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TESTING MYSELF

from GLITTER TITS EP by RED STRIPE

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1. A(add9) Amaj7 Adom7
Em7 C7* B11 D#7

1. A(add9) Amaj7 Adom7
Em7 C7* B11 D#7
there is nothing wrong with my daily routine
but the cycle I'm married to spins a flaw that persists
like a neon sign burned behind my eyes
branded in a pattern that traps everything inside

2. F G9 A9
where do you think you're going,
building yourself
such a stupid reputation?

2. F G9 A9
in the circle effect
i fold under pressure
pulled in all directions

1. A(add9) Amaj7 Adom7
Em7 C7* B11 D#7
if you're expecting me
to make something real cool
with my artifice
you are sadly mistaken

2. F G9 A9
it's not in my nature
to be so composed
all of the time

3. F G9 C#m7 F#m7
Em7 C7* B11 Adom7
i'm treading water with no target
caught in screens behind my eyelids
drowned in narcissism
as a coping mechanism
for my own meaningless obstacles

2. F G9 A9
i got some of this
from animal collective
but mostly it's me

4. F G9 C#m7 F#m7
A9 A Amaj7 Adom7
still i try and keep it real with myself
i'm having the time of my life
in this chronic fatigue
i do nothing but eat bread
and sleep in my boyfriend's bed
and fall victim to gravity

5. A9 A Amaj7 Adom7
Em7 C7* B11 Adom7
i register reality
as abstract words and pretty harmonies
ambivalent to testing myself
as a measure of success

2. F G9 A9
if i do the things i do
and direct the cause effect at me
you can do the same to me

6. F#m7 Dm9 E7 B
i'm pulling a circle out of my wallet
to pay you with what you can't see
a nightly trip into the void
a day off on amphetamines

2. F G9 A9
i'm walking on a tightrope
swaying in a circle
smoking my own skin

2. F G9 A9
my veins intertwined
with the diamond diameter
lighting up the hologram

4. F G9 C#m7 F#m7
A9 A Amaj7 Adom7
i might as well just sleep the season through
and dream of my next life as a photograph
pulling lines off of a physics textbook
pretending to be smarter than i actually am

2. F G9 A9
when i have no idea
what's going on
most of the time

2. F G9 A9
i oscillate between
being a winner
and being a whiner

7.. Am9 Am A#dim7(?) F#m7b5
Am A#dim7 F#m7b5 C6/9
A#dim7 F#m7b5 C6/9 D9 A
i'm not expecting anything
and in this abysmal blankness
there isn't much i can do
but keep moving in the circle
make the same mistakes,
have the same success
i don't need to keep
testing myself
fainting in the gravity
until i break the cycle
until i am finished
until i am happy

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from GLITTER TITS EP, track released November 25, 2011

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