Episode 9 is here and Bug and Matt are reminiscing about the places they definitely SHOULD NOT have been on tour right before they hit the road again. Don't be a hater, leave us a good review
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-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --
Prompt: "In a Scoring/Sporting Position"
----Bug's Song-----
Title: The Upperhand
Additional Challenge: Safe Space for Hate
Lyrics:
I am barking at the mailman
though you tell me there's no hope
Butupperhandr barked at milkmen
when's the last time you saw one of those
I am barking at the squirrels outside
and no one thinks it works
but my father barked at sabretooths
and wiped them from the Earth
We can solve it like our fathers, open hands balled into fists
if we solve it like our fathers we'll just end up in the mess we're in
Throwing punches when you're cornered, we understand
but you're punching when you have the upperhand
I am barking out at everything
I like the way it sounds
cause my father barked at everything
and I want to make him proud
We can solve it like our fathers, walk 10 paces, turn and shoot
If we solve it like our fathers, then our kids will solve it this way too
Throwing punches when you're cornered, we understand
but you're punching when you have the upperhand
The whole world loves an underdog but you can't break the rules
and start beating us with baseball bats when your team starts to lose
the screaming in the stands might sound like cheering from this far
and all your kids are watching and can't tell the two apart
and all your kids are watching when you tell them who you are
Throwing punches when you're cornered, we understand
but you're punching when you have the upperhand
---- Matt's Song -----
Title: Curdled Milkteeth
Additional Challenge: Something where it ought not to be
Lyrics:
i was driving through the highlands at a quarter to 5 in the morning in the middle of june
i was listening to a record that i used rely on to get by and thinking about you
stop the car at intersections, check my heart
spin the wheel in your direction
cause somewhere out in the dark
you're burning and all i need to do is to follow the heat
if i never come up for air i won't ever need to breathe
i won't need to breathe
curdled milkteeth
now i don't know this road from any other
i'm hungry and tired and i'm a hundred exits deep
and the valley walls are so high
that i must have missed the sunrise
if there ever was a sunrise
I don't know when it happened, but sometime in the past I got too tall to sneak through the rye
I suddenly recall how i used to rely on you to catch me before I hit the overhang
Kill the engine, try to soothe my racing heart
Turn my head in your direction
