A faint ghost through the raindrops

Pace a frozen train stop
My brain throbs as it wanders to my day job
On my way to the place that I hate most
Strange though how I’m still afraid of getting laid off
And every day feels the same with a different date
And every face looks as plain as an empty frame.
So sick of waiting for the painter
To begin to paint the plain away
For now a testament to emptiness and..
Thoughts ricochet, through my fickle pickled brain
Rain trickles down the grimace
Same image different name
Fault searcher my soul’s an impulse purchase
Round here we serve beer not purpose

“Step Aside”

Chorus:

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though i’m dead.      I’m so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I’m dreaming only.                                    Wanna break free aint escaping here cause I’m tied down paralyzed with fear            Every days the same but everyone has changed I cant let it side, better step aside.

They all look so morose soaked overcoats, hope comatosed
Folks know the ropes, don’t row the boat, just float
Don’t delay, don’t you go and chase the blown away
umbrella cross the motorway, tell them keep a poker face.
For the joker’s sake, hold your plate steady while we load it up
And smoke your face pretty while your throat is cut
Yeah, things that go bump, know what’s up,
Only showing love through the drugs and the modem plug
Moments past only last in photographs show some gums                                            fool the picture homie no he couldn’t give a lonely fuck.
See they don’t smile they just show their teeth
And sit below the streets on broken rollercoaster seats
With today’s valid ticket like this trip
Is where they’re all supposed to be
But don’t be difficult the warning posters read
And if it all amounts to this, then all aboard and count your chips
A flock of dirty pigeons fighting over water fountain sips.

“Step Aside”

Now I could learn to hide a smirk behind a smile,
In a nice designer shirt, life of work, buy a pile of dirt
And plant a house in it
Past the shanty town limits, where the angry crowds picket
Pick a hand-me-down image.
And be an average bloke, the same person that you know
That hates work but has to go, to pay for the back he broke                                    toiling in the fields, what’s the point of putting poison in their meals
When a coin will have them oiling up the wheels
For the rich man’s chariot, they’re carrying
A figjam arrogance and shrink-wrapped happiness.
“Hand it out” Same shit different brand name,
“Gather around” Same slip different cash claim,
Wait, welcome to the day it was rocket science
and watch grey become a ying-yang compromise.
Throw the canary down the mineshaft with a gas mask
for the last laugh, tip your bar staff

“Step Aside”


And welcome to the day that daisy chain,
Breaks from the weight and strain,
But everything remains the same.

And welcome to the day that the painter came and
Astounded every critic with a thousand
Different shades of grey.

And welcome to the day that the sweat from every brow
Was ours to keep
And every pawn was proudly crowned a queen

And welcome to the night that while the captain slept,
We abandoned ship with our lanterns lit singing

“Step Aside”

Kicking knowledge with a pocket full of weed stems
I’m prestiging for the fourth time & I’m wondering where the weeks went
people speaking like I’m going off the deep end
deep end please I ain’t even got my feet wet
be a sweetie pass the six shooter please
knock the wind from your sails when I need to shoot the breeze
I’m a drop the anchor here, between you & me
let’s float let’s drown a sailor for mutiny yo
I keep my blood poisoned for the vampires
I’m careful a silver tongue for all you werewolves
you think you’re beasting I have seen it all before I will end you
merc with a mouth like Deadpool
I shoot freeze rays, bitch I breathe flame
grab a rappers car & spin it by the key chain
I smoke steam trains, man I eat planes
I got you running like the promoters of Heatwave
this ain’t my briefcase, I’m just holding it
it glows gold with Marselluses soul in it
so I ain’t got time for all your bull shit
you’re playing russian roulette with a full clip
It’s been a drunk Bender but the albums on track
good news though Calculon’s back
help me out man where’s the plot I can’t find it
I’m on some ‘all my circuits’ got fried shit
I’m sick enough to kick a rap without trying
if I actually tried imagine how I’d spit
frightening they ask me where I been
so I have to reply in Skyrim
they ask me how the writings going for the album
so I have to tell them Skyrim it’s embarrassing
no lie sneak is like ninety-nine i kill 5 men
before the first guy realises i’ve knifed him
run around cutting off heads
with a knife big enough to butter gods bread
It’s either that or COD
try to move against me
Man I see em like a UAV
I’m from Melbourne where junkies tend to break into your mansions here 
smash your gear smoking meth from a chandolier
your little fuse is getting shorter than your rap career
you’re living in the yesterday like a langolier

AT ALL TIMES NOW I HEAR THE DARKNESS CALLING
YEAH IT’S CLOSER THAN IT WAS AND I JUST CAN’T IGNORE IT
SO THIS IS PARANOIA
WHERE EVERY FINGERS POINTED
WHERE EVERY THING LOOKS HAUNTED
YEAH SO THIS IS MADNESS FOR YA

IS CRAZY SOMETHING A MAN IS BORN WITH?
OR JUST THE MARIJUANA OR THE ACID TALKING?
OR THE ALCOHOLIC IN ME? SHIT I WISH I HAD THE ANSWERS FOR EM’
BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT HAS ITS CLAWS IN

AND I JUST CAN’T AVOID IT
NOW EVERY SHADOW IS A TAR PIT BOILING OVER ITS SO CLOSE I FEEL MY BACK IS CORNERED
AND IF A HAD A SMALL WISH
I WISH I HAD OF FOUGHT IT
BUT NOW ITS TOO LATE CAUSE EVERY THING’S TOO DAMN DISTORTED

MAN I WISH I KNEW WHAT STARTED ALL THIS
I NEED SOME HELP BUT YO I CAN’T AFFORD IT
NAH FUCK YOUR HELP I NEED A LIGHTER NOW TO SPARK THE JOINT WITH
IM FADING AWAY TO THE SAME PLACE THAT DRAPHT WAS FALLING

SETH IS GONE, DEATH THE STORM THIS THE CALM BEFORE IT
I’M JUST TRYING TO SUMMON THE COURAGE TO BITE THE BULLET (DO IT)
THE WALLS ARE TALKING I SWEAR TO GOD THIS APARTMENTS HAUNTED
COULD ALL THIS BE PARANORMAL?
(NAH THIS IS MADNESS FOR YOU)

SO IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THIS IS MY LAST RECORDING
CAUSE IF YOU’RE HEARING THIS NOW IT MEANS I MUST HAVE DONE IT
FIRST OFF I REALLY NEED TO TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH IM SORRY
I KNOW THAT THE NEWS OF MY DEATH WAS GRUESOME AND HARD TO STOMACH

IM SORRY TOO FOR THOSE WHO END UP IN THE BATHROOM SCRUBBING
UP THE MESS I GUESS I WAS CLUMSY THE SHIT WAS FAR TOO BLOODY
PLUS THE BLADE IT WAS BLUNT AND IT COULDN’T CUT ME PROPERLY
I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY IT’S CLOSE AND I CAN’T OUTRUN IT………..GOODBYE

I never felt so defeated in my whole life
smoking weed again, every evening yo
sleeping in till three pm uh…..
I will I will call you back at my convenience
I’m wondering if anyone has ever died from tedium
or overdosed on mi goreng seasoning i’m sure i’ll be the first to find out
i feel like leaving in the morning I am done with this
i’m under stress & I just feel like I’ve got nothing left
a drunken mess trying to stumble up a bunch of steps
with a busted leg & a cask of red
with more drugs in me than Hunter S
you know you’ve done your best when everyone’s depressed
& your mum’s a mess you did a song with uncle six about your death
nah…I ain’t suicidal, nah I like living
I just think that I could maybe try it different
yeah with a cool million I’d be better off
cause Jacks in my bank account & Williams in my letterbox
these days I’m scared to check the mail even
barely have a chance to read the Leader before the snails eat it
either I am insanely poor or I’m crazy broke
maybe both rocking hand me ups from my baby bro
I felt some negative since I was on the radio
least i gotta positive KD though & an underrated flow
that’s an understatement feel it’s undebatable
but still cop a flaming from them hater folk
I shouldn’t let it phase me yo but fuck that
I wanna bottle up the water from the ducks back
& save the shit for later, spray it in their faces in the future
I rap rings around em’ like a jeweller
I’m freestyling smoking weed while i’m
wearing on of those antique iron helmets people deep sea dive in
just trying to save the high
it’s almost light outside so maybe I should say goodnight

goodnight…..

TURN IT UP A LITTLE LOUDER
“BANG THIS OUT”
IM USED TO LIVING LIKE ITS GROUNDHOG
“DAY BUT NOW”
I FEEL LIKE IM TRIPPING OUT CAUSE
“ITS CHANGED AROUND”
ITS LIKE THE SKYS WHERE THE GROUND WAS
SO NOW, THIS ONE IS FOR THE SCOUNDRALS

THE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT FEEL LIKE OUTLAWS
CAUSE WE BELIEVE WE CAN BE AT PEACE WITHOUT LAWS
ALL THE CITIZENS SITTING THERE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS
AND WORRYING HOW MANY BELONGINGS THEIR HOUSE HOLDS

ALL THE FANS THAT JUMPED IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR
ALL THE FRIENDS THAT’D TELL ME TO GET OUT MORE
THEY COULDN’T CUT ME OFF THE COUCH WITH A POWER SAW
I KEPT THE GLASS HALF EMPTY AND THE DOUBT FULL

NOW I’M OUT BUT I COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU I’D
STILL BE STUCK IN MY LOUNGE ROOM
FLICKING THROUGH ALL THE CHANNELS
SMOKING ANOTHER OUNCE IN
STEAD OF WRITING THIS ALBUM
WHETHER OR NOT IT SELLS IS
IRRELEVANT TO ME NOW SO….

GO AHEAD AND JUST DOWNLOAD
EVERYTHING I PUT OUT CAUSE
I AIN’T AFTER THE THOUSANDS
JUST AS LONG AS YOU VOW TO
BE APART OF THE CROWD WHEN
EVER I’M IN YOUR TOWN PERFORMING
I’M DOWN FOR IT
BUT FOR NOW THIS IS OUR CHORUS

Verse 1

I saw some hippies who were playing in the park
they were just passing the joint & playing the guitar
so I asked if I could join em
they said sure & complimented my aura

I said thanks & sat right down, 
pulled the hash pipe out & relaxed myself for hours straight
we sat around baked & it felt great
we talked shit & made pictures out of cloud shapes

We talked about no shoes tofu folk tunes
and all the protesting that they don’t do
smoked doobs & talked about ways that they were saving the entire world
then we went & fire twirled

Later that night while sitting in the same spot
I made up my mind & figured I would take off
I asked them “well so what else do you guys do?”
they looked surprised this is it we get high

VERSE 2

Walking from the park where the hippies were
I bumped into a bunch of drunks wearing business shirts
they just finished work having a well earned drink
& they mistook me for some dude they used to work with

“Greg” yeah they kept calling me Greg
I thought, well I can be Greg at least for the weekend
& just pretend to be him what a sweet plan 
we can be friends at the time it made complete sense

We went into a pub where we drank 
& talked about all the money sitting in our bank
& our jobs, our stocks & the economy as well
& the best time to go & buy property & sell

& all the ways that money can be spent
a trend started to form I was bored so I said “well”
“I’m looking for a scene & this one isn’t it”
left & heard em whispering “Greg seems different”

VERSE 3

Rocked up to a party with some cheap beer
I thought yeah, I could easy find a scene here
A bunch of nerds challenged me to some Halo 
I said OK but I’ve never really played though 

I met some pretty little hipsters in the corner
who told me that their favourite bands were ones that hadn’t formed yet
I talked to lawyers dressed as sharks
or maybe sharks dressed as lawyers, either way I felt unsafe in the water 

I was chilling with Gym junkies talking bout their gym pass & spin class
while sipping Slim Fast from a hip flask
Told a guy I thought we looked the same, didn’t think he’d take offence
pretty weird I think he said his name was Greg

I must have tried at least a hundred different scenes but
I ain’t never found one that’s really me nah
Maybe I’m a weirdo or maybe they’re the weird ones
Or maybe I don’t really even need one
but i’m still

its the hardest thing to do, to look like them but feel like you
its the hardest thing to do