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Shut Up Brain

from Football is Back​!​! by The Telethons

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Inspired in equal parts by Homer Simpson and anxiety disorders.

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Shut Up, Brain

Shut up, Brain
I'm trying not to think
And the water level's rising faster than my drink
I could swim
If you would only move my feet
But I'm standing in a puddle hoping that I don't sink

Looks like it's down to you and me, Brain
But putting us together is insane

Shut up, Brain
You shouldn't laugh at me
'Cause everything I do is half of your decree
Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm you or if you're me
But either one of them is still my own responsibility

I think that I am losing this
You've got the better argument
But tell me, am I losing you
With a piece of me too?

Shut up, Brain
We gotta make this work
I see you smiling but it looks more like a smirk
We really fucked up
We made me such a jerk
Let's shed our skin and don't forget to tell me when it hurts

Looks like it's up to you and me, Brain
But if we stick together, we might go the same way
If it's gonna be you and me, Brain
Let's put our heads together
And get back in the game

Listen, Brain,
You're stronger than you think
If you can hear me, then just tell my eyes to blink
When you talk to yourself, do you have a different thought?
Or we both thinking the same thing,
The same thing, the same thing?
Well

Listen Brain,
We are nothing all alone
We need eachother if we both want to move on

'Cause only thinking won't get you anywhere at all
And I'd be thinking until I walked into a wall

I thought that we were winning this
Once we we had doubled up our chips
But was there something that you knew?
What were they telling you
That they're not telling me?

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from Football is Back​!​!, released April 12, 2015
Lyrics by Mike Baglivi

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The Telethons have existed in some form since 2004. They originally started as an antifolk-inspired duo in Flanders, NJ consisting of John Mulcahy (guitar/vocals) and Mark Deocampo (drums, yelling). After Deocampo's departure in 2009, the Telethons evolved into a power rock trio with the addition of John Van Atta (bass/vocals) and Doug Johnson (drums, yelling). ... more

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