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Boy Next Door
04:01
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Pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter, SMASH
What lovely sounds coming from outside as he threw rocks at our glass
He moved in three weeks ago and he trespassed right away
And he still comes over uninvited every single day
He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, oh what a nightmare
He stole the plants right from our garden, he waged herbal warfare
He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, oh what a nightmare
He pisses on our happiness, he really doesn’t care
Breaking fragile little locks on our home’s basement door
Stealing from our humble home and returning later for more
Hotwiring father’s car and driving into a hole
Conveniently destroying everything from us he stole
He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, what a living hell
He knocked on our door endlessly, after breaking our doorbell
He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, what a living hell
He gets away with everything, he hides himself so well
With a Zippo lighter clutched firmly in his hand
He made our home a brighter place, into something very grand
He laughed long and hard after ruining our lives
Well personally I’m just glad that we weren’t the ones inside
He’s the boy next door and now we’re leaving, it’s all thanks to him
We’re gonna live where we’ll be happy since he made our life grim
He’s the boy next door and now we’re leaving, all because of him
We’re gonna live so far away, in a place he’s never been
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Willy
03:42
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Well as he walks along
And he writes his own songs
He’s the king of the indie disco
As he sits on his throne
He’s so hip and unknown
And he’s got such charisma and gusto
He’s the saddest little boy that the world has ever seen
He’s got diamonds in his left head
Can you believe he’s only seventeen?
Oh Willy, where are you running off to?
Oh Willy, you know that we don’t care about you
Well his fans all agree
He’s the best he can be
He’s got everything he desires
But on this wild ride
He feels nothing inside
So he wants to walk into the fire
He’s a seventeen-year-old with an album that’s topped the charts
But no one really knows how he feels or how it ever starts
Oh Willy, where are you running off to?
Oh Willy, you know that we don’t care about you
He has worlds in his hands
And no rock n roll band
Yet he conquered the whole world over
And yet his heart is black
And he never went back
Once he stood at the white cliffs of dover
By his second record
Everything had been heard
And his teenage appeal had run dry
Oh he wanted to shout
As his fame had run out
And he wrote his final goodbye
He went from prince of nothing to king of all in sight
But once he found how cruel the world was he snuffed out his light
Oh Willy, why’d you make the critics’ words true?
Oh Willy, the world won’t be the same without you
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My Only Love Song
04:58
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She’s always in my head and she’s always on my mind
I never thought the world could birth someone who’s so thoughtful and kind
Whenever she’s around I think my problems will all melt away
And a feeling wells up in my heart when I see her every day
Wake up now my only love
We’re getting closer every day
And when I tell you how I feel
Will you please not run away?
This is a love song
This is a love song I wrote for you
This is a love song
And I want you to know it’s true
Oh this is a love song
You’re the only one it’s for
Oh you power my existence
So please don’t walk out the door
When I came into her life she was so shocked, she could not speak
And she never even told me why she always had to weep
Whenever she would write her own thoughts down, they’d read less like a song
And more like a bleeding epitaph that showed how I was wrong
Wake up now my only love
Things get worse from day to day
And when I show you how I feel
Will you please not run away?
This is a love song
It’s the best thing you’ll ever hear
Just when you think the hurt is over
It keeps ringing in your ear
Oh this is a love song
It’s a subversion of the truth
Just when things were well between us
It turned into wasted youth
She and me could be together til the end of time
If only i could take her heart as she had taken mine
When I hold her closely in my arms it feels uncomfortable
How could I let her cold blue lights just throw me in a hole?
Wake up now my only love
There are no more words to say
I don’t even know where you are
But I keep pressing replay
This is a love song
And it’s why I thought that I loved you
Why did everything I think was right
Turn ugly shades of blue?
Oh this is a love song
It’s the words I never say
You are everything I live for
But you disappear by day
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Internet Boy
07:57
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His skinny fingers press the rainbow buttons
As the text unfurls he indulges his sick sins
Writing up essays all about his own needs
And finding some children to accomplish his deeds
He pretends to be a politician
Preaching to his brainwashed legion
He’s a sad excuse for a human being
And he’s got an army of people on a string
He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, his life’s spent on an app
He analyzes all the ones he follows while he posts nothing but crap
He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, he’s stuck posting in a thread
He types away as the years go by and he’ll be a hologram when he’s dead
His mental health is going down down down
And he hunts down his haters like he’s some sort of hound
He’s dating a girl from Amsterdam
But little does he know she’s an elderly man
All across the web he’s got lots of lives
On one he’s a poor man, on another he thrives
He’s a man and a woman on different sites
And on one he participates in every fight
He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, his life’s spent on an app
He analyzes all the ones he follows while he posts nothing but crap
He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, he’s stuck posting in a thread
He types away as the years go by and he’ll be a hologram when he’s dead
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He’s in a world that’s all his own
But when the screen turns on, he’s not even home
He’s the top of the leaderboards in his games
And for all of his actions, he feels no shame
He’s an internet boy
He’s from a family that’s broken and cracked
And once he types in his password, he’s never coming back
He feels no empathy for what is real
Only ones and zeroes that he thinks he can feel
He’s an internet boy
He’s an internet boy, and he’s slipping away
He’s an empty shell
With nothing to say
He’s an internet boy, and he’s slipping away
He’s an empty shell
With nothing to say
He’s an internet boy
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4am Thoughts
05:53
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If I died in my sleep
Would anyone I know even cry or weep?
Is my life laid out in a long straight line?
Or does it rot when I can’t make up my mind?
4am thoughts
As I’m lying in my bed
I might wish that I was dead
I might drown in a sea of words from my head
And when the sun sets
The fire burns again
And the joy comes to an end
While the rain falls and I lose another friend
When she left where’d she go?
If I’m human why does my loving heart not show?
Why’d they have to leave my life so far behind
Why do these thoughts always break into my mind?
4am thoughts
As I’m lying in my bed
I might wish that I was dead
I might drown in a sea of words from my head
And when the sun sets
The fire burns again
And the joy comes to an end
While the rain falls and I lose another friend
Does god even exist?
Why do I have these wounds that I can’t resist
When I wake will I still feel dark and dead
Or should I never even leave this deathbed
4am thoughts
As I’m lying in my bed
I might wish that I was dead
I might drown in a sea of words from my head
And when the sun sets
The fire burns again
And the joy comes to an end
While the rain falls and I lose another friend
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6. |
No Strings
03:55
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You’re just a puppet with no strings
You tell the truth like a dead bird sings
You just sit down by the sea
Chopping down your emotional tree
And in the end you’re nothing more
But a physical strain and a mental bore
You stay far away, you’re so remote
With you aboard, no ship can stay afloat
You’re just a puppet with no strings
And you want way too many things
When you die it’ll be without me
And maybe then you’ll finally see
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Country Bullets
04:24
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A spider trapped me in its web of lies
And it led me to my own demise
It threw me in a hole that was twice my size
And it buried me right up to my eyes
I genuinely thought it would do me good
As my vision was impaired by a thick black hood
As I dreamed of bliss, like it knew I would
And it filled me full of poison just cuz it could
Oh love, without love
It’s a dangerous game but you can play it for free
It’s an entrance to suffering that you won’t see
Love, without love
You can try to dig out from the grave you’re in
But it won’t make a difference when you’re buried in sin
A scorpion buried me deep down below
And it picked me apart just like a crow
I faced my friends and I faced a foe
And I suffocated with my lungs in tow
As the temperature dropped I breathed my last breath
And I felt myself getting closer to death
It felt as if my soul had moved out west
Made its home in a worn out watery nest
Oh love, without love
It’s a horrible creature that’ll kill you cold
It’s a man that’ll shoot you if you aren’t bold
Love, without love
Better go hide in your mountain shack
Cuz if it comes and gets you, you won’t come back
And then I dived deep down into a well
And my body started melting, oh I could tell
They were heating up the fires deep down in hell
They were singing their songs and ringing the bells
The devil emerged and he spoke to me
He said son why did you do it I just can’t see
Why did you let it control your philosophy?
Pull you apart and sell the pieces for free?
Oh love, without love
Oh I can’t believe I ever followed it
And I can’t believe I drowned in my own shit
Love, without love
You can stand and let it take hold of you
Or you can run away to see your whole life through
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8. |
I'll Always Be Alone
04:42
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I’ll always be alone
That’s what I’ll be
I push people away
Because that’s just me
My heart doesn’t feel love
Affection’s never shown
See, even when I’m in love
I’ll always be alone
Yes, even when I’m in love
I’ll always be alone
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Owen Radford Dayton, Ohio
Singer-songwriter from Dayton, Ohio.
Solo artist, frontman of Dr. Deceptive, and the man behind Fly’s Eyes.
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