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Amused / Not A Muse (2019)

by The Smile Case

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Amused 02:19
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i see me in you i'm so amused is this what it is like to have a muse? make a spark blow a fuse i see you in me i'm so amused i see me in you i'm so amused is this what it is like to have to lose? break a leg make the news i see you in me i'm so amused you're so not a muse i see me in you i'm so amused is this what it is like to be twenty two? mute the flame make a wish i see you in me i'm so amused
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Pinery Shores 03:58
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He fucks off on Fridays and comes back on Sundays All holier than Hell The professor asks 'are you a clown or a tourist?' To this day i never knew what he meant Ursula will not return my calls I wonder if it was something I said? My tongue always cramps up She's got me speaking in cursive Maybe it was something I said He fucks off on Fridays To the conventions across the river All holier than Hell The airwaves might be affecting our minds And I don't mind I always wake up dead The airwaves might affecting our minds There is something in the river I don't mind I wake up dead Ursula will not return my calls I wonder if it was something I said? My tongue always cramps up She's got me speaking in cursive Maybe it was something I said Maybe it was something I said?
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Old Neighbourhood 02:17
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He knocking on all the doors of all the people he used to know And no one is home because it's not the 80's anymore He out at the table The lighter is getting hot Everyone knows he won't spot Oh it's that time of year again Where I just want to find all my friends I just want to find all my friends Everyone is out to get me And the cops are here And the old man is trying to kill me I see them peeking through the blinds Well I don't mind Well the joke is on them tonight Well the joke is on them tonight The joke is on you The joke is on you It's all over when they walk through the door Hit the lights Hit the floor It's all over when you know It's all over when they come through the door It's all over when they come through the door It's all over It's all over the floor Turn off lights It's that time of year of year When everyone can't be yours When everyone can't be your friend again
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Midwestern Hospitality 02:32
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How can you sleep at night? Knowing that I can't sleep at night You? No I? You grew distance No I grew distance and cold And I felt like I You were starting a family with a war I knew from the first moment I saw you that you were dangerous to me I knew from the first moment I saw you that you were dangerous to her Really missing the Midwest Or maybe I just miss Lindsey She always let me sleep on her couch Her hospitality was the best She took me out for breakfast and I took the train to Chicago Alex got me brunch We never talked about the past Sam let me sleep in her basement After that Kimya Dawson in-store We stayed up all night in the kitchen They let me play my playlists They weren't pissed It isn't here You must have dreamed you put it there It isn't here You must have dreamed you put it there How can you sleep at night? I can't sleep at night How can you sleep at night? I can't sleep at night How can you sleep at night? I can't sleep at night
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Stay Finally 01:51
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Here we are Sitting on the grass With each other Finally At last Why? Oh why did you? Let's just stay Finally I found the words to say I just wanted to stay I just wanted to stay I just want to stay Just wanted to stay Just wanted to stay Just wanted to stay Just wanted to stay Just wanted to stay Just wanted to stay I just want to stay Wanted to stay Got to say
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Cracked Sidewalk 00:17
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Is this where we end?
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Elbow Room 02:44
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Ever drive and wonder if you are the only one on empty I know I'm not the only one with bags under my eyes Ever drive and wonder if you're actually on TV I know I'm not the only one who thinks this is a joke You complain about elbow room The perfume lingers in the bathroom Four of us getting high And only one complaining about elbow room Ursula lives in the Chemical Valley Met her smoking in the alley Only a couple hours from home She says she's always shakey And that we should meet up Blurry and out of focus A camera without a zoom You complain about elbow room (is this a joke?) The perfume lingers in the bathroom (is this a joke?) Four of us getting high (is this a joke?) And only one complaining about elbow room You complain about the lack of adequate space You complain there is no move to maneuver The four of us getting high and only one complaining about elbow room she's always shakey she's always shakey and that... and that she says she's always ready to get high You complain about elbow room
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Never Be As Cool 01:45
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Oh you think you're so hip You'll get old one day Lose your health Break a hip when you try to dance to all those dusty records on your shelf I'm thinking theoretical I knew the day I sat there and sorted your vinyl alphabetical That I could never be as cool as you wanted me to Be... Never be as cool as you wanted me to Oh you think you're so in Innocence will only get you so far man Break a sweat when you try to list all those awesome things you've done I'm thinking hypocritical I knew the day I met you that you'd be nothing short of radical I will never be as cool as you I will never be as you wanted me to Yeah I wanted you too Yeah I wanted you And I... And I... Oh you think you're so hip (and I...) Oh you think you're so hip (and I...) Oh you think you're so hip (and I...) Oh you think you're so hip
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Girls On Chemicals 02:51
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Girls on long boards at shows Some kids never grew up in the 90's and it really shows Girls on chemicals at shows Some kids never wipe their nose and it really shows Girls sitting bored at shows Some kids never know how to rock the mic and it really shows I find these things come with time
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Meet Me At The Library 02:27
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You are just words on a page Corners dogeared and aged Thumbing through the yellow stains Falling through the yellow stains And I... I've been writing a preface Story of my life How could you do that to me? That to me Do that to me Oh you are just broken fragmented paragraph Make a graph Post some numbers Get some facts The pie is never full Oh I'm on my way and I have nothing left to say Nothing left to say
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Disconnect 05:16
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I don't know what else to say Other than the lines been disconnected Maybe it's been this way for years And no one is protected I don't know what else to do I don't know what else to say Other than the lines been disconnected And maybe it's me And maybe it's you It's just the image we projected I don't know what else to say Other than the lines been disconnected Maybe it's me Maybe it's you It's just the image we projected And it's the results I projected And I don't know what else to say Other than the lines been disconnected Maybe it's been this way for years And no one is protected Don't know what else to do Don't know what else to say Other than the lines been disconnected The lines been disconnected Maybe it's me Maybe it's you Maybe it's just the image we projected And no one is protected Maybe it's the image we projected (we've all been ejected) It's the image we projected (we've all been ejected) And the lines been disconnected (we've all been ejected) And the lines been disconnected (we've all been ejected) And the lines been disconnected (we've all been ejected) And the lines been disconnected (we've all been ejected) And the lines been disconnected (we've all been ejected) And the lines been disconnected....
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Pinery Shores (acoustic) 03:25
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He fucks off on Fridays and comes back on Sundays All holier than Hell The professor asks 'are you a clown or a tourist?' To this day i never knew what he meant Ursula will not return my calls I wonder if it was something I said? My tongue always cramps up She's got me speaking in cursive Maybe it was something I said He fucks off on Fridays To the conventions across the river All holier than Hell The airwaves might be affecting our minds And I don't mind I always wake up dead The airwaves might affecting our minds There is something in the river I don't mind I wake up dead Ursula will not return my calls I wonder if it was something I said? My tongue always cramps up She's got me speaking in cursive Maybe it was something I said Maybe it was something I said?

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The Smile Case follow up their last full length with a surprise album drop titled 'Amused/Not A Muse' This release features 11 tracks that tackle the subjects of irreconcilable relationships, devastating breakdowns in communication, substance abuse, sobriety & healing. This anxiety fueled Diazepam-pop driven rollercoaster definitely sounds better with a pair of headphones. Ready to be amused?

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released November 29, 2019

all songs written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by The Smile Case

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...is an anxiety fueled rollercoaster that sounds better with a pair of headphones and 5mg of Diazepam. Ready to be amused?

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