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The Eventual

from Hotel Messerschmitt by BAAN

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I been living on the edge of town
And I gotta go deeper, deeper down
I’m just a creeper and I’m creeping around
On the edge of town
The edge of town

I don’t know if you can hear me now
You gotta come and save me, but I don’t know how
I got the money in a big blue case
I’m by the old school, you know the place
That’s right!

When an old man dies
It’s no surprise
There’s pennies on his eyes

No matter how many lines I sing
It’s still the end of everything
Only hurts for an hour or two
The pain barrier I’m going through

Maybe the future doesn’t burn
Maybe the blood forgets to yearn
I’ll be the joker in that house of hearts
I’ll win the game before the rest of you start

All the people I have ever known
Into the fabric of the world are sewn
They call my name from the cinnamon tree
Back to the front, now they’re shooting at me

Every night when I go to bed
My dreams are black and murdering red
Sweep it all away with a flick of my hand
All the armies of the world at my command
My command

You’re bleeding out on the battlefield
Used to be King, now how does it feel?
A billionaire in the frigid air
Of a skyliner, you take it everywhere

Spewing out poison all over the sky
You don’t give a fuck if everybody dies
I got a headstone, the name is free
Someone might be missing, but it won’t be me

I was the static on your television
The man in black, I don’t need your permission
I was the grey in number fifty one
I fell to earth from the core of your sun

What’s it like to be so frightened
To fear the dark, be unenlightened
You don’t believe in what you haven’t seen
Until they put a big picture in a magazine
And then you believe!

[No, no, no, no, no. That’s not how it works!]

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from Hotel Messerschmitt, released October 10, 2023

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Like all musicians I wished I had the same number of limbs as an octopus. My wish was granted, but not in the way I had hoped for. My cephalopod partner is an enthusiastic volunteer from the worldwide animal charity Save Humans From Themselves. We share a special kind of love. ... more

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