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21st Century Failure
02:18
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Gotta new smartphone but you’re all alone
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Gotta lot of skills that don’t pay the bills
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Got your feelings hurt by a kid’s T-shirt
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Try to compromise while the oceans rise
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Boo, Boo Hoo Hoo...
Got a dating app, treats you like a sap
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Give it up for free, your identity
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Get a new disease when you hear a sneeze
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
Trusted all the crooks now the earth is cooked
IT'S A 21st CENTURY FAILURE
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Bubble
02:02
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Bubble bubble
Don't go outside
Too many sickos
with too many lies
Binge-watching reality
Dig the fear and conspiracy
We like machines and we do them well
Something burning—what's that smell?
Live in a Bubble
Live in a Bubble
Live in a Bubble
Live in a Bubble...
Get all my news from a garbage can
I'm so afraid of Americans
I miss the way I hated things before
In my bubble I hate so much more
Nowhere to run, but I still get high (can hide)
Virtual friends always take my side
Facts are fake—feed me more lies!
Bubble Bubble, your place is a mess
Bubble Bubble, you better get dressed
Hey babe, put your mask on tight
Hey babe, let's stay in tonight
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Water Bottle
03:21
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I am a water bottle
upsetting your girlfriend
Sitting on your kitchen table
I'll be here till the bitter end
I am a water bottle
belonging to no one
I'm just a piece of garbage
Clogging the Pacific Ocean
And I wanted to be a solution
But I'm just another piece of pollution
Floating free in the ocean
Floating free...
I am a water bottle
Put your precious lips to mine
I am a water bottle
Convenience is a crime
And I wanted to be a solution
But I'm just another piece of pollution
Floating free in the ocean
Floating free in the ocean
Say goodbye to the next generation
Say goodbye...
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When Things Fall Apart
02:17
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Wipe that smile off your face when you're smiling at me
We are free like the birds in a bird cage are free
What you think's goin up I'm pretty sure is down
You're gonna miss it when it's gone
When Things Fall Apart
(Where will you be?)
Let me finish this sandwich I'm eating in peace
While you wait for the drone to deliver your cheese
The future won't come in a flying car
And you don't know how wrong you are
When Things Fall Apart
(What will you do?)
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Beautiful Things 2
02:44
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Me and you are floating through
Yes the world's a mess, it's true
So glad, whatever
We can be together
I like some fuzz guitar
The night when you can see some stars
And drink coffee with you and talk about it
DON'T GIVE UP ON BEAUTIFUL THINGS
I get the way you are
Appreciate good candy bars
And '60s songs that mention Insane colors
Outside there's cars and trees
Random things on city streets
And not a lot that we can do about it
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Lonely Astronaut
03:16
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I've been tryin
To break through the other side
Of the force field
That separates our minds
I'm not lyin
It's been harder than I thought
Floating free like
A lonely astronaut
Holy Moly...
Like a rocket ship that's lost in outer space
I'm just searchin
For a friendly face
Holy Moly...
This old universe is awful cold and dark
I'm still searchin
For a golden heart
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Mellotron
02:42
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You can lead a horse to water
But you can't make him drink
You can lead a man to knowledge
But you can't make him think
People fight and fuss about
What's true and what's fake
You can lead a horse to slaughter
But it still won't taste like steak
I just play along
with my mellotron
I'm just hanging on
with my mellotron
On the corner is a man
Who looks mad and confused
Over there's a pretty woman
Who's obsessed with her shoes
So many folks are praying
For a LIKE and a SHARE
It's hard to pay attention
When you don't really care
I just play along
with my mellotron
I'm just movin on
with my mellotron
I wanna get gone
with my mellotron
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To err is human so they say
It certainly seems to be that way
Men and women can't deal with the skins they live in
And they hurt each other every day...
The mean and greedy call the shots
The rest of us accept our lot
The earth is dying cause we aren't even trying
To take care of what we've got...
And we can't control ourselves
And we need somebody's help...
BRING ON THE ROBOTS
Cause we're not responsible
And we act so terrible...
"Attention: your behavior is incompatible with acceptably formatted societal standards. Please recalibrate your thoughts and actions to avoid mandatory disciplinary penalty points."
BRING ON THE ROBOTS
Cause we just can't trust ourselves
And we need the robots' help.
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Buddy (Snapper)
02:09
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No more buddy-buddy
No more messin' around
I'm not gonna be your—be your fuckin' clown
Whispered words I don't believe
I've got teeth you cannot see
Fire in my brain, that you'd like to put out
Fire in my brain, that you'd like to put out
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Beautiful Things 1
03:28
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Me and you are floating through
Yes the world's a mess, it's true
So glad, whatever
We can be together
I like some fuzz guitar
The night when you can see some stars
And drink coffee with you and talk about it
DON'T GIVE UP ON BEAUTIFUL THINGS
I get the way you are
Appreciate good candy bars
And '60s songs that mention Insane colors
Outside there's cars and trees
Random things on city streets
And not a lot that we can do about it
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Pandemic Pam
I really wanna be your man
Pandemic Pam
I'd like to touch your face and hands
The only thing that I ask
Is "what is underneath your mask?"
Pandemic Pam
I hope you're not a scam
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The Prefab Messiahs
Micro-legendary DIY Garage-Pop-Psych provocateurs! Evolutionary genre grinders practicing art-damaged power pop, rock, crunch, jangle and general mynd-massage.
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