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"true crime"

by the House of Wills

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1.
I could move out to the boardwalk I could start over again I could delete my internet presence and sever all ties with my friends I could commit to the art form I could start all of the trends I could walk into the bank with a handgun but you know how that story ends I'm tired of picking my battles I'm tired of fighting for love I'm tired of seeing these fucking pigeons but never a single white dove I'm tired of burying people I'm tired of swallowing blood I'm tired of the scratches on all of my knuckles when you motherfuckers have none
2.
ten four 02:22
She said "Stop, you gotta tell me if you're a cop" I said I wish I had myself figured out I'm just getting high in the parking lot 'cause I was young and dumb and then I got old and dumb Truck stop, a few hours just to sleep it off Trying to ignore the hacking cough and I can't help but pull a couple bandages off I miss having friends and then I don't The lord forgives your sins until he won't
3.
MIKE WATT 02:39
I got your postcard in the mail today you had addressed it to somebody else I keep telling myself that it was an honest mistake The picture had someone barely in frame and it kind of reminds me of you The way you're so present and still so far away Dreams don't last forever and some can make you feel so bad God don't pull the levers, man He's hardly even watching Couldn't you tell? I still do slappys at the Circle K like i never grew out of my teens Some folks might laugh but they probably hate their jobs I saw footage of Matt Tomasello doing things that I could not believe Hand to god "Punk's not dead" and "Skate or die" All my friends are getting high They say only posers die; We're gonna live forever We can be the minutemen Book a tour that never ends Our band could become your friend Our band could become your new best friend
4.
Some days I feel like Melly, I got murder on my mind I keep sticking slugs in parking meters Singing "Everybody dies baby, that's a fact, that's a fact, and I hope they're never coming back" I can't stop thinking about the payback I gotta set right some wrongs Don't say you never saw it coming I've spent years warning you in these songs I stood in front of tower city Watched some guys smash up a shop Shouted out a faithful warning when I saw the battalion of cops Some days I feel like Melvin, like I am two faced slime I keep sticking slugs in people when they cross me for the second time I try to not get distracted by the bodies in the seats or the blood on my jacket Key grips Tight frames Designer shoes with stains
5.
Don't think twice 'cause I won't speak at no witness stand But you shot at my feet Didn't even have the courtesy to ask me to dance But I never lost my balance No, I never lost my balance Don't think twice 'cause you didn't get the best of me See, you'll burn out but god damn it the whole world will remember me And if you think that I'm a target Then you don't know what you started And if you think that I'm a target
6.
Kyrie 2 02:35
Keep on rockin' in the underworld I've heard hell is a lovely place and I've heard people are still people no matter where you go Adjust to the heat, it's heavy but dry Sail the seas of fire beneath a crimson sky The dust in the air, the sun in my eyes Still trying to kill the cop inside of me Dance to the music playing on this sinking ship Right before the very best part, the song starts to skip Keep on living in the modern world I know it is an ugly place and I know people are still people no matter where you go All things will pass and if it's our turn Well I guess we're gonna have to watch it burn
7.
opp pack 02:11
I hope all my enemies die tonight on the losing end of a gunfight Wrapped up in plastic, prepared for their caskets I hope all my enemies die tonight I hope all my enemies die tonight when they dance with devil in the pale moonlight Silence the tough talk with white chalk on the sidewalk I hope all my enemies die tonight Yeah I hope they all die as they do I
8.
I go to the same office, park next to the same cars Have the same conversations with the same people who happy hour at the same bars I want out I want out I want out I get caught in traffic the same time each day Stopped at an intersection, fifteen minutes of my life just rolled away I want out I want out I want out I sing the caged bird's song It never ends it just goes on and on and on I go to the same house, lay in the same bed Watch the same television, ignore the same thoughts in my head and I want out I want out I want out
9.
"brick" 01:58
I showed up in the Wraith 327's no one's ever seen They're gonna have to pray for this city when I leave They play my song and the runway comes alive Cartier Williams tap dancing in Off-White Given our history it's quite surprising that we got in the door San Jose jersey and shoes to die for Dining on Senegalese before the long flight home and they're all looking at my neck like they think I sold my soul
10.
Hidden in plain sight Smashing windows in the dead of night Blood of the vanguard Bastards of young There is always a camera watching A rabbit caught in the clutches of the hawk When you hear the sirens you might as well go When they offer a plea deal you better say no
11.
the trenches 03:08
I won't roll out of bed for twelve an hour but I'd shoot you in the face for less than that But redemption never comes in the form of smoking guns without a couple strings attached I thought about moving out to the country but I'm pretty sure I'd just get fucking bored With no sirens and no songs and no bodies on the lawn Nothing worth dying for And I thought about the war And I thought about you And I thought about the promises we made to one another before they called out your number far too soon May they all break out from where their captors keep them bound May they all break out May they all I think I'll be a boxer in the suburbs so I can still punch people in the face Plant coral bells and aster in the garden Spend all my free time staring into space

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THE DEBUT HOUSE OF WILLS FULL LENGTH. ALL SONGS WRITTEN AND RECORDED BETWEEN AUGUST 18TH AND OCTOBER 2ND 2020. LOVE AND RESPECT TO EVERYONE WHO INVESTS IN WHAT I DO. BIG THANKS TO DANETTE FOR THE AMAZING ARTWORK AND THE TRUE CRIME CHORUS FOR THE GREAT VOCALS.

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released November 6, 2020

JV - words, music, etc.
Danette Konkoly - cover art
The True Crime Chorus of Saint Clair - backing vocals on Kyrie 2

The True Crime Chorus of Saint Clair is: Ajax, Alyssa, Dylan, Jeff, Joe, Steaks, Tyler, and Weekend

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