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Electric Fence

from Karate Trophies by Wood Burning Cat

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I think the thing it took to stop doing that myself is seeing how ridiculous it looked on someone else,
Cause I used to know this guy, and I won't mention his name, but me and this other dude we acted pretty much the same,
Neither of us would hesitate to throw ourselves around, and we never had a thought that we wouldn't say out loud,
Like looking at a mirror, but with someone else's face, and that is what it took, for me to finally say
This is a stupid way to be, and I wish it hadn't took this long to see that nobody takes us half as serious as we do.

I used to know this girl that cut the shit mobile recording studio out of her arms, and sometimes roll up her sleeves to show off all her scars
and one night at a party she got drunk and ran away. eventually we found her but we worried just the same.
and when she sobered up, she didn't seem to care that she made all her friends go out looking for her everywhere
and I guess that it makes sense if you're going to hurt yourself, that you wouldn't give a shit about anybody else.
That's such a selfish way to be, and I hate that it reminded me of me. When I'm unhappy I just spread the burden out, to make everyone feel bad like I do.

When I drove to national doughnut chain out on union street, I had a strange epiphany and it occurred to me that when I look at the world, at the ones who act like me, I never think, "now there is someone that I'd like to meet."
I don't want to be the person that clings to someone else while they avoid addressing what is wrong within themselves. I wanna be the guy that can stand up on their own, not at national doughnut chain asking for a ride back home.

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from Karate Trophies, released February 20, 2013

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