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Better
02:50
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There were no words
Then there was 10 words
Then there was 50 words
I think that's better
How 2 describe yourself
2 define yourself
2 remind yourself
That U do matter
We painted just 1 wall
Then another wall
Then all the walls
I think that's better
First there was black & white
On the screens at nite
The all the colors shined
I think that's better
I want newer words
& identities
Choice & freedom too
Yeah, I think that's better
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2. |
The New Punk
01:33
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New punk
Afraid of change
New punk
In a gilded cage
New punk
Loves conformity
New punk
Doesn't get irony
New punk
All about tradition
New punk
Enraged by transition
New punk
Thinks the past was better
New punk
Is a Karen with an angry letter
No.
Punk is anti-establishment because
The establishment is tradition
The establishment is hierarchy
The establishment is when U think that there is a natural order
The establishment is when U talk about "nature" but then cut down every forest
& pollute every river
The past is the establishment
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3. |
Push It
02:57
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Waiting 4 a change
Something static in the air
When all the moldy rules
Fall away & no 1 cares
Cos life is very short
& all that matters is what I can do
With the me that I just happen 2 have
With me & I am who?
I'm gonna push it
Cos it's all I have
No 1 can choose 2 be
Alive & living in this world
But ya better believe I'll choose the rest
Including what flag I want unfurled
Yeah, I might just change my name
My clothes & where I want 2 live
Paint my nails & dye my hair
Give & take means take & give
So I'm gonna push it
Cos it's all I have
So I'm waiting 4 a change
But then I guess I'm really not
I'm gonna live it how I wanna live it
If U don't like it U can just go away & do your own thing :)
I'm gonna push it
Cos It's all I got
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4. |
Back Then
01:39
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Back then
We didn't have TV
Back then
We didn't go 2 the movies
Back then
We didn't have cell phones
Back then
We didn't have internet
Back then, sucked
Back then
Not everyone could vote
Back then
There were no civil rights
Back then
U couldn't love who U wanted
Back then
Violence was a way of life
Back then, sucked
Back then
There were no vaccines
Back then
Sickness was blamed on demons
Back then
Doctors would bring U leeches
Back then
We lived 2 the average age of 27
Back then, sucked
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5. |
Dayglow 2nite
02:56
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Switching in lanes
Talking in wine
Feeling the blaze
Feeling so fine
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
Holding the moon
Tasting the dark
The sweetest doom
The mood of my arc
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
Swallowed in nite
The heat of the beat
The flash of the light
The vice of defeat
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
Dance
Dream
Romance
A need
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
I'm waiting dayglow 2nite
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6. |
Transcontinental
02:28
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I feel fantastic on loan
Feelin the magic in my bones
The story ends always on a song
& science is always alone
Transcontinental
It's elemental
& then a backlash right on cue
& hate is a rash it's true
Never avoid just hedge your bet
The past is a void of debt
Transcontinental
It's elemental
Non-conforming
Acknowledging
Always on going
Into the now
Transcontinental
It's elemental
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7. |
50 billion ways
01:55
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I don't learn lessons
& I don't take advice
Cos there's 50 billion ways
2 live this life
Don't wanna be successful
Don't wanna have it all
Just wanna eat some cornflakes
& piss on a wall
I don't pass tests
Cos I don't answer questions
I just pick random dots
& ignore all suggestions
Don't need a life coach
Cos I ain't playing no game
Don't want purpose or wellness
Cos we all ain't the same
So yeah
How do U know
What's good & what's bad
When there's 50 billion ways
2 happy or sad
So I'll keep on struggling
& slouching 2 the end
Pointless & bumbling
It's a rhythm. It's a trend
It's a trend
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8. |
It's Me Not U
01:57
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Hey, it's me
Not U
So why do U care
Live your life
Your way
Don't point & don't stare
Don't give advice
2 me
If I didn't ask
Get your own vibe
& be
At peace in your own mask
I didn't ask
I didn't ask
Hey, look it's me
Not U
Why can't U get your own life
I'm doing my thing
& my way
Why do U need 2 make strife
Just because U Notice
Others
Exist
Doesn't give U cause
2 show us
How U hate & how U twist
I didn't ask
I didn't ask
Get a hobby
A book
Or maybe go 4 a walk
Because it's me
Not U
& I dont' wanna hear U talk
Buh-bye
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9. |
Tradtition
02:12
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It's tradition
Preached 2 the choir
Tell them it's all good
Each god's a liar
But they give us wood
It's a tradition
We're lifted up
2 the glory of the ego
Cool aid from the cup
Where the money goes
We go
We love our tradition
We love the way it goes
We love our tradition
We'll channel all of our rage
Into plastic smiles
If we don't get our way
We'll burn it down 4 miles
It's our tradition
& we love the way it goes
It's our tradition
Our decency is just 4 shoe
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10. |
The Lamest Dude
02:32
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The lamest dude walks down the street
Clothes real nice & hair real neat
Went 2 church & paid his bills
Frowned at the weirdos who gave him the chills
Ah, it sucks
2 be so lame
The lamest dude, man he loves his life
Great big house, a traditional wife
A truck 2 big 4 the parking lot
Podcast 2 small but he gave it a shot
Ah, it sucks
2 be so lame
The lamest dude lives in fear all the time
Scared 2 death of imaginary crime
He feels a threat from purple hair
Rainbow flags, he, she, them & their
Ah, it sucks
2 be so lame
He's scared so bad that he'll pack & run
From the people he fears
Though he's never met 1
The lamest dude, his life is all hypothetical
His self-improvement books all arranged alphabetical
& though he spends all his life building the biggest wall
When he's out among us he looks so very, very small
Oh, it must suck
2 be so lame
Yeah, it must suck
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11. |
Mess
02:29
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I'm on the floor again
I'm in my way again
I'm under over needs 2 try
I'm on my knees & then
I'm going 2 plead again
If I can lick the floor boards dry
Oh, Life's a mess
I won't 2nd guess
I'm better when I'm sick
I'm wetter when I click
With stories that don't ask a why
I stay way up way 2 late
4get what I just ate
I piss into the wind, it's dry
Oh, Life's a mess
I won't 2nd guess
Wine & cigarettes
Combat boots
& strip roulette
Fall asleep
At 5 am
Mesh outfits
Me, she & him
Oh, Life's a mess
I won't 2nd guess
I laugh at shitty jokes
Eat bad food & sometimes smoke
I'm such a mess, it's fun, bye bye
Oh, look it's me again
I'm on the floor again
Feeling dirty looking up at the sky
Oh, I'm a mess
No, I ain't gonna 2nd guess
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12. |
Big Dumb Fun
02:51
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A fantasy
Of ecstasy
Is all I need 2 get me through
I'm on my back
It's where I'm at
The oddest R stacked 2 get me too
Some big dumb fun
Some big dumb fun
Here & now
I wave somehow
Towards the sky forget me nots
The rain & light
The day 4 nite
The rainbow comes & follows me there
2 big dumb fun
2 big dumb fun
Oh, I'm centered by a hope
Oh, I'll enter try & oh!
& I will run
2 big dumb fun
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Stone's Sonic Journal
Header image by Davide Baraldi
Hello, I'm Stone.
I make DIY
alternative/indie/ambient/punk music. I've released 84 full LPs on my YT channel. Have about half of those here. I make & post music almost every day. My sonic journal.
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