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You Must Work Out
05:30
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Behold before you, this magnificent specimen
Flawless in my design, at my performance best
The desire of all women, the envy of all men
Gaze at my image, marvel at my physique
Catch me in my prime, witness me at my peak
A perfect model of masculinity
I’m not like you- I’m not weak
Have strict disipline, a structured routine
Put in all the time and effort for all I’ve achieved
Can’t make a statement with subtlety
Want results you can feel, change you can see
Eliminated every trace of who I used to be
No layers to reveal or hidden depth to reach
All on the surface, no surprises underneath
One look and you'll learn all you need to know about me
Want to make my presence known, announce when I’ve arrived
and if you see me coming, you’d best step aside
Don’t have to be polite, no need to be kind
With this imposing figure, the power is all mine
Going to assert my dominance
by putting up my best defence
to this threat to my confidence
with your glaring indifference
And if I’m recognized, from former lives I can’t recall
Don’t want to reminisce, compare how far we’ve climbed or fallen
I’ve shaped the past to better suit this new identity
Rewrote all the failures as victories
This is the image I’ve been sold
This is the truth that I’ve been told
This is the example I’ve been shown
Passed on to me and down it goes
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2. |
Mid-Life Opportunity
04:26
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3. |
Seance Crime
04:15
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Modern Monuments
03:53
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5. |
Practice Life
05:32
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Restaurant Taxidermy
04:04
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Hit the target
and made your mark
Under camoflauge
Hidden in the dark
Mount me on
the hood of your car
Tell me why do I
have to suffer for your art?
Now I’m preserved
In this unnatural state
Captured forever
Wearing this expressionless face
While all the rest
just went to waste
So I could showcase
your terrible taste
Hanging in this place
You couldn’t take me with your bare hands
One on one, animal to man
because in a fair fight you wouldn’t stand a chance
Left modelled in a formidable pose
Now just an amusing anecdote
A battle more fierce than the one fate wrote
A different ending than the one we know
Collect your trophy, because I’m your prize
A reminder of what it’s like to be alive
With glass eyes and cotton insides
Took the fall, became your sacrifice
When I was only trying to survive
Seems maybe you were the first of us to die
On the run, animal from man
but our species will evolve faster than yours can
Collect your trophy, because I’m your prize
A reminder of what it’s like to be alive
With glass eyes and cotton insides
Took the fall, became your sacrifice
When I was only trying to survive
Seems maybe you were the first of us to die x2
Maybe you were the first of us to die x2
You were the first of us to die x3
You were the first
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Prime Pastures
06:33
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