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Half Alive

from The Skin Of My Teeth by Happy Tooth

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I'm a stranger in a strange land,
dropping anchor in the gray sand.
Hey man, we got the same plan.
Everyone you know today was made bland.
You're a carbon copy, starvin probably,
you're a mockery of comedy a parody of honesty.
I woke up today and I guess that's okay.
It's sad to say we'll pass away the first to come isn't always last to stay.
A massive grave, full of homelessness and poverty.
Guess that's the way it's gotta be now nobody will talk to me,
about revolution, it's best to keep things quiet.
On a diet of contrived shit, taught to think biased.
Buy this science, it's an appliance of compliance.
Let's all sit in silence and forget about defiance.
What happened to the kids who claimed to be punk?
Are they living dreams or getting clean afraid to seem stuck?
Another sick fuck gets a badge and a gun.
While kids sit drunk and stab each other for fun.
We gave up on life cause it gave up on us.
We'd play dumb on time to wake up on a bus.
Out of town, down and out, alive with a purpose,
to drive out the furthest and write more words in cursive.
Sometimes I hear songs and get really inspired,
to walk into a courthouse and start building a fire.
Still we all admire a dose of stupidity,
sometimes the worst lines are the ones that we say willingly.
Philistines fill the streets talking indifferently.
It's killing me to still agree we're lost in the misery.
A symphony of apathy we're happy in our daze.
Passively we half-believe we'll escape and break our cage.
Don't laugh at me, I'm just a casualty,
who only half-believes things happen magically.
Don't laugh at me, I'm just a casualty,
who only half-believes in happily,
who's half-alive with apathy.

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from The Skin Of My Teeth, released May 12, 2015

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"Both Happy Tooth and BDotJeff spoke to the idea that music can be therapeutic, and writing and recording is now less about reaching a larger audience than steadying the turmoil within. “You do start to question your own motivations, like, why am I doing this?” Happy Tooth said. “And I’ve realized that I love the art, and I have to make it because deep down it makes me feel better.” - MatterNews ... more

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