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Sometimes I Don't Even Check if the Light's Green, I Just Go When the Car in Front of Me Does

by Coffee Breath

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Some days you spin the whole LP Some days you skip to the hits Some days you manage to outrun the bear Most days he shreds you to bits I think its gonna be a little time Before I am up and at 'em again Cuz every beating no matter how small you know They all add up in the end So fuck 'em if they don't care Fuck 'em if they don't care Fuck 'em if they don't care They'll never let you in When all the applications are in And all the interviews are done When all consultants are considered It don't affect the motion of the sun So write a make your own adventure novel Where you control the rules And don't listen when they tell you it don't matter screaming I am a man of business, I am a man of business Fuck 'em if they don't care Fuck 'em if they don't care Fuck 'em if they don't care They'll never let you in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 All consultants go to heaven x forever
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Never felt so Abandoned by my words As when it's crashing to a close And I realize that I Never even noticed There was a beginning Never know where that time goes As it passes us Like a fleeting phantom Leaves us with no meaning Will not tell us why or how It came So I propose a sequestration For my future so I can live here and now And so I'll hang around, lie down Until the future catches up with me Oh yeah I'll hang around, lie down 'Til the future catches up with me It's catching up with me I know that you once were Someone else's lover Yeah I got that same story All hearts are just Small exquisite corpses Drawn without considering They artists yet to be Still I want you to Take your pen in hand and Place it on my atrium And make me your art now You're just what I need Because you still care Oh man I dream of caring Maybe you could show me how And so I'll hang around, lie down Until the future catches up with me Oh yeah I'll hang around, lie down 'Til the future catches up with me It's catching up with me I'm already to late Maybe I'm a product Of this age of apathy Yeah maybe it's too late Still I feel that there's a Spark deep down inside me And you could revive me Help me to reinstate
3.
We exist in constant motion We exist in constant motion 'Cuz the earth is spinning swiftly Yeah the earth is spinning swiftly Could you slow down just a little? Could you slow down just a little? Would you spin only for me now? Oh would you spin only for me now? Can we stop just for a moment? Can we stop just for a moment? Is it possible to go back? Is it possible to go back? I lost something in the wayside I lost something in the wayside And it might be worth finding Yeah it might be worth finding Does it really make a difference? Does it really make a difference? If it is or if it isn't If it is or if it isn't Is it possible to know me? Is it possible to know me? I don't understand the question I don't understand the question Is there ever such a moment? Is there ever such a moment? Where it all snaps into focus Where it all snaps into focus And I'm no longer afraid to I'm no longer afraid to Make eye contact with strangers I make eye contact with strangers And the crowds don't overwhelm me The crowds don't overwhelm me And I run just for the feeling Yeah I run just for the feeling Until then I'll sit and wonder Until then I'll sit and wonder Where is my perfect body? Oh where's my perfect body? Oh do I even realize? Do I even realize? When I smile and when I fake it When I smile and when I fake it And are we all so different? Are we all so different? Just different in the same way Just different in the same way Sometimes I don't even check if the light's green, I just go when the car in front of me does Was I born to live, was I born to die? Or was I born to spend, was I born to buy? Was I born to sell, in search of some prize? Was I born to live, was I born to buy? Here's to: Penthouse, timeshare Drone strike, warfare Smart phone, tablet Medical bills, student debt, Fast food, strip malls Monitored phone calls Buy one get one free Border walls, deportees Sports car, horse race Where to put toxic waste Tabloid, game show Male gaze, porno Business trip, first class Never running out of gas Binge watch, short sale Private prison, no bail Born to live, born to buy x7 Born to buy, born to buy Do you wanna buy in?
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I'm searching for a way back To when I thought there was an answer When I thought there was a rhyme and a reason And a way that I could be But I'm stuck on the question That keeps me up into the wee hours How am I supposed to know When its time for me to breathe And I know it's gonna take some time To get back into the rhythm And I know it's gonna take some time 'Til I feel free So I will just sit and dream of when I believed Could you be the one to tell me When to run and where to turn to Don't you know that I will let you lie to me Just say anything at all I need something I can cling to I'm about to enter free fall They're cutting off my puppet strings and Expect me to stand tall And I know it's gonna take some time To get back into the rhythm And I know it's gonna take some time 'Til I feel free So I will just sit and dream of when I believed Well I looked outside and it was switchblades out And so I locked the door and shut the blinds I need someone to show me a clear path to safety And if you lead I'll be right behind I know it's gonna take a little time I'm not asking you to carry me, I just need a little peace of mind I know it's gonna take a little time but Would you take it with me? Oh I know it's gonna take some time To get back into the rhythm And I know it's gonna take some time 'Til I feel free So I will just sit and dream of when I believed Oh I wanna believe And I wanna believe And I wanna believe I just wanna believe In something Ok

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"You know when you've got rocket fuel on your hands? Yeah exactly that my friend." -Gideon Resnick, The Daily Beast

"Coffee Breath has been likened to Band of Horses. They exist as the best band in my house." -Jeremy Woo, Sports Illustrated.

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released May 12, 2016

All songs written by Jacob Skaggs & Coffee Breath

Engineering & Recording: Jared Bohlken
Mixing & Mastering: Karl Maher
Produced by Karl Maher & Jacob Skaggs

Coffee Breath is:
J. Davie Skaggs- Strings | Sings
Thom Carroll- Skins | Tins
Big Mike Abbey- Slaps | Straps
Jerry B.- Hits | Spits

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Coffee Breath Evanston, Illinois

Coffee Breath is a Chicago based rock group. Their debut release, "All My Friends Are Consultants" has been described as half noise rock opera, half collage of rock & roll pastiche. They're still processing that comment. Feel free to contact at coffeebreathband@gmail.com ... more

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