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The sun went up and down again, another day my dearest friend
Did you really think this would not end?
All the same I've gotta say I wouldn't have it any other way
As we go rolling 'round the bend
And I'll be back this time tomorrow on the road by the sea
To give you back the time I borrowed I had intended to keep
On the west horizon's brink is where my dear old ship did sink
It left me too dazed and confused to think
I don't know when, I don't know how but I swear I'll get up off the ground
That holds me down and makes me feel so weak.
And I'll be back this time tomorrow on the road by the sea
To give you back the time I borrowed I had intended to keep
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Athena
03:47
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Oh Athena, you're casting a shadow
Over the city, the city I live in
She's so beautiful but not worth my time
Yeah I think that I can do better
Don't wanna fight, but you crossed the line
You're shadow be cast no more
Oh Athena, you're playing the wrong game
With the wrong opponent, broken records stay broken
And did that record skip? Cause it's the same fucking thing
Repeatedly sang to no end at all
See the sunlight best from darkest of nights
Your shadow be cast no more
Oh, the stars that danced around our hearts
Could not prevent the scars from forming where our
Love used to be
Oh, Athena, just one final word
The rain will corrode you until it runs through you
And I'll be standing here with the nothing you left
That I kept
When the sirens sound and the lions awake
With the song that you sang
Oh Athena, you'll trouble me no more
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Every night we were up at the bar, every morning we'd puke in your front yard
It'll be long before I black out drunk in your bathtub again
Well, I've enjoyed wasting my life almost as much as wasting all yours
Like that afternoon all of these years have been one big, blue blur
I miss being afraid of the dark and dressing in time travelers clothes
And tossing a lime back and forth because that's the way that the game goes
If I could walk the highwire through downtown, across the trapeze back to your house
We'd both say the other is true because in the end nobody knows
Tonight we drink to remember and sober up to forget
This is not the last that you'll see of me
This is not the last that we'll ever be, ever be
Sitting in the same room, reading different pages of the same boring story
And now you're moving on, this is long as we'll ever get
Now you're moving on, to the biggest adventure yet
Now you're moving on to the biggest adventure yet
And I'll keep singing these songs from my motherfucking basement
So tell me again - where did you go now? Chicago? Philly, LA?
And to all my nomad friends on the road out there riding the trains
You better all make it home safely or God help me, I'll kill you myself
And my I say it is the craziest thing that I get to make toasts to your health
Tonight we drink to remember and sober up to forget
This is not the last that you'll see of me
This is not the last that we'll ever be, ever be
Sitting in the same room, reading different pages of the same boring story
And now you're moving on, this is long as we'll ever get
Now you're moving on, to the biggest adventure yet
Now you're moving on to the biggest adventure yet
And I'll keep singing these songs from my motherfucking basement
Well, I wouldn't go back if you paid me but I wouldn't change it for the world
So that's why I'm thinking maybe we'll meet at another bar in another town down the road
Oh and then, just maybe then we can make a new Hegel joke.
Tonight we drink to remember and sober up to forget
This is not the last that you'll see of me
This is not the last that we'll ever be, ever be
Sitting in the same room, reading different pages of the same boring story
And now you're moving on, this is long as we'll ever get
Now you're moving on, to the biggest adventure yet
Now you're moving on to the biggest adventure yet
And I'll keep singing these songs from my motherfucking basement
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The Smoking Gun
03:49
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The stairs have never ever been so daunting
Joints grinding together begging you to go no further
And what's worse, your mind is listening
Too tired to continue, lost your muster and your fervor
This is the moment you've been fearing all your life
This is the moment when you must decide - well, I've decided
If I live to be 100, I still would think it's true
Existence worth existing is existing within you
It's a shame you've grown to be so heartless
Cause life is full of suffering but it's not without catharsis and I say:
I will fight until my dying moment
I will fight until my dying moment
And every now and then I'll get to see my family
Eyes are turning bridges burning - kids are so young they don't know my name
This isn't happening. I'm old and getting older every day until the day I waste away
Scream and shout till the last vibration leaves your throat
Every weakness a strength to unfold
If I live to be 100, I still would think it's true
Existence worth existing is existing within you
It's a shame you've grown to be so heartless
Cause life is full of suffering but it's not without catharsis and I say:
I will fight until my dying moment
I will fight until my dying moment
Did you ever find what you were running from
Or did it just make you run farther away
Did you ever, ever find your smoking gun?
If I live to be 100, I still would think it's true
Existence worth existing is existing within you
It's a shame you've grown to be so heartless
Cause life is full of suffering but it's not without catharsis and I say:
I will fight until my dying moment
I will fight until my dying moment
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Apple Pie and Dead Kids
03:32
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Well, I don't wanna live in a world where a fighter jet is considered a better investment than a hospital
Or a tank is than a school
But I'm equally tired of being told that our solutions lie in bottles, rags, and broken glass
Because the violence of the past can never be washed away in fresher blood
Because for every single building that is burned down, another conformist is born
And they will never dare to question the system that holds them down
Oh, no they won't
Did you see it? Did you hear it? Did you ask what was going on?
The cops shot another kid down the road, reports said he was unarmed or so they say
And after a joke of a trial, that motherfucker walked free
And there are too many people that already this case that don't seem alarmed
Ok, now here's the really scary part -Which case am I talking about?
Bet you don't know
Well, if you say that you want change than don't ask for the same damn thing
I never wanted to throw rocks I just wanted the pendulum to swing
Back to a place and a time that I never thought was quite real
But I'm starting to get nauseous from the swinging
Cause I'd rather die a bitter old man and cling to impossible dreams
I'm tired of making do with inbetweens
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Here Be Monsters Athens, Georgia
Here Be Monsters is an independent folk-punk project currently based out of Georgia consisting of one member. It delivers lo-
fi, emotive music through full band recordings and looper-based performances.
Digital downloads are free, but I'm still charging for CDs and merch. Donations are welcome! Thanks, y'all!
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