Smart

from Tunnel Out by Volvo Physics

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lyrics

if you will
it then
you're never get
it
so you gotta be cool

if you want it
then you'd better
pretend
like it's the last
thing you'd like for you

if you need
it then you'll see it
in your dreams
and then you'll know that
it's true:
that getting what you want
is the worst
thing
that can happen to you

i woke up in
a panic
scratching at my
hands
with my feet
i wondered
where you
were
before i threw up
in a bucket
and laughed myself
back to sleep
you're dead
i'm still alive
i love your memory
in my mind
i love the songs
you left
and the articles
you kept
unfinished

but everything you
wanted i got
its dust
and stupidand
everything
i'm doing
is a pale
imitation
of what you couldn't

all the countless
hours that I
spent on self-improvement:
it was a front
for you
to tell I'm smart
and now
my chest is puffy
at a cherished
institution
where i'm paid to
do science and art
cause life is a war
i got what i want
life is a war
tell me I'm smart
life is a war
i got what i want
life is a war
tell me I'm smart
i got what i want
tell me i'm smart

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from Tunnel Out, released April 1, 2021

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