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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

by The Smile Case

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Imposter In My Room 02:13
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I know that I do not belong here I know that I'm not good enough Keep in touch while I sweat the small stuff. Call my bluff? Shrug it off. Samantha always said I was a diamond in the rough That is not me. The camera lens zoom will prove that there is an imposter in my room. Developed in a dark room. I know that I do not belong here. I know that I'm not good enough Keep in toch while I sweat the small stuff. Call my bluff? Shrug it out. Samantha always said that I was a little rough This is not me. The camera lens zoom will prove that there is an imposter in my room. Developed in a dark room. This persistent year. The killing of a sacred fear. I'm strong enough. This persistent year. The killing of a sacred fear. I'm still a little rough. That is not me. The camera lens zoom will prove that there is an imposter in my room. Developed in a dark room. This persistent year. The killing of a sacred fear. This persistent year. The killing of a sacred fear. and I know that I do not belong.
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Art In The City 02:32
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I bend over backwards and I can't bend that far anymore. Some days I still wish I was on the corner of King and oh I don't remember. Welland treated me better. Yeah! I'm talking about a city. The whole city. It was so pretty. Yeah! It was so fucking pretty. It is such a pity. Pity! A pity that I have to live like this. That is what happens when you get older I guess. I don't think this is a song but maybe it is art. Oh I guess it is art. You think this is art? Well it's not that fucking pretty. Isn't art supposed to be pretty. Oh fuck me. Oh fuck me!
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Through The Summer 02:48
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Why even bothter? I won't be a father. I can't even make it through the summer. And I don't know who did this to me. Happy Anniversary I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day Hang outside and we abide to the weather advisory Turn left on King (turn left on King) Turn right on (Turn right on) I don't even know how to pronounce the name of that street. It's been a week. It's been two weeks. I'm still too weak Southern Ontario can be such a hole I think you found a snail and you should put it on your fingernail
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Haunted By Satan 02:08
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Trying Out, Drying Out 01:53
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I could try a million things I could die a million ways I could just give up I could find out what you're looking for What are you looking for? I could try I could try harder I could just lay down I could just give up What are you looking for? and I could try more drugs and I could lie I could do it all again and make you want to ask why I'm pretending I wonder what I'm looking for I think I got this down to a 'T' and I really tried
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Time 03:19
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It takes some time to work this over It takes some time to know it's over and then you start again with a new friend and who knows when it will end I don't want to be with them I just want to be with you I don't want to be with them I just want to be with you It takes some time to talk this over In the morning it will be over you'll be miles and miles away on an airplane and I'll still be lame I don't want to be with them I just want to be with you It takes some time to talk this over It takes some time to know it's over and I don't want to be with them It takes some time to talk this over it takes some time and it'll be over I don't want to be with them I just want to be with you What's new? I don't want to be with them I don't want to be with you I just want to talk it over and let you know it's over It's over It's over It's over It's over you
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Slit My Throat 03:16
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Sally will sell me anything that I need She says that she can always get down for me We can always have a party and I can bring every drug you like You can ride my bike home with me Don't want you to get in your car tonight If you're getting all high Sally said that I should clear my throat more often Sounds like there is drugs everywhere I rather hide under bleachers and get away from here Don't want you to drive your car home tonight I'll get you a cab or you could ride a bike Because you don't want to drive your car home tonight It's okay with me Sally said it's okay I'm with a new crowd Tried enough and tired of these business trips where you don't have to last that long. Pit stop and leave your car here tonight. It's okay if you stay.
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Bug Off 03:09
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What she gives is a little love tonight and I'm in the light. I can't make this up if I tried. and by the way I love you - 'Happy Anniversary' I have my phone and I feel a bit closer to the sun and he's I got to watch it's such a story All I know is that it is a happy anniversary. Here I am in the middle of the night need to right. Got the directory Travel here and I need surgery. It's comic surgery. Is this sorcery. Is it a forgory. I'm weary but it's a happy anniversary. I'm a pulmonary artery and I know it's a commom fall. It's just a millimetre memory in the middle of my knife in the night. And you think you might end up making it right. In the infirmary - 'Happy Anniversary' If I fly off it's sorcery. Protected by your armory You won't get me. Just might need some dental plastic surgery.
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π–Ž π–œπ–†π–“π–™ 𝖙𝖔 π–‘π–Žπ–˜π–™π–Šπ–“ 02:28
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I want to listen to your song....
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Last Night I Slept Outside 05:25
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Last night I slept outside The walls making everything suffocating Feel like if I make it up as I go along that I will get along better with everyone. Last night I slept outside The rain on my head pounding to get it Last night I slept outside Feel like it's easier to make it up as you go along I think I.... Last night I slept outside trying to hide I swear I was eaten alive My thoughts swirling. I'm twirling. I find it's better to make it up as you go along it won't be long I find I try I find it's better if I die Making it up as I go along
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Just Enough 07:09
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I promise myself and then I promoise you I will run in circles My mind is through. Do you need a crutch? The time is through. My watch it broke. The screw fell out. It's in a million pieces mixed in with the bits of crumbs on the carpet. I threw you off. I threw myself off too. The ledge is small. Don't worry I'm not through. I've got a week in me. This is not as dark as I intended to be Don't worry when I go home I watch cartoons with.....me. alone just me and Bugs Bunny. Yeah it's kind of funny. When you think about it... It's kind of funny in that funny kind of way And here I go. I go again. It's hurts too much but doesn't hurt enough. I feel like I've heard that in a song before. Then you sail away. You can be my sailor today. You're on the lake. The lake is on the sky. The horizon says 'HI' I know there isn't much else I can do. Maybe we can trade stories about beer. It wasn't enough. Maybe it was just enough. Then I don't know... I do it all the time. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of being sick and tired. I think it makes a lot of sense I'm picking up the pieces of that watch Rebuild the band and put it on my wrist oh it's better than a first kiss Here I am. I'm here all the time. I'm just here maybe half of the time. Makes no sense and I'm okay with that Party is over. It's past 3. I've gone home to hang out with....me Watching cartoons in the dark. Daffy duck I don't give a .... good luck. ...and I'm fading.

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released October 13, 2023

all songs written, performed and recorded by Ben Andress except where noted in track credits.

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