GENREMUT

“Hell... 
i know my place, how could I not? 
Carved this shit out myself, dissecting my thoughts 
Too different for you, your version of #truth 
Where we label each other til we all lose 
Built a new world, with friends from all over 
Where I can be me, no longer a loner 
Learning new shit every day I stay 
Grateful things turned out this way 🎵”

Sometimes it’s hard to talk to you 
Sometimes it’s hard to say the things I wanna say 
Afraid my thoughts are just too radical for your point of view 
Maybe it’s my ego or my own insecurity shining thru 
It’s easy to believe something, little harder to come up with proof 

Fighting myself I go back and forth 
You can’t see it but I swear there’s more 

It’s everywhere I go I can feel it 
in ppl I don’t even know I see it 
Love in spite of differences killing hateful thoughts 
But to this day you’re the best proof ive got 
i still love u no matter what

“If you’re lookin for a reason to hate me 
You’re no doubt gonna find more than one 
Question is will that change things? 
Or just be more hate frying under the sun” 
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📸: @erikarock_ ✨

It’s cool if you can’t handle it 

My weirder side can be a bit 

Rough around the edges, to say the very least 

Never gonna shake the wild, living with the beast 

Scratching at the walls til it breaks thru the skin 

Heart first like a child chasing after a win 

Don’t mean nothing by it.. prob means I love you more 

If you’re close enough to catch debris you’re what I’m fighting for 

Me myself and I, filtering my mind 

I don’t wanna cause more pain trying to survive 

when I miss the mark, I circle back to find 

Unexpected casualties counting out my crimes 

With no way to change it I try to re-examine 

My walk my talk for any flaws and then I just imagine 

How today would look if I chose another path 

Then pack that lesson and keep running cause there’s no goin back

Lookin around I can’t help but wanna... 
#scream 
Till the whole room scatters 
Windows shatter 
Rules rip at the seams 
Scream 
Sayin judge me baby 
Tired of waiting 
Love me or set me free 
Jump or back up please 
Try it feels good to scream 
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#songwriter #newideas #genremut #nashvillemusicscene #realliferealmusic #saturdaynight

“I’m a #longshot at best 
#Offbeat in your chest 
That makes you wanna jump before you think about the rest 
I’m the chill on your #skin 
That hits when it sinks in 
You can’t go back, there’s no rescue, 
til you reach the end 
- 
Living in the gray 
Walking thru the #haze 
You’re #neveralone 
Even when it feels that way 
Staring at your shoes 
Still stepping just to prove 
You’re stronger than the hurt that’s built its home inside of you” 
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#goodmorning #lyrics #thinkingoutloud #stayweird #loveeachother #findyourpeople

what if #thebottom is just a #newstart 
Drill through another layer of heart 
Tougher and tougher the closer you get 
To the original scar... 
- 
Maybe I’ll find my reason 
At the end, right before leavin 
Like a fading ember in the dark... 
Or maybe just more questions 
intriguing suggestions 
Like a pocket of fumes for my final spark 🌋 
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#thinkingoutloud #sparkinthedark #genremut #layersonlayers #heavyheart #keepwondering til you find the #brighterdays

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“I swear his #halo might blind me before I get close enough 
To really find out what he keeps under that layer of #magic #fairydust 
Oh I’m #addicted to... the way that he talks, the way that he moves 
Damn misfit’s already made me his fool 
Screaming can’t kick the #obsession so take me to #heaven with you 
- 
Lord you must have lost one down here on #earth 
Been fighting off #temptation but it just makes it worse 
Begging can I keep him if I get to him first 
I know how it ends but i love how it hurts 
When my heart finally loses control 
#Havemercyonmysoul 
Falling for fallen angels” 
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#latenightthoughts #songwriter #fallenangels #genremut #lyrics

Careful who you #worship careful who you #love 
But don’t ever let the #struggle talk you into giving up 
There’s #hope in the streets if you look close enough 
Souls tired of hatred shakin off the dust 
Fighting for each other like a #rebel flame 
Burning thru the bull shit learning how to play 
The systems sneaky game without goin #insane 
If there’s power in numbers we’ll be ok 
Cause we can be better, together, even if the world dont change ✨❤️ 
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#2020 #thinkingoutloud #electionnight #bettertogether #keepfighting #nomatterwhat #powertothepeople #iloveyou ❤️

World feels extra weird right now... sending extra love ❤️ #gonnabeokay ✨ 
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“Falling like a rock, when I finally hit #thebottom 
They’ll have their perfect reason for calling me the problem 
Oh I should just go home, fold into the sold 
But the idea makes me wanna explode 
- 
Oh I just need a #safeplace to land 
Cause I’m screaming #mayday again 
- 
If I go down 
Will you still love me? 
Hold my hand even if our plans land on the other side of maybe 
Yeah if I go down 
Will you come find me? 
Cause id do it for you, walk thru hell it’s true 
Call me #crazy 
Only if I go down 
- 
Don’t know how much longer I can run from the itch 
Before it turns itself into a full blown twitch 
Been shaking for a week now 
Tryin to lay it all down 
But I don’t know where any of it goes 
- 
Oh I just miss my steady hands 
Shit... I’m screaming mayday again 
- 
If I go down 
Will you still love me? 
Hold my hand even if our plans land on the other side of maybe 
Yeah if I go down 
Will you come find me? 
Cause id do it for you, walk thru hell it’s true 
Call me crazy 
- 
Oh but I’ve been thinkin bout it hard 
Shit rolls round and round #myheart 
Like a #bumpercar with #Unbreakable parts 
Got dents in the side, walls are #compromised 
just tell me you’ll be there when I open my eyes... 
if I go down” 
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#goodvibes #lyrics #writing #illbethere #lovesongs #hair #brainfood #snarl 🦏

“Institutionalized 

waking up paralyzed for the first time 

When i was 19... i 

learned to check my pride 

Put it in its place i did, learned how to forgive 

Every ass hole that crossed my path 

But somethin back fired and i could only love 

Hearts too weak to love me back 

• 

I swear it was  

the booze still calling me it’s baby 

ain’t had a drop in years but the shit still drives me crazy 

pulls me in just to break me 

Million pieces on the floor 

still screaming I can fix things 

Plays me like an old mandolin 

Don’t matter if I ever drink again 

Booze will be what finally takes me 

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I tried to save him 

Cut him open, rearrange him 

I tried to change him 

And for that I was wrong 

He said I’m angry 

At the world at everything in me 

So i tried to make him happy 

but he was already gone 

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Booze took another baby 

I ain’t had a drop in years 

but the shit still drives me crazy 

pulls me in just to break me 

Million pieces on the floor 

still screaming I can fix things 

Plays me like an old mandolin 

Don’t matter if I ever drink again 

Booze will be what finally takes me...”

“I’m a #longshot at best 
#Offbeat in your chest 
That makes you wanna jump before you think about the rest 
I’m the chill on your #skin 
That hits when it sinks in 
You can’t go back, there’s no rescue, 
til you reach the end 
- 
Living in the gray 
Walking thru the #haze 
You’re #neveralone 
Even when it feels that way 
Staring at your shoes 
Still stepping just to prove 
You’re stronger than the hurt that’s built its home inside of you” 
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#goodmorning #lyrics #thinkingoutloud #stayweird #loveeachother #findyourpeople

I’ve had enough but what am I gonna do? 
Just give up? 
Well that’s a sure fire way to lose 
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Born to dream bigger than my situation 
Filter my words but don’t believe in hesitation 
Most times it’s good some times it leads to more waitin 
For my heart and the world to land on the same station 
It’s alright 
Longer I stay here... I 
Realize 
The only consistent thing is time

How ya doin? Better and better 
Been tryin to get my shit together 
Storm clouds in waves, terrible weather 
Kept me away but nothins forever 
May slow to a crawl when my backs to the wall 
But times never stopped cause trouble called 
So I fuel up and ride the fire inside 
Knowing I’ll probably burn up ‘fore I fly 
but that pile of ash will be proof that I tried 
To live my life instead of just hide

#toointense .. sure #thatsme 
But I don’t know how else to be 
Tried to tame it but it just got worse 
Guess I pissed off the #freak that came first 
Don’t matter if I wear her on the out or inside 
She’s always gonna burn hot and bright 
Holding her in could turn these organs to #ash 
So I figure 
might as well let her light up my path

New friends a robot 🤖 
Bought him off the late night tv machine 
Called up this stranger 
He said ‘hey! Buy one get one for free’ 
These guys will wash your clothes while they cook you dinner for three 
I said but what if I just need 
A little company? 
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He said no problem 
I run dating sites with match guarantees 
Whatcha into? 
Big buff, clean cut, or more care free? 
No lie they’ll wine and dine your wildest fantasy 
I said but what if just need 
A little company? 
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He transferred me to his sister 
Misfit with a doctor degree 
5 minutes into talking 
And She was diagnosing me 
Stage 4 lonely 
this pricey pill will set you free 
I said but what I just need 
a little company? 
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So I hung up the phone 
turned off my old Shitty tv 
Grabbed a flannel 
and started the search for my keys 
Out the drive into the night 
Looking for a heart like mine 
Oh cause I think I may just need 
A little company

She’s #vegan 
Loves #Jesus 
And braidin #hippiehair in the sun 
Digs #bluegrass 
But #rock too 
Hell baby it’s whatever you want 
- 
Pretty much nothin to argue with 
Finally found a 10 out of 10 
But if she’s so great why you still popping up 
My phone like a strobe says you can’t get enough 
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Say what was that baby? 
you can’t forget me? 
Pretty sure you were warned... 
it wouldn’t be easy 
Didn’t know I broke the skin 
til I was coursin thru your veins 
Yeah, You took a piece of me 
...Like a bullet to the brain

“Tell me bout it..so you’re angry now 
Now that it burnt your city down 
Cryin cause you lost somethin Physical shit you can build again 
Where’s the resurrection 
for the victims of your oppression 
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Don’t wanna think 
fuck the police 
everytime i see a cop roll by 
But that’s how I feel resentment won’t heal 
Till they do what’s right 
Stead of watching while others 
Gun down and smother 
Anybody who ain’t white 
You swore to protect me 
me and my family 
That lie was the true crime 
Cause now u can’t help but think 
Fuck the police 
Everytime I see a cop roll by” 
- 
Shy about it better run and hide 
No ignorant soul gonna make it out alive 
Can’t ignore cops shootin kids in the face 
With gas bean bags bullets and mace 
While Mothers are askin why they gotta lose everybody they love to this fight 
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Nah Don’t wanna think 
fuck the police 
everytime i see a cop roll by 
But that’s how I feel resentment is real 
Till they do what’s right 
Stead of watching while others 
Gun down and smother 
Anybody who ain’t white 
You swore to protect me 
me and my family 
That lie was the true crime 
Cause now u can’t help but think 
Fuck the police 
Everytime I see a cop roll by 
- 
Now Every citys burnin 
Anger finally spikes 
War in the streets all day and all night 
No justice no peace 
World won’t be satisfied 
Til everyone of em takes a knee 
At the feet of the ones that survived 
- 
Cause Nobody wants to think 
fuck the police 
everytime they see a cop roll by 
But the fear is very real resentment is real 
Till they do what’s right 
Stead of watching while others 
Gun down and smother 
Anybody who ain’t white 
You swore to protect me 
me and my family 
That lie was the true crime 
Cause now u can’t help but think 
Fuck the police 
Everytime I see a cop roll by”

Riot gear beating and shooting 
kids cryin mace in the streets 
Shot in the back while running away 
that statement alone should make you break 
- 
Break away 
from the same old way of thinking 
Break away 
from the killing with no reason 
- 
Yeah If you aren’t fighting to stop the hate and violence 
I swear you might be part of the problem 
hide behind compliance your weakness got you silenced 
when we could be the ones to solve them 
maybe we’re watching different stations 
Love lost in our frustration 
looking back honey what do you think will see 
That time we change the world 
or just another missed opportunity”

 Shrapnel from a past life gives away my position 
Lodged Inside my heart where I make the big decisions 
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He can’t see it but I can feel it pull 
Sitting on my hands tryin to stay cool 
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Baby don’t let me down 
Been lookin for a way out too 
Lost in the city sounds 
Tired of the same old view 
I’d been reachin for somethin new 
When I ran into you