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Video: https://youtu.be/Rp6NSO0vhJ8

Lyrics:
I can't (breathe) when you're not there, not there, not there, not there
I can't (sleep) it's a nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, nightmare
I can't (breathe) when you're not there, not there, not there, not there
I can't (sleep) it's a nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, nightmare
My head goes numb and my heart beats fast when it feels like that
My head goes numb and my heart beats fast and the world turns black

Quivering from my fingertips
Can't grasp the last drop in the glass
He's still away on a foreign ship
But my rowboat ain't strong enough to capture him

Snapped all the oars in two
Shattered bottle shears my hand
Dreaming about the blue
Wish I could drown in it
Let the water surround me
Let the water surround me
Underwater I'm home 
Don't leave me alone

I can't (breathe) when you're not there, not there, not there, not there
I can't (sleep) it's a nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, nightmare
I can't (breathe) when you're not there, not there, not there, not there
I can't (sleep) it's a nightmare, nightmare, nightmare, nightmare
My head goes numb and my heart beats fast when it feels like that
My head goes numb and my heart beats fast and my vision is black

Nightmare (Remix)

Nightmare (Remix of an Original Song by Ethan Klein) - H3 Contest Entry fea

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Lyrics:
Nails are peeling off their beds
Fingers slip from the sill
Reach out my hand just a second too late
Catch myself as you rest still
Set your pastry on the counter
Poured you a glass of milk
Kissed your eyes, so you'd awake
But I tucked you into silk

A siren roars not far from here
Her call lulls me to dream
Crawling through sewers in my sleep
Don't know who's in the mirror

Hiss at me all you want
Flush me down the drain
Use my flesh for your kicks
I don't care about pain

Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
You're enigmatic
Enigmatic
Enigmatic
And I'm an addict
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
What's in the shed?
You're elusive
You're elusive
I'm intrusive
Please let me in

Your withered hands, once red, now dry
Maggots substitute your eye
Would you like a slice of rye?
No, no, no, you cannot die
The moon rises another day
Your hand fell off when we tried to play
I think I'm gonna scurry away
There's plenty of food, you'll be okay
His heart throbs as he holds his wife
Thinking back on his brief life
Forgotten men, abandoned dreams
Must flee before the city sleeps

I want to be a fantasy
Live my life like a movie
The heroine has lots of friends
Dances her way to a tragic death
I want to be a comedy
Seems the joke ends up on me
Used to being a novelty
Make purposeful calamity

Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
You're enigmatic
Enigmatic
Enigmatic
And I'm an addict
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
Sleep, I said
What's in the shed?
You're elusive
You're elusive
I'm intrusive
Please let me in

Toilet Rat

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Video:
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Lyrics:
You don’t understand, I must peel the paint
You shouldn’t have started to chip if you wanted to remain

You’re reaching for someone to accept you
A hint and you’re hooked, hop in any shoe
He offered one night to hold you
Loosened your screws

You don’t understand, I must peel the paint
You shouldn’t have started to chip if you wanted to remain
You think you can trust anyone, how’d you get so naive?
Should’ve stuck to the walls, now you’ll have to be stripped away

You think you can stand wherever you want to
You think you can hold any hand or two
You think you can cry on any shoulder
You think you’re different now that you’re older

You don’t understand, I must peel the paint
You shouldn’t have started to chip if you wanted to remain
You think you can trust anyone, how’d you get so naive?
Should’ve stuck to the walls, now you’ll have to be stripped away

Paint

Paint (feat. Wesley Byg)

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Lyrics:
Didn't want to ask another question
Didn't want to have to see your face
Didn't want to know how you were doing
Didn't want to stay in this space
Didn't want to fill another notebook
Didn't want to stare at my phone
Didn't want to walk a little farther
Didn't want to have to go home

I am slipping out of consciousness

Filled with hurt from my transgressions
Can't remember what had happened
Each step in the right direction
Is another two steps toward regression
Why'd we think we'd learn a lesson?
The water's impure, the blood is thinning
Taking heed a new discretion
Shredded your former impression

Didn't want to say where I was hiding
Didn't want to have to share my place
Didn't want to talk about my feelings
Didn't want to confront reality
Didn't want to have to leave the ocean
Didn't want to live without mermaids
Didn't want to hear the waves retreating
Didn't want to miss when they collided

I am slipping out of consciousness
Leave my ashes in the basement

Filled with hurt from my transgressions
Can't remember what had happened
Each step in the right direction
Is another two steps toward regression
Why'd we think we'd learn a lesson?
The water's impure, the blood is thinning
Taking heed a new discretion
Shredded your former impression

Where we're going, no car can drive to
Where we're going, the stars are blind to
Where we're going, I'll lie to you
And when we get there, I'll die before you
Skin is burning, tripped on brimstone
Bones are breaking, all over soon
I am slipping, forgot my way home
Leave my ashes, I'm a ruin

Filled with hurt from my transgressions
Can't remember what had happened
Each step in the right direction
Is another two steps toward regression
Why'd we think we'd learn a lesson?
The water's impure, the blood is thinning
Taking heed a new discretion
Shredded your former impression

Regression

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Music Video: https://youtu.be/fCzAucb_zKA

Lyrics:
I hear you breathe in the night
Your body's shaking out of sight
Spiral keeps circling in your blood
You have to turn to make it right
Your mind is falling out your ears
Sticks to your shirt, loosened by tears
Your head topples off with a thud
Your elements return from the pier

I don't bet on horses
I can't tell which ones are fast
I can't discern a shiny hoof
From one that's buried under the track
And I will pretend that everyone wins
Close my eyes at the whistles' din
They could trample me, I wouldn't notice
I'd assume that their mistake was honest

Big eyes have shrunken twice their size
The pond feels nice on ephemeral thighs
Submerge yourself in ash and mud
The fires crave your sullen sighs
Say you gotta run a marathon
Yet your shoes fell off and you're on the lawn
Meet face to face with a fresh bud
It will replace if you don't catch up

I don't bet on horses
I can't tell which ones are fast
I can't discern a shiny hoof
From one that's buried under the track
And I will pretend that everyone wins
Close my eyes at the whistles' din
They could trample me, I wouldn't notice
I'd assume that their mistake was honest

Met with a breeder who sold us a book
About anatomy and mystery and luck
He threw salt in your wound and you started to scream
Luckily, I had a three-leafed clover on me
But then the dirt blurred my vision and it burned
We're tangled in each other and forgot our words
Do you think you can remind me how to read?
All I want is to feel a part of society

I don't bet on horses
I can't tell which ones are fast
I can't discern a shiny hoof
From one that's buried under the track

I Don't Bet on Horses

I Don't Bet On Horses

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Lyrics: 
Can you hold my hand?
I'm scared to walk alone
I don't want to fall
You're my only hope
I want you to trust me
I'll only trust you bare
If I call you interesting
You'll do anything

Treat you like a baby doll
Don't you cry, you're not that small
Why so sad? No reason at all
Tear you down when you drop the ball

You're my bestest friend
Don't you screw this up
I like your fucked-up head
Just have another one
Don't you talk to him
We've got a special love
There's nothing in the end
So, give me what I want

Treat you like a baby doll
Don't you cry, you're not that small
Why so sad? No reason at all
Tear you down when you drop the ball

You don't know what's best for you
I do
Been around a little longer than you
And you're blue
You can have it all if I put this shoe
On you
But glass tends to break when you want it to
And I do

Treat you like a baby doll
Don't you cry, you're not that small
Why so sad? No reason at all
Tear you down when you drop the ball
Treat you like a Russian doll
Get to the core and break the wall
Beat you down 'cause you're too tall
Laugh in your face as you fall

Baby Doll

I watched the movie Tag and then stole the soundtrack to write a breakup song.

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Music Video: https://youtu.be/lmshZu-Zfmk

Lyrics:
I can't wait much longer
Pulled out my last hair
Seeking for some shelter
Siphoning out air
Take comfort in knowing there's help downstairs
Humming to the din of the ambulance flares
But I'm scared, I'm not prepared, you won't be there when I'm aware
They say, "Beware!", but I'm up here with an empty stare, no one to care

Pinned to the mattress with a set of knives
Couldn't trust myself to save my life
Force feeding with a tub of lye
Running out of vices to try

Diamonds on my doorstep
Fighting to budge an inch
She's ripping out my fasteners
But I put them back in
Promised myself that I'd learn to be kind
Promised myself I wouldn't lose my mind
Promised myself that what I lost, I'd find
But promises are hollow words that think they're worthwhile

Pinned to the mattress by a figment
Whispering to me sweet nothings
Force feeding with a tub of lye
Running out of vices to try

I never wanted to be you
I never wanted to be me
I never wanted to be with you
I never wanted to be with me
I still love you
I never really loved you
I'm always gonna love you
I hate me and I love you
I'm always gonna love you
I'm never gonna love you
I want to be part of you
I hate you and I love you

Pinned to the mattress with the weight of my sins
Too distraught to ask for forgiveness
Force feeding with a tub of lye
Running out of vices to try

Nothing compares to the bottle in my hands
Waiting for a better time to die
Running out of vices to try

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Video: https://youtu.be/AYLGP7U2afI

Lyrics:
Green tea dyeing my teeth
Boiled water, flush me down the drain
Let me know what it feels like
To be clean 
Green tea with toasted rice and honey
Trickling down my cheeks
Let me know what it feels like
To be free

Hold me, I can't hold myself up anymore
My hips are crumbling beneath me
Can you pick up my crumbs?
Just the tip of your thumb?
Just the tip of your tongue?
Can I fill up your lungs?
Hold me, I can't hold myself up anymore

Green tea, illuminate my bloodstream
Empty my head, so I don't feel pain
Let me know what it feels like
To be seen
Green tea splashing on my painting
Thinning paper, weakening knees
Let me know what it feels like
To dream 

Hold me, I can't hold myself up anymore
My hips are crumbling beneath me
Can you pick up my crumbs?
Just the tip of your thumb?
Just the tip of your tongue?
Can I fill up your lungs?
Hold me, I can't hold myself up anymore

The Kingdom calls my name
Will you escort me on my way?
I won't demand that you join me
But I'd like it if you'd stay
The Kingdom calls our names
Will you escort me on my way?
The only path to ease the pain
I'd like it if you'd stay

Hold me, I can't hold myself up anymore
My hips are crumbling beneath me
Can you pick up my crumbs?
Just the tip of your thumb?
Just the tip of your tongue?
Can I fill up your lungs?
Hold me, I can't hold myself up anymore
Hold me
Hold me
Hold me

Green Tea

Music Video: https://youtu.be/GVQHcBYfz_w
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Lyrics:
Thought it was a two-sided romance
I'm just a point in space
Reaching out with an offer to line dance
But you're on another plane
Thought your thoughts intersected with mine
As if we drew from the same source
I've misrepresented your condition
You're on a different course

My body is deteriorating at an ever rapid pace
Wish that I'd tried harder when I could still stand up straight
To rectify my mistakes, to see beyond the veil
As my bones crumble beneath my flesh, I must rely on the closest male

Waiting on the corner for a message from beyond
Reached into the ether to try to summon a response

Guess you got too busy for this innocuous freak
Twirling on about her whims, ignoring reality
You deserve someone tougher, not a liability
Someone who's cheeks have color, someone born from the sea

My body is deteriorating, but at least I have my brain
Though it's feeling useless, farming on used terrain
Should have counted my blessings when I was tossed between the hate
Chose the lesser evil, I should be grateful not the antisaint

Hope you're braver than my dog
And that you like my cane
People stare at me for my age
Wonder if I am fake

Thought it was a two-sided romance
I'm just a point in space
Reaching out with an offer to line dance
But you're on another plane
Well, we had a good thing going on
But time has taught his lesson
And though I heard you're already gone
I never learned to listen

Single-Celled Organism

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Lyrics:
Put down your keys
Seeing two where there's three
Elephants are dancing
At the tea party
Heal your lips
Shouldn't kiss every fist
When there's no honor to defend
Her mind belongs to other men
So innocent
Bambi eyes, a woman's hips
Please just use your legs tonight
Don't let the intruders win
Tattooed desk
Lines tracing down her neck
Please don't throw it all tonight
You are not your own friend

There is no pride in being flawed
Swallow the lump when you head home
You can try if you want
And try if you can
But you've got nothing to flaunt
If you stick to your plan
Her heart extends in a million directions
But it's stopped extending to you
You can try if you want
And try if you can
But you're growing gaunt
To make her understand

Swinging knees
Dangling from a tree
There is no "I-N-G"
Doesn't matter what you bring
Ascending
Denying human needs
Taste of enlightenment
On the brink of destruction
Don't pretend
She's with a friend of a friend
Of a friend with no end
Awaiting resurrection
Your maiden
Basks in obliviousness
The sun illumined her core
Too many options to pour

Hold your head between your thighs
Cover your neck, don't let out a cry
Can't let them know that you're inside
Looking on with empty eyes

There is no pride in being flawed
Swallow the lump when you head home
You can try if you want
And try if you can
But you've got nothing to flaunt
If you stick to your plan
Her heart extends in a million directions
But it's stopped extending to you
You can try if you want
And try if you can
But you're growing gaunt
To make her understand

You don't have to hold her hand
You don't have to hold her hand
You don't have to hold her hand
Let her fall
You don't have to hold her head
You don't have to hold her head
You don't have to hold her head
Let her fall

Hold your head
Don't let it slip out again
You need to protect your center
Don't let the intruders enter
I know you want to prove
To prove you're a real man
But that don't mean anything
If you can't love your woman

You don't have to hold her hand
You don't have to hold her hand
You don't have to hold her hand
Let her fall
You don't have to hold her head
You don't have to hold her head
You don't have to hold her head
Let her fall

Let her fall
She's no longer a China doll
You couldn't hold her in your arms
So, let her go

Alleyway Dust

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