Brightside

I Know It Hurts

Old song I wrote/recorded right after high school. Words unintelligible and I don't really have the lyrics anymore, I don't think.

When I Was a Kid

Untitled (rough cut)

If there’s a reason to feel obsolete
There’s a reason inside of me
This bard’s been stoppered up
No choir, no quiet

Lucifer is the only one in heaven
Deep down is every pope and every reverend
I don’t wanna be where the sinless preach to me
Endlessly
That sounds like hell to me

Write me in as the main antagonist in your
Newest revision of your oldest, holiest
Backwards account of history
That billions won’t read

Oh baby, get down on your knees
Wrap your hands tight, but
Open your mouth wide
Baby, get down on your knees for me
Don’t pray
Don’t prey on me

Lucifer is the only one in heaven
Deep down is every pope and every reverend
I don’t wanna be where the sinless preach to me
Endlessly
That sounds like hell to me

Write me in as the main antagonist in your
Newest revision of your oldest, holiest
Backwards account of history
The billions will breed

But you won’t get me
But you won’t get me
But you won’t get me
You won’t

Criminal in the Kingdom

I was born with auxiliary inputs
Composite cables and an off switch
Cable, TV, DVR
Dial-up and a car

I got problems that you don’t know
I got problems that I can’t show
I got problems, whoa-oh

I live my life without a hitch
My demographic makes me rich
Lincoln, Jackson, Benjamin
I’ll die happy in the end

I got problems that you don’t know
I got problems that I can’t show
I got problems, whoa-oh

I am a simple boy
Oh-whoa-oh

Simple Boy

You probably think you’re pretty cool
You’ve developed your own set of rules
By which
You live your life by
And expect everyone to live them too

But you don’t know
We all think you’re an asshole
You don’t know that we’ve got our
Own rules too
Congrats!

You don’t know
We all think you’re an asshole
You don’t know that we’ve got
Our own lives too
You don’t know
The world doesn’t give a shit
How much you insult
Or degrade your friends
Congrats!

Stingray

Come Back Home

I was a baby once, puking on my mother’s clothes
I don’t remember much, but I’m sure that it was the worst
But somehow she saw a light
And found it in her to sacrifice her nights
And she loves me
And I love her
Even now

My second year of college, I got dumped and thrown on the ground
That’s all I’ve got to say, because the rest is about how I drowned
In sorrow and in music
I screamed and refused to believe it
But I made it out
And here I am
I am alive

It’s funny how life works out sometimes
Even piece of shits can make the world shine bright
I stopped believing in revolution, but hey
Now I know about convolution
Cause the world ain’t simple
And the people ain’t either
I can’t sum it up here
But I can show I’m a believer
In the human race
In what we can create
Hold on
Come on, hold on

It wasn’t much longer til I met a beautiful girl
And after that, not much til she saw me hurl
I drank myself stupid
With a bottle of whiskey playing cupid
I let it all out
She brushed my hair
We fell in love

She saw me puke the second I got out of the car
I fell down the stairs, but don’t remember getting that far
I threw up on myself
It was clear I needed her help
And I love her
And she loves me
Even now

It’s funny how life works out sometimes
Even piece of shits can make the world shine bright
I stopped believing in revolution, but hey
Now I know about convolution
Cause the world ain’t simple
And the people ain’t either
I can’t sum it up here
But I can show I’m a believer
In the human race
In what we can create
Hold on
Come on, hold on

Puke

There are ways of keeping healthy
That they teach you when you’re young
Wash your hands, brush your teeth
Get your vitamin C

But I prefer to roll around in filth
Don’t keep me clean, but it keeps me well
It’s the only way I can get that thrill
Acting like this world just stands still

Never told me bout mental illness
Bout growing up as a disappointment
Depression it seems lost taboo
Yet, talking about it still seems rude

Good thinking says I should just smoke weed
Drink down the bottle, get back on my feet
Mix them with the medication for the perfect result
The greatest euphoria that I've ever felt

Yeah, I prefer to roll around in filth
No keeping clean in this personal hell
It’s the only way I can get that thrill
Acting like this world just stands still

Garbage Elitist