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People Person

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1.
There's No Resisting the BL 03:10
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Butterflies don't make a sound And they don't want me around That might be why my stomach growls To keep me away From where I'd rather be By your side, in the light But I'm not brave So I'll hide Restless nights, I get no sleep Before our time comes to meet I'll fear defeat and declare my retreat To keep me away From where I'd rather be By your side, in the light But I'm not brave So I'll hide And take another massive hit Another massive hit to my pride Each attempt to tear down these blockades Fails with no option but escape And I walk away with my tail between my legs To keep me away From where I'd rather be By your side, in the light But I'm not brave So I'll hide And take another massive hit Another massive hit to my pride
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I'm Not Your Son, You're Not My Father 03:43
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I held you, I kept you in a hole Safe from all of the wolves Inside and away from the cold And never asked for anything in return And this is how you repay? With the nerve to say I want out, I want free Stand on my own two feet You're no companion You're not a friend You're a tyrant And this relationship will not mend Every time you held me, you held me back You're to blame for all of the skills that I lack The wolves, they could have made great pets While the cold was getting my ears wet And with disdain is how you reply? When I have the guts to say goodbye I want out, I want free (That's just a little bit naive) Stand on my own two feet (And you're living in a dream) Tend to my own needs cause you're no friend (But I'm the only one you got) You're a tyrant and this relationship will not mend (Yeah, I'm the only one you got)
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Witch Hunt 03:03
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As I look in your eyes I see a fire that's raging inside But in an attempt to extinguish those flames Society will find someone to blame They're gonna say it's Satan himself That comes out when you open your mouth When you open your mouth Just another witch hunt To rid the world of original thought That challenges the status quo And it won't stop till it's their line you tow And they won't be content Until every last question is smothered to death Along with your intent to share All of those thoughts Running around in your head Till you're faced with the awkward situation To choose between life and salvation Between life and salvation Just another witch hunt To rid the world of original thought That challenges the status quo And it won't stop till it's their line you tow Just another witch hunt To rid the world of original thought That has turned life into a show You better give up all the things That you think you know You think you know What you think you know
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Everything: Nothing 04:05
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Stole a word from the wise Took it to heart before I realized It was all just a dream! Just a dream! All of the wise men are extinct Now it's time to wake! Sunrise! Sunrise! I force myself to open up my eyes Take a couple moments to let the light in You can always go back to sleep when you're dead Life is beautiful So I don't know why I can't enjoy it Life is beautiful I guess that's why I can't enjoy it When I'm not with you In all of my best dreams I'm floating in outer space No cares to bring me down And human race is a million miles away I wonder how they'll fare without me I'm told my head is in the clouds Nobody cares about the things that I care about And despite these rumors running 'round I stand on land While everyone else Has their heads buried in the sand Life is beautiful So I don't know why I can't enjoy it Life is beautiful I guess that's why I can't enjoy it When I'm not with you I sing songs to get me through The days when I can't breathe And the nights when I can't see What is up and what is down? What is sky and what is ground? I need you to reexplain How everything's not nothing Cause everything is nothing Everything is nothing Everything is nothing Everything is nothing When I'm not with you
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If Only I'd Never Die, Then Maybe I Could Live 03:07
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You say "young and naive" Like it's a bad thing Describing me and my dreams As they hang from a string "When I was your age, out the door at 18" "Took life seriously and I was on my way" "I was on my way" I guess I should grow up Go outside and get cut Blood red trail on the street Flowing closely at my feet I guess I should give up Go outside and find love Get married, share my name For the rest of my days But I see your face It's wrinkled and stained From all of the work With no time for play You've got places to be And people to meet But no time for the beauty in between The beauty in between I guess I should grow up Go outside and get cut Blood red trail on the street Flowing closely at my feet I guess I should give up Go outside and find love Get married, share my name For the rest of my days Rinse Wash Repeat Rinse Wash Repeat Repeat I guess I should grow up Go outside and get cut Blood red trail on the street Flowing closely at my feet I guess I should give up Go outside and find love Get married, share my name For the rest of my days
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Monkey Say, Monkey Don't / Groovin' On My Way to Hell 04:20
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I'm a doctor who kills Just so long as the patient is unborn I'm a Christian who won't turn the other cheek If you're bold enough to cross me You won't be smiling for weeks I'm an atheist who has faith in humanity I'm a pacifist who wants war on the rich I want to die without sin, but not just yet As a pornographer with standards Too stringent to be met And I'm a college student who cares until I get high What can I do to help When all my money's spent on drugs? I say I'll do all these things and then I do them half assed or not at all Am I a hypocrite? When everything I say I do the opposite? I'm tolerant Just not of you And I'm no racist, but I want to kill whitey too I don't want to pay my taxes, but I want more war On the Middle East and on the poor My land is the land of immigrants but we're full So go home, we've had enough I call myself a democrat Until I lose a vote Now it seems the majority isn't always right After all I say I'll do all these things and then I do them half assed or not at all Am I a hypocrite? When everything I say I do the opposite? Or am I just ignorant? I don't think it really matters God take pity on me I'm a sorry excuse for a human being
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Seeya 05:03
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Do the jobless beg? Did workers strike today? The hardened steal, ignoring hell to pay Unrest when cash crop export sales slow Inflation soars because supply is low Demand is high, above this angry mood Do you build yachts while others have no food? Why make things that you don't use? Let's rise and sing, "Resist! Revolt! Refuse!" Economists are turning wheat to lead While your analysts keep themselves well fed And your bankers fund gold and silver mines The mansion building stopped by picket lines The tower high above this angry mood Do you kiss ass while others have no food? Why make things that you don't use? Let's rise and sing, "Resist! Revolt! Refuse!" The pyramid scheme sends your stock up high So buy your limos, watch the wretched cry Did everyone withdraw their cash today? Your banks collapse, now what have you to say? You loan your loans beneath that angry mood As butlers bow and others have no food Why make things that you don't use? Let's rise and sing, "Resist! Revolt! Refuse!" I pay my kids so they can buy from me Now washing dishes will raise GDP Do you proclaim a false prosperity? I own the network news so I decree "It's only losers in an angry mood" "I pay the opera, I need no more food" "Who gets the things that you don't use?" Let's rise and sing, "Resist! Revolt! Refuse!" "Resist! Revolt! Refuse!" "Resist! Revolt! Refuse!"
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The Fear We Need to Instill 03:07
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Acclimate to this sedentary lifestyle As a brand new evolutionary ideal Minute by minute and mile by mile But it won't work without The fear we need to instill The fear we need to instill To petrify, immobilize I'm moving on I'm moving on Sit up straight If you're going to slouch We'll cut you out of the picture Confiscate all your riches Kick you to the curb And not pay for your stitches And you'll crawl back and demonstrate The fear that we instilled The fear that we instilled To petrify, immobilize Is this what you call growth? Cause it surely isn't progress Why can't we have both? Oh sure you call it nonsense But miss the point I'm moving on I'm moving on Is this what you call growth? Cause it isn't progress So why can't we have both? Why can't we have both? Cause I'm afraid I'll die if we don't
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Howdy Do Dat? 03:47
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Holidays becoming less pronounced Fictions to pass the time and make the rounds Despite the year, there's no change Tangled up with the rest Like the thoughts of a syphilitic's brain And though you try with all your might Everything is wrong, nothing is right Separate the dark from light Take back your soul, take back your life Mark your calendars to prepare And start to pretend that you actually care Each of us has a cross to bear But you've bitten off more than your fair share Though you try with all your might Everything is wrong, nothing is right Separate the dark from light Take back your soul, take back your life You closed your heart so long ago Turned inside for A place to hide from the show But you left behind Your friends and family Your values and beliefs Everything that you need While you waited to be "free" And though you try with all your might Everything is wrong, nothing is right Separate the dark from light Take back your soul, take back your life So you tried with all your might Now everything is right, everything is right (Now everything is, everything is, everything is right) Separated the dark from light And took back your soul Took back your life
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The Hourglass 04:04
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Eating ice cream in the sun Trying to finish Before it melts in my hands It's the story of my life Story of my life I'm just running out of time As the sand filters to the bottom And it all comes to an end We all complain about out days Nothing satisfies, nothing shames It's the story of our lives Story of our lives We're all running out of time As gravity pulls you to the earth To your new home underneath the dirt Got no one to blame Except for everybody else So long as I keep my fingers Pointed away from myself And something's got to change Something's got to change Before we run out of time And we reflect on all we regret But won't repent Out of respect for out sins Something has got to change About this negativity Everything was eating away I was so positively torn between What I could not explain And the physical pain That occurred psychosomatically Until I met you Until I met you Until I met you
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Condemn Me, Father, For I Know Exactly What I Do 05:35
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In time you'll realize You've only got eighty years to live And you've already wasted half Doing what others have told you to do It'll take a couple mistakes Over the length of a couple decades To recalcify those bones So they won't break It's for your own sake When everyone turns to sticks and stones One day I'll find my rightful place Alongside the others in your trophy case One day I'll find my rightful place Alongside the others We only live to obey Our will is to be molded As if it's made of clay A boot stomped impression In the mud after a rain People stare at me They say I need some control That I lack what most would call a soul But I'm not sure what they mean At least I don't pretend That mine is made of gold One day I'll find my rightful place Alongside the others in your trophy case One day I'll find my rightful place Alongside the others in your trophy case What do you think? That when you die Peter will stand there With a frown on his face "You weren't a slave" "And for that you must pay" "You're the kind of person" "We won't allow through this gate" "You weren't a slave" "And for that you must pay" "You're the kind of person" "We won't allow through this gate" "You're not the kind of person" "We let pass through this gate" "You're gonna have to spend" "Eternity in pain and misery" "You're not the kind of person" "We let pass through this gate" "You're gonna have to spend" "Eternity in pain and misery" To which I'll say: One day I'll find my rightful place Alongside the others in your trophy case But until then I'll be sitting here With a smile on my face And I won't tempted to fall out of grace As I compromise all I believe So that you can turn me into a slave Into a slave Into a slave

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As much about holding on as it is about letting go, People Person's self titled album explores the anxiety, alienation, and occasional epiphany that will inevitably accompany our search for God, Truth, Justice, and Love. It was written from 2008 to 2010 and recorded in Chris's bedroom during 2012 with a laptop, instruments, and a budget of zero.

Originally released in 2012. Between July 2019 and February 2020, the album was stripped down to its original tracks, re-edited, remixed, and remastered.

Other streaming options: album.link/ttmkf62w2shbp

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released August 20, 2012

All lyrics (except Seeya), music and production by Chris George

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