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This Body's A Burning Building (ft. Ecid)

from Done Suffering by Happy Tooth

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lyrics

In my head
I'm already 65.
Death is on my doorstep.
I think he's getting high.
Exemplified by the way I never hit the brakes.
This body's a burning building
I can't fix the place.
Fifty shades and it's all monochromatic.
I live this way because I just got in the habit.
I talk to the traffic and tell it that I'm running late.
I let it end
to bring the implications that come up with fate.
Thinking on my gravestone's placement
and the wording.
Writing up a will
I'm only in my thirties.
Everyone I've ever met is death-obsessed.
But the grief we all experience
gets repressed in the next breath.

(Chorus)
I think I'm runnin
think I'm runnin
think I'm runnin outta time to die young.x2
I think I'm runnin
think I'm runnin
think I'm runnin outta time to die.
I think I'm runnin, think I'm runnin outta time.

All outta momentum
and also fucks to give.
These arrows go no venom
and also they wanna miss.
Can't afford to start to begin
to fail college.
I can't get hired with hand tattoos,
rings and nail polish.
I'm a long time listener,
first time caller.
An online prisoner
with words I've altered.
Time is of the essence
but my mind is up and restless.
So much life wasted fearing death
is just excessive.

(Ecid)

Aging gracefully.
Accepting a diminished infamy.
My head swells with loops
of the world's tiniest symphony.
Growing infinitely disgusted
with life's repetitive intracacies.
I'm ghost writing my own obituary
like it's a victory speech.
You know the body still works after 25.
You can still fuck, fight, love, hate
and get better with time.
It's the mind sufferin
killin my vibe.
Admittedly ill advised
and willing to strive with a thrill and a high to collide with.
It's been decided go find some psylocibin and die quick.
That ego needs a funeral
preferably on a deserted island.
Maybe then you'll find peace signs
converted to perma-smilin.
Working all the angles
trust yourself,
it's worth all the crying.
Let's stop actin like Pac and B.I.G.
wanted it this way.
Legends live forever
but they still had a lot to say.
Face it,
fetishizing martyrs is a young man's game.
With age comes acceptance.
Life's just a mixture of love and pain.

(Chorus)

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from Done Suffering, released October 8, 2022

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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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