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[OIL064] Mr. Misery

by Aperly High

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1.
Mr. Misery 03:03
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Royal garden Hit-dog-holla talk Got me banged up She's a waterfall And I'm a movie A cartoon for your eyes But I dont wanna be that guy So arbitrary All the worlds I carry Leave them hanging fairly By the pines As my coping ferry Tries to come and carry My two legs so wary Treading water on the ground I don't wanna let it go I don't wanna thrash and harden I don't wanna act real cool I don't wanna play the part and Be the dude who never went to therapy I don't wanna be Mr. Misery I know how to Please and rip it off Shut emotions Off from the ones I love I've been trapped up In my foolery I wanna snap back To reality And be the change I wanna see So solitary All the worlds I carry I can't leave them fairly By your side As my coping-ferry Tries to come and carry My two legs so weary Treading water on the ground I don't wanna let it go I don't wanna thrash and harden I don't wanna act real cool I don't wanna play the part and Be the dude who never went to therapy I don't wanna be Mr. Misery
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Push and Pull 03:47
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You’re flying around up above You’re a spectacle A unicorn I want I’m a stoner paralyzed By your pointy hair Shiny bow and cartoon smile We are dancing to the song That makes it all real to me For a while you’re a human being This can’t be a fantasy Push and pull Yeah that’s what we do (Push and pull, push and pull, aha) Bouncing up and down Helium balloon (My balloon, it’s my balloon, aha) Into the air We’re changing like the weather (Up and down together) We’re changing for the better But you’re mine and I’m yours forever Slippery hands Loosening grib I tried to hold on But I saw you drift Into the sky Out of my sight Any minute I’m a loner in disguise In the offing there’s a place I hold so dearly ‘cause it’s where you rest Until you return again Push and pull Yeah that’s what we do (Push and pull, push and pull, aha) Bouncing up and down Helium balloon (My balloon, it’s my balloon, aha) Fuck around We’re changing like the weather (Up and down together) We’re changing for the better But you’re mine and I’m yours forever Fun-fair love From above Cruising ‘round the way Searching the shore People yelling things I chose to ignore Am I going mad? I don’t know anymore
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Undertow 03:52
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The river-mouth you’re kissing The dam that holds us both It turns into a distance Aerial I’m loosing my reality When you’re washing over me You know what you feel And you want me to feel it Compensation flow Surfing emotional I’m the undertow The river you wanna stop Breaker’s coming up ahead Pulling me away from us I’m surfing on the waves of love But I’m drowsy and I keep messing up I’m wavering in fantasy Imagining what life would be Breaking the dam Let the river run free, yeah Compensation flow Surfing emotional I’m the undertow The river you wanna stop Life is flooding me It is washing us away I’m surfing Riding out the wave River’s running free It is coming our way I’m surfing Riding out the wave
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Mirror Image 03:45
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Fractured Shards of body mass Puzzle-pieces of a man Mirrored by his own default Cutting corners, acting like a dog I'm chasing the tale you've been telling me (Shit I don't know what it means to me) Collecting the pieces of my face in the street I'll rearrange my nose and my eyelids You don't really know me Mirror on the wall (I don't wanna be who you told me I was) My body cannot hold me back any longer (I’m tearing up my uniform) Soup into eyes Butterfly-weather Caressing the tide in an ocean of pearls My open arms In the mirror's image Handcuffed, awaiting your return I'm chasing the songs I write to see (What hides inside the river running in me) Collecting the pieces of my face in the street I'll rearrange every piece Design my face Taking shape in time I'm morphing into someone I like So don't try To define me You don't really know me Mirror on the wall (I don't wanna be who you told me I was) My body cannot hold me back any longer (The script you wrote, I no longer perform) You don't really know me Mirror on the wall (I don't wanna be who you told me I was) My body cannot hold me back any longer (I’m tearing up my uniform)
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Pleaser 03:43
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I had thought but It got away so I'm changing shape Like a shiny piece of play-dough All of the stars They're falling from the ceiling I'll pick them up It's not like I am stealing Life long rookie I might Just know the game Shit, It's not like I saw I just looked the other way All of the stars They're falling from the ceiling I'll pick them up It's not like I am stealing It's like I'm dreaming Unboxing what I'm feeling They're falling from the ceiling Like diamonds, so appealing All of the stars They're falling from the ceiling I'll pick them up It's not like I am stealing I held my head high (head high) As time passed by (it's passing by) You're changing pace and I'm stalling I can't keep ignoring The pleaser has had it All through the summer I took your hand and I didn’t wanna Ripples in water from the palms of my hands Surface looks calm but I can feel it expand The pleaser has had it All through the summer I took your hand and I didn’t wanna Ripples in water from the palms of my hands Surface looks calm but my reflection expands I connected and lost it Affection distorted ‘Cause I was dishonest I'm detached from emotions I tried to hold in Wrapped it and sold it, yeah I connected and lost them Affection distorted ‘Cause I wasn't honest with you
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Rope-a-dope 04:11
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Will we fight or forget All the troubles and the roars Pooled into every breath And entangled in my voice The calmness of your hand Holding on to us Hinders all the facts And makes me rewind If we jab and we let Every concern raise alarm Will we harm or protect Idle work of loving arms We're speaking in tongues The words turn in my mouth We are facing upside down We’re strangers now I am falling In and out of love again (I don’t know where to begin) Shadow boxing With the voices in my head Can I love you like I did Back in 2021 when we first met Rope-a-dope in my head Ringside yelling “let it slip” What did I even say? I can’t recall anything We're speaking in tongues The words turn in my mouth We are facing upside down We’re strangers now I am falling In and out of love again (I don’t know where to begin) Shadow boxing With the voices in my head I’m reasoning ‘cause I don’t wanna feel it Explaining things A pattern I’m repeating I’m stranded in the sea of your emotions It has been that way ever since you told me What you needed me to be

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released April 19, 2024

Music, lyrics and production by Albert Aagaard Hertz
Drums by Mikkel Fink
Drum engineering by Malthe Madsen except on 'Pleaser' by Albert von Bülow
Mix by Jacob Günther
Master by Joel Krozer at SixBitDeep
Artwork by Ville Vidø

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