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Normalcy
02:06
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Normalcy picked me up from soccer practice and drove me home
She was silent, I responded to messages on my phone
And when I looked back up nobody was left in the driver’s seat
She disappeared like that, my normalcy
I gave up on piano and I fell down off my bike
I gave up on some other things, found new things that I liked
But I didn’t give up finding her, though it never felt right
Now I’m a kid in college, small in virtue, small in height
And I pick up the old diary and read through scribbled type
And realize I’ve been this sad for my entire life
And I realize now I’ve been this sad for my entire life
And that finally I’ve found some normalcy
The politicians shouting from the depths of my TV
Old people old ideas good old reasons no one seeks
And when they don’t have a reason, they do not fall to their knees
They invoke the holy word of normalcy
You think that I’m so funny and you think that I’m so smart
That my problems are all real and that I’ve got a real big heart
But my brain is made of packing tape and old tags from the mall
Built back when computers were big and the world was really small
And I pick up the old diary and read through scribbled type
And I realize I’ve been this sad for my entire life
And I realize now I’ve been this sad for my entire life
And that finally I’ve found some normalcy
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2. |
Coffee Person
03:06
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I’ve become a coffee person
I take my trash out each day at five
And it feels weightless every time
I turn to embers at the dime
And it’s enough to stay alive
I used to pack my lunches
Now I choose which things I leave behind
And it’s enough to stay alive
I’ve become a coffee person
I take it with almond milk and cry
And it feels farther every time
I want back everything that’s mine
Why’d they take everything that’s mine
My old CDs are far away
Wonder if they were played today
Wonder if I’ll ever feel right
Please tuck my CDs in at night
And I still miss my childhood dog
And go for lonely adult walks
And watch the families at bay
I don’t quite know what I would say
If I saw my past self in em
I’ve become a coffee person
I go to the gym five times a week
But I’m still tired I’m still weak
Maybe if I just got more sleep
And I send thank you cards
But these days I don’t reazlly get much mail
I’ve been withered without fail
And I will grow wings and a tail
Before I’m anything but frail
I’ve become a coffee person
I feel weird emotions at the mall
Or other times nothing at all
It’s still so much, I still feel small
When is the part you get it
When does it all finally connect
Nobody ever, ever said
It really wouldn’t in the end
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I found a bruise on my leg
I don’t know how I got it
Just another gray hair I didn’t notice till now
I thought that maybe some time would make me better
But I think i’m just running from myself
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is work
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is work
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is work
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is
Clean up the mess that you left for me here
I can’t feel the emotions of two people I fear
I can’t teach you to be the person you’ve become
I barely am myself
You turn your read receipts on
Just to get in my head
You love a silent treatment
Train me not to make you upset
So maybe one of these days I could read your mind
And you won’t have to speak to me
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is work
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is work
Are we gonna work out
Cause all I do is
Clean up the mess that you left for me here
I can’t feel the emotions of two people I fear
I can’t teach you to be the person you’ve become
I barely am myself
And if I lie on the table will you rip out my heart
You can take every vein and just tear them apart
And my brain is all yours because it's only use
Is to find different ways to survive life with you
And I’ll clean up the mess that you left for me here
I can’t feel the emotions of two people I fear
I can’t teach you to be the person you’ve become
You stole me, you stole me
I barely am myself
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4. |
Wronged
04:04
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I don't know why I told you that, I'm sorry
I know I killed the mood
Sometimes I think that if I talked about it I'd figure out what I should do
Because there's knives inside my chest
And they're poking at my ribs
Because I'm grasping at straws big enough
To finally breathe in
Because I've held my breath for long enough
To save what once was there
Do that for long enough
Realize that no one cares
I don't know why I blew up I'm not angry
For the first time I feel fine
It's funny how somebody who is gone
Can hold a presence in your mind
And I'll no longer sugar coat
Because nothing here is fine
I won't lie to save your feelings
No one ever cared for mine
Because I've held my breath for long enough
And I've tried to forgive
Do that for long enough
Realize no one gives a shit
So I won't be the bigger person
I am far to small
And I don't care for being selfless
You can take this fall
When one day this soul shatters
It won't be my fault
I'll go to the grave still screaming
I'm the one who was wronged
And you'll say I seem different
And you'll say that I've changed
So I won't be the bigger person
I am far to small
And I don't care for being selfless
You can take this fall
When one day this soul shatters
It won't be my fault
I'll go to the grave still screaming
I'm the one who was wronged
I'm the one who was wronged
I'm the one who was wronged
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5. |
Forever
02:50
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Almost cried in the car with my mom today
She was trying to cheer me up
But I could tell she was pained
To see me like this again
And that part of it hurt just as much
Did you hear the new study they’re citing now?
How it’s so much worse than we all knew
I still haven’t yet grieved
What I thought life would be
Before any of us had a clue
Am I the only one
Who thinks that it might never end
Have you heard of the Fermi paradox?
I’ll explain it, but poorly, I’m sure
It states that if the universe is truly infinite
There would be aliens at our shores
One solutions that’s that they’re too far away
And the distance prevents their arrive
The worst solution is that sentience destroys itself
And that’s why we will never survive
Am I the only one
Who thinks that it might never end
I don’t care about what it all means anymore
I just want to wake up
And not feel like I’m going to die
I don’t want to be miserable anymore
I don’t want to let anyone down
But the world doesn’t care who you want to be
And it never lets anyone out
Am I the only one
Who thinks that it might never end
Am I the only one
Who thinks that it might never end
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Skyler Foley Virginia
Skyler Foley is a Northern Virginia based singer-songwriter. She is also sooooo funny and can beat anyone at skee ball and at Livin La Vida Loca on Just Dance 4 (even you danny) AND she makes a MEAN carrot cake.
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