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V (DENIHILISM)

by One-Trick Phony

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1.
The Apology Tour 03:57
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All aboard for the apology tour I've been saving a space for you Oh I could've done more And I should've before Wish I would've been there for you Oh but what can I say Anyhow, anyway Didn't carve out a space for you What I'm trying to say Is the rest of my days I'll be making it up to you I want to make it up to you Time after time You had to follow my lead as you fell behind, oh I've realized We had our eyes on the prize but we compromised, oh (We're not getting any younger, are we Becoming everything we hoped we might be) Nothing in life is as advertised, oh (I just really want to say I'm sorry There's no shame in ever saying sorry) It's long overdue but it's time All aboard the apology tour I've been saving this space for you I was careless before Oh but not anymore No, I'm making it up to you I'll keep trying to stay Thankful everyday After everything we've been through Oh it might be cliche But what more can I say Saying sorry was overdue
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Whiskey Sunset 03:20
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Everything I needed Has been here the whole time You showed me I Was wasting my time Always planning for the next move Always filling my time Thinking I'd find Myself in due time But now I see That you tried not to be So hard on me But this stone never bleeds Oh, I need you now And now I know I gotta keep it real somehow We're like the clouds in the sky After a whiskey sunset Glowing from the light Fading into the night ahead And we can't slow down Everything I needed Has been here the whole time You showed me I Was wasting my time Always planning for the next move Always filling my time Hoping I'd find Myself in due time Predictably Getting sick of the spin Time and time again The resentment sinks in Oh, that's over now Now I know, I gotta keep it real somehow We're like the clouds in the sky After a whiskey sunset Resonating with the light Of our hope and our promise As we fade into the night Giving into the darkness instead
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Under the Harvest Moon 04:38
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I don't know Which way to go Paralyzed, thanks to lies, we were sold It's a side effect Of growing old When you realize, what you compromised The consequence of doing as you're told I lost a little piece of me Along the way, I noticed that we Were slowly giving up on our hopes and dreams Oh, I'm Still waiting for the day when we Sip champagne Under the harvest moon Simple days Oh where'd they go Filled our time Blindly chasing shortsighted goals That was a long, long time ago Running naked through the streets at night No cares at all, doing anything we liked But now it's hard to find our way in the dark And now We can't ignite a fire without a spark I think it's obvious and we can agree That we Can't live in harmony with no melody I lost a little piece of me Along the way, I noticed that we Were slowly giving up on our hopes and dreams Oh, I'm Still waiting for the day when we Sip champagne Under the harvest moon What I would give to feel that way again I want to live my life that way again What I would give to feel that way again I want to live my life that way again Maybe someday We'll raise a toast Celebrating successes and failures, both Here's to all of it Maybe fulfilling that promise will outweigh the promise of being fulfilled
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On Warner Road 03:49
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I can't remember much about it But I know I'll never forget it What life was like On Warner Road And whenever I get nostalgic It kinda hurts to think about it Cuz life was good Oh life was good On Warner Road Those days we didn't have a clue The path to take was Simply up to you Stopped trying to be cool Racing home from school Just to hang with you Our only currency Was authenticity Still, we couldn't see How fleeting joy could really be Somewhere down the line Our lives got intertwined Became a knot we can't untie Maybe we were great Maybe we were fools Trusting the ignorance of youth In time we split apart But look at all the art We made on Warner Road Brothers and sisters Original hipsters Living the good life We had no idea Those were the days we had no right to complain Did whatever, whenever, we'll never be the same We did alright before our youth slipped away That's life And nowadays it's hard to wake up each day Every night, every day, is the same, it'll be okay We might look older but we still feel the same Inside We'd philosophize And hypothesize With stars in our eyes We'd chase the light Like the clouds in the sky We're just passing by Just passing by Still, after all the years gone by It holds a special place In our hearts and minds Oh it was the best of times On Warner Road
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New Babylon 06:24
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Had the best of intentions But it brought out the worst in us There was a line we defined But somehow we lost it Shouldn't have crossed it We're in New Babylon Now we talk like we're speaking in tongues, how'd it all go wrong Our tower towards the heavens' come undone We're so tired and jaded And we feed off of hatred, now Is the time for us to Bear all our crosses Or sever our losses Morality Only holds us together if we maintain sanity Nothing changes if nothing changes and that's on us You can tell me I'm wrong and you're right Whatever helps you get through the night We're getting tired of fighting the fight Holding on with all of our might We'll be living the rest of our lives Debating whether there's truth to your lies I say that everything's gonna be fine But I don't know if we've got enough time We'll find our way We've gotta find our way We'll find our way Maybe today's the day How many times have I told ya It's not about you So wake me up when it's over I'm out of love to give you How many times have I told ya It's not about you So wake me up when it's over I'm out of love to give you We'll find our way Maybe today We'll find our way We've gotta find our way We'll find our way Maybe today's the day Gotta find a way
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Ramble On 05:46
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I don't know which way I'm going Don't know how far I've come Any way the wind is blowing Is the way I'll ramble on Oh, things get harder, every day There's a lot that's not worth knowing But I know where I belong When I have to grin and bear it I know I'm not the only one Oh, I'm getting stronger, every day Ooh, all the love songs I write you make you feel sad Make you feel sad Never know what I should say My love... I don't know which way I'm going Don't know how far I've come Oh I know that I should listen But instead, I ramble on Oh, it makes no difference anyway There's a truth you can't deny A voice calling from inside Telling you it's time to run away So I compartmentalize Keep it bottled up inside Oh these days, oh these days Oh you get what you get and you don't get upset Gotta carry the load somehow No, you can't run or hide so just keep it inside Either build it or tear it down Oh it's my way or the highway But I can't let you down Yeah it's my way or the highway No, I won't let you down Ain't nobody got a plan for us Ain't nobody got a plan for us Ain't nobody got a plan for us Woah Ain't nobody got a plan for us Ain't nobody got a plan for us Ain't nobody got a plan for us So ramble on Oh you get what you get and you don't get upset Gotta carry the load somehow No, you can't run or hide so just keep it inside Either build it or burn it down Oh you get what you get and you don't get upset Gotta carry the load somehow No, you can't run or hide so just keep it inside Either build it or burn it down So ramble on Ramble on Just ramble on Ramble on
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The Four One Three 04:51
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I must admit I never thought I'd be Still living in the 413 I think that something must be wrong with me Starting over always was the dream Somewhere new where there's no guarantee Instead, I settled for complacency I never really tried to make the leap Never forged the opportunity I know I should have now, and that's on me Now I don't have the time to wait and see Gotta find a way to be at peace Cuz I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be What is happiness Is it wealth and excess Or is it living with less All alone with my thoughts The haves and have nots Our existence is fraught With expectations Oh I thought it might change When I got a bit older But the greener the grass The more it's covered with clover Everybody's got plans Or a chip on their shoulder Do the best that we can Cuz the fights never over Finding good friends Can be terribly hard So if your crew is ride or die You know how lucky you are Maybe it's not like Bedford and Grove But they'll be there for you Yeah, you know when you know All I want is some contentment No regrets and no resentment I'm content, with the way, things are I'm content, with the way, things will be I'm proud, of my life, so far And I'm grateful Oh so grateful To be living In the 413
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Trembling Tiny Stars 04:00
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In spite of all the things I've had to say I'm just a one-trick phony Keep giving out advice when I should Listen to myself It's nothing but imposters syndrome Nothing out of the ordinary Although it isn't easy You gotta learn to love yourself I know this lack of confidence is Not allowed But I've been living in a constant state of fear Of letting you down The days of getting lost inside my head are Over now I'm positively negative that This is the last time Just like the last time In a galaxy of darkness We're all trembling tiny stars Taking comfort in the chaos Nobody knows Who we are I thought I had it all controlled But I learned to let it go Cuz no one's getting out alive We act like everything's great, we put on a show But everyone's living in denihilism Oh I hoped we might change but we refused to grow As we speed toward a collision with a cataclysm I know there's no master plan We're just stardust and arrogance
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What's the Point of Anything 03:54
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This is the portrait of the artist Or so the story goes A young man with a confidence In what he doesn't know Living in, the here and now Was his sole philosophy Eschewing all the scriptures Riddled with hypocrisy Don't think about the future All time will come to pass Being present in the present Is what gets us through the past Recite the Buddhist mantras Because the end is coming fast And living in the moment Is what makes the good times last And though the existentialist Finds pain in everything Obsessed with death, and time that's left Until it's lost its sting So if our lives are meaningless And life is suffering Why this urge, to search for more What's the point of anything Visions of a vagabond Dusty cap and canvas sack Always squinting towards the sunset And the chips against him stacked Blind faith will lead you forward Bad luck will set you back If the pleasure's in the journey The destination will not last He thought he'd live like Kerouac But the only stone he ever rolled Was up a hill, like Sisyphus Never found his open road Yes the vision was a fantasy Doubt was the shadow cast Which darkened the light inside him And so the decades passed Hydrangeas on the table wilt But still, their perfume lingers And the creases of his skin hang soft Around his cold and crooked fingers In spite of all his life's regrets Stillness was the kiss of death And so our great protagonist Draws slow his final breaths Remembering the man he was So cavalier and bold Before the grim finality Has firmly taken hold So revel in your failures And the enlightenment they bring If you don't Then what's the point Of anything
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House by the Sea 03:54
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Spend our lives Counting the days Who knows how long we've got here Everyday All work and no play In hopes of getting there Spend our lives Counting the days Who knows how long we've got here Everyday All work and no play I hope we can get there I find That feeling confined Is a sign You got used to the grind Just be what you want to be Cuz inside of you You know what to Believe I want to live In a house by the sea Don't need anything else Besides you and me Just want a good life Then die peacefully Don't need anyone else But you next to me We'll build a home Made of glass and marble stone It's a long and winding road Into the great unknown So when we say goodbye To the stars in the sky As we're swallowed by the sea I promise you My love is true Believe And I guarantee One day we'll be living In our house by the sea We've made a good life But hold on to our dream Cuz I know that we'll get there Eventually Eventually
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Closure 07:56
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It took a while for me To muster up the courage Fifteen years have come and gone Like fifteen minutes (I could have had) A less productive more destructive midlife crisis (Swallow your pride) Swing for the fences, hold my breath And hope I don't miss Everyone needs someone Or something strong, to hold on to Whether you're satisfied Or sad and blue, is up to you Oh I've missed going places Seeing people And doing things I never realized I Took for granted So many things We may be bound Feel upside down Hoping things will turn around Tried to be patient so we waited But things got overcomplicated Hope we make it through As if that's up to you Just to love And to be loved Might be enough As all my maladies And my anxieties Are preserved in melodies But for better or worse It's verse chorus verse To infinity And though I know that nothing changes I'll sing my songs and celebrate it It's been a long long long long road But we made it

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released October 1, 2021

All songs and lyrics written and performed by David Blanchard
All music and instruments performed by David Blanchard
Ken Blanchard plays lead guitar on "Under the Harvest Moon"
Jordan Linville plays keys on "Ramble On"
Colin Toomey plays guitar on "The Four One Three"
All mixing, production and mastering by David Blanchard
All album art by Matthew Cowles

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