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Decomposure
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I arrived at work some friday morning, early ohsix
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plaided out and sleepmouthed, dragging dawn for my coffee fix
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checked my email, waiting bolded
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[email protected]/* */ wanted to give me ten thousand dollars
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so macy's could use my song
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I confirmed indeed it was for real
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everyone i told kept telling me this could be a big deal
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But i was not convinced, i did not believe
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boosting bright buy culture and selling sweatshop sweaters
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seemed antithetical to my precious integrity
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though intangibles aren't accepted by collection agencies...
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Conflicted, i wrote back: i needed time,
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i asked for the weekend to talk to my wife and make a decision
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they said that's fine, but summer's coming,
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soon we'll need the contract signed
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i researched, i waffled, i justified
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the money - so soothing - made it all right
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like a tetherball, i was drawn to the green light
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i'd be crazy not to, fame is waiting
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just like
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moby wrote those essays but had no such qualms
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when ad firms signed the cheques not everything was wrong
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k'naan cut the poor to wave the flag for coke
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nike made sure saul won't live hand to mouth no more
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m.i.a. led a coup for honda's coupe si
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feist counted as apple's chinese workers died
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it's worthless without a price,
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whatever you have inside, you're
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going to have to monetize it
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A man without a code
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is a flimsy tent that folds
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when a strong wind starts to blow
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monday i awoke
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and i said yes
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I never heard from them again.
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and so my big break came and went,
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untangling the knot inside my chest
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though i'd still feel awful whenever people asked.
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sometimes i think the whole thing was
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a test devised in shadows by some dark controlling class
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to expose how small a sum it took to make me dance
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and pass around the transcripts at their gatherings and laugh
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about how easily i sold my soul to hold a cheque i could not cash
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So i slunk back to my high horse, still in debt
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my songs circled like birds and taunted me
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i'd like to think i learned something from that
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when i saw myself undressed, and didn't know the person underneath
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I was working overtime
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when the call came down the line
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they said that my home was on fire
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