Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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this one was really fun to record. got to utilize my criminally underused mouth trumpet. and yes that IS me legitimately coughing at the end. it tickles yo throat.

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I found a little color in all that gray
A flashbulb memory
Was it red, white, or rosé?
A home-brew remedy

Why do we always remember the things that bring us pain?
I suppose I should be happy, ‘cause we wouldn’t be the same without that

Half-opened bottle of wine
Swimming in money
So many ways to die
But we keep on goin’

Et tu, Laureli?
Where is your lust for life?
You may keep forgetting
But you got the gist now, right?

I found a little bully inside my brain
Oh, our upbringing
She seems to hate how we were raised
But her motto’s got irony:

C’est la vie, Lauren, don’t be weak
Oh, whining ain’t pretty
If you trip in the back
Don’t expect us to come running

Ooh
Now I got all the puzzle pieces that I need
It’s no surprise that that doesn’t stop the bleed
Got a little dash of anger (Oh, come on!)
Humiliation too
Seems I still love my pride if the latter’s coming through

Don’t be mean to me
Don’t be, don’t be, don’t be mean to me
Don’t be, don’t be, don’t be mean
(Just don’t be mean)

Half-opened bottle of wine
Swimming in money
So many ways to die
But we keep on goin’

Et tu, Laureli?
Where is your lust for life?
You may keep forgetting
But you got the gist now, right?
Ooh
(Oh my gosh)