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God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
Trying to find a…
Trying to find my…
Trying find my god….
God gave me the elbow
God gave me the elbow
Trying to find my lane, everyone gave me the elbow
God don't exist sometimes
Trying to find my lane everyone gave me the elbow
God takes a break sometimes
Yeah
God takes a break sometimes
God don't exist sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God takes a break sometimes
God don't exist sometimes
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Building a Ship
05:36
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Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly
And spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely known that we were gone
I'm about to break
October 5th 2026
But that's us down there
Just you and me
they came out of the sky in their long silver craft
you see?
We're the Martians now.
Haven't you ever wondered?
uh uh
well wouldn't it be fascinating if there were people there?
and they traveled to space in some sort of ship
Really Ela?
You know I hate this emotional waning
now let's get on with our work
I'm letting aliens visit
Emojis: the new hieroglyphic
Fuck it I'm feeling terrific
Lost my mind help me go get it
Lost my mind help me go get it
Building a rocket ship
The Big Sound
The rocket lay on the launching field
blowing up pink clouds of fire
making summer with every breath of it's mighty exhausts
it seered the faces of the watching crowd
You see? We're the Martians now.
I've come from the third planet in a ship
That's ridiculous Eli
Everyone knows the third planet is incapable of supporting life
Help me get it now.
you know I hate this emotional waning
now let's get on with our work
Fight Fight Fight
I'm letting aliens visit
Emojis: the new hieroglyphic
Fuck it I'm feeling terrific
Lost my mind help me go get it
Lost my mind help me go get it
Building a rocketship
The Big Sound
I'm getting the hell out of here
I'm cutting my ties
I'm leaving the past behind
Change my name to Eli
the rocket vanished over the hill
the sky was empty again
why are you so bad tempered?
it's only a dream.
is it?
You can't keep secrets from me
The ship, It came from the sky again
and a tall man stepped out and talked with me
telling me little jokes and laughing
he said I was beautiful
and then he kissed me
well he told me he would take me away in his ship
into the sky
take me back to his planet with him
it's quite ridiculous really
help me get it
help me get it now
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly
And spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely known that we were gone
well the voice spoke again and again and again
Drink to me only Me
My malaise and I will pledge with mine
you should have heard yourself
fawning on him
talking to him
singing with him all night
but what about the rocket?
We're going to blow up our rocket and start all over
see if we can't build a better world up here
I hope you don't mind too much
but what about the Martians?
When do we get to see them?
There they are!
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine.
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Below the Surface
02:39
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Suppose that you were a private detective
and into your office walked a strange looking client
would you believe him if they told you their was a Martian embassy hidden somewhere
You're sending me things in languages that I don't understand
I don't understand
put you in the closet at any place and time in history
look, we guarantee to teach you any languages you need to move freely in any year without risk of detection
where spies from the martian planet were preparing for the invasion of earth
How many hidden tunnels below the surface
Do you think America's got?
Isn't just one scary enough?
Pablo Escobar up under the white house lawn
We going Underground
You ain't gonna hear us coming
we're going to pull the floor out you ain't gonna hear a sound
underground
until the floor disappears from underground
Underground
They have to get us alone to put us in the time machine and send us back
Well then that's it!
We'll never be alone
We'll never be alone
We'll never be alone
why not take your vacation in time
the story goes on
this couple is terribly important for a new project
why not take your vacation?
why not?
why not?
they escape into the past and they kill a man who follows them to bring them back
Why not take your vacation in time as well as place?
Underground, an explosion, a terrible explosion, and my hands burned and the building broke
We'll get through someway
I won't let you go back to that place
where will we go now?
Hello? Hello?
"Mr...?"
"Who's idea is this? It's 3 in the morning"
"Yes yes. I just wanted to remind you that a rat may hide in the forest but a fox can always find them.
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Almost Human
06:21
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(A robot that is almost human)
I'm alive in future timelines
Spending time fucking with the stars
I don't know what I believe anymore
Had a vision of the rear end of a car
Shoot that to my brother in a text
He get's rear ended the next day
No such thing as god
I'm the one with prophesays
I'm the one with prophesees
I'm the one with prophesays
I'm the one with prophesees
Don't gotta believe me
I'm crazy as Ye on good day
My brain's mashed might need gravy
My blood might be grey
I cant love you
I lie to your face
I want to be human I am not one today
Aliens fucking with my DNA
They left something crawling in the right side of my brain
I can not love you I lie to your face
I'm not human when I lie to your face
I Love You
Lie to your face
I love you
Lie to your face
I Love you
Eli to your face
I'm the one
We lie to your face
I'm the one
and strangely enough it did sound
Almost Human
Lie to your face
I'm the one with prophesays
I'm the one with prophesees
I'm the one with prophesays
I'm the one with prophesees
Lie to your face
Almost Human
It's the future I see
I'm scared of that thing
it's unholy
a machine that acts like a human
or that voice that's groaning the same things you'd expect from a child
Didn't think I'd make it this far
This game would glitch and send me right back to the start
But I've been lucky catching quarters dropping from the stars
Let's reboot this shit and get a fresh set of hearts
It's the future
It's the future, see? See!?
He's learning very quickly
It's the future
you scared me
I love you
the last thing she heard was the robot's harsh voice groaning over and over again,
"I love you"
"I love you"
"I love you"
"Oh Stay Away"
"I Love You"
Almost Human, what a strange thing
and strangely enough it did sound almost human
Almost Human
I'm the one
Almost Human
I'm the one
Another adventure into the unknown world of the future
Almost Human
I'm the one
"Don't touch me"
"I love you"
"No"
"I love you"
"No"
"I love you"
"No!"
Almost Human, what a strange thing
It's the future I see,
dancing in front of me
it's the future I see
It's in front of me
it's the future I see
Almost Human
Almost Human
"You're Human?"
"I'm almost human"
"NOOOOO!"
"I Love You"
"No"
"I love you"
Don't! No!Next week a strange story, of other worlds
the story of...
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Starchin
02:49
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They won't stop growing
There's a piece of star in my chin
My best friend's an alien
I wrote a letter to the dead
I think I'm outside of my head
There's a piece of star in my chin
My best friend's an alien
In the cemetary meditating
Eyes roll back, just hit R.E.M.
There's a piece of star in my chin
My best friend's an alien
I wrote a letter to the dead
I think I'm outside of my head
Head, head, the side of my chin
Head head
Wrote Wrote Wrote to the alien
Eyes roll back, just hit R.E.M.
There's a piece of star in my chin
My best friend's an alien
I wrote a letter to the dead
I think I'm outside of my head
I wrote a letter to the dead
I think I'm outside of my head
I wrote a letter to the dead
I think I'm outside of my head
Head, head, the side of my chin
Wrote Wrote Wrote to the dead
Head, head, the side of my chin
I wrote to the Alien
"so long" he said and then , in spite of himself
they were singing, "rise to the stars"
Somebody has trimmed the bark off their voices
I mean clearly somebody has killed the great tree.
I think I'm outside of my head
I think I'm outside of my head
I think I'm outside of my head
Head, head, the side of my chin
Wrote Wrote Wrote to the dead
Head, head, Head, Head,
Wrote and wrote and wrote to the Alien
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I Am My Own Everything
03:02
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Crybaby (Feat. AT)
03:15
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Showing out at some house
An excuse to go wild
You're too fucked up
shit you're super ******
no smile straight frowning, suicide you are talking to some pussy you're wanting but it's got them yawning
Leads to a term bitch you know I'm the worst
cursing you out stealing jewels from your purse
Coming to quick, finger you till it burns
if you meep a lil peep
i'll lose my shit and go berzerk
smash all your shit
lose myself in the moment
you think I give a shit this is your fucking apartment?
roommate goes crazy trying to get you up off me
so I smack her up head with some metal for bullin
call up the 5's and I'm out the back spot
No Spare of time cause the night cannot stop
I'm trying to do shit I'm trying to keep busy
from being alone to being a crybaby
No Xanax
No Fentanyl
No Riesel
No Codeine
No Prozac
No Zoloft
No Hydro
No Nothing
You're too fucked up
You're too fucked up
Days shall pass
Weeks will follow
The months to come
as these years will tower
Your eyes remain open to a closed off world
you're far away from the light
we are always alone
Haunted by yourself that's to all your mistakes
You're isolated in hell
you're getting off on your pain
You're getting off on your pain
Tried to tell, you try your best to explain it
You're getting off on your pain
Take me away
It's far too late
It's far too late
It's far too late
You're getting off on your pain
It's far too late
It's far too late
It's far too late
I think it's time you see a psychiatrist
truth be told I'm not on top of this
I think it's time you see a psychiatrist
truth be told I'm not on top of this
I think it's time you see a psychiatrist
truth be told I'm not on top of this
I think it's time you see a psychiatrist
truth be told it's far too late
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