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Dukkha

by Pet Shop Fashion

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Too Many Thoughts 04:29
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My mind is wandering Down an unknown path Now I am pondering If I can do the math Cause the exponential Tidal wave will come to smother me And wash me into the Neverending sea Of my own history I need to control my brain It's driving me insane I have too many thoughts They can't be contained I need to control my brain To rid me of this pain I have too many thoughts Most of them are totally inane My head is spinning I've lost all control Will I end up winning And reaching my goal? Should I try to fight the tidal wave Or ride it into shore? Answering these questions Will help me foresee How to set myself free
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Imprinted Birds 04:13
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I woke up to find that you were lying next to me in bed But my eyes don't have to be open to see what's truly there On the way to work, I heard a song that made me think of you The soundtrack of my life transports me to another time Are things random or my destiny? I may not ever know Should I try to understand it all Or should I simply feel? I can't describe the shovel that unearths my nostalgia Things get buried so deeply I forget they're even there Is treasure much more valuable after it has been hidden? And will I recognize pyrite whenever I see it?
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Maps and Territories 02:46
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I like to make generalizations about the world I live in Filtering out whichever details I haven't already learned I like to make classifications for all of the things that I find This is like that one and that is like this one Sorted as different kinds Waxing on or waxing off Painting the fence Sanding the floor The map is not the territory The boy in the bubble can't stop himself from rolling down a big hill Bumping his head makes him forget the lessons he's already learned Like Jills to his Jack, everyone follows him like they've all just gone blind When they reach the bottom, they curse the ones who chose to stay left behind
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Turning Talking Heads 03:59
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Give me your attention please I have lots of tiny distractions They will make you feel something Whether or not it is good or bad Never mind the suffering Or the ways in which we could solve it Just lie back and relax while I Tell you how you are supposed to think I can show you how to defend anything And get people to react We will celebrate and drink their sour grapes While they fight to undermine themselves This is an emergency But you can pretend that it isn't there We will bring out a thin blonde To make it seem like it's all trivial She will find you one or two Examples to disprove that it exists Then you can show all your friends A scarecrow that still doesn't have a brain
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Behind the Makeup 03:36
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Everyone is staring at you Because you're beautiful But that seems to contradict What's deep within your soul Many men have fantasized About what it is like To be with you as your boyfriend At least for one night Applying layer after layer Making everything just right Covering all of the flaws That were chosen for this place and time Peacock blocking macho guys Have got you in their sights So you wade through tons of douches To find Mr. Right Even when you find him, though He just gets scared away By the temper tantrums you have On any given day
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Rashomon Roshambo 02:44
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It's my lucky day! I look just like a criminal Picked up by police and thrown Into a lineup Someone whom I've never met Tells them that it was me Then they put me in a cell And throw away the key Lucky me! I'm subjected to police brutality! They kick me when I am down Despite all of my pleas Innocent or not, you get The same exact treatment Because you're guilty until they Can prove your innocence Get out your torch And your pitchfork It feels good to punish perceived enemies We can reassure ourselves at least we are not them Happy birthday to me! I've been locked in here for years No one came to visit me Because they were scared Out of sight, out of mind It's what we tell ourselves This helps us forget about the ones We sent to hell
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Predictability Horizon 02:27
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Soothsayer, tell me Will I become a great success Or am I destined to whither away? Clairvoyant, tell me Do you see me as a rich man Or without a penny to my name? Someone please Give me the clues Cause I am so afraid to lose Plans are nothing Planning is everything But not for where, when, or how Forecaster, tell me Will it rain on my parade Or should I prepare for a sunny day? Stockbroker, tell me Is this a wise investment Or should I prepare for the market to crash?
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No One's Looking 03:10
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Please don't stare at me Or make a great big scene I can only do my best when no one's looking No one make a sound And turn yourselves around I can only do my best when no one's looking As you all can see Due to anxiety I can only do my best when no one's looking It would be unwise If you opened your eyes I can only do my best when no one's looking Did you know our biggest fear is public speaking? Are there really that many bullies around? Somehow we must cage these non-existent tigers And find the walls that need to come down Now listen to me Cause the truth will set you free It really doesn't matter who is looking Make some big mistakes You're better than the fakes It really doesn't matter who is looking Expose what you don't know And allow yourself to grow It really doesn't matter who is looking Everything is fine This is your time to shine It really doesn't matter who is looking I'm gonna pretend That no one is looking I'm gonna picture Everybody in the nude I'm gonna pretend That no one is watching I'm gonna project An upbeat attitude
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Wait for It 02:28
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If good things come to those who wait You might as well enjoy the time In between the now and then You're gonna live it either way Look for infinite depth in things Even if they seem mundane You will notice a beauty that's Waiting there for you to find Everything is in a state of becoming something else Sometimes, it will happen right away Other times, you must wait for it Kneeling in the snow all day I couldn't help but feel defeat Then I started to realize I define what that word means As a child, I couldn't walk I fell down so many times If I would have just given up I'd be crawling to this day
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Tied in a Yes Knot 02:36
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Some of us don't want to fight Others think it isn't right To give someone the answer "no" Call us scared or unprepared Call us mentally impaired We won't tell anybody "no" Some of us choose to defer Others would rather confer Than give someone the answer "no" Tell us we're too meek to speak Say that we can't take critique We won't tell anybody "no" One of these days we must break free And find our voices again Sooner or later we'll come to see We're in a yes knot Some of us will see the light Others will feel quite contrite Because of never saying "no" In the end, what we've despaired Keeps us from being ensnared When we need to tell someone "no" One of these days we must break free And find our voices again Sooner or later we'll come to see Just how deceitful we've been
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We Are Them 02:34
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I found a new adversary It feels so good to hate them They've been stripped of humanity It helps to dehumanize them Enmity for enemies Allows us to feel superior Even if we're taught to turn The other part of our posterior We like to tell ourselves That we feel much different things, but We are them We reassure ourselves That our cause is always just, but In the end We are them Think of a horrific crime What is the motivation? Do they want to feel power? Could they change their ideation?
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Blinders 03:04
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I've never noticed this before Has this been here the whole time Or did I just realize it was there? I've probably been down this street A million other times before And I could've sworn it wasn't there Now it's all I ever see Every time I go up and down This street I thought I had known so well Will this happen to me again Or have I learned my lesson? Well, I suppose only time will tell I am blind To the world That I don't Expect to be there I've never noticed you before Have you been here the whole time Or is this the first time we have met? I've been coming to this place For probably a decade now And I could've sworn we've never met Now you're all I ever see Every time I come back to this place I thought I had known so well Will this happen to me again Or have I learned my lesson? Well, I suppose only time will tell I cannot seem To see what's in front of me I do not know How to look for the unknown I cannot find What I have yet to define I do not care About what I think isn't there
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Collecting Dust 03:04
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Where did the time go? A year feels like it was just yesterday Father Time has taken it away It's so easy to lose myself In the issues of the day Stress is turning everyone's hair grey Where did my friends go? None of them felt like they needed to stay But they could briefly meet at a café It's so easy to lose track of time When you're in disarray There are times you must enter the fray My life is collecting dust once more The sands of time spilled on the floor Where did the world go? We seemed to wander down a new pathway But history is often a replay It's so easy to lose where we are On life's fast raceway We could be on the track to doomsday Where did my youth go? Am I beyond the time of my heyday? All of my relics are on display It's so easy to lose track of thoughts And find which words to say Speak your mind before your last birthday
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Satori Stories 02:41
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When you find yourself You might have a Satori Story When you stop being someone else You might have a Satori Story When you feel at peace You might have a Satori Story When it feels like there's so much space You might have a Satori Story Fall asleep and then wake yourself Be mindful of where you are before you Fall asleep and then wake again The answers will come every time you breathe When you focus on now You might have a Satori Story When you stop living through the past You might have a Satori Story When you reach acceptance You might have a Satori Story When you're no longer holding on You might have a Satori Story
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Fly Honiez 'R' tha Beez Kneez 00:28
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Chedda n bling Chedda n bling Chedda n bling will make my heart strings sing Gotta get some chedda n bling Gotta get some chedda n bling Bitchez n weed Bitchez n weed Bitchez n weed That's all I need Gotta get some bitchez n weed Addicted to my endless greed Fly honiez r tha beez kneez

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released April 10, 2017

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Coitus, pharmaceuticals, and whatever Alan Freed's ghost calls my music.

These rough recordings are some musical ideas I've had over the years. The process is very slow because I'm doing everything on my own - guitars, drums, vocals, lyrics, recording, mixing, etc. I hope to someday record them again with a band and maybe play them live. Until then, enjoy listening to my creative process. ... more

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