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julian berosh shows me his favorite bands i
tend to enjoy them and it makes me want to write songs
and that's how i found myself in my basement tonight
today i heard the song everywhere by michelle branch
on a 2000's playlist, it almost felt planned
and i sang along to prove the joy was not just in my head
manchester orchestra is clear that they've got friends
so is jack's mannequin, they help him pull through
and i just want to keep on doing that until i find this
steven arcieri calls me every fuckin day
to discuss karl ove, he's our reality show
and i wouldn't have it any other goddamn way
tonight i'll probably watch grease and rugrats movie
i keep on truckin with my destination staying
out of my sight, it keeps my hopes and dreams inside
i've got to write, i've got to focus on my life
we're all alone, we're here to show that we can grow
i'm free to ride, i'm tall enough to stay inside
and cogitate, and try to find some understanding if i can
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school of rock has had me thinking about everything since i was young
i felt sometimes like dewey finn but mostly i
felt the way the class inspired dewey to get better
and it's ok to make mistakes as long as you try harder to believe
in honesty
i'm not so strong
and sometimes all we really have to do is tag along
and help each other out in ways that show we're
here to stay and every time we hit the bottom there are
people everywhere and things just go on
apologies are more important than forgiving nods
you may not agree but saying there's no time for apologies
is sometimes all that you can say to keep the band alive
and carry on every second trying harder it's about getting better
why hold onto grudges when you could just have fun?
and why condescend on someone else's passion?
ned schneebly is a working stiff, that's cool
but he still wants to be where dewey's heart is free
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Orange County
03:18
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i could watch orange county but i've seen it so many times that i'm not sure that it's worth it
i could go walking but every time i do i come back sweating buckets
life is funny, everything i do somehow becomes the product
of what i live for, does that mean that i'm the product of bad movies
i'm having lots of fun alone and that's what i have taught myself
it's me and the world, i figure that the world knows better than i do
i sit here analyzing peace i've found and what i'm waiting for
could it be it's here and i've been too distracted by myself?
i was up till morning on the night that i first watched american graffiti
i watched the shining too yeah i was watching everything back then
but the pattern's weakened, everything i do is defined by my rations
i just can't handle dedicating so much time to staring at screens
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Just Like I Do
02:45
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i watched a film called summer catch last night
it was a classic romance drama with a baseball twist and i
cried like i do
as if the story were true
and i tried like hell to
keep myself awake until the end
is not approaching so i'm trying to collect
as much of the world as i can take in
i'm not a failure but it's hard to feel the motion
now there's nothing i can really do to change
i had a dream about my job last night
it involved someone we don't see anymore because he stole
and now he's gone
but that's something that happens since it's wrong
so i guess we're not
gonna be acquainted anymore at all
sometimes it's easy to forget that i'm so young
sometimes things change so much i keep myself convinced it is the end
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Mutual Appreciation
02:16
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i'm becoming a big fan of andrew bujalski
but i can't seem to find his second film mutual appreciation
i'm becoming a big fan of staying indoors
but i can't find justification for this way of staying happy
maybe i can find enough inside that i don't need to look elsewhere
a sort of internal explorer
stacks of books gathering dust because i've already read them before
my favorite part of funny ha ha was when he threw his beer of the porch
my favorite part of staying inside is when it feels like i'm not
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Reality Bites
03:38
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when you're drunk anticipating every line
you know a movie has really entered your life
staring straight into the world you know so well
and forgetting all the worlds around your screaming self
troy dire smokes his camel straights
a random lottery of tragedy and a series of near escapes
he doesn't seem to like the world
but he knows it
i don't know if i have learned from what i've seen but it has changed me
i don't know if i am living or pretending to be
lelaina pierce feels washed up at 22
stuck between a freak, a yuppie, and a fine gap employee
she takes vikkie to the diner to tell her it'll be fine
and sammy gray rehearsed coming out on camera
nearly joking, thought provoking, vikkie pretends she is old
and then the next scene he is locked out of his house and contemplating
and michael doesn't seem to get lelaina's vision
he's kind but just not smart enough to say the right thing
all you have to be by 23 is yourself
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if i had watched superbad many years ago
it may have changed my view of things
but now it only makes me think
of how things were for me back then
my judgement is all i've got
it's funny to think i didn't have it
but i suppose there somehow is
a way that i could lose it
around the time they got off the bus
i went to get some beer myself
and i watched the party scene
as if it were a party scene itself
there's something hidden deeper
that i wouldn't see at 8 or 9
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drake bell was in the episode of zoey 101 i watched last night
he played the spring fling party in exchange for 5000 dollars
they had some trouble raising the money and then they crashed a car
but he agreed to play the show in exchange for their shirt designs
logan and dana may have had a moment if she hadn't left after season 1
dustin may have beaten the video game if chase and michael hadn't killed the power
it's better to watch at the age where i understand the complex interactions
it's easy to relate now that i've been through all of it
devin used blix soda as their aim back when the show was still hot
i remember talking one day about the show's drama and its resemblance to
the more intense soap operas, it was more likely that i would have been watching drake and josh back then i may have said
it was when chase matthews left the class election that i thought there's something real right here
consequently mark del figgalo became the only candidate
and won by default to quinn's applause
quinn is the perfect example of someone hard to understand
quinn and mark are together now and it's better now
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i started off on page 1 and i finished 2 days later
you tried making small talk on the bus but i wouldn't have it
i was halfway through a book i borrowed from my brother
i was feeling something like i was living a cold winter but it was summer
and it still is and i am sweating in my bedroom
this is the first time i have kept myself in some sort of routine
and fuck it's hot out so i'm trying to keep cooler
this is the last time i will make myself believe i can break free
is it vain to think i have something to say for once?
i tried writing fiction but i never came close to a conclusion
at least i have andrew sean greer and adam haslett
and don't forget that steven dunn is coming out with something soon
and i'm alive and i am sweating in my bedroom
this is the first time i have kept myself in some sort of routine
and fuck it's hot out so i'm trying to keep cooler
this is the last time i will make myself believe i can break free
people say they haven't been themselves but who knows who they are?
they might be better off that way
and so i'm here and i'm sweating in my bedroom
this is the first time i have kept myself in some sort of routine
and fuck it's hot out so i'm trying to keep cooler
this is the last time i will make myself believe i can break free
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Our Infinite Selves
03:49
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today at 7-eleven everything was on my side
everyone was looking right into my eyes
and that's just how it was since i woke up this morning
i don't know what causes this type of shining but it's real
what is it that makes the world feel all planned out?
like it all has been determined by someone we know ourselves?
it's not something religious i feel
but it could be something in how we treat ourselves
sometimes i look into the mirror and what i see isn't bright
failure to be uplifted by the thought of life
and that's just how it is and it's not wrong or right
i don't know what causes this type of shifting but it's real
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Barn Party
03:28
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a part of me that i will never get back
was brought to life when i watched someone else be me on a tv screen
he was drunk and socializing in a way that he
typically wouldn't be
every time i close a door several open
and i can't help but feel it's getting better
every time i lock the door the inside opens
and i live with what i have at my disposal
i know i can make this setting wishful
the part of me that felt i must extend myself
died the day i discovered what lies under pages and tv screens
i'm not sure if it's changed how i view others
but it's certainly changed how i view me
the barn party wasn't as fun as he had hoped
but he still wished she was there, it made me smile
i haven't seen much of anyone
but i have been embracing what i love
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Toy Story Marathon
03:17
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it was only just last year that i got lost inside of new york
and since then i've thought a lot about it
but it's just something that's going to lose its
humor some day soon
i guess i'll keep forgetting
i was only just a kid when i cried in front of the whole school
and since then i've been told it's not the part
that they remember but the
performance prior
i guess i'll keep forgetting
don't worry cause we'll move on
i don't have much to do but marathon all the toy stories
and hannah montana too
i don't have much to say about my life except it's fine
i'm forever my old self
i'm forever who i was
there is something wrong with how we say we've moved on
we just collect what we are
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