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Airglow

by Zoe Gray

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1.
Smooth 02:32
Well, everybody knows I’m not exactly a strapper But I’m still well-known as a lady trapper Well you ask, how’s this rapper so goddamn dapper And the secret’s in the toe of my trusty tapper I’m a swinging, jiving, music man But, of course, you knew that long before I began What, you haven’t heard of me? Well I’m big in Japan Wear a fedora every day because I motherfucking can Well, I’m so smooth like peanut butter When they see me, women’s eyelids flutter I’m refined and suave and debonair When I pirouette all the females stare Cause I’m smooth So smooth Now, I know what you’re thinking, how’s this fella so spry He got moves so sick that I think I’m gonna cry Baby, my shoulder’s here, but I’ll tell you why: I do it for you, cause I’m a really nice guy I’m elegant and classy, you’re a little more concise You’re a sweet apple pie, but I’ll add a little spice I’m attracted to your brains, but the rest is pretty nice Well, I told you once, now I’ll tell you twice That I’m so smooth like a bowling lane My vocabulary’s better than the late Mark Twain I’m refined and suave and debonair When I chassé all the females stare Cause I’m smooth So smooth Baby don’t you know you want me Want my dancing feet Of course you do, how couldn’t you After my sick beat Well, I’m so smooth like whipping cream When they’re with me, women want to scream I’m refined and suave and debonair When I wiggle-wiggle-wiggle all the females stare Cause I’m so smooth like Morgan Freeman I’m a high-class bad-ass dancing demon I’m the slickest snake in the universe And, baby, you could do, like, so much worse Cause I’m smooth
2.
Far away in lands lost long ago there was a child young and innocent, carefree, unknowing of the things the world would bring to it, So it ran amok and every day it played among the flowers and the trees, only the wind to guide it, And there was no one there to warn it of the things to come and no one to tell it to prepare, And there was no one there to warn it so it ran without a care And when the rain fell down it lifted its head up and tasted it, And when the rain fell down it cried and said this rain is beautiful, I admit. Then the child, grown in part, held every day close to its heart and mastered the forsaken art of being where it wanted to be, So it climbed atop a willow, wandering free, And there was no one there to warn it of the things to come and no one to tell it to prepare, And there was no one there to tell it that the rain was bad to it ran without a care And when the rain fell down it lifted its head up and tasted it, And when the rain fell down it cried and said this rain is beautiful, I admit. Now the child, fully grown, who lived its life all on its own, met another child wandering free, it was A little child, the smallest one, who’d always only known the sun, whose life had hardly just begun, with nobody to tell it what not to be, And there was someone there now to tell of things to come and how to prepare But the someone there just told it to wander free without a care And when the rain fell down it said lift your head up and bathe in it, And when the rain fell down the child smiled and said this rain is beautiful, I admit, The rain is beautiful, isn’t it?
3.
Grave 04:22
I don’t know why But I’ve been feeling so ethereal lately Walk on by It’s like nobody can see me I’m walking on air Is anybody there Now I remember something Dark and cold like the inside of a Grave I don’t know why I’m here but I just feel so Afraid Of what I was, what I am, and what I will be I think I’m fine This feeling like so many things will pass In time That’s one thing I’ve got lots of now, I guess I feel so free Can anybody hear me Is this all we are, just Passing from the cradle to the Grave I don’t know why I’m here but I just feel so Afraid Of what I was, what I am, and what I will be I think I’m gonna be alright Nothing to hurt me now, you know If no one sees you No one knows you Then you never have to try I want to start a fight If no one sees you No one hears you When you try to say goodbye I don’t know why But I’m feeling kind of sick of being lost Walk on by Nothing to see here now, and isn’t that the cost I’m alone To see more than I ever could have known Oh, it’s so empty here In-between two worlds, it’s silent as the Grave I don’t know why I’m here but I just feel so Afraid Of what I was, what I am, and what I will be
4.
There are some candles in the back Remnants of life before the attack But I’ll light them for you Canned soup and lentils aren’t the best But the mutant rats got to the rest So they’ll have to do The sky is full of balls of fire They burn and glow like my desire I hear them moaning from outside I know the feeling We might not make it to the dawn So when’s a better time get it on There are zombies pounding on door So baby just a little more The government is underground So they won’t hear us when we pound` The world is dying, full of shit So before it ends, let’s make the most of it There’s a dusty mattress on the floor Come on, I’ll wipe away the gore And lay you down You haunt my mind, make me a fool I think, or maybe that’s the ghoul We’re living in a ghost town The sky is full of balls of fire They burn and glow like my desire I hear them moaning from outside I know the feeling I hear the slam of a body bag So when’s a better time to shag Skeletons are rotting rather near But they’re not the only bones in here Come on, let’s populate the earth They’d have great genes, for what it’s worth The world is ending, I admit, But before it does, let’s make the most of it Make the most of it Plagues left our world in a sorry state But I won’t be sorry to fornicate Robots are uprising above But we’re here tunneling in love We’ll never see the light of day Just one more reason for you to stay The world is ending, we must submit But before we do, let’s make the most of it
5.
Shark Week 02:40
If this song makes you feel uncomfortable Get used to it Go on and dance At least you don’t Have to deal with the crazy shit Going on every month in our pants It’s shark week It’s shark week The havoc we will wreak The outcomes are quite bleak For you You’ve not a clue What’s in store for the next two to seven days It’s shark week It’s shark week Tradition clouded in mystique Our war paint is a streak Of red I wish I was dead But my mental stability Correlates directly To the lunar phase I don’t care if your manliness prevents you from Fully enjoying this Neither do we Jekyll and Hyde the monster that I’ll become Makes me reminisce About a time before this came and happened to me It’s shark week It’s shark week The havoc we will wreak The outcomes are quite bleak For you You’ve not a clue How much I want to stroke you with a knife It’s shark week It’s shark week Tradition clouded in mystique Our war paint is a streak Of red I wish I was dead I’m completely engulfed In the pain of being a werewolf And I’ll be this way for half of my natural life And I don’t want your pity or your scoffs I’m too busy with my tampon tampoffs But I don’t want to be denied entry through the presidential door And your argument is invalid because most of the women that have run anyways are old enough that they wouldn’t even have it anymore And even if they do the important thing is what they’re standing for It’s shark week It’s shark week The havoc we will wreak The outcomes are quite bleak For you I want to do Many terrible things to whomever invented uteri If only I could It’s shark week It’s shark week Tradition clouded in mystique Our war paint is a streak Of red I wish I was dead And I want to go swimming Cause I’m at the beach But I didn’t of think of that before I came here And now people are just jumping in but I can’t do that And there’s no convenient bathrooms In which I could insert the thing that holds in All the blood
6.
Staring calmly into oblivion Underneath the floors we’ve been living on Try to convince you of the truth I’ll unveil Just kick off your boots let me tell you this tale Though you call it inhumanity I’ll convince you of my sanity Watch my convictions slowly fall apart I’ll give it all away to stop the beating of his heart I’m falling through Take me away, take me away The pounding of a drum In my ears Can you hear it Can you hear it It’s the spirit It’s the spirit Even this one good thing in my life turned bad And though I speak with reason everybody thinks I’m mad Just an eye it sits and stares at me I wonder just how much an eye can see Underneath the facade of serenity Can it see my fingers tremble when I turn the key Like the lantern illuminate my soul Everything must stay under my control Watch my convictions slowly fall apart I’ll give it all away to stop the beating of his heart I’m falling through Take me away, take me away The pounding of a drum In my ears Can you hear it Can you hear it It’s the spirit It’s the spirit Even this one good thing in my life turned bad And though I speak with reason everybody thinks I’m mad Try to believe it’s not as bad it seems But my mind can’t erase the sound of the screams My convictions slowly fall apart I’ll give it all away to stop the beating of my heart I’m falling through Take me away, take me away The pounding of a drum In my ears Can you hear it Can you hear it It’s the spirit It’s the spirit Even this one good thing in my life turned bad And though I speak with reason everybody thinks I’m mad
7.
Jesse's Girl 03:14
Everybody says that I’m crazy, crazy I know this; by now I’m aware Everybody says that you’re lazy, lazy, never gonna go nowhere But when I turn the music up all I need to know is that you’re there And the rest of world can fall away, no, I don’t even care Everybody thinks that you’re no good, no good, not the right guy for me But all their warnings make me think that I should, I should, tell them how it’s gonna be I don’t care that you don’t have a fancy college degree I’m in love with you, my love is true, and that’s where we agree Oh, Jesse Just let me Hold you close again I’ll love you even when You fall After all Love is all it takes Oh, Jesse Just let me Envelop you in love You’re the one I’m dreaming of Even when you fall Cause after all Everybody makes mistakes Mom and Daddy say you’re a loser, loser; I don’t talk to them anymore Even if you kind of are a user, user, you’re still the one that I adore My best friend said that you kind of suck; I shoved her out and slammed the door Cause you’re the greatest guy, no I’m not gonna lie, you’re all I could ask for I’m not sure when it started but I think, man, think, man, I opened up the door and it was you I was all like oh my god it’s Pinkman, Pinkman, what the hell am I gonna do Everything is better than I thought it could be better than I ever even knew It’s better than it could be a love that’s breaking good but I know that you’ll be true Oh, Jesse Just let me Hold you close again I’ll love you even when You fall After all Love is all it takes Oh, Jesse Just let me Envelop you in love You’re the one I’m dreaming of Even when you fall Cause after all Everybody makes mistakes And you’re the one I want to whisper in my ear Cause I know you that you could never be liar And maybe I’ll lean over and reply to you I’m the only drug that you could ever desire Oh, Jesse Just let me Hold you close again I’ll love you even when You fall After all Love is all it takes Oh, Jesse Just let me Envelop you in love You’re the one I’m dreaming of Even when you fall Cause after all Everybody makes mistakes
8.
Apologize 02:52
Stabbed in the back is a little bit literal for me On the attack, I'm despicable; a criminal, oh, can't you see Payment enclosed, there's no time to think about morality I'm not predisposed to particular congeniality But when I think of you And I think of you a lot I feel it's too bad You're the one that's gotta get got I would apologize If it would change a thing Just close your eyes Cause this is gonna sting I'd try to flirt Cause you're really rather hot But this is gonna hurt A lot Day after day, this is how I live, it's all I've ever known Not much to say, but I guess that's cause I'm always on my own We can have fun, pretending that I know my right from wrong We can try to run, but I'd probably sell you out before too long But when I think of you And that's really quite a lot I feel it's rather bad You're the one that's gotta get got I would apologize If it would change a thing Just close your eyes Cause this is gonna sting I'd try to flirt But I'd really rather not Cause this is gonna hurt A lot All the blood pouring out doesn't really make for a nice gift Like a rorschach test of my heart while my mind is adrift What I don't understand is this feeling that I get from having it done Cause I thought I would feel nothing; I guess my conscience has won I would apologize If it could change a thing Just open up your eyes And we all can sing I guess I was kind of curt Cause I never really thought That this was gonna hurt
9.
There are people in this world that are quite different than the others You may know a few of them; your cousin's girlfriend's brothers are all homeschooled What's up with that? Now, at first you may find these little people quite alarming Cause who's ever hear of a homeschooler being charming? Nobody Ever And how can they learn if they're not tested I think they're getting a little too invested In this theory That has no studies to back it up as a viable learning option [Chorus] Homeschoolers are all socially awkward And lounge about in pajamas every day When they're not being taught by a person who's not a teacher They stay inside cause they don't have friends anyway They're chained up in the basement so they rarely see the sun They never go on field trips, cause what's the fun in leaving their shelter Not that they have the time They never sit in chairs and don't know how to stand in line I bet they won't take orders so there's just no point in trying to use discipline Who listens to parents And how will they ever go to college It's not like they've gained any knowledge It's not like the acceptance rate is actually higher for people who homeschooled [Chorus] Homeschoolers are all socially awkward And lounge about in pajamas every day When they're not being taught by a person who's not a teacher They stay inside cause they don't have friends anyway And I feel bad for the parent Who has to spend time teaching their kid It's not like that job is inherent They have to hang out with the person they created, God forbid [Chorus] Homeschoolers are all socially awkward And lounge about in pajamas every day When they're not being taught by a person who's not a teacher They stay inside cause they don't have friends anyway [x3]
10.
Waiting in the rose garden Waiting out for you I knew right from the start What I was setting out to do I waited till you saw me Quite a treacherous design Then I said I'd always be your girl If you'd always be mine I didn't think it would come to this I really never knew I'd be falling in the lasting bliss Of deeply hating you And I hope you feel the same about me Cause I can't go back No matter what I do I'll always be like this, and proudly Now I've fallen into black With you Hating every syllable Hating every word A mutual agreement that This feeling is absurd Relish every fight We bite and sneer and scathe and scratch Well, you must be on fire Cause it seems I've met my match I didn't think it would go this far I really never knew I'd bask in something so bizarre As deeply hating you And I hope you feel the same about me Cause I can't go back No matter what I do I'll always be like this, and proudly Now I've fallen into black With you Montagues and Capulets Sherriff Nott to Robin Hood The brightness to my silhouette Ooh, this really could be good I'm not trying to throw you This isn't just a fling Cause we work well as opposites A love-to--hate sort of thing And I hope you feel the same about me Cause I can't go back No matter what I do I'll always be like this, and proudly Now I've fallen into black With you
11.
Ginger Twins 04:27
I look outside into the snow I wish that you'd stay long enough to know We beat them all again So maybe it was all a show To cover me not letting go We'll always be wisemen And you and I made a vow We'd always be free But I guess now The joke's on me You keep slipping through my fingers like sieves And how am I supposed to know how the other half lives? I'm sitting after the attack It's strange to think you're never coming back Because you and I are one The fantasies that I'd create You were with me, so I can only wait To tell you we all won And you and I made a vow We'd always be free But I guess now The joke's on me You keep slipping through my fingers like sieves And how am I supposed to know how the other half lives? We were flying overhead in momentary bliss But now I'm just falling, so alone, in this abyss We thought we were all the kings advancing to the dawn And all of the things I meant to say and do are gone I scream and shout and even pray That you'll come back to me some day But I know that it's wasted The feeling's supposed to disappear But still I wish that you were here The glory we tasted And you and I made a vow We'd always be free But I guess now The joke's on me
12.
I traipse down the yellow brick road of my mind Wondering if and how I’ll finally find Some place where the stars are all aligned But when I come back to the real world I know I’ll just leave it behind In this world I’d hold you close to me Everything arranged just perfectly Purple skies ahead and scarlet seas But it was never meant to be If I pretend that it is real Will it become solid enough to feel If I pretend that it is right Will it appear before my sight Will it last me through the night I know it can’t be real; it’s all in my head Just a thought that managed to embed Itself in my mind when I’m dreaming in my bed And it will unravel with the pull of a thread But I’ll hoist my flag and I’ll fly it proud And I sing my anthem strong and loud I pretend there’s a massive cheering crowd Cause when I go to the country of the sun I escape all the real-world clouds If I pretend that it is real Will it become solid enough to feel If I pretend that it is right Will it appear before my sight Will it last me through the night
13.
Mine 02:57
VERSE 1: Need to perfect my maniacal laugh Master riding my armored giraffe So I can come in and be the best By brutally killing all the rest Got to work on my laser's aim To be in the villain's hall of fame Try my hardest I know I'll win That's how these things have always been Act mean, act tough Don't forget to be rough Act hard, act gruff Don't let them call your bluff Oh CHORUS: This world is gonna be mine I know I gotta do this, so I won't whine Not just one lap, I gotta run nine But my payment is my very own shrine VERSE 2: Need to invent a personal shield An all-repellent kind of forcefield Who needs boring lady liberty When you can have a statue of me Got to work on my swordsmanship Get a holster for my whip I'm not some sort of Robin Hood I'm not just misunderstood Act smooth, act cool Don't just be a tool Act harsh, act cruel Don't be a complete fool Oh CHORUS BRIDGE: Helmet…Check Laser…Check Evil henchmen…Check Schmancy plated armour…Check Heat-seeking spider guns…Check Nefarious electric guitar I can use to write my victory song… Check Blood-fueled jetpack…I'm still working on that VERSE 3: Lift some weights and touch my toes Get some publicity by putting on shows Ride my giraffe to get a cape I really need to get in shape Making my blueprints, writing my plans Test driving my murdervans Eat some pan-seared unicorn steak Find a nice eel-infested lake Act healthy, act fit, Don't dig your own pit Have smarts, have wit, Don't ever admit Oh CHORUS
14.
Say Goodbye 04:00
SAY GOODBYE VERSE ONE: I get quite hot up here you know I've never seen a flake of snow I got eight children that depend on me It's a lifetime's work, I'm never free Don't get to sleep, don't get to eat I generate your light and heat These hours really cross the line A neverending overtime Well CHORUS: I think 4.5 billion years is enough You don't like my decision, well, tough I'm not coming back, so you can cry I'm going away till the day I die Because this is over, I am done So say goodbye to your precious Sun VERSE TWO: All these labels you assign Leave me inside a close confine Sometimes I wish that I could just exist Have my own story, my own twist My own adventure that I make A dream from which I won't awake The loneliness I can not stand Abandoned here in no star's land CHORUS BRIDGE VERSE THREE: Sorry to be leaving you But I got things I wanna do Got half my lifetime ahead of me Just wanna do, just wanna be Why can't I have a life as well Be my own star and just excel A universal enterprise Just try to see it through my eyes CHORUS x2

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released February 28, 2015

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