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*​*​BONUS#1​*​* Laser Lemon pt​.​2

from FUNemployed! by The Michael Character

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You’re train’s moving forward
And I’m standing still
You’re on the cusp of a successful career
I’m asleep at the Laundromat, paint chips and orange peels
Litter the floor I feel three crossroads too far in the wrong direction
Always thought you could squeeze enough time between two points to make up for a failure to plot your projection, but that was fallacious, I know
I never felt cool around you
You were miles above
I had an inferiority complex that you insisted was misguided, which you tried to ensure me of
But I wouldn’t listen; I was too busy tripping up socially
To realize how great were the friends there in front of me, the ones who made fun of me but only in a light-hearted way that I didn’t understand at the time, I was too goddamned shy to laugh at myself like I needed to
Once I said that a kettle that’s boiling will run out of water much faster than another that’s cold on the stove, but I’m learning quite quickly that dreams are a real thing, not simply a delusion to lighten ones intellectual load, I don’t wanna go home to the room that I know, still got nothing to show, for the life that I missed while I jotted these words in my room all alone, like I never did grow
I abandoned the pulpit
You embraced its romanticism
I buried my shame in a pile of books
Found the key to unlock my philosophical prison
We numbered our days in unusual ways
You with sketch pad and pencil
Me with print on a page
And yet to this day I’ve got a feeling, so strange, like you followed your dreams, I let mine slip away, but I know in the end
The fact is I’ve changed. Found new ways to channel my hopes and ambitions, my convictions are stronger than ever, my thoughts all arranged
And I’m just happy that we both turned out all right
Congrats on the new job, I wish you the best
And I know that you’ll be famous, put the pros to the test
And I’m thankful to have shared my formative years with a friend like you
We should grab lunch the next time we’re in the same city, but until then good luck and I’ll see you eventually
Sincerely, your old friend

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from FUNemployed!, released May 15, 2012

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It's political music, whatever. Based in Boston, MA. Absolutely willing to drive very far to play for you and five of your vaguely alternative friends in your combination kitchen/laundry room. Hit me up. I'm fully serious.

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