until you’re not
Drunk birthday dances were so hot
You turned me on as fast as you could turn me off
Your swiss cheese logic has some holes
You better do some growing up
To see above the wall
You’ve built around yourself
Kissing with wax lips at the state fair
For thrift store adventures I’d go anywhere
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Derailed
04:05
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German-designed
Four-thousand feet of polished steel
Alberta pride
Until the coaster lost its wheel
Twice that day operators closed the ride
But the metallic sound could not be identified
So they let 'em ride
Black out the sun
Triple loop thrill
Momentum was lost up that final hill
Panic set in
Roll down the track
Metal to concrete, fade to black
An inquiry found
Translation problems were the cause
Bolts worn down
Design and manufacturing flaws
Hundreds at a concert watched it fail
Hurled to death as the yellow train derailed
A morbid tale
A world record mall in '81 with movies and arcades
Gawking at Gretzky on the ice, a steel blade ballet
But book stores died and so did Tony, Cindy, and David
The Mindbender, she did survive, a memorial belated
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A Renegade Trawler
03:32
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Amidst a cold, rough winter
Eleven feet of rain
A hundred days across three oceans
To the Shadowlands again
A Southern Ocean ice field
Deep blue and Davy’s grey
Pack-ice punctures the steel frame
Alarm bells rouse the crew
The bosun sounds the mayday call
Seawater fills the engine room
Ten-thousand nautical miles
White water cat and mouse
The starboard side is down
There’s no toothfish in the logbooks of this trawler so don’t you bother
Three days from Nigeria
She’s swallowed by the sea
With the crew aboard the life rafts
She’s scuttled as they flee
Then a fist pump from the captain
As the trawler disappears
A renegade cheer
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Bad Tattoos
02:33
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I want to know about your estranged sister
Your sordid tales and bad tattoos
I want to find what makes you howl with laughter
Your favorite kind of meadow rue
This is my favorite part of the story
Before the plot twist gets revealed
Sharing philosophies and flirtations
Projecting subconscious ideals
It’s a wooing dance
Crank up the sexual tension as I vie for your affection
With a furtive glance
We cover up our traumas to avoid the pending drama that comes next as we couple up our lives
I’ll tell you all about my travels
My successful friends in famous bands
You’ll make me swoon with witty banter
Seduce me with your sleight of hand
And at the denouement we’ll say farewell
Our story ends but we part as friends, roll end credits
Tried to forget about your estranged sister
The sordid tales were mostly lies
The things that made me laugh grew to annoy me
The meadow rue wilted and died, at least we tried
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