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Low Expectations

from I've Seen Better by Sikes and The New Violence

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lyrics

i feel the thunder - feel it underneath my feet
the steady rumble of a not so steady beat
i live in glitches - distortion pumping through my veins
a sick addiction pulling me into my grave

my name is brian lee howe - born in 198_
2_ years old - so glad to be alive
sikes is the name that i am known by
picked it up holding paint cans underneath the moonlight
grew up a little bit and brushed the crime up off my shoulders
but the name stuck as i got older
10 years later still spitting out the same shit
i plateaued long ago - thats some real shit
went from being comfy to being just flat broke
yeah i've went from being sober to just being a joke
was on the path to growing up but i turned the other way
traded that 401k for some 808 bass

i found that being happy doesn't require an equation
the key to living easy is low expectations
i found that being happy doesn't come with time and patience
the key to living easy is low expectations

watching all my grown friends go and get their lives right
fucking married having babies with some steady 9 to 5
while i'm still on my check to check - barely making rent
because before i get paid you know that shit's already spent
always biting off way more than i can chew
no worries wash it down with a couple of brews
yeah, i used to not drink but now i kinda do
it's been a couple years now - that shit's old news
so will i ever grow up? i'm thinking not ever
spend all my money on pizza and vinyl - whats better
this downward spiral ain't really that bad
cuz if i didn't have problems tell me what would i have?

piece by piece – piece by piece
when i take my life let me take it in peace
when i take my life dump my corpse in the street
and fill the air with the failure my body will reek
leave me to rot - breadcrumbs for the birds
no one will miss a voice that they’ve never heard
but should my absence be noticed the mourn will be never
they'll look me in my dead eyes and say “i've seen better”

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from I've Seen Better, released August 1, 2015

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