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The Hi​-​Bye Effect

by Joey

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1.
Reality's Ugly Truth 01:56
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Willis (Alt. Version) 02:17
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What are you talking about Willis? Do you hear the things that you say? You say the things with no meaning cus' you threw the meaning away... What chu talking bout Willis? Are you even right in the head? You better be careful now Willis Or you might just end up dead What chu talking bout Willis? Are you wearing a new disguise? Is this one more concealing than the one you wear in your eyes? What are you talking about Willis? where will you be going with that knife? You better be watchful now Willis In case you soon might meet your demise What are you talking about Willis? Have you heard the good news? That all your people have survived Now your no longer singing the blues What are you talking about Willis?
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Boring Dull Meaningless Society 05:09
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How often you cry? How deep is your spine? Well does it go and tingle every time someone approaches your behind? Well where will you go? And who will you show? Will you tell of all their great secrets And reminisce of days of old? Will you take apart all their organs convert all their fortunes to gold? Well even if you tried, you're probably bound to die... Now don't move a smit This might sting a bit If you want you can close your eyes count to ten and then that will be it Now was it that bad? The time that we had? Now here are some forms to fill out you can just give those to your dad Remember the most common enemy in your own life is your friends, in the end. I will clip the wings from your eagle they distract you from your goals in life. So even if you tried, You're probably bound to die... Now look what you've done! You've sucked out the fun You did the equivalent of a deranged man whose wielding a gun. I will separate all the monsters from humans who reside in peace, in the least. Because you never tried. You are bound to die. How often you cry? I cry everyday Whether I feel lonely or tired of never getting my own way Just leave me alone Don't wanna go home If anything ill just keep searching for someone to replace my throne I was actually foolish enough to believe that they wanted me back, they removed the visible glue that was meant to keep myself in tact So even if I tried, I'm probably bound to die...
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At Least You Tried 05:09
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At Least You Tried x 5 It's okay, I don't think it was mean to work out but I commend you sir because you tried. What's a pretty gal like yourself doin talkin to a guy like me? see I don't go out much and no one ever talks to me People often spark a conversation that leads to a dead end road... Then they run away hoping to never see dirt anymore Okay this person seems friendly, ill give it a go Oh Look I done fucked it up again... What do ya know... Well that's okay I don't think I was meant to have much friends anyway, But thanks anyway At least you tried x 5 I know that didn't go anywhere but I commend you ma'am because you tried I have these blockages that I blame for my self loneliness But it's alright cus when I'm alone is where I'm the most comfortable, so don't feel for me. It's not so bad you see. I just wish I could be as lucid as I want to be, To be honest with you sometimes I wish that things were different, I wished that I could move out of this cocoon that I live in But it's okay, it's alright I see myself in a different light... And I really don't mind the view. I just have to face the facts that I'm incompatible with my peers. So I'm okay, thanks anyway At least you tried x 5 I don't think it was meant to work Just like many things in my life but at least you tried At least you tried to understand my refrain, tried to distinguish what causes my mind to drain, tried to be there for me but you didn't know where, tried to diagnose me tried to show me I was fine. The same old lines with the same old stories, the same old people who pretend they adore me, they tried to shower me with their un-nurtured love, when in reality I know they don't give a fuck, So I turn myself in take myself out Rip out my vocals screaming out loud Sing this song as a gesture of thanks Appreciate the concern but it this is how it should be but At least you tried x 5 Sometimes you just can't change your output in life but at least you tried Ill survive another day, but thank you anyway! At least you tried
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Sarah 02:46
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Sarah! Is leaving, and she has nothing to say to me She'll be there with her sisters and brothers everywhere all over town looking down on me! Sarah baby, she closes the door to her own figment of privacy and enmity, but in some off creepy way i never tire of her shit but she has never betrayed me and Sarah is the only one for me. And she knows its true. Oh please don't you leave me, Sarah you know that ill die for you ill die for you hey! She's portable like an iPod.', I take Her everyday I need to go. My headphones are her voice soothing wounds that never seem to go away! I remember yesterday she was there, screaming at the top of her lungs it was just a dream or a fantasy of mine, I must have to admit she's so fine when she closes the doors of her eyes looks inside and and surprise guess egos there beside her, it's been me since day one and no other sad song will take her away from me cus she's my Sarah! baby. She's more than just a girl to me. She'll be there for her one baby. Cus Sarah is the only one for me. And Sarah knows it.
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Future Butterfly 02:27
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The day will certainly come For the whole world to take notice Future Butterfly Your beauty shall be savored Filled with all these colors That no one ever knows I can't escape this feeling This yearning in my bones
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One Year Ago 03:26
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The black smith drew the mighty sword The tax collector went to get his last reward The samons threw a mighty feast With stomach growls that could be heard through out the seas The rain transformed into snow This all happened. About one year ago... The wind whispered quietness The loveless people where then thrown into abyss This happened a year ago... The farmers brought in all their crops The old man smiled just as his heart stopped The young ones sang a graceful song They knew their lives, wouldn't last for very long... The snow cloaked the ground like a blanket made of cloth The butterflies have taken captive of the moth This happened a year ago... The second thoughts that had escaped our very minds Left us with the fear we all tried to leave behind The trees will fall and will crumble on the snow This happened a year ago...
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You Know Your Rights 02:50
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Yes I was brought, under her tree I wanted her, she wanted me She was the last person I'd expect to see She gave me love that was to good to be free You know your rights x 4 And things were good Yes things went smooth She deemed me nice I deemed her nude She was a victim of an April fools I tried to trick her but she caught on to my ruse You know your rights x 4 She was a thief That I believed But I pretended, I like I didn't see Till I saw her with my pockets in her palm She managed to escape without triggering the alarm You know your rights x 4 Still I don't know which ones to blame She wanted fortune, I wanted fame And she never opted to negotiate She was a cheater, who never played the game... You know your rights x 4
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The Hi-Bye Effect 00:47
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To constantly remind yourself of the things you wish to forget To painfully extract pleasureful memories in your head
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Four Walls And A Ceiling 01:56
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I look in my Future and Cant believe what I see... Four walls and a ceiling I look at my past and can you guess what I see? Four walls and a ceiling I can't change, what I can't see I look in my Future and Cant believe what I see... Four walls and a ceiling I look at my past and can you guess what I see? I see Four walls and a ceiling I can't change, what I can't see I look at my future and can't believe what I see Four walls and a ceiling And my reflection staring back at me with four walls and a ceiling I can't change, what I can't see
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So Very Obscure 02:30
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Gonna go outside to do some obscure things Might go to the studio and maybe obscure sing Gonna have some dinner Maybe obscure wings Get someone to change the color of my obscure ring Got an obscure image And an obscure head Take a trip into my mind Meet my obscure friends Gonna feel so good with my obscure swing Ready to show the whole world all my obscure things Feeling deprived... The same rules apply... Open your eyes Your obscure as I... Listen to obscure music All my obscure bands Record some songs for my obscure fans Obscure this And obscure that Everybody come and listen to my obscure rap! Watch an obscure movie Look at obscure porn Play an obscure game And lose obscure to one Have some obscure fun Have an obscure time Make up some obscure words That don't even rhyme Feeling deprived... The same rules apply... Open your eyes Your obscure as I... And I'm so obscure So very obscure So obscure So very obscure
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Depressed 02:51
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I feel depressed I feel depressed I feel like stabbing the shit out of my chest I feel depressed I feel depressed I feel the whole world is who I'm up against I feel at ease So at ease To know that everyone is rather hard to please So now I know Oh I know I know there isn't a place to be me I feel depressed I feel depressed I feel lonely and misused at best I feel ashamed So ashamed And I don't have anyone but my own self to blame I feel the fire The hot fire T'was ignited on the day of my arrival I feel sick Oh So sick! Sick of being a puppet to these kids Feeling relieved... Along comes the train Feeling relieved... Along comes the train The train that will go Only one way The train that will go only one way
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In Some Odd Way 02:41
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It's okay to worry, having all your feelings change. Don't worry about me, my feelings still remain the same. Having all your deepest desires darling, never caught a break And in some odd way, I always keep running back to you. To be or not to be? That is the question at hand. Either way, I am honored to be your man Having all your feelings change in the morning Never caught a break. And in some odd way, In some odd way, in some odd way I always keep running back to you...
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Myumi Alchanilia 07:22
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Myumi Alchanilia She's vibrant as a tigra She speaks as if amnesia monogamous Fatima With eyes such as a mirror She deems everything clearer She borrows lots of silver Her radiance delivers She feels as a surilla Her sundance makes you quiver Her beauty mixed together With hair just like the daihla Myumi Alchanilia She smokes the biggest feama She puts it all together She braves the baddest weather Like water from the river She goes like it's forever
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The Runaway 02:30
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Perhaps I neglected to inform you my friend I'm not the type that usually see's things to the end I get this alarming feeling when dangers at bay It was a pleasure to know you but now I'm afraid I must... Runaway x 12 You were the ice that I never attempted to break So when I disappear well it's for your own sake Never meant to be lonely but I sure don't mind But if it was up to me together this mountain we'll climb Remember the time when you thought that you were the king? you thought you were so special an angel with wings Your lullabies although tranquil don't soften my eyes since you got that laid back demeanor in which I despise Clearly you didn't see through my immense spiteful plan My plan was to attack you using your own hand Although your words are so tempting, I cannot stay I guess I forgot to tell you that I was born to... Runaway x 12 Shock...
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The Saddest Story Ever Told 06:21
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Here's a story bout a little dying boy Who tried so hard to win their affection but all he got was some unwanted attention . All the roads which he had traveled, they all seemed slippery and moist. Desperate to find some relief, desperate to retain his voice, desperate measures and desperate actions left him vulnerable to friction, he tried to shield himself from the heat waves but it always seems to burn him, he carries around this heavy burden that he would often call his life. Somewhat agile. Somewhat tender, somehow never comprehending just what is it that makes them tick, just what is it that makes them run away why he's always feeling sick... There are lots of things he doesn't know One thing he does understand Is that he's never worth a damn Picks up the pieces that were scattered but he can't seem to put it together It's sad x 10 Sit back and watch the whole thing unfold The saddest story ever told Here's a story bout a little dying boy who has a full time job at the circus though he never seemed to notice Never getting a whiff of peace A prisoner to his disease Crippled by this mounting pressure that he would often put on his himself Lost the wealth of self importance Now he's drifting in a trance, he's been away for a couple days now No one knows if he'll come back Though they probably didn't notice As they never have before The things that he has done to pleas them will forever be ignored... It's sad x 10 Sit back and watch the whole thing unfold The saddest story ever told
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Emotions Of The Anti-Social 05:19
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So I take it you've heard of the dying boy. Well I bet you probably guessed that dying boy was me. I'm a mutilated cry for help suffering from a burn of 3rd degree. The bad dreams, they come and go as they please But the nightmares, never go away I've spent more time trying to decipher what is real from what is fake.... Feeling sad... Feeling sad... Feeling sad... So sad. The friends I want I don't have And the friends I have I don't want It's a lose-lose situation just like riding a bike, with no wheels Got me feeling mad... Feeling mad... Feeling mad... So mad... Nothing ever changes, everything still remains the same I cut the wrist of my best friend I wanted to see what colour He would bleed Spent days and nights searching for the culprit that was me. I gave the other ones my best While the ones that truly care, I tend to neglect So the me your use to seeing is most likely not the me they know... And I'm feeling bad... Feeling bad... Feeling bad... So bad. And it's a long way down

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The Hi-Bye Effect takes you on a journey that is far beyond anyone's reach. Filled with obscurity and angst portrayed in a beautiful light.

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released September 2, 2013

All songs were written and recorded by Joey Raymond

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