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Diary of Girls
04:05
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like some botched surgery, broken torn and bruised
or a patchwork quilt stitched with an awkward hit and miss
it’s some twisted flipbook of failure
stapled, crumpled, scribbled, and taped up
you are one of the pages in my diary of girls
like some hazy hangover stained in broken glass
details sketchy and sordid oft recounted in verse
it’s some twisted flipbook of failure
ripped out, pasted, Xeroxed, e-mailed
naked, brutal, faithless, repenting
I might get a song from the torment
you are one of the pages in my diary of girls
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2. |
Cute Assassin
03:31
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I don’t think I’ll ever know what it was
maybe some cruel joke
did you get off on it?
did you get off on it by checking me off your list?
I’m just one of your boys
that you take and mess around
drowning in your bedroom eyes
it should come as no surprise
cute assassin killed me in the dark
when you wrapped your legs around mine
what was on your mind
by some perverse nature I ignore signal
as we spill our hearts upon the bed
I regret telling you you were everything to me
bittersweet memories I can not erase
cute assassin killed me in the dark
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3. |
Neon Service
03:36
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on nights like these I need a light
on nights like these I need a call
and somewhere in the darkness
it flickers on
at times like these I need a drink
at times like these I need my meds
for all regrets and indiscretion
you’ll find the neon
the things we do in the dark
the things we do when no one looks
just lose yourself in the glowing
engulfed in neon
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4. |
Dirty Little Plastic
03:48
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the look on your face
you know what is on my mind
i've waited all day to get home to you
i think i'm almost out of breath
to give the kiss of life to you
you're begging for me
on your hands and knees
dirty little plastic
i know what you want
you've been a bad girl
though you can't even speak
your mouth does more than enough
every night i get the urge to squeeze you tight
i'll hold you in my arms 'til we both explode
but before round 2 i'll patch you up
dirty little plastic
i think i'm almost out of breath
to give the kiss of life to you
you're begging for me
on your hands and knees
dirty little plastic
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5. |
Your Girlfriend
03:28
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we need to talk about your girlfriend
I think she has a thing for me
I really don’t know when it started
but she woke up right next to me
she says you don’t appreciate or listen to the things she says
or take the extra steps to show you care
I’m gonna steal your girlfriend
you could consider this a dick-move
she was off-limits from the get go
I never made it far by guessing
she made it clear just by undressing
you never want her when she’s there or notice when she cuts her hair
you never comment on her clothes unless they end up on the floor
she says you always come home late
repeated reasons seem too fake
the texts, the calls from random broads
a different perfume you adore
(she doesn’t need you)
I’m gonna steal your girlfriend
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6. |
Human Disease
04:09
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it’s been coming for a long time
there’s no stopping now, there’s no stopping now
the emotion is a trigger
every face becomes the finger
some would say it makes us weak, makes us do crazy things (oh)
some don’t know what it’s for, only seems to make us poor
for the cost of give and take is a big mistake
pressing pen point against paper
documenting the human disease
tell your boyfriend, girl or lover
that you just caught the human disease
it’s been coming for a long time
there’s no stopping now, there’s no stopping now
the emotion is a trigger
every face becomes the finger
some believe in first sight
it can vanish in the night
if you base it on the lust
it returns to dust
from the awkward to the ugly
everyone needs the human disease
pick your poison, pick your posy
infect and spread the human disease
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7. |
Flawed Memories
03:27
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there’s a memory of you in the back of my mind
and i pray with age, you’ll fade with time
there’s a memory of us spilling secrets and trust
due to too much drink
it still hurts to think
every single thought
every single thing has a little sting
when i think of us
the days and nights are hard
my memories are flawed
there’s a memory of me in the passenger seat
curiosity got the best of me
there’s a memory of lust that begins to rust
thinking it would last
now it haunts my past
every single thought
every single thing has a little sting
when i think of us
the days and nights are hard
my memories are flawed
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8. |
Everyone's Girl
03:33
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I wonder about the human mind
what throws us in each others arms
and baby, do you mean what you said
when everyone’s at your door
just like the territorial beast
we all race to claim what’s ours
wanting to be the very first
as we all flock to you
I hope you’re not everyone’s girl
I wonder if everything will change
for everyone else who hangs with you
am I just another boy
or the one for you
I hope you’re not everyone’s girl
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9. |
We Were Never Friends
02:54
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let me count the ways my dear
for I fear you never knew
or had a clue to why we failed
open up and speak your mind
mind you, I have to be asked
for I have to know you care
this is why we failed
we were never friends
so you save it all for them
lovers aren’t supposed to know
aren’t we supposed to be f.f.
looking back I’m still surprised
at what possessed me from the start
because the groundwork wasn’t there
I had to break your heart
we were never friends
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10. |
The Rules
04:37
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I assume you know the rules
and read the regulations
girl I know you do
just throw clothes on the floor
I don’t think you will need them
with what we’re about to do
can’t you see when everything is said and done
this charade was only for a bit of fun
as per the rules, we’re not supposed to get attached
why make this hard
you know that I can’t call you back
you know what this was
don’t make me break the rules
I’m a lover and a player
girl you know it’s true
though I’ve been hurt before
you can’t use it as fodder
for something I won’t do
be discreet, keep it underneath the sheets
if they must know, just say it was the best you had
as per the rules, we’re not supposed to get attached
which makes this hard
because I want to call you back
I knew what this was
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11. |
Building Houses
04:30
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I built a house, built on sand
mixed with silt, no cement
and it lasted for a year
‘til the tide took it back
‘til the tide took it back
I tried again with gravel base
sticks and mud and duct tape
though it got me through the month
the wind took it back
the wind took it back
compensating for shortcomings
you never know what is or is to be
do your best, prep for disaster
and pray the walls will hold
battered by the wrath of nature
my emotion leaves me bare
so I gather shreds of my faith
as I try to plug the holes
I built myself, built with bricks
with no doors or windows
and it should last for awhile
at least until I die
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