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Rube
02:09
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Well I'm going down
I'm going way down before you
I never stood a chance
But if you'd ask me, I'd say
"Life's a fucked up series of events"
A Rube Goldberg Machine
Who's soul purpose is bringing me down
But complexity disguises the plot
It won't ever stop
The current task at hand
Is keeping the ball rolling
Not skipping a beat
But if I know Rube, I won't land on my feet
Face down in a grave
That's where I'll end up
Prepare myself now for future events
And hope I don't get stuck
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My Liver Hates Me
02:42
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Between the drugs and the booze
And this concept that I have nothing to lose
A part of me grows old and gray
While my pain slowly slips away
My body in silent decay
This punishment for one more day
Addictive personality
There's nothing wrong from what I see
Until a few years down the line
It's death or major surgery
But I can't keep these fears at bay
While my pain slowly slips away
There is no preparation here
For when I know the end is near
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Voice 17
03:14
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I never meant let it go
they said I'd be stronger, alone
but left to bad advice, and no insight
it seems that I have lost my home
I'm never suffering again
I've got these invisible friends
I picked a spot out by the tracks
that's where my time I'll spend
you've never been there before
because solitude has existed since I first began
and my heads not broke
its not my fault there's more than one voice in my head
I chased all my friends away
and I'm lying in my waste
and I drank away the days
strangers now avoid my face
I thought I heard the voice of god
he was calling out my name
but it was voice number 8
the pathetic one, he was crying out in pain
I never meant to be alone
and I'm not stronger, though I've grown
but left to bad advice, and no insides
it seems that I'm still growing cold
yet I'm suffering again
I've got these invisible friends
I got my spot to lay my head
it's underneath the riverbed
you've never seen me before
but my solitude was my demise before I began
and my head's not broke
but I can say there is no blood left on my hands
I chased all my friends away
now I'm lying in my waste
and I drank away the pain
strangers now avoid my face
and I thought I heard the voice of god
he was crying out my name
but it was voice seventeen
the angelic one, she lets me know when I'm in pain
when I'm insane
but if it's voice seventeen, I'm insane
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Sunlight
01:44
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The Sun is making it hard to be depressed right now
I'm surprised that I'm this sober after drinking all day long
And my friends are making it hard to stay obsessed right now
with all the shit that's happened, and everything that I've done wrong
And if you could see the way that the sun was bouncing off the trees
or the way that my heart died when I told you to leave
The sun will be here in the end, after I'm gone and can't pretend
That I've never longed to feel it's fucking heat
The stars are making it hard to feel so dead right now
I'm not surprised those fucking lights have got me feeling so alive
And my friends are making it hard to stay sober right now
We admit that we're all fuck ups and all we know is just a lie
And if you could see the way that the stars are bouncing off the waves
or the way my black heart died when I turned you away today
The stars will be here in the end
All this booze makes me pretend
that I've always longed to feel this summer heat
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The Road
02:09
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It's a long long road ahead
but now I feel invincible
Invincible with the dark clouds overhead
We've all spent our time in the trenches
Now is the time that we rise from the ashes again
And if you could sing along, I'd be glad to lend a hand
Our hearts will grow strong when we start this chant
If you could walk on through, there's nothing we can't do
Our hearts will stay true, I would do anything for you
Just like that tomorrow will come
My hat will be hung
Then I will see those eyes and realize I'm not done
Together we will overcome the things that we must
We will triumph over hard times all as one
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Way Too Many Mistakes
04:37
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With the sunrise on my face I think of you
All the mistakes I made
All the regrets I can't shake
(And how it all comes back to you)
I've been so long afraid of heights
I couldn't live my life
Will this be my demise
(As if this life were mine to lose)
But suddenly, I came to be the man I am
If almost by accident
I could not be farther from a decent one
Or deserving of love
These are my hopes, these are my dreams
These are my greatest fears that I set free
If I died today I'll know that I had so much more to show
To show for myself, to show to the world
And what's left of my soul, I buried with that girl
but that can't be helped today
I hope when you say a prayer it does not fall on deaf ears
I stopped praying long ago when I thought I lost all fear
If I see you all again, it's been hard over these years
Don't shed a tear
These mistakes have got me here
But it's fucking hilarious how I've longed for my whole life
Now it's come down to this, to melodically shed light
But it's about circumstance and perspective I don't have
It's all been lost to chance
No I don't want my pride back
You know, honestly, I can't say I'm a man
Cause a man wouldn't daydream as much as I have
But I'll take my chances
I fucked up a thousand times, and gave up on life
I told way too many lies
But it's me I hate
The regrets that I despise are left in my Wake
They keep burning in my eyes
Will this final note be more than I can take
All I can see is way too many mistakes
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Joey Cobra Jamestown, New York
Singer/Songwriter playing in punk bands since 2004. powerchordhour.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-28-fever-dreams-and-punk-rock-with-joey-cobra-power-chord-hour-podcast
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