LYRICS

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You kept me around

You kept me around

For your little black purposes

Circumvent the surface of sounds

To counterbalance thinking

You knew the ship was running aground

Had you heard our love was sinking

Surely there’s a raft you’d have found

‘Cause I know that this is not your maiden voyage

And we can’t escape the scope we can’t avoid it

If you wanna hate me that’s okay
Time would force that anyway I know

It was summer when I met you

Now it’s summer once again

In the safety of our slumber

We pretend that we’re back then

And I do regret to tell you

That we’ve reached our destination

Computation of regret

Is a hobby of mine

And I feel fine without you now

Without you now

And I’ll get along without you now

Without you

There were days and days I cried

Insecurities inside me kept me by you

But complacency has failed 

Sorry friend that ship has sailed

For clearer waters

(Here’s a little ink to remember me by)
 

It was summer when I met you

Now we’re comin’ up on Fall

In the thunder and the tempest

This old mast is sure to fall

And I had anticipated

That our boat would take on water

You oughta pick your ship

More carefully next time

And I feel fine without you now

Without you now

And I’ll get along without you now

Without you

And I feel fine without you now

Without you now

I’ll get along without you now

Without you

Now

I’ll get along, I’ll get along, I’ll get along

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)
I ride the bean (I ride the bean)
I ride the bean

Woke to nothing in my tank

I would appreciate a crank

Whatcha think I drank?
I ride the bean

Went to work wee bit hungover

Manager says heavy order

‘Fore I walk the plank

I ride the bean

There I spot my new lieutenant

Stick him with some heavy penance

Trickle-down’s a shank

I ride the bean

Mentally not in attendance

Passing down the heavy sentence

Watch his smile sank

I ride the bean

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)

I ride the bean (I ride)
I ride the bean

Taking only lowly places

Backed into the smallest spaces

Here inside my stall

I ride the bean

Darting through the daily sprawl

I drive the dinkiest of all

Humble by default I ride the bean

There’s my girl she’s independent

She and me are model tenants

Shelling out the rent and keeping clean

Owe the cards and owe the bank

But our apartment’s smelling dank

And I got you to thank 

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)
I ride the bean (I ride the bean)
I ride the bean (I ride the bean)

I ride the bean (I ride the bean)

When life is mean (when life is mean)

We ride the bean (we ride the bean)
Because we’re fiends

We ride the bean

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You say we’ll see each other soon

As I depart back for the moon

But I’m locked in tight ‘til the end of the night

And you’re miles and miles away

And your grip on me now rejects my plea

To let the sandman have his say

‘Cause slumber is a joke

To the anxious and alone

They just break

They just break

Inside my mind is a terrible time

And my gut’s been keeping track

I’ve really lost it now and I don’t know how

Or if we’re ever getting Ender back

Should old acquaintance be forgot?
I think for sake of self

Burn every bridge unnecessary

Simply for your health

Every friend a mouth to feed

A bonus cross to bear

Would they award a medal for your

Special-wecial care?

Nothing comes of interaction

Static for your brain

If loneliness is madness then I’ll

Gladly go insane

Hermitted completely in a 

City of a million

Why the hell to they all look at

Me like I’m the villain?

You said we’ll see each other soon

You say we’ll see each other soon

You say we’ll see each other soon

But they just break

They just break

They just break

(You say we’ll see each other soon)
(Inside my mind is a terrible time)
They just

(You say we’ll see each other soon)

(Inside my mind is a terrible time)

You say we’ll see each other soon

(Break)
You say

Everything is happy

I’m good what could be wrong?

When everything’s so happy

Each and every single thing

Yeah the weekend’s here time to have some fun

Fuckin’ A it’s getting’ done before Monday comes

Smiling all the while got partied out

Everything’s happy aren’t you happy?

Gimme gimme gimme should I break or break?

Lots of options, thanks mate

Filling in the forms you’d figure right?
You think you’re right? You’re kidding right?
If it’s you better move ‘cause I’ve got

Nothing nice to say from what I’ve

Heard tell so shh shh

You’d better keep walking keep walk

In with the bullshit faucet

Had a handle but now you lost it

What it costed was far too fine for my taste

But far be it from me to deny your grace

I guess I just got tired

Let’s review track records

Pissed to the point of inspired

I just wear my stress better

I just wear my stress better

It fits a little tighter too
Betcha didn’t

Betcha didn’t know incognito

Get suspicious at the sight of you

I got my hands in the air ‘cause I

Just couldn’t just couldn’t care

Anymore

I got my hands in the air ‘cause I

Just couldn’t just couldn’t care

Anymore

What you take from me I give freely

But hell will ice over ‘fore I am kneeling

There’s no remedy think you’re just rotten

Bitter enemies better forgotten

Broke my will but there’s always a rebirth

Leave your locale and wander the free earth

Plenty people with patience to draw from

If you could leave mine alone that’d be awesome

Shit I think we lost ‘em

BUT

Everything’s so happy

I’m good what could be wrong?

When everything’s so happy

Each and every single thing

Happy (Everything is happy)

Happy (Everything is happy)
(Every godforsaken thing)

It’s so happy

Happy

Don’t count on me because I’m not here

Don’t you think a nightmare’d be less dull?
I’m losing every kind of pull here

Isn’t there a trick to get off hold?

Breaking into pieces at the 

Thought of breathing air

There’s a hundred possibilities 

And each lies down the stair

And if I force myself to look at them

And force myself to care

I guess I could

There’s an air of apprehension

And some heavy smoke in here

‘Cause my closest friends are cowards

And we haven’t spoke in years

And the tools I use to 

Break my inner tension

Also isolate my peers

Pry, pry open my eyes

There isn’t anyone I’d

Rather wake to see

Shy, hollow heart open mind

How could one ever find
Pride sunk so deep?

I can’t break away the way you do

Planning this parade of endless blues

How’s a man afraid of fresh bad news

Fit to face the day with faith so bruised?

How could you put this on?

Is it not enough I’m here?
Have to hit me with this song

Tensions couldn’t be more clear

Can’t leave well enough alone

Auditory commandeered

Captive in a car

I picked ya up at ten

So good to see ya ‘gain

Except the part where we

Deny our common crush

I pop the aux cord in and

Helplessly I listen

As the fun begins

A tune with ten ton touch

Damn these radios

A little on the nose

Still we don’t let on

Though we know inside we’re dying

Should we skip it now

Never live it down

We ride on a little more

But we’re silent as the grave

Heavy-handed as a whore

But we’d never misbehave

So we mutually ignore

Our sonic slap to face

Random killed the piano star

The people we protect

With our earnest little front

Are deserving of respect

Glad I’m not the only one

Watchin’ out for number two

Irregardless of the fun

What buffoons we humans are

Innocent I swear

Hidden every care

Obvious attraction but we’re

Acting for the Oscar

Play oblivious

Proximity cost

I, madame, I made radio

So I dared, am I mad? Am I?

Man is wolf to man

But not to Madeline

She meows when woofing

Would’ve made sense

Maybe there’s a way that

We can spend

A summer evening

Puncturing the heavens

With our pretend

When you rend the air 

Between us in two

I’m cleft in twain

I only hope I’m your

Favorite bloodstain

Neurotic quip machine addicted to joy

Your exponentially erupting voice

We’re gonna leave these motherfuckers no choice

Miss Maddie Mahrie

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Everything

I’m vibing everything

It’s all connected

You’re all electric

Every switched on little synapse

Overloading up your cortex

Adrenalized, aligned in harmony

I’m coming alive

(Something you could try)
Alive

When will you come to life?

When will you come to life?

When will you come to life?

When will you come to life?

When will you come to life?

When will you come to life?

When will you come to life?

When will you come?

I’m alive

Amps and ohms

Finding homes

Phantom tones

Erupting in a way that

No one ever heard them

Flipping on and lighting up

My mental circuitry

Burned into my brain 

Because it’s basic chemistry

Amps and ohms

Amps and ohms

Amps and ohms

Amps and ohms

Mark the pirate

He’s feeling insecure and introspective as of late

He loves the eyepatch

But rape and pillaging he’s grown to loathe and hate

He loves the ocean

But mountains suit him much more finely

Mark the pirate never lost his childhood dreams

Mark the pirate bit off more than he could chew it seems

It seems

He’d tell the captain

About his newfound love of crunching numbers and financing

About his passion 

For the Wall Street Journal and Thursday night line dancing

But how they’d laugh and how they’d yell

“Let us make him walk the plank,

Let us send this scallywag to hell”

Pray for Mark the pirate

Screw someone over

Scrub your fingers

Perfect crime

(I’ll see you)
Out the revolving door

And see ya next in line

(How’s it feel?)
How’s it feel now

Bailing on your fellow man?

(Are you for real?)
Are you for real now

Failing just because you can?
 

You won’t get my best this time

Bon voyage, I’ve hills to

I’m not a soldier

Marching to my ordered death

Time is over

Trusting you to know what’s best

Keep the wheel now

All our souls are in your hand

Are you for real now?

Was this self-destruction planned?

Mine is not your fate to choose

Time is up won’t help you

Unscrupulous incorporated

How’s a fella supposed to build a sense of faith?
I can’t wait to be emancipated

Tastes like champagne

(Like champagne)
 

I framed a copy

Hung it in my humble den

Drank all the coffee

Drifted back to you know when

It’s like a trophy

Useless but it keeps me proud

Of all the cool I’ve kept

When all I wanna do is

Knock you out

Knock you out

Unscrupulous incorporated

How’s a fella supposed to build a sense of faith?

I can’t wait to be emancipated

Tastes like champagne

Unscrupulous incorporated

How’s a fella supposed to build a sense of faith?

I can’t wait to be emancipated

Tastes like champagne