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NICE

by DEEP STATE

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1.
Bellies once thick with activity They start to heave, shrunken down to empty We are in the street To run would be a violent relief Only to delay what wants to be done To delay the brain's imperative So on to choosing your cathartic bruising It's anything but amusing when you're fucking losing So you pick the guises You pick the compromises The ones that keep alive the desperate hallowed hours You know you've got that power So fall in, be discrete, be quiet, don't trust Fall in, be discrete, and most importantly You'll never trust another human being The dirty showers, the idle hours The guilt just towers; dress it up in tatters Then get that drink What did you think That you would tap the brakes and get it all together? No matter what the weather The dust the dust in my head Collects collects collects And spreads and spreads and spreads And we all know that sick dread Running down the highway Road signs, by-ways You thought we could get away but the truth is: Every road runs out And you will die knowing you were filled with doubt
2.
Inside Pig 02:51
How can you speak to me in such a way such a way such a way Such a waste of time Haven't even got a dime to my name I've just got you You cut me down to size Every day every day every day Every day's an effort To try to come up with the goods But you ain't seein' them Change the words to the very, very best songs To try to right all the wrongs Hard grease and aluminum sheets All the time all the time all the time All the timing's off Haven't even got a minute to cough But hey I got a job How can I keep working in such a way such a way such a way Such a waste of time I spent the last eight years on a line I gotta cut it off Change the words to the very, very best songs To try to right all the wrongs
3.
Tittyboyz 03:43
We are talking in voices not our own From gut-drawn growls to pathetic moans What a fool I've been Cheeseburgers in the back of Deaner's van Six cups of coffee might help me understand What a fool I've been 47 months of running circles in the same damn town 47 months of thinking I am probably gonna drown Walking home from a night on Big Creek I find I can hardly even speak What a fool I've been
4.
No Idea 02:48
When I was 17 oh man I thought I was so mean I was stupid, it was contagious And now I'm 25 and oh man I feel barely alive I feel stupid and out of ideas But O! isn't this the age of running out of ideas? And O! isn't this the age of having no idea? Let's go the show we talked about Take some acid and drop out We'll be untouchable And I promise not to drop the ball I want to shake all of these walls Because it IS cool to care But O! isn't this the age to have a sense of entitlement? And O! isn't this the age to get a little suicidal man? And O! isn't this the age of running out of ideas? And O! isn't this the age of having no idea?
5.
Look 04:58
Have a look into your kitchen Tell me everything you're missing Maybe some serrated knives And the rest of your life Then move into the foyer Said your daddy was a lawyer I wonder what he'd think About his daughter seeing a shrink You never go to the store Your parents by you more You're rotten to the core But your parents still buy you more Take a look at the backyard Notice the irreplaceable scar You tried to grow some pot out there But the red clay was everywhere Now how about your windows From outside they have a lifelike glow But it's not as if you care You're barely even living there
6.
You try to tell me about politics You don't know anything You try to tell me about the coolest bands You don't know anything I try to tell you about politics I don't know anything I try to tell you about the coolest bands I don't know anything
7.
Cold winter and a stereo The last things I remember Crack spreading in your window shield We weren't getting any younger They told us all to get away We just stayed even longer Tried to get a deal struck up There was no money to launder They never really taught us kids All that they had squandered They never really taught us kids that We were born to wander Cold winter and a stereo The last things I remember Getting drunk in an alleyway Mid to late December Populated with stupid heads We got the wool stretched over our eyelids Feels bad choking on a leash Dripping muffled sentences They never really taught us kids All that they had squandered They never really taught us kids that We were born to wander
8.
Wonders 03:21
Little radio, save me I'm not the man I thought I'd grow up to be Little darling, walk home with me Too drunk to find the statue on top of my spare key I see the sun coming up Let's tend to wounds and cuts Before the light fully hits us Gotta go downtown, gotta try to shake my soul clean Be in my body or my head, not stuck in the mezzanine Read an excerpt in my favorite magazine Made me feel the lines on my face slowly creeping I see the stars, they're winking bright Start the car even with the gas light I really hope I get some sleep tonight How many arguments have we had before? I know because I've kept score I've got 104 and you you've got 102 It's true I would go to these lengths To bury this in a tomb But not too soon Under light of moon a songbird croons It's surreal I don't know what to do It's surreal I haven't got a clue But sing my song to you
9.
Deep State 03:48
Everybody's keeping up the silence Everybody likes to watch the violence I don't wanna say it if you don't wanna say it Everybody eats our money for breakfast Politician gets three cars for Christmas I don't wanna see it if you don't wanna see it It's fucked Everybody's on a fast food diet Shove it down every little kid's gullet I don't wanna eat it if everybody eats it Everybody hates it when you're gay Aren't we all Christians anyway? I don't wanna change it if you don't wanna change it The deep state is gonna kill us all
10.
Woof 03:21
Do as I say but not as I do The actions I take are tried untrue But at least my words aren't removed So we have a mutual understanding It's a safe take off but a less than perfect landing The part that I missed is that we exist in a vacuum Not a legume It's a future tomb So we drink keg beer and talk about our gentle adoration Get up the nerve to start our very own nation The part that I missed is that we exist in a steel cage Not a golden age So we've got to rage
11.
Payday 06:43
Just like a wayward stone thrown from a source unknown Not like the Northern Star that shows exactly where you are Just like those big black holes, heavier than human souls A glimmer off the field of vision Just outside discussion Used for ammunition I think I feel more saved when it's payday Just like the Northern Lights, only not so bright Just like the ocean's clap, but it's only just a laugh Just like the preacher man: impossible to understand I can't comprehend

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All songs written and performed by DEEP STATE.

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released May 11, 2015

Recorded and Mixed by JESSE MANGUM at THE GLOW.
Mastered by JOEL HATSTAT.
Art by KRISTINE LESCHPER.

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DEEP STATE Athens, Georgia

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christian deroeck
michael gonzalez
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