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Gated Community
02:18
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Certain things the neighbors do, I don’t want them on my property, but we’ve got to try to keep it to ourselves because that’s what keeps the HOA aligned. We get our discreet night watchman to simply take our husbands home, so what happens in our gated community stays inside our gated community. Last night Reverend Belson’s flock, heard them chanting near my balcony. Then I hear the song that leads to ritual sacrifice. I don’t call the cops, I only say, “Sir, my lawn is not your churchyard. Kindly go across the street.” So what happens in our gated community stays inside our gated community. The crowd was in the neighbor’s yard when the fire there began to burn. Listened to the anguished screaming of the chosen one as I sipped my coffee on my porch. Happy I avoided conflict, and I don’t gotta clean that up. Oh, what happens in our gated community stays inside our gated community. It’s a perfect day in our hideaway.
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James From the Suburbs
01:56
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I used to try to talk to you twice a year, but now I think you’re too far gone. Because your ego is enormous. You think you’re nonconformist. Act like you’re the outsider. Oafs like you are everywhere. From the coast of Orange County to the one in Wilmette, you’re inheriting small businesses and gobbling up rents. You’re indignant at the notion there’s a world out there you’re not the center of. James from the suburbs. You don’t seem to see distinctions ‘tween your business and ours – like, your stance on contraception’s complicated to parse. But you say “ephebophilia” and suddenly you’re Libertarian. James from the suburbs, away, away.
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Better Come Up
01:27
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“So, like, I get it. Social media is bad. But can I help that it’s the best I’ve ever had? So I’ve got four more years of content, then I’ll trade it in for flood insurance scams. We feel something better come up.” Yes, sir, I hear you, and you’re gorgeous, but you’re wrong. (Though you make money – I see why you play along.) Me? I’ve got 80 NFTs of cartoon hippos holding Hormel Chili cans. We feel something better come up. Oh, wait for it.
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Feeling My Way Around
02:36
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Sometimes I wish it could be a little better. I move uncomfortably to make it better. I’m on the good side, right? I’m only feeling my way around. I swing a hand at the air to make it better. Vapor is hard to fight. I’m only feeling my way around.
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I'm Glad He's Dead
01:34
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I’m glad he’s dead, I’m glad he’s dead. Six feet underground, six beneath my feet, so when he looks down, now he won’t see me. I’m glad he’s dead, I’m glad he’s dead. Six feet underground, six feet in the dust, so when he looks down, now he won’t see us. “That’s not who we are”? I don’t have the time. Did only the worst while he was alive. There’s only relief. We’re free. Celebrate his end, smile because he’s gone, cheer because he’s dead, toast ‘cause we live on. Not a violent end, quiet in his bed, so I’m glad he’s dead.
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Charles the Obtuse Los Angeles, California
Hello, my name is Charlie, but for this project you can call me Charles the Obtuse. I also sing in Oblivz and Fox Japan.
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