Mister Los Angeles lyrics - Dawes
My trainer tells his clients he's a shaman
We smoke some DMT before we bench
My diet's strictly protein shakes and ramen
So we make sure to purge after we stretch
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
Out on the bleeding edge of fashion
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
My therapist confirms that I'm a victim
It's everyone around me that is bad
Using words like "toxic" and "intentions"
And every session ends with "this was rad"
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
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I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
Yeah
I just booked a Taco Bell commercial
I eat a bag of cheese without my hands
My agent thinks it's slightly controversial
It's not great for the image of my band
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
Behind every good man, there's a mansion
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
I have a friend who wouldn't name his children
He says that it requires their consent
The oldest says he likes to go by "kitchen"
The baby thinks her name is "made a mess"
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
The only way to make it here is Fountain
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
Where every vegan sleeps in sheets of satin
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
Front Row Seat lyrics - Dawes
As slowly as a yogi stretches at an unsafe park
I tiptoe toward the gravity of the predicament we're in
I'd prefer leaving tomorrow sitting firmly in the dark
Instead of facing one more tired vision of the end
But if that's the ball game
If the experiment's complete
And we both stand around
To watch it all come down
At least we got a front-row seat
I got good at changing subjects nearly everywhere I went
Until all my conversations all got too good to be true
This world can wax poetic about airborne toxic events
While I'll take the time that's left me, and I'll give it all to you
'Cause if that's the ball game
If the experiment's complete
And we both stand around
To watch it all come down
At least we got a front-row seat
If it's true that it's a curse to live in interesting times
Then why do I get butterflies as I peek over the ledge?
I'll bring the popcorn, you bring some wine
Just don't pay for the whole seat if all you needed was the edge
'Cause if that's the ball game
If the experiment's complete
And we both stand around
To watch it all come down
At least we got a front-row seat
At least we got a front-row seat
At least we got a front-row seat
Still Strangers Sometimes lyrics - Dawes
I was geared up for obscurity
Excited most specifically
About knowing you'd soon reach for me
And I'd be gone
You always took me to another place
Part childhood, part outer space
But the naked truth of our face-to-face
It's just not what I want
'Cause even when your body gets that close to mine
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
And even as you claim that you can read my mind
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Love was supposed to help me find myself
Not just put me through this private hell
That gets worse each time I tell you
What feels wrong
Just a glimpse of what's achievable
A sympathy unspeakable
Has left me a bit unreachable
For way too long
'Cause even when your body gets that close to mine
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Even if you're still my doctor Frankenstein
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
You spend enough time with a mystery
Its powers start to atrophy
So if you can't get to the heart of me
Let's just walk away
'Cause even when your body gets that close to mine
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Even as we cross each other's borderlines
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Surprise! lyrics - Dawes
Once the gatekeepers decided we would fade into the crowd
You took what makes you charming and you turned it up too loud
Now how many songs does the band have to get through before you steal away the mic
How many cakes do you have to jump out of before no one yells "Surprise!"?
I remember us both learning that no one's dreams come true
They're either not quite how you saw them or the goalpost just gets moved
That's when you changed your expectations and started rolling your third eye
But you still don't know the ending, you can't spoil the surprise
Now the nature of your birthday party's changed a lot for me
What was once a celebration feels like a shameless victory
I guess we all confuse our happiness with what it takes to just survive
But the moment that the switch gets flipped is always a surprise
There's a little bit of poetry in what you're doing to your face
Removing all the evidence of our shared time and space
But your eyes close when you smile now because you're squeezing it too tight
If this is how you double down you're in for a surprise
There's a nightclub deep in Hollywood for each night of the week
Watching all my fake friends congregate where no one wants to be
But you have to muddle through it if you wanna make it out alive
And the ones that find the other side are in for a surprise
No I'm not letting myself off easy here, I've been going through it too
I might've leaned into things more gracefully, but what good did that do?
You found your way to rage against the dying of the light
I thought I planned for all contingencies
I thought I knew who I was meant to be
All those roads laid out in front of me
But it's still a big surprise
House Parties lyrics - Dawes
Next on our list is the M&M store
Then the Statue of Liberty
After FAO Schwartz
And as I carry the bags
I wonder what we're doing this for
You don't find the good stuff
On a guided tour
But house parties and local bands
Back porches with Bowie fans
Spilled drinks on a baby grand
And midnight singalongs
I don't care for designer brands
Souvenirs from a trinket stand
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
This sunburn is bad
And it goes all the way down
And these drinks in the daytime
Are never quite as fun as they sound
These days at the beach
Feel more like just sitting around
So if anyone needs me
You know where I can be found
House parties and local bands
Good weed with some Joni fans
Old friends playing Mega Man
And a little Donkey Kong
I don't wanna see Disneylands
Beer bellies and farmer tans
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
We've come to Chicago
At the wrong time of year
My eyelids are frozen
And I can't feel my ears
It's not that I don't like museums
But we live near a few
If you want the real thing
You know what you gotta do
House parties and local bands
Someone yelling at Kanye fans
"How can you possibly stand that man
After all he's done?"
I don't care about Paul Gauguin
A Starry Night or The Son Of Man
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
King Of The Never-Wills lyrics - Dawes
I watched you hold court with the graduate class of your fan club
Those same tired stories at the end of your favorite bar
And to give 'em a bit of suspense
You tell them in the present tense
As if you believe that's the person you somehow still are
The assumption was always that you were a little too special
To pay the same share of the dues that all of us owe
You convinced us to change up the plan
And prepare the road for the man
Instead of just simply preparing the man for the road
Well, everything goes out of fashion
You went way over that hill
You couldn't go on as a has-been
You had to be king of the never-wills
You used to say that my beers were a bit too expensive
To get to the heart of what drove a true seeker to drink
And after we both forced a laugh
Your eyes tried to take that joke back
Once you could tell that I knew that's what you really think
How did this catastrophe happen?
And why is it happening still?
You couldn't go on as a has-been
You had to be king of the never-wills
As we walked to my car, we both heard a small pack of coyotes
Telling the neighborhood they all found something to eat
And after the howls died away
You sobered up only to say
"It's too late to be anything we never wanted to be"
I dropped you at Hillhurst and Franklin
To let the long night go in for the kill
You couldn't go on as a has-been
You had to be king of the never-wills
Now you're the heart of a story that goes on without you
We've distilled your whole person to only the best memories
You're a fixture at all open mics
The kids asked me if we were alike
But when I look in the mirror
Yours is the face that I see
And it's worse than I could've imagined
As I lift up my glass to get filled
I refuse to go on as a has-been
I'd rather be king of the never-wills
I'd rather be king of the never-wills
I'd rather be king of the never-wills
The Game lyrics - Dawes
Millie came up playing in the boys' clubs
But they made her play at midnight or at 8
Her friends all said the times were finally changing
It only felt a few centuries too late
Her eyes were always deep inside her notebook
Her hands were always tuning her guitar
And while some stayed busy waiting for permission
She was on her way to be a star
But if you asked her if anyone had held her back
She'd tell you she forgot most of their names
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Then Millie fell in love with a civilian
Or at least we know he fell in love with her
He could see how bright her light was shining
He could feel how wild her fire burned
But love has its own kind of symmetries
You have to give as much as you receive
And once he realized he would never give her nothing
He decided it was time for him to leave
But now he likes to criticize her privately
While she simply says that neither were to blame
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
So Millie kept on adding to the setlist
And working on her studio tan
And for the first time found it hard telling the difference
Between all her friends and all her fans
Which left her with a special brand of emptiness
She channeled right back into the songs
She wasn't gonna ask herself the question
If this is what she wanted all along
Some people said she was a genius
Some people said she was insane
But those losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
She wouldn't suffer any fools
She danced to her own rhythm
She wasn't playing by the rules
She was playing with 'em
Millie knew just when the dust was settled
When it's time to put the pencil down
When the harmony is only just a shadow
Of the way it felt the first hundred times around
Which left her to the critics and the experts
To tell the world how Millie really felt
To somehow say she lost a competition
She was only ever having with herself
Well, some might look for meaning in the ashes
She just misses standing in the flame
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Oh, the losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Enough Already lyrics - Dawes
Never got angry enough to be funny
Never stopped caring enough to be cool
Haven't been broken enough to feel holy
Never loved someone enough to be cruel
Never been hungry enough to get cracking
Haven't quite fallen enough to atone
Never could cry hard enough to start laughing
Haven't stopped moving enough to be home
But it's not like I'm keeping score
Only when I feel unsteady
Am I getting a little more?
Or have I had enough already?
Man, enough already
I haven't cleared enough of my record
I haven't covered enough of my tracks
I haven't cashed in enough of my winnings
I haven't tried on enough of my hats
But I've always failed enough to keep trying
I've always worked enough to get by
I've always felt enough hope in the mornings
To help me wrestle the demons at night
So where's the medal I'm waiting for?
And who is throwing the confetti?
Am I getting a little more?
Or have I had enough already?
Man, enough already
Man, enough already
Maybe I've said enough to be quiet
Maybe I've stood enough to sit back
Maybe I've told enough lies to be honest
Let someone else try and mount the attack
Or maybe I should just ask for help
If I'm living in the land of plenty
And still hoping for something else
When I know I've got enough already
Hilarity Ensues lyrics - Dawes
Knucklehead 1 falls in love with Knucklehead 2
They tell each other all their secrets
They start to share a point of view
There's a bit lost in translation
Always something misconstrued
And hilarity ensues
This knucklehead pair tell the oldest of their knucklehead brood
You can be anything you want, son
We believe in you
So he sets out for the real world
Thinking this is true
And hilarity ensues
Let our substances impair us
Let the deadly virus spare us
Let our horror movies scare us
Then let's do it all again
Let's root, root for the home team
Then buy each other ice cream
Let's live inside the daydream
That is all it's ever been
This knucklehead boy thinks he's talking to his knucklehead god
God says, "This is all your fault, kid
You should've taken odds
But if you give me all your money
I'll see what I can do"
And hilarity ensues
Let our substances impair us
Let the deadly virus spare us
Let our horror movies scare us
Then let's do it all again
Let's root, root for the home team
Then buy each other ice cream
Let's live inside the daydream
That is all it's ever been
That is all it's ever been
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