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Welcome Home
04:12
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Crocodile
07:00
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I'm just some guy with an alternative way
I don't care what you say and I don't have any shame
If you're gonna roll your eyes then you shouldn't of looked
It's not my fault your brain is too cooked to see the scope of
What I'm trying to create, but you'll just have to wait
This is just bait for the roast in the back
Bring it to a simmer,
Fluff with a fork and serve hot for dinner
I've been going around, what have you done?
Don't ever think all this is for fun
I got shit to do and places to be
and nah, no one ever told me to do it but me
"Oh Clay, you found your passion!'
Yeah well fuck off I didn't ask for your opinion
I'm gonna do what I think is good
and if you don't like it, you probably should.
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Empty streets and there's no one around
I know the silence here and it's always so loud
We've got to make a sound
Crowds that move to the beat of a drum
Cause there's a war out there that won't end till it's won
We've got to hold our ground
If they ask why we stand here
We tell em all night long
If they walk away
We say, the fight goes on
And I've got the feeling that everything has changed
and words can't capture it
The music swallows us
And we're reborn in it
Empty streets and there's no one around
I know the silence here and it's always so loud
We've got to make a sound
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Pressure
04:37
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You aren’t good enough
Tell me why you should be here
A dozen other kids would kill for this, clearly
You ain’t got what it takes
You’re just one of those fakes with white parents
Who just want their kids to get married
I see grandpa’s money got you into that school
So you can ruin it with weed and substance abuse
Hey but substance is the one thing you ain’t got enough of-
Course you can’t match it, you’re set up to fail
Go grab a lighter and head up the trail
There ain’t no service, it’s too late to bail
Are you feeling it yet? Are you feeling it yet?
Well, swallow your shit, I ain’t hopping no fence
Get outta town where no one can find you
Whoever you meet can’t know what’s behind so
I gave it two tries and now I’m all set
There ain’t no way to get outta this shit
Cause it followed me home, dark and alone
I got a 30 in the fridge and a number on my phone
And don’t even look what’s in the bedside drawer
I can’t count the times I’ve been here before
Just another night when you bring home the K
I don’t care if it’s safe, man, whatever you say
Do me dirty like that and you won’t be forgiven
I got some boys I can call, stage yourself a sit-in
The pressure got to me just one time
Are you feeling it yet? You feeling it yet?
A slip in front of people who don’t know a thing
Are you feeling it yet? You feeling it yet?
Hide the double lie, don’t let them know
Are you feeling it yet? You feeling it yet?
Well, take another hit, tell me how you been doing
Another shot of jim to get yourself ruined
Like you wanted to be, always and forever
Through all the shit I still love you like a brother
Show me the light, show me the darkness
Tears down the cheeks of a stone man, heartless
Tortured by a situation out of your control
Nightmares, right there, rolling on the ground
Catch me in the courtyard smoking it down
Are you feeling it yet? You feeling it yet?
Yeah I thought so
Yeah I thought so
Welcome to the club, I guess
Pass that shit
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5. |
Just Around the Bend
10:13
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Typical
02:45
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And if you coulda told me in twenty-one-five
Bout how all my friends keep tryna die
You’d probably understand why I get in my head
And why you don't see it when I’m feeling that dread
It’s a delicate situation
And no one’s there to help
The reason I lay awake at night is a ceiling fan and a belt
I’m honestly surprised they’re all still alive
But it wouldn’t take much to change
Those demons don’t just disappear when you’ve done that much K
I’ve lived in this kind of normal
For more years than I’d care to admit
Close your eyes, be in the dark with my friends on that sinking ship
I’ve been sitting on the beach as a lifeguard so long I don’t even know how to swim
And fuck me if I remember the last time anyone went in
The beach is where all the drugs are
The underpass, near the bridge
It’s really a shame they all look the same when you haven’t been told what’s good
If you wanna go out, try it
But don’t come crying to me
I know what that shit does to people and trust me you don’t wanna see
And if you coulda told me in twenty-one-five
Bout how all my friends keep tryna die
You’d probably understand why I get in my head
And why you don’t see it when I’m feeling that dread
You don’t see it when it when I’m feeling that dread
You don’t see it when it when I’m feeling that dread
You don’t see it, you don’t see it
You don’t see it when I’m feeling that dread
You don’t see it, you don’t see it
You don’t see it when I’m feeling that dread
You don’t see it, you don’t see it
You don’t see it when I’m feeling that dread
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Here in the land of charcoal cliff sides,
Oak trees long dead and gone
The wild beast roams, only stopped by stones
You best hope it doesn’t find you wrong.
Beware, my friend, of all the steps you take, the pass does not forgive
It’ll take you to the highest peaks, remind you why you live
But in the hills of California,
They say don’t go over there
The darkness that proceeds you is not yours to share
17 souls went down that hole
Or at least that’s what I’ve heard
If you find their bones, beaten and stoned
You’ll know you’ve gone too far
Yeah, too far
But it’s too late to turn back now, I pray I meet you on the other side. Good luck.
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Just around the bend
Ten more miles
I ain’t seen no one
For a good long while
Did you ever find it?
That final prize
I bet no one told you
It’s in your own mind
Go to the mountains
Find yourself
I didn’t come here so I could take it from the shelf
Just keep on walking
Down that path of yours
Before you know it you’ll be shown just who you are
The sun will rise in the morning
The tide with return to the sea
Your path is yours to walk alone
For nobody else can see
There is only one way to freedom
For all one an do is be
Because all one can do it be
All one can do is be
All one can do is be
Yeah,
The sun will rise in the morning
The tide will return to the sea
Your path is yours to walk alone
For nobody else will see
If you wanna be shown another bend in the road will tell more than I ever could
But for those who are lost,
Remember the cost of a wandering soul with no spirit
(So,) Go to the mountains
And find yourself
I didn’t come here
For the god damn shelf
Did you ever find it?
That final prize
I bet no one told you
I bet no one told you
I bet no one told you, no
Nobody told me, no
Nobody told me, no
Nobody told me, no
Nobody told me
It was there the whole time
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Clay Rodgers Santa Barbara, California
State Route 154 (SR 154) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs from Los Olivos to Santa Barbara, crossing the San Marcos Pass in the Santa Ynez Mountains.
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