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give up now
04:43
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i had a dream
to achieve greatness
so i joined the team
it wasn't what i thought
how could i be prepared
for what i had seen
it's too much now
seen so much loss and suffering
yeah it's got me down
i should give up now
another goddamn day
so sick of my teammates
just fading away
i wish i was free
i sure think that blaseball
just wasn't for me
i'm too scared now
how is it that a game has made me
so full of doubt
i should give up now
it's too hard now
don't think i'll ever escape
with my life spared anyhow
i should give up now
it's too late now
stuck in this horrendous hell
just to appease a crowd
i'll get through somehow
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I remember the day I blew out my shoulder
must of been twenty three and not a day older
I threw my weight as I swung to the left
then searing pain in the back of my neck
broken nose at around the same time
head banging too close to some shitty band’s backline
a crunch as I hit the PA
and I still can’t breath quite the same way
(I still can’t breath quite the same way)
fractured arm as I slid into home plate
set it quick but it still didn’t heal straight
and when the rains comes I feel a dull ache
that fucking pain often keeps me awake
dislocated hip in the outfield
must have been six months before it healed
my physio’s name is wayne
and he still comes out to all of my home games
(he still comes out to my home games)
I feel the weight of my skin on my bones
and the aches and pains that don’t feel like home
wonder when my body last felt like my own
it must have been in the offseason
heavy floods: I got swept away in Chicago
an inclipse nearly got me against the Tacos
consumers took a bite against ‘Beams
but I’m still chasing after my own dreams
(I’m still chasing after my own dreams)
I feel the weight of my skin on my bones
and the aches and pains that don’t feel like home
wonder when my body last felt like my own
it must have been in the offseason
(must have been in the offseason)
(must have been in the offseason)
we just keep running and running
and running every day cos
we are all hunting for something
and the hits that keep coming won’t keep us away
we just keep running and running
and running every day cos
we are all hunting for something
and the hits that keep coming won’t keep us away
I feel the weight of my skin on my bones
and the aches and pains that don’t feel like home
wonder when my body last felt like my own
it must have been in the offseason
(must have been in the offseason)
(must have been in the offseason)
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i had to move away from
what used to be LA 'cause
one of your gods destroyed the world again
i'm walking to the corner store
smell burning flesh that i just ignore
guess an umpire set some guy on fire again
got a nine-to-five at your big event
but it’s fine, 'cause i gotta pay my rent
and i'm tired of peanuts and i'm tired of blood
and i'm tired of seeing eclipses and floods
and i'm tired of meetings interrupted by gods
the rest of us have had enough
i know the league is burning, it's all around us
but the world keeps turning while you're drowning us
you've made a mess, now look who's cleaning up
the rest of us have had enough
"hey boss, i'm gonna be late again."
"yeah, i got caught in traffic."
"which dimension am i in? knife angeles."
"mhm! i'll be there around 10 instead of 8 if things clear up."
what's with all the suns in the sky
that tiny one's gonna make me cry, 'cause
i'm trying to sleep and it's bright outside again
why are all the gods so obnoxious
this purple text and that pile of boxes
they're holding up the morning news again
"moving over to the west, the Infinite Cities are sitting at a comfortable 72 degrees and, uh-"
"-supermassive black hole has consumed-"
"the suns are gone."
"all of the suns are gone."
"where is BNN?"
"someone get BNN on the phone-"
"-making this just one more in a long string of splort-induced cosmic events"
"-this could indicate another deep economic recession-"
"commissioner Parker MacMillan could not be reached for comment"
"-unclear how this will affect the playoffs"
and i'm aware that your league went up in flames
i don't care, i don’t even watch your games
and i'm tired of peanuts and i'm tired of blood
and i'm tired of seeing eclipses and floods
and i'm tired of meetings interrupted by gods
the rest of us have had enough
i know the league is burning, it's all around us
but the world keeps turning while you're drowning us
you've made a mess, now look who's cleaning up
the rest of us have had enough
oh, and no one cares about your equity
or your fraud affairs or your prosperity
'cause no one's paying for my therapy
so fuck your splort, and fuck your suns,
sincerely, the collateral.
("the Flowers game tonight will not be delayed because play must go on.")
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black hole rising
03:34
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the cellar door is open
the house is filled with flies
the garden’s all but wilted
and still, the rain never dies
I walk out to the main road
the arterial is clogged
the cars choke the roadways
curse of a dying god
and I stay in my home
as the sea turns to blood
as the snake swallows everything
I await the flood
I await the Black Hole, come to swallow us all
it creeps in like a sickness
coming in from the West
Seattle went hours ago
Oklahoma’s lookin next
all eyes gaze towards the horizon
the great black line in the sky
the sun is pulled in further
we all know we’re gonna die
but we all seem to agree
we’ll go on with our lives
swallowed up when it’s time to go
when the suns leave the skies
as time slows up I find I’m comfortably numb
and I stay in my home
as the sea turns to blood
as the snake swallows everything
I await the flood
I await the Black Hole, come to swallow us all
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5. |
new year, same me
02:42
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every day’s a new ending
to cope i just keep pretending
say normal is what you feel
and if you don’t feel, that’s what’s real
last week i thought you were undead
this week i think that you’re just dead
yeah i’m fine; thanks for asking
see you next week, no point relaxing
coach says, keep hustlin’
wanna be something?
keep playing while
your best friends burn around you
at some point the horror starts to fade
and i don’t really care
but this is all i know
head down; keep pushing through
sometimes i feel like we never change
like there’s no escape from the things we used to love
i wish the floods would come and wash away my name
seasons come and seasons go
some static and some just echo
say normal is what you feel
and if you don’t feel, that’s what’s real
last game i tried to be myself
this game i’ll try somebody else
yeah i’m fine; thanks for asking
[MOODY COOKBOOK is inhabiting]
and i wish i could leave
but this is all i know
how would i make it out alive
sometimes i feel like we never change
like there’s no escape from the things we used to love
i wish the floods would come and wash away my name
(and i wish i could leave)
another year, new trip round a sun
but it’s the same old bases that i keep on running, so
i pray the floods come and they’ll wash away my name
(but this is all i know)
and everyone reminds me i’m lucky
not many people get this far
would it be better if i was never here?
[spoken] i don’t know. i guess i just have no sense of what i want?
sometimes i feel like we never change
like there’s no escape...
i wish the floods would come...
sometimes i feel like we never change
like there’s no escape from the things we used to love
i wish the floods would come and wash away my name
(and i wish i could leave)
another year, new trip round a sun
but it’s the same old bases that i keep on running, so
i pray the floods come and they’ll wash away my name
(but this is all i know)
okay, that’s all the time that we have for today. i’ll see you next week
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6. |
let's go!
03:17
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let's go!
let's go!
there's a message all around
as you're heading downtown
saying "we will save us!"
"we will save us!"
running down the isle
and the crowd goes wild
screaming "we will save us!"
"we will save us!"
roaring like an engine going fast on the highway
a pretty good sign that things will go our way
maybe we're middling but that's okay
'cause we will always say
let's go mills, baby, come on hit the ball
we're the gayest team around and we're gonna do it all!
let's go mills, baby, third line in the row
set a fire, eat the rich and let's steal home!
come on, steal home!
by the luck of the draw
we're in the wild call
chanting "new phone, hu-bris!"
"we can do this!"
two rounds done
and we're running gun
screaming "new phone, hu-bris!"
"we can do this!"
bottom of the ninth, 3-5, its an upset
everybody cries, puffy eyes, our cheeks wet
and you're tellin' us to end our set
but we're not givin' up just yet!
let's go mills, baby, come on hit the ball
we're the gayest team around and we're gonna do it all!
let's go mills, baby, third line in the row
set a fire, eat the rich and let's steal home!
screw it all, steal home!
good morning good mills! While we're all high on collective hubris, I've got a little chant for yall! Repeat after me!
not ours we rent!
we're gonna make a dent!
we're gonna rumble
and it's gonna shake the continent!
not ours we rent!
and if they ask who's home
we'll say it's all of us
'cause we do not win alone!
not ours we rent!
we're gonna make a dent!
we're gonna rumble
and it's gonna shake the continent!
not ours we rent!
and if they ask who's home
we'll say it's all of us
'cause we do not win alone!
alright!
not ours we rent!
we're gonna make a dent!
we're gonna rumble
and it's gonna shake the continent!
not ours we rent!
and if they ask who's home
we'll say it's all of us! ONE TWO LET'S GO!
let's go mills, baby, come on hit the ball
we're the gayest team around and we're gonna do it all!
let's go mills, baby, third line in the row
set a fire, eat the rich and let's steal home!
come on, steal home!
screw it all, steal home!
come on, steal home!
screw it all, steal home!
screw it all, steal-!
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7. |
get wrecked
03:06
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made a doll of you
sewed it up with patches
i’ve been wishing on stars
but it seems the stars have catches
welcome back again
you probably wanna stop
don’t you know all rides must end in a gift shop?
i want you here
alive, and whole, and happy
but i got you here
plastic and crappy
you’re a legend now, you’re the best
is that better than getting some rest?
oh you don’t smile the way you used to anymore
get wrecked at the season’s end
get wrecked for us both, my friend
get wrecked so we can all be free
best of luck to you, baby
a twisted dream come true
your heart just isn’t in it
you’re a shadow of you
is this what it takes to win it?
you’re a legend now, you’re a star
but i’d prefer you far
cuz you don’t laugh the way you used to anymore
get wrecked at the season’s end
get wrecked for us both, my friend
get wrecked so we can all be free
best of luck to you, baby
you’re golden and gleaming that’s great
but there’s things that they can’t replicate
it hurts even more to have you so close when you’re this
oh it sucks that you’re not the same
were you changed by this process or fame?
oh what i wouldn’t give to have back the you that i miss
get wrecked at the season’s end
get wrecked for us both, my friend
get wrecked so we can all be free
best of luck to you and me
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8. |
beep or bleat?
02:50
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do androids dream of electric sheep?
and if they do,
do they beep or bleat?
do robots ever make friends?
or are they all just a
means to an end?
check maintenance log six
for presence of caprines
arithmetic dictates
that you are now dead weight
slowing this rocket bus
but not ejected
would that not make it “sus”?
do we possess a soul?
does it exceed the speed of light?
can it escape black holes?
do we still have a chance to fight?
results are still uncertain
what follows final curtains
so let’s not wait around
and abandon this town
and head for new horizons
is this an exercise in futility?
how do you theorize
we cheat gravity?
is it finally time
we accept our fates?
say our sayonaras
and call it a day?
the same as with death,
until our last breath
chances are non-zero
hold on and pull through
I don’t understand you
please install japanese module
do we possess a soul?
does it exceed the speed of light?
can it escape black holes?
do we still have a chance to fight?
results are still uncertain
what follows final curtains
so let’s not wait around
and abandon this town
and head for new horizons
correct pitch by minus zero point zero three one
engage dorsal thrusters
hold on to your aft ends
engage boosters in three, two, one, ignition
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9. |
your friend, salmon
04:03
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I’m just a fish cannon out at sea
(I’m just a fish cannon out at sea)
a feeling that's close, and that is on me
(s feeling that's close, and that is on me)
I’m being a little silly and that's alright
(I’m being a little silly and that's alright)
I don't say a thank you when I fight
(I don't say a thank you)
I’m going back in streams, falling back in time
(swimming in the stream again and again)
me and my friends, they say it's alright
(it’s alright, it’s alright)
I’m helping you out, they say it's okay
(everything’s for you and that’s ok)
when I’m being shot sixty miles per hour a day
(shot again and again and again…)
I'm just a salmon on the way go
I'm just a salmon on a cannon
I'm just a salmon on the run
I'm just a salmon going home
I'm just a salmon feeling great now
I'm just a salmon feeling great
I'm just a salmon going away now
I'm just a salmon saying, hey-
I’m taking notes today, I’m seeing all the runs
(I’m taking notes today, I’m seeing all the runs)
took another from the Firefighters, winning all those won
(firefighters, back again)
I’m sorry, is it okay, I’m sorry if this hurts
(flew too hard that time)
I didn’t mean to slap you on the face
that’s where it worked
(sorry again and again and again…)
I'm just a salmon on the run taking everything out
I'm just a salmon on the run taking everything out
I'm just a salmon on the run falling back in the stream
I'm just a salmon on the run taking everything back
I'm just a salmon on the run taking everything back
I'm just a salmon on the run taking everything back
I didn’t mean to [ELSEWHERE] when I shot them out
I didn’t mean to [ELSEWHERE] and I shot them out
I just-
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks with me
I’m taking sharks
I’M TAKING SHARKS WITH ME
I’M TAKING SHARKS WITH ME
I’M TAKING SHARKS
I’M TAKING
I’M TAKING SHARKS
I’m just a salmon on the run
and they say it’s okay
they ask me, “Little salmon, are you fine at the end of the day”
and I say, “Maybe you should look at those you’re familiar with”
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blank slate
03:18
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as I sit looking at the stars
marvelling at how we got this far
thinking how it's just another day
before the Black Hole gets us all
all we've built it's swallowed whole
it's like we never saw this place
and all the things we never did
they're still standing up ahead
but the world is empty
the slate is clean
it makes no odds
that you've joined the dots
cause our world is empty
the slate is blank
yet again I'm looking at the sky
but this time I'm wondering why
it's dark and cold
why do I feel so old?
I think it's that I'm where I'd go
all those 51 years ago
to write you letters
on how it could be better
and all those things we never did
they're still standing up ahead
but the world is empty
our slate is clean
it makes no odds
that you've joined the dots
cause our world is empty
our slate is blank
the slate, the slate, the slate is blank
and now I know we can't go back
our slate, our slate, our slate is blank
and now I know we can't go back
the slate, the slate, the slate is blank
and now I know we can't go back
our slate, our slate, our slate is blank
and now I know we can't go back
(the lights are out and I'm so scared
of what I'll do when you're not there
the lights are out and I'm so scared
of what I'll do when you're not there)
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11. |
going rogue
04:50
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i'm gonna work until i die
as long as there's a sun in the sky
and even when the day is done
there’s always gonna be another sun
so i’ve gotta keep going
gotta keep up
and all of these orders
they all just keep building up
and i’ve only got so many hands
to hold myself up
but i can’t let go
where else would i go?
but i want to get out
gotta guard the gates of hell
while ringing that dinner bell
gotta keep track of all the gold
what everybody else is owed
i just need to take a break
it’s all too much
and all these orders
they all just keep building up
because i feel like i’m going to break
i’m breaking up
and i can’t hold on any longer
i’m worth more than this
so i’m going rogue
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12. |
gravedigger
01:57
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gravedigger, make me a shallow grave
I’ll be back again, just a couple of days
well I’m good enough, loved enough, bad enough to be saved
so, gravedigger, make me a shallow grave
I’m not one to be left behind
I’ll be dead and gone a few more times
well I’m good enough, loved enough, bad enough to be saved
so, gravedigger, make me a shallow grave
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we are the
garages, an anarcho-syndicalist blaseball band from the fictional location of seattle. we make songs about being gay, the apocalypse, and fighting the gods.
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