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Sea of Human Beings
02:22
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A sea of human beings
Social anxiety
But water's not just water
It's hydrogen and oxygen
Composed of different elements
Different characteristics
People just as afraid of you
Of the water that we're all swimming through
A sea of human beings
People coming and leaving
Trust that maybe they'll return to you
But you can never know for sure
We can't be sure about anything
We never left the galaxy
A little fish in a little sea
A sea created by people like you and me
A sea of human beings
Ain't nothing to worry about
Your fear of people leaving
Might be people you're better off without
Your social anxiety
Is just fear of yourself
So just try to stay calm
I'll try to pull you out of your own hell
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I Am the Beach
02:47
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I am the beach
Write your problems in the sand
Let em rip, just let the words flow out your hand
And though the waves will take your words one day
They might seem to go away, but they absorb into my skin
I am beginning to remember what you went through
I will internalize your words as you live heaven on this earth
For merely one good afternoon, the sun gives everything to you
That's what I hope for, what I am for, why I hold the heat that radiates to me
Cuz I am the beach, your long desired release
Escape from pressure naturally, you would do anything for me
And me for you, I often do, in spite of what you went through
But please don't put it past you that your problems haven't fully gone away
They still exist in my sand covered abyss
I know you're dealing with some shit, I feel as if it is my duty to remind you
That as terrible as life can sometimes be
Yeah you can run away physically, rest all your problems here with me
But often problems dig much deeper than
The limited constraints we call the beach
Deep beyond the sand, they dig through dirt to find the land
They know the roads you traveled home on
Take the back roads, avoid the tolls, stop to get gas
Though I am just the beach, I can see their trajectory
They will come back, they will come back, they will come back
You won't be happy to find out they've grown in size and now you doubt
that you will ever find escape from them again
Don't ever leave your problems here with me
Don't ever leave your problems here with me
Don't ever leave your problems here with me
Don't ever, ever, ever forget your problems at the beach
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Hey
Forgot your name already
What's your favorite color?
Your favorite time of year?
How did we end up here?
Why are we crossing paths?
This whole thing will soon be in the past
So I must ask
Why won't this last?
Hey
What is your profession?
Did you study that in school?
Did you even go to class?
My school loans kicked my ass too
Yeah I'll be broke forever
Til the day I die
Funny how it's normal
To owe some of your life
To try and live a good one
Hey
I ask too many questions
I apologize in advance
I'm just looking for some answers
To figure out myself
But I see ya gotta go now
Didn't mean to hold you up
No, no, the pleasure's all mine
And I really hope that I
Will see you in the next life.
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Cassiopeia
03:41
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Cassiopeia, cause of my dysphoria
Like a bad bacteria, result in nausea
I still don't need no one, yeah we'll see what I become
A New Yorker on the run
Gotta make something of myself, gotta be someone
Stranger than the sound of over-stimulation all around
Silence echoes louder in this town
I wonder what metaphor this part of life is now
I fill the empty space asking why and how
Cassiopeia, cause of my dysphoria
Like a bad bacteria, result in nausea
I still don't need no one, yeah we'll see what I become
A New Yorker on the run
Gotta make something of myself, gotta be someone
So long old friend
I've gone off the deep end
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Encounters
03:57
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Encounters have been rough for the recent year and a half
I can't let go, I will not change, I've made myself through years of age
But I'm willing to meet in the middle if you'll do the same
Why can't we talk? Why can't we exchange some words of thought, why are we afraid
Of the silence, disagreements, the uncertain events that life will bring
You must be brave, you must speak up, for I have no strength to muster up
But I can try if it's worth it for us to see eye to eye
I bank too much on one small chance that you'll pull through, cuz I can't, I can't
Break the silence with your motions, try to look 'em in the eye
Try to beckon their attention, try to make 'em speak their mind
Yeah I'm trying hard, I try even harder, please speak to me so we feel less apart
You can ask about the weather, ask me if I'm still the same
You can ask me how my day went, or you could just say my name
Yeah I'll take whatever you can say to keep the silence from taking you away
Hey friend, how's it going? Long time no talk
I've been thinking this forever, but I feel like something's off
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Jesse Barki Annville, Pennsylvania
I make music in Lancaster, PA.
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