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La Perouse
03:29
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A story begins at La Perouse
And all we got up to in the afternoons
On the front lawn freshly mown
With a clean car
Wiping the windows with a squeegee
School holidays again
Listening to Innerspeaker
Wondering how anyone could make that sound
And all I know is all I knew
Before I smoked all this weed
Before anything will be said about me
What happened next was formative
Well that’s a euphemism
I met a girl we fell in lust
Twenty with a knife in my hand
Pointing in one direction
This was my thinking at that time of night
Stop repeating yourself
Stop repeating yourself
Stop repeating yourself
It’s normal to repeat yourself
It’s normal to repeat yourself
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Opposition
04:04
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Much of my life in opposition to
What have you become all this has been given to you
No time left to be crestfallen
A side-effect of wealth from an earlier age
Remember how you make your way
Remember how to play this game I
Looking for a sign
The sun beats onto the east side
A brighter kind of amber tinge
Do something else
Shake it up you’ve no dependents
Thirty-one ways with it away
No time left to be crestfallen
A side effect of drive
Overcoming my senses
All that I see
Each night and day out
Looking for a sign
The sun beats onto the east side
A brighter kind of amber hue
Five PM in Brisbane City
Beauty to behold near me
Oil on canvas
Oil On Canvas
Oil On Canvas
Oil On Canvas
Oil On Canvas
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3. |
Suck It Up
03:57
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It often hurts
But that’s the way things go
Without feedback
There is there no baseline
Living in a vacuum isn’t good for you
Look at what happened to Van Gogh
Resilience is the way
Along with being grateful for all
The choices you’ve made and how people respond to you
Forming a connection
That’s all we be when we’re in the ground
Or even cremated
That’s all we be when we’re in the ground
Or even cremated
It often hurts
But only if you let it
Carbon in the air
Near a cliff
Near the sea
Near there
It often hurts
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Future Copy
03:04
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You can only do your best for so song
Until you want for something better
A plan is all you need
There are never guarantees
You can only do yr worst while you’re able
Gatekeeper raise the portcullis
Gatekeeper what do you see
On the other side?
It’s no good for your constitution
Do believe in an iteration
You’re lucky
You’re lucky to be alive
Well you’re lucky
You’re lucky to be alive
Gatekeeper lower the drawbridge
You’re lucky
You’re lucky to be alive
Well you’re lucky
You’re lucky to be alive
Gatekeeper you’re a figment of my imagination
You’re lucky
And I’m lucky to be alive
Well you’re lucky
And I’m lucky to be a
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Attention Seeking
02:53
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I went to school today but not
As a student, as a teacher
Never talked about this before
It’s kinda private
Attention seeking behaviour
Part of lonely life
Attention seeking behaviour
I’d rather roll the dice
More than twice
That’s the way it is
My ends have already met
All the fraying is gone
And in its place I look through a really nice window
With a superb view of the hills
It’s a minor thrill not really
It’s not thrilling at all
It’s mundane
Attention seeking behaviour
Attention seeking behaviour
Attention seeking behaviour
Attention seeking behaviour
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6. |
Just Living Really
03:32
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Just living really
Seems to me
It comes in all sizes I know
Meaning sincerely
Another kiss
On my forehead
Takes me back
To where it all began
In a park somewhere
Telopea was it?
That’s the school I went to
It’s quite strange
Wagging at lunch
Is quite strange
To remember now
Just living really
Another fish
Out of the water flapping
Meaning sincerely
An image of
A white light flashing
I remember running my hands across
From your naval to your belly button
And onto your breast
Increasingly blurred with age
Strange to remember
Pivotal
Just living really
Another sight
For sore eyes
Meaning sincerely
In a bit
Wrap it up with a little bow
And if I think of you, am I deranged?
Write it in your journal
Merely a word a quite strange
Sixteen years of age
Quite strange
Sixteen years of age
Just living really
Another fright
Awaken each night
Quite sincerely
There’s a risk
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7. |
Clean House
03:24
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Clean house
Clean house
Clean house
Clean house
Clean house
This is how I exist
My house is pretty clean I admit
Tidy once a month thereabouts
Vacuuming’s rarer
Clean house
Clean house
Mopping the floors
Take more effort
More effort
But it’s nice when it’s all done
Whenever I could cook a meal
I clean up afterwards the next day
What can I say?
I only think of one thing at a time
It’s my life
A little bit of it is yours
A little bit of it is yours now
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Fresh Start
02:29
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Everyone deserves a fresh start
Everyone deserves a fresh start
Everyone deserves a fresh start
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Casanova Nueva
04:10
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You know I got alotta friends
Of the male kind
I spoke to them in Canberra on a Friday recently
They looked at me as if to think I couldn’t ever be friends with a woman
How perplexing
Will I ever fall in love again?
Or will I continue comfort through a website?
Feeling horny in the morning
Well I guess I’ll watch some porn
Such a shame
Such a shame
Such a shame
Such a shame
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel
But it’s the high-beams
Can you see me in the blue-light?
Of my computer with the sex eyes
Such a shame
Such a shame
Such a shame
Such a shame
Will I ever fall in love again?
Or will I continue comfort through a website?
Feeling horny in the morning
Well I guess I’ll watch some porn
(But I like it)
Such a shame
(But I like it)
Such a shame
(But I like it)
Such a shame
(But I like it)
Such a shame
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10. |
Everything Secondary
04:23
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Everything
Secondary
I got a question for you
You don’t have to answer
Have you ever smoken weed?
Never I
Yes I have
Back in Red Hill
Drive to the lookout
Then get high
Let’s get high
Then get high
Let’s get high
Everything is secondary
To why I am an educator
Like uniform policy
I can’t do this for much longer
Four hour meetings
Prim and proper
Are you wearing the right socks?
I got a question for you
Did you ever smoke weed
Regularly?
Regularly
Regularly
Regularly
Let’s get high
Let’s get high
(It’s no good for you
In what world?)
Let’s get high
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11. |
New Digs
04:26
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New digs fly-spray on the coffee table
New digs everything on your own
Just the way I like it
It’s so comfortable here
Not a problem
No one to hear
Real thick walls
Empty wine rack
in a little a foyer
New digs everyday is the same
What’s the alternative?
It’s so comfortable here
Not a problem at all
Whenever I complain
My problems pale in significance
They really do
It’s so comfortable here
Not a problem no one to hear
Whenever I complain
I really got no problems
Whenever I complain
There’s really no problem at all
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12. |
Inbetween Thoughts
02:17
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In-between thoughts
In-between
In-between thoughts
In-between
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13. |
Leafy Green
06:11
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Take me back to the leafy green La Perouse
House of a thousand overcast afternoons
Rolling round the burbs in my parent’s car
Driving back and forth to your house
We were so young
Finding you on Valentine’s Day
Two-thousand and eight
You went to a different school
Didn’t stop me from skipping that day
With a rose in my hand
Spent most of my pocket money
That morning
Not entirely pure on my part
I wanted forgiveness
For a fleeting interest in another person
For a fleeting interest in long-term commitment
We were too young
We were too young
Last night I had a dream with you in it
We existed harmoniously
Subconsciously comfy
Good for the soul
I used to awaken beating myself up
For wanting you so badly
After all these years
After all these years
After all these years
After all these years
Heading to Jerrabomberra
any excuse
To be alone with you
Walking the dog
Walking together
An image of a storm drain
Clean as a whistle
We could have sex in there
Or a house that’s still being built
One thing on my mind
For too many years
I’m not a teenager now
Therefore I’m happy
So much to look forward to
Like a Disney movie
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Sam Wrangle Brisbane, Australia
Sam Wrangle is a 32-year old man living in Brisbane, Australia. He lives on his own, and enjoys drinking white wine, zoning out to Weyes Blood, and producing 80s inspired pop music.
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