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Future Me is a Charismatic Man (with many accomplishments)

by Squiggly Lines

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Alex Baigent
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Alex Baigent this music is illegal ! stop this person ! Favorite track: Nobody Told You.
Gavi Guy
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Gavi Guy I love how personal these pieces all feel. They deliver whole collections of stories each. Favorite track: Toonies.
Josh
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Josh WHEN I DIE MAKE SURE THE COPS USE SHARPIE Favorite track: Venom.
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1.
Whisper here, whisper there Whisper in my ear Indistinct, and I think You wanted it that way Mysterious, it's curious This is all one big play You call my name And I complain I complain you called my name Water here, water there And not a drop to drink Salty seas, an ocean breeze Miles and miles of blue If I existed, my guts all twisted Boy, what I'd say to you I'd complain That you called my name I'd complain you called my name It's in my nature to whine and wail all night Doing my best get out of work or a fight Lying and stealing, there's a bullet I just won't bite Infinite space, minute interlace There's a limit to what eyes can see Talk is cheap, after talking for weeks One gets sick of their own voice Get on that horse, stay the course Ride along, it's a choice And I won't complain That you called my name I won't complain you called my name I won't complain you called my name I won't complain you called my name
2.
Toonies 03:11
Toothless Naked Broken Ruthless Wicked Outspoken Two sides of the same coin Weight loss in a vacuum City lines drawn in a way to confuse my inner ear Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde Angels and suicide Feel the lows, embrace the highs On the way to paradise Crawling Begging Island Adornings Weddings Softened Two friends in a rowboat Paddling in a circle One says to the other "I wish you were a figment" Imagine all the people No agency of their own Living life in peace Going through the motions every single day Two dollars in the bank Mortgage on a bicycle You can't have everything In the world, so I'll settle for A toonie in my pocket and Two eyeballs in their sockets and The two little guys on my shoulders Telling me what to do
3.
Triskaidekaphobia Took down all the numbers in my home town And replaced them with fantasies Triskaidekaphobia I stay away from your apartment all day 'Cause I wanted something more like 2 or 4 on the door It's not quite a utopia Plenty of things that bite and sting But thirteen doesn't really count It's like I have myopia I can see right in front of my face But I miss you from across the street Triskaidekaphobia The world's a Cornucopia But I'm stuck here eating my own legs Triskaidekaphobia I'm not a beggar but it makes me beg Triskaidekaphobia Triskaidekaphobia Triskaidekaphobia
4.
Joanna 02:59
I went down to Russia To buy myself a wife I named her Joanna And she stabbed me with a knife I said "Ow Joanna! Why? Oh, why would you hurt me? I rescued you from that country From squalor and poverty" And she said "oh, oh, oh, you're a bastard" It's like 'sex slavery' is a term you never heard And I don't respect your life at all I went into the bathroom To find me some gauze I heard her comin' for me I never gave her no cause To act so violently To scream and yell at me I gave her all she wanted She wanted charity And she yelled "oh, oh, oh, you're a scoundrel You prey on the unfortunate, and you pick apart their shell And I don't respect your life at all" It's been at least a week Since I first entered here The room with the toilet And the doorknob I won't get near I guess this is where I die Alone and afraid Dismembered by my wife And I never once got laid She whispered "oh, oh, oh, you're a dickhead You think you can buy a person like beans or whole wheat bread And I don't respect your life at all"
5.
Where do all my secrets go when I die? All my of omissions and perpetrated lies I'll leave them to you And where does all my disgust go when I die? Mistrust and resentment that so often stops by I'll leave them to you I left the lawyers office feeling proud I willed you everything that I hold so dear You can thank me later somehow Thank me later somehow Last will and testament all signed and done A sense of accomplishment fills my lungs Breathe easy You'll get all the webs spun tight and thick Possessions will sell at auction quick So breathe easy I called you up to tell you the good news I made some plans for when I cash in my chips You'll get my old seat with my issues It comes incomplete with poor reviews A minute of silence before you respond "Dummy, I had those things all along But thank you very much, sweetheart It's a wonderful gesture, sweetheart But you don't understand, your actions permeate the land, and crawl up into everyone's plans" I ended the call feeling proud My existence is one big daily gift You can thank me later somehow Thank me later somehow
6.
For Years 03:48
I want to try, I want to build, I want to steal I want to speak to people's faces and negotiate a deal So I tried It didn't fair so well and I failed around the block Attempts were like chasing down a broken clock Timeless Barely holding on to my institution I held my hands over my ears and made this thin illusion For you I led you to believe things that weren't true, I gave into my fears I lied to you I lied to you for years Rationalizations are quite a skill of mine I'm poor at swaying others, but I can change my own mind To anything It'll all be okay, it'll work itself out I'll push it to the side so it's nothing to think about No problem So I led you to believe things that weren't true, I gave into my fears I lied to you I lied to you for years I'm not sure what you expected of me I suspect it wasn't to lie to your face I keep on hoping and waiting to see But nothing seems to fall into place I thought about putting some effort in to grow But I had a second thought about my hanging just below Mediocre It's not so bad, in fact I think it's kinda nice I could get used to slipping up and no one looking twice No batting eyes So I led you to believe things that weren't true, I gave into my fears I lied to you I lied to you for years I'm not sure what you expected of me I suspect it wasn't to lie to your face I keep on hoping and waiting to see But nothing seems to fall into place I'm not sure what you expected of me I suspect it wasn't to lie to your face I keep on hoping and waiting to see But nothing seems to fall into place I'm not sure what you expected of me I suspect it wasn't to lie to your face I keep on hoping and waiting to see But nothing seems to fall into place
7.
Nobody told when you were young Why you don't want to stare into the sun Nobody told you, not even for fun Not to look down a loaded gun And you didn't think about it, no you didn't think at all About how the sausage is made And nobody told you and you didn't think at all About how the product is saved So you took a bite of plastic wrap And you winced and you grinned, then snuck the helping back Nobody mentioned while it was relevant That you shouldn't go crawling in the vents Nobody mentioned, as it seemed self-evident That you shouldn't touch the heating element And you didn't think about it, no you didn't think at all About where you were placing your hand And nobody told you and you didn't think at all About the inferno of the frying pan So you belted out a terrifying scream And Mom, ice in hand, came rushing to the scene ------- Nobody thought to say what they too wondered one day That you should not drink from a bidet Nobody thought to voice what you never considered a choice That Nana's funeral is not the time to rejoice And you didn't think about it, no you didn't think at all About the humiliation of an argument loss And nobody told you and you didn't think at all About the consequences of an overhand toss So you stare at the wall with a sour look And you admit you love your brother, despite all that you took -------
8.
Venom 02:13
When I die make sure the cops use sharpie To draw the chalk outline around my body But don't waste time trying to catch the culprit And don't waste effort sleuthing for my benefit You're barely listening, You know I'm uninteresting, What were you thinking, being with me? Pretending to caring Considering bailing Flip-flop and flailing Like an upturned guppy Reach your hands out to me I'll reject them venomously I'll spit in your face, put you in your place You'll see My biggest fear is to be left alone Surrounded by nobodies, playing on my phone Knowing there's no place to go but down And that I'll always wear this dummy crown Of idiots, this city is A plague, indiscriminate Inadequate and infinite A looping parallel A sea of molasses A nerd wearing glasses Intercourse the fastest Together in hell Reach your hands out to me I'll reject them venomously I'll spit in your face, put you in your place You'll see
9.
Uniforms 03:14
I see you on a park bench Lighting up your incense I see how this goes I see you in the tar pits I've seen your little market I think you know that I know You see it's obvious, the lighter, the mist It's August, that can't be snow You're in a stupor, fantastic, super, Must you make it a show? I see you in a parked car Through the smoke and hot char I see how this goes Bump into you next week Avert your eyes try to sneak Past me before I know You gotta want to make arrests To be the best cop on this show You see the man with his Tryptophan Converting freedom to serotonin Scrawl on my jacket, scrawl on my uniform I don't know Big bold letters, outlined type-face I just don't know I mingle and dance with the answers But they find their way back to the dark I see you like your brown bags Waving all your red flags Do understand how this goes? You might have a clue Since your friends are dying too It's about time to show That you realize you're hollow inside You've got no substance left of you You turn to me and plead and beg What is it I can do? Scrawl on my jacket, scrawl on my uniform I don't know Big bold letters, outlined type-face I just don't know I mingle and dance with the answers But they find their way back to the dark I mingle and dance with the answers But they find their way back to the dark
10.
Ling 02:24
I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling Motionless, it is helplessness I'm feeling I'm worried that it's with the devil I've been dealing I'm afraid that my moral sense is peeling I now know what it's like to be stealing Everything that once made you so appealing The images of your agony are reeling In my head you wont stop yelling and squealing When I took your skin, it was certainly revealing This destructive path is only just a seedling
11.
Oh Dear 03:17
Been feeling odd since that lobotomy It seemed to have altered my psychology Now I can't understand the economy I think it has something to do with astrology And It's been two weeks since the surgery My wits have become more... bird-ery I'm squawking at a witness for perjury But I don't think that the jury is on my side Holy Jesus Christ My skull is full of mice, oh dear And holy fucking hell My god I need some help, oh dear I went to the store for some spearmint And I read the end-user license agreement I just wondered what all those big words meant So now I go on chewing gum, confused and ignorant Holy Jesus Christ My skull is full of mice, oh dear And holy fucking hell My god I need some help, oh dear I think I left a door open in my cranium Not very wide, but creatures snuck inside all the same They bite and tear out all the love I'd like to share It's them, the rodents are all to blame Holy Jesus Christ My skull is full of mice, oh dear And holy fucking hell My god I need some help, oh dear
12.
Liars 04:08
I hear you calling I see your bright eyes falling I felt a fissure In the person you thought you were You tell me lies You tell your self lies too Oh, there no convincing you You get your fortune Told to tell you who you are You go to classes You stick like molasses to a jar You got a new job It pays the same as the one you do Oh, there no convincing you But who am I To judge, I'm guided by a rope Led by nothing But a pusher selling dope And I lie I lie to everyone I know Oh, there's no convincing me so

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released March 21, 2017

Meg Boni - Additional Vocals on tracks # 2, 5, 9, 12
Jordan Seccareccia - Additional Guitar on tracks # 5, 9
Dan McLay - Bass on Track # 7, Additional Mixing/Mastering
Rob McLay - All of the other things

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