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Left To Our Own Devices

by As Good As It Gets

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Vices 00:58
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I can't be a victim to Someone else’s superstition But if left to our vices Do we know the price is worth the cost? A year is longer than you think But 25 is even more Am I a has-been? Have you been keeping score I need to breathe Take time to think Not die a has been Who’s even keeping score?
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Fingertips to the Wolverines 03:25
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Let us begin with the ending Instead of pretending we’ve heard this one before We don’t fit in despite blending The past is impending, the future’s not much more With lines that read, “Please repeat after me” Screaming feed our fingertips to wolverines Playing our guitars Curtains closed and we keep singing Fingertips to wolverines Playing our guitars Curtains closed and we keep singing Songs we sung when we were young But we’re not any more Flowers on the grave We pay respect to the eagle As we become the prey A premonition of evil Nine lives, again we’ve resurrected But past lives have ended, we’ve sung this song before So one last time, it’s Saturday and we’re live Screaming feed our fingertips to wolverines Playing our guitars Curtains closed and we keep singing Fingertips to wolverines Playing our guitars Curtains closed and we keep singing Songs we sung when we were young But we’re not any more
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History 03:43
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All of us believed that we could be the kings of Elm street Telling secrets to the trees nights on the rooftops And all the time avoiding sleep Avoiding who we’d have to be Did we let our parents down And burn our futures to the ground Oooh, and it’s killing me How about you? And I think you’re next So let’s save the progress We used to be vain and thoughtless And though we change in between We’re still varying degrees of losers Even in victory Our History It’s 4am and the conversation signals our delusion Our weakened constitution death by hilltop Lucid smiled through which we speak Comparing hopes while dodging dreams Unsure the present’s what it seems We forge our own reality So let’s save the progress We used to be vain and thoughtless And though we change in between We’re still varying degrees of losers Even in victory Our History
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Sweet Tooth 04:09
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Brain in, brain out Like a cryptographic house My masquerade, macabre Stay in, freak out Coat closet full of doubt Pair of shoes, parasol, parasite I’m taking the Penrose staircase down And taking a ball-point pen to my brain Send food is this house haunted or doomed? I think I might be confused I feel like I’m being chewed Sweet tooth I’ve got new cavities, too My baking soda perfume Says something died in this room And silence is the answer Breath in, bleed out There’s a voice inside my mouth He talks, he shows me things (come play with us) Stay in, freak out Coat closet full of clowns Funny bones, bag of jokes, body bag I’m taking the Penrose staircase down And draining the red rose tone from my face CHORUS Maybe I’m just chasing shadows My health is in decline She thinks I can’t be trusted I’m dusted, crusted, fried. (repeat) CHORUS (She says “you look like you’ve seen a ghost You’re as white as your eyes are wide” Kitchen knife by the bedside Screaming in your sleep last night)
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Several Bad Examples 03:48
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Refresh my bad news box another champion has lost We placed so much stock in, but didn’t calculate the cost What a shame! Are we to blame for every monster causing pain? Every crime, and every time we let the standard stay the same Despite a history of violence paired with sobering silence But in the end the story will explode Add one more to the sample of several bad examples Who succeed in selling lies That’s one more than a handful of countless getting canceled Who believe we're wasting time But we at least have to try Forgive us our soapbox, but no one here is clean Check your hands and your playlists, there’s blood between the streams What a time to be alive! All our heroes in disguise Supposed fame, stubborn shame, the art of moral compromise And the history of violence paired with sobering silence but in the end the pompous will implode Add one more to the sample of several bad examples Who succeed in selling lies That’s one more than a handful of countless getting canceled Who believe we're wasting time But we at least have to try
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Echoes 03:30
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Some like to spill how they’re smarter now Cause if they could know then What they could accomplish they’d change it all I like to think that I’m me in fact Cause I’ve made some choices And I’ve danced to “noises” when I heard song I’d never be keane as to believe in a version of me that didn’t sing When at my core I’m a cared for collection Of moments both love and rejection That helplessly hope for reflection as to why It’s good to “be” We finish what we start Echoes of our actions over time Others believe in a better then Cause new seems much harder The past can’t be bothered to move along I want to speak out “And what about The people whose voices You’ve pawned off as “noises” grows loud and strong?” I’d never be keane as to believe in a version of me that didn’t sing When at my core I’m a cared for collection Of moments both love and rejection That helplessly hope for reflection as to why I’m so much more than a cry for attention Regardless of art or invention I happily seek introspection, smile, and sigh It’s good to “be” We finish what we start Echoes of our actions over time A better me would be in stereo Speaking lies and sound advice There’s only one direction we can go Linear time’s no paradise Of all the questions you could ask me I’ve made my bed, now here I lie A better me would be in stereo I’ve made my bed, now here I lie.
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Do or Die 03:29
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Will anybody hear this song? Would anyone care if I quit making records They’re lousy with doubt Show of hands if you feel your heart sink Because you might think life is patterns A kaleidoscope, ever-turning But the truth is nothing matters And no cars if you’re hurting Who am I? Do or die! When the will it takes to step outside Signifies that I’m less do than die But I gotta try; do or die! Shake the fear out of my weary spine And ease the minds whose fears are worse than mine Are we worse, are we better off? Do we embody the dream of our parents? The coffers were full So did we cause this recessions ourselves? Because you bred keyboard crusaders While Reaganomics was quietly churning And now we all save peace for later Cuz no one cares till the cities are burning Who am I? Do or die! When the will it takes to step outside Signifies that I’m less do than die But I gotta try; do or die! Shake the fear out of my weary spine And ease the minds whose fears are worse than mine Get off your ass, and make a change We can be the ones to fold Cuz nothing so far says we’ve got the need To turn and run Who am I? Do or die! When the will it takes to step outside Signifies that I’m less do than die But I gotta try; do or die! Shake the fear out of my weary spine And ease the minds whose fears are worse than mine
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Usual Suspect 03:23
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A man found dead and then suddenly You’ve all turned heads and you’ve turned to me You don’t know what you can’t see You can’t show me what’s make believe Better time spent thinking differently From where he went to her history Some say passions it’s own crime Let’s point fingers to pass the time I smell collusion In delusions you’ve deemed proof I sense confusion Eyes alluding back to you But then again if you did it Who would ever admit it It’s good to see that some things never change I’m suspect as usual A well prepped plan rolled in subtlety We’ve all got hands out with mouths to feed You can’t taste if you can’t breathe You won’t see possibilities Whether you still think that honesty Exists as guilt forming physically Some say passions it’s own crime Let’s point fingers to pass the time I smell collusion In delusions you’ve deemed proof I sense confusion Eyes alluding back to you But then again if you did it Who would ever admit it It’s good to see that some things never change I’m suspect as usual
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The Early Worm feat. Lauri Andrick 03:30
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I can’t sleep tonight The ghosts that haunt ,e come to life And im not breathing right I’m choking on a bitter bite So i'll just whisper secrets to pillows To make room for the new ones in the night Like I love you And I need you The line between the two’s too much to bear Believe But I can’t be the early worm they eat Cuz I scream my lungs out At every little drop Or gain And in this den it’s pride before the pain My faith betrays me Pray my vices will save me It’s been so long, so far Much that was is torn apart Close, but no cigar The bitter kiss of smoke and tar So ill just bite my tongue here, and swallow And not articulate the things that make me red Like I love you or I hate you Caution like the first words after fights CHORUS I ran so fast and so hard I could taste blood To panacea, placebo effect I’m codependent and desperately hopeful And on my knees to the god of regret
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A Little Mad Sometimes 02:51
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Title card, exterior wide, coffee bar Cut to inside where it starts Could be the last time we’re ever lonely Maybe cliche a mix-up within the cafe Meet cute that lasted for days Could be the last time we’re ever lonely Are you busy tonight? It’s too early to say goodbye Leaving me cues, I wonder Is this a movie? Are we the stars? Hoping for ten years longer Memories of credits and coffee bars Fade in, act two, interior dark, point-of-view Laughing and looking at you (Is it) too soon to tell you I’m yours completely Walk to the car, two-shot above from afar Voiceover thinking of hearts Too soon to tell you that yours completes me? Are you busy for life? It’s too early to say goodnight Leaving me cues, I wonder Is this a movie? Are we the stars? Hoping for ten years longer Memories of credits and coffee bars
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In The Cards II 03:17
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I don’t think it’s funny how at fifty I still live like twenty-five All the poison I put inside over time has crept outside Now I find my face is full of lines Just like the ones that I cut to clear my mind I’ll take another drag from my cigarette I’d do it all again if I didn’t have to bear the regret I know it’s only cards But I thought I’d never deal again Tear me down I barely know my father My kids can hardly trust their own You could call me sober but if sober means forever nevermind Full disclosure; I was only fully sober for a time Now I find my past is rife with lies So much so that I…I’m lying to myself I’ll take another drag from my cigarette I’d do it all again if I didn’t have to bear the regret I know it’s only cards But I thought I’d never deal again Tear me down I barely know my father My kids can hardly trust their own Hey dad, don’t be so hard on yourself Despite the worst, you were always there for the both of us I’ll take another drag from my cigarette I’d do it all again if I didn’t have to bear the regret I know it’s only cards But I thought I’d never deal again Tear me down I barely know my father My kids can hardly trust their own

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released February 10, 2023

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As Good As It Gets Evansville, Indiana

As Good As It Gets is two-piece pop/rock band formed in 2014.

All songs written by Mike White and Dustin J. Mattignly.

Mike White - vocals, guitars
Dustin J. Mattingly - vocals, bass, piano

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