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Verse 1
The Heatwave has started again
The clothes have come off
It’s all bout to stop
When she gets involved
She went and took her own life
Teenage suicide
Another victim
Tryna die
Please don’t die
I want you here by my side
Hold you my whole life
You’re my only one
Chorus 1
Teenage Suicide
We all want to die
We’re tryna all die
Verse 2
Teenage Angst builds inside
My heart it’s double sided
Two lovers colliding
But it’s not my fault
Those two kids might as well
Just go and kill themselves
Cause I’m not offering any real advice
Im just a child
Bridge
Go now
Reflect on why
You had to go
And leave him
Go and leave him
Go Now (I’m a phoney)
He dies inside (I’m a fake)
Each time she calls out his name (I am nothing)
Calls out his name (I don’t even know your name)
Go now (I’m a phoney)
He wants to die (I’m a fake)
Every time he calls out your name (Ill betray you)
Calls out your name (I don’t even know your name)
Chorus / Outro
Teenage (I’m a phoney)
Suicide (I’m a fake)
We all want to die (I am nothing)
We’re tryna all die (I don’t even know your name)
Teenage (I’m a phoney)
Suicide (I’m a fake)
Brainwash my mind (I am nothing)
Makes me feel alright (I don’t even know your name
Teenage (I’m a phoney)
Suicide (I’m a fake
Im afraid to die (I am nothing)
No balls to take my own life
Some could say Im a phony
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OUTCRY FOR CHANGE
03:14
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So now
We all know what we’re tryn to achieve
Now that we’re on our own
The teachers left us
Our parents left us
We’ve got no place to go
So I run
And I won’t stop
Won’t stop
Till I find your hands to hold
Hold mind
I need you
You need me
on the other side
It’s dirty
Full of shitty people
It’s called real life
At our private school
We aren’t taught how to deal with
The ones who wish we’d just die
I won’t die
You won’t die
Cause we’ve got each other for life
Nothing can stop us
Except for a couple of powerful figures
Like a police man or the guy
who mixes our sound
If we aren’t nice
With a bad mix
We might end up sounding a lot like headlights
Die die
I don’t wanna die
Try try
I just gotta try
To live my life
And hold onto the little things
That make my life worth living
Cry cry
It’s okay to cry
The 21st century boys do cry
I just gotta understand
What it’s like
To be a young child with no guidelines
Change
Provoke change
Our world is dying
Stop fucking our lives
You old grumpy people
All we wanna do is thrive
And have children
But if I don’t make it to that stage of my life
What do I live for?
Just fuck pollute and
Die die
I don’t wanna die
Try try
I just gotta try
To live my life
And hold onto the little things
That make my life worth living
Cry cry
It’s okay to cry
The 21st century boys do cry
I just gotta understand
What it’s like
To be a young child with no guidelines
Bridge
Lines
Lines
Read between the lines
It’s not our time to shine
Shine
Time is nothing but a social contract
That we all signed
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1995 FANTASY
04:25
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I want to go, play with my friends outside
Cause I don’t know when they’ll take their lives
Ever again, people die at most random times
I hope you don’t, (please never leave my life)
1995, the year that shook our lives
4321, all those kids now own guns
Now they all run, forty two girls were shun
Thinking aloud, they fucking shot themselves
You go out
But now you’re stuck
You go out
Thinking aloud
You go out
But now you’re stuck
You go out
Today
Tell me you know
(How did I get here)
Get up and go
(Life lost conflicted)
You fumble you throw
(Guess id of known)
Baggage in post
(You left me low)
And, How why when where
Tell me every second here
your constellation in my brain that doesn’t disappear
you could give me hope fuck it give me trauma
Open my heart and let you deal with the drama
You go out
But now you’re stuck
You go out
Thinking aloud
You go out
But now you’re stuck
You go out
Today
SAX SOLO
1995
1995
1995
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KIDS
04:20
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When I know you know it's not right
And they do all the stupid things they do on a Friday afternoon
Cause I do all the things right sometimes I slip up
When I do I apologise
The kids are not all right
The kids are not okay
The kids are not all right
Because the kids are here to stay
So I go to your house another time
And we play black ops online
And we will tease and make fun of those kids
Who talk with a lisp Inside the server
Cause we think that that is alright
The kids are not all right
The kids are not okay
Because these kids they won’t be all right
Because the kids are here to stay
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WAITING
03:09
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I was dancing alone in my bedroom
You were singing out of tune from the next room
I was waiting to get a sign from you
You were waiting for your dreams to come true
But they never do
Stuck here still
Dreams made for two
I’m waiting for you
I was singing, along to 102
I was crying, I was thinking about you
You were laughing, your happier than me
Now I’m smoking, hope to not live past 23
G
But I never will
F
Too pathetic
G
Alone still
F
Waiting for you
Hoo hooo repeated
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The Funny Jims Brisbane, Australia
TFJ are a 7 piece, originally hailing from Townsville, have spent a number of years gigging the Brisbane nightlife circuit. With influences ranging from The 1975 to Deftones, with Elliot Smith and The Cure sprinkled on top, they thrive off their ability to do whatever they want, whenever they want. They never pigeonhole themselves into one sound. ... more
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