Name: Buy a Graphic Novel
Duration: P00H03M30S
Description: I had five rules about this song. It was not gonna start in G, it was not gonna be autobiographical, it was not gonna have "biographic" in the title, it was not gonna be a pun, and it was not gonna be the title of the record. I basically broke them all. I used a capo, so it's technically not in G.

Buy a Graphic Novel

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I had five rules about this song. It was not gonna start in G, it was not gonna be autobiographical, it was not gonna have "biographic" in the title, it was not gonna be a pun, and it was not gonna be the title of the record. I basically broke them all. I used a capo, so it's technically not in G.

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Buy a Graphic Novel

At twelve I was slowly finding myself
I tried to skateboard, dumb as I was then
Like a turtle out of his shell
finding out I'd hate boredom more than when I was ten
And promised future me
But I failed like usually
saying "I'll never be bored again"

At seventeen I thought of all I had seen
figured out that nothing lasts and time is running out
I tried to ask myself "what does it all mean?"
but present time becomes past and what is that about?
And I told myself
maybe I need some help
Cause all my certainty had turned into doubt

At twenty I had plenty
of thoughts to share with whoever would listen
But I realized soon that I didn't have any
cuz when no one's there you don't know what you're missing
Cuz at that age you
start enter that stage you
begin to realize what is real and what isn't

At twenty-four I wanted more
I had understood that life could mean anything I'd want
but I didn't know just what was in store
Sure I was good, but the question was never brought up
Just how little can I say
before it all melts away?
And me and life still haven't fully caught up

At twenty-eight I had figured out too late
that nothing is certain and set in stone
And it sure isn't a very good trait
to close your curtain and sit on your own
It's crippling inside
to know that I have tried
but I can't succeed with thoughts alone

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from Buy a Graphic Novel, released July 12, 2019
Written by me in April 2019
Recorded in May 2019

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