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NERD LOVE (2015)

by Worldhood

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WE GO FROM REBEL YELL, TO THE REBEL SELL WE SCAVAGE EVERYTHING WE FIND WE ARE THE PREDATORY KIND EACH UPCOMING TREND, WE ADJUST TO OUR NEEDS PACKAGE IT SAFE, PACKAGE IT NEAT AND SELL IT BACK TO KIDS ON STREETS. IT TAKES FEW ORDINARY CHORDS, FEW STOLEN RHYMES AND BORROWED WORDS AND A STOCK MELLODY YOU HEARD THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE TO BE SUDDENLY, REINVENTING WHEEL. SO WHAT YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE? THE RULE IS RECYCLE OR DIE THIS ONE IS STOLEN AS WELL AND THE KIDS TOO YOUNG TO TELL
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HOW MUCH MORE RANDOM CAN LIFE GET? WHEN YOU GO OUT DRINKING NEVER KNOWING WHERE YOU'LL WAKE UP IN THE MORNING HOW MUCH MORE RANDOM CAN LIFE GET? WHEN YOU FIND LOVE IN THE PLACE YOU FEEL MOST ALONE IN. IN THESE RANDOM NIGHTS THERE IS NO DESIGN, NO DIVINE CAUSE IN THESE RANDOM NIGHTS WITH YOU ALL YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IN THESE RANDOM NIGHTS THESE RANDOM NIGHTS WITH YOU" SHE ASKED ME FOR A CIGARETTE, I SAID, "HONEY, THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU CANNOT GET FROM ME HERE" LETS MAKE THINGS SIMPLE AS IT GETS, WITH NO STRINGS TIED TO THESE OPEN ENDS
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I HATE TO BREAK THIS TO YOU, WE JUST MIGHT MAKE IT THROUGH BY THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH AND THERE IS NO PRIZE, PRAISE OR RELIEF AT THE END OF THE DAY AT THE END OF THIS GAME ALL JUST STRUGGLE TO STAY SANE PREVENTING QUESTIONS, SHIFTING BLAME STILL ALL THE BOYS AND THE GALS DREAM THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL BE STARS YET ALL THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW FOR THE WILD DAYS OF THEIR YOUTH, IN THE END WILL BE THEIR SCARS YOU WILL HEAR THEM DENOUNCE THEIR IDEALS AS A FOOLISHESS OF YOUTH, NOW SO POLITE AND SO KIND AND ALL THEY TELL YOU IS A TRUTH ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE. AND LIES ABOUT THEIR LIVES
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YOU SPEAK AS IF THERE WAS A TOMORROW YOU CAN BUY OR BORROW AS IF FUTURE WAS GUARANTEED WITH NO PAIN OR SORROW NO SWEAT ON YOUR BROW THIS CERTAINTY IS ALIEN TO ME THIS CERTAINTY IS SCARING ME YET EVEN IF I SERVED YOU FUTURE UP ON SILVER PLATE YOU'D ALWAYS FIND A REASON TO COMPLAIN YEAH, BUT NOW WHEN THERE IS NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME YOU CAN START POINTING FINGER AT YOURSELF. I WONDER WHAT YOU FIND. YOU SAY THERE IS NO POINT IN GOING BACK THAT WE HAVE BOARDED WRONG TRAIN THAT THERE IS NO JOY, JUST PAIN THAT WE ARE FOREVER STUCK ON THIS TRACK BUT IF THIS IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE THERE IS NO WONDER THAT YOU LOSE! START BY POINTING FINGER AT YOURSELF
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WHAT ABOUT YOU AND ROBERT FROST? HAS HE CROSSED YOUR MIND WHEN YOU FELT LOST? DID HE HOLD YOUR HAND WHEN YOU DID NOT KNOW, WHICH PATH TO TAKE, WHICH WAY TO GO? I ALSO LET MYSELF BE SWAYED INTO TAKIN THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED BY MENDING THE THINGS I BROKE INSTEAD OF REPLACING EACH FAILURE OF THE PAST WITH BRAND NEW SHINNY LIE BUT I LEARNED SOME DOORS BETTER BE BARRED FOREVER SOME PATHS ERASED FROM MAPS I SEE YOU NOW, MY ROAD NOT TAKEN, AN UNMAILED LETTER ONE OF PAST'S AVOIDED TRAPS YET I STILL DREAD THE DAY WE MEET AGAIN I WILL HAVE TO ADMIT IT ALL "WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO RECENTLY?" "I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE DO WITHOUT YOU... AND FAILED, MISERABLY."
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DESIGN YOUR LIFE OR SOMEONE WILL GLADLY DO IT FOR YOU. THEY WILL DRAW DOWN ALL THE LINES YOU ARE NOT TO CROSS, THEN WRITE DOWN THE RULES AND SOON CARVE THEM INTO STONE. YOU GOT TO FOLLOW, OR YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. OH BOY, YOU GOT TO LEARN WHEN TO SAY NO. YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT ALL. YOU ARE PUSHING YOURSELF WAY TOO HARD. OH BOY, YOU GOT TO LEARN TO SAY NO. YOU CAN'T SACRIFICE IT ALL. THEY WOULD HAVE YOU STRIPPED TO BONE. NOW, WE ALL CONTEND, ACCLAIMED CHAMPIONS OF THE RAT RACE, SET DOWN IN TRADE AND PLACE I SEE YOU ARE TRYING ON MASKS, AND YOU CAN WEAR EACH DAY A NEW FACE BUT YOU STILL GOT TO RUN AT A BREAKNECK PACE, IN THIS BREAKNECK RACE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO PLAY A PART IN THIS GAME ANYMORE. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT I AM WAITING FOR. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AM A PATIENT BOY. BUT I AM NOT INCLINED TO GROW OLD IN THE WAITING ROOM, OR NOT JUST YET, NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT. I AM NOT READY TO GIVE UP, OR AT LEAST NOT SO SOON.
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IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT I WILL TAKE ON WORLD WITH BARE HANDS AND TOIL FOR NO CREDIT TO BRING DOWN GOVERNMENTS YOU SEE, I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. YES, I WOULD DO ANYTHING... IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT I WILL GIVE TOFU A CHANCE OR STRIP DOWN TO NOTHING TO PROTEST FASHION TRENDS YOU SEE, I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU... YES, I WOULD DO ANYTHING I MIGHT EVEN DANCE NOW! FOR YOU I MIGHT EVEN DANCE NOW! IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT I WILL STOP SHAVING AGAIN AND TRY TO BLEND WITH YOUR HIPSTER FRIENDS YOU SEE, I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. YES, I WOULD DO ANYTHING... IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT I'LL JOIN THE FOOD NOT BOMBS AND FREEZE IN THE RAIN TO FEED THE FOLKS WITH NO HOMES I MIGHT EVEN DANCE NOW! FOR YOU I MIGHT EVEN DANCE NOW! FOR HATE FREE CULTURE, I WOULD EVEN DANCE FOR ANIMAL LIBERATION, I WOULD EVEN DANCE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, I WOULD EVEN DANCE FOR ALL YOUR MONEY... DANCE!
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Simple Words 03:10
THE OLDER YOU GET THE HARDER IT IS TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD THE COMPLICATED WORDS SOMEHOW CAN'T CONTAIN THE SIMPLE TRUTH THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID THE MORE DIFFICULT THINGS GET THE HARDER YOU GOT TO TRY THOUGH THE SIMPLE WORDS ARE HARDER TO COME BY EACH PASSING YEAR ADS MORE WEIGHT ON YOUR MIND, A BURDEN HARD TO BEAR YET IT GETS LIGHTER WHEN YOU SHARE. BUT HOW THE HELL DO I FIND? A SIMPLE WAY TO EXPLAIN ALL THE MESS I AM IN? HOW DO I MAKE YOU CARE?
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4:48 AM 02:49
PLEASE UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE PLAN BUT THINGS RARELY DO TURN THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO AND I WISH THAT YOU CAN SAY "I WANT LIFE EXACTLY THIS WAY" YET THE SHIT THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH BRINGS YOU DOWN AS YOU CARRY IT ALONG WITH YOU IN THE SMALL HOURS AS YOU LIE AWAKE, YOU RECOUNT AND RELIVE YOUR PAST MISTAKES. WITH THE CLOSET DOOR WIDE OPEN, THE SKELETONS ROAM FREE AND THE SONG THEY SING THAT AINT NO ODE, YOU SEE. THE TUNE GOES: NO WE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NO WE WILL NEVER LET YOU GO I AM SURE YOU TRY NOT TO LET TIME PASS YOU BY, BUT DESPITE ALL YOUR BEST EFFORTS, YOU MISS OUT ON IMPORTANT MOMENTS AND I WISH THAT YOU CAN SAY "I WANT LIFE EXACTLY THIS WAY" YET THE SHIT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH BRINGS YOU DOWN AS YOU CARRY IT ALONG WITH YOU.
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SHE WOKE UP DOWN ON THE FLOOR BARLEY ABLE TO TALK LET ALONE WALK HE DID SOME WORK ON HER AGAIN BUT THAT WAS ALRIGHT, IT WAS HER WHO PICKED THE FIGHT. CAUSE HE WOULD NOT COMPREHEND, THE GUY SHE TALKED TO WAS JUST A FRIEND. WHAT WILL THEY DO TONIGHT? YEAH, AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. (AND THEY GOT ALONG FINE) IN THE END SHE WONDERED WHY WHY IT TOOK HER SO LONG BEFORE SHE FINALLY LEFT. MAYBE SHE THOUGHT HIM TOO STRONG TO JUST LET HER GO. BUT HE JUST SAT THERE AND STARED, TOO WEAK TO ADMIT SHE CAUGHT HIM UNPREPEARED. WHAT WILL THEY DO TONIGHT? YEAH, AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. AND THEY GOT ALONG FINE.
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Shipwrecked 02:59
SHATTERED DREAMS, BROKEN PROMISES AND HOPES, THAT'S WHAT IT BRINGS WHEN ONE BELIEVES IN WHAT THE OTHER ONE KNOWS COULD NOT HOLD TRUE. THIS WAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR YOU AND ME. BUT WHO IS TO BLAME? THAT THIS LOVE HAS NEVER BROUGHT US ANYTHING BUT PAIN. YOU ARE THE REASON I AM STILL AROUND. I WATCH YOU DREAM AND DON'T DEAR TO MAKE A SOUND. I WISH THE TIME COULD STOP, SO WE COULD CLIMB BACK ATOP, OF OUR SINKING LIVES AND SAIL BACK TO SOLID GROUND. HUNDREDS OF SHOWS, MILLION MILES SPENT ON THE ROAD, THOUGH GOOD TIMES, THEY WILL HARDLY BEAT THE MEMORIES OF OLD WHEN YOU WERE AROUND, BUT NOW IS WAY TOO LATE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT MUSIC WILL KEEP US TOGETHER NOT SEPARATE.
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I DON'T THINK WE EVER MET. NO, I CAN'T RECALL YOUR NAME. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN YOU BEFORE. NO, NOT AT ALL. I AM SURE I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT. I THINK YOU NEVER EXISTED. THIS IS NO DENIAL. I JUST THINK YOU NEVER HAPPENED. A PURE FIGMENT OF MY MIND, RUNNING TOO WILD, IMAGINATION TWISTED. I'M SURE YOU'VE NEVER EXISTED I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO BELIEVE WHAT I DON'T REMEMBER DID NOT HAPPEN I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT, TO THINK THAT YOU NEVER HAPPENED. BUT THAT IS JUST A RIGHT, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T DENY WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THIS IS NO MEANS OF COPPING, NO RITUAL OF BEREAVMENT. PERHAPS ONLY AN EXCERCISE IN EXORCISING LIES HERE UNDER LISTED. LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU NEVER EXISTED. I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO BELIEVE WHAT I DON'T REMEMBER DID NOT HAPPEN BUT THAT IS JUST A RIGHT, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T DENY WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. YOU CAN'T DENY WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN... NO YOU CAN'T DENY...

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