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Ode to Youth

by mzii

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Ben Winter Just playing your lovely tunes as we have a game of monopoly here xxx
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1.
Dare 03:47
You think it’s disgusting how easily I can write a song I think it’s disgusting how easily other people get along But here I am with my music and lyrics instead of consequences Instead of what’s going on in my daily life, I suppose it’s just one of my defenses Can’t be fired from a one man show as much as you wanna see me go (many times) I think it’s apt that the sky is heaven; everything is perfect but us The aliens must think of Earth as heaven, when they get here they’ll make such a fuss But here I am dreaming of times when people ask me interesting questions For now my reflections will have to do, we can safely ponder our redemption Can’t be fired from a one man show as much as you wanna see me go (many times) (To protect from evil, to protect from harm, from anything that might set off my alarms)
2.
Ode to Youth 03:02
I’d like to dedicate this song to my twelve year old self: terrified of growing up I am noisy inside, let me sell a piece of my mind The part that makes me care, I don’t wanna, don’t wanna care At all for this Find a beast and cut him up, I’ll never let him curse my luck It’s my favourite kind of show and you know I wouldn’t wanna miss It all for this Set me loose in a jungle and I’ll go wild Lock me in this room and I’ll go insane I’d say it’s the fault of everything around me, But apparently it’s just my teenage brain Aaaaaahhh never wanna grow up (x4) Terrorise the avenue, I got my friends I got my crew Occupying pavement, living just to make a dent in Our bucket lists Mess with her, fight me, I wanna leave a legacy Truth or dare, cut my hair, I will never play fair Don’t want to marry, or kiss Set me loose in a jungle and I’ll go wild Lock me in this room and I’ll go insane I’d say it’s the fault of everything around me, But apparently it’s just my teenage brain Aaaaaahhh never wanna grow up (x4)
3.
(You won’t leave alive.) Welcome to the house of eternal madness The place where you will join the ranks of us immortals Go through with the blood vows, and take your place in the hall ‘Cause you are now, a monster’s daydream, after all Don’t be afraid, don’t let them take your blade Keep it by your side, where insanity resides Not quite within, just as close as you keep your skin (Just as close as you keep your skin) Whatever they give you, don’t drink it. It will change you into one of them. Into …into… w-what are they? I don’t know. I’ve never gone in the house. You’re mad for trying. You won’t leave alive - they’ll kill you in there. The house of eternal madness [laughs] you will die there. (You won’t leave alive.)
4.
Maybe I didn’t mean it, I don’t know Maybe I’ve lost all feeling, I don’t know Maybe this world is not real, it’s all in my head and the pain you feel Is a manifestation of my creation I’ve always hated making decisions I’d always pass the knife so I wouldn’t have to make the incisions Yes, no, maybe, I don’t know, I don’t know (many times) Maybe I’m destined for greatness, I don’t know Maybe my days are all wasted, I don’t know Maybe I’ll never succeed but my skeleton will be the seed Facilitating the life of a new breed When I die, put my bones inside A pot full of flowers, and let them devour me Yes, no, maybe, I don’t know, I don’t know (many times) When I die, put my bones inside A pot full of flowers, and let them devour me
5.
Retro 03:17
I was born at the wrong time, take me back Castles, big dresses crowns, yeah I live for that Milkshakes in the diner with the radio on All of history’s good good times are gone} Married off by the time I’ve hardly turned twelve To a man I don’t even know very well For the sake of my parents gaining livestock The last goat they had, well it’s in the pot I wanna live retro, all my kids getting polio Well I bathed last year, I’ll never do it again And I killed for this land so just tell me when I wanna live retro, get lynched because I tried to vote The priest says it’s a sin and I’m already cursed And then I’ll be stoned in front of the church Retro (x6) I wanna live, wanna live, wanna live retro I was born at the wrong time, take me back Roaring twenties in the jazz clubs, talking smack Peroxide blondes and a state of civil unrest It’s not like that anymore, you know we missed the best Times for girls, times for boys in the wartime Hundreds of thousands of lives lost at their prime The way we’d kill native people like animals The way we’d kill animals like they weren’t lives at all I wanna live retro, all my kids getting polio Well I bathed last year, I’ll never do it again And I killed for this land so just tell me when I wanna live retro, get lynched because I tried to vote The priest says it’s a sin and I’m already cursed And then I’ll be stoned in front of the church Retro (x6) I wanna live, wanna live, wanna live retro
6.
Love Hades 04:44
Rising from the depths, I hope I seem alright to you The air is so bright here, even when it’s night here, it makes me feel blue ‘Cause I prefer the darker side of the spectrum What a disappointment, this is not what I was expecting Choking on the pollen, I’m drowning in your flower crown You may be princess here, but you’d be my queen below the ground Darling, take my hand, I’m bringing you home to Neverland We’ll be surrounded by people who never age Persephone, I built your throne, of sentiment and human bone A beautiful life of prose just turn the page Don’t escape me now, you are the only thing I see There’s a gaping hole shaped just like your soul inside of me But there are voices asking me if I’m what you are worth Would it destroy you to be kept underneath the earth? Choking on the pollen, d-d-drowning in your flower crown You may be princess here, but you’d be my queen below the ground Darling, take my hand, I’m bringing you home to Neverland We’ll be surrounded by people who never age Persephone, I built your throne, of sentiment and human bone A beautiful life of prose just turn the page Golden flames will encase your head, your new crown as the ruler of the dead Strike fear into the hearts of enemies just by taking a breath, you can do as you please Can do as you please
7.
Good morning sister, are you awake? Sunlight is dawning, and soon will break I require your company across the hills Join me on an adventure full of excitement and thrills The trees will stand tall and so will we as we clamber through their hair Don't forget the sandwiches, but other than that I haven't a care Good morning sister, are you on the lookout? We're searching for a special plant upon which polo mints sprout Do you recall the way it used to be? With only just the two of us without number three The rooms were expansive places filled with hiding places, every one of them was where we wanted to be Visible breath and mud-caked wellies on the shoe rack of our grandmother's garage with the tyre swing all the children wanted to see Good morning sister, I am afraid. That I won't make it so much further past coming of age It doesn't seem so bad though, when you consider the alternative I'd far rather die happy and young than with a miserable life lived The trees would stand tall and so would we, if we clambered through their hair Don't forget the sandwiches, but other than that, I haven't a care.

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I made this album to raise funds for schools in Cambodia (to buy basic necessities such as toilets), because music is something I am decent at, and love doing. After hours and hours of working on this, I feel that it's at a level to be sold. But don't think of it as buying my music; think of it as giving to charity, with free tunes as an added bonus :D

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released May 1, 2016

All songs (including vocals and instrumentation) by mzii, apart from the beginning of Love Hades, which was a sample of Amelia Winter's voice. Thanks to my family, especially Amelia, my absolute favourite person in the universe ever; Ashvin, for listening and being my #1 fan; Junior for being an inspiration; the rest of PTO for the music experience; the Trifecta for the qual times and mems, and everyone else who has encouraged me and given me the confidence to go through with this.

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