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From Tragic To Magic (the road to dreambeat)

by The Urbane Decay

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Everyone should learn to be a little bit selfish Go out and take what they need And not worry about the consequences Of their actions and dirty deeds Everyone regrets not being selfish not tasting all they wanted you see it when they’re on the subway inside they’re feeling haunted Like a ghost Yearning for The life they wanted most Like a wraith Yearning for A little more faith Everyone should learn to be a little bit selfish Even getting on the street car Takes a certain frame of mind gentle people get left behind Don’t think about the shoes you scuff Squeezing on the escalator Like a school of fish you go with the flow And forget about it seconds later Like a dream Fades We get on with our day Like steam Dissipates And curls away Our dreams fade And curl away Everyone should learn to be a little bit selfish They might find it does them good They might find that when they’re happy It’s easier to do what they should No one regrets smelling flowers Or music when they hear it But a life full of good intentions Ends with an empty spirit Like a ghost Yearning for The life they wanted most Like a wraith Looking for A little more faith Like a wraith Yearning for A little more faith
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Get out another box of tissues I’m putting the “I” back in “issues” Filled with anxiety and fright I can’t get it up again tonight Get out another box of Kleenexes I’ve been obsessing about your ex’s Even if they couldn’t keep it in their pants They could satisfy you in ways I can’t I’m just being selfish Wishing that like a shellfish You’d opened up for the very first time for the very first time, for the very first time for the very first, the very first time Open a pack of moist towelettes Wipe away the cum and sweat And that look of doubt and fear That’s written on your face all too clear I wanted to be strong Not worried that I’m doing it wrong For the very last time, for the very last time For the very last , the very last time Get out another box of tissues I’m putting the “u” back in “issues” You think I’m just not into you Because it seems like I never want to screw My insecurities become self fulfilling prophecies It’s been that way since the very first time the very first time, the very first time the very first, the very first time
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At the grocery store You pause in the door Hold it open and wait While the person behind you hesitates With their overloaded arms Deciding if you mean them harm Then the wariness in their eyes Fades as they decide You’re just a being polite Doing what you feel is right They thank you and squeeze past And walk away a little too fast Too fast, they walk a little too fast In the subway car You see somebody charge The doors as they close An inch before their nose Their eyes fill with rage And it feels like an age Before they realise They’re staring into your eyes As the stillness of the train begins to lurch away you realize you will never know any person better You’ll never know any person better The songs on your iPod sound like nothing's been more profound You bury your nose in your book And give nobody a second look In the coffee shop you’re pulling off the top of your cardboard cup to see if they filled it up They left no room for cream you burn your fingers on the steam and you spill some on the floor as you’re backing out the door And your eyes catch a glimpse of the barrista flinch you can almost feel the throb of how much they hate their job Their job, you're glad it's not your job Cleaning up after people like you Well, ain't it what they're paid to do? Still, you get out of their too fast Too fast , you walk away a little too fast

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2008 era indie-pop demos and out-takes.

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released March 2, 2018

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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