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Can you put on the perfect song
We'll stay together here all day long
Just mending our bruises
And watching the sun go down
We don't have to pretend to care
Everything is just bullshit
And that's how we like it
Light up the world with a nervous smile
"Everything is fucked but
I think we're gonna survive it"
And now everything we loved is gone
All we can do is keep on keeping on
I hope this lasts forever
And I hope you don't mind
We don't have to pretend to care
Everything is bullshit
And that's how we like it
Light up the world with a nervous smile
"Everything is fucked but
I think we're gonna survive it"
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2. |
Mountain Ash Carpark
03:22
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I caught the bus home from detention just the other day
Half an hour in the quiet of my headphones
But I got home to the kicking and the screaming
And stopped forgetting what it did to me
And Daniel said that he would meet me round the corner
And I waited there but no-one ever showed
A Stranger stared at me and said I shouldn't be here
So I just got up and went home
If there was any part of me
That anybody could love
Id just sit around and smile
And forget all the things that I've lost
And at last I'm gonna be okay
And all my friends cut out a piece of me and ate it
And they asked me why I'm upset
And I looked desperately to find some kind of quiet
That I just haven't found quite yet
And Daniel said that I was special and he meant it
In a stupid kind of way
But I know someday that I really will be special
There'll be no-one in my way
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3. |
I Was Wrong
02:01
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I got up by mistake
Walked around a while but
Without you, I am just some panic
Some isolated panic
I up walked to the lake
And waited for the sun to rise
And I don't want to think about tommorow
There's nothing good about tommorow
So I sit
And wait and take in all this space
And I'm lost I am lost I am lost
I headed past the bus stop
To a place where I could barely breathe
And I still can't believe how nervous I was
My heart was thumping and I thought I'd blast off
To space
Where I thought I heard your name
But I was wrong I was wrong I was wrong
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Praise the Ratbags
02:57
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Pay respect to all the maggots
Pay respect to all the ratbags
And pay respect to those who have t got the nerve
And pay respect to your bad habits
Stick around to see the fireworks
Stick around to see the sun
And I'm sorry that you didn't get to be young
Lets be young,
Lets be young,
Lets be young,
Lets be young,
Well it's okay to feel frustrated
Or a little overwhelmed
And It's okay if they don't understand you
There's going to be someone who understands you
Pay respect to the survivors
And pay respect to all your friends
And pay respect to all your nightmares
And hope that they do not come real in the end
Stick around to see the fireworks
Stick around to see the sun
And I'm sorry that you didn't get to be young
Lets be young,
Lets be young,
Lets be young,
Lets be young,
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5. |
Blood in My Mouth
02:15
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I walk downstairs into my backyard
With my head spinning
No trust any more
For anybody at all
And I'd give anything at all
To be less lonely
No fight anymore
Big rain about to fall
But I am up and about
And I'm gonna shout
That there is blood in my mouth
I guess I'll just spit it out
I caught myself endlessly staring
Into my reflection
Trying to work myself out
And get my feet on the ground
And as the days start drifting by
I am a disaster
And I cry and I pout
And I try to hide out
But I'm up and about
And I'm gonna shout
That there is blood in my mouth
I guess I'll just spit it out
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6. |
Where Will I Go?
02:34
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Next door there's an old house
A few doors down one burnt down
My old house got bought out
And the landlord tore it down
Next doors sitting empty
It's been like that two years
Hills hoyst sitting in the backyard
That hasn't been touched for years
And some of us
Have nowhere left to go
Where will I go?
There's not enough time in the day
But sometimes there's to much
And I'm tired of just sitting around
Waiting for my life to start
Some people keep waiting
Some people give up
Some people go crazy just wondering
When will I be enough
And some of us
Have nowhere left to go
Where will I go?
Yeah some of us
Have nowhere left to go
Where will I go?
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7. |
Western Highway Blues
03:30
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I think we should give up on each other
I think we should work out what comes next
We feel pretty lonely around each other
We both know that this is for the best
There’s nothing good about tomorrow
There’s nothing good about tomorrow
I hope you love all of the people who you’ve outgrown
There’s nothing good about tomorrow
Driving back home’s a lonely job
Seeing old friends is a lonely job
I hope you learn to love the place where you are from
The bus ride home’s a lonely one
There’s nothing good about tomorrow
There’s nothing good about tomorrow
I hope you love all of the people who you’ve outgrown
There’s nothing good about tomorrow
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The Crop Tops Melbourne, Australia
Trans Folk-Punk based in Naarm.
Made for Ratbags
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