Myself Into The Ground

posted in OHC122 on Feb 10, 2011
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Yo, I drive to arrive forty five minutes late
And then I walk up to the door like I own the damn place
Yo, what up, yo what up, how you been, man, what up?
Bro, pass me down the Jager and a red Solo cup
I got drinkin' on my mind, so I hope you stocked up fine
Cuz we'll put 'em in a line, and then tip 'em til they're dry
Man, there's too many people at this party for my tastes
So I knock 'em on back, til I'm starting to get wasted
Face it, triple distilled vodka gets you wasted
faster than a case o' Natty goin' at a frat party
We'll be tardy to our classes when they start back up tomorrow
But when all is said and done, we'll be back to drown our sorrows
Cuz I drive myself into the ground on an average day
And it don't matter what I do, or what professors say
Yet every single Monday I charge back into the fray
But tonight is compo night, so I'm well on my way
It's like Dr. Awkward says, here comes Fucked Up Friday

Shouldn't Look Down

posted in OHC121 on Feb 03, 2011
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My head is full of cotton
My ears are swelling now
With water in my palm, the room is spinning on
No one here to tell me not to look down
The screech of an airplane
The screech of an airplane
No bars on my phone for me to call you now
Even if I could, I shouldn't look down

Don't look down,
Don't look down

A thousand miles away
My thoughts still trace to you
With water in my palm, the room is spinning on
No one here to tell me not to look down
The way you woke me up on that morning...~
No bars on my phone for me to call you now
Even if I could, I shouldn't look down

Don't look down,
Don't look down

And you're so far away from me

No More

posted in OHC119 on Jan 20, 2011
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I looked down to the trunk
Carryin' the last of my things
It's been long year and it's only begun
And when the train comes you know that I'll run
I'll run, I'll run

And you don't go and worry
'Bout when I'll return
Cuz you know that I'm gone for good

Cuz I'm done with a woman who won't treat with me with love
There's better things out there to explore
And I won't come around to this town no more
No more, no more

And I hope you stay and worry
'Bout when I'll return
When I know that I'm gone for good

I'm gonna find the other side of this world
I'm gonna take the railway til it's gone
I'm gonna find the other chambers of my beating heart
I'm gonna take the railway til it's gone

I know I'm gone for good
I know that I'm gone for good
I know that I'm gone for good
I know that I'm gone for good

When The Final Boss Fell

posted in OHC116 on Dec 30, 2010
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We journeyed so far, the roads so dark
And my friends, my friends
Stand by my side
As the planets align

And now I turn around
And I go back where I came
And now I turn around
And I go where they won't know my name

Bridge:

But when the final boss fell
When the final boss fell
When the final boss fell
When the final boss fell

Chorus:

The princess was fine
He didn't harm a hair on her head
And his minions lay dead
Prior levels ran red
Let your shield lay down
You can take a rest now
Let your shield lay down
You can take a rest now

I Got Mine

posted in OHC106 on Oct 14, 2010
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Ever since I was a little kid in Kansas,
Kinda kid who thought that it was gross just holdin' handses
Kinda kid who skipped out on his junior high dances
Kinda kid who never believed in romances
Used to keep a journal where I'd write about the world
Wrote down all the plans I'd hoped would soon unfurl
I'd jot down all the words that I had never heard
So I guess it's no surprise that I grew up a nerd

When I graduated high school, yeah, I split from all my friends
And I'd go off to college when the summer'd finally end
Down in Birmingham, you know I really hit the books
Kept some headphones in my backpack, I was always singing hooks
Bumped the Grammar Club album, studyin' for zoology
And kept the voices of the lifestream in my pocket technology
Ground through physics and chemistry, yo, genetics, philosophy
Until I had my degree, in the field of biology

Now I'm finally home, and set up here to earn some paper
Pay off all the loans that I took out to make this wager
See chicks that I grew up with, waitressing buffets
And when I see the dicks that knocked me, it really makes my day
Cuz I've been out of this town, I know what lies beyond this borders
These chumps that stuck around have backed themselves up into corners
Time to sit back, crack a beer and bust a rhyme
I know I got mine, float on to that finish line.

Seething

posted in OHC104 on Sep 30, 2010
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Hm. Don't you love it when you're 45 minutes into a compo when all of a sudden, your DAW freezes you out. You frantically reboot it, only to discover that all of your temporary files seem to have been deleted somehow, costing you all of your recordings of guitar, bass, and vocals, leaving you only with two bars of drum programming?

I sure do.

I believe this song accurately communicates what I'm feeling.
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I built a new drum kit just for this compo, and I busted out my glockenspiel just for you guys. <3 Happy 100th!!!


Lyrics:

I never thought of myself as a dreamer
I always stuck to the roads I knew
And when my world changed forever
I knew...I knew...

The change that was coming I would never escape
It was time to act now or I would be passed by fate
The change that was coming, I never stopped running
And soon I was becoming what I always did hate
It was out on the horizon, it was stuck in your eyes
And if I didn't act now, it would be my d emise
The change was coming, I never stopped running
And soon I was becoming what I always did hate

I never wanted to be this
I always did what I thought was right
I played my team, helped my party
But victory proved bittersweet

The change that was coming I would never escape
It was time to act now or I would be passed by fate
The change that was coming, I never stopped running
And soon I was becoming what I always did hate
It was out on the horizon, it was stuck in your eyes
And if I didn't act now, I would be passed by fate
The change was coming, I never stopped running
And soon I was becoming what I always did hate

And now, and now, it's a part of me
And now, and now, it's a part of me
And now, and now, and now,
My fate has changed me
And now, and now, it's a part of me
And now, and now, it's a part of me
And now, and now, and now
My fate has changed me

The change that was coming I would never escape
It was time to act now or I would be passed by fate
The change that was coming, I never stopped running
And soon I was becoming what I always did hate
It was out on the horizon, it was stuck in your eyes
And if I didn't act now, I would be passed by fate
The change was coming, I never stopped running
And soon I was becoming what I always did hate

Call Everybody You Know

posted in OHC097 on Aug 12, 2010
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So come out everybody, from the places you know
We'll split the cost, we can carpool and go
I know it's a long drive, but there's so much to see
From Midwestern pastures down to Salt Lake City
So come on everybody from the places you know
If we split the cost, we could carpool and go
To the blinding lights of the Las vegas strip

Inside These Trenches

posted in OHC096 on Aug 05, 2010
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We'd marched two by two
On went the whole platoon
On through the trenches
On through the trenches
Bullets whiz overhead
My comrades scattered, dead
On through the trenches
On through the trenches

This is my final mission
This is my final hour
No need to press on further
No need struggle now

I wrote back to my home
I think I'll die alone
Inside these trenches
Inside these trenches
Our numbers dwindle still
Through heat, I feel these chills
Inside these trenches
Inside these trenches

Rainy Day

posted in OHC086 on May 27, 2010
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I feel wrists and on the back of my neck
And though it's barely there, I smell it in the air, it's fixin' to pour
Better go back to where you came, and maybe deadbolt the door
Go cower in the shower, hope it passes you by

Cuz with that blackness overhead, you know you're in for the ride
You feel currents, convection you see the storm cloud's direction
I've never felt so helpless, literally backed into a wall
And you got nothin' left to do but hear the drops as they fall

Look at the rain as it falls down
And see the droplets hit the ground~
You see your plans as they just wash away
Dry off and pick them up another day

I wish we'd gone so far away...from here...

Morning Sun

posted in OHC083 on May 06, 2010
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I lived alone in the woods
Of the north, til you came
And you took my solitude.

Now late on nights, when you're scared
You will come this way
And we'll talk til the sun is awake


And when the fog is rising
Off of the lake
And the trees are sleeping

We'll be there laughing
We'll be there laughing
Under the morning sun


And when the wolf is crying
And mourning the night
I won't be there with him

I'll be in the light
I'll be in the light
I'll be in the light

Street Sweeper

posted in OHC082 on Apr 29, 2010
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I wrote tonight's entry in 25 minutes. I had a final exam that lasted until shortly after the compo started, then had to walk home.

Sodium powered street lights
Dark silhouettes of drunken people
Late night exhaust from the midnight shift
In asphalt, no one heres you scream
Sodium powered street lamps
Dark silhouettes of nameless people
Late night exhaust from drunken drivers
In asphalt we trust

I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home

Ambient noise from late night cafes
People don't sleep when their world's away
Nothing we do makes any sense here
We are like ants who build sand-castles
Ambient noise, ambient noise,
People don't sleep, they don't sleep now
Nothing we do, nothing we do
We are like ants, just like ants

I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home
I sweep the streets that you call home

I sweep the streets that you call home
(Sweep me away)
I sweep the streets that you call home
(Sweep me away)
I sweep the streets that you call home
(Sweep me away)
I sweep the streets that you call home
(Sweep me away)
I sweep the streets that you call home
(Sweep me away now)
I sweep the streets that you call home
(Sweep me away now)

ProjektZero - My Spirit, My Sword

posted in OHC081 on Apr 22, 2010
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You wanna take this from me?
I'd like to you see you try
Oh how I've worked so hard for
The right to rest my eyes
I parried all your lashings
I've side-stepped fatal blows
My spirit, my sword
I never could live slow

I've parried all your lashings,
I've parried all your lashings.
I've side-stepped fatal blows.
Whoa oh. Whoa oh oh.

ProjektZero - I Am A Mannequin

posted in OHC080 on Apr 15, 2010
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I wish that I was like you...
With my friends~
And Hollister clothes~
To always look good for these hoes
Cuz women are shallow
And friends just desert
We're all gonna die
So we might as well flirt with
People whose names we'll forget
Before morning
Bedsheets that smell like
The sins we're avoiding
They won't find me, won't find me
Won't find me, won't find me
No they won't find me, won't find me
Won't find me, won't find me

Cuz I am a mannequin
And you are the clothes that I wear
Yeah, I am your mannequin
All I do's stand and stare

You won't find me, won't find me
Won't find me, won't find me
Cuz I am mannequin

Silences

posted in OHC074 on Mar 04, 2010
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I wrote this song wearing absolutely no clothing, and I did it in less than 20 minutes, hence the extremely short length. That's what she said. But, at least I did something. I'm determined to keep this up. Ich liebe die Compo!

Girl, I Need You

posted in OHC072 on Feb 18, 2010
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Yeah...I had all these great ideas for developing this aca, and they just all fell through. Music went splat. This is a poorly mastered, super minimalistic, simple acapella that has very little musical development. The good news is, I get to play with this after I'm done here.
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