FEiN

FEiN lyrics

FEiN is the Los Angeles indie duo of Luke Walton (Luke Francis Walton) and Brandon Woodward. New 13-song record in progress.

The words to 38 FEiN songs, written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Woodward (BMI). Each title links to its full annotation — meaning, credits, and listen links live on the song pages. Pronounced “fine”; not Travis Scott’s FE!N.

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  1. American Man
  2. Sculptor
  3. Girl You Can't Hide It
  4. Outro
  5. #Grownupz
  6. Goodness Gracious
  7. Creatures
  8. Twenty-Three
  9. Don't You
  10. Roadtrip
  11. Lonely People
  12. Pretty Things
  13. Blanket
  14. All Her Books
  15. Crawl
  16. Liminal
  17. Bodies
  18. Delicate
  19. Sidecar
  20. Stupid Forever
  21. 800,000
  22. Behave
  23. Culling
  24. Infant
  25. Y K M
  26. Friend
  27. Lucky You
  28. All Mine
  29. Fear
  30. It's Alright
  31. LOVED
  32. P.A.R.T.S.
  33. Marry You On the Dance Floor
  34. Remember Us
  35. Monay Grabba
  36. Boomerang
  37. Let You Go
  38. Out of My Mind

Little Homes (2016)

The full-length concept LP — a sixteen-song map of American denial (the instrumental Intro has no lyrics). · Album hub

American Man

I'm an American man,
Who likes to pretend,
That I like guns in everyone's hands,
In both hands,
Papa told me so.
I'm a perverted mess,
Who needs to confess,
That I have stayed with a couple of girls,
Beautiful girls,
Bible told me no.
I'm a generous
guy,
Every dollar that I,
Earn helps the church I watch on TV,
God'll love me,
screen told me so.
I'm just a good ole boy,
End of day I enjoy,
An ice old beer or a dozen of them,
I'm lost again,
Daughter tells me no,
Daddy no.

Mind your,
Own business.
I
live this life the best I can.
Mind me,
I say it,
Won't do no good to shame the man.
Mind your,
Own business.
Child live this life the best you can.
Mind me,
I say it,
Won't do no good to shame him.

I made a good ole choice,
Now its time to rejoice
And
treat myself with the money I made,
I'm getting laid, wallet tells me so.
I'm about to become,
Some kind of a hunk,
I've got my reference photograph,
No one will laugh.
Post surgery. Eee.
I met a generous Guy,
Who likes to supply,
A steady stream of leth
argy,
Medicate me.
Now I'm feeling whole.
I saw a cardboard sign,
She wanted money for wine.
And tried to sell me a handwritten book,
I didn't look.
I told her no.
Lady no.

Mind your own business.

Meaning & credits →

Sculptor

Living my dreams in the age of the surgeon
Cover my eyes, navigate with my hands
Keep it clean, not a trace of emotion
I'll be beautiful, wait til the bruises are gone
Look at us
now,
Peel off my skin,
S
titch it back up
Where I wish it had
been.
Staple me baby,
Yeah staple me good.
Make me so pretty,
Like you promised you would.
Oh what a time to find yourself living in,
Hell, we are living in,
Any price to be young again.
Oh all my life I've had a fear of dying,
Aging and dying.
Any pr
ice to be young again.

Living my dreams in the age of the
sculptor
,
Gonna require a little more of my blood.
Honey I'm not afraid of your needles.
I'll be beautiful no matter what it costs.
Look at us
now,
Make me look thin
Stitch me back up
How you
wish I had been.
Staple me baby,
Yeah staple me good.
I'll love mah body,
When you say I that I should.
Oh what a time to find yourself living in,
Hell, we are living in,
Any price to be young again.
Oh all my life I've had a fear of dying,
Aging and dy
ing.
Any price to be young again.

Meaning & credits →

Girl You Can't Hide It

Hand
-
painted smiles,
A carefree scene.
Don't it ever change, love?
Don't it ever change?
The kids say you're
different
,
Acting
strange.
Oh, d
on't you ever change, love.
D
on't you ever
change.

I trust what I see,
And it seems clear to me.
Girl you can't
hide
it,
No you can't
hide
it.
Maybe a weaker man,
Would wake up and pretend,
But I can't hide it,
No.

White paper fences,
Crumpled and stained.
Do we salvage what remains, Love?
D
o
you care for what remains?
The kids,
Complicate it.
You
can't just leave.
Do
we salvage what remains, love?
Give them what they need.
I trust what I see,
And it seems clear to me.
Girl you can't hide it,
No you can't hide it.
Maybe a weaker man,
Would w
ake up and pretend,
But I can't hide it,
No.

Meaning & credits →

Outro

Couldn't find the time
But I don't mind,
It suits me fine.

Meaning & credits →

#Grownupz

Someone told me that,
Desire is the root of suffering.
But I've got mad stacks,
So desire ain't a thing.
I'll take your girl,
And I'll sweep her off her feet yeah.
(Sweep her off,
Sweep her off.)
My father worked so that,
I didn't
have to do a single thing.
So lets have some fun
I mean some pills,
And play some games.
I count to ten,
Ca
n you count higher than me yeah?

That bass,
Drop
-
drop
-
in'
It keeps me jump
-
jump
-
jumpin,
And uh,
That kick,
Drum
-
drum
-
in'
It makes me
go
:

Daddy I don't wanna,
Grow up anyway.
Grown ups are all sad.
doesn't matter where I,
Come from anyway.
I'll grow up and get sad.
Instead,
I'll
clap my hands,
On everybeat.
Who would ever wanna,
Grow up anyway.
I don't,
No
we don't,
Oh
.
Hmm.

Someone told me that,
A
-
happiness a
-
come
from deep inside.
Well
I bet
he's
poor,
I bet
he live
a
shitty
life.
C
uz
you know that don't,
That just don't resonate with me,
Yeah.
My
mother
taught
me that,
With help you can accomplish anything.
My
nanny taught me,
All the names of all the days
I can say em fast, can you go as fast as me
Yeah?

Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Fri
day
Saturday
aaaand
Sunday
Monday Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Friday Saturday Sunday Dayday

Daddy I don't wanna,
Grow up anyway.
Grown ups are all sad.
doesn't matter where I,
Come from anyway.
I'll grow up and get sad.
Instead,
I'll clap my hands,
On everybeat.
Who would ever wanna,
Grow up anyway.
I don't,
No we don't,
Oh
.

You,
Oh what would you do
If you were me?
Raised
,
I
n the pit of,
Temptation and greed.

Meaning & credits →

Goodness Gracious

I will work every day
So I can keep our Popsicle stick house
F
rom falling into funny pieces on the couch.
I will provide a sense of bullshit confidence,
So then can you pretend I'm someone you believe in.
In your friend's hall
you'll be
Admiring macaroni art.
They had commissioned on sabbatical in France.
You'll poke and prod at me,
Till I believe we're ready to make life.
But why did you decide I'm someone you believe in.

Goodness gracious
Hearts not be
ating
Goodness gra
cious
Lungs not breathing
Goodness gracious
Is this how I die?

You might find me one day,
Slaving away and freaking the hell out.
It happens time to time,
I don't know why or how.
I can't provide a sense of bullshit confidence,
So then will you decide I'm not one to believe in.

Goodness gracious
Hearts nat beaating
Goodness gracious
Lungs not breathing
Goodness gracious
Is this how I die?

I, i
f I only knew
How my grave ending would hurt you
I, woulda been strong, stronger
like a
Reinforced Lincoln Log home out in the snooooooow

Goodness gracious

Meaning & credits →

Creatures

[R.E.S.P.E.CUL8R (little bird)
by Annie & Mae]

Keep on talking,
No one cares.
Fat tongue floppin
,
Sewn up ears
.
Blue
vein
s
a
-
poppin
,
Sum of your years
.
Knock me out,
Swing the hammer,
Knock me out,
Pull the trigger
,
Knock me out,
Leave no
trace here,
Of me now.
I said, knock me out.

Complicate it,
Keep it up,
B
ury me in words,
If you think that I deserve
it
.
Imitate the sounds you've heard,
And
sing, you little bird.
I think that you deserve
it
.

There's a
caved
-
in roof,
water everywhere,
Drenches
my face,
creatures
all in my hair.
My brainstem
burning like a car
fire.
Chained up bodies in the back of the room,
Won't ya d
o as I say but don't ya
do as I do.
Save me pweez.

Knock me out,
Swing the hammer,
Knock me out,
Pull the trigger,
Knock me out,
Leave no trace here,
Of me now.
I said, knock me out.

Complicate it,
Keep it up,
Bury me in words,
If you think that I deserve
it
.
Imitate the sounds you've heard,
And sing, you
r
little bird
songs,
I think that you deserve it.

Close
out
Close,
I
d
on't want you to elaborate
,
You're killing me
,
You're killing me, ah
.

Meaning & credits →

Twenty-Three

All you can drink is a beautiful thing
Through my margarita I see her alone
She couldn't be a day over nineteen,
So I sit at her table and offer a drink
She tells me I look just like her daddy,
I tell her my daughter just turned
twenty
-
three
Back in a single family household,
So worried
At twenty
-
three she found her life felt
So heavy
She'll lock herself inside her bedroom,
So empty

My father's gone again,
Wish he would never come back
My father will pretend,
That he was neve
r off track
He don' t know that I know,
Yeah I know what he is
He don't know that I know,
Yeah I've seen what he is

She shook my hand and said,
"Thanks for the drink"
Well I'm far too great to be wasting my night
Some idiot's tryna take my car keys
I swear I can drive, nobody can stop me

My father's gone again,
I hope he never comes back
My father will pretend,
That he was never off track
He don' t know that I know,
Yeah I know what he is
He don't know, He don't,
He don't, know.

Meaning & credits →

Don't You

Newspaper came
Your thumbs turn
Black and blue from all the ink
Story's so sad
Poor fellow lost the only child he had
What's he crying for?
You wonder if he cried about the war
He's just one guy
Why give him money when the
World's
on fire?

Don't you, Don't you
Ever wanna think about
(nothing at all)
Won't you, won't you try?
I know you know
Everywhere you wanna go
(Living it all)
Won't you take your time,
sometime?

I'll hold your hand
Your fists were shaking
in your sleep again
Don't you cry no more
I know your dreams take you back to the war
Covered your skin
Open your blanket up and let me in

Meaning & credits →

Roadtrip

Remember when I took you on a
road
trip
,
Took you out to see the honest side of me.
We got high and sat around the fire,
Telling jokes and picking names out for our future kids.
All of this,
Does it really matter?
All of this,
D
oesn't really matter.
Anyway.

Do you recall when you and I just moved in,
Honestly
,
w
e sank our teeth into each other's throats.
But
then your family asked when we'd get married,
Honey almost,
Dropped down; genuflecting knee.
All
of this,
Does it rea
lly matter?
All of this,
It doesn't really matter.
Anyway.

Someday your memories will fade,
And I'll be too far away
to remind you
like I used to.
Someday I won't deserve a glance,
When I pass you on the corner.
like I hope to
to remind you.

About
that time
When we went on a
road
trip
,
Back when you could see the honest side of me.
Maybe
I'll get high
and build a
pyre
,
Gather up the ashes;
Prove that we were ever here
.

All
of this,
Does it
really matter?
All of this,
Doesn't
really matter.
Anyway.

Meaning & credits →

Lonely People

(Fingerpicked, Luke Singing:)
We
're all
just happy lying to ourselves,
But at least we're not alone.
Yeah we're all just happy frolicking through hell,
But at least we're not some sad sad sucker there alone.

(Fingerpicked, Brandon Singing:)
Welcome to your new family,
I will show you to your room.
You'll know it well,
I am here to help.
Buy you all your wildest dreams.

(Finger Strummed, Luke Singing:)
We
're all
just happy lying to ourselves,
But at least we're not alone.
Yeah
we're all just happy frolicking through hell,
But at least we're not some sad sad sucker there alone.

(Fingerpicked, Luke Singing:)
There she is my lovely bride to be,
Pulled her up from poverty,
By her hair and teeth.
If that isn't love
Then love's a
thing that I don't need.

(Finger Strummed, Luke Singing:)
We
're all
just happy lying to ourselves,
But at least we're not alone.
Yeah we're all just happy frolicking through hell,
But at least we're not some sad sad sucker there alone.

(Pick enters, quarter note pulse, Both Sing:)
Love me with
your wallet baby,
Love me with
your checkbook,
Nothing is wrong,
Nothing is wrong.
Oh.

Lonely people staying lonely,
Lonely people will pay.
L
augh at
it
all
L
augh at
it
all

We
're all
just happy lying to ourse
lves,
But at least we're not alone.
Yeah we're all just happy frolicking through hell,
But a
t least we're not some sad sad f
ucker there alone.
Alone.
Alone.
Alone.
Alone.

Meaning & credits →

Pretty Things

I stand naked waiting,
For my sickly body to take shape.
Don't look! I'm still getting ready,
Oh my happiness just a year away.
I spend all my waking hours,
Grazing through the shadows
—
still no luck.
I stand neck deep in the water,
As it
rises up, yeah it rises up, oh.

All my friends are interesting,
Photogenic pretty things,
Can't help showing it off.
And all my friends are happy,
With their skinny little bodies,
Can't make sense of it all.

I sweat,
Running, baby, running; plastic picke
t fences line my sight.
Tonight,
(Gotta) gotta hit the treadmill,
Gotta earn that body make it pop pop pop pop
Particles,
Peculiar
Pectoral muscles.
Dehydrate,
Accentuate,
My soft abdomen.

All my friends are interesting,
Photogenic pretty things,
Can't
help showing it off.
And all my friends are happy,
With their skinny little bodies,
Can't make sense of it all.

Meaning & credits →

Blanket

"
Blanket
"
Wake up in a moving chair,
You catch the smell of this sterile air,
And
got a couple questions now,
So
S
end that thought from your brain to your tongue through your mouth.
"
I see you've woken up,
I'm afraid there isn't much that we can,
Do
for you outside of,
Write a prescription from my pen to a nurse for your drugs.
"
Racing down past
your
neighbor's driveways,
Scraped
your
knee.
Fingers polished and free of rust,
Wait for the signal to shake the dust off,
But you're
a cable without a
plug.
You
Struggle now to
accept
that a brain's not enough.
Unpacking all her things to,
H
elp her feel at home.
Sobered senses,
Meltin
'
.
All that's solid.
Ends up fallin away.
All that's holy,
Is profaned.
Face to face,
With all you ever made.
Chased
out of a parking lot,
You're running with all you've got,
But when the door closes you're still confused,
By unaccounted for
things that you used to use.
The doctor's making rounds,
He sees you lost to delirium
a
nd
the cold is creeping in
So
Pulls
your
blanket back up so it covers your skin
.
Cradled your child,
As she lay
dreaming
in your arms.
Sobered senses,
Meltin'.
All that's solid.
Ends up fallin away.
All that's holy,
Is profaned.
Face to face,
With all you ever made.

Meaning & credits →

All Her Books

Scrib
-
a
-
lin on her pages,
As she ages,
Whisky
back; she drinkin!
Cute
little family passes,
Greenest grasses,
On their lawn; still drinking!
Stum
-
ba
-
lin
toward the water,
No one caught her,
Concrete lake; she sinking.
Reaching out blindly hopin
'
,
Slowly choking,
On her back; so human.
There's no one left to call.
Does no one care at all?
She makes me feel so small,
Cuz no one
t
here saw nothing wrong.

Broken and lifeless eyes look,
So surprised,
her
Loneliness;
unanswered.
Cute little family walks by,
Cover
their eyes,
And their ears and noses.
All of her books
were printed,
Lovely sentences,
Are all; that's left here.
Somebody
called
for maintenance,
Come and clean this,
Mess up now; in
-
human.

There's no
one left to call.
Does no one care at all?
She makes me feel so small,
Cuz no one here saw nothing wrong.

Little family in their home,
They tell their children,
Of what the world holds.
Now,
if
you leave
our little home,
Can't take it with you,
You
sure
you wanna go?
'Cause i
f you leave
our little home,
Then we can't save you,
You
cho
se
to be alone.

There's no one left
to
call.
Does no one
care
,
at all?
She makes me feel so
small
,
Cuz no
one
!
here saw nothing wrong.

Is it worth being alone
It's a path you've never known.
On
a path we've never known.
A rock amist the stones

Then you might end up,
Like that lady on the street.
No one will save you
Then can't save you,
Then we can't save you,
The
world you knew is gone.
There is no rescue
No one will save you
Then mom can't save you
There won't be rescue
There won't be band
-
aids
Your warm bed is gone.
Abandoned on your own
If
you leave your little home,
You have to build it,
Back up on
your own.

Meaning & credits →

Crawl

There is a place
That I have heard someone once found through
Harder work
Than you or I
Will ever know so by that line I
Waste my precious little time
So if I cannot reach it,
Forgive me for the way I crawl, oh.
And if I cannot see it,
Maybe I'm better off, oh.
There is a light
That God himself must bow his head to
Every single night,
As we sleep
You and I and God alike
We dream of better bigger things

Meaning & credits →

Singles & other songs

FEiN Times singles, the post-LP 2017 cluster, and later releases and collaborations.

Liminal

2022

I thought by now
We'd take the easy way out
But nothing changes
If I'm alone, I'll wait alone

Liminal Spaces
Spending all my time in liminal spaces
Letter to the author
Wanna trade places
Spending all your time in liminal spaces
Bummer ever after

I miss you here
Whatchu want, head stuck in a narrow maw
And nothing changes
Don't leave me here
Don't leave me here

Liminal Spaces
Spending all my time in liminal spaces
Letter to the author
Wanna trade places
Spending all your time in liminal spaces
Bummer ever after
Liminal Spaces
Spending all my time in liminal spaces
Letter to the author
Wanna trade places
Spending all your time in liminal spaces
Bummer ever after

Now that we find that fear is not enough
No fair if fear is not enough
No way if fear is not enough
In a minute we'll disappear, we're not enough
We'll disappear, we're not enough
I'm out of here, we're not enough

Ooh, nothing changes

Liminal Spaces
Spending all my time in liminal spaces
Letter to the author
Wanna trade places
Spending all your time in liminal spaces
Bummer ever after
Liminal Spaces
Spending all my time in liminal spaces
Letter to the author
Wanna trade places
Spending all your time in liminal spaces
Bummer ever after

Meaning & credits →

Bodies

2021

Too much, too much
Mmm I want out of the moment
Taken too much, oh
I can't, can't afford to let it go
Is there no such place where I follow intention
Thinking too much, oh
Will you always be
Wide awake after I fall asleep, evergreen
Will you always be
Wide awake after I fall asleep, ever coloring

Catatonic Elysian
I need you to speak when we're alone
Even though, Catatonic Elysian
I just want to feel less alone
Even though

Too much to consume without choking on bodies
Always crawling, crawling
I can't afford to go slow
And I know nothing breaks without
Terminal tension
If I call it here, then you'll always be
Wide awake after I fall asleep, evergreen
Will you always be
Wide awake after I fall asleep, ever coloring

Catatonic Elysian
I need you to speak when we're alone
Even though, Catatonic Elysian
I just want to feel less alone
Even though

Catatonic Elysian
I need you to speak when we're alone
Even though, Catatonic Elysian
I just want to feel less alone
Even though, Catatonic Elysian
I just want to feel less alone
Even though, Catatonic Elysian
I just want to feel less alone
Even though

Meaning & credits →

Delicate

2021

Never the right time to come back down
Too many ways to cover your shit up
Taking it outside and out of mind
Does it work
Or is it eating ya

End of conversation
Sing along or leave it alone
Give me isolation
I need another minute alone
I'll cancel my vacation
Gonna take a little minute to get over the blood

Oh my god
Remind me not to mention
Something wrong
Divider of attention
Oh my god
Reply without admission
Oh my god
I know, I know

Never the right time to come back down
Too many ways to cover your shit up
Taking it outside and out of mind
Does it work
Or does it eat ya
Delicate creature, if I say so
Digging a grave but calling it shelter
Picking the right time to cut too close
Does it work
Or is it eating ya

Peeking through your fingers
Never gonna leave you alone
Afterimage lingers
Reliving it the minute you don't
No better day for anger
Better keep it in your throat and don't let anyone know

Oh my god
The violent indecision
Something wrong
Demanding of attention
All I know
The light is worth the bruises
Oh my god
I know, I know

It's never the right time to come back down
Too many ways to cover your shit up
Taking it outside and out of mind
Does it work
Or does it eat ya
Delicate creature, if I say so
Digging a grave but calling it shelter
Picking the right time to cut too close
Does it work
Or is it eating ya

It's never the right time to come back down
Too many ways to cover your shit up
Taking it outside and out of mind
Does it work
Or does it eat ya
Delicate creature, if I say so
Digging a grave but calling it shelter
Picking the right time to cut too close
Does it work
Or is it eating ya

Meaning & credits →

Sidecar

2021

In the corner of a moment
You arrive inviting me to stay
I could never pull apart
I'm where I need to be
For the moment, holding over
Into more than I should ever take

Oh my, talked into the bitter end
Oh my my my, I'm in love with it again
Alright if it never sent,
You'll feel it too at the bitter end

I'm in the sidecar
Cheering you on again
And this is my stop
But I don't wanna get off without you
I'm in the sidecar
Singing along again
And this is my stop
But I'm never getting off without you
I'm in the sidecar
Cheering you on again
And this is my stop
But I don't wanna get off without you
I'm in the sidecar
Singing along again
And this is my stop
But I'm never getting off without you

Underneath attention given
I remember how you looked at me
No surprises, no mistaking
What we couldn't speak
You're arriving, I'm elated
No surprise I'm in the furthest seat

Oh my, talked into the bitter end
Oh my my my, I'm in love with it again
Alright if it never sent
You'll feel it too at the bitter end

I'm in the sidecar
Cheering you on again
And this is my stop
But I don't wanna get off without you
I'm in the sidecar
Singing along again
And this is my stop
But I'm never getting off without you
I'm in the sidecar
Cheering you on again
And this is my stop
But I don't wanna get off without you
I'm in the sidecar
Singing along again
And this is my stop
But I'm never getting off without you

Meaning & credits →

Stupid Forever

2021

Days like this are easy to come by
Easier all the time
Gone aggressive into the goodnight
Easier all the time
Stay up late reliving a bad vibe
Tell a familiar lie
Set myself up blind in the meantime
Killing another night

That was super cool
Pillow to my face
How long will it hurt
Hello, nothing new

Am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmmm
I don't wanna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmm

Days like this don't lead with a headline
Give it a little time
Soothe myself in measured achievement
Cozy until the night
My god, let this be the last time
Smell a familiar lie
If I ever think it's a good vibe
Burn out all the light

That was super cool
Pillow to my face
How long will it hurt
Hello, nothing new

Am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, I don't wanna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmmm
Am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, I don't wanna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmm

Pull me from my room
Shoot me into space
How long will it hurt
Hello from the moon

Am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmmm
I don't wanna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, I don't wanna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmm
Maybe I'm gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmm
Maybe I'm gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever
Forever, am I gonna feel stupid
Forever
Forever, hmm

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800,000

2019

Of course we saw it coming
There would be an end to us
The sudden nature of it
Unraveling under the sun

I'm losing my mind over you
I'm losing my time to the violent truth
I'm losing my mind over you
Leave me behind knowing I love you
I'm losing my

Our faith, our holy water
Cough our lungs out in the dust
Devoured, immolated
I love you, wait for the light

I'm losing my mind over you
I'm losing my time to the violent truth
I'm losing my mind over you
Leave me behind knowing I love you
I'm losing my my mind over you
I'm losing my time to the violent truth
I'm losing my mind over you
Leave me behind knowing I love you
I'm losing my

Oh, leaving my father
Leaving my mother
To see you
I'm leaving my father
Leaving my mother, leaving my

I'm losing my mind over you
I'm losing my time to the violent truth
I'm losing my mind over you
Leave me behind knowing I love you
I'm losing my my mind over you
I'm losing my time to the violent truth
I'm losing my mind over you
Leave me behind knowing I love you
I'm losing my

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Behave

2019

Tell me when to leave
Tell me where to go
I'll never hear
Tell me when she hurts
Tell me everything you think I should hear

Please understand, this is better for me

Behave only for you
I'll leave the others, leave the others, leave the others, fuck 'em
Behave and suffer only for you
Then do whatever, do whatever when I leave the room

Teach me how to be
Teach me everything
I'll never know
Lead me to the water though I only drink when she tells me no

Please understand, this is better for me

Behave only for you
I'll leave the others, leave the others, leave the others, fuck 'em
Behave and suffer only for you
Then do whatever, do whatever when I leave the room

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Culling

2019

Settled in the sediment
Another bloom, the light I consume
Cultivating company
And where are you, the light that I knew

Maybe some money will make it better
Maybe I'll learn to love the wound
Maybe I'll feel this way forever
I'm not getting over you
Maybe I'll write you another letter
Tell you I haven't left my room
Maybe I'll feel this way forever
I'm not getting over you

Acclimating desperately
Inviting dust to live in the rust
Crystalline, inanimate
Shatter now or swallow me too

Maybe some money will make it better
Maybe I'll learn to love the wound
Maybe I'll feel this way forever
I'm not getting over you
Maybe I'll write you another letter
Tell you I haven't left my room
Maybe I'll feel this way forever
I'm not getting over you

Shatter me now
Culling is overdue
Swallow me now
Forever asleep with you
Shatter me now
Culling is overdue
Swallow me now
Forever asleep with you
Shatter me now
Culling is overdue
Swallow me now
Forever asleep with you
Shatter me now
Culling is overdue
Swallow me now
Forever asleep with you

Maybe some money will make it better
Maybe I'll learn to love the wound
Maybe I'll feel this way forever
I'm not getting over you
Maybe I'll write you another letter
Tell you I haven't left my room
Maybe I'll feel this way forever
I'm not getting over you
I'm not getting over
I'm not getting over

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Infant

2019

Dreaming
Was I dreaming?
A teething infant bleating
Deaf to every thought you wouldn't share
Sleeping
I was sleeping
Resting where you indicated safety could be counted on

And all at once, I lost you
Forever young, forever young
Though I read all about you
I read it wrong
I know, I know, I know
I read you wrong
I know, I know, I know

Kneeling
You were kneeling
Patiently, you waited for the moment to remove the head
Changing
Were you changing?
Was I wrong in thinking you were more than unpredictable?

And all at once, I lost you
Forever young, forever young
Though I read all about you
I read it wrong
I know, I know, I know
I read you wrong
I know, I know, I know

And all at once, I lost you
Forever young, forever young
Though I read all about you
I read it wrong
I know, I know, I know
I read you wrong
I know, I know, I know

And all at once, I lost you
Forever young, forever young
Though I read all about you
I read it wrong
Though I read all
And all at once, I lost you
Forever young, forever young
I read it wrong

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Y K M

2019

You'll never see me again
I promise
I'll disappear in a flash
As if I'll ever be done
You'll never see me again
I want this
My love, my love
You know me

Maybe something's wrong
Maybe it's recognition
Nobody look to long for nature
Social alien
Everything as it should not be
Maybe I took to long
Out of orbit

You'll never see me again
I promise
I'll disappear in a flash
As if I'll ever be done
You'll never see me again
I want this
My love, my love
You know me

I could speak like you
Build me a better body
Welcome me with abusive kindness
Is this what you feel
Knowing your place with certainty
Maybe I'm far from view
Locked in orbit

You'll never see me again
I promise
I'll disappear in a flash
As if I'll ever be done
You'll never see me again
I want this
My love, my love
You know me

Come to me
Are you lonely, my beloved child?
Come with me to the binding
I will keep you
Come to me
Are you lonely?

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Friend

2018

He's a motherfuckin senator
Telling me to live in the real world
Rome is fallen, God is dead
Our water's filled with lead
What a fine world
He's a tyrant loving elephant
Ivory is a worthy commodity
Arjuna, don't kill again
Baby, steel your mind against deities

Hangin on, I barely am
I could use a friend
Not alone, though I know I am
Would you hold my hand
If we could love, then we could be friends
If we could love, then we all could be friends
If we could love, then we could be friends
If we could love, then we all could be friends

He's the model of minority
Saying we should round up and shoot em
History of sodomy, negotiate the right to my body

Hangin on, I barely am
I could use a friend
Not alone, though I know I am
Would you hold my hand
If we could love, then we could be friends
If we could love, then we all could be friends
If we could love, then we could be friends
If we could love, then we all could be friends

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Lucky You

2018

Didn't you beg for a minute of relief
Didn't you dream of a little company
So what if it came with a mother in a cage
Take what you're given to get along with me

Lucky you
Got me lookin out for ya
In a second I'll show ya
Hey
Lucky you
You get invited to the party
Cause you're looking so sorry
Lucky you

Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh

Didn't you cry for immediate release
Bleed me night and day
Lay me down to medicate
Bleed me night and day
Bleed me
Bleed me
Bleed me
Bleed me
Bleed me
Bleed me

Lucky you
Got me lookin out for ya
In a second I'll show ya
Hey
Lucky you
You get invited to the party
Cause you're looking so sorry
Lucky you

Oooh
Oooh

Lucky you
Got me lookin out for ya
In a second I'll show ya
Hey
Lucky you
You get invited to the party
Cause you're looking so sorry
Lucky you

Oooh
Oooh

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All Mine

2017

Give me attention
Your focus is my weapon
None will be spare

Time ain't cheap, hun
Rhyme with a cheap pun
Noone will care

Now that you're laughing
Tell you the last thing
You'd ever wanna hear

Mine
GIve me all you got 
Give me all I want
Hah
You'll be fine
Till the day you drop
Give me all I want
Mine all mine

Tear drop
Keep the flow up
Fill my glass and make it fast
Mine all mine
Drink up
Remember nothing
Leave your questions at the door
Mine all mine

Give me affection
You're fogging up my fiction
Who let you speak?
Find the weak one
My kind get things done
Let's see some teeth

Now that you're laughing
Tell you the last thing
You'd ever wanna hear

Mine
GIve me all you got 
Give me all I want
Hah
You'll be fine
Till the day you drop
Give me all I want
Mine all mine

Tear drop
Keep the flow up
Fill the glass and make it fast
Mine all mine
Drink up
Remember nothing
Leave your questions at the door
Mine all mine

Tear drop
Keep the flow up
Fill the glass and make it fast
Mine all mine
Drink up
Remember nothing
Leave your questions at the door
Mine all mine

Tear drop
Liquid lifeblood
Fill the glass and make it fast
Mine all mine
Drink up
Remember nothing
Leave your logic at the door
Mine all mine

Tear drop
Liquid lifeblood
Fill my glass and make it fast
Mine all mine

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Fear

2017

Cuttin' into my friends
Coloring all the walls with them
Gather all that I can
Gather all that remains after the fall

Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them
Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them

I'm not afraid of you
It's only human to fear your cle-ea-ea-ea
Oh, I'm not afraid of you
I'm terrified of your friends and
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand

Cut my way to the shore
Put my hand on the golden door
Native looks of disgust
Pull it taught as they can to get me goin'

Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them
Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them

I'm not afraid of you
It's only human to fear your cle-ea-ea-ea
Oh, I'm not afraid of you
I'm terrified of your friends and
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand

Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them
Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them
Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them
Ooh, get your dirty hands up
Who're you to lay a hand on them

Oh, I'm not afraid of you
It's only human to fear your cle-ea-ea-ea
Oh, I'm not afraid of you
I'm terrified of your friends and
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand
Fear is all I understand

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It's Alright

2017

You look like you could use some saving my son
Bet it hurt when they gave your livelihood to someone
Am I wrong?
Tell me I'm wrong

I felt the fear that I can see in your eyes
Give me ten minutes and I'll turn that fear into fire
Have you heard?
I'll tell you his words

It's alright
It's alright to feel this way
It's alright
It's alright to feel betrayed

Everyone's thinking it

You look so manly with that pride in your step
Is it just me or is it time to say what we meant
All along?
Tell me I'm wrong

There is a place that you and I will be heard
All my fair friends and patriots will share in the word
Sing along
What could go wrong?

It's alright
It's alright to feel this way
It's alright
It's alright to feel betrayed

Everyone's thinking it

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LOVED

2017

You're an entitled piece of shit
You're just a pot smoking good for nothing
Kids today, yeah, they don't want to work
I made mistakes, I'll admit
I gave you participation trophies

Maybe I'm to blame, maybe I'm not
All the books I read proclaimed
That they had cracked the secret
Of instructing me on how to raise a man

And yet a quarter century elapsed
And what do you have you to show for it
You play with the piano while I work

Ooh
You are loved
Ooh
Were you too

Loved
Loved
Loved
Loved

Optimistic son of a bitch
You're just a molly rolling good for nothing
Kids today, yeah, they don't wanna work
You could've been an engineer

Instead, I told you do whatever makes you happy
And you'll never truly work
Several lines of credit later
University gave you a paper

Then they sent you back to me
I guess retirement will have to wait
I'll die on my feet before
I live to see you get your ass to work

Ooh
You are loved
Ooh
Were you too

Loved
Loved
Loved
Loved

Loved
Loved
Loved
Loved

La-la-la-la-la-loved
La-la-la-la-la-loved

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P.A.R.T.S.

2017

Purpose is visible from 30 miles away
Concrete expands additional, vertical
Working our way into the ever-looming void
Making more room to store your new vehicle

Compromise is for the under-achieving poor

Honey I need that paper
Baby I want that 24
Can't stand a lowered carrot
The hell do you think I'm running for?
Honey I need that terrace
Baby I want my room to grow

Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe that ain't the point at all
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I missed the point believing in it all

Shaking foundation
Problematic, unforseen
Silence becomes our only way to proceed
Dying by the dozen
Hurry put their parts on ice

Thirty miles away
We'll watch our tower fall
And take a holiday

Compromise is for the under-achieving poor

Sacrifce everyone
The bread is worth more

Honey I need that paper
Baby I want that 24
Can't stand a lowered carrot
The hell do you think I'm running for?
Honey I need that terrace
Baby I want my room to grow

Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe that ain't the point at all
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I missed the point believing in it all

Honey I need that paper
Baby I want that 24
Can't stand a lowered carrot
The hell do you think I'm running for?
Honey I need that terrace
Baby I want my room to grow

Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe that ain't the point at all
Oh
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I'll never have it
Maybe I missed the point believing in it all

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Marry You On the Dance Floor

2016

Girl
Tell me thatchya single
Cuz we don't have the time
Girl
You're shining like a diamond
And I know how to mine
Moment's right
Aw yah
Feeling right
Aw yah
The time is right
Aw yah
Tonight's the night
Woo!
I'm gonna
marry you
On the dance floor
Dance your life away with me
I'm gonna marry you
On the dance floor
Don't leave me groovin on one knee
Just say "I do"
Baybay
I know you've got some questions
But you can rest your mind
The bouncer is a pastor
Look I
planned ahead of time
I see you're here with family
And I brought all of mine
Moment's right
Aw yah
Feeling right
Aw yah
The time is right
Aw yah
Tonight's the night
I'm gonna marry you
On the dance floor
Dance your life away with me
I'm gonna m
arry you
On the dance floor
Don't leave me groovin on one knee
Just say "I do"
We can start start this honeymoon out in the restroom
Let's start this family right
Hey, what's your name?
Wait whats your name
...

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Remember Us

2016

Find me staring off a bridge
Perching on the edge like I can float away
But in this moment I can see
The impermanence of everything
No one will care what we do
In time no one will remember us
This body soon will break down
So why don't we drink til we've had enough
Find me underneath the lights
Dancing through the night until our time is up
My mind clear as it can be,
No need for you to comfort me
At all

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Monay Grabba

2014 · FEiN Times (Issue #1)

God is on your side
Other men can't fight
You can't do no wrong
You're cut strong
Set of chess and piece
Know it's hard, too weak
You have seen the light
Not too bright

Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

You're just a money grabber, penny snatcher aren't ya now?
So cloaked in culture that you don't know you're on your own I…

Born and raised for this
Got the germs to prove it
Use those dirty hands
Promise, yeah
Scratch it up, shake it as you will
Make it every thing you are they'll adore

Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

You're just a money grabber, penny snatcher aren't ya now?
So cloaked in culture that you don't know you're on your own I…
You're just a money grabber, penny snatcher aren't ya now?
So cloaked in culture that you don't know you're on your own I…

You're just a money grabber, penny snatcher aren't ya now?
So cloaked in culture that you don't know you're on your own I…
You're just a money grabber, penny snatcher aren't ya now?
So cloaked in culture that you don't know you're on your own I…
You're just a shitty driver, Jacob's ladder pour this out
So just laying in your bed I… I… know

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Boomerang

Boomerang (with FEiN)

I rush, bag in hand,
Straight to my gate
(Six hours til I see you)
Glance up at the screen
Flights been delayed
(Nine hours til I see you)
Back row window seat
Start counting sheep

But as I'm flying through the air to you
I know
this trip will only last a week or two
There in your arms, then back from where I came
Spun back and forth just like a boomerang,
I wanna stay,
I wanna stay,
I wanna stay,
But I'm a boomerang
Always in motion.

Cold wind numbs my face
As I sit on my
suitcase
(ten minutes til I see you)
Pull up to the curb
Heart starts to race
(step in the car to greet you)
we kiss, feels like home
wherever we are
but as I'm lyin in this bed with you
I know this trip will only last a week or two
Here in your arms
I
wanna stay

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Let You Go

Bury it in the cloud where I can find it
Whenever I like
When you're dust in the ground then I'll go find it
Whenever I like

Images forever ever
You and me together gether
Digital means never ever
I'll
never have to let you go

All things go but the words
we wrote on our walls
I'll read them at night
Keep you close as the earth grows over our love
I'll send you goodnight

Images forever ever
You and me together gether
Digital m
eans never ever
I'll never
I'll never
I'll never have to let you go

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Out of My Mind

Wake up,
To another day.
It's a familiar place,
but
(I
t's not the same without you.
)
Cold sheets,
Brush my teeth lonely
Made too much coffee.
(
It's not the same without you.
)
If I'm being honest,
Honey I'm a mess without you here.
Maybe
we were bound to break,
But not like this.
Why am I holding on to you?
My heart keeps slipping back in time,
No matter what I do.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.

Each day,
Is a blur behind me,
Since you're
not beside me.
I keep thinking bout you.
Green eyes
Full of mischief crazy,
But somehow you saved me.
I keep thinking bout you.

Some nights
remember walking with you,
Talking bout our dreams.
We
knew growin
'
up would hurt,
But not like this.
Why am I
holding on to you?
My heart keeps slipping back in time,
No matter what I do.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.

Memories keep me paralyzed
Can't go nowhere,
Got nowhere to go.
Are you happy moving on,
Cuz
it's too much for me to take.
Why am I holding on to you?
My heart keeps slipping back in time,
No matter what I do.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.
Get out of my mind,
Out of my mind.
Get out of my mind,
Out of
my mind.

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