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lyrics

(Dug)

If you have to explain the joke,
it's not funny.
That's why I don't say much about
myself if you talk to me.
Cautious optimism,
walk like a lost puppy.
I'm getting ugly,
pull a seat up, get comfy.
Who came to argue with the cartoon?
I'll eat your setlist for breakfast
like it was bar food.
This whole dimension's full
of lessons that aren't true.
Mine are step-by-step
for chasing art with a harpoon.
Here.
I was longing for belonging
in some songs for all the talking
I had thought that I was lost,
but I was wrong,
it's exhausting.
Now it's wake up and smell the coffee,
sure, but first you gotta make a pot.
The clay around the sculpture
was a heap of crumpled paper wads.
It's easy til it isn't
then it seems completely different.
Like trying to scream while eating biscuits.
Basically defeating physics.
Rip my heart out,
add some glitter,
paint you all a picture.
I only partially don't care about opinions
of the listeners.
I have my niche and I defend it.
At least I am what I intended.
Now that it's happened,
I can claim it never could have been prevented.
I'm a wizard.
Get your tickets to the ticking time bomb.
Can you believe they let me out in public?
Hi mom.

Sorta give a fuck today,
forgot which way is up though. x 4
Do it like they did it in that movie
that you didn't see.
Do about whatever if it's clever or it's interesting.

(HT)

I wanna pluck the stars from the firmament.
Cross a bridge without burning it.
Wake up not a 30-ish worried kid.
I want the things I can't express to manifest.
I wanna leave early,
not rot behind a random desk.
I can attest,
but most days I'd rather not.
We're going through the motions
until comfort is an afterthought.
It's pandemonium,
all these damaged lonely friends.
Who can't focus in,
but play shows on their manic podiums.
Yesterday looks like a pile of unwashed clothes.
Or tasks half-finished right before I lost hope.
You can't blame philosophers
for determinism.
You also can't blame a murder victim
for your decisions.
Spend most days stressed out
so I just pout.
Last thing I think about is if I
need or want clout.
Clarity is fleeting,
I'm unprepared for the meeting.
I've said before there's no meaning
to the mean things I've been screaming.
Days in a haze,
when it fades I'm made ashamed.
The maze stays in frame.
Same aged paper planes.
Weeks to months to years
to write a single verse
my fingers hurt.
Yet even if I'm going to a funeral
I'll bring the merch.
It's a singer's curse,
off-stage on autopilot
but I can't live on a diet.
Depression is not a diet.
I feel non-compliant
when life has gotten lifeless.
If the bad streak's lasting
take the good where you find it.

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from The Signal Glittering Inside The Storm, released March 14, 2020

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Happy Tooth & Dug Columbus, Ohio

Two emcees deliver poetically driven verses over progressive arrangements that reflect sweeping lyrical concepts. The six- piece group is fronted by lyricists Happy Tooth and Dug and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Liptak. Their debut album is called W.H.Y.G.O.D.W.H.Y.
"Definitely something different in a sea of sames." -Ara Hawkins, Virago Magazine.

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