Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner Album Lyrics

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Prisoner

[VTilian & Jon Mess]
Do you crave a greater reason to exist?
Have you always known that symmetry is bliss?
We know you see the pattern
Lay in your lap, think of your path
Philosophy don't bother me, come back when you're trash
You are welcome here but you must come alone
You know everything is everywhere is home
Do you see it?

[ Tilian]
Prisoner, prisoner
We found you
We feel you breathing
Are you there?
Can you hear us calling you?
We'll never judge you

[Jon Mess & Tillian]
Run out of battery
Learn how to patronize
You gotta obtain, sustain, that guy
No time to make a deal today
We just push that other guy outta the way
Nothing's in a vacuum
Space-time has no value
We're all connected on this wave

[Tilian]
Prisoner, prisoner
We found you
We feel you breathing
Are you there?
Can you hear us calling you?
We'll never judge you

[Jon Mess]
They spoke with potent pain
To all that's broken
To tears in rain
But every side was the same
No coin to flip

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
Give yourself a medal, you just met the devil
You're the last in the world to find another false god
Give yourself a medal for dancing with the devil
You're the last in the world
Come back down to crippling doubt
Well, Billy backs abortion and eye cream
Smokes a pack of Christian Bale and f*cks on an island
Well, smooth as oscillation of sine waves
Get off the high horse and fly the spy plane
Classic acid, put me back in the casket
Weave me into the fabric
The filter is freaking out

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Lyrics Lie

Tilian]
I need to take some time off, focus on my brand
Learn to love myself for who I am
Find my destiny written in sand
And let it all go to my head

[Jon Mess]
See, I feel my slit get wrist tight
Written on my mitten
Feeling angry, go-go, night-night
Me go feed the pigeons
Well, some of you guys asked about
How I fit this in my mouth
Well, there's a link below my pout
Entrepreneurs rule, yeah

[Tilian]
It was real, real nice to meet you
Hope you learned what I had to teach you
Got my chips stacked up to beat you, beat you
If the world doesn't defeat you
If the mob doesn't delete you
Nobody even really needs you anyway

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
Remember when we felt alive?
No, I don't think so
Remember when we almost died?
That never happened
Remember when you tried to kiss her
But she was gay and liked your sister?
I don't remember at all, I guess sometimes lyrics lie

[Tilian]
Read some Plato, Faulkner, read some Rand
Photos on Mount Fuji in Japan
Went to Paris, Rome, and Kyrgyzstan
And let it all go to my head
Now I'm all cultured and educated
Quite qualified to be the one that made it
I've got what it takes to inspire you

[Jon Mess]
Some of you guys asked about
How I fit this in my mouth
There's a link below my pout
Entrepreneurs rule, yeah

[Tilian]
It was real, real nice to meet you
Hope you learned what I had to teach you
Got my chips stacked up to beat you, beat you
If the world doesn't defeat you
If the mob doesn't delete you
Nobody even really needs you anyway

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
Remember when we felt alive?
No, I dont think so
Remember when we almost died?
That never happened
Remember when you tried to kiss her
But she was gay and liked your sister?
I don't remember at all, I guess sometimes lyrics lie

[Tilian]
Sorry, didn't mean to flex
Just sit back down and learn from the best
I was born with a silver spoon
Feeding me pure fortitude
Confidence and stamina
I'm focused like a camera
I am, I'm a goddamn animal
Oh, everything comes natural

[Tilian & Andrew Wells]
It was real, real nice to meet you (Real, real nice to meet you)
Hope you learned what I had to teach you
Got my chips stacked up to beat you, beat you
If the world doesn't defeat you (World doesn't defeat you)
If the mob doesn't delete you
Nobody even really needs you anyway

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Three Wishes

[Tilian]
Got to the bottom of the fallout, now you're back in my arms
We didn't listen to the mission, now we're back in a spar
You couldn't take another second, now you're back in the car
Another minute right back in it and we're falling apart

[Tilian]
I guess I'm still learning that your brain is bizarre
And maybe I'm a little crazy, but I won't break your heart

[Tilian]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Jon Mess]
Multiple stab wounds
Multiple stab wounds, yeah
Multiple stab wounds
Multiple stab wounds, yeah

[ Tilian & Jon Mess]
I won't tame you
I won't fade your shine
Won't restrain you
I won't break your stride
Only eight editions of the limited left
Authentic, new and precious, I'm completely obsessed
My mouth is open wider than the time I had sex
I knew you'd do this, you're awesome, bitch

[ Tilian]
I make offbeat noises with my little guitar
Always been a little crazy, but I don't think too hard

[Tilian]
Oh-oh-oh-oh (Don't think too hard)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Jon Mess]
Multiple stab wounds
Multiple stab wounds, yeah
Multiple stab wounds
Multiple stab wounds, yeah

[Tilian]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
I guess I'm still learning that your brain is bizarre
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Another minute right back in it and we're falling apart

[Tilian]
I won't tame you
I won't fade your shine
Won't restrain you
I won't break your stride
I won't tame you
I won't fade your shine
Won't restrain you
I won't break your stride

[Jon Mess & Tilian]
(Only eight editions of the limited left)
I won't tame you
(Authentic, new and precious, I'm completely obsessed)
I won't fade your shine
(My mouth is open wider than the time I had sex)
Won't restrain you
(I knew you'd do this, you're awesome, bitch)
I won't break your stride

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One In A Million

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
If you'd just wait for us
To return to where it came from
Just wait for us
You'd be young again

[Tilian]
Heal my demons
Make it dirty on principle
Kill my prison, oh
Oh-oh
Tip my demons
But I know they're unquenchable
Kill my prison, oh-oh
Oh-oh

[Jon Mess]
Now do what's suggested, become a bad father
Act famous, ask some woman to prepare you food
But you can't even use a computer
Talk like you invented dirt, then predict the future

[Tilian]
Heal my soul 'cause I'm one in a million
Be underwater 'til the end of time
I need a miracle to change my mind
I'm underwater, drowning 'til you
Heal my soul 'cause I'm one in a million

[Tilian]
Get straight, dominate
Dictate faith, don't tolerate
You gotta concentrate, conglomerate
(Hallelujah)

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
If you'd just wait for us
To return to where it came from
Just wait for us
You'd be young again

[Tilian]
Heal my demons
Make it dirty on principle
Kill my prison, oh
Oh-oh
Tip my demons
But I know they're unquenchable
Kill my prison, oh-oh
Oh-oh

[Jon Mess]
Looking through the lens with that malfunction
Night time seems so far away
Globes are spinning half as round
The feeling that we found was contagious

[Tilian]
Heal my soul 'cause I'm one in a million
Be underwater 'til the end of time
I need a miracle to change my mind
I'm underwater, drowning 'til you
Heal my soul 'cause I'm one in a million

[ Tilian, Tilian & Jon Mess]
Get straight, dominate
Dictate faith, don't tolerate
You gotta concentrate, conglomerate
Hallelujah
(Get straight, dominate)
(Dictate faith, don't tolerate)
(You gotta concentrate, conglomerate)
Hallelujah

[Jon Mess & Tilian]
All my anxious fear
It's not that I'm gone, I was never here
All my anxious fear
Heal my soul 'cause I'm one in a million
I was never even here

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Parody Catharsis

[Tilian]
We feel this way
Hiding from our pain and our mistakes
Vibrate the shame
Let these dirty veins go all the way

[Jon Mess]
I must be the worst and the best
'Cause the hole in my chest
Yeah, they think it's impressive
If art has to feel like this, do I parody catharsis?
Average things don't have a place
You starve, you stay in budget
Once I got what they want
They act like they don't want it

[PWill Swan]
Uh, got a leg up
Know when to sit down, when to get up
Uh, got a leg up
I killed the whole game, now I'm fed up

[CTilian]
Don't wanna be a shoulder to cry on
Don't turn the light on, don't tell me your name
I know you're hurting, but at the same time
I need to numb my blood 'til I'm okay
As the world is crumbling down, I'm falling in love
Don't need your politics, I'm focused
As the world is turning 'round, I'm cutting a rug
Don't need your common sense, I'm focused

[Tilian]
We feel this way
Hiding from our pain and our mistakes
Vibrate the shame
Let these dirty veins go all the way

[Jon Mess]
I must be the worst and the best
'Cause the hole in my chest
Yeah, they think it's impressive
If art has to feel like this, do I parody catharsis?
Average things don't have a place
You starve, you stay in budget
Once I got what they want
They act like they don't want it

[Will Swan]
Uh, got a leg up
Know when to sit down, when to get up
Uh, got a leg up
I killed the whole game, now I'm fed up

[Tilian]
Don't wanna be a shoulder to cry on
Don't turn the light on, don't tell me your name
I know you're hurting, but at the same time
I need to numb my blood 'til I'm okay
As the world is crumbling down, I'm falling in love
Don't need your politics, I'm focused
As the world is turning 'round, I'm cutting a rug
Don't need your common sense, I'm focused

[ Tilian]
This is where you blame it on the weather
Or blame it on the devil
Or blame it on whomever
You suck already
This is where you blame it on the weather
Or blame it on the devil
Or blame it on whomever
You suck either way

[Jon Mess]
I can't believe this, I'm a fetus, I'm a baby boy
My height decreases, I can't reach the counter, find my toys
Once gave speeches, now they're screeches, what can I destroy?
I'm not lazy, I'm just baby tiny baby boy

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Strawberry's Wake

[Tilian]
I'm lost again
Where have my friends all gone?
Been chasing stars so long
That home feels like a distant memory
Guess I can turn my woes into familiar melodies

[Jon Mess, Tilian, both]
Hey, I wanna set up shop
Reach in and grab that mop
Clean up the past, say I'm sorry
Hey, I wanna eat my fear
Fingers, they go in ears
La-la-la-liberated
Ten thousand words cling to photos of memories
Can't tell what hurts, but you know I'm the enemy

[Tilian]
Everybody sins, everybody's volatile
Everybody doubts decisions when they're vulnerable
Nobody's perfect, but everyone's searching, I'm sure

[Tilian]
Roll the windows down, let the breeze blow heavy
Turn the music loud, let the fever come alive
Gotta feel that sound when the blood pumps steady
Can't drag you down, come alive

[Jon Mess]
I want you to matter to you
Forget those backstabbers
I want you to matter to you
Forget those backstabbers

[Tilian]
They say don't get caught up in regret, learn from
Everything you've lost, let go of all you've done

[Tilian]
Everybody sins, everybody's volatile
Everybody doubts decisions when they're vulnerable
Nobody's perfect, but everyone's searching, I'm sure

[Jon Mess, both]
Hey, I wanna set up shop
Reach in and grab that mop
Clean up the past, say I'm sorry
Hey, I wanna eat my fear
Fingers, they go in ears
La-la-la-liberated

[Tilian]
Roll the windows down, let the breeze blow heavy
Turn the music loud, let the fever come alive
Gotta feel that sound when the blood pumps steady
Can't drag you down, come alive

[Jon Mess]
I want you to matter to you
Forget those backstabbers
I want you to matter to you
Forget those backstabbers

[Tilian]
If you feel your feelings
Let the feelings heal your f*cked up mind
Put your palms to the sky
And if you need some healing
Let the feelings open up your mind
Put your palms to the sky
If you feel your feelings
Let the feelings heal your f*cked up mind
Put your palms to the sky
And if you need some healing
Let the feelings open up your mind
Put your palms to the sky

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Born to Fail

[Jon Mess]
Only bangers from now on
Only angry mental moans
You fool, I'm rich
Splattered the bag
Emptied the crypt
You fool, I'm rich
Flap like a flag
Scripted to flip

[ Tilian]
How long could you keep up with all of it?
Before you jacked too many licks
And caught something you couldn't kick? (Couldn't kick?)
It's no surprise you came and begged me for a second chance
Pathetic hat in hand, now that I'm in demand

[Tilian]
Give me substance, give me something

[Tilian]
This is the song you wish you'd wrote
Before you proved to the world you're a f*cking joke
Before you had your chance and f*cking choked
Before you tried to do me over
Honestly you've always known I'd prevail
It's biology and you were born to fail

[Jon Mess & Tilian]
Facts, just say it
No, you don't need to know
Feels, display them
Everyone's the goat
Now I'm around the world
Shredding for a full ovation
And you can trash my reputation
As you enjoy your long vacation

[Tilian]
Give me substance, give me something

[Tilian]
This is the song you wish you'd wrote
Before you proved to the world you're a f*cking joke
Before you had your chance and f*cking choked
Before you tried to do me over
Honestly you've always known I'd prevail
It's biology and you were born to fail

[Jon Mess]
Ditch it fist bastard
Cancel all your fans
They're passed out in the pasture
Sucking up the spam
You look just like a person
But missing all the man
When life becomes a burden
Just pull a f*cking scam

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
You were born to fail
Goddamn
You were born to fail
Just pull a f*cking scam
You were born to fail
Goddamn
You were born to fail
Just pull a f*cking scam

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Parallels

[Tilian]
I live alone, die alone
I'm my own boss
Turn my phone off, on my throne
Catch me at home
I live alone, die alone
I'm my own boss
Turn my phone off, on my throne
Catch me at home

[Jon Mess]
But the stakes are higher now
I'm all trimmed up on a diet now
But the stakes are higher now
They want milk from the finest cow
Bang, bang on the door, who's there? (I'm scared)
Let's see what we can do
I love myself and I love you too

[Tilian]
Can't fight that fluid feeling, no
Can't force that juice

[Jon Mess]
Damn ho, you can rob me, I gave up getting paid
Rambo mixed with Rodney, I'm cracked out in a cave
Damn ho, you can rob me, I gave up getting paid
Rambo mixed with Rodney, I'm cracked out in a cave

[Tilian]
I just need a little bump
To tap into that higher flow
I just need a little bump
To keep me afloat
I just need a little bump
To tap into that higher flow
Same thing that got me here
Barely keeps me afloat

[Tilian]
This new humility and gratitude
Robs me of my fantasies
(Robs me of my fantasies, oh-oh-oh-oh)
We're all philosophers, our platitudes
Covering up our jealousy
(Covering up our jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy)

[Jon Mess]
Damn ho, you can rob me, I gave up getting paid
Rambo mixed with Rodney, I'm cracked out in a cave
Damn ho, you can rob me, I gave up getting paid
Rambo mixed with Rodney, I'm cracked out in a cave

[Jon Mess]
Why don't you stop? Why don't you quit?
You'll never get better, you'll never get over it
Why don't you quit? Why don't you quit?
You'll never get better, you'll never get over it
Why don't you stop? Why don't you quit?
You'll never get better, you'll never get over it

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Night Sway

[Jon Mess & Tilian]
When your apathy's gone sadistic
And you've discarded truth
All of your work is worthless
And you're dancing with doom
Your ego runs rampant
And tells you you're screwed
So I tried to watch the witness
And I found out I'm you
(Oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-ah)

[Jon Mess]
We got addicted to the "What could go wrong?"
I think I'm living right if you just play along
We got addicted to our lonesome theme song
Plans for the planet, we're done, run

[Tilian]
I'm your prison, won't you listen?
Give me back your pride

[Tilian]
Don't depend on me
A let-down forever
Stop defending me
We'll go down together
Don't depend on me
A let-down forever
Stop defending me
We'll go down together (Go down together)
We'll go down together (Go down together)

[Jon Mess & Tilian]
When your apathy's gone sadistic
And you've discarded truth
All of your work is worthless
And you're dancing with doom
Your ego runs rampant
And tells you you're screwed
So I tried to watch the witness
And I found out I'm you
(Oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-ah)

[Jon Mess]
It won't need us right after we've fed
It enough, let's just hope it's our dad
You think a genius got shit on this lad
Load up the lantern and let there be

[Tilian]
Unconditionally dependent
Love is hard to find

[Tilian]
Don't depend on me
A let-down forever
Stop defending me
We'll go down together
Don't depend on me
A let-down forever
Stop defending me
We'll go down together (Go down together)
We'll go down together (Go down together)

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Say Hi

[Jon Mess]
You're just in denial and with the wrong one
Love don't make you crippled or enslaved
You're just in denial and with the wrong one
Job description ain't the one who saves

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
I can still see my former reflection
Behind my new complexion
I just need to be alone
Why do people stare? Are they noticing you're there?
Swap me for my clone and don't touch me when I'm stoned

[Tilian]
I'll be my old self again soon
I just need time to unwind
Smash my demons with cold fiction
Until they're all catechized

[Jon Mess]
I need reminded, recognize it, thinking doesn't know
Another night, another night, another night alone
Minimize or dramatize, it stops, it starts, it goes
'Nother night, another night, and no one even knows

[Tilian]
Did you notice I'm normal?
Did you notice I'm normal?
Take a look, babe, I'm normal
Did you notice I'm normal?

[Jon Mess]
You're just in denial and with the wrong one
Love don't make you crippled or enslaved
You're just in denial and with the wrong one
Job description ain't the one who saves

[Jon Mess]
Uh, uh, hi
How do I say hi to another guy when I wanna die?
Why? Uh, hi
Why don't you say hi? We're all alive
I guess that's nice, don't wanna die
Hi, it's nice to be alive, don't wanna die
You should say hi, I won't lie
Hi, but first, I'm saying hi to say I tried to stay alive
Who the hell's recording this?
I never gave my full consent
There's sounds I make I can't defend
Or show them to my mom

[Tilian]
Did you notice I'm normal?
Did you notice I'm normal, normal?
Did you notice? (Did you notice?)

[Tilian]
Did you notice I'm normal?
Did you notice I'm normal?
Take a look, babe, I'm normal
Did you notice I'm normal?

[Jon Mess]
I grapple, I paddle, I clutch
More thinking, more sinking, more mud
How many holes have I dug?
More thinking, more sinking, more mud
(Mmm)

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Nothing Shameful

[Tilian]
Take, all you do is take
You can have it all
Caught, in your web, I'm caught
Catch me when I fall
Stare, kill me with your stare
All I do is follow
Care, do you even care
If I'll be there tomorrow?

[Tilian]
A medical dependency to you
There's nothing shameful that I wouldn't do
A medical dependency to you
There's nothing shameful that I wouldn't do

[Jon Mess]
I must've killed that shit
I shoulda stayed in Florida
Too much I spent
My shape got bent
I'm just a corny cracker
I spilled my beans
'Cause I'm a fiend
I lost my extra mustard

[Tilian]
Oh, undertow, undertow
Undertow, under

[Jon Mess]
All those thoughts you think don't even matter
Punch yourself, punch you in the face
All those thoughts you think don't even matter
If you don't care, you don't have to say

[Andrew Wells]
So take me for granted (Granted)
I know I never really meant that much to you
All our memories will be erased
The only way out is forward
As far away as I can get
Where to now?
What happened to my f*cking purpose?
I am just a stone sinking, broken and numb
Where to now?
The way you made me, made me worthless
Truth is in the end, we all end up alone
Can you feel me
Calling your name from the balcony seats you left empty?
Can you feel me
Tearing apart everything we used to be?

[Tilian]
Take, all you do is take
You can have it all
Caught, in your web, I'm caught
Catch me when I fall
Stare, kill me with your stare
All I do is follow
Care, do you even care?
If I'll be there tomorrow?

[Jon Mess]
Don't forget to clap for plants
A napkin allergy, a skin graft treatment
Tried out comedy, got ants in my pants
Rolled out my linen, two bats, scrap

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
A medical dependency to you
There's nothing shameful that I wouldn't do
A medical dependency to you
There's nothing shameful that I wouldn't do

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Into the Sunset

[Tilian]
Surrender
Surrender
My walls melt in your gaze
Your sunshine clears the haze
Surrender

[Johnny Franck]
Am I good enough for your love?
Make me believe that everything is good
Don't shoot a hole up in the sun
Turn it to gold and make it happy again
I feel it cut on my teeth
Don't let it shatter all around me

[Tilian]
Do you really wanna stay? Do you really wanna stay?
Do you even know you've lost yourself, walking cliché?
Do you really wanna stay? Do you really wanna stay?
Do you even know you've lost yourself? Are you okay?

[Jon Mess]
Oh, awesome
They're pimping out the poorest
Forget about some forest, ignore it
We're either getting saved or getting f*cked
The quantum shit they're building, man
You can't even understand
The possibilities are dropping in

[Jon Mess]
Stick around, get stuck
Stick around, get stuck
You're a clown now, you're a clown now
Stick around, get stuck
Stick around, get stuck
Stick around, get stuck
You're a clown now, you're a clown now
Stick around, get stuck

[Will Swan]
Climb that ladder, ass don't matter
Drip Mad Hatter, watch it burn
Brew the earth up and put it in an urn
Light that bitch up, spin it, watch it turn
Feels good to be the last generation
Cuttin' Xans in a space station
I'm not f*ckin' cryin' while I'm waiting
Let the world end, nigga, I'm patient

[Tilian]
Do you really wanna stay? Do you really wanna stay?
Do you even know you've lost yourself, walking cliché?
Do you really wanna stay? Do you really wanna stay?
Do you even know you've lost yourself? Are you okay?

[Jon Mess]
The future, no one's famous
We're just a giant ass
Cheeks are made of children
Old was just a fad
Shit on all the billions
Version stupid crap
Hive named D.Y.L.A.N
Don't you love a nap?

[Jon Mess]
Stick around, get stuck
Stick around, get stuck
You're a clown now, you're a clown now
Stick around, get stuck
Stick around, get stuck
Stick around, get stuck
You're a clown now, you're a clown now
Stick around, get stuck

[Tilian & Jon Mess]
(Leaving the world behind)
(Happiness undefined)
(Leaving the world behind)
You're a clown now, you're a clown now
Stick around, get stuck