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Robot High School
02:59
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i went away on a government vacation
it was the best time that i ever had
shipped me back home from a secret location
my legs came back later in a plastic bag
metal papers
metal pens
metal hearts
metal hands
memorized the rules and learned to behave
but when i got to school i forgot
so they put me in a special classroom
where everybody is a robot
everything i say about my bad education
a million broken records have already said
learning how to live like i'm under sedation
learning how to live like i'm already dead
metal papers
metal pens
metal hearts
metal hands
memorized the rules and learned to behave
but when i got to school i forgot
so they put me in a special classroom
where everybody is a robot
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i still remember when
i met you in the parking lot
you let me hold your hand
it felt like it was burning hot
i got down on my knees to pray
but you took it another way
reminding me of something i forgot
we let it go to waste
killed it when we were young
you let me have a taste
like poison on my tongue
memories too new to find
tragedies we left behind
in melodies of all the songs we've sung
they will always hate us for who we are
the only way that we ever got this far
is the way that we disguise
everything that they despise
i see it all when i look into your eyes
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midnight and the moon is wearing makeup in the sky
streetlights flicker all alone and start to die
you lost your way so many times
so many times you don't know what to do
but if you come outside tonight
you know that i'll be waiting there for you
i'll light a million candles
from a single little spark
at night i'll hold your hand
and never leave you in the dark
come on
i know
a better way to go
this night
won't end
i'll always be your friend
i'm gonna be right by your side
midnight and the stars shoot through the air like rubber bands
hold tight but everything just slips right through your hands
you lost it all so many times
so many times you don't know what to say
and as you step into the night
the words leak out and slowly wash away
i'll light a million candles
from a single little spark
at night i'll hold your hand
and never leave you in the dark
come on
i know
a better way to go
this night
won't end
i'll always be your friend
i'm gonna be right by your side
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4. |
Failure
04:02
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i finished at the height of my high school
they said i could do whatever i wanted to do
i thought about it for a while
and then i answered with a smile
i choose failure
failure and regret
failure and dreams i never met
i learned to follow rules and be repressed
my parents were so proud of my success
i could say that it was fun but i'd be liar
four years like a match with my head on fire
i choose failure
failure and regret
failure and dreams i never met
it's a long way down
there's so much further to go
all alone feeling blue
never knowing what to do
boils acne hail and snow
stubbing each and every toe
never getting out of bed
they picked someone else instead
burned out faster than a comet
wake up in a pool of vomit
you can't even touch your toes
we all know where your money goes
popping pills playing dumb
make pretend you're having fun
old and fat and weak and bald
you waited but they never called
having sex with rabid squirrels
beaten up by little girls
too much pot fart a lot
they all laughed when you got caught
no one asked you to the dance
someone stole your underpants
up all night sleep all day
looks like that rash won't go away
public pervert secret shame
you've only got yourself to blame
wait but never get your turn
the lessons that you'll never learn
a perfect moment but you spoiled it
flush your goldfish down the toilet
falling down stairs long nose hairs
that's really nice but no one cares
is there more i'm not sure
i got it bad there aint no cure
for failure
failure and regret
failure and dreams i never met
it's a long way down
there's so much further to go
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5. |
Boyfriend!
02:18
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ever since the time that you were twelve
there was something you wanted for yourself
to find a special man to rip apart
all the rotten pieces of your heart
someone to make excuses
someone to fall from grace
someone to call you useless
someone to break your face
boyfriend
boyfriend
here comes your boyfriend
you opened up your heart and let him deep inside
to hurt you in a way that words just can't describe
you would have done it to yourself but you never had the nerve
and now you've got everything you think that you deserve
someone to never miss you
someone to sever ties
someone to try to trick you
someone to tell you lies
boyfriend
boyfriend
here comes your boyfriend
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i took a chance when the time came
but i chose the wrong one
i always play in the short game
never for the long run
i know it's rotten now
and there's no doubt about it
i've forgotten how i
ever lived without it
i feel i'm breaking down but
i just think about it
i get it
when i want it
and i do it
all the time
i lose myself in the night time
calling out to no one
i wait around for the right time
but i know it won't come
still i want to know but
i never ask about it
will i let it go and
just forget about it
kill it even though
i'll never live without it
i try to stop
but i can't get it off of my mind
i get it
when i want it
and i do it
all the time
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i took your note and i folded it up
and i walked right out the door
even though i had just woken up
it still felt like the night before
i thought the room had started to spin
when you gave me a second glance
i didn't know if you would see me again
but i was ready to take the chance
i've been waiting for you such a long time
in my dreams i tried to call you up
on a thousand nights before
but every time i did the signal cut
and the phone slipped to the floor
i heard my heart beating in my ears
louder than the dial tone
i knew that i would try again for years
until i got you on the phone
i've been waiting for you such a long time
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i started drifting off long ago
how far i went i'll never know
i was floating in the ocean
suspended in motion
i used to be so far away
from everything
now i know i'm gonna come around
again
i never wanted to be a man
but you showed me that i can
now i'm captured by the notion
suspended in motion
i used to be so far away
from everything
now i know i'm gonna come around
again
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9. |
Mean
02:41
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hanging out in your living room
i'm overcome by your sweet perfume
your fever's down but your eyelid twitches
and i can't sit down because my heart itches
why can't i seem to say what i mean?
staring at the door
what am i waiting for?
until the beer runs out or the drugs kick in
then i'll figure out just where i fit in
is where i've always been
i'll say what i mean
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under the cover of the night
we all marched blindly forward
we didn't know if it was right
or what we headed toward
we walked until our feet were numb
then someone fell
and someone fell
and someone fell
it left us wondering
could it be happening
or was it a trick of the dark?
in the middle of the fight we saw a rainbow
it was so dim without the light
it had one color though
we saw it when our eyes were shut
and it was red
and it was red
and it was red
it left us wondering
could it be happening
or was it a trick of the dark?
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i took your note and i folded it up
and i walked right out the door
even though i had just woken up
it still felt like the night before
i thought the room had started to spin
when you gave me a second glance
i didn't know if you would see me again
but i was ready to take the chance
i've been waiting for you such a long time
in my dreams i tried to call you up
on a thousand nights before
but every time i did the signal cut
and the phone slipped to the floor
i heard my heart beating in my ears
louder than the dial tone
i knew that i would try again for years
until i got you on the phone
i've been waiting for you such a long time
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