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Dontre
01:52
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He lit your world on fire then he ran
And as it all crashed down
We counted out again
He lit your world on fire then he ran he ran he ran
1,2,3,4,14 (x4)
Cream City come and save me
I’ve been waiting on these gifts, waiting on these gifts
Cream City come and save me
I’ve been praying on these gifts
You lit your face on fire then you fell
And as you hit the ground you swore you’d never tell
You lit your face on fire then you fell you fell you fell
1,2,3,4,14 (x4)
There is strength in what we see
There is hope in what we know
And you know pain
Yeah, you know pain
But I know you
But I love you
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The Merits of Vandalism
02:02
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We lit that hill on fire then we ran
As we fled the pigs I swore you held my hand
We lit that on fire then we ran
Stealing bikes
Was never quite my style
Leave that to the skins
Leave this town a little while
Reveled in that darkness
Once we shot out all the lights
Knowing they were wrong
But knowing we weren’t right
(We attacked in Red and Black. Graveyard-graffitied this whole fucking city)
Watch my
Watch my words
I’m sick of hearing all you’ve fucking heard
So I crossed it out
I kicked it in
I tore it down
To begin again
These waters they needed constant chumming
This Wawa parking lot was positively humming
Swimming with our t-shirts on
The sharks fly by without a sound
We hold our breath and hold our ground
We hold our ground
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Freshman Knife Fight
03:24
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Northeastern dreaming
The Sorbonne is taken
Columbia’s burning and I’m still sleeping
They got the French quarter
I heard it through the cobblestones
She said “Meet me at the barricades, tonight”
We rallied at the tennis courts
Steel-toes and spray cans
Matches and lighter fluid in pilfered flasks
And the guilt (x2) was better than the catch
I’m still swinging blindly
Shikras took a shiv and they’re not sure if he’ll live
After the show that probably saved his life
Making out in bathroom stalls
Trying not to make a scene
Cause you’re a flaming racist and I was 14
I’m still swinging blindly (x2)
He had the street cred in an SUV
He had the AED in the backseat
Where were you when the sirens came?
Where were you when the sirens came?
Where were you when they carried him away?
I’m still swinging blindly
But my friends and I are all still alive
Under Christmas trees on rug-burned knees
I sing with you
I live for you
For 30 years
For 40 years
For 50 years
In this freshman knife fight
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Michael
02:11
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When you speak you speak in code
They’re too old to break that code
When you die you die in vain
You’re too young to wear that shame
That name. Your name.
Michael. Michael.
Silence that doubt
Don’t silence yourself
Kill the confusion
Don’t kill yourself
And when we call you we will call you by your name
That name. Your name. Your name.
There will be a reckoning.
The truth they fear is the truth you bring (x2)
It’s coming. (x2)
Now action like a sword
Now to redeem that word
You know who you are
We know who you are
Michael. Michael. Michael.
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Esther
02:29
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This I.V. did nothing for me
Drank it down to make your shaking stop
This I.V. did nothing for me
Drank it down to make your shaking stop
Shaved my head out of sympathy
Cause I know what it did to me
Shaved my head out of sympathy
Cause I know what it did to me
I fought hard
You fought more
I fell far
You loved more
If it stands, it stands with me
If it falls, it falls all around me
While I mouth my middle-age mantra:
Esther you can beat this
Esther you can win this
Esther you can beat this
Esther you can win this
As I told you before it was more than just a flesh wound
As I told you before it was more than just a pin prick
Let’s compare those scars
Let’s reclaim what’s ours
Let’s compare what’s ours
Let’s reclaim those scars
Let’s take it back
Now
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Jihad John
02:03
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Turtlenecks over Nazi tattoos
I’m teaching her those well-worn suburban blues
Rocky’s down in the parking lot
Kids get hurt when kids get hot
Kids get hurt when kids get hot
There’s a car outside
There’s a car outside
But I don’t think you want to take that ride
Quarters up for one last stand
Fresh red blood on a bright white Mustang
Sleeper-cell boys are playing dumb
Hoping that that’s not blood but cum
There’s a car outside
There’s a car outside
But I don’t think you want to take that ride
We were all trying to explode
Some of us succeeded
Martyrs for all seasons
Some of us succeeded
Martyrs for no reason
Smoke the ashes (x2)
And say goodnight
Goodbye
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