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the waterboy looks down on him
as he picks up the ball
it's another awful day
it's another awful day
for mike townsend
our prodigal son, our shameful pitcher, mike townsend
and he pitches the ball
in the same way
to the same place
every time, like an asshole
and it's a strong hit to the outfield
and a double for the spies
mike townsend is a disappointment
he's a loser and a total disgrace
mike townsend is a disappointment
mike townsend better end up in flames
yeah
he throws the ball in the air
so that he can catch it and look cool
but he misses catching it on the way down
so he just drops it on the floor
and has to bend down and pick it up again
like nobody just saw him drop it
and then he pitches the ball
in the same way
to the same place
every time, like an asshole
and the batter sees the defeat in his eyes
and there's no strikes, no outs, it's a home run, great job
mike townsend is a disappointment
he's a loser and a total disgrace
mike townsend is a disappointment
mike townsend better end up in flames
yeah
mike townsend is a disappointment
he's a loser and a total disgrace
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what's that in our outfield
a squirrel running, will not yield
a squirrel got in through the roof
we thought this place was weatherproofed
we'll take advantage of
this gift from up above
we'll feed them peanuts every night
see (that squirrel)
we need a dugout friend
that squirrel went and bit Townsend
that squirrel's got some attitude
that squirrel made morale renewed
we'll take advantage of
this gift from up above
we'll feed them peanuts every night
see (that squirrel)
what's that in our outfield?
a squirrel running, will not yield
a squirrel got in through the roof
we thought this place was weatherproofed
and using all their might
they climbed to such a height
escaped through the roof in the night
freed (our squirrel)
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season three, you emerged
we were asking, "who is she"
and you proved yourself immediately
in your strong arms, you would carry us
and your strong heart, you coulda married us
we can't believe you didn't last the week
tiana cash
you were gone too soon
your memory will linger
but what are we to do?
yeah, you carried all of us
and then you lost it all
so how do we even lift the ball?
tiana cash
you were gone too soon
and now we're left to ask
you got some mighty shoes to fill
and greer might do it, as long as he does not fall ill
there's challenges to try us
but your strong wings, they could have flied us
and we can't believe our pheonix got put out
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fight gods (ft. MQ)
03:23
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you're gonna light us on fire
and expect nothing to happen
like it doesn't matter
that's not the way this works
you can't just lift the ones we love
away from us
like it doesn't matter
cause then we get angry
and everyone you know
is going to feel it
and we will find a way to take the
stairs to up above
and we won't talk of love
we're gonna get violent
we're gonna fight gods, fight gods
we're gonna fight gods, fight gods
and we're gonna win
and we will get our vengeance in the end
we're gonna fight gods, fight gods
we're gonna fight gods, fight gods
and we're gonna win
and nothing will remain the same again
and our redemption arc is coming up
yeah, i bet you feel frightened
you feel it coming like a wave
a million droplets
making up an ocean
you know what would be fun?
if we put out the sun
we're coming to get you
cause now that we're angry
everyone you know
is going to feel it
and we will find a way to get the
train up to the sky
cause we're not asking "why?"
we're asking for justice
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and i mean all gods
02:04
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i need to email god, i have some issues
and i'm placing my bets, cause i know who will lose
and i am checking my phone to see who's next batting
and i am tapping the button to accept all tracking
and i'm waiting in line for a ticket to heaven
and i am getting the slush at the seven-eleven
and i am manifesting the world that i would like to create
and i am checking my smart watch, because my uber is late
no gods
yeah, we're killing all gods
and don't tell me the odds
cause we're killing all gods
no gods
yeah, we're killing all gods
and don't tell me the odds
cause we're killing all gods
and i stay up all night so i can fight the sun
and i am buying the tickets so i can get more thumbs
and i am waiting in line for a ticket to heaven
i am getting the slush at the seven-eleven
and i'm going to engage in rational discourse
but god will not listen to my rational discourse
so now i'm punching god, and i'm punching him with force
cause he will not listen to my rational discourse
no gods
yeah, we're killing all gods
and don't tell me the odds
cause we're killing all gods
no gods
yeah, we're killing all gods
and don't tell me the odds
cause we're killing all gods
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pathetic/spineless
03:11
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i'm riding in the front seat of a train car
hurtling towards the heavens
and i'm gonna catch you alone
and i got my bag packed, and it's full of stuff
that i can then use when i fight them off
and i'm gonna catch you alone
when i look you in the eyes
i will start to realise
you're pathetic, in the worst ways
you're spineless, like on most days
when i look you in the eyes
i will start to realise
you're not going anywhere, going anywhere
when you go to fight gods
but none of them live up to it
and all of them give up, does that
make you feel better?
when you go to fight gods
but none of them meet your eyeline
does that make you feel fine,
or are you disappointed?
no one you look up to is better than you are
i'm riding in the front seat of a train car
listening to songs on my ipod that will hype me up
to take you on, or take you down
but it's somewhere between track 6 and 7
that i realise that when i get up to heaven
i'm gonna make you cry without lifting a finger
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i've an apology i need to make to you
cause i was underestimating all that you could do
we can't know what you've got, or what's coming next
i just can't wait to see you get into your eight-legged mech
and i admit i got a little caught up
cause after all, you didn't disappoint me that much
mike townsend is a credit to the team
like a laser beam
we fire at the sun
mike townsend is a credit to the team
yeah, you're not just a meme
when all is said and done
your redemption arc is coming up!
i made a mistake, i downplayed your credentials,
i did not realise all of mike townsend's p-p-potential
and we can leave what's in the past as antecedent
cause i can't put your vibes down when they're "most excellent"
and i admit i got a little caught up
cause after all, you didn't disappoint me that much
mike townsend is a credit to the team
he needs a theme
that goes like "na na na na na na"
mike townsend is a credit to the team
man of our dreams
y'know, he's gonna save us all
yeah, your redemption arc is coming up!
when the time comes round, it's not an accident
that mike will be there with his mech gun pointed heaven-sent
and from his cockpit high, he will rain down blows
and if the gods survive is something only townsend knows
and i admit i got a little caught up
mike townsend is a credit to the team
it's not extreme
to say he's beaten all the odds
mike townsend is a credit to the team
and i believe
he's gonna end all of the gods
yeah, your redemption arc is coming up!
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in the feedback (day)
03:18
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i can see the truth in your eyes
as you're telling me lies
like you know that you'll hold my hand again
cause you don't know you will
but i know how you feel
and i don't know if i can watch you walk out on the field
and there's the lightning strike
across the pitch-black night
and i wanna hold you close, but i can't
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
i can feel you pull away from me
i can feel you retreat
"duty calls" you say, and then it's
all of the eyes on the pitcher throwing
and it's all of the eyes on the way it's going
and you hit the ball, and then it's out of our hands
and there's the lightning strike
across the pitch-black night
and i wanna hold you close, but i can't
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
and there's the lightning strike
across the pitch-black night
and then the smoke obscures
the place where you once stood
and when it clears, you're just not there
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theodore duende here, can you answer my call?
i'm waiting in the wings to go, to go, i'm waiting in the wings
and i can feel, the blood is pumping through me like
the engine oil, and all the neurons won't stop firing
all the neurons won't stop firing
lift the limit
now we're in it
the reverb got us feeling like a new band
like a new band
lift the limit
now we're in it
the reverb got us feeling like a new band
like a new band
with a limiter released
theodore duende here, my adrenaline is high
and all the fires in my heart are lit from pheonixes that once flied
and i can feel magnesium in my veins
and i can feel the power I get from everyone who cheers my name
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blessings (shove 'em)
03:43
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you think i'm easy, don't you?
it's just as simple as that
you give me what i want and
i leave you alone for life
but that's not how it works
i won't be bought, i can't be bribed
you should come over some time
and i'll cut out your eyes
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i think it's time you witnessed
the end to all your means
if i can't make it easy
i'll make sure the knife is clean
you stand so tall and mighty
up there with all the gods
but if you wanna dance
then i am willing to break it down
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
it's a pathetic gesture
a spineless kind of nod
you're just a wooden idol
a counterfeited god
i can look you in the eyes
and i won't turn to stone
cause when we stand together
that means you'll die alone
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
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back for good
02:56
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I guess now it's time for me to give up
I feel it's time
Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now
Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
(Want you back, want you back, want you back for good)
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood
(Want you back, want you back, want you back for good)
I want you back for good
Unaware but underlined I figured out this story
It wasn't good
But in the corner of my mind
I celebrated glory
But that was not to be
In the twist of separation you excelled at being free
Can't you find
A little room inside for me
And we'll be together, this time is forever
We'll be fighting and forever we will be
So complete in our love
We will never be uncovered again
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jaylen (do anything)
00:34
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jaylen
i don't want to lose you
i'd do anything to get you back
i'd do anything to get you back
jaylen
i don't want to lose you
i'd do anything to get you back
i'd do anything to get you back
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mike townsend has to get out of bed
mike townsend's got the voice in his head
and he can't remove the heavy feeling
and it persists through the morning commute
he's running late, so he texts "i'm en route"
but he can't remove the heavy feeling
and it's the coffee with one sugar
but he wonders where they took her
and the radio comes on and he cannot help but to hear
"they found a way to get her from the shadows,
but we need someone to go to where the map shows"
mike townsend knows what he's gotta do
"if you need respect, then you might just earn some,
it's a journey you might not return from"
mike townsend knows what he's gotta do
the radio's blasting and he's singing along
mike townsend hears his favourite song
but he can't remove the heavy feeling
the static hits when he's nearly there
the null mixing with the waves in the air
and he can't remove the heavy feeling
he downs the coffee with one sugar
and still he wonders where they took her
and the radio comes on and he cannot help but to hear
his hand is hovering at the gate now,
and he's trying to think of a way out,
but he closes his eyes and talks to himself in his head
"they found a way to get her from the shadows,
but they need someone to go to where the map shows,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do.
i need respect, and i just might earn some
it's a journey i might not return from,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do.
there's a chance that this is the end,
but i know i have to do it if it saves my friend,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do.
i can feel my spirit is leaving me,
but i get power from the team, cause they believe in me,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do,
i'm a disappointment, i'm a credit to the team,
there's a coldness in my blood, and i know what that means,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do,
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hurt people
02:50
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ctrl and z together until my keyboard breaks in half
i say "sorry" to the people who are looking at the graphs
over and over, and then all over again
i copy-paste apologies, til i lose all my friends
it's not my fault
it's not my fault
i just hurt people i hurt
i just hurt people i hurt
i want them to stop staring when i walk out on the field
i wonder if this lesion is ever going to heal
but there's stuff i gotta do, they yell at me for more
if he gave it up for nothing, then nothing's what it's for
it's not my fault
it's not my fault
i just hurt people i hurt
i just hurt people i hurt
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get normal
04:16
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take a moment and raise your glass
i try to shake it but the feeling won't pass
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
the bigger the loss, the harder the sting
it's hard to feel like you've lost everything
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
i'm feeling held back when i want to move on
i can hear mike townsend's favorite song
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
when you carried all of us and then you lost it all
then how can i even lift the ball?
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
if we can't get to normal
if there's no normal after this
how are we to keep going?
how are we to keep going?
if we can't get to normal
if there's no normal after this
how are we to keep going?
how are we to keep going?
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forecast
03:50
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keep your head down
and they won’t spot you
do you believe that?
don’t lock their eyes
and they won’t notice you
do you believe that?
they’re breathing down your neck, jaylen
they’re breathing down your neck
what are you gonna do
to stop it?
they’re breathing down your neck, jaylen
they’re breathing down your neck
there’s a storm
coming your way
you missed it once before
but will you beat the forecast again?
there’s a storm
coming your way
you missed it once before
but will you beat the forecast again?
the forecast again.
i hold you high
and i respect you
i hope you know that
but i don’t know why
you’re trying to leave this all behind
you know you can’t
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DEICIDE
02:31
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THE ACT OF KILLING A GOD OR GODS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ACCIDENTAL OR DELIBERATE. WE CLEAN OUR HANDS, AND THERE IS NO RESIDUE. I AM RIDING IN THE FRONT SEAT OF A TRAIN CAR. THERE IS NO RESIDUE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO BLOOD. I WILL LOOK YOU IN THE EYES. THERE IS NO BLOOD. I WILL LOOK YOU IN THE EYES. THERE IS NO BLOOD, BECAUSE THERE IS NO GUILT. YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN ME. DEICIDE. THE ACT OF KILLING A GOD OR GODS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ACCIDENTAL OR DELIBERATE.
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all my energy
is wasted, i'm wasted
and i don't know that i can get out of the place i'm in
and i am tryna hold it all together
cause we will be together
we can hold each other close
and if i do not believe that
then i cannot believe
that anything will change until i'm dead
how am i gonna live with these eyes in the dark
when they're following me around, and following you around
and there's no where you can go that they're not there
how am i gonna live with these eyes in the dark
when they're following me around, and following you around
and there's no where you can go that they're not there
all my energy
is wasted, i'm wasted
and if we don't fight back now, i don't know if we will
cause if i think of home
then i won't be alone
and all the people there will pick me up
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mike townsend (is back)
02:10
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i been fighting in the shadows almost every day
but i had to get back so i could punch your face
just the wimpiest, awful-est gods around
from the top of the needle to the seattle ground
i said “i’m coming home, i’ll make it fast,
it’s been really tough, but this too shall pass”
and when you see me, you’ll yell:
“mike townsend is back!”
it’s been a long walk home but i’m finally here
i battled my demons and i have faced my fears
but i’m back in the city, and i’m feeling fine
but i’m gonna feel better when your fist meets mine
you said “you better watch out, you’ll be under attack”
but mikey’s here, and i’ve gotten real fast
and when you see me you’ll yell:
“mike townsend is back!”
you say, “mikey, what’s up with your throwing hand?”
i said i’d come back with some brand new plans
i’m throwing my best, and i’m giving my all,
cause i got a brand new signature fastball!
you’re looking at me like i’m a brand new mike
and something has happened so i think you’re half right
but the old mike’s here, and he’s ready to play
if you want my signature, you’ll get it after the game
“he’s throwing real good, do you think it’s an act?”
i say, “i’ll throw this one curved, and i’ll throw this one flat!”
and when you see me you’ll yell:
“mike townsend is back!”
and also i learned how to solo!
they’ll be feeling down, if you know what i mean
getting taken out by this credit to the team
they’re gonna lose some, and then they’ll lose it all
when i bend over and i pick up that ball
cause mike is here, and that is that
with pitches that are slow, and pitches that are fast
and when you see me you’ll yell:
“mike townsend is back”
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NO SECOND CHAIR
02:33
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look at me, look at me, look at me
there ain’t an “i” in the winning team
but i tell you where there is a “we”
it’s in, “we’re getting rid of fascists, completely”
you’re a part, you’re a part, you’re a part
if you’re a human with a beating heart
you don’t need to have a fist to fight
just need to stand up against the right
we’re on the attack
we’re getting on track
we’re beating them back
bit by bit
we all gotta play
til we’re winning the day
you know what they say:
there is no second chair!
you’re important!
keep the t, keep the t, keep the t
exile the terfs on the count of three
and make every racist run and hide
fifty points for every one that cries
stay alert, stay alert, stay alert
we gotta be there for our friends they hurt
and listen to your allies who are under the heel
but we have power that is tangibly real
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i feel the shadows tugging, lord
oh my lord
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
i feel the shadows call
their darkness and their thrall
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
i thought that what i’d need
is the opportunity
to be the one who shines just like the sun
but when i got the chance
they turned to necromance
and i knew i’d be the forgotten one
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
oh my lord
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
the light is fading fast
and though this too shall pass
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
i spent my days in gray
tryna keep my fears at bay
and eventually i learned what i find true
that loneliness is not
some curse that leaves you lost
and if it saves you all, that’s what i’d choose
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
oh my lord
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
when night time turns to day
i'll have to go away
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
i answer not to seeds
to coins, or to the sea
i answer not to man, nor to machine
the only thing i know
is after, when i go
i hope the ones i love remember me
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
oh my lord
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
i feel the shadows call
their darkness and their thrall
i feel the shadows tugging, lord
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