1. |
Life pt.3 77
00:59
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Another round
Of this never-ending loop
Of boring routine which
At least three times I
Already lived and
You ask:
Another round?
Mate, I’m fine
I prefer to dive
Into a butterscotch dream
Pain relief
No more grief
In bloom under the coziest
Childhood
Youth
Blanket, hey!
You’re ruining the mood, babe
You’re right, babe
So stop, babe
I try, babe
I…
Get up and hope
You’d bury me here
I shut the eyes
And disappear
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2. |
Bebop Me Up 101
02:12
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So, in London
When the sun goes down
It goes down
Not like in America
Where the sleepless star
Runs 24/7
365
Like a madman
Strung to a stringless guitar and
Stop
No
I got more
Unexciting
News to share
With you
And it’s 12:50
12:52
12:53456
7
Bingo!
I won
Fuck no
Never got any prize
In my life
You’d better gamble
On a limpless horse
Not me
Stay away
The beat is hot
Be bop
Kerouac’s singing
No he’s not
A melodyless cinema
Scroll
Which talks about my life
Wrong
You wish
You super mega duper
Humbug
Fraud
Whatever
I am
But it’s night already
3 pm
Wintertime’s a bitch
Up here
I wish I could hit the bed
Blackout for a minute’s month
Forget about myself
Yet I need to
Want to
Keep moving through
Wards
Let’s say it
Life is sheer
Torture
From day one
ToDay last
But you don’t know
No
Would be too easy
Ask god
He’s having a laugh
At us
From day one
ToDay last
Fucking hell
I’m repeating myself so
Not only I am
Boring
And bland
Now I’m also
Bland
And boring
And
Let me tell you
Fuck off Youth
Yes,
That’s exactly what I wanted
To tell myself today
Matt:
Yeah?
You suck
Thanks, man
You got it
I got it alright
I guess
That’s just my way
Of drowning
And choking
And shushing
The fuck out of this
Beautiful pain
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3. |
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Poet
I swore to Rob that I was
None
And he got me straight
Away
He said,
Man
You are not
A poet
But I am
Asked my mum
She said
What? You write rhymes?
I also write…
Unbelievable
Other stuff like
Shut up
novels and
Bollocks
Anyhow, mum?
Yeah?
Am I?
What?!
A poet.
Fuck me
No shit
Listen
She started but
I didn’t
Listen
Cause you know
I know my potential
I know I am
A real
Unmistakeably
The Greatestest
Uh?
Don’t fucking laugh
Please
Rob
I am serious here
I sold 5
Maybe 6
Oh yeah babe
Copies of my shit
So forgive me for
My straightforward
Cheekiness
I am famouser than God,
(a colleague)
Shakespear’s mate
Kerouac insane
I am betterer than heaven
Heavier than
Hell
I forgot
To put down my pen
While pondering
The thoughts I thought I had
Secretly shut under the bed
Side
Table
Living room
Twisting the carpet
Of my main
Brain
Less
Cranium
It’s hard
I am a star
Innit, Rob?
What? Shut up?
And look at the
Camera?
But…
Flash!
Crash.
On the floor
Looking at the map
Less
Chart
Oh god
And
Done.
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4. |
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Lullaby
My solitude like
Mudhoney
Caress me along
The stream of
Waves
Air
Waves
Ripple the soul
In bed
Two dreams ago
But I forgot
Yeah
I forgot
The bliss of
The sweat of
On stage
Screaming my teenage away
Crawling the backdoors away
I’m too old for that shit
So I sit and sip my tea
Staring at the void inside my eyes
On spare nights
I lay down
And die
Without making a
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5. |
Truth Inside 66
01:34
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I’m O I
Bet’er than ever
Bet’er than you
You bastard
You anyone
But specifically you
Let’s not digress
Where was I?
Yes
I’m O I
Incredibly good
Fuck me
I’m gonna blow your third eye
With the extraordinariest of
Mind-blowingly
Shut up
What?
Fuck you
You who
Don’t believe in my
Shit
Even when I’m brilliant
Delusionally astounding
Deranged to the point that
Hey
For Chrissake
But I lost my audience
Just as Francis said and
Who am I kidding?
There’s nobody here
Yet you stopped listening
To my passive aggressive
Endless
Call for attention
Moaning
Rightfully
You’re not listening to me
No more
And I understand
Cause you have your own bad day to deal with
To survive
Life
Mate,
U O I?
I’m O I
No you’re not
That’s a lie
Nobody is fucking fine
I’m not
She’s not
They’re not
No
One
Got
A bloody jolly
Good day
Ever
In this country
In a million years
Except when we say
I’m O I
Everything’s fine
All good
Same old
Paying the bills
Living the dream
With a crooked straight face
That hides the harsh
Truth inside
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6. |
Well 70
00:59
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Well well well,
It appears I'll have to do the whole fucking thing by myself, innit?
Video, music and voice? It sounds pretty interesting.
And colossally no profit for no fucking anyone
Therefore, it sounds like a brilliant plan.
I'll get to it as soon as I feel the urge to create the umpteenth creation for no one to enjoy.
Right before I get poor for good
Right before I start snoring on
That cardboard bed under the bridge
Right before I go wrong
But maybe I won't.
Get poor I mean.
Maybe I'll get rich as beep
Rich as fucking beep
Beep as beep beep beep goddammit
I don't know.
Maybe this nonsense video will make us both
Famous.
Maybe not.
Maybe, it may be.
Mate is that it?
I...
Fuck.
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7. |
Clouds 85
01:25
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Life goes
Not because
It’s time
They’re knocking on your door
Waiting for you
Underground
Or above and beyond
Like cloud
Unravel my last words
Stitch them back together
Suit yourself
Make me shine
Like a god of light
You’ll find a meaning to
My remarks
Hissed to you in a rant form
You got it, kid
That’s it so
Puff me out
Like smoke in a damp wet morning
Freezing cold night
Like cloud
I’ll levitate and swim the skies
Say goodbye and
Light it up
Another one
Another fag
Dangling by the side of my mouth
Like a cowboy or
A rockstar
Hollywood movie
Starlet
Nah
Forever above
On your head
Over the earth
Cloud nine
Make me laugh
I’m laughing myself out
Funnying myself silly
Aren’t you better now?
Wait,
You…
Who?
I know.
So watch me surf
And puff
Away for good
For the real truth is
We’re better off
Among the peace of
These sky’s blues
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8. |
Believe 90
03:23
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Sometimes I dream
Of getting a job at the Post Office and be
The Bukowski I’d like to greet and
I’d like to drink
But it’s not my thing
If I go beyond one,
Or two sips
I swear I get high
And paranoid like
Shit
At least I had a grunge band
And I screamed
And smoked
But that was no weed
Only ciggies
Cause I get tipsy at the sole smell of
That thing
Anyhow,
Sometimes I’d like to be
Foolish me, oh well
I mean,
I’d like to be born in the Seattle scene
Die at 27
Reach Kurt up in heaven
But I’m too old already
37
Missed all my dead lines
I’m immortal now and
Wait a second
I ain’t no Jesus either
Cuz that one
Bosh!
At 33 and
I told you already
Don’t make me repeat
So I guess I’ll stay
Away from me
I’m sick as fuck
Trying my best
To keep the goddamn
Self awake
In one piece
I even
You know what?
Started doing sports lately
I swim the sickness out of me
And back
Once a weak
Sorry,
But that’s it
I have myself on a leash
Quit all sorts of things
Coffee
Sugar
Nicotine
I stopped believe
I ain’t a ‘20s/‘50s/‘60s
New Yorker author no more
Where’s the smoke
Hovering the heads-less offices
Open spaces that never were
Only in my mind
Tickless type
Writer of a kind
Why??
Where’s my goddamn
Stash of
God,
No,
I had to reinvent myself
Bin all the previous me(s) and
Cry
Cry
Cry
Then
Start from scratch
Keep up with my burning stomach
Which can’t be defused
Extinguish the flame
Really
I am in pain
Too often
Teen age
Resurface
Every now and now
And I try
To ink it all off into books
To sing it down to reason
To manage the effort
And shoot the shit
Out of my system
For good
Not understanding that
That shit is nothing
But me.
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