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Self​-​Conscious Overconfidence Blues

from The Skin Of My Teeth by Happy Tooth

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Nights like this make me feel catatonic,
I guess the road less traveled's path is longest.
Catastrophic, that's how the days tend to go.
Seems right that life-like is all that I'm meant to know.
These blues just feel like cinder-blocks.
All these screws they use so tightly interlocked.
The center shocked from reality's harshness.
Walking tightropes to try and balance the farthest.
This self-conscious over-confidence
just built up more broken monuments.
Godliness isn't something I come close to,
and these shoes are so worn the bloods starting to soak through.
All I wanna do is live across the street.
Ownership these days means adding an apostrophe.
It's all for free, they just neglect to teach that,
the newspaper is fiction so don't expect to read facts.
We need slack in the rope around our throats.
We choke on the notes and smoke that drown us both.
They taught me ego was all that I'd need though.
Fake it until you're famous, receive payment for each show.
Live slow, bleed fast and die stupid.
I'm not supposed to care unless you pay for my music.
Quit being paranoid and share the void, it's really not new.
You aren't fighting the man if he's already got you.

You're probably thinking the economy's sinking.
It's constantly shrinking to the size of an inkling.
You're probably right, but they have to feed the struggle.
There's gotta be a light at the end of the tunnel.
You're probably thinking it's all a conspiracy.
Another extinct king advising empirically.
You've gotta be wrong, your logic is gone,
and sorry only counts if the apology's long.

Days like this make me feel filthier,
in a way guilty until proven guiltier.
Kill me first, before they get to convict me,
or convince me I'm sickly, simply and quickly.
Strictly we're fed with self-importance.
In accordance with no income to help support this.
Even if we raise minimum wage in our miniature cage,
nothing stays in place when a signature fades.
So throw your cash at my hopeful trash.
Get arrested just to blame it on your social class.
Knowing that broken back comes with the job,
makes me wanna go off and commit fraud in the name of God.
This odd feeling of entitlement just comes
with guns and an extended rifle clip.
These idle fists cause primal fits,
a hormone war zone to find out who our rival is.
It's inherent I'm embarrassed by our careless violence.
It's apparent the marriage we cherish is mindless.
If the governments evil then what's up with these people?
They grow up to get feeble or die by a leased needle.
Each easel, a little less vibrant.
Kids that ask questions, but all of them silent.
Don't lose confidence when it's all collapsing.
Our lives are jokes, but nobody's laughing.

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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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