1. |
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I don’t know how to talk to people who
Don’t know how to talk to me
It’s a contract we both sign
Conscientiously
And in my heart I’m aware how quickly things can change
Doesn’t stop me from wanting things to stay the same
Can’t believe that we saw a shark the other day
Lady Robinson’s Bay
Watching movies every Sunday
Ooh yeah
I don’t know why I’m so depressed
Ooh yeah
My brain is working but my body, it is a mess
Ooh yeah
I need to find a proper job
Ooh yeah
I need to work with people I can trust and move on
And when I’m over at your house
It’s not how it used to be
And when you sit upon my couch
What would you like to eat?
Though we’re comfortable now there’s still a part of me
That remembers a time when it was hard to speak
Too caught up in our nervous feelings, losing sleep
Nothing to say
Watching movies every Sunday
Ooh yeah
I don’t know why I’m so depressed
Ooh yeah
My brain is working but my body, it is a mess
Ooh yeah
I need to find a proper job
Ooh yeah
I need to work with people I can trust and move on
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2. |
Popstar
12:56
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1.
I got a new job today
It’s alright, it’s okay
Fold shirts for a living, working 9 to 5
When I get off work, maybe I’ll go for a drive
Play the latest shit on Spotify
Try to copy it later, my life’s a lie
Got a degree, originality
But nothing beats a simple I - IV - V
I played my first show today
Went pretty good, maybe just okay
Felt nice that my friends were there
Sometimes it felt strange seeing them stare
While I sang about the meaningless things I feel
I never talk about anything real
I guess it was a nice little confidence boost
But if I really am gonna tell the truth
I wanna be
Something more
Since when
I was four
I wanna be a popstar
I wanna be a popstar
A popstar
I got a new fridge today
It’s pretty good maybe just okay
Best thing that I’ve done in a while
A small task but it made me smile
Now I don’t have to have takeaway no more
Never thought that would be a bore
8am shift so I better sleep
Or I could make something good to eat
I wanna be
(Big stages not another bar show)
Something more
(How do I make that happen, I don’t know)
Since when
(I’ll be a star not a regular joe)
I was four
I wanna be a popstar
I wanna be a popstar
A popstar
2.
The other day a old man came to the show
He asked me, for a dinner with him, I was slow
To pick up on what he meant but now I know
So I’m frantically writing him an email so
He knows that I’m keen and that I’m good to go
See I Googled his name and he’s pretty big deal
He doesn’t look bad for someone the age of John Peel
He’s been signing bands since before I was born
And I’m thinking that I could be the next Peter John or Bjorn
Dinner was nice, he had a very charming look on his face
And in his eyes, and then we went back to his place
We didn’t do anything, that would count as workplace harrassment, no
But I think that he’s into me or my music at least
See we made a deal right after the feast
He said that all I had to do was to keep being me
That’s refreshing to hear from one as cool as he
He said I wouldn’t need my stupid job anymore
And thank fucking god for that cos now I won’t be poor
He’s been signing bands since before I was born
And I’m thinking I could be the next Peter John or Bjorn
Peter John or Bjorn
Peter John or Bjorn
3.
Well it’s one month later and my song’s on Triple J (hey)
Not getting trashed on Unearthed OK
Opening for the Wombats who are past their prime
At the same place I saw the Strokes in ’09
Now it’s two months later and my song is climbing charts
At this point I give two shits like “what is art”
Taking taxis everywhere and somebody does my hair
Going on a tour, so just remember where
You first heard the god damn name, Fenn is cool
Nothing’s gonna be the same, Fenn will rule
The charts for years to come, Fenn is cool
You will name your first born son, Fenn is cool
Sometimes I’ll hear from someone I used to know
They say congrats, I’m too smart for that shit though
See I got new friends and they buy me drugs
Soon I’m gonna have a cool Persian rug
Now it’s three months later and I’m rocking out
Seven-piece band and the crowds all shout
My own god damn words straight back at me
Don’t even need to get high because you see
They all know my god damn name, Fenn is cool
Nothing’s gonna be the same, Fenn will rule
The charts for years to come, Fenn is cool
You will name your first born son, Fenn is cool
So remember the god damn name, Fenn is cool
Nothing’s gonna be the same, Fenn will rule
The charts for years to come, Fenn is cool
You will name your first born son, Fenn is cool
4.
And it’s one year later and the accountant says to me
If you’re gonna pay your mortgage you will sell your SUV
“Have you thought about getting a proper job?”
“I hear that they are hiring at the Coles in Kings Cross.”
I say “Do you even know who you’re talking to?”
“I got a music video rotation on channel two”
“I supported Paramore on their latest dates”
He says, “Then why are all of your repayments late”
And I realise that he’s right, I need to think ahead
Honestly at this point I’d feel better dead
I had everything I wanted then it went away
The man at the label said it happens every day
He said that Tastes can change, maybe he backed the wrong horse
I wish that he was wrong but at this point I’m not so sure
So I start to work on my stupid resume
Put it in the online system, answering questions OK
I don’t wanna undertake a broad range of tasks
My availability is please don’t ask
And I’m hoping that I get a good support slot soon
Cos I’m spending all my days playing slots and drinking goon
And the friends I used to have don’t pick up anymore
I guess that I should not have called them dirty fame whores
Maybe they were actually the happiest for me
But I couldn’t see it through a cloud of dry ice and VB
The manager at Coles gave me an interview
He said “I really like the look of you”
Then he said “You’re a musician? Well that’s really nice.”
At that point I couldn’t really look him in the eyes
Said that it was good, it didn’t pay too well
Then he said I guess not everyone is a Dave Grohl
Anyway you got the job so congrats on that
And please let me show you which things to stack
I’ve been working at Coles for a few months now
Haven’t touched an instrument, I’m starting to forget how
To play piano, not even Fur Elise
Maybe I should get some lessons, only if they are for free
And I think I wanna play another bar show soon
One of my friends got into contact and he’s got a room
That he needs to fill and I’d be perfect for
He said that he’ll forgive me if I say I’ll work the door
iF i play the show i’ll get a rental car
im forgetting how to drive but its not that far
and i even get to split a very small per cent of
drink sales according to the email that he sent
So I’m right back to where I was before
But it’s not as bad as where I’ve been
In fact I like it more
So if this is it then there’s not that much left to say
All you wannabe musicians you are gonna have to pay
Your way through life or if you have parents who can
They will bankroll all your hobbies til you’re in a famous band
5.
I played my first show in a while
It went pretty good, it made me smile
Seeing the faces of my raving fans
Except the people who had “made other plans”
I’m coming back I can feel it in my bones
I’m on track and I’m feeling in control
Stacking shelves but it’s making me strong
Even though I haven’t done it for long
I worked the door like I said I would
My buddy told me that I did good
But then I remembered our fight
From when I wasn’t really acting right
I apologised, he said it was cool
Fame and money can do crazy things to you
They did bad things to me
At least I got to see myself on TV
I’ll never be
Something more
Don’t care about
What I’m here for
Don’t wanna be a popstar
I’ll never be a popstar
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3. |
Work Life Index
03:01
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I’ve been trying hard just to floss every day in the lead up to dentist appointments
he makes me feel so guilty that I don’t take care of myself very well
what can I say to that
no more excuses he sees right through them anyway
no it’s not good for my health
drinking two bottles of mountain dew in the one day
I think that it’s time for a change
tried to work out but my abs just hurt for next five days
although I don’t look that fat
body mass index is pushing towards overweight
I'm getting older
it’s time to make a change
time’s moving slower
I cannot feel my age
can’t even go to bed
without burning sticks of sage
is this what we live for
I dont want to burn the candle at both ends for a job that pays just 25
dollars per hour that is quite good in this economy but no sick pay
what do I do if I fall
down the steps to my apartment break my collarbone
your spine is weak when you’re tall
vertebrae fragile, they break upon contact with ball
wish that I still worked at Coles
management sucked but the workers comp would do me well
get my revenge on them all
drop a fake box on my foot but I’d sue them for real
I'm getting older
I'll sacrifice myself
for my employer
put myself through hell
cant even take a nap
without feeling like I’ve failed
still
life is pretty swell
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4. |
If I Didn't Have You
03:16
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Today you thought your shadow followed you
It was just me in another shape
The things you do can’t be replaced
Nor would I want to anyway
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
Where would I be
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
What would I be
Maybe I should have been a pilot
When I was young that’s what I wanted
But I chose a path with no trajectory
If I didn’t have you where would I be
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
Where would I be
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
If I didn’t have you
What would I be
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5. |
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Why am I such a freak
And what’s stopping me from being normal
Is it good or is it bad
I just can’t tell anymore
And why am I so obsessed with the amount of likes I get on Instagram
As if it’s a judgement on my worth as a person
Why can’t everyone just rate each other out of ten
And just be done with the whole thing
[Chris Martin]:
We were walking down Bronte Beach the other
We walk past this group of guys playing soccer
One of them was like “Oh man, I love your music”
Then another one was like “You guys suck!”
We’re well aware we have to improve y’know
Before we went past Bronte Beach Surf Club we weren’t so sure
[Fenn is cool]:
Why can’t I hold down the jobs that I like
Why does that make me feel so fucking bad
Maybe it’s because I know it’s my fault
And I did nothing to stop it
And I still haven’t responded to the emails they sent me
Telling me I lost the job
Doesn’t matter how nicely it was worded because
It still hurts
And why do I feel so much jealousy
When someone younger than me achieves something
When I’m only twenty-three
[Chris Martin]:
I think certain music can accentuate peoples personalities
I think if you’re a bastard, there’s music that can make you more of a bastard
If you’re sweet, there’s music that can make you feel more sweet
If you’re a romantic, y’know then there’s Simply Red
[Fenn is cool]:
And every fucking song that I write now just sounds like
Coldplay mixed with musical theatre
I only like one Coldplay album
And please don’t get me started on music theatre
So why do I like myself
Well, that’s because I’m a stupid narcissist
Being self-aware doesn’t make it cute
[Chris Martin]:
When we’re playing music I don’t think there’s…
I don’t wanna be anywhere else in the world
And I’m proud of it to the nth degree
Because it’s who I am y’know
I wouldn’t have anything in my life without it
I wouldn’t have my kids, I wouldn’t have these shoes
Y’know, I wouldn’t have anything
[Fenn is cool]:
Tears stream, down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream, down your face
And I
Come up to meet you
Tell you I’m sorry
You don’t know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you go back to the start
Nobody said it was easy
(Lights will guide you home)
Oh it’s such a shame for us to part
(And ignite your bones)
Nobody said it was easy
(I will try to fix you)
[Chris Martin]:
Coldplay is for people with great taste, intelligence
Incredible good-lookingness
Talent, ability, success, grabbing of life
Coldplay is for people who know what life’s about
Always entertaining, delightful to talk to
Sweet, charming, incredibly good in bed, virile
They have incredible success with girls or boys or both
They’re just the world’s best citizens
Maybe I’m biased
But I’m definitely right
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6. |
Future Overrated
02:58
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What if every opportunity you’ve had has been wasted
What if your life doesn’t match up to how you dreamed your future
I guess you gotta just be happy to not be a stranger
To a smallish group of friends that keeps getting smaller
As the years keep marching onward, you might need a shoulder
Or someone to give you lifts cos you’re still a Learner
On Halloween, me and Byron dressed as twins from the Matrix Reloaded
He came round early and Rose sprayed our hair with white hair dye
When we got there we sat around the fire and it looked so pretty
I chewed some gum and I told strangers that I loved them sincerely
When I got home that night I drank lemon tea with some honey
I couldn’t sleep so I played rain sounds off my laptop
Almost forgot I had work at 9 o’clock in the morning
I missed the bus so I decided to walk the whole way
The sky looked blue way more blue than it had in a long time
In fact everything looked brighter, much brighter that day
So what if every lucky chance you’ve ever had has been wasted
At least they made you into the person who you are today
So your life doesn’t match to what you dreamed for your future
I think the future’s kind of overrated these days
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7. |
Deleted Accounts
03:55
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And I need to rest
I’ve had enough
(do you have the time man?)
I don’t want to work
(do you know what your star sign is?)
And I need to rest
I’ve had enough
(I don't know the time and)
The soles of my feet hurt
(I don't know what my star sign is)
What do you do?
Oh, not a lot
What will you do?
I don’t even know how to answer that
Where will you go?
Somewhere hot
How will you know?
Knowing lots of things is all that I got
I had three different accounts by the age of 23
deleted all the evidence of who I used to be
and the memories of myself that were embarrassing to me
in my mind they still remain but they have faded gradually
I’m starting to process it all, I think that I can see
a vision of my future self in perfect harmony
with everything I did before, all of my memories
too caught up in who I was instead of who I wanna be
an expert in forgetting with a perfect memory
for all the stupid things I did at the age of 13
and when i think about them now i exhale heavily
heart starts beating hard with second hand anxiety
I keep myself distracted so these thoughts don’t get to me
like the time I couldn’t say goodbye to grandma properly
allergic to her ashes when we spread them out to sea,
I had to go to hospital for antihistamines
but when the sun rises over the dust I used to be
I wont worry that I talk too much or too infrequently
the water will reflect the specks of my eternity
then the waves will come and wash them all away
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8. |
I Swear
03:47
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I want you to know that
I felt so sick this morning
and last night, felt guilty
felt like the world was burning
fever dreams and fever
why’s it so hot in winter
my heart beat so fast and
I could not sleep at all
wake up at six am
take some pseudoephedrine
sit down on the couch and
turn on the television
the news is so boring
faintly the cat is snoring
the light hits my eyeballs
I’m falling down
this could be the year
who knows what is in the future
you’re going to make it
you’re not feeling any better
“here we have beaches
and trees and skies are baby blue
you can see, left of you
the full cast of bondi rescue
aren’t they beautiful
well you could be too
you can change your life
all you have to do
to make yourself a golden greek statue
is to work out your chest
don’t neglect your pectorals too
just four hours a day
a small price to pay
nothing in your way
but consistency
I swear
this is my year
I swear
I’m sure it is
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9. |
See The Sea
03:19
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take a bath
take your shoes off
take some ones hand and
say you love them
make a mark
mark on the wall
how much you grew
when you were younger
take a bath
take time relax
just let it go
nothing to ponder
make a mark
mark where you fell
heaven and hell
and under armour
now and then
think about sad things
think good thoughts think
for your self you/like a boss drink
can be who you/cups of water
want to be don’t/every day don’t
think you can you/think at all just
will you won’t don’t/clear your mind will
pay your rent get/you be quiet if
back your bond just/you don’t mind i’m
break your lease and/almost sleeping
i want to be
to see
the sea
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10. |
Time Flies
03:28
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Feel like time flies, not just when you’re having fun
Daily pattern, train from your work to your home
(T4 Line)
Now it’s constant, like the beating of a drum
Stressful dreams and difficult situations
Neighbour hates my music
He hates the noise
Yells at me while I hang washing up
Says that he’s not scared of cops
Unprompted
What normal person is not scared of cops?
They are psychos with guns that make up for their
Lack of storage on your now outdated phone
No new memories if you don’t first delete some
Pool, twelfth birthday, with your friend Sebastian
Got called gay for singing a dumb Beatles song
(Day Tripper)
Neighbour’s kitchen, looks into mine
Close the blinds, turn the TV on
Mute the volume and watch Godfather One
Move house and plot my revenge on him
Ads for cialis to fill up his mailbox
Which flat was he?
4D movies, Laura Dern, and Griffin Dunne
Simple pleasures help you to better function
Cups of tea and going for a little run
By the river
Watching Breaking Dawn Part One
Next year will be your best one
(Team Edward)
Next year will be your worst one
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