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1.
the skeletons in my closet are all dressed up in the t-shirts of the bands i loved when i was sixteen, and every one is singing a song about how i'll never grow out of the people i used to be, but the colors the the melodies don't fit me anymore. but i still try them on.
2.
glitter all around me stars in the air whispers all around me your ashes everywhere i've become hypersensitive to every single beat in my chest look in your room now you're not there worms chew through your bones now worms eat your hair i've become hypersensitive to every single beat in my chest
3.
i've got $100,000 underneath my bed piece of paper in exchange for mountains of debt and i'd mount it on the wall if i could buy a frame but the interest demands an extra $20 a day graduated art school with a business degree how do ya think it's working out for me? got three jobs just to pay the rent while the loan collector takes every last cent at least i work in my industry but i'm serving strangers from four to three till i can afford to have the career that i paid for with the last four years maybe i shoulda dropped out of college came in with wide eyes and misguided hope left with more anxiety and no way to cope barely started when i wanted to leave should've realized that it wasn't for me did i waste all of my potential slaving away for a hollow credential? where's the button? can i hit undo? if you're not careful, it could happen to you maybe i shoulda dropped out of college i was told to follow my dreams i could be anything i wanted to be now what i want most is to be debt free so please give me all of your money baby, i wish i dropped out of college
4.
you look comfortable on my couch make yourself at home you look comfortable on my couch you're the one i want at least for now you are watching them and they are watching you and i am watching you and wondering what do you see?
5.
Great, Big 02:12
there's a great, big hole in my chest and it swells, it swells in your absence there's a great, big noose around my neck and you pull, you pull it tighter you pull, you pull, you pull, you pull it tighter and i can barely breathe my heart is leaking i can barely breathe my heart is leaking there's a great, big hole in my chest and you crawl, you crawl inside when you need, you need, you need somewhere to hide
6.
that summer my hair was six different colors you told me you had found another person you wanted to call your lover but still found your way beneath my covers i bet you still spend all your nights with milwaukee's finest, pounding back pints the recycling bin filled with the only blue ribbons you've earned your whole life the entire bathtub soaked in bleach but my skin still won't come clean tainted in the spots you've touched scrub and scrub, raw, bleeding, and rough cover it up under another's design pretend there's nothing left to hide like the space where your stomach curved around my spine or the place where your hips slipped and fit into mine you'll do your best not to get drunk and call me i'll do my best not to answer
7.
i'm the manic pixie dream girl of your sopping wet dreams every word that comes out of my mouth is exactly what i mean i love all your favorite movies, and i love all your favorite shows and i love it when you spew at me all the useless things you know i'll never call you out when you're being a dick or point out all the times your stupid rape jokes made me sick i'll giggle even when you're not funny at all i can even make your penis seem as big as you are tall (she's a cool girl) i'm just one of the guys (she's a cool girl) no, i'm not ever shy (she's a cool girl) you'll never see me cry (she's a cool girl) i'm just one of the guys i'm effortlessly pretty, and i don't make a lot of noise but i can still place in a burping contest with you and all your boys i can stuff a burger in my mouth without looking like i ate but i'm just as one dimensional as those other girls you hate (she's a cool girl) i'm just one of the guys (she's a cool girl) no, i'm not ever shy (she's a cool girl) you'll never see me cry (she's a cool girl) i'm just one of the guys
8.
Cheap Shots 02:09
staring at your body, i didn't know what to say couldn't count the years since i last saw your face i was too afraid you'd forget my name so i just stayed away cheap shots as i entered the door and they all pretended that they'd never seen me before cheap shots afterward at the bar with semi-distant relatives but we don't relate at all time kept passing, and you didn't know what to say so i just stayed away
9.
aim for the peach that's just out of reach foolishly believe that it tastes the sweetest you don't want it if you can grasp it you don't want it if you can have it

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released April 28, 2016

Lauren sang + played bass
Rachel sang + played guitar
Sam Becht played drums
Lauren + Rachel recorded, mixed, and produced the album
Dan Anderson mastered the album
Mary Allen, Steph DiBona, Anna Ladd, Jackie Papanier, and Alex Rudisill sang guest vocals on track 7

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Coping Skills Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

moderately gay
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bummer pop

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