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Promise You Won't Scream

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The Bard

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A Thousand Songs About It All: Act 1

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Lyrics:
so i saw a blue haired boy
crossin the road the other day
i didnt say much of anything
he said he liked my hair,
bleached but slightly green

i replayed the whole thing
over and over and over and
over and over and over and
each time remembered it differently

had i made a whole conversation up in my head?
over the things i could’ve done or i could’ve said
guess it makes sense when a poet
doesn’t know it in the moment
but writes a banger down on paper
some time later
see, i know what to say, just not in the moment

hey, blue haired boy,
please come back my way
i finally know what to say to you ;)

i like your boots but your laces are coming loose
hope you didn’t trip since i didn’t warn you

you’ve probably already forgotten about me and my hair thats blonde and bleached but slightly green

you’ve probably already forgotten about me and my hair thats blonde and bleached but slightly green

Blue Haired Boy

Nepotism
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Lyrics:
id line up my stuffies pretend i have something worth sharing with them 
and like a bear sleepin in his den they couldn’t care less
and at the fifth grade talent show i sang
my voice it shook and rang through the room
and my teacher whispered to my mom “not to be rude…

but every kid wants to be famous”

and her son always won best of show
but the funny thing was she always was a judge on the panel

“every kid wants to be famous”

id march through the flowers singing for hours
my voice was still small
and i was short but i always stood up tall as tall as i could

and when the sixth grade finally rolled along i sung another song that i wrote 
and i was glad but i didnt have high hopes i didnt have high hopes

cause every kid wants to be famous
every kid wants to shine bright
but the only ribbon that was given away that night 
was to the son who always won best of show

im never gonna let go of it im never gonna let go
im never gonna let go of this watch me never let it go

this town is small
so don’t pretend you haven’t seen me now
this town is small so don’t pretend you haven’t seen me now

ohhhh every kid wants to be famous 
yet her son always won best of show 
ohhhh nepotism
yes i said it
still upset and you’ll regret it 
every kid wants to be famous

never gonna let go of this
ill sing about it every show never gonna let go oh no oh oh

dont pretend you havent seen me now
this town is small so dont pretend you havent seen me now 
this world is small so dont pretend you havent seen me now 
now that im not so small id like to see you try and tear me down

Nepotism

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lyrics:

what if i woke up and decided
i wanna dress like a pirate

i’m pretty tired of folding clothes
every day down at target

well maybe someday ill sail the sea
glad i woke up to write this song
if it makes me enough money
i’ll be gone gone gone gone gone

don’t wanna spread any hate
or do much plunderin to ya
just wanna map that may or may not
lead me to buried moola

oh i blame it all on my dad
he’d always urge me to play along
makin movies in the backyard
oh my heart is too far gone

well maybe someday ill sail the sea
be the hero of my own tale
if i die before then maybe
i’ll reincarnate as a whale

where’s the green flag
where’s my go head
wanna do something
crazy before i’m dead
lotsa red flags
i’m ignoring them
don’t need a ship
guess a raft would be alright instead
just get me out of here
just get me out of here

one day i woke up and decided i wanna dress like a pirate
i’m pretty tired of folding clothes every day down at target

well maybe someday ill sail that sea
be the hero of my own life
if it makes me enough money
i’ll finally quit my 9-to-5

well just you watch ima sail that sea
glad i woke up to write this song
when it makes me enough money
ill be gone gone gone gone gone
gone gone gone gone gone
gone gone gone gone gone
gone gone gone gone gone

Dress Like A Pirate

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Gone By Morning

[Voiceover: yeah, I don’t think my mind’s really changed from the start. Yeah, but I, and you’re right, I can just stick around and figure it out, but I don’t really want to]

I shouldn’t relate to villains in cartoons
As much as I do
Guess that I need to
Grow a handle bar mustache
As soon as I do
I’ll fit the part
That you want me to (but I mean, uh…)

If you really truly want me gone by morning
I’ll do you one better, I’ll head out right now

I want to
Go any way where no one knows my name
Make it an adventure and never ever be the same
And I’d be to blame
Only me to blame
When I miss my appointments
And lose all my friends in this silly game of
Life would be alright if I left tonight
It’d never be the same
I’d gladly take the blame

I want to relate to heroes in cartoons
But I’m no Mary-Sue
Don’t know what to do
I don’t mean to wallow
Here in my sorrow
If heroes don’t cry then neither do I (I don’t cry) (Um but…)

If really truly want me gone by morning
I’ll do you one better, I’ll head out right now

I want to go any way where no one knows my name
Make it an adventure and never ever be the same
And I’d be to blame
Only me to blame
When I miss my appointments 
And lose who I am in this silly game of
Life would be alright if I left tonight
It’d never be the same
I’d gladly take the blame

I’m just a line in your book
You’re all the pages in mine
Why does it seem to happen like that every time
I’m just a line
I’m just a line
I’m just a line
I’m just a line
I’m just a line
I’m just a moment in time
A single beat and then I’m
Gone just as quick as I came
We never get to rewind
I’m skipping town, I’m leaving now, I’m leaving I’m
Leaving before I’m out of time

Cause I, oh I

I want to go somewhere where no one knows my name
Say hi to every stranger
And never outgrow video games
And I’d be to blame, oh I’d be to blame
When I lose my job, to dress like a pirate every day of my 
Life would be alright if I left tonight
It’d never be the same
And I’d gladly take the blame
It’d never be the same
Where no one knows my name (ooo)

Where no one knows my name

Gone By Morning

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lyrics:

Where do snails go during the day?
They’re probably somewhere playing video games
I’m sad they feel the need to go away
Go away

Where’s the chapel where the mantis pray?
The leaves grow green then fall away
In reddish shades that crumple under six long legs
Leading me along, the children sing a song
And I’d like to turn around
But I know I’m not that strong

I’m missing a house
That I’ve never called home
I’m missing a time that I’ve never known
I remember a tree, had a whole leaf of my own
But now we’re reaching spring
Was it just a dream? I don’t know

I don’t know
What do I know?
What do I know?
What do I know?

They warn of snakes in search of prey
The stories scare me so I stay
At the chapel where the mantis pray
And every day
They lead me along
The children hum a hymn
And I’d like to run away
But to leave would be a sin

I’m missing a house
That I’ve never called home
I’m missing a time that I’ve never known
I remember a song, I sung along
But how did it go?
Well, now I’m reaching spring
Probably just a dream
I should let go

Six legs, tippy tappy toes
Climbing to the podium on Sunday
I was a tadpole at the time
So I don’t remember much
About what he had to say

Faces, beady little eyes
Larva always cries
Beetle does the same
Now it remains a dream
A distant memory that itches my brain

Six legs, tippy tappy toes
Climbing to the podium on Sunday
I was a bunny (I was a kitten) at the time
So I don’t remember much
About what he had to say

Faces, beady little eyes
Larva always cries
Beetle does the same
Now it remains a dream
A distant memory that itches my brain

Now it remains a dream
A distant memory that itches my brain

Now it remains a dream
A distant memory that itches my brain

The Chapel

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lyrics:

I think I really miss my bed
Oh when, oh when will the nightmare end?
I had it good, I had it good
And yet I left and can't retrace my steps
My steps

You’re gonna be eaten by a coyote
Run little one
Though the pack may follow
Two quite thin, their brother fatter
You can still win, just gotta be faster

Run for the yard
They’ve barred up the gutter
That was our route better find another
Was that a rabbit?
Really not
Like the one I’ve seen on a cereal box

And the birds don’t talk
Like the ones on screen
Have they really domesticated me?
And the birds don’t talk
Like the ones on screen
Have they really domesticated me?

(instrumental)

Cotton tail gonna end up in jail
Wrong place wrong time
Bad tune but it rhymed
And lined up perfectly to blame
The one who is far too tame
And he say:

Out, let me in, let me in, let me out
Stop telling me all about your problems
I been to hell, still in, get me out
Whatever they are I don’t know how to solve 'em

Out, let me in, let me in, let me out
Stop telling me all about your problems
I been to hell, still in, get me out
Whatever they are I don’t know how to solve 'em

Say, is that the kid from the milk carton?
Can I do anything when I’m also missing?
Something tells me kid
Never learned to swim
But can I do anything when I’m also drowning?

(instrumental)

Think I forgot a couple things
My brain is still at home
Home's far away
I really thought that life was one big race
But now I know it's one big chase

You can still win, just gotta be faster
You can, you can, you can, you can win

You can still win, just gotta be

I think I really miss my bed
Oh when, oh when will the nightmare end?
I had it good, I had it good
And yet I left and can't retrace my steps

Think I forgot a couple things
My brain is still at home (stop telling me all about your problems)
Home's far away
I really thought that life was one big race
But now I know it's one big chase (oh)

You’re gonna be eaten by a coyote
Run little one
Though the pack may follow
Two quite thin, their brother fatter
You can still win, just gotta be

You’re gonna be eaten by a coyote
Run little one
Though the pack may follow
Two quite thin, their brother fatter
You can still win, just gotta be

You can still win, just gotta be

Oh, the air is thick
Kinda makes me sick
Can I give CPR when I'm suffocating?

And the birds don't sing
Like the ones on screen
Have they really domesticated me? (I can still win, just gotta be)
Have they really domesticated me? (I can still win, just gotta be)
Have they really domesticated me? (I can still win, just gotta be)

Have they really domesticated me? (faster!)

The Milk Carton

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lyrics:

(Madilyn Mei)
Kissin’ the bees, tippin’ the trees
For the ease of a breeze they make 
Crossin at the light, hands held tight
Tonight we’ll make pancakes 

I don’t wanna live in worry 

(Madilyn & Addison) 
Oh no no no
 Not again 
I don’t wanna be a story 
Oh no no no
Not yet 

Sleepin’ in the kitchen
Singin’ in the mornin
Someday when it's over
What is there to tell? 

Carin’ more than I show
Lovin’ more than you know 
But someday when it’s over
What is there to tell? 

(Addison Grace)
I don’t wanna be a tragedy
A means to make amends
I don’t wanna be a memory
A picture, happy end

(Madilyn & Addison)
I don’t wanna be a story
Oh no no no
Not yet

Cats in the backyard 
Drivin’ off to nowhere 
Someday when it's over 
What is there to tell? 

Followin’ in footsteps 
Followin’ a routine 
Someday when you're mourning 
What is there to tell?  

(Addison Grace)
I keep on singing the same songs 

(Addison & Madilyn)
Honey, I know honeymilk cannot drown out the guilt 
Keep saying I wanna move on 
But if I don’t let it last it’ll end just as fast as it started 

(Addison) 
Goin in reverse, days I’ve rehearsed
Finding where I went wrong 

(Madilyn)
Remake my bed, restart my head

(Madilyn & Addison)
Undo it all and all 
I don’t wanna be a story 
Oh no no no 

Sleepin’ in the kitchen (Kissin’ the bees, tippin’ the trees)
Singin’ in the morning (For the ease of a breeze they make)
Someday when it's over (Crossin at the light, hands held tight)
What is there to tell? (Tonight we’ll make pancakes)
Sleepin’ in the kitchen (I don’t wanna be a tragedy) 
Singin’ in the morning (A means to make amends) 
Someday when you're mourning (I don’t wanna be a memory)
A picture, happy end

Sleeping in the Kitchen

Sleeping In The Kitchen feat. Addison Grace

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Lyrics:
Tea leaves sit at the bottom of my cup
I hate the taste but I’m sick
You heat it and I hold it mostly just to warm my hands
I'm more of a hot cocoa kid

You could never swallow pills when you were young
But now you seem to have no problem

Tea leaves sit at the bottom of my cup
You ask me “jelly, jam, or butter?”
You’re busy in the other room
Doing who knows what
Bread burns, but you make another

Smoke from the toast is a breath of fresh air

Tear drops sit at the bottom of my cup
Why does everyone place faith in the future?
Looking for umbrellas for when the drought is done
We found a pretty one on the computer

I don’t understand why you hurt you
When you take such good care of me

Am I allowed to be sad about these things?

To Exist With You

Tea Leaves

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Lyrics:
Cloud makers make pollution
There's a lady on a mountain smokin’ who knows what
Just breathe through your mouth
And dont roll the windows down

Hold your breath in every tunnel
Gimme a boost into the caboose of the train
Don't worry if we’re trespassing 
Just take a picture or two

I love to exist with you
I do I do I do
I love to exist with you
I do I do I do
I do I do I do

The Earth keeps growing, the towns are ruins
It's hard to think that anybody ever lived here once
I’d move away
Far to another place

The ghosts are haunting
Spirits knocking
On every door, it's still shocking
Cell service is non-existent
Home is somewhere distant in the
Desert somewhere that direction
Somewhere that way west

I love to exist with you
I do I do I do
I love to exist with you
I do I do I do
I do I do I do

Don’t break the rules of the road
Just take the scenic route away from home, home
Don’t break the rules of the road
Just take the scenic route away from home, home

There's a lady on a mountain smokin’ who knows what
There's a family of cows on a hill doin’ who knows what
Why we stop on the side of a busy road, I'm not sure
We’re here for a good time
Not for a long time
But hopefully we don't get hurt

(1, 2, 3, 4!)

Cuz I love to exist with you
I do I do I do

I love to exist with you
I do I do I doooo-oo-oo

I love to exist with you
I do I do I do-oo

I love to exist with you
I do hoo-hoo oo-oo
I do hoo-hoo oo-oo
ooooo

bum bum bum ba dum
(woo!)

(da da da)
la da da da da da da da
(da da da!)

la da da da
da-dum

la da da da
da-daaaaaaa
dum
da da da
dummmm

To Exist With You (Reimagined)

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Lyrics:
Kleptomaniacrow
Following me wherever I go
Hoping I’ll drop something so
He can add to his collection
He likes the shiniest things
Dangling trinkets
Coins and beads
Offered up some crumbs to eat
But he didn’t seem interested

Kleptomaniacrow
Why follow I?
I’ve not much stowed away
In my pockets today
You have an eye on my necklace

You start a strange charade, a dance,
A’beckon me to follow
So like you always do I follow you this time
You lead me far away
Didn’t take you for a tour guide
You and I, parading by,
Deep into the wood

Oh Kleptomaniacrow
Leading me somewhere I don’t know
And to my horror you led
Me to a body at rest and
There I stood shocked by your side
For to my surprise the body was mine
Did that mean I was a ghost?
I don’t remember dying

And as I stood there crying
Over my own lifeless body
You felt the time was right to snatch
The locket you'd been eyeing
To my demise I realized too late
And with the pull 
The corpse had disappeared
And off you flew holding my soul

“Finders Keepers"
Written in chicken scratch
On my tombstone
Nice touch, thanks for that
Guess that grim reaper
Knew I’d never grow old
Awful funny sendin’ birds to do your work though

“Finders Keepers"
Well you finally have my soul
But little do you know
That necklace is
That necklace is

“Finders Keepers"
Written in chicken scratch
On my tombstone
Gonna pay for that
Couldn't know better
Who knew death would come
With feathers
Who knew he'd send a greedy beak
A’peckin at my feet, oh 

“Finders Keepers"
Well you finally have my soul
But, word to your crow,  though
That necklace is fools gold

Kleptomaniacrow

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Lyrics:
Pumpkin head
Flower bed
Just a gourd in a garden
What I’d give
For my own
Flesh and bone
For a day

Silly dreams, are they not?
In the end we all decay and rot
Still I wish to live outside
This hollowed head of mine
Did I exist if I was only ever thoughts? 

Time is fleeting, seasons change
I’m a fool, but still I pray
For my own flesh and bone for one day

Flesh and Bone

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Lyrics:
I must be a sheep in wolf’s clothing
I wanna be mean
Haven’t found my growl
If you follow me I wont know what to do
Planned on following you
Planned on following you

I’ll blow your house down
If that’s what all the other wolves do
And I try I try I try I try I try
To fake my way
To become brave
To howl at the moon
To be just like you

I think I’m a sheep in wolf’s clothing
Only thought I think I’ve thought for myself
One day my whole brain had fallen out of my pocket 
Now it collects dust on a shelf

I’ll blow your house down
If that’s what all the other wolves do
And I try I try I try I try I try
To prove my place
To change my face
To do what you do

I’ll blow your house down
If that’s what all the other wolves do
And I lie I lie I lie I lie awake at night
Counting all my old friends as I try to fall asleep
Forgot what they, what they, what they, what they look like
I hope that they have not forgotten me

Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

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Lyrics:
Met you at the cemetery
We caught frogs and moths and beetles
We discussed our deepest fears
Yours are ghosts, mine is people

If I had a heart it’d beat right out my chest
Right now I think I
Have something to tell you
Just promise me one thing

I have something to tell you
Promise you won't scream

But would you be my friend
If I told you that I died years ago?
Would you be my friend if I never told a lie?
Some things hard to hear though

Would it be better if we didn’t?
If you never knew the truth of my existence?
Would you ever be friends with a ghost?

Saw you sitting on a gravestone
Crossing through on my way home
I said “hi” and you looked shocked

“Wait, you can see me?"

“Ah so it talks!"

Catching bugs and chasing toads

“They were frogs"

"What's the difference?"

I said I’m afraid of ghosts
You're afraid of our existence

Would you be my friend
If I told you that I died years ago?
Would you be my friend if I
Never told a lie?
Some things hard to hear though

Would it be better if we didn’t?
If you never knew the truth of my existence?
Would you ever be friends with a ghost?

I don't want you to know a single thing about me
But I wanna know all there's to know about you

I don't want you to know a single thing about me
But I wanna know all there's to know about you

Met you at the cemetery
We caught bugs and frogs and feelings

“Wait did i just say that? Sorry!”

“Yeah you should be!
We caught bugs and toads and feelings!”

I would be your friend
No matter dead or alive
Losing my mind going mad

I'll be around
Til the day that I die
You and I can’t forget
Don’t regret what we had

Would it be better if we never
Met each other, never stayed together?
Would you stick around with all that you know?

(Nice to meet you
Taking your time
I think I’m a sheep in wolf’s clothing
Time is fleeting
Knew I’d never grow old
Seasons change)

I don't want you to know a single thing about me
But I wanna know all there's to know about you

I don't want you to know a single thing about me
But I wanna know all there's to know about you

At The Cemetery

At The Cemetery feat. cloudkissed

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Lyrics:
Nice to meet you
I’m a cryptid
I don’t scare off many children
They just laugh it makes me livid
I’m not scary
Like I should be
Play with dolls when
No one’s looking

Dad is Bigfoot
Mom is Nessie
Can’t just say “I tried my best,” see
They're expecting so much more I
Couldn’t care less, but I still try
I’ll go hairless
Grow some more eyes

Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you

They see right through me
Can I blame them?
Till I scare ‘em, I stay nameless
Movies set the bar too high
I need a win before I die
I can’t begin to want to try
Yet I still do

Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you

At the naming ceremony
Everyone else, their lives were all forming
But maybe I’ll earn it

At the naming ceremony
(I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m…)
What if my parents loathe me? Disown me?
(Who am I? Oh, who do I think I am? Think I am?)
If I don't earn it

At the naming ceremony
(I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m…)
Should've been gifted, should've been perfect
(What’s my name?)
But I couldn't even learn it

At the naming ceremony
Nobody told me congratulations

I didn’t earn it
I don’t deserve it

Nice to meet you
I’m a cryptid
Chose my own name
Now I’m Mildred
It’s no “Mothman”
“Chupacabra”
But it’s mine and
I deserve it
It’s my name and
I deserve it
It's my own and
I deserve it

Cryptid

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Lyrics:
When you’re gone I feel alone again
The voices cannot hold my hand
They keep me company at very best
Distract me from my loneliness

Maybe I’m just an anomaly
Even my demons have their families
Truly something must be wrong with me
To need you as much as I do

I was never meant to win
I was never meant to win
I was never meant to win

Shut up!

Here’s the reigns
Take ahold of me
Please don’t let me go

You do the talking
Sew up my mouth if I can’t keep it closed

There’s a dog barking right around the block
And a big ol’ whistle blow

Run for it
I’ll keep em occupied for you
Cause I love you, I love you so

Left me hangin at the station
But you’ll be back for me soon

I’m ‘bout to die
Yet the only thing I find i'm worried about is you

Something tells me you aren’t coming
Guess that I’m truly doomed

I’m 'bout to die
Yet the only thing I find I’m worried about is you
I’m 'bout to die
Yet the thing on my mind seems to nearly be nothing but you

I overhear your brain when it’s close to mine
Oh, I know that we’re not the same
My heart’s on the line

I’m just a pawn in your game
Not your partner in crime

And you’re slowly killing me
Taking your time
You’re slowly killing me
Taking your time

You’re slowly killing me
Taking your- (I was never meant to win)
You’re slowly killing me
Taking your- (I was never meant to win)

You’re slowly killing me
And yet I don’t mind (You were never meant to win)
You’re slowly killing me
But please take your time

Garden Jargon

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Lyrics:

If we split up the group
Can I be paired with you?
Not for any reason
Other than the fact I think
We make for a good team
A side story or two
Slay a couple dragons together
and I can’t help but 
I can’t help but think that
maybe you and me
could kinda sorta
I’m not sure where this sentence is going
Um

I can’t help but think that
Maybe you and I
Could possibly try
To take on a side quest sometime

If we split from the team
But you wanna follow me
Or I could follow you
Come on let’s do our own thing

I sound like such a flirt
But usually this works
Something about you just leaves me all fidgety 
Speechless and wishing we were
Something a little bit more than the friends that we are
But I’ll take this if it means I get
To be around you 

I wanna make stories to put on a shelf
I wanna protect who can’t protect themself
I wanna do everything I can and more
So do you accept my side quest or-

I wanna make stories to put on a shelf
I wanna protect you when you can’t yourself
I wanna do everything I can and more
So do you accept my side quest or-
Do I gotta woo you a little bit more?

Side Quest Song

Out now! https://ffm.to/poppinskittles 🍬

Music & Art by Madilyn Mei
Produced & Mixed by Scrawny
Mastered by Joe Hutchinson

Lyrics:

I'll play the husband and you’ll
Walk down the aisle
Say “I do” with a smile
Playing house for a while
Taking antidepressants
Poppin Skittles with breakfast
Imaginary problems for the plot
But we’ll solve em, won't we?

(Da da da da da da)
(P-o-p-p-i-n)

And when we're older maybe
We’ll have a couple babies
They'll all be plastic with those googly eyeballs
But they'll probably take after you
So they’ll be the coolest kids
We’ll raise them much better than
Either of our parents did 

(Da da da da da da)
(P-o-p-p-i-n)

Pour another cup of Joe mama
Cracking eggs and jokes in pajamas
Pour another cup of (your mom!)
I joke, I’d like one Americana
Americano? I really don’t know
I just got here, what’s a macchiato?
Cappuccino mocha lungo espresso
Cortado drip affogato ristretto
Where are the pictures? Speaking in riddles
Gimme a cocoa to go with my Skittles

I change my mind, I think I
Wanna play wife and you can, uh
Become a stay at home dad!
(At least until dinner time)
And we can take turns reading
Each other bedtime stories
(Well, once we learn to read)
I know how to almost spell my name!
Same time tomorrow?

(Da da da da da da)

Poppin Skittles

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Lyrics:

My finger paints aren’t great
But I still hang them on my fridge 
Reminds me of the fun I had 
Whenever I look at it
No I am not Picasso or Da Vinci or who knows who
Tho I am not the best by far I sure like what I do

(Alright, guys! On your mark, get set-) 

Slow down take a nap, I’ll catch up to you
Run laps around me but we’ll both burn out soon
The finish line’s close and you’ve nothing to prove
And tho I’m behind, I need a nap too
Cause tho I’m a tortoise, I’ve nothing to prove
Tho I’m a tortoise, I’ve nothing to prove

Death is marching

A slap on the wrist
A tomb made of stone
A casket awaiting a nap (Oh, oh, oh)
We all end up six feet below
Bury me in my favorite hat
The medals I've won from the races I’ve run
On display back home with my cat 
We all end up six feet below
So why should we care ‘bout all that?

I run my mouth and I will ’til I’m old
And things may not be as the forecaster told
Guess they wanted me to show off what I do
But I couldn’t care any less to show you 
Cause tho I’m a hare, I’ve got nothing to prove 
Tho I’m a hare, I’ve got nothing to prove 

Death is marching

Two cozy little caskets, cardboard boxes, earthy holes 
Can I hang our favorite pictures on the walls of moss and mold? 
(Death is marching, death is marching, death is marching- death is- death is marching- death is-) 

Death is marching steadfast toward us (Two cozy little caskets)
It doesn't care if you're bronze, silver or gold (cardboard boxes, earthy holes)
If I reach the end before you
Will you lend your hand to hold?
Will you lend your hand to hold?

Slow down take a nap, I'll catch up to you
Run laps around me but we’ll both burn out soon
They’ll pit us against one another, it's true
And tho we are different we’ve nothing to prove
Tho I’m a tortoise, I’ve nothing to prove
Tho you’re a hare, you’ve got nothing to prove
Tho we are different, we’ve nothing to prove
Oh tho I’m a tortoise, I’ve nothing to prove

Tho I'm A Tortoise

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Lyrics:

Did God send you
Marching in?
Steadfast and true
To the end

Cut your long hair
Be a man
Kneel to the servant
Call him your King
Do what you must and then

Run, go back to your home
History is no one’s friend
Now you’ll never be known
As only Joan again
As only Joan again

Were you who they
Say you were
Lost to time
Stories blurred

Was your hair
Brown or blonde?
Were you ever there?
Either way, now you’re gone

Run, go back to your home
History is no one’s friend
Now you’ll never be known
As only Joan again

Run, go back to your home
History is no one’s friend
Now you’ll never be known
As only Joan again
As only Joan again

Oh Joan

I’ll twist and I’ll change
My name rearrange
Time makes us inhuman

I’ll live and I’ll die
But if immortalized
You’ll never be you again

Joan

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Lyrics:

Humming along
Just a Bard with a song

I thought I knew me better
Playing it safe was
Never my game, guess
I should’ve known I’d never
Feel satisfied
Why’m I surprised? Why?

Why am I always
Standing on the brink of something?
Just out of my reach
I’m standing on the brink of something
New that I want, I know that it’s almost mine
Yet something tells me I’ll
Somehow always be
Standing on the brink of something new

I’d beg the universe to
Throw me a bone, but I know
I’m doing fine and just won’t
Settle for fine, it’s my fault

Making them proud, stil I can’t
Seem to slow down to take a
Breathe in, breathe out
I’ll rest when I settle down in the ground

Why am I always
Standing on the brink of something?
Just out of my reach
I’m standing on the brink of something
New that I want, I know that it’s almost mine
Yet something tells me I’ll
Somehow always be
Standing on the brink of something new

Learning it doesn’t
Matter the things
That I accomplish
I’ll always be
I’ll always be

Standing on the brink of something
Just out of my reach
I’m standing on the brink of everything
That I want, never the time
to celebrate yesterday’s victory when I’ll
Somehow I’ll always be
Standing on the brink of something new

Standing on the brink of
Standing on the brink of
Standing on the brink of (Call me the Bard)
Standing on the brink of (Tho I’m a tortoise, I’ve got nothing to prove)
Standing on the brink of (Now you’ll never be known)
Standing on the brink of (To take on a side quest sometime)
Standing on the brink of (Death is marching steadfast toward us)
Standing on the brink of (See me the same way that I see you)
Standing on the brink of (Call me the Bard)
Standing on the brink of
Everything

The Brink

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Lyrics:

Always the artist
Never the muse
Crave your attention
You don't have a clue
Keep locking eyes from across crowded rooms
Did you catch my glance or were you looking too?

Always the poet
Never the poetry
Wanna be somebody you only see
Once in your life but remember forever
Eyes sharp as knife
Hair soft as a feather

Compare me to a
Summer’s day
Something romantic
Yet charmingly clever

I-
Wanna become all of the rays of the sun
Shining down on your face on a warm day
I wanna be the fresh ocean breeze
Fall to your knees at my feet
And beg me to pose
Beg me to be
Your Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore
Write of my smile, sculpt me in clay
Use every metaphor you can to say that
I’m your muse
See me the same way that I see you
I’m your muse
See me the same way that I see-

You
You
You

Always the viewer
Never the view
Never the messy
Yet sweet ingenue
Romanticize me
Fantasize about all the ways I’d ruin your life
We keep locking eyes from across crowded rooms
Did you catch my glance or were you looking too?
Overthink every time that we speak
Then write up a song dedicated to me

I-
Wanna become all of the rays of the sun
Shining down on your face on a warm day
I wanna be the fresh ocean breeze
Fall to your knees at my feet
And beg me to pose
Beg me to be
Polyhymnia, Clio, Urania, please
Write of my smile, sculpt me in clay
Use every metaphor you can to say that
I’m your muse
See me the same way that I see you
I’m your muse
See me the same way that I see-

You
You
You

Guess this is what I wanted
What I set out to do
So why do I feel so small?
A fly on the wall?
Someone just notice me
Don’t let me only be
Just what I guess I wanted
Stuck in a bird’s eye view
Tell why do I feel small?
A fly on the wall?
Someone just notice me
Don't let me only be

Always the artist
Never the muse
Crave your attention
You don’t have a clue
Romanticize me
Fantasize about all the ways I’d ruin your life
Sailor and siren
Just drown in my eyes
Something erotic
That gives butterflies
Call me your pearl
Your sweet Gibson girl
I’m selfish, I’m vain
Just say I’m your world

I wanna become all of the rays of the sun
Shining down on your face on a warm day
I wanna be the fresh ocean breeze
Fall to your knees at my feet
And beg me to pose
Beg me to be
Your Calliope, Thalia, Melpomene
Write of my smile, sculpt me in clay
Use every metaphor you can to say that
I’m your muse
See me the same way that I see you
I’m your muse
See me the same way that I see-

You

Never The Muse

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Lyrics:

I used to lead
With my head as my feet
My heart used to be irrelevant

Yearning for more
A place in the score
My soundtrack would be excellent

How many tales will I tell
Til I go on my own adventure? (own adventure)
Strumming along
Just a bard with a song
So they all remember

So they all
So they all

I’m bored again
Guess I’ll pretend
I’m from distant magic land

How very hard
To be a bard
In San Tan Valley, Arizona

Romanticize my silly life
Khaki armor
Quest to Wal-Mart

Someday I’ll die
But for now I’m alive
So hand me a pen
And call me The Bard

(Louder!)
(Second Verse!)

Lately I think
I’ve been stuck on the brink
Afraid to leave all that I know behind

Word spreading now
Of a bard town to town
My music and I
Blooming here online

Orpheus sings for a Eurydice
Who is gone for good now (gone for good now)
What would I lose if I was in his shoes
If I turn around?

It’s a lonely path, Isn’t it?
Of a bard with an itch
To do more than he knows how

More than he knows
More than he-

I’m bored again
Guess I’ll pretend
I’m from distant magic land

How very hard
To be a bard
In San Tan Valley, Arizona

Romanticize my silly life
Khaki armor
Quest to Wal-Mart

Someday I’ll die
But for now I’m alive
Send me on tour
And call me The Bard

Places to be
And people to meet
Stories to tell
To the curious listener

Someday I’ll change
My name rearrange
And when I return
I may not know my face
But I’ll try to be brave
On the brink that I contemplate
Going beyond til the grave

Cause there’s always
Another quest waiting
To take me and make me
A little less wise
And a little more lost
Cause the more that I know
The more that I don’t
And I’m chasing it now
I’m leaving this town
I’m writing my findings
And not slowing down

I’m bored again
Guess I’ll pretend
I’m from distant magic land

How very hard
To be a bard
In San Tan Valley, Arizona

Romanticize my silly life
Khaki armor
Quest to Wal-Mart

Someday I’ll die
But for now I’m alive

So call me The Bard
Call me The Bard
The Bard

Call Me The Bard
Call Me The Bard
Call Me The Bard
Call Me The Bard (I’m bored again)

Call Me The Bard (Call me The Bard)
Call Me The Bard

Call Me The Bard

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Lyrics:
I am an alien
My rocket ship is human bone and skin
I’m something smaller staring out the skull
With a panel of wire and
Buttons I don't understand
Spamming every one of them
So, does being human mean pretending to know
What’s going on?!
(Hello?)
What's going on?!
(Hellooo? Fine!)

Take me to your leader
I would like to have a couple words
Get your shit together
How do humans keep on getting worse?
I’d go back to space but they've invaded out there too

We’re doomed
(Will anyone tell me what's going on? No? I'm gonna scream!)
(AHHHHHH! Tell me!)

You mock the way I talk
And I might be a little bit behind
Trends and slang and other ways to fit the box
To not be not liked

Once it gets underneath my skin
It's hard to let anyone in
Again my walls go up
I’m on defense, my solitude is
Safer than having friends
Why do I feel alien?!

I am an alien
My rocket ship is human bone and skin
I’m something smaller staring out the skull
Through two big eye sockets
And I just don't understand
How to become one of them
Does being human mean
Pretending to be something you're not?
What's going on?!

Take me to your leader 
I would like to have a couple words
Get your shit together
How do humans keep on getting worse?
I’d go back to space but they've invaded out there too

We’re doomed!

I don't wanna be here
Don't want a body or brain or thoughts of my own
I don't know who’s there in the mirror
Wanna go home
Where is home though?

I don't wanna be her
Dissociate through another day
I don't know who that is standing in the mirror
Everywhere I look I’m alone

I am an alien
My rocket ship is human skin and bone
I’m over trying to fit in
Guess I’ll always be alone
Cause I just don't understand
How to become one of them

How do I be one of
How do I be one of you?

(Is anyone out there? Over.)
(Anyone!? Over.)
(I’m talking to myself, aren't I? AHAHAH. Over!)

How do I be one of
How do I be one of you?

5. Quarters

(1, 2, 3, 4)
Wish I could stick my memories
Under my pillow for a quarter each
Losin’ em like baby teeth anyway
So give me a quarter please

I just want a gumball at the mall

Here I am in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old
My best friend is a cat who is buried in the yard
Across the country safe at home
Wouldn’t you believe the things we do to breathe?
The things we gotta just let go?
Endin’ up again in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old

And I’m excited for Colorado
But not for the altitude
Got real sick last time I went
So I’m giving Mother Earth some attitude
All alone, watchin’ a movie
In some motel in New Jersey
Nobody here can hurt me
They don't know me well enough to

Here I am in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old
Learnin’ different words for the clouds up over head
But the stars are still the same as home
Wouldn't you believe the things we do to breathe?
The things we gotta just let go?
Endin’ up again in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old

I wanna move and never settle down
But I also want a chicken coop and a thousand hounds
Mind if I keep you in my collection?
I gotta build new friendships, new connections

Here I am in some place I’ve never been
All alone, it don't get old
Learnin’ how to cope with the fact it has to end
When I’m out of quarters in my coat
Didn't wanna leave Willy on the scene
Fig will have to learn to float
Startin’ over again in some place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old

What’s Going On?!

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
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Lyrics:
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days, hee-haw
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days

Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
What would they say? Hee-haw
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days

I’ve been swimming upstream
Trying to scream underwater
Does nobody hear me
Cry like a lamb to the slaughter?

Does the stray dog cry “someone leash me?”
Should he lie down and die in the street?
Hug a tree like a full grown puppy

I don't wanna be a self-fulfilling prophecy
But I’ve been here before, it never ends well in my dreams
If were I were a cowboy, it wouldn't change a thing
But at least I’d be a cowboy!
At least I'd be a cowboy!
At least I'd be a cowboy!

Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days, hee-haw
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days

Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
What would they say? Hee-haw
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days

I’ve been living alone
Tryna make home in myself again
I am lost again
Please don’t leave me

Does the stray dog cry “someone leash me?”
Should he lie down and die in the street?
Hug a tree like a full grown puppy

I don't wanna be a self-fulfilling prophecy
But I’ve been here before, it never ends well in my dreams
If were I were a cowboy, it wouldn't change a thing
But at least I’d be a cowboy!
At least I'd be a cowboy!
At least I'd be a cowboy!

I don't wanna be the clown I know you see in me
But it’s not my first rodeo, despite what you may think
If I were a cowboy, it’d change everything
Cause at least I’d be a cowboy!
At least I'd be a cowboy!
At least I'd be a cowboy!

Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days, hee-haw
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days

Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
What would they say? Hee-haw
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
One of those days

At Least I'd Be A Cowboy!

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Written and Performed by Madilyn Mei 
Produced and Mixed by Scrawny 
Mastered by Joe Hutchinson 
Video Animation by Scrawny 
Intro/Outro Animation by Madilyn Mei & Scrawny 
 
Lyrics:
Time is really quite a thief
He found me in the night
And stole my baby teeth

Roadkill in the street
Still breathing
Might be in my head
He’s probably been dead
For a long time now
Don’t ask me how I am

It’s a can of worms
I don’t know the right words
And it only hurts to talk about
So I don’t
So I don’t
So I don’t
And it works
Til it doesn’t work
Just avoiding the hurt
Forever and ever and ever
Ever

I’m a can of worms
I don’t know the right words
And it only hurts to talk about
So I don’t
So I don’t
So I don’t
And it works
Til it doesn’t work
Just avoiding the hurt
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever
And ever
Ever

Would I know I’m going mad if I were
Going mad, would I know
As I go would I know
Once I am?

A Can Of Worms

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
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Lyrics:
I am a one man circus
I do everything 
So incredibly 
Since I’m the one that’s pullin all the strings
Give a bow
Tip your hat
Marvel at the fact
That there’s no list of writers on the screen
It’s just me, only me
 
Oooh
LA LA LA LA
Oooh
LA LA LA LA
 
I am the sole director
I’m the soul behind the show
Hell I AM the show
So give a clap, show some respect
Great job Mads, take five! Thanks Mads!
No prob Mads
I’m a gas, a lovely crowd
Make me laugh out loud
Even when no one else is around
 
I gotta do what I gotta do
I've got me and you’ve got you
If my shoulders were broad
I’d rule your world too
The fate of it all in my palms
You’d applaud
At the drop of a hat
You’d excuse all I do
I could dine at the Ritz in my birthday suit
But I’m hardly a man, and yet I’m hardly a girl
I’m the hand of God in my own little world
 
I am a one man circus
I’m the host if you will
And still I am also the tent
And the elephant in the room
My very own personal peanut gallery
And my own worst critic
And all my own five star reviews
I’m the spot with the best view
And can you guess it?
You’re also the best view!
 
Now you’re getting it!
 
Oooh
LA LA LA LA
Oooh
LA LA LA LA
 
I am a one man circus
I’m the singer and the song
And the writer and the dreamer
And the show that must go on
I’m the “silence all your cellphones please, yes even the buzz”
I’m the buzz that keeps me wanting more
And therefore coming back for more
Because 
 
I’ll always do what I gotta do
I’ve got me, I don't need you
No one can help even if they wanted to
I’m the player one and the player two
I’m the acrobat, I’m the net down below
Catching myself when I choose to let go
I’m the puppeteer and yet the puppet still
I’m a marionette at my very own will
I’m hardly a man, and yet I’m hardly a girl
I’m the hand of God in my own little world
 
I gotta do what I gotta do
I’ve got me and you've got you
Used to play the part well
But now it seems I forgot
You’ll never know who I am, who I’m not
Don’t look too close
Or it’ll seem odd
This world that you see
Can be quite the façade
You’ll still applaud
Not your job to ask
But backstage I know
I’m wearing a mask
 
And when I burn out
And I wish to be done
I’ll yank at my strings
It’s only Act 1

One Man Circus

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
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Lyrics:
No I don’t go to parties
I’m California sober and I’m lame
I’m too sad for that setting
I’m boring and I wouldn’t change a
Thing, thing
Ohhh, ohhh

My speech is slurring lately
I know it’s a sssslippery slope
I thought it would cure me
I thought it would maybe help me cope

But nope, I’m addicted to feeling numb
I choke up when I think of the things I could’ve
Done, done instead
Ohhh

I crave that rise in dopamine
So much I may throw my brain away
Just to get so high I feel
Nothing again, til I pop another the next day
And let the thoughts all fade away
My memory is leaving me
I’ll fade to nothing at this rate

Ohhh

Not a social smoker
Not a social person first of all
Not a happy stoner
I lay there like a five-foot tall rag doll (doll)
Doll
Ohhh, ohhh

I know that I’ll regret it (I’ll regret it)
Hours every day just playing dead
Morning resurrected (resurrected)
A zombie rising from a dirty bed

And yet I ignore my declining health
My self is an unrecognizable
Silhouette, silhouette, silhouette
Ohhh, ohhh

I crave that rise in dopamine
So much I may throw my brain away
Just to get so high I feel
Nothing again, til I pop another the next day
And let the thoughts all fade away
My memory is leaving me
I’ll fade to nothing at this rate

Ohhh (too late to stop, I’m really not sure how)
Ohhh (Give it a shot, you’re all that you’ve got now)
Ohhh (too late to stop, I’m really not sure how)
Ohhh (Give it a shot, you’re all that you’ve got now)

That leaf might as well
Be pomegranate seeds
The past years were hell
Now it’s purgatory
With nobody to blame
This time, except for me

I crave that rise in dopamine
So much I may throw my brain away
Just to get so high I feel
Nothing again, til I pop another the next day
And let the thoughts all fade away
My memory is leaving me
I’ll fade to nothing at this rate

Fade to nothing at this rate

Playing Dead

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Written and Performed by Madilyn Mei 
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Mastered by Joe Hutchinson 
Video Animation by Scrawny 
Intro/Outro Animation by Madilyn Mei & Scrawny 
 
Lyrics:
(1, 2, 3, 4)
Wish I could stick my memories
Under my pillow for a quarter each
Losin’ em like baby teeth anyway
So give me a quarter please

I just want a gumball at the mall

Here I am in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old
My best friend is a cat who is buried in the yard
Across the country safe at home
Wouldn’t you believe the things we do to breathe?
The things we gotta just let go?
Endin’ up again in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old

And I’m excited for Colorado
But not for the altitude
Got real sick last time I went
So I’m giving Mother Earth some attitude
All alone, watchin’ a movie
In some motel in New Jersey
Nobody here can hurt me
They don't know me well enough to

Here I am in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old
Learnin’ different words for the clouds up over head
But the stars are still the same as home
Wouldn't you believe the things we do to breathe?
The things we gotta just let go?
Endin’ up again in a place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old

I wanna move and never settle down
But I also want a chicken coop and a thousand hounds
Mind if I keep you in my collection?
I gotta build new friendships, new connections

Here I am in some place I’ve never been
All alone, it don't get old
Learnin’ how to cope with the fact it has to end
When I’m out of quarters in my coat
Didn't wanna leave Willy on the scene
Fig will have to learn to float
Startin’ over again in some place I’ve never been
All alone, two decades old

Quarters

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Lyrics:
Oh the crumbs in my sheets
Wrote a message to me, said
“Kid, you’re gonna go crazy”

And the bugs on my head
In my hair, they said
“Hey kid, you’re gonna go crazy”

And the food in my teeth said
“Why am I still here?
I think this kid’s going crazy”

And the wax in my ears said
“It’s hard to hear
But did they say she’s cray, cray-zee”

Ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee
Woah, woah, woah

And the sun is exploding
So I eat in bed
And I make a mess cause the sun is exploding

And the bugs in my hair
Crawl up into my head
To hide inside cause the sun is exploding

And I strum up a song
To distract myself
wrote something ‘bout love
Though it wasn’t that good

But the crumbs in my bed
Try to comfort me
Said, “Kid, we’re all a bit cray, cray-zee”

Comfort Food

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
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Lyrics:
No time to waste
Gonna be late for fate
You know what they say ‘bout bright flames
Gonna burn out
They gonna replace you
Replicate
AI generate you
 
No time to waste
Gonna be late for fate
You know what they say ‘bout bright flames
Gonna burn out
They gonna replace you
Replicate
AI generate
 
I don't know the things I wanna say until I say it
I hate it till I play it
Up on stage and see your faces
Let go of the reins
Now my whole brain’s a one man circus
This has to be my fate
It’s my only sense of purpose
 
Make it a character
You're her but you're not her

No you can’t take a day
You’re our brightest flame
No you can’t change your name
You’re our brightest flame, woah!
 
I don't know which way to go
So I continue forward

The pure and utter horror
Realizing I left me behind
I'm lonelier than ever
But I guess that's for the better
Time to kill and bills to pay
And plenty things to write

I’m just a little not myself lately
Too late to contemplate
You chose your fate
Maybe I should
 
Make it a character
You're her but you're not her

No you can’t take a day
You’re our brightest flame
No you can’t change your name
You’re our brightest flame
No you can’t take a day
You’re our brightest flame
No you can’t change your name
You’re our brightest flame

I’m done, I’ve just begun (la la la)
Why am I burning out?
Did I fly too close to the sun? (la la la)
Why am I burning out?
It was just starting to get fun (la la la)
Why am I slowing down?
Why am I burning out? (la la la)
Why am I burning?
It’s burning
 
No time to waste
Gonna be late for fate
I know what they say ‘bout bright flames
Gonna burn out
They gonna replace me
Replicate
AI generate me
 
Gotta keep up
I’m eating my own dust
Don’t know what to do or to trust
Gonna burn out
They gonna replace me
Replicate
AI generate

No time to waste (I don’t know if I can go on)
Gonna be late for fate
You know what they ‘bout bright flames
Gonna burn out
They gonna replace you
Replicate
AI generate you
 
No time to waste (but I know the show must go on)
Gonna be late for fate
You know what they ‘bout bright flames
Gonna burn out
They gonna replace you
Replicate
AI generate
 
I don't know which way to go
So I continue forward
The pure and utter horror
Realizing I left me behind
 
I could write
A thousand songs about it all
I've just begun, now I can't stop
Lose your mind
Stay who you’re not
But the brightest of flames
Burn half as long

My Only Sense Of Purpose

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
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Lyrics:
I wish I met my grandma when she
Was my age, was my age, was my age
I would’ve taught her and her daughter
Not to hate, not to hate, not to hate

Not to fear what they don't know
Long before they know me
As I am, as I am, as I am
Now all that they see is their baby
Shaking hands, shaking hands with the Devil

Speak of the Devil, she
Just now messaged me
She said she misses me
And hopes I’m doing fine
Don't wanna change your heart
Just wanna change your mind

That's why
I wish I knew my grandpa
When he was a kid, just a kid, just a kid
He would've loved RuPaul and Frog & Toad
Hell, he might’ve even read a book or two or three
Or four about Stonewall

I’d have said "ally!"
Then we would laugh and dance
And skip into the sunset
Instead all they see is their baby
Sinning left and right
At best they see a space cadet

I don't how to say it any other way
I love my family and I hope they’re doing fine
Don't wanna change your heart
Just wanna change your mind
About queer people

Speak Of The Devil

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
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Lyrics:
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
(All together now! The whole One Man Circus!)
La la la la la la la
La la la la la

We bid adieu (we bid adieu)
Until Act 2
Come back to the One Man Circus soon

You’re probably wondering how it ends
Aren’t you? So
Come back to the One Man Circus
My only sense of purpose

We bid adieu until Act 2

Am I self-aware
Or self-obsessed?
I’ll scare them away

Intermission (Adieu Until Act 2)

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Video Animation by Scrawny 
Intro/Outro Animation by Madilyn Mei & Scrawny 
 
Lyrics:
Thought I’d know by now
Although, I think I’m terrified
Of the things I feel inside
That I used to deny

Honestly, it bothers me
Why we care at all
Why should I have to try
To fit inside your box?
Fit inside your box
Fit inside your box

I am a soul
I’m not a body or name
But Elio would be my choice if I could change
I’d still be the same
All except my name
My name would resonate
My name, my name, my name

Spiderman and Peter Pan
I wish I felt like me
Take the pen and write again
A cryptid running free

Give it time, another rhyme
And maybe then I’ll see
Nothing’s wrong with me at all
The box doesn’t fit me
The box doesn’t fit me
The box never fit me

I am my soul
I’m not my body or name
But Elio would be my choice if I could change
I’d still be the same
All except my name
My name would resonate
My name
My name would resonate
My name, my name

Is it too late
To change my name, my name?

I know there’s not much I can do
If I wanna still talk to you
But at least I finally told my truth

My Name

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Mastered by Joe Hutchinson 
Video Animation by Scrawny 
Intro/Outro Animation by Madilyn Mei & Scrawny 
 
Lyrics:
I’m done, I’ve just begun
And I want out, it’s still year one
Teach me how to tie my shoe
And how to do my taxes too

Sometimes the pill’s too big
To swallow, so I take a swig
Of something I took as a kid
Whenever I was kinda sick

And I always called my mom instead of
Reading what the bottle says
Even though I’m 34 and live alone
I trust her more

You won’t need to know most things
You thought you’d need to know
Most things you learn alone
And some adults, they never learn
They never learn
They never learn
They’ll never learn

Over, under, around and through
Someday I may learn to do
Bunny ears and loopty loops
I miss the velcro on my shoes

Over, under, around and through
Someday I may learn to do
Bunny ears and loopty loops
Can’t help but feel as though I’m screwed

Velcro

telling stories

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