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Every Moment of Every Day

by Short Fictions

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zckry
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zckry so happy to be alive at the same time as short fictions Favorite track: Don’t Pinch Me I’m Dreaming.
Heather Levinsky
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Heather Levinsky yes, very much so.. Favorite track: Heather.
ryxnu
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ryxnu hardcore short fictions is my favorite Favorite track: The Great Unwashed.
doshturtle
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doshturtle Such a great album. Favorite track: Heather.
Jack D.
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Jack D. Damn dude. Nothing feels better than when a bands follow up album is as good as the material that made you fall in love with them in the first place. Please do a CD release! Favorite track: Don’t Pinch Me I’m Dreaming.
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V A stellar album, every track is killer and it flows so nicely. Short Fictions never fails to impress! Favorite track: Forever Endeavor.
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1.
I can only be so convincing I want this so genuinely I could write a song in a day that I know you would like But it all means so much more to me no, simple chords or melodies could hit a million streams but it don’t feel right and you live 300 miles away and you never spoke to me that way before, the occasion might arise but I’m not holding my breath so I hope I don’t sound insincere, I’m so glad just to be here with you who am I trying to impress? I never thought at 23 I’d feel this bad but I never take for granted times we’ve had and all the time that I spent wishing I were dead I’m gonna take it back now, I’m sorry that I never said that you’ve made a life that’s worth living on bad days I’ve got friends to see on good days I forget the end is so near so I’ll learn to appreciate the people who tell me the way they feel, I never said we had to be the best (and we’re surely not)
2.
Don’t start a band unless you like spending time in a hot van (7 hours to get there, 14 dollars at door) Don’t start a band you oughtta invest in your future (your student loans won’t pay themselves, you should pick up more hours) and every day I feel like a failure sit alone at home watching Sailor Moon DVD sets and everything just fills me with envy always feel like my world is ending every moment of every day don’t start a band, unless you like picking fights with your best friends (“I wish you’d start playing sober,” “why don’t you ever shut up?”) don’t start a band you didn’t go to college for nothing (this run of records costs more than my car, these kids aren’t buying our t-shirts) and every night I feel like a failure drink alone and curse like a sailor I shouldn’t drink so much and I think that this tour just might kill me drinking every night doesn’t thrill me like it did in college
3.
I have a hard time believing this is all that we were meant for suffering daily just to maintain a body I want to know / how can it be? “All is for all! If the man and the woman bear their fair share of work, they have a right to their fair share of all that is produced by all, and that share is enough to secure them well-being.” [Pyotr Kropotkin - The Conquest of Bread] all I do is give my time to corporations and I know that I am going to die alone in a van, oh, there’s no way to stop the bleeding in a park, in a parking lot or on the road what I want is to give more power to the people what I want is a world that we can call our own maybe then, oh, maybe we could live forever maybe then oh we don’t have to die alone
4.
Heather 04:48
Hey, I could get used to seeing you daily do you like the clothes that I’m wearing oh did someone give you my name? I oh I am known to get caught up quickly and your picture’s making me sickly oh I should probably think less about you Heather I could drive you to work in the morning I could give you a ride in the evening oh should I talk about something else? Oh even though I know you don’t even know me I am so sure that we could be homies how could I think about anyone else? Heather do I spend too much time in abasement? Does it show my age on my face and have I pasted my prime for you? Heather all these messages are making me crazy and my words they always just fail me maybe we could tour up north and you could come to a show Heather I could drive you to work in the morning I could give you a ride in the evening oh should I talk about something else? Oh even though I know you don’t even know me I am so sure that we could be homies how could I think about anyone else? But it’s so snowy this time in northern Pennsylvania I lost my jacket and the lake effect is bad this year you make me want to not die on tour oh thanks a lot I will cling towards life when accidentally I crash the rental I’ll spin out on the highway at 60mph I’ll land safely inside the median and drive back to you
5.
[Lyrics taken in part from the song “Solidarity Forever” originally written by Ralph Chaplin (1915); the phrase “Ash Heaps and Millionaires” is a quote from Perfect Future’s song by the same name (2015)] Abolish all prison, kill all republicans, kill all democrats too we want single payer health care should be a right this world is a deathtrap Solidarity for eternity “ash heaps juxtaposing castles made for millionaires,” solidarity for eternity for the union is what makes us strong solidarity for eternity who what ought we hold in common with the greedy parasite? Solidarity for eternity for the union is what makes us strong solidarity for eternity who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Solidarity for eternity for the union is what makes us strong Solidarity for eternity “ash heaps juxtaposing castles made for millionaires,” solidarity for eternity for the union is what makes us strong in our hands is placed a power greater than their gold greater than the atoms magnified a thousand fold we can bring a new world from the ashes of the old for the union makes us strong
6.
when I’m next to you you’re a breath of fresh air in a crowded basement we stayed up late that night I drove you back to Stanton Heights you make me happy and sad at the same time (that’s fine) and you apologized 100 times and kissed me on my cheek but don’t apologize because it only makes me feel worse I’ll never hold it against you and you will always be my friend you’re full of ambition I wish you wouldn’t move to Washington that’s really fucking far from Pittsburgh from everything I know I’m sure I’ll die alone In my South Oakland slum I’m sure that I will die alone
7.
it hurts to know how hard we tried before we failed I won’t forget the work and experiences that got us here yes I may have gained your father’s trust and your sister and you brother never spoke too much your mother’s someone I would have loved to have met in your room I just sat on the floor counting crushed cigarettes and staring at your door a feeling I know I will never forget but now my dream girl just doesn’t exist, things are still the same but they’ve never been like this I’ll just think it over, and over in my head until it spins and it hurts I’d be amiss to say I’m not proud oh but everything’s changing and it’s freaking me out, and I don’t think that I can do it again no matter how the changes play out you’ll always be the one I’m thinking about I promise I will always be your friend But now my dreams are just all that exist things are still the same but they’ve never been like this but I am so proud oh I am glad that you exist so please don’t remind me of any of this I never want time to move forward just stay still, I hate this I’m shaking, I’m sick of it and it hurts
8.
I don’t understand how I got so lucky and all the things you do bring me closer to my dream I can’t believe (I can’t believe) You don’t ask too much I would give you anything and all the suitors that you have I know that you prefer this I can’t believe (I can’t believe) All the free time that you’ve had you gave away and it makes me feel bad every phone call conversation comes back to you and it means so much now I know I will not forget the friends we’ve made and the places we’ve been all of this rests on your tiny shoulders I cannot express to you the thanks I have for the things that you do I cannot express my gratitude be it California or Kalamazoo or Pittsburgh Pennsylvania you’re the one who’s doing the most Don’t pinch me don’t pinch me don’t pinch me I’m dreaming (“the sky is a cotton-candy shade of blue on pink on cerulean, and I can see the tops of all the buildings”)

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released June 24, 2022

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