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Gatekeeper

Oh Yeah, I love you in my mind
Talking about each other an not to one another
You got to get out of your mind
Oh Yeah, I love you in my mind
If loose lips are sinking ships, then my harbor is graveyard
I'm an open-book so best be careful what you write down
Oh Yeah, I love to speak my mind

Chorus
I know, oh I'm an asshole, philosophy has taken away my soul
Planning on the unknown, feels like writing in the "twilight-zone"
Calling out to the logic that I stole, forgetting what it's like peeking through a keyhole
The Gatekeeper left the treasure made of gold, inside their mind behind a blindfold

Oh Yeah, I love to speak my mind
There's not one thing that I wouldn't tell to you
But, sometimes broke-in doors will let down
Oh Yeah, I shared all of my mind
Pronoia and paranoia, twin sisters of the up and down
Universal thoughts transgressing the speed of sound
Oh Yeah, I drain my main brain's mind

Chorus
I know, oh I'm an asshole, philosophy has taken away my soul
Planning on the unknown, feels like writing in the "twilight-zone"
Calling out to the logic that I stole, forgetting what it's like peeking through a keyhole
The Gatekeeper left the treasure made of gold, inside their mind behind a blindfold

Gatekeeper

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Indent

Invent, little inventor, invent
I want to see the stars tomorrow
If it's not inconvenient, could you just conceive it
Oh I, want to explore beyond the sky
Augment, little genius, augment
Bring about thought, in tiny hurricanes 
Make the claims vaporize in a media storm of beady eyes
Make reality too big to even think about

Chorus
All the things existential, am I a soul caged in a vessel?
Am I an NPC in a simulation, or have I already died and this is my destination?

Bridge
But, do I really want to know? But, do I really want to know?

Create, little creator, create
God the gap, between ignorance and bliss
Give creation its due diligence, and put to work your intellect
Invent your god, and your god will invent you
Perform, little artist, perform
Let all of the bad times come out and play
Put all of your all in your tiny lies, and let the crowd scrutinize
Organize your guts out into little boxes that shout about

Chorus
All the things existential, am I a soul caged in a vessel?
Am I an NPC in a simulation, or have I already died and this is my destination?
Can I get a cry of elation, show that you're alive through participation
Give yourselves around of applause, you made it this far, and that's worth the cause

Indent

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Wallpaper

If genetics loads the gun, then call the gravedigger
It feels like my environment, is about to pull the trigger
Taking a look at the abyss, you realize it's a mirror
Our cracked funhouse heart, is breaking ever clearer

Chorus
I know it's crazy but I think this might be Hell
"Mortality" is wallpapering my cell
Constant moments of panic and strife collide
It's not so fun not knowing how you'll die

Bridge
It's not that east trying to learn to code these days
C++ is more my average of grades
I have only learned to say, "I'm pretty set in my ways"
I'd go to college if they pay, but the debt seems too great

Chorus
I know it's crazy but I think this might be Hell
"Mortality" is wallpapering my cell
Constant moments of panic and strife collide
It's not so fun not knowing how you'll die

Wallpaper

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Learning Chinese

Learning Chinese so here is wine, it goes like "jiu"
And your lucky numbers are
10, 45, 20, 21, 26, and thirty flippin' five
So, turn it on its back

"Let's finish this up right now, someone is waiting for you on that,"
Said the dessert's prediction
Oh these thoughts will stray
Yeah, that Highland Heights' wind will blow my way
And it will take me there...

Chorus
A graveyard gazebo, found by a fountain where geese will lay
I saw your ghost down there, it haunts me to this day
... Learning Chinese

Used to say that I was no good
Silver tongued, Wurlitzer machine
You lock away my change
"They outta give me a medal, for listening to this"
Were your last words

But your thoughts will stray
You'll wander by in wonder one day
And I will meet you there...

Chorus
A graveyard gazebo, found by a fountain where geese will lay
I saw your ghost down there, it haunts me to this day
... Learning Chinese


Learning Chinese

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She-Spider

You've become that spider, well how's that venom taste?
Does it stick to your tongue, does it rot in your teeth?
Do you ever trip in your web, do you ever slip on eight feet?
With eight eyes most every angle seen, scrutiny for tracing every scene
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, come down from your castle,
Oh Queen and King Spider you lie just despite her
Promises laced with the poison of crazes
Their black and white morals are born of lost quarrels

Chorus
Come down from that tower, 
Away from their power
You and I are going home


She-Spider

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Dirty Brilliance

Oh dreamcatcher, are you holding out on me?
Oh drain catcher, it's true, you are clogged and I am glue

But, I won't stand in the rye
No I won't, no I won't and I'll tell you why
I just can't stand all the petty lies
The "he said that she said that..."

Chorus
I've got a "brilliant" mind
That I just can't control
A lobotomy, in a placebo
A hypochondriac just for show

Oh dream weaver, Say hello to miss shadow girl
Oh dream eater, pure shepherd and jungle prince, sing the difference

But, I can't stand the petty lies
The wills and wants of your tired eyes
I've fallen prey to your brilliant lies
The "he said that she said that..."

Chorus
I've got a "dirty" mind
That I just can't control
A lobotomy, in a placebo
A hypochondriac just for show

Dirty Brilliance

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Dropout

I'm tired of being so fucking stupid
I'm the dumbest one in my family tree
My degree came straight from YouTube university
There ain't no hope for me, no

Colleges don't want nothing to do with me
A straight white male, much to pale to add to diversity
I ain't a plutocrat, nor an aristocrat 
I'm what you call white bread (toast)

Chorus
A toast to all the pseudointellectuals
A sapiophile is what I've become
Knowledge is always its own reward
But debt is a beast I refuse to release

I'm an expert of shooting myself in the foot
With a little practice I might be able to aim higher
If only I could get rid of the aching head of mine
With a foot-in-mouth syndrome I might lose this little head of mine (shoot)

Chorus
A toast to all the pseudointellectuals
A sapiophile is what I've become
Knowledge is always its own reward
but debt is a beast I refuse to release

Dropout

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Future Tides

Chorus
If no man is an island, then I am the peninsula 
You are a lighthouse standing on my shore
Beckoning, attracting, boats into the harbor
Forgive me for flooding... This island I've become

Don't you forget, I am your foundation,
Hovering below you, with adoration
Once I sink down into the ocean,
The floaters will coming, feigning devotion
I always remain, where I've always been
Hiding under this sandy skin
Oceans will rise and bury my frame
Claiming you as their own one day

Chorus
If no man is an island, then I am the peninsula 
You are a lighthouse standing on my shore
Beckoning, attracting, boats into the harbor
Forgive me for flooding... This island I've become

Bridge
Future tides just going with the flow
Undercurrent, erode this heart below
Future tides just going with the flow
Undercurrent, erode that heart below

Chorus
If no man is an island, then I am the peninsula 
You are a lighthouse standing on my shore
Beckoning, attracting, boats into the harbor
Forgive me for flooding... This island I've become

Future Tides

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Shadow Shame

A generation of fast sex and slow love
We're sold sex in a bottle from gods above
A jealous animal is all that I am
Who am I to say what I ain't been yet?

Try your best not to get up on the wrong side of the bed
Give the illusions enough time to leave your troubled head
Dust the cobwebs and brush the vines aside
While we unlock the chemistry of our minds

Chorus
I don't want to die alone, surrounded by things that I used to own
I don't want to die alone, abandoned by burnt bridges I ironically burnt down my own
Burnt down my own, burnt down my own

So, scour the world for a beautiful mind, one that accepts you at any given time
You may as well just throw in the towel for all of the fish in the sea are coupled now
Miss shadow girl can't help but remind me of all the north times imagined in my brain
I never thought I'd miss my shadow, put it behind me but regret fuels my shame

Chorus
I don't want to die alone, surrounded by things that I used to own
I don't want to die alone, abandoned by burnt bridges I ironically burnt down my own
Burnt down my own, burnt down my own

Shadow Shame

Everyone knows Gatsby.

New money. Murky past. Huge online following.
'The perfect modern-day twist on the much-loved classic … Gatsby has the glitz, glam and drama of the original, but adds a little more contemporary pizzazz – it turns F Scott Fitzgerald’s book on its head, in the best way possible' Irish News 

 Nic Carraway doesn’t belong amongst the super-rich, but when she scores a cheap summer lease in Long Island, it-girl Jay Gatsby becomes her neighbour.

Gatsby welcomes Nic to her opulent parties attended by the world’s A-list. And in return, Nic helps Gatsby reconnect with an old flame: Nic’s cousin, the ever-charming but now-married Danny Buchanan.

But no one can be careless like the rich. As the summer heats up, Nic finds herself tangled in a web of longing and ambition, betrayal and deceit. In a world where everyone is lying – about and to themselves – can Nic finally tell the truth?

For readers of The Paper Palace, this hot summer story genderflips and reimagines F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel

Gatsby, By Jane Crowther, Read by Rebecca LaChance

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