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College Town

by David Spencer

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1.
Worm 02:16
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Worm Wormin around Squirmin around Diggin myself into a hole in the ground I read a book About gobbeldy gook Find meaning in the strangest places Yeah I read a book! I met a girl She talks real well She makes me feel so nervous I’m under her spell There’s nothing to it All you gotta do is Make a Deal Find out where the clue is Crawling into a hole And I’m not getting out alive I’m kinda shy Actually, that’s a lie I talk inside my head all day Yeah, I read a book! I never lie Actually, that’s the truth I only say what others won’t I’m so damn uncouth The dictionary taught me how talk to you Vocabulary dresses up my meaning for you Crawling into a hole And I’m not coming out alive I am a worm I never learn I am a worm I never learn
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Banshee 02:45
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I’ve got this screamin’ in my head A jackhammer pulsing with the unsaid In my mind I’m letting loose There’s no muse, there’s no excuse I’ve got this screamin’ in my head Once I blew a hole inside my brain Thoughts poured out like an endless rain The volume becomes all too much Swept along in my own head rush I’ve got this screamin’ in my head And in the fire I can see The inner banshee that is me And in the darkness I am free To face off with what should never be There’s no turning back this clock My own head’s a door I can’t unlock Fortunate for friendly frowns Scared of fake unhappy clowns I’ve got this screamin’ in my head And what is life Without any daggers or knives? A pillowcase of happy thoughts Softer than the life you lost
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Frown 02:54
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I once knew a girl named—oh me I can’t even say her name without feeling lonely She taught me things I wish I could be Now I got a lot I don’t know about me Don’t drag me down You know I got no reason in this world to frown Ooh ooh baby, ooh ooh maybe We could live together Forever, and ever, whoa oh oh And in the light inside my brain I feel those memories start to fade I got no place to call my own But I know in my heart that there’s a home Now a lot has changed But it still rains Work is hard, but I can do it I know in my heart I’ll always pull through it
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Warrior Pose 03:57
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Call you on the phone to say “Hello” I use words to not make me sound so adult Give you everything you'd ever need Watch me here as I roll up my sleeves There's too much in the world we let slip away I touch you when I don't know what to say You don't even know how to love me You don't even know how to try It's so easy, it’s so easy It’s so easy, it’s so easy I'd crash your couch but I don't think I'd survive Your signal mixing cuts at me like knives A game without a rulebook is no fun You beat around the bush but never come When I'm near you I forget about the past I'll come to you, yeah, every time you ask I closed up all my windows last fall I came out in April learning to crawl Action is illusion I told myself I'd find myself without nobody's help But being alone sure makes life feel slow I'd abandon it but I don't know where to go I don't even know how to love you I don't even know how to try It's so easy, it’s so easy It’s so easy, it’s so easy
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Slenderman 04:42
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I saw you in the woods and you were silent I didn't have to speak but you knew my plans How did you know that I was like you? You must have sensed fear inside my heart I followed the trail that others blazed To seek an answer inside the maze I once lived among the city I never knew that I was born in sheltered parts I saw everyone give up on words Moving to the mountains like undiscovered birds Slenderman lives inside my dreams Appearances aren't quite what they seem Pack up all my records, books, and knives And retreat into the unknown I don't need a lantern or a flashlight Because I'm not coming back to here Turning your back is never easy You were the light I wish I had I hum a little song to pass the time I'm paranoid as if this was a crime I saw everyone give up on words Screaming on the hillside like undiscovered birds Slenderman lives inside my dreams Appearances aren't quite what they seem I saw you in the woods and you were silent You didn't have to speak but I knew your plans How did you know that she was like you? You must have sensed fear inside her heart
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Hometown 03:37
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I moved away from my home I worked a couple jobs And I lived alone I went to school and returned Every holiday Too many reasons to go Not enough to stay Hometown Tryin’ to find my hometown I found a Middletown But discovered its trash Do you believe that Good places never last? Towns are prisons And the mind is a cage There's no such thing As dying of old age You find a nice green town But then it turns to brown The people dye their hair There's smoke in the air And to my friends that stayed And smelled the subtle decay Every map has small stains I'm too numb to be insane
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Chicken 03:34
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Low on the totem pole I reach for the sky (its a lie) I wave goodbye to my enemies Bonding over my cries Rolled into a ditch Fell asleep at the wheel Woke up with an itch I discovered its real The silence—the silence is deafening Are you gonna ride high? Or are you just a chicken? Are you gonna try to fly? Or are you just a chicken? With the flick of their wrist The animals make it rise A flying saucer made of plastic A wolf in sheep's disguise You want to join You need to take it on the chin The deal's broken No one cares where you've been The silence—the silence is deafening Pierce the ceiling With every thought Feel your eyes Observe your blind spot
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Reliable 03:43
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I got too hot And so I died I overheated suddenly Because I tried To play every part All at once I wore every hat Including the dunce Before I met you I didn't know how to cook Believe me, I was ready To read your recipe book I'd spent so long Building a cage of my fears I lived inside a prison Trapped between my two ears Do you believe that less is more? The answer's not hiding At the liquor store Work all day and become a bore Maybe I am boring but I'm reliable I can run faster Than you can bite I escape disaster Every time we fight There is a pop up ad That smells like lies There's a colony of ants Living in my disguise Weezer's grave site Is my turning point I have dreams that scream I feel old in my joints No matter how high I climb I always fall down I'm not learning anything In this college town Do you believe that less is more? The answer's not hiding In the bottom drawer Work all day and become a bore Maybe I am boring but I'm reliable Late in the day I perfect the art Of degenerating back to the start Like a monologue From a stuttering fool I am a bag of bones Using ego for fuel I don't know the difference Between cocky and cool
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Caught in the Rain 03:40
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Pain And then everything's down the drain And you're caught out in the rain Interference with all your plans Who knows just where you will land Living inside of comfy dreams It's more dangerous than it seems Focus becomes something you lack Questions lead to panic attacks Cope, cope, cope You will never be the same again You will never see through the rain Girl I am staring a hole through you You look like you withdrew From all that you once held so close Wallowing in repose But the people outside your head Force you to feel the dread
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Transcension 04:38
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Bleed on You have nothing to lose Sing strong It's all that there's left to do I met him sitting outside the stone court He told me about the prophets up north I am dying to go inside I am trying for transcension Clear skies—there's no clouds in my mind Freestyle—I leave my worries behind I am swimming And the memory remains I am thinning And my body is a chain I am dying to go inside I am trying for transcension When I dig in deep At least once a week I explore the weakness Inside my sleep But I wake up cold And I can't forget When a hunter traps He catches his breath
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Bookworm 05:54
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You're so weird I don't even have fear I hear you in my ear Like melodies In the breeze Everyone else is ill I watch them all take pills Your lungs are always filled With harmony A real reprise, I plead Jerrica, please don't go Jerrica, take it slow I'm for us, make me hush Hear the rain on the window pane We offer up the night We help each other write I try to start a fight Because I am scared It's in the air—this fear You look so heavenly A book that I can't read I judge you by your words And your cover story It makes me worry so much I want to sigh with the decibel level of a shriek I want to die with the volume turned up to infinity There is no one that I have met that has a clue There is no lie I could tell to lead me to you

about

After playing music throughout Indiana in the bands Fourtitude, June, and Antihero, David Spencer releases his seventh solo album. After nearly five years of writing and performing around central Indiana, Spencer releases this set of songs written in college towns--Muncie and Bloomington. Evoking the sounds of early Paul McCartney's solo work, Beck, and Nirvana, this album aims for a softer pop sound with a rougher edge contained in lyrical form. Recorded over two years with former Antihero and June drummer Tom Henkel on drums, this set looks to explore the boundaries of looking for sweetness and depth in postmodern, over-academic environments. Spencer is currently a high school teacher.

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released August 3, 2016

David Spencer - Vocals, guitars, bass, piano
Tom Henkel - Drums, percussion

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