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Free Reality

by Hays Holladay

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1.
Not For Nothing 02:57
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Goddam, Jeff Mangum Need your direction at this time Im blind enough to hear it Let it in my life Signing off sincerely The cynic in my mind I would volunteer but I am waiting for the opera The opera to ignite In the still A beaming light Shine in the still A beaming light Shine in the still A beaming light Everyone tries To Codify The miles and the smiles So sing this oak And climb this hymn Don’t die with a million Songs in your head Goddam Jeff Mangum Please leave your bedroom and take flight To find the nonbeliever Inculcate their mind Wire up their receiver And dedicate both sides To all the insecure Who say they can That they will But they won’t And they don't And they cope and they just resign In the still A beaming light Shine in the still A beaming light Shine in the still A beaming light Everyone tries To cauterize The miles from the smiles So sing this oak And climb this hymn Don’t die with a million songs in your head Don’t die with a million songs in your head Don’t die with a million songs in your head
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Lockstep 03:34
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We are ghosts We are ghosts in the wars That break out Between hammers and rocks And I'm here I'm surprised as you are And I'm here I can't stress that enough You look good Shake your black combat boots You look good When you're staging a coup Now I want To tell everyone new To get on top Of your little soapbox Here we go We go round On the street We go through town March our feet Cant go round anymore Wipe your face at the door It's a boon It's the brightest balloon Seen in weeks or in days Either real or cartoon Floating up to the gates And into his room What do we say To the man on the moon We say UCHIKOWASHI Come down to our zoo And see life through the eyes Of a fly In a dream I was crowned I was king Lord knows I'm bound For great things Till you outsource the job To the hills and the flocks To the newly reborn Give em half the reward Just give them Millions of ways To get it out of their head Millions of ways Millions of ways Write your song Say your peace To only your friends Now I'm here By your side To sing the blues Cause we feel like we do Oh I swear I've been making heaven and earth collide Since I learned how to march Push on through Cuz it's time for our due Suffer fools And we’ll crash in pursuit Oooh Oooh Ooooh I'm just one in a million What chance do I have The boy who ran from the herd Is on his way back I just came for the money Just put it in a sack And drape me in linens Rub oil on my back Now I get how you'd be livid livid Now I get it get it get it get it
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Straw Man 02:26
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We can talk talk talk We’ll never figure it out We can talk talk talk We’ll never figure it out You can hold my nose until I wake up and shout I’ll suck your blood until you faint or pass out Picture me In Athens Georgia Sipping tea With Prester John If you knew me You’d all be wrong But we’ve got four more years Four more years Stop Stop Stop I wanna push you Stop Stop Stop I wanna push you around Cause if i take the high road Still call me a cuck Oh oh oh Picture me In Alto, Georgia Crisp new jeans With one hand heil in the air If you choose me We won’t go wrong We’ve got four more years To bleed the PAC We’ve got four more years To lead them all We’ve got four more years To lead them on
4.
Weaponize 03:29
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Be my be my killer Be my calf Would you strum on my heart Strum on my heart in B Be my be my killer Be my calf Would you rattle my heart Like you’re strumming on a magazine Be my be my killer Be my calf There’s a light going off A light going off that you can’t change out You’re a poison in the waterstream That I cannot strain in the bath You’re a poison but you’re drinking me I wanna feel this right now I don’t think it could do much harm If you pop me like a bag of blood Eaten by an animal Be my be my killer Be my calf Would you stop all our thoughts Stop all our thoughts from breeding I tried I tried I tried I tried I tried Not everybody wants a brain Be my be my killer Be my calf Be my killer be my calf Be my killer and calf You’re a poison cause you wanna be You’re a one word chain of command You’re an orphan on a losing streak I wanna feel this right now I don’t think it could do much harm If you pop me like a bag of blood Eaten by an animal I wanna feel this right now Does everybody own a gun? You can hold the keys to life Anyway you won’t
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Now I'm The Bad Guy 01:48
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Hold your head up And be proud to be a man Pain and struggle The worlds smallest violin I dont know I dont know that i was wrong But i know where I went wrong Youre the product Im not my father Not his dad But Im I'm giving in I'm giving in Release is the worst way to hold I don't know that I was wrong I don't know that I was wrong I don't know where I belong
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In Bad Faith 03:54
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We can spin a word on a dime We can spin a word on a dime Yes we can say what we want to say Never waste a piece of our mind I would go to bat I would die or go hungry I would go to bat for your right So you can spew what you’re gonna spew Tell me why it seems like the knifes in your hand We can spin a word Pull out all the stops We invent the cure Then we let it drop We can spin a word on a dime But don’t be upset when the world Kicks your ass cause you spout off in bad faith I was unaware of the price I was unaware of the price Thought I could do what I wanna do Never serve a day in my life Tell me have you heard that the drafts in session Tell me that you were first in line Stake your claim while the others play Let them hurl their words at the world in bad faith We can spin a word Pull out all the stops We invent the cure Then we let it drop We can spin a word on a dime But don’t be chagrined when the world Kicks your ass when you spout off in bad faith Hope you don’t catch cold We can spin a word on a dime We can spin a word on a dime I hear you I hear you Let me back in to the world I promise I won’t go off in bad faith Let me back into the world I flipped upside down Let me back in to the world I promise I won’t go off in bad faith Let me back into the world I shitkicked
7.
Legalese 03:38
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All of these drips add up to tsunami Nothing but paper postcards Incumbent on me two-fold None of these bills are worth any money Nothing but paper postcards The legalese goes on Ideally no I would not hope To chart my highs and lows To the bone What if our kid grows up to be Bundy What if our pets and toaster Take over the second home Why do we care what Pat had at Sonny’s Nothing but paper postcards You’re better than me So what? Ideally no I would not hope To plot my highs and lows To the bone Tables and typos Atonement so byzantine A crate of blue binders Has vanished mysteriously I know you did it Lied tried to hide it Androids and iPhones A courthouse cacophony Cuomo’s and chyrons A stepdad menagerie Its payback We’re even When we pack it to twenty three You did it You did it I know you did it Lied tried to hide it You did it You did it But I can see right through To the other side of you I can see right through To the other side of you I can see right through To the other side of you I can see right through To the other side The legalese goes on
8.
Getting To Yes 04:42
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It’s good and right to sing on every holiday And find the source Cause we won’t make it on our own I can see a wave is coming through Open your mouth and sing I think that somethings coming true Its good and right to save the date And change your name down at the court Cause we won’t change it on our own I can see a wave is coming through Open your mouth and sing You can’t have faith without some acts It isnt real its virtual You either take them or you dont I can see a wave its tried and true Open your mouth and sing You think that somethings coming true It’s good and right to sing on every holiday And find the source Cause we won’t make it on our own I can see a wave is coming through Open your mouth and sing I think that somethings coming true We’re not lazy We’re just looking for a light Cause there’s nothing but this day now on the line You’re not the only one Who draws a line and says what truth I think the signals coming through We are moving Onto somewhere Onto somewhere that we’ve been before We are moving Onto somewhere Onto somewhere that we’ve been before We are gonna move Right out the door We are gonna move And make this work We are gonna move Out of the ICU We are gonna move And take what's ours
9.
Goliath 05:33
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Lift up your hands Make them feel small Ready to burst Yes we’re ready to burst Half of this plane is on fire But the other half Just makes light of it Let's start a band Let's write a song We’ll call it ready to burst Cause we’re ready to burst Why must the meek be so quiet Cause the other half Won’t shut up bout it Take your chances on blue Take your chances Or watch the whole keep halfening Whole keep halfening A pox on both sides No thats not whats happening A pox on both sides No no that's not quite facurate But if we don’t try We’ll never make it alive We’ll be forever doomed to posting the same meme Well this is our time Act deliberately This is a rescue mission Let's bring our world on back from the ledge This is a sign This is a vague religion Don’t waste your words on the book of the dead We’re in our prime You look your age Give us our trophy now get out of the way This is our time This is our place This is our world
10.
Free Reality 04:45
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Let’s show her we can do this If we ever followed through Everytime First glimpse at the prize So precious then pitiful God even sighs Don’t let the reason You hate cake Be she got married on your birthday You think that's justice Gotta bridge on ebay You think there's justice Then a crime is a beautiful waste We form a chorus that they can’t deny We say we're here and we have ears and eyes I’ll be your buttress if you’ll be my spire There is no echo in a silent mind Silent mind Silent mind Let's show her we can do it We took our eyes off you Arrested on sight Agents were nice Bring her back home honey girl at her side Know your doula She’s not to blame That you were born before the clocks changed Come on swan take the T-bird away Come on swan yes a crime is a beautiful waste To all the buzzards off the other side You’ve made it clear that you have chosen lies The truth is vicious and its always right There is no echo in a silent mind Silent mind

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released October 1, 2022

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