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Auditioning
02:50
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We don't need to answer questions
We don't need to feel detained
You can pack and move to Brooklyn
Go and make yourself a name
Cut the lights, the scripts, the call sheets
And I'll strike the set today,
or strike a match and let it blaze
Roll credits and throw the tape away
I'll go back into auditioning for roles in other lives
You can keep your reputation. You don’t need to compromise
I don't have to be okay today, I'll be alright eventually
I'll be alright
No need to care
I'll make the best of this, I know
Take the cushion, leave the debt
That's not the straw that breaks me yet
I know contextually it seems like certain death
But you know damn well as do I that Hallmark movies don't decide
The fates of broken hearts and that jilted lovers' lie
And so I’ll make the best of this, I know
I don’t have to be okay
Not tomorrow, not today
Yeah, I know
I don’t have to be alright
Not tomorrow, not tonight,
Yeah, I know.
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Better You Than Me
02:10
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Eyes fixed upon my weaknesses
Tongue sharpened, ready to flip that switch
Hot-button words, and raw, lit nerves set the table for the row
But this all ends if I stop talking now
Arms crossed across the room with that laser-focused grin
‘Cause if I keep playing you know you're sure to win
Better you than me. I won't fight this anymore
Better you than me. I'm not the one keeping score
It’s easy to see. This is a parasocial war
Better you than me. I won't fight this anymore
Take the turn or crash and burn, my hands are off the wheel
Well-stocked and unlocked and ready for you to steal
Take the win and still phone it in, I won't get in the way
It's your time, it's your prize, your day
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Something Bitter New York, New York
Positively nihilistic fun-punk from NYC
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