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Paleobotany

by File Island

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1.
I miss Elli and I miss the doctor But I know that doesn't really matter Somethings just won't stay the same There are moments you can never recreate And that's okay
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3.
Green Eyes 01:05
I finally realized why I miss you so much, why I can't help but keep in touch The Summer of last year I was stuck in a road, the Summer of this year I will be stuck at home Green eyes, last night I had a dream about you, in that dream I walked right past you, you wouldn't call my name, it's always been the same You can't change a thing
4.
Eggy Toast 01:48
Please don't cry Tell me why You feel the way you do inside I've let you down before I'll let you down again Like the decrepit floor From back when you were ten
5.
Why don't you pick up the goddamn telephone?
6.
Tiny Socks 01:16
Back when I was in high school I wrote a song about these kids I thought I was going to have whenever I got out and I thought about it and I realized, I don't think I can bring, another life into a world I can barely stand But I think about these kids in my head, and their ity bity arms and their ity bity legs, I could hold my child's fist in mine, watch them smile in delight I think I could be an alright dad, I think there's something worth passing on, maybe it won't be that bad
7.
Everyone has to die sometime, alright, but why would that be you tonight, tonight 30 is far too young, you leave us far too numb And I haven't cried like this in years, so I don't think I can stop a single one of these fucking tears Everyone has to die sometime, alright, but why would that be you tonight, tonight There will be figures and pictures, memories I will never forget, conversations I might always regret, they will be figures, yeah they will be pictures Everyone dies, alright, not you, not tonight
8.
I'm sorry I, only call you when I'm drunk You're always on my mind, my sunken heart You're the only friend to stick through the bitter end Sweet like the drinks we can't afford after rent We're big girls now So I guess we have to learn how To cut our own hair when we need a fresh start And set fire to those who we used to love when I crash I will call you laughing and giggling Like, "hey i got into another accident" You'll be so worried, you'll be so scared You will tell me, reassure me, “there are those who care” I'm sorry, I am not one of them You can do what you want, when you want I don't give a fuck We're big girls now So I guess we have to learn how To cut our own hair when we need a fresh start And set fire to those who we used to love when I crash I will call you laughing and giggling Like, "hey i got into another accident" You'll be so worried, you'll be so scared You will tell me, reassure me, “there are those who care” But I don't
9.
I do not love I do not hate you, I feel nothing for you But if you want I can drink If ya want that can be your punishment But I assure you it is not your fault It is all on my own This hole in my heart, this gash in my heart It has been there from the start Because. Sometimes I want to run away from my problems Sometimes I wanna drink away my problems Sometimes I want to run away from my problems Sometimes I wanna drink away my problems Because, Sometimes, yes sometimes, I want to die Sometimes, oh sometimes, I want to die But tonight, yeah tonight the only thing I can do is lay down in my bed and cry Sometimes I want to die
10.
Sometimes I feel fit, sometimes I feel fat Sometimes I feel good, sometimes I feel bad I know a lot of it is in my head I know a lot of it is shit you said Like when you said you didn't like how I sing Like when you said you didn't like how I think Well sorry but I will sing what I want to Well sorry but I will think what I want to I wanna go home Leave me alone Sometimes I stay up when I want to lay down Sometimes I smile when I want to frown I know I can't just play guitar I know I can't just sing sad songs But it made you mad whenever I would The way, the way, your face looked It wasn't something I was getting used to You weren't someone I was getting used to I wanna go home Leave me alone!!!
11.
Back when I was 8, things were not so great I didn't have a lot of friends, and I played too many video games Antisocial behavior, I didn't like my neighbors I didn't like anybody till much much later It was all a lie I felt so sad inside I just didn't know how to talk I just wanted to run and hide And that's what I did, I went and I hid I was so stupid, oh fuck I was only a kid When I felt down, I'd go over to my virtual town I'd play with my virtual puppy and virtual cow It was all a lie I felt so sad inside I just didn't know how to talk I just wanted to run and hide
12.
Failure 01:44
I did it What’s wrong with me? I couldn’t help it Again and again I try and I fail
13.
RPGeez 02:29
Only thing I ever wanted to be, was champion of the indigo league, only thing I ever wanted to do, was roam the land of Ivalice chasing chocobos with you But you can't eat virtual crops, ya can't give a virtual fuck, you don't love me, don't even like RPGs Only thing I ever wanted was to be that dude from Harvest Moon, simple life, simple goals, but I am so afraid, I am so alone You can't eat virtual crops, you don't give a virtual fuck, you don't love me, don't even like RPGs
14.
Ciao 02:43
I have dreamt of being chased down my street By a little red man Monsters with insatiable appetites Who love the taste of meat (me) Well today while I was driving I swear to a God I don't believe in, I smelled just like my uncle I had his fucking scent (malevolence) I was so upset I have the blood of a murderer in my veins The visage of those her hurt her in my brain Everyone I love is dead or traumatized, I'm just here at peace How do you live, how do you cope, with sweet sweet release Ya don't Breath in, breath out

about

This really isn't album so much as it is a collection of all the songs I've recorded over the last year that I still sort of like now, I don't play a lot of these anymore and I most def don't play them the way they were recorded. But they exist and so here they are if ya want them. Paleobotany was what I was studying before I quit college.

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released October 24, 2014

All tracks: Manny on guitar, vocals, (tinykeyboard on track 8)
Track 4: Jazz keeping it fresh with them vocals & Georgery on drums
Tracks 9-10: Mac Attack on drums
Tracks 11-14: Georgery Venegas on drums

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A 4-Piece EmO band from various places in SoCal.
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