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Play Happy

by Vivian Aladren

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aariel98 My favorite is not just this one, Play Happy is also a favorite. They speak to the soul on so many levels, I can't use words to describe it. Favorite track: 11-9.
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1.
Dependency 03:35
Take every vice you can Do whatever it takes To keep yourself in place You’re a fuck up and you know it You wait for the lights to go out You wait and promise that You’ll get to work and you try But you’re tired and your arm hurts They never notice and they never will so Take every vice you can Do whatever it takes To keep yourself in place You’re a fuck up and you know it It’s all a lie you keep on spinning A knife you keep for pleasure You never use it like that But now you have your own companion Money you should save you quickly burn away And no it’s nothing serious You know that you’re just fucking lying You’re an egocentric narcissist Convinced that it’s just Melodrama gushing out of Every mark you make so Take every vice you can Do whatever it takes To keep yourself in place You’re a fuck up and you know it You’re a fucking waste of space A biological disgrace You’re a fuck up and you know it So get out there and show it Take every vice you can Do whatever it takes To keep yourself in place You’re a fuck up and you know it
2.
Stuck 03:05
Far away from home Far away and it's in my head I'm going to come down I'm going to calm down Again I feel left out Again I just left out the parts The parts are wrong Everything is wrong The look in my face My face, my hair Something's never change Sometimes I'm good enough or no? I think I need a better home It will be mine, my own My pain, my home grown But where am I today? I'm stuck here in two places and I just can't get out Get out Get out of here before I lose myself again
3.
Colder 02:53
As I lay my head down tonight I hear the snow against the night I live alone and I'm alright And know that I don't miss the light I live on cliffs and clouds and waves Inside my head my music's great But every time it comes out wrong Too much to sell a soul a song But that's fine It’s all over It's peaceful belonging To something much older It's fine All over It's comfortable here and In my head its colder And maybe not time, not time I think about this all my life but Maybe this time, this time I can build up strength or express what I feel But it's alright, alright, I understand oh I understand to well what it means to me What it means to me what means to be alone But that's fine It's over It's peaceful belonging To something older It's fine All over It's comfortable here and In my head it’s colder
4.
Another Day 02:46
It's another rainy day And it's tense below the ceiling And there's moments where I feel like I believe myself again It's another broken day And I'm sitting in the middle And I'm staying up all night because I needed some time It's another bloody day. It's another dreary day And I like it when it's dreary And I like the times when I can Hide myself from everything It's another sunny day And it really should be winter How can I understand But now Now I'm older Now I'm cold again Now Now I'm changing Now I'm running away It's another bloody day
5.
What good is sleeping now What use is time when I just waste it What does my money do for me when I’m only gonna spend it What good’s pretending? What does the conversation do When I’m only spending time before I go right back to it What does it matter? What should I do when it feels better to just let me have it How did this happen? How did I let myself do this? How can I forgive my own decisions Just shut up Just don’t bother Just stay quiet Just disappear please What does it matter? What should I do when it feels better to just let me have it What does it matter?
6.
Nostalgia 02:56
I heard a song begin by asking questions From a time when life was simple When it felt like I could make it I could save them, I could do it all A metal pot of heated water A list of secrets I'd been keeping Arranged in order of importance What right do I have to it all To make amends To get back into how things were Is it all changed forever Is there somewhere I can go Every day is a new inspiration Every day it's something new Every night is spent medicating Spent just trying to make up for the day And it all goes towards this plan The idea that afterwards I'll be good again And it all falls apart sometimes It all feels so empty what am I supposed to do?
7.
11-9 03:48
The day's not the same Everything's changed This is our life 2 years of what? Of learning the pace Only to learn that you don't have a place And it's all coming up wrong And now, violence abound Reflections all wrong, who am I now? I want to be strong, I'm terribly weak A bottle to bed A brush in with death I can't walk straight I should be fine, I don't feel safe Bring out the knives, just in case Seven decades of time And now all at once The signs are all out, The men dressed in white, They're now in charge We gamble our lives And it's all coming up wrong And now, violence abound Reflections all wrong, who am I now? I want to be strong, I'm terribly weak
8.
Play Happy 04:20
It’s time It’s empty It’s hollowed out inside It stings It’s over It vanishes But I’m still here But I’m still breathing It’s done It happens I can’t do anything It’s over It’s over And I just let it happen But I’m still here But I’m still bleeding Just smile Say you’re fine Just breathe Just smile Play happy Just believe Just smile

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An album on depression, stress, abuse, and dysphoria

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released March 14, 2017

Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Editing - Vivian Aladren
Cover Art - Riley Levi Stein

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