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Pride and Progress​/​Goin' For Broke

by The Offseason

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1.
Forfeit 01:42
I’ve got a fucking bone to pick With every guy you claim you’ve slept with, ‘Cause I can’t understand why you’re back here. I’ve moved on and so have you, But look at what you’ve gotten into. A never ending cycle of mental abuse. And I don’t need to hear about it. ‘Cause every night remains the same In your new found high life college charade. It’s never idealistic enough for you. I know someday you’ll learn from this, But to me it’s still the same old bullshit, And I get tired of hearing about life after me. ‘Cause I don’t need to hear about him tonight. I forfeit, So take your shit And leave this place. Do this for me. Do this for me and you.
2.
Between me and you, they don’t like what I do. I shouldn’t take it to heart, ‘cause that’s all I’m used to. I’ve spent hundreds of hours on coffee and chords, Inside of my dorm room, recording my words, So I could be told, “This whining is getting old.” This is a battle of pride and progress, ‘Cause I love what I do regardless. They might be right, But don’t let their words change your life. Sure, it’s the truth, but it hurts all the same. I have grown out of t-shirts I thought fit you too, Now my pictures have put me to shame, ‘cause Now I see someone that I don’t recognize, From poses he made to the lust in his eyes. I couldn’t take his advice if I tried. (‘Cause he’s dead inside) Don’t go living for someone else ‘Cause you’ll never be happy with yourself Unless you feel the best when you feel empty
3.
There’s something different about tonight Hinting at our liquored vibes, You took me back to your room Like you’ve got something to prove But I’m still stupid enough to fall for the things you do You don’t have to feel ashamed You’ve made them jealous anyway So thanks for the heartless games we played, but I don’t understand why you would call me again You don’t have to feel ashamed, It’s just your intentions anyway ‘Cause these things happen, and that’s okay, but I don’t understand why you would want me again
4.
I guess my friends were right, I’m too nice to those who don’t deserve it from me I didn’t sift you out, ‘cause I didn’t think you’d be a problem, yeah. But when this all comes back to me, Who am I supposed to believe? You tried to take my voice, and make it into something that I never wanted to hear As if it was your choice. You knew what you were getting into the day you moved here. You only talk to those that I seem to know ‘cause you can’t go out on your own Well, that has never been or will begin to be my problem if you’re alone My big shadow wasn’t made for you So don’t act like you deserve that, too Come this May, I won’t have to hear a thing you say You’ll just leave, Like you’ve left everything else I wonder if you know, That your brand of arrogance is sickening all of my friends And I know that you tried, So don’t try to deny your advances on my ex, Make yourself at home, ‘Cause this will be the last thing You call your own from me
5.
I just don't wanna grow up this year I just don't wanna grow old So here I am, standing at my wit's end 'Cause I am not certain if this is the way I should go This new philosophy of giving up on my dreams For a shot at nothing bigger has me shaken down to the bone 'Cause I just don't wanna grow up this year I just don't wanna grow old I just don't wanna grow up this year I just don't wanna grow old I just don't wanna give up just yet I just don't wanna go If this is everything that you want to see You'll notice nothing that's inside of me 'Cause I've yet to be livin' the dream, YEAH I'm losing my mind half of the goddamn time 'Cause nobody wants to settle because they had failed This is redemption, and out go the accusations And everyone's guilty 'cause I don't think anyone's right This is my dream, no matter how bad it seems But this bullshit clutters my head I'm sick of the bills, sick of the nonsense we can't kill 'Cause I just don't wanna grow up this year I just don't wanna grow
6.
Frank White 03:34
Getting by on the dime It never seems easy, but you're still aiming to please As if you need my company I'm sorry you're in a hole, But you can't keep bitching at me for the life you chose So hold yourself responsible But I'm infatuated with this inebriation from you You're on hold when it gets cold But everyone has to depend on you And everybody wants your name But that is just the way it will stay Ambiguous by day Getting high every night You never seem happy, but it takes your mind off of things And the stress that life brings We're hanging out with Frank White (he's been here all night) And it taught me a valuable lesson That there's so many people who rely on other people like you You're so crazy for all this lately, But you're just hazy
7.
Dirt Nap 03:36
Is this the way that you have to be When you listen to me? I'm not trying to put you in your place You have to learn how to make mistakes Like the choices I've made Because I'm proud to say that they're what made me And everybody These are the roads we never wanted to know These are the roads but that's the way that we'll go 'Cause there's no such thing as a happy ending I can't remember the past few years When I overdosed on fear The fear of knowing what the right way was The critics will always have to say That you can't do it But that is all a part of growing up It's shutting them up You know this to be true The world won't quit for you
8.
The time is winding down and everyone's hit the ground (That's how the party goes) And everybody knows your name in this two-bit town (That's how the party rolls) You always seem to complain about the same old games Your man is with other ladies that don't seem to have names So what did you expect in this tequila brigade? (That's how the party rolls) Even if you knew me, I Would never have suggested you try To get behind the wheel and drive Because of what he said tonight Do you feel like you're so lost And the feeling's already gone? If your world's still spinning, You're not going anywhere. I'd rather be safe here with you. I heard you shout from the roof "I'm not as stupid as you" (That's how the party goes) But since you look so good, I don't know what to do With a beautiful mess like you
9.
Let's cut and paste another night to waste The city streets are calling out for you, so go show them your face It's time to sell yourself by being someone else Mixing elegance laced with decadence Because you know your life won't get better than this By the way you shake, I can tell you're a fake So be the entertainment for tonight so they'll remember your name 'Cause you have to be pretty and you have to be clean Just to put your little product in their vending machines So glitter up the gray and see how much you'll make Because they just don't care how bad you taste Put that gold record on and sing those stupid songs Just to make that beat on every street go on We've got a war to wage because it's all the rage To forget yourself for the chance at being great It's an awful mess who you're trying to impress You want the neon dreams in teen magazines to bring you back from the dead 'Cause the pop music princess is so easy to please But you have only fifteen minutes just to get on your knees So what would be left after what's done and said And the limelight has gone to your head? You ride your high horse so damn well But as far as I can tell The world will reject you, your friends disrespect you, But you just don't care 'cause you don't have a clue

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Tracks 1-4 recorded at Getaway Recording
Produced by The Offseason and Jay Maas
Mixed and Mastered by Jay Maas
Tracks 5-9 recorded at Strangeways Recording
Produced by The Offseason and Mike Poorman
Mix and Mastered by Jay Maas

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released October 10, 2011

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