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Why Is Social Anxiety Ruining My Life and Why Am I Drinking So Much Beer?

by Seth Corbin

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1.
Get F***ed 02:38
I spent the night avoiding you and the shit you left behind I spent the day puking up feelings I felt for you inside and if yr eyes had looked at my eyes I would have run away 'cuz if last night we had of spoken I know what I would say last night I would tell you to get fucked.
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oh i locked myself away and i'm on the brink of learning how to think without your words protruding through my skull with one brief pull they fell like bullet wounded birds in flight with no more chance to fight than if my eyes were gouged and my hands bound it made me sad to think that if i had a gun i'd shoot them instead this story's getting old it's old it's old the final curtain call i wish i'd kept my mouth shut oh it's all my fault the final curtain call i wish i'd kept it shut oh a habit i can't kick and it makes me sick to think i think too much about such things as how yr friends perceive or if i'm naive to not know already what they'll think so i know it's for the best i lay to rest these thoughts within my brain that cause me pain goodbye don't cry but if you don't i'll be wondering why
3.
Pills 03:34
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The Sea 03:46
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The old lady on my bus took one long look at me and huffed One long sigh of disapproval while she ate her apple strudel My tattoos did quite offend her my haircut enough to send her Off the deep end for a lecture to tell me how it affects her “You’ll regret those when yr older” and at that time if I’d felt bolder I’d respond And you’ll regret being so rude and ignorant You don’t have to make me feel bad just because I make you feel mad And I won’t partake in your debate, to hear about those things you hate Old lady you don’t know me and you certainly don’t owe me An ounce of yr minds interior to make me feel inferior I’ve done nothing to upset you only wish I hadn’t met you On this bus, cuz can’t you see I just wanna get from A to B I don’t wanna see you look down yr nose From the top of my head to the bottom of my toes And listen to yr snide remarks snappin’ yr mouth like a great white shark And I wanna stop and shake her, in the hope that it’ll make her Take note and mental clearance of judging people by appearance Cuz looks can be deceiving and it kinda leaves me reeling To know that she thinks less of me due to ignorance and bigotry And I’m definitely not ageist but being mean can be contagious So when I open my mouth to say, ‘she’s just an old bitch,’ That’s not okay But if she didn’t act like one I wouldn’t have to say I met this stupid old woman as I was on my way To play a gig in London just the other day And I don’t want to upset her Cuz maybe she had dementia Or some other illness old folk get Am I being ageist yet? Frustration has made me forget the example I was supposed to set That when someone says something mean it’s best to keep yr conscience clean Smile and nod, repel the hate, you don’t have to retaliate That old lady’s probably lonely and plus she doesn’t even know me And tonight when she goes to bed I wonder what runs through her head Did she make a positive impression or think she was teaching me a lesson Or maybe should would feel real sad knowing that she made me feel bad Or maybe she takes pleasure, in the measure of her rudeness And if that’s true so be it and when she’s mean I guess she means it Regardless of the outcome all I want to say Is what the hell is an apple strudel, anyway?
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i don't wanna hear about yr new girlfriend 'cuz you know you and me we used to be good friends and now i see you once a month and once a month don't feel like it's enough for me it's not that i don't want you to be happy but moving in after 3 weeks seems a bit weird to me i don't want to be coming off as crabby but you break up every other week so maybe it's not meant to be and now you've gone and bought a cat together but when you fight and she moves out who's gonna end up getting custody i'm not trying to sound big or clever but when you get the cat i know you'll end up putting it in a cattery and maybe i'm this way 'cuz i have no one in my bed but i know that isn't true 'cuz when i'm drunk i usually do so i guess instead it's the fact i can no longer tell who is who 'cuz you wear all the same clothes and the same brand of shoes and yr life consists of doing things yr girlfriend wants to do so i guess my friend that's probably why...
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i've come out three times first as queer and then as trans both times met with acceptance and metaphorical clapping of hands third time was met with disbelief an awkwardness so chronic they thought i must be joking when i said i'm an alcoholic they said i was too young as if there's an age limit for addiction and they drink way more than me and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them i can't say that i agree when our friendship's based on getting drunk and sober conversation's a ship of silence that can't be sunk 'cuz I drink when I'm happy and i drink when i'm sad and i drink when life is going well and when it turns out bad i drink to remember and i drink to forget my mum said that if i carry on i'll probably end up dead i first realised there were problems when i woke in a strangers bed i didn't know where the fuck i was and i couldn't feel my head i lost most of my money and i lost most of my clothes and with that i found my pants and took to the open road i tried to call my friends but none of them picked up they were probably still out clubbing or probably just too drunk so i called the one woman on whom i can rely 'hi mum it's me i'm lost' i said and then i began to cry look around what can you see she asked and i could see big ben and i found a train station and promised this won't happen again when i promised that i meant it my drinking career would end but it didn't stop me doing the exact same thing that next weekend (chorus) if you think it's not a problem then let me tell you this i promised my best friend i'd stopped drinking that same night i got pissed i missed her exhibition because i was so hungover it doesn't take a genius to work out that friendship's over when you wanna put down the bottle but you've lost all the willpower and you slip on the bathroom floor and knock yrself out in the shower and you try to kill yourself 'cuz you're convinced you won't be missed the next morning you realise you only felt that way 'cuz you were pissed when you're abusive towards yr friends and abusive towards yr partner and you wake up with no recollection of that behaviour after if you've still got the audacity to tell me i'm okay then my friend stay the fuck outta my life and stay the fuck outta my way (chorus)
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Black Dog 03:30

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NEW EP FEATURING THE ALCOHOL SONG, WHEN FRIENDS GET INTO RELATIONSHIPS + DISAPPEAR FROM YR LIFE, SHE'S GONE, AND ACOUSTIC VERSION OF THE FINAL CURTAIN CALL.

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released January 8, 2015

all songs written, performed and recorded by Seth Corbin.
in the attic.
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Seth Corbin London

Punk/anti folk musician/maker of bad comix and one man band.
'I tap my foot a lot and sing songs about things that make me sad.'

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Seth Corbin is a queer folk/punk musician deriving from a small conservative market town where nothing happens, and now currently settling in the seaside city of Brighton, UK
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