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Gatekeeping's not very punk rock of you
Elitism will never make you cool
Didn't you learn back in school?
Don't you ever learn?
Treatin' folks the way that you do
Only gets you burned
Whether that's at the stake
Or just out of my life
Depends on the century, but you're dead to me
I'm alright
(Are you okay?)
I'm alright
(Are you okay?)
Transmedical doctrine doesn't make you more real
I don't owe explanations for what I've had to steal
Didn't you learn back when those risks were stacked
Don't you ever learn?
Treatin' folks the way that you do
Only gets you burned
Whether that's at the stake
Or just out of my life
Depends on the century, but you're dead to me
I'm alright
(Are you okay?)
I'm alright
(Are you okay?)
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Fool <3 (Live)
04:38
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I don't know how to write about the good things in my life
But tonight I'm gonna try and see the light
It's easier to write about the things that bring me down
But inside your love I'm so happy that I might drown
But tonight
I feel so God damn alive
This happiness inside of my mind
Maybe that makes me a fool
But at least I'm a fool for you
Told myself I'd never write a love song
Used to think they were cheesy but ya know what I was wrong
If I can show you how much you mean to me
Wield the pen and paper until I bleed
But tonight
I feel so God damn alive
This happiness inside of my mind
Maybe that makes me a fool
But at least I'm a fool for you
Used to think I'd never feel this way
Not again after all the shit that people say
But then I had a dream that made me feel so alive
Dream of always having you in my life
But tonight
I feel so God damn alive
This happiness inside of my mind
Maybe that makes me a fool
But at least I'm a fool for you
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3. |
Melancholy Peace (Live)
02:37
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I think I'm not okay but I have been for awhile
Cause when I don't feel like death I don't know what to do with myself
Spent so much time just fighting to stay alive
So what do I do when I finally feel okay inside
This peace is melancholy
But I am alright
Fighting for a melody
But the words just don't come to me Anymore
Art of depression leaves you empty when it's gone
Time to rebuild all the things I love
Scars are healing but the itch is not
Not scared to go outside but the thought still crossed my mind
It's so hard to relate with no rain in my sight
This peace is melancholy
But I am alright
Fighting for a melody
But the words just don't come to me Anymore
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Puppet on a global stage
Disregarding the day and age
Pushing our allies away
Putting citizens in harm's way
Destroy the media
Disarm the press
I'm your only source
For alternative facts
There's no executive order
I can sign to save the border
Children cry because of me
I'm the boogie man separating families
Kill the poor
Defund the ill
And we'll destroy the world
From upon Capitol Hill
We all know I'll never go to jail
Pardon myself or just post my bail
I'll get away and be just fine
I'll appoint my own judge in time
Burn the earth
Strangle and pollute
If that doesn't work
We've always got the nukes
Make America fake again
Make America hate again
Make America great again
Let's behead the fucking king again
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5. |
Prophet Margins (Live)
04:16
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It's time we get moody again
I'm fed up with everything
History don't repeat but it rhymes
It ends the same way every time
It's not okay, the world's broke
But if we can share just one more toke
And remember the days we were awoken
Perhaps we all wouldn't feel so broken
I know what's wrong, I understand
There's an infestation in my Homeland
Xenophobes and religious freaks
Who all claim to know what's best for me
It's not okay, the world's broke
But if we can share just one more toke
And remember the days we were awoken
Perhaps we all wouldn't feel so broken
Maybe this time something will stick
If we could just help the sick
Or initiate cultural shift
Away from ever adrift
It's not okay, the world's broke
But if we can share just one more toke
And remember the days we were awoken
Perhaps we all wouldn't feel so broken
Profits and prophets
Should not be our concern
People need to know
They're worth more than what they earn
It's not okay, the world's broke
But if we can share just one more toke
And remember the days we were awoken
Perhaps we wouldn't all feel so broken
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Corporate Daddy (Live)
02:51
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Corporate licensed island in the endless concrete sea
Visions of the past reveal themselves to me
Steal from those who stole from you,
Your dreams and love
Style, and youth
I'm lookin' for a corporation
To pay for some alterations
I'd like an operation or two
And hoping dental gets covered too
I'm sure most of us have considered a sugar lover
But in business you're still getting under covers
Steal from those who stole from you,
Your dreams and love
Style, and youth
I'm lookin' for a corporation
To pay for some alterations
I'd like an operation or two
And hoping dental gets covered too
Steal from those who stole from you,
Your dreams and love
Style, and youth
I'm lookin' for a corporation
To pay for some alterations
I'd like an operation or two
And hoping dental gets covered too
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7. |
Panik Attacc (Live)
02:33
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I cannot be all you want me to be
All I got is this fill of anxiety
All of these medications are inside of me
Cocktail of the strange variety
Panic attack am I running away?
No I'm fawning and doing whatever you say
Nevermind, it's fine -Insanity
Can't believe this is happening anyway
Wanna sing
Wanna speak
Wanna breath
Wanna be
Cannot sing
Cannot speak
Cannot breath -from anxiety
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Hey baby you're so beautiful
Let's go pepper spray a cop
We could kiss in the ruins of
Capitalistic rot
But "wait —wait a minute"
I hear you say
"It's a much more complex subject,
You can't just take them away!"
Guns don't kill people
But lots of people are killed by guns
"It's a hobby", "it's for sport" they say
It's all just meant for fun!
Billionaires bought bureaucratic boons
for their bougousie goons -beat us down with their boys in blue
I'm not here you tell you what to do but I see a class war coming soon
Class war is coming soon
Class war is coming soon
Class war is coming soon
Class war -not me and you
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I don't wanna be famous
I don't wanna be a rockstar
Really hoping that I don't go far, sub par
Broken dreams and a broken heart
We all wanna be miserable
Future's not discernable
Dig me a matching hole
Deeper deeper down we go
(Deeper down we go)
I don't wanna succeed
I'll only succumb to the greed
Sit there and watch me
Change is impossible, see?
We all wanna be miserable
CD on the turntable
CD is not passable
opinions are not factual
(they're not factual)
Please let me out
Desert oasis
Pouring drought
I'm so sorry I disobeyed
Please corporate master, I'll behave
We all wanna be miserable
Put me on the table
Pushing for scraps to get by
My parents said this is the life
(This is the life)
Check check
Bounce bounce
Return fees come pouring down
The only remaining symbol of love
Discarded in a box
Frozen in the car I cannot watch
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10. |
Chasing Home (Live)
02:33
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I'm looking for my
Chance to be
Anything at all
But who will I see
Chasing home
With friends, alone
Sitting down
Spinning around
Okay now ready go
I can't seem to let go
Of the old idea of me
With whom I don't agree
Chasing home
Alone, afraid
Growing drone
Intake and fade
What am I looking for?
Fuck if I ever knew
I'm trying to be somebody
for me -not for you
Internal scream
Eternity Roam
Now I'll be
Chasing home
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Toyboxes Green Bay, Wisconsin
Toyboxes is a punk band from Wisconsin, members are Jayne Dreams (guitars, vox), Niki Poliak (bass, tenor guitar, vox), and Evelyn (Drums)
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