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Description: A dark and forboding waltz (featuring my custom 8-string tenor guitar with the bad paint job). Originally titled "Our Beloved Mascot" back in the days when I thought titles shouldn't appear in the lyrics. A sad but true story of romantic loss, unplanned pregnancy and some of the more annoying aspects of human nature.

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from Teenage Folklore by Rocket Park

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A dark and forboding waltz (featuring my custom 8-string tenor guitar with the bad paint job). Originally titled "Our Beloved Mascot" back in the days when I thought titles shouldn't appear in the lyrics. A sad but true story of romantic loss, unplanned pregnancy and some of the more annoying aspects of human nature.

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you were asleep at the wheel that night
when I slipped from my senses and out of your sight
I ushered myself through the manicured grounds
while my progress was measured in ounces and pounds
in make-believe cities
I cried out for pity
and zombies make note of the root of my problem:
I only want the things that I can't have

you were not pushed but you stumbled and fell
all aghast with the knowledge I'd seeded your well
but nobody twisted your arm out of joint
and the proof's in the pudding each time that you point
I've been through the motions
I've humored your notions
and zombies make note of the root of my problem
I only want the things I've left behind

you were slow dancing and asked me to join
but the offer hit me like a kick to the groin
I tried to decline but I couldn't resist
the hand on my shoulder, the blade at my wrist
in times of confusion
I foster illusion
and zombies make note of the root of my problem
I only want the things that make me ill

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from Teenage Folklore, released September 17, 1999
written by Brian Andrew Marek

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Rubberstamp Records is a DIY indie record label based in the Saint Louis, MO area and helmed by local music scene veteran Brian Andrew Marek.

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