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STRESSING OUT YOURSELF, DO YOU REALLY WANT
TO TALK SEMANTICS RIGHT NOW
I’M A DICK, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
I’VE MADE NO EFFORT TO DENY THAT
IM JUST WAITING FOR A MOMENT WHERE MY
SENSE OF SUPERIOR CONTROL CAN TAKE OVER
AND I’LL HAVE EVERYONE UNDER MY FINGER
TRUST ME, I’M DIAGNOSED TO BE THIS WAY
CONSTANTLY PREPARED TO MANIPULATE
BUT INSIDE YOUR THIGHS, MAYBE I’LL FINALLY FIND
A MOMENT OF CLARITY BEFORE LOSING SHIT COMPLETELY
ENTIRELY FUCKED, CAN'T GET HOLD OF MYSELF
IM SHOOTING UP AMP JUST TO COOL OFF
DRENCHED IN SWEAT FROM ANOTHER’S BODY
WONDER HOW LONG UNTIL SECTIONING FINDS ME
BLIND IN MY RIGHT EYE FROM THE HUFF I MIXED LAST NIGHT
I’M A SLEAZE, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
I’M DISEASED AND IT’S NO WONDER
I WOULDN’T FUCK ME EITHER
BUT I CAN’T QUIT, WONT CURB MY OWN ENTHUSIASM
MUSCLES ALWAYS SPASM
BUT MY MIND IS ALWAYS DRIFTING BACK TO THE FEELING
OF MY BREATH AGAINST YOUR SKIN, WANT TO FEEL YOU FROM WITHIN
AND YOU WONT CALM DOWN, BUT I WON’T SACRIFICE MYSELF
‘CAUSE I'M A WASTE, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
I’M DISGRACED AND THERE’S NO
HOLY GHOST THAT COULD EVER CLEAN UP MY FUCKING FILTH
SO, REALLY, I DONT BLAME YOU
I’D WANT TO GET AWAY, TOO

BUT I’M AFRAID THAT I CAN’T HAVE THAT, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I HAVE LEFT

AND I HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I NEED TO GET OFF MY CHEST
THE PHYSICAL CATHARSIS THAT I DESPERATELY SEEK
I’LL CARRY ON FROM MY BEDSHEETS INTO CEMETERIES
I’M A DICK, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
THERE’S NO TAKING THAT BACK
ONCE YOU’VE GONE SO FAR, YOU CAN’T EVER TAKE THAT BACK
IN MY DEEP FREEZE I’LL KEEP THEM, EVERY PIECE IN MEMORIAM
BECAUSE I'M A GOOD GUY
BUT TONIGHT’S NOT THAT NIGHT
SO I NEED YOU NOT TO FIGHT
‘CAUSE I'M A DICK, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
COMPULSIVELY CONSUMED BY MY OWN MANIA
WITH NO WILL INSIDE TO CONTROL MY IMPULSES
I DIDNT MEAN TO START SHIT
BUT I'M COMPLETELY FUCKED, I’M FULL OF MYSELF
MY ENVY, PRIDE AND LUST
BOILED IN TOGETHER WITH MY SCARLET LETTER
I JUST WANT TO FUCK UNTIL I FEEL BETTER
MY HEAD WON’T SHUT UP, AND I NEED TO GO FURTHER
CAUSE I’M A CUNT, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
SO I MAY AS WELL LIVE UP TO IT
CRIMINALIZE THE SOCIALIZED AND DO AWAY WITH MY WHOLE LIFE
BUT FOR A SECOND THOUGHT, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE
I HAVE LEFT FOR A CHANCE AT REAL COMPASSION
BUT ALL THEIR PIECES IN MEMORIAM, COVERED IN FREEZER BURN
ARE STILL A TESTAMENT TO HOW I WONT EVER LEARN
HOW TO CARE FOR ANYTHING BEYOND MY OWN DRIVE
TO OBJECTIFY EVERYONE I HAVE IN MY LIFE
I’M A DICK, BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE IT BACK
CAUSE ONCE YOU’VE GONE SO FAR, YOU CAN’T EVER TAKE THAT BACK
ONCE YOU’VE GONE SO FAR, YOU CAN’T EVER TAKE THAT BACK

ONCE I’VE GONE SO FAR I WONT EVER GO BACK

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from TYPICAL HYPERSEXUAL MANIFESTO, released September 17, 2017

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some kind of experimental half improvisational series of sounds

"i feel like i'm listening to gold dust exploding in space"
- critic review of the beginnings of my first album

"what kind of trip even is this"
- yet another critic review

"existential wailing, but bitch I bleed with you" - a 2022 review
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