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1.
life is a prison, holding you in i'll never forget those who put me in into this madhouse, this war slewn place we'll live for a while until it ends in our face and we'll never be the same from when we were first put into this life, i never wanted anything i got although there are things here i'll never give up if you don't live for something, then you will find that you died for nothing cause you never tried and all the things we never wanted will always mean the most when you lose your focus your dreams don't seem so close but if you reach for them and fall from your place at least you'll fall knowing you tried to escape from all your dark misery you stayed with me until today to endure the symptoms, the sickness so clear and in my decision, the end is near some may be broken, some disturbed but all i want is someone like her some things are broken, some fall apart but on the horizon, i see the start of all i have wanted out of this life i'll hold on to it until i die some things remembered some disappear some people change while the rest, they stay near i gave up on you but not on myself life is a prison, thru the bars i yell
2.
you might find it's better off if i'm in the sky cause way up there, i'm free from all you ask of me instead of hope to give to you, i'll just say it's better not to care what you've got, anyway and i'm not sorry and if i'm lost in space and i can't figure out what it's all about is this living, now? it seems i've lost my place and i can't figure out what it's all about where's everybody now? if it helps to know, you're better off without them gee, thanks a lot my friends are all i've got surrounding me, you see i'm my own deity supposing i far away, who'll carry on my legacy without them? i guess this is loneliness and if i'm lost in space and i can't figure out what it's all about is this living, now? it seems i've lost my place and i can't figure out what it's all about where's everybody now? well if i'm lost in space and i can't figure out what it's all about is this living, now? it seems i've lost my place and i can't figure out what it's all about where's everybody now?
3.
i made the mistake of being born i'll never live it down every time i've gotten lost i've done it to be found look at me, who do you see? is it someone else? cause the reflection that i see is fading into the background wait for you to cross my path even though i know you're never coming back sigh wait for you to call my name cause it always sounds the same sigh everyone always asks how you are and "tired" just won't cut it so burnt out from working so hard and never getting anywhere in case you were wondering, yes i have a backup plan it's the 20 gague and the tool shed wait for you to cross my path even though i know you're never coming back sigh wait for you to call my name cause it always sounds the same sigh
4.
it's easier now that you're out of my head but it gets hard when i feel like you're dead to me and i always try to get you to see the pain that's inside swelling underneath me clenching my teeth so i can breathe they'll never know what they did cause it's all in my head i'll cave, but never give in i gave too much for that i've got a lot of symptoms maybe they're in my head but i'm still ready to cave you say you're in love, but it never lasts and if it does, well, then, you are blessed cause all i have known is torn hopes and trust and all i was shown was how to give up on me clenching my teeth so i can breathe they'll never know what they did cause it's all in my head i'll cave, but never give in i gave too much for that i've got a lot of symptoms maybe they're in my head but i'm still ready to cave we are, we are the misplaced youth we're born to play, and play to lose you can never take back what you've said we'll never really be forgiven we are, we are the misplaced youth and do you want to know the truth? we're born with shattered hopes and dreams this life is not what it seems they'll never know what they did cause it's all in my head i'll cave, but never give in i gave too much for that i've got a lot of symptoms maybe they're in my head but i'm still ready to cave they'll never know what they did cause it's all in my head i'll cave, but never give in i gave too much for that i've got a lot of symptoms maybe they're in my head but i'm still ready to cave we are, we are the misplaced youth and we are never told the truth
5.
with all the time in the world to wrap herself up in pearls she just sits and waits for life to hit her as fate she believes it's her destiny to forever be unhappy so she sits and waits for life to hit her as fate so the lines are drawn in the sand and all she needs is a man to hold her hand the world is in her hands but she waits as long as she can cause she's afraid to take the leap and grab a hold of her destiny be the change, if you need a change to be the same is old don't see the ways you weave and play to recreate what is done we all want to believe that everything we do means something we all want to believe that we can change the world so exit silence and reach into yourself beneath the violence and the points unknown without freedom justice means nothing and without love we all are nothing be the change, if you need a change to be the same is fucking dumb to recreate what once was great is wasting time on memories the world is in her hands but she waits as long as she can cause she's afraid to take the leap and grab a hold of her destiny be the change, if you need a change to be the same is old don't see the ways you weave and play to recreate what is done
6.
i've lost my mind and i've lost my shame the sense that all in life is sane homewrecked by the ones who put me here at a loss of words to describe the fear some things i've lost, i'll never regain some things, i'll try to save some loves, i'll try to find but they're all gone in due time things dissolve and disappear things i lose, i held dear if i love, i lose my heart if i build it up it falls apart some things i've lost, i'll try to find some things just flow by some loves just waste away but they're all gone someday i lose myself becoming you i lose myself becoming who you want me to i'm lost in life, i do not know you said move on, where do i go?
7.
lost at sea and i'm alone i left all i had at home except my soul and my mind but they were gone in good time time is the enemy i foresee the world and all the lands a journey that went as planned after a while i got off course and crashed in the sand my life's on land my heart is all i have i lost myself here i lost my will to care i'm not the same anymore i'm older time had come and come its course i just sat and watched the stars the seven seas i'd seen again i only had the wind as my friend until the end friend, until i'm dead among the crashing waves the seas, my casket the stars, my grave my scars like rings on a tree my wrinkles now define me it's all i see mean, they're so mean i lost myself there i lost my will to care i'm not the same anymore i'm older lost at sea and i'm alone i left all i had at home except my soul and my mind but they were gone in good time time is the enemy i foresee time had come and come its course i just sat and watched the stars the seven seas i'd seen again i'd better get out of here fast or this storm will be my last fast, how time has passed i sit here and tell my tale a thousand waves have beaten my tail and as times get harder still i look back at my life and smile it's been a while smile, i've lost my mind
8.
once i'm gone, it's for good i always thought you would give up on me, you never could i tried to fix things up i guess i've tried to make things up i lied i guess it's all i was ever good at you're all that i never could have and it's so simple when it seemed that nothing mattered i lived in my heart and in my dreams, nothing else mattered now i'm wide awake thinking about all the wrongs that i've made i've made my life a lie losing control i don't hold the keys to my life anymore i let them go when i let it go and wait another day to say the same fucking thing i guess it's all i was ever good at you're all that i never could have and it's so simple when it seemed that nothing mattered i lived in my heart and in my dreams, nothing else mattered now i'm wide awake thinking about all the wrongs that i've made i've made my life a lie and it's so simple when it seemed that nothing mattered i lived in my heart and in my dreams, nothing else mattered now i'm wide awake thinking about all the wrongs that i've made i've made my life a lie i've made my life the lie
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Nepenthe 03:31
i don't mean to shake the rafters now i just wanna piss someone off i don't mean to change the fucking world, no all i want is all the diamonds and pearls to fill the void in my heart this place has left me, i'll wrap myself in remorse and get high on nepenthe i don't wanna tip the boat over i just wanna rock it burn down a church, shoot up a school here comes the backlash i think i'm gonna blow up a bank and give away the money cause all i want is all the diamonds and peals to wipe my ass with money to fill the void in my heart this place has left me, i'll wrap myself in remorse and get high on nepenthe
10.
enough about you and more about me because that is the way you should want it to be i don't give a shit about your dignity or any other reasons why you want to leave me or the reasons why, at night, you cry yourself to sleep you're just pretending the happy ending come on girl, it sounds out of key so hum a tune for good fortune so everybody out there won't know how you laughed as i cried and i watched as you died in some twisted lie you could say that i tried and ill wish this for you and i give you my two cents cause it's all youll ever need i'm watching you cause you're not watching e yet soon you'l feel it, love get ready to lose, cause i'm always the winner and i get what i want look right at the sky and pretend that you're high try not to feel so mixed up you're just pretending to be condescending i know you don't mean that much so tell the truth, is he good to you? or is he better than i was? cause i laughed as you cried and i watched as you died in some twisted lie you could say that i tried and ill wish this for you and i give you my two cents cause it's all youll ever need don't talk so much shit, you might flatter me all your effort's pointless to me so hum a tune for good fortune so everybody out there won't know how you laughed as i cried and i watched as you died in some twisted lie you could say that i tried and ill wish this for you and i give you my two cents cause it's all youll ever need just listen to me for me
11.
well i could call an S.O.S. but that would ruin the secret an arms race fought with the head head on, one's left dead what i've found is so sacred i should keep it a secret but if i give it away, i will be set for life be set for life you've gotta get here just go away you've gotta see this i can't wait i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i wanted the profit but now i've gone and lost it i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor well, i could call the government to take away this chance from me but if i harvest it i could be filthy rich be filthy rich you've gotta get here just go away you've gotta see this i can't wait i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i wanted the profit but now i've gone and lost it i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i always felt that i was given something to do with this life it fell from the sky they fell from the sky it fell from the sky they fell from the sky so follow me i'll take you where you want to be but if you ever want to leave i'll let you believe you can leave you can leave i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor i wanted the profit but now i've gone and lost it i wanted to be heard but now i'm just a visitor a visitor
12.
i'm an actor there are cameras all around you've been fooled into another round i'm a liar and a thief i choose to violate the weak so sit and rebuttal all you claims and wipe that smirk right off your face it's time for sorrow and release the show must begin, there's no time for me no time to be me i must become what they want me to be am i puppet on the stage? or am i just an actor in play? the question now seems to be if i have a choice, or am i just weak? it's worse than it was at the start like all the other broken hearts is this worth it, to pretend to feel happy, sad, then happy again? it's all a cycle of no release i am stuck being a victim to this place until i blow my head right off i'm stuck being what they want so sit back and watch the misery unfold and i'll just do as i'm told i'm an idol a figure of escape the irony is i can't escape i'm a symbol of all the angst but no one is as angry as me i portray all of the extremes they want you to relate to me it's time for sorrow and release the show must begin, there's no time for me no time to be me i must become what they want me to be am i just a puppet on the stage? or am i just an actor in play? until i blow my head right off i'm stuck being what they want so sit back and watch the misery unfold and i'll just do as i'm told now run away now

about

I will be releasing all the music I have created in my dismal life slowly over the coming weeks, exclusively on bandcamp, in order to clear out the archives and turn the material over to the world. Most of it is not pretty or even good by most measures, but every single song has had a part in my growth as a human being and for that alone I feel they deserve at least the opportunity to be heard and dissected.

this collection documents the throwaways of one of my more busy times recording. the better of those songs, as i determined at the time, will be found on subsequent releases.

two of the songs here would find a true release elsewhere (horizon and loss, albeit reworked into a different song) and at least a handful of the rest to this day i wish to reinvent and breathe new life into.

this year was my first with a proper recording interface, and marked the beginning of my true leap into recording as a tool, not just as a documentation of a song. these songs here i began piecing together more in the digital space as paintings, separate elements pieced together to form a greater whole, rather than just to capture what a band might play in a live setting.

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released November 26, 2020

all sounds by casey k

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