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FRENEMIES

by Gordon Wery

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prologue 02:05
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before i save myself 04:44
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i look into your eyes i'm just a vapid stain save me from the burden of needing you again i hang my head in shame i can't offer you the same your heart is pure your mind is sane when you are near me you free me from this pain please save me before i save myself sorry you're my everything you're all i need take a plunge, you psychophile it's worth the risk to make you smile suddenly, i don't know what's the right thing if you're my friend then wish me well save me from the opportunity to leave this hell i have one muse it's forever craving you sell me my own dream that's all i need take a dive, you tremblefin i'm not sure how deep we'll go in i know that you're afraid of what people think and say but keeping up appearances won't make anyone change some truths are bothersome and difficult to grasp who wouldn't settle for a lie? the truth will chew on you and fill you up with holes i'd rather have my peace of mind there's not a night that needs the day i'm the sun, i'll lead the way take my hand and we can let the light through
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if this melody's true 04:11
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it rang from the hills, our mother's tune where we come from where we come from it fell from the sky and so did you this melody if this melody's true it rose from the ocean just like you in harmony a bubbling stew if god shares my eyes then so should you mellifluous, our vision rings too from whence this song came there, so did you this melody's true this melody's true the source of your name precedes you we're bounded by truth outlasted by truth if two become one then so can you confounded by truth eternally nascent truth is disturbed by the drama of self look to the lord and beg for his help
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more to life 02:44
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you might seem alright if there's one thing that i'll never do it's to be a happy slave like you i stay up all night analyzing feelings through a microscope, i'm bleeding out you just keep it light you think ordinary's holy deep down we both know you're boring it takes second sight to live a life and know you're satisfied you wait in line, it's egging you there's something you forgot there's more to life there's something you still have to do before your time is up there's paradise there's more to life there's more to life you spend all your time leaving work and paying taxes cutting grass and shredding faxes you saved every dime you mend the fence, you earn the couch a hard day's work means you're no slouch we know deep inside you're still disturbed and we have to wonder why you still can't sleep, it's haunting you there's something you forgot there's more to life you pray to god it comes to you before your time is up there's paradise there's more to life there's more to life
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self-absorbed 04:24
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you know I like you it's your delight to test me with your treats and demands you want to scare me thank god that's easy i'll just scare myself on my own first, take another picture with me tell me how you want my babies before we die alone secondly, sneak another kiss between the groceries all I want to do is see you smile i think that we're falling in love you take your time to remind me how you only love me on certain terms if I make more money and win your mom's approval i could be the man you deserve third, drink another coffee with me tell me how you want to travel to Japan i wonder if I can go there with you finally, what's another day spent between the sheets on the floor, in your head, jumping from bed to bed who could ask for more? fuck you, I need you, please don't leave i can't believe that you're so self-absorbed you can't see a single moment's all I need you're narcissistic, don't you see you cannot love when you're so self-absorbed you're too self-absorbed (to learn your lesson) fuck you, I need you, please don't leave i can't believe that you're so self-absorbed you can't see a single moment's all I-- honestly, all I want to do is bring you to your knees everything we have we could have shared but you're too self-absorbed
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heart eater 05:07
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lover in my arms from your filthy pillowcase you emerge and crawl away scouring my house i found fibers down the drain who knows where you might come out how could you not know i need you always by my side i long to have you long to keep you until we both die lover in my arms your threads draped around my neck started digging through my chest crusted, spoiled dreams in my bruised and battered heart you were vicious from the start how could you not know i need you always by my side i long to have you long to keep you until we both die sorry i could not be everything you wanted when you were everything i needed fine
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off with your head 03:45
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on second thought, you're better off dead you're not my friend off with your head you're just another toy to chew on you're just another toy to chew on on second thought, you're better off dead you're not my friend off with your head off with your head fate--captured in the middle-- i see you in the crosshairs wide open in the field separating me from where i'm meant to be go, eat your fucking apple slow, softer than a whisper while i decide if you can be some use to me if you can be some use to me on second thought, you're better off dead you're not my friend off with your head
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survival 05:22
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sweet victory the game we won was in our heads well, it's about survival now it's about the house and chow it's not about the feelings that we used to get amen there's many useful fictions you've tripped enough to clear your head now get on with your life on the cusp of dreams there stands a being with a thousand eyes and electrical feathers too vast to see too deep to enjoy i might be destroyed i'll ask him i'll ask him well, fuck your pride you still need to put in more time or you're just along for the ride you can worship on the side i'm not gonna wait for you to realize that amen you've tamed another demon well, have yourself a cookie then and get on with your life on the cusp of dreams there stands a being with a thousand eyes and electrical feathers too vast to see too deep to enjoy i might be destroyed i'll ask him i'll ask him i'll ask him i'll ask him if i might have your attention, sir should i rise or should i sleep again? i stay awake during the moonlit night i miss the sun and how it shines so bright i can see you like to make me wait you know your silence is a profound trait i can see how my dilemma's fake no one gives a fuck if i stay up late
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cul-de-sac 03:17
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i was so intrigued before i knew what it was now i'm just bored, let's fall in love i was so intrigued before i knew what it was now i'm just bored, now i'm just i have dreams of cul-de-sacs porches lush with hanging plants up on hills with trails between them it's as though i'd really been there a diner high up in the mall an empty hangar lies beneath them a lady in a dark brown jacket gives us lunch there oh, symmetry leads us to believe i'm awake when i'm asleep and i'm dead when i'm alive oh, there is not much more to time than a craving for relief and a clinging to what's nice a purple sky shrouds a black castle a narrow walkway overhangs the chasm we get lost in spiral stairways i think i took too many mushrooms am i lost without my party? could i recognize their faces? everyone here just seems nameless-- i hope i haven't met you yet i hope i haven't met you yet i was so intrigued before i knew what it was now i'm just bored, let's fall in love i was so intrigued before i knew what it was now i'm just bored, now i'm just i was so intrigued before i knew what it was now i'm just bored, let's fall in love i was so intrigued before i knew what it was i knew what it was, i knew what it
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nonsense 03:19
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you know i have my reasons you know that i'm the thinking type and everybody's asking me why, why, why, why, why, why, why like i'm not a filthy animal like i'm not just some fucking guy who needs to get laid goddamn, he'll do his best until he fucking dies you should can your pressure right now what you say is already on my mind i don't need a reason god would never tell me why it changes every season this is just a nonsense life you're scared that i'm a genius you're scared that i can read your mind you think that i'm fucking with you lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies like i'm not a filthy animal like i'm not just some fucking guy who needs to get laid goddamn, i'll do my best until i fucking die you should can your pressure right now i've dealt with this nonsense all my life i don't need a reason god would never tell me why it's funny just to be here this is just nonsense, right? fuck off, now don't get so close to me fuck off, now please won't you just fuck off, now don't get so close to me but not for long sweet surrender you should can your pressure right now i've dealt with this pressure for too long i don't need a reason god would never tell me why like i'm a stupid monkey scared to know what's on the other side i don't need a reason this is just an innate drive i bloom with every season i drown in every tide
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on the art of giving up 08:00
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i was with you until you told me that without you i can't be anything well, i don't need you you don't own me you think your friends owe you everything let go let us breathe thoughts recede don't know there's an art to giving up when you choose your pain meaningfully you give without a loss you wager fear on love i am your suffering you can run from me but i'm a part of you and you won't learn a thing about yourself until you hear my cry and if you don't embrace your lot then you can never die so ask yourself why are you celebrating over empty threats? there's no way to restart we've pushed ourselves too far after all, it sounds just like you waiting on your friends to rescue you let go let us breathe thoughts recede don't know there's an art to giving up when you choose your pain meaningfully you give without a loss you wager fear on love without good intentions awareness is just selfishness so try to be conscientious so ask yourself why are you celebrating if there's nothing to accept except yourself? let go let us breathe thoughts recede don't know there's an art to giving up when you choose your pain meaningfully you give without a loss you wager fear on love without good intentions awareness is just selfishness so try to be conscientious the art of giving up the way you move will move the world so walk your path with simple kindness suddenly i don't know if it is you or me but i don't care for harmony i'd rather be distinct and not care what you think you can be my enemy i don't need a friend this can be the end

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released January 24, 2024

written and recorded by Gordon J Wery

mastered by Bill Pelton / Pine Mountain Productions
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album artwork generated by Midjourney

special thanks to Ryan, Lane, Jeff, Dan, and Kayaki

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