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Sharks Fly
02:58
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Taylor Swift's got some pretty fuckin' dresses and a weird little smash faced cat
She's a very handsome woman but she's so much more than that
Why do I even have to tell you she's the best didn't you see her documentary? (Fuck yes)
Isn't it funny how even the most powerful women get prodded and groped
By useless fucking dickheads with entitlement
Because entitlement can't be spelled without men
David fucking Mueler put his hand up her skirt
When he lost his job he tried to sue her
I'm genuinely surprised that he didn't win
Because society in general hates women
I haven't paid much attention to her records since Speak Now
But every time a song comes on I know all the words somehow
The production is different but the songs are the same when your strip them right back to their core
And I'm not too fucking cool for it anymore
Taylor Swift was a folksy singer with some pop running through her veins
But she had bigger plans in the style of Shania fucking Twain
But Shania's a pariah when Mariah's new messiah comes creeping in the dark (Pure nonsense)
How many pop stars write their own songs?
How many pop stars care? (Fuck you)
Why did I chant fuck you right there?
Cause I can do whatever I want. (Fuck you)
I won't be successful because I'm stupid but Taylor Swift is smart (Fuck you)
Smarter than chanting 'fuck you' in her songs
Smarter than chanting fuck you
I wish Sparks Fly was actually called Sharks Fly
I haven't paid much attention to her records since Speak Now
But every time a song comes on I know all the words somehow
The production is different but the songs are the same when your strip them right back to their core
And I'm not too fucking cool for it anymore
Taylor Swift owes you nothing
And yet proceeds to give you everything you ever didn't know you wanted
You owe her the world
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Hey Stephen King
04:21
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When I was just a kid I thought I was a pretty clever guy
I read a bunch of classic fiction like Doesevskoy
For a little extra fun I indulged in nonfiction
On my bookshelf you would find Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein
I recall about 100 stupid pages in Les Miserables about Napoleon's saddle chaff
I insisted upon reading it unabridged just to be safe
And I read it with the thickness and the swiftness of molasses
I had 50/20 vision but I didn't have my glasses
It happened bit by bit I had grown a little wiser
And I wondered if the book of IT still ended with a spider
That was IT
That was IT
I started reading Stephen King and I gave up on everything
That was IT
That was IT
They punched that stupid spider then that one guy jumped inside of it
That was IT
Salem's Lot started spooky and it got me
Feeling nervous feeling anxious in my body
I was an absolute dumbstruck wreck
Until he mentioned two puncture wounds upon her neck
I'll stay up late and read a Stephen King that I do not enjoy
Because it's still entertaining to me
Exposition don't mean nothing just give me the narrative
no fruitless language or poetry
The novel IT was written the year that I was born
So I can't critique too harshly on these pages so well worn
But there's plot holes subversion mistakes and divergence
And things you can't explain
But I forgive you Stephen I know you were drunk and on cocaine
That was IT
That was IT
I started reading Stephen King and I gave up on everything
That was IT
That was IT
Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile make his other works seem juvenile
That was IT
And I bet you didn't know he wrote Shawshank
And I bet you didn't know he wrote Green Mile
And I bet you didn't know he wrote Stand By Me
And I bet you didn't know he wrote your favourite movie
I'm thankful for the authors and I'm grateful for the time I've spent
Getting to know their art and getting to know myself again
Thank you Mr. King you brought me reprieve
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Summer '06
06:11
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Sometimes I look around
And wonder what the fuck happened to me
I'm growing old in the suburbs
I have a goddamn SUV
I think about the price of gas
Real estate and property tax
I use to be so careless and carefree
And now nothing's easy
I wish I could relive a moment lost in time
I know exactly where I'd be
2006
We were only kids
I thought I was too cool for The Warped Tour
But that summer was the best of my life
With every year that passes it gets further away
I've got no scars left from those plastic knives
That we cut ourselves to the downbeat of The Thunder Rolls
Brick by brick summer 2006
Watching Paramore on a smaller stage
And The Valiant Thor each and every day
The Fully Down built the Smart Punk stage in the morning
And tore it down at night
It's where I met Cam one of those times I don't remember meeting Cam
But I remember watching Moneen with all the other bands
2006
We were only kids
My wife brought her boyfriend out to the Montreal show
I was embarrassed as hell, fingers stained with tobacco
And my capable heart began to wither
When I shook the hand of the gentlemen with her
But I was wrong and I would wait
Cause we'd be back again come summer 2008
It's funny how the years can change you
It's funny how you never thought you'd end up in this place
It's funny how your mind can change a little everyday
And time's displayed through lines upon your face
I don't know if I could do it all again if I would do it the same way
It's funny how I hate the things I use to think were cool
But I love the way your face lights up when I pick you up from school (Daycare)
We're waiting for your mom to get home so we can eat together
It's funny how these times are so much better
And there will always be a part of me
Reliving these bittersweet memories
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