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The Fear of Missing Out

by Nancy

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1.
How the Hell Did That Fit on the Curb 02:11
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Hello my friend I've come to visit you because I have been so lonely Could you please not say a word The silence is so perfect right now Passing time and traffic can't help the noises they create Is it always peaceful here? The layers of accumulated skin and dirt were difficult to get though The way a life litters a curb causes me to reflect On every piece of fucking garbage how many sleepless nights were spent on that bed? And all the sheets of paper and treasures have turned to trash And are acting representatives of who you think you are Who do you think you are? Who do we think we are? Things are happening you could say they're going we'll for me I guess But I appreciate the time you take to ask me these things I would ask the same of you but I think it's clear to both of us And might shine an awkward light on the situation How can something so big fit on a curb? What kind of truck can carry that away? How can something so big fit on a curb? What kind of truck could carry that away? So, what do you say, the same time next week?
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The Fear of Missing Out 02:22
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I've had many scars And I'm conscious of these looks I've cried so hard that I've laughed at myself. I will no longer swallow pills. I'll shut you out when I am down I can sleep entire days and wake with my face soaking I am keeping I've run away from home before A secret from the world But I've never made it very far I curse regularly and I wake up really early I'm afraid of dying but not for myself I can't imagine anybody feeling that because of me I think I sing ok and I laugh t my own jokes Sometimes grammar is too important o let go I've sat on roofs on night I've kissed to shooting stars Captured snowflakes with eyelashes Fucked with my tongue so hard I am keeping I've run away from home before A secret from the world But I've never made it very far I curse regularly and I wake up really early I'm afraid of dying but not for myself I can't imagine anybody feeling that because of me
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Excellent Adventure 02:17
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I want to find a way to write myself into your history I don't care how long it takes Historically accurate topographical maps are the equivalent to these memories of your face Some limitations I know that you're aware of like this tendency to act like an ass Or how I never know when to shut up And this propensity to fall in love propels me to contemplate this full glass Can we communicate across this great divide I'm having trouble deciphering this Morse code of looks and smiles I want to be your world war 2 I want to affect you. I want to be your Great Depression I want to be your Cold War, I want to defect you. I want to leave an impression but I don't want to leave. Can we communicate across this great divide I'm having trouble deciphering this Morse code of looks and smiles
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Jamuel L. Snackson 02:17
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How much could you stand to lose? When choosy mothers choose the ultimate in days gone wrong But what else could I do? How could I ruin something so brand new? It was a final kiss, and I couldn't even take it back Containing some microscopic remnants of a peanut butter snack And it sucked the life right out of her This formerly delicious situation will never again lead to a friendly conversation Or an awkward confrontation There was a multicellular attack And there something left inside her but I couldn't bring her back And it sucked the life out of her, I think I really loved her Now what am I supposed to sit around and watch tv? Reflections of a ruined life I don't even want to look at me These memories are sticking to the roof of my brain I took one last look at her pretty face, seemed so far away I couldn't even fake a final embrace Now I'm living in an empty shell Separated ingredients delicious tragedy The basic structure is left intact There's something left inside me but my heart is turning black Cause I sucked the life out of her I think I really loved her
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It's Just Brown and Water 02:12
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I woke up at 6am to a phone call Don't bother coming into work, I thought he was busting my balls It had been raining cats and dogs, but either way it looks like I have got the day off And I'm going to love it I Opened my door to sunshine and water Knee high, deep and brown in the yard and its getting hard to believe And I wonder how can this be, happening to me on a day that is so beautiful and clear It is so beautiful the raw destruction Grab some belongings 3 days of food and water Oh yeah, please don't forget the cat Have you ever had your life turned upside down by disaster? And they forced us all to higher ground And this laughter is most likely the only sound that you'll hear from me As I beg and rouge and scrape and try to clean On thing that I have learned from all of this is what community really means. And this neighborhood and city will survive.
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Stupid Little Phone Call 02:08
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Today I felt a smile creep its way across my face And I left it their for a little bit because it felt so out of place I'm learning to appreciate all the little things that people do, when they care for you, Like a stupid little phone call You never know how weak you can feel Until something valuable is taken from you You lower your head and you start to give up And then something unexpected happens, it's out of the blue It culminates in the word friend. thank you. And they help you learn to stand again Thank you. You really need to learn to stand They can sit right by your side and neve say a word And their presence it can calm you Let the pain and hurt inside you flow Kind gestures and words will help you heal You just need to let this go But you fear and know that you can never be there as well as they have And the secret is you would never let them suffer either Look at this smile Look at this smile Look at this smile its all because of you
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Something Approaching Animal Cruelty 03:30
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No seasons change when you're locked inside a basement There's no adequate explaining this displacement Scratching boards, listening under locked doors can't kill this loneliness Empty justifications, you're splitting hairs One of these days maybe we'll trip you on the stairs? Convenience overruled when humanity objected just as we suspected We've got so much left to give We need a reason to try and live File those claws on concrete floors Tendons creaking under surplus weights that laziness and comfort foods create To feel the wind against your face To find a sunlit ottoman Or the highest place that anyone could reach Just reach out I'm not sure if I can take this anymore I don't remember asking you Seems like there's so much missing Why can't it just be like it was before Who could ever tell you that? It seems like there's so much missing and I don't want to hear more reminiscing We've got so much left to give We need a reason to try and live We've got so much love to give We need a reason to try and live
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Lying to Ourselves 02:56
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You can sing along if you want to But don't expect to find something you can believe You're disappointed with me, I'm disappointed with you We've taken bitter pills but it's hard to swallow these Opportunities fall apart We all want to be part of something So we stand and we sing to the blankest of stares Do we even care? And talk about how it was better before So we watch and we wait and we anticipate But are we lying to ourselves? Lying to ourselves You keep lying to yourself and we'll keep lying to ourselves, I'm trying to believe You can sing along, if you want to
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Injustice at the NICU 02:45
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I held my baby while you watched yours die I held my baby while you watched, yours slip away Knowing no comfort in this world his tiny lungs too weak to cry His purple fingers splayed They curtained off your grief too late Will you remember while we celebrate? While your son drew dying breaths we picked a middle name His life cut too short for amputation To kill the hopelessness I saw in your faces I almost wanted to trade places How much is too much to care About an impersonal injustice just because circumstances placed you there? This is my ribbon on my Write this on my passed out drunken face, Remind me every day Until the year I fade away or hit a semi in the passing lane To sing this birthday gift is the only thing I've got to give With a tear mixed with a smile, A funeral at our celebration Celebration
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You're Dead And All I Got Was This Oil Painting 02:46
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I'm not gonna say that it was too soon And I'm not gonna say that it was always on its way I'm gonna sit around and remember everything that you told me I'm not going to blame anything but the wind I'll loose this sob and hold my head I am sad but I want to believe that I'll see you again I am sad and I want to believe that I'll see you again I didn't think it would be easy By I didn't think that it would be so fucking hard You mean so much You were a part of who I am And now I've gotta keep going on without that piece ill never see again I am sad but I want to believe that I'll see you again I am sad and I want to believe that I'll see you again I am sad and I want to believ oh I want to believe I am sad and I want to believe that I'll see you again and I know that I won't I know that I won't. I know that I won't. I know that I won't .
11.
The Worlds Worst Financial Planners Agree 02:46
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Try this one on for size: We're pinching pennies that they'll put into our eyes Our scuffed wallets are ticking time bombs I can't repay these student loans you'll have to take it from my cold dead hands Why don't you buy yourself something really nice without even thinking twice Our swollen bank accounts are the cheapest of disguises You can put your stock in self-insurance but I have an alternative Let's all save a little less and spend a little more let's try something we've never done before Let's make plans to sell the plan Make time to stretch out on the sand and let the water lap at our toes I'm banking on a resolution that we should make the most of everything Rates of interest are increasing, credit lines are closed This will only take a little time, can we afford to wait This will only take a little time, can we afford to wait While we're working away our lifetimes cause it's all about making cents Let's all save a little less and spend a little more let's try something we've never done before Let's make plans to sell the plan Make time to stretch out on the sand and let the water lap at our toes
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Frintztrumental 03:07
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13.
There's No Aquarium In Gaithersburg 02:11
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There is no one to call I'm pretty much all alone It's 12 am, I'm sitting bored wishing at this phone Well I'm missing someone who can't possibly be thinking of me And it's adding up to something frustrating I'm thinking of you so I don't have to be alone There's no aquarium in Gaithersburg 3 other guys 1 van 11 days away from home There's no equivalent I think this hurts No one to call for me to tell these stories to There's no aquarium in Gaithersburg I'm wasting a life and keeping it all to myself I'm sitting in a new town, my life was threatened for the cost of a penny I've got no one to tell just why that shit is so funny to me A new depth of time and space, and I'm losing the race to wait it out, I'm nervous I've never been that good at this before I'm thinking of you so I don't have to be alone There's no aquarium in Gaithersburg 3 other guys 1 van 11 days away from home There's no equivalent I think this hurts No one to call for me to tell these stories to There's no aquarium in Gaithersburg I'm wasting a life and keeping it all to myself And this life is probably running me into the ground You're not wasting anything And this life is running in the red and I can't stop No, you're not wasting anything And I can't stop No I can't stop
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Allusion to Zombification 02:10
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Have you ever questioned the things that you hold dear? Can you hold your head up to look into your own eyes? He can lack of sunshine on the shortest day of the year Bring anything but smiles it just gets brighter from here Cn you ever believe that you've done the rut thing When you're acting like cattle for years not questioning anything Does it strengthen resolve or weaken the mortar? Cn you watch it resolve and then somehow restore it? Tomorrow can be so much better if you want it to Tomorrow will be so much brighter, do you want it too? Do we ever really know what we want? And how can we be sure of the right path that were walking on? Maybe the point is that everything changes? To sit and do nothing is nothing short of contagious. A crush to their head will bring them to their knees All it's taken for you was to question everything Tomorrow will be so much brighter, if you want it to.

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released December 12, 2007

Guitar/Vocals: Frank meier
Guitar/Vocals: Fritz Diddle
Bass/Vocals: Rob Kazmark
Drums: Brian Roy

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Nancy was a band from 2002 - 2009. It went from a 1 piece acoustic project to a full band. many people said many things about the band, most of the things said were "man...they're drunk". And they were.

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