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The World Is Flat & You're All Liars

by DL Murray

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1.
Armageddon 02:23
To those convinced that you're invincible, allow me To assist you in coming to grips with mortality Your physical form only exists to store calories Your salary isn't shit but a formality You're about to be pulverized into a powdery Spore to be absorbed into the core of the galaxy When you accept that you doubtfully hold any importance As normality, it morphs your reality Torrents pour down, performing storm cloud alchemy But brown outs and droughts got you thirsting for a fountain drink You ain't as mechanically sound as you think Planned obsolescence will shut you down in a blink You're lucky you didn't drown in the sink during your first bath The universe hath forsaken your perverse acts There will never be peace until it reverts back To when Earth was nothing but a deserted dirt mass To err is human, to forgive is divine Intelligent design got us all livin within the lines Driven to lives of crime, if that shit isn't a sign That our time's up, you either ain't listening or your blind Our welcome has been overstayed Our national anthem's as overplayed as the ace of spades in a poker game The sonic equivalent of novacaine straight to the veins The thought of it is enough to make me go insane That's why I'm dropping knowledge by the terrabyte cuz I stay as hungry as an intestinal parasite Cherish life too much to share a bite The end is near, I can feel it coming in the air tonight Humanity is a race, not a decathalon I think whoever divided em up did the math all wrong But the truth ain't even worth being passed along When we're one atomic bomb blast from being mastodons Shadows cast upon the environment that we thrive in Will soon make it impossible to survive in Cuz we've failed to hold ourselves responsible for providing A place for the sun to shine when it rises on the the horizon By 2025 we'll all feel like dying When we're bored of the bullshit that we've spent our lives buying And conformed to the multiple enterprises deciding Which lies we'll memorize to intensify the enticing Sense of high priced independence, highlighting The expenses of riding the fence and side swiping Attempts to deprive rights that strike like lightning Lie detector tests in excessively bright lighting Smiting, too many wrongs need righting To proceed fighting without patriotic poetry reciting Redefining armageddon as we know it Anticipating the end at any moment
2.
Kill me in the middle of the night Can someone please just do me a favor Kill me in the middle of the night I don't wanna be awake to see it happen, the thought frightens me Some want a thrilling exodus, I fear that's not right for me So come around when you hear that clock striking 3AM Don't bother knocking, it's unlocked, walk right in Make yourself at home, take care not to rouse me Staring down a barrel just sounds so very lousy I don't wanna spend my last moments in hysterics Cryin like a coward, imprisoned within my own barracks (no) Maybe it'd be cool if you could wait until my parents go naturally So they don't have to see such a tragedy But shit, that just means I have to see them die Such a selfish thought, but it nags at me inside And nothing helps it stop, believe me I have tried and I've tried But there ain't nothing to be gained from an eye for an eye Though we ain't stuck side by side, stride by stride They're why I've survived, I ain't too fly to hide my pride But you'd better walk the walk if you talk that talk Just kill me in the middle of the night Drag me to the top of the roof and drop me off Just kill me in the middle of the night Hold me hostage while you lick shots at the cops Just kill me in the middle of the night Gag me with a gasoline soaked cloth Just kill me in the middle of the night Early morning would be fine too I usually don't gain consciousness til about high noon So what's it gonna be, huh? Fuck it, use a sledgehammer Ain't like it's gonna leave me any deader than one of the old standards I'll go out hollerin 'Hosanna', probably squealing it Not because it hurts, but just so you know that I'm feeling it As long as you don't torture me and tease me I can deal with it And as a way of saying thank you, feel free to steal some shit Leave the microwave and blender, those are my roommate's But I got food inside the fridge, heat up two plates How could I be mad, if it happens, that's my true fate They say this life is a test, today's the due date It ain't too late, mi casa es la suya Kill me in the middle of the night Savor the adrenaline rush as it moves through ya Kill me in the middle of the night Tie me up and toss me in a tank with barracudas Kill me in the middle of the night Pop me open like a can of albacore tuna Kill me in the middle of the night Maybe mother nature will just take the task upon herself Not a soul in sight to bare witness to my helpless yelp As my life force is slowly drained out of me And transferred to a new host, I do toast to the powers that be Corralled six feet under the ground with all my new friends My neighbor to the left of me just moved in The other one to the right of is a hundred year tenant He's rollin in his grave sayin I shoulda repented It's kind of nice knowing I can choose when to end it And begin the sentence, but I'd rather make you the defendant Take the weight off my shoulders for me (please) If you could, it would be splendid One more time in case you've been inattentive Throw me out a thirteenth story window, impale me on a fence Kill me in the middle of the night You can play this in the courtroom when they ask for your defense Just kill me in the middle of the night If I'm wide awake and weary would you wait a while longer Kill me in the middle of the night Harness every bit of strength you can conjure Kill me in the middle of the night Not tonight Not tomorrow night Maybe sometime next week Let me check my schedule
3.
Ice King 04:41
There's one thing you gotta understand if you play the love game Only way to win it's to come out of it with bloodstains Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained Jump claim and what was once chump change becomes uncontained Stun gun aimed at us, front page became upstage when the flame combust it's dangerous to break the chain of trust Ain't it just... Just? Naw, not even slightly It'll shake you to the core and the effects can be unsightly Heed my advice, ain't gonna run it by ya twice, proceed lightly Still schemin on that one motherfucker she'd be seeing nightly That must be exciting, reading and writing such nice things I'm Ice King, I'm not asking, I ain't no sapling This ain't Costco, and she got no turntables but she's sampling I'm pampering, but I just can't seem to do a damn thing correctly I'm indirectly reflecting what she's projecting Dodecahedron, two faced and then some, I'm reinvesting I kidnap the princess and force her to marry me Relieve my burdens cuz this horse couldn't carry me I tell you this with no remorse or sincerity I'm swervin off course to the source of polarity (swerve) Approach very wearily I've been known to go there unnecessarily Unrest, it wears at me; gun threat dexterity Sun deck where some get none unless from charity What we need more people for anyway? I don't need a friend, I need y'all to gimme space Heads get shredded like lettuce, let us in Anyone messing with my medicine regimen is gonna get jettisoned Heaven's scent ascending, my head trippin Lucy turn me into Vitameatavegamin but I'm already spread so thin The show's over, potent odors and no motor skills Winter turn a leaf blower to a snow blower Yola, diet cola, no soda, remote controller Lost under the cushion, they pushing goods in a stroller Take your mind off it, focus on putting your best foot forward And to grow, you gon have to live with your expectations lowered I kidnap the princess and force her to marry me Relieve my burdens cuz this horse couldn't carry me I tell you this with no remorse or sincerity I'm swervin off course to the source of polarity (swerve) It's raining so hard I can't hear my own thoughts I've had a thump over the head with Samson's jawbone, I'm so lost Can't go off of the lid, so I go off of the grid To communicate it implicitly for the sake of simplicity Bridges, they can rickety, but if they're placed deliberately The steps you take can make a staircase to infinity How it isn't how it's finna be, negativity's limiting Vulnerability's at its peak when you in the ring Dead air, I've been there, I always keep it ten squared Love's visually impaired, she too concerned with skin care The stress got me thin-haired, within this dragon's lair I'm stricken with intense fear, stiffened, motionless stare Inaction is the exception to the questions we address But access to excess possess us to obsess So til then we still refill these pills Taking one with each meal til the illness heals I kidnap the princess and force her to marry me Relieve my burdens cuz this horse couldn't carry me I tell you this with no remorse or sincerity I'm swervin off course to the source of polarity (swerve) Your princess is in another castle Sorry, your princess is in another castle Sorry, your princess is in another castle Looks like you just wasted another life, asshole Sorry, your princess is in another castle Sorry, your princess is in another castle Looks like you just
4.
Half Empty 05:06
I used to hate to sleep in Now I pass out for way too long and wake up thankful half the day is gone Half the time I wake up next to half a bottle Half asleep at 4am, thinking I'ma want that tomorrow Twist the cap off, throw it on the floor, throw back and pack a bong full The odds that I'll accomplish anything today are astronomical It's flat out comical how bad it's gotten though Sometimes I wish mom and dad had just left me at the hospital Thinking back to principals saying I'm gonna have to have a talk with you That attitude's the only thing that's stopping you And thinking that was stupid so after school I would cop a few That was what got me through a lot of seemingly impossible obstacles When I would get cornered in the locker rooms By kids who just wanted to sock a dude cuz they had a lot to prove And I could say I'm better than them but it's not the truth And it's pulsing in the back of my head like a rotten tooth When I find myself upgrading my vodka proof Like eighty isn't doing it, maybe a hundred ought to do the trick And I can stomach a fifth, but I still get sick When I stop to consider all that I've got to lose Sometimes I don't believe it Then I take another sip and provoke the demons Home is where the dopamine is to evoke a stroke of genius I was once a fetus, then I became a defeatist My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope Sometimes I wish that I could press rewind Double shots of whiskey til my debit card gets declined My dreams get stressful, my sleep's less restful Lack of deep rest turns me to a depressed asshole Whose company nobody finds enjoyable Most companies don't find me employable I don't speak if it's avoidable A void has opened and I'm trying to fill it full There I go, making mountains out of mole hills Working at a job that kills the soul There are few aspects of my life that I can still control When it feels as though someone drilled a hole into my skull It comes and goes to steal the show, this leech keeps sucking on me plus if I don't drink a cup of coffee I'm a fucking zombie Lethargic, retarded, by angels I'm guarded But by demons I'm haunted, bought it even though didn't want it But fuck it, now I got it Pop tops, then wax philosophic It's safe to assume that if I've got it in a glass, then it's toxic Sometimes I don't believe it I'm just trying to unwind, on that old naive shit Treating open bars like open season Til my stomach's on fire and my throat is bleeding My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope I don't wanna spend the next 50 years dyin Sitting here crying the roar of a speared lion Emitting weird vibes, I listen and hear silence My friends fear for me, but don't wanna interfere with my shit That's why I spend so much time in private, nine to five it Then come home and offer my sacrifices to Dionysus Either that or I rise with the moon and work a night shift Making my coffee Irish and trying to keep it tight lipped Tried to get a grip but I slipped Didn't help much that the love of my life was a lying bitch But to blame her for the position that I'm in right now Would just absolve me of the guilt and make me spin right 'round When the midnight hour strikes, I don't swim, I drown But that motherfucking lifeguard keeps getting in my mouth To resuscitate me while I rot from the inside out Wake up and look around wondering where am I now? Impatiently await winter's blizzards and then fly south You think blood's thicker than water, you should check mine out My weakness is if I'm granted a peaceful moment then I'll seize it If you can't understand it then cut me open and I'll bleed it Sometimes I don't believe it Start to feel depression's pressure but the smoke relieves it Home is where the dopamine is to evoke a stroke of genius I was once a fetus, then I became a defeatist My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope Sometimes I don't believe it Then I take another sip and provoke the demons Home is where the dopamine is to evoke a stroke of genius I was once a fetus, then I became a defeatist My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope My glass is half empty, my ass is flat broke I scavenge my last pennies and that's my last hope
5.
B- 04:22
Some days I care, some days I ain't got a fuck to spare Some days I wanna help but I ain't got a buck to spare Nothing but despair, frustration and bad luck to share I'm working with what I've got, ain't worried bout what I'm not I don't let it tie me up in knots I'm just the product of a lot of tough times, I had to adjust my clock And why should I offer my apology When honesty is quite obviously the right policy Not some kind of reverse psychology I'm far too bright for y'all to shine those blinding lights onto me Too dark for y'all too see, so this is my autobiography The dichotomy is mind boggling Like, DL's a problem, ain't he? He don't talk but when he rock the stage he goes cockamamie, he's probably crazy No, I'm just concentrating Too busy to be caught being distracted by meaningless interactions I don't perceive them as benefactions Simply symptomatic of society steadily slipping backwards My head hangs in shame The dead weight of my brain cranes my neck I suspect it's too late in the game Cut me open, and I'll bleed B- Cut me open, and I'll bleed B- Cut me open, and I'll bleed B- Insomniac without a dream, I need sedatives Half asleep from measures that's preventative Hell, If you can't beat em, let 'em win I tell em it runs in my blood I can't help but be negative Insomniac without a dream I'll always be loved as an artist, and hated as a person I have the most uncanny way of making that for certain They think they know the real me, but they don't scratch the surface Even with an endless source of information at their service Overflowing with this negativity If you don't know my middle name then you're safer not saying shit to me Til I hit the tree like lumberjacks, comic relief from the chronic leaf Now shit's under wraps, but it doesn't last Fuck you, fuck you, you're cool but fuck you anyway And fuck getting paid, I'm staying in today I keep the turn up stored right on the headboard I ain't finna leave til my bedsores got bedsores Killing a brain cell, feeling the pain swell Peeling a hangnail, unwilling to stay well Stealing away, dwelling in total isolation This is all I've got for you, I'm sorry I kept you waiting Most of the time I don't feel nothing But tonight I'm feeling like I might kill something For sheer sport, throw the body away There ain't nothing nobody could say To sway me or persuade any changes, the estranged emcee Strange to see in a game that's prearranged to be this way But maintaining control creatively Ain't my reason for keeping free agency The evil is all around me now, there's no escaping it They took my camera from me when I was videotaping it The future's looking grim to me the way that they've been shaping it A human race against the clock, make no mistake of it So how the fuck I'm supposed to stay motivated with dissociative traits Disengaged from stable relationships Well, mama said if they don't fuck with you the way you is Then they can go and play with the neighbor kids Place your bids on them Fatalistic enablement of the straight-A student Plagued by restless leg movements But I'm smart, I can get through this I said I'm heartless, I'm Craig Lewis Don't let the pain affect you Don't listen to your heart, let the brain protect you
6.
Been sittin on a fortune since the snipping of the foreskin And I'm trying to multiply it to ridiculous proportions Ain't talking about the money cuz that isn't what's important Plus they tend to cut me short when it's time to divvy up the portions But I'm gifted with a more rewarding swiftness to my aura oratorically And give a shit about getting your endorsement That shit gets written off, but my tips are unreported Born into an industry that's more constricting than a corset Criticism, my metabolism's quick with the absorption If I needed moral support I'd enlist with the consortium I'm all about my sportsmanship, but a precipitous portion Of participants have given piss poor performances It's like a Category 4 shitstorm of it But I remain unintimidated by its enormousness I stay on pins and needles like Christmas ornaments But step into my bracket and get dismissed from the tournament Been sittin on a fortune since the day that I was born Pretty sure it's apparent in the way that I perform Been stirrin up trouble like a Cayman Island storm Now it's time to grab the monster I've created by the horns More dollars than follicles, solid gold domiciles No conjugal chronicles, just phenomenal water insoluble Honest to God it goes so hard I'm falling like dominoes The fantasies that my mind harbors are almost parodical Prodigal son shining, swan diving, I'm Primus Tryna sail the seas of cheese vis-à-vis these beats Tease the keys until I can increase the fees A piece of me's diseased Jeez Louise, slouching crookeder than the tower of Pisa leans when I was younger, I grew accustomed to hunger Must have been under a curse, I witnessed my sustenance plundered Scared shitless, witless, and with every thrust of the plunger I could feel myself becoming more distrustful of others Shit, the air is poisonous, the water is a sedative It gets a bit repetitive, so I live and just let it live They think I owe em but their opinions' discredited Because I'm sitting in the red with a negative debt to forgive Been sittin on a fortune since the day that I was born Pretty sure it's demonstrated in the way that I perform Been stirrin up trouble like a Cayman Island storm Now it's time to grab the monster I've created by the horns Trying times aren't the times to stop trying Dividing lines get scarified with hot irons Shots flying high, they harmonize with the soft sirens Singing lullabies, the art of not getting caught lying Suicide and other forms of knot tying It's looking like you forgot one, Mr. Paul Simon It's easy to be tempted to reroute When what you're expecting is sweet fruit and you end up with bitter beet root Life is a skeet shoot, if you're lucky you'll go out with a bang But it falls flat on the ground if you don't know how to aim Sue me, this is my pro bono counterclaim Fire starter, let's see if I don't go down in flames A pound of pleasure is heavier than a pound of pain So you can flounder on the ground, or carve yourself out a lane If I never see a dollar, I'll still be paid in full Sitting on a fortune like my ass was made of gold Been sittin on a fortune

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all tracks written and produced by DL Murray
all tracks mastered by Smoke M2D6
additional mixing on "Armageddon" and "Half Empty" by Lazlo Steele

"Ice King" recorded at Buck&HAM Palace
"Armageddon", "Kill Me In the Middle of the Night", "B-" and "Sitting On a Fortune" recorded at Walk In House
"Half Empty" recorded in a patch of forest

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released April 11, 2015

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