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If You Lived Here You'd Be Home by Now

by Qwerty Mick

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1.
Weaned within a week but you know Not to clean a wound with a power hose So ya must harness this to beat the ego Or you are doomed to grieve what will not close But have you ever had better, man? Yeah, have you ever had better, man? Or do you wish you were a better man? So you could find someone to halt your development The pride of his life does not yet exist But he’s forever the eternal optimist He’s conditioned to value his existence On love interest opinions or past sexual experience And when the rest of the world is so perfect His words reverberate Within his vertebrae, they say: “Why do I feel such a need to relate?” Well it’s the same reason Wounds can’t be cleaned with a power hose But you no longer cross the road Even when the green man says it’s safe to do so But have you ever had better, man? Yeah, have you ever had better, man? Or do you wish you were a better man? So you could find someone to halt your development The pride of his life does not yet exist But he’s forever the eternal optimist He envisions a life lived different In which he switched all his ambition for a social fulfilment Cause when the rest of the world is so perfect His words reverberate Within his vertebrae, they say: “Why do I feel such a need to relate?” Well it’s the same reason Wounds can’t be cleaned with a power hose But you no longer cross the road Even when the green man says it’s safe to do so Cause you’re still embarrassed What ever did hit The eternal optimist?
2.
Graffiti literature As the only means Of spreading a word that isn't Institutionally stamped Graffiti literature Can't be my only release Because I will be painted over Before I get to speak Powerless in all walks of life But on this wall You can do what you like For the night But I've witnessed daily deaths of Dublin monuments When every semblance of culture is buried in cement And it will not end till there is nowhere else left But vibrant always arrives at derelict again And again, and again In memory Of fallen friends And their libraries Well then, well then Graffiti literature Can't be my only release Because I will be painted over Before I get to speak Powerless in all walks of life But on this wall You can do what you like For the night Just don't forget to let every word protest Against the creative cleanse of your own nest Or else it might be you who gets turned into the hotel next But vibrant always arrives at derelict again And again, and again In memory Of fallen friends And their libraries Well then, well then Graffiti literature Can't be my only release Because I will be painted over Before I get to speak Graffiti literature, why are you seen As more illegitimate than a publishing company? When money motivation means no history Is totally innocent of its author's schemes
3.
For infinite wisdom you should go google your symptoms List them off, await decision A weak immune system, and you always seem so distant Sir I'm afraid you've a case of chronic escapism Google your symptoms Has it ever offered reassurance? When institutions are your organs You sir, are a bark in the distance Blurring of your vision so you roar out good riddance But you'll miss your dissident spirit At least this burning symptom impedes reading conditions And the feeling of freedom will never diminish Google your symptoms Has it ever offered reassurance? When institutions are your organs You sir, are a bark in the distance
4.
Slumlord 04:01
Guilt free As he floods the streets Don't give an opportunist such opportunity Oh it's a deep social wound Now ask yourself: what has he got to lose? Cause money's his food And he craved a crisis To acquire a taste you have to have tried it Try stress surviving This private island When you're not a proprietor vampire It's overpriced in paradise Now if I was money, where would I hide? I'd set up an AirBnb A word to the wise Well guess who's back, back again It's our old friend; the boom, and he's searching for a room Must include: four walls and a roof But nothing else matters, cause beggars can't choose Maybe he'll commute Just like you And your oh so hopeful attitude But is it gonna save ya, man? Is it gonna pay your rent? Then you can't waste your energy on it It's overpriced in paradise Now if I was money, where would I hide? I'd set up an Airbnb A word to the wise The shame of a city As he finds a new hill and he becomes a king! The slumlord plays monopoly I call him a cheat but really he's just too good for me Target basic needs, that's the strategy King of the game In a way he's an athlete I need someone to flip the board Before we're done for It's overpriced in paradise Now if I was money, where would I hide? I'd set up an Airbnb A word to the wise
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What a Kip 03:44
I rise from aestivation And feast my eyes on the wasteland But it just looks the fucking same as My brain had retained it But this time, it felt like a vacation Gone is the fetishisation Of destructive behaviour I am stable and able In my newfound haven My boy, I have awakened I guess I'm spoiled in a sense With defence against The different kinds of loneliness Through heritage Today, today, today marks a new man Who'll be grateful for what he can And while human habituation withstands The cruel conditions won't break us, man I'm spoiled in a sense Even if you win again And I'd rather underwhelm Than not even attempt I'm spoiled in a sense Even if you win again And I'd rather underwhelm Than not even attempt
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Home 01:10

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All downloads come with the bonus track Banned From the Aux (the original opener of the EP) and an extended version of Google Your Symptoms.

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released March 4, 2022

Written, recorded and produced by Qwerty Mick
Mixed by Zach Deering
Artwork by Qwerty Mick

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