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But I Might Have

by Grin Scraped Thin

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    MT Threat Productions is proud to debut the gritty and melodic punk passion of Grin Scraped Thin's first 5 song e.p., "But I Might Have", officially out October 9th 2020.

    Energetic pop-punk punch and some upbeat acoustic intimacy just thinly scrapes the surface of the musical surprises featured throughout the 5 great tracks!

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1.
Crisis Actor 01:57
Why are you so serious? Why so straight-faced? Why so insistent and persistent about the perfect time and place For self-expression Instead of contrition Instead of benediction Instead of pomposity You’re the one who’s always pushing positivity For a cheery disposition in the face of tragedy But a trace of the absurd perturbs you, oh so piously Up your own ass So paper thin An empathy encased in eggshells An utter obsession with sin Compelled to confront the carefree Incensed at insensitivity Much obliged to be offended But disinclined to leave me be Docile and so fragile, I rest my case in peace Eulogizing your chastising to determine it’s deceased But I’m haunted by the spectre of your personality Is it too little, too late for your sense of humor? Caught between chaos and fate, these things just happen, ya know? And it doesn’t seem to matter when nobody’s looking Performative mourning rituals written in stone Was it really too soon or just ahead of its time? Your stifled laughter can’t make up its mind And I think it’s kind of funny that you don’t One day we all become the butt of the joke
2.
One more sweet caress And with my dying breath I’ll refuse to let go And I’ll retrace my steps To figure out where I went wrong and find my way back home Yeah things will be different I’ll give you my soul I don’t believe in anything but I can’t control This feeling or the time That passes by without reason or rhyme I’ve stayed up so many nights Trying to forget that look on your face When you told me all our dreams came true And when they died, I confess I couldn’t keep it all together Torn to pieces, I won’t rest my eyes bloodshot and dry I’m giving up on giving up I’m resurrecting what has died Or I will try my very best for One more sweet caress One more try, I guess I’ll bite my tongue and hold my breath And settle for less And I’ll convince myself that I am better off believing That this is for the best And changing is stressful Goodbyes make me sick It’s easier to kick and scream and refuse to quit Than piss away the years That I can’t help but have romanticized And I’ll forget what I didn’t like I'll leave it to rot inside I’d sooner bury myself than be left here alive Or i’ll bury my chest “If Home is where the Heart is” blah blah blah My life’s a mess Oh why? So many times I’m letting go, just so you know I can’t keep holding on this tight But I might have if you hadn’t left For one more sweet caress
3.
Parasite 02:04
I've been spending all my time taking everything I can From the people to whom I would give the shirt off my back I've got nothing left to give I'd tear my heart out if I could But their currency is currently far richer than my blood I'll be a lazy waste of space Paying interest on embrace Till my debt-encumbered mooching ass is kicked out of this place Till then I've got a credit card of generosity Why get a fucking job while my loved ones still got money? I'm a parasite I'm a mooch, alright I'm a spanging, deranged good-for-nothing creature of the night I'm a parasite i'm a mooch, alright someday something's gotta give but it won't be me tonight I've been spending my food stamps on an endless appetite If to be gluttonous is injustice than I don't wanna be right If the government can steal then by the government's virtue To steal from the government is virtuous of me to do I'll be a tumor in the brain Of the imperialist refrain That "survival of the fittest is the fittest way to gain" I'm feeling like the succubus that every single one of us is pretending not to be I'm a parasite I'm a mooch, alright I'm a spanging, deranged good-for-nothing creature of the night I'm a parasite i'm a mooch, alright someday something's gotta give but it won't be me tonight
4.
You will take nothing with you to the grave Not your dignity, your money or your pride The truth is that when you stop existing Your arrogance is all you leave behind So throw down your flag and crawl back in bed And write down all your thoughts so you can matter when you’re dead But your books will burn and so will you You’re just a clump of cells that form a brain Your soul has been constructed from a lie The truth is that we all will die someday And that thought keeps you wide awake at night So go get a job and go back to school And try to make a difference like you’re not a social tool But your mind will burn and so will you You play your part so well on center stage But the curtain’s coming down on your charade The truth is that your life is just a waste Of a dead star that burned bright into decay So reach for the sky or dig your own grave Or try to live your life a little better every day But this rock will burn and so will you
5.
Self-mutilation takes a toll A bloody sculpture of your own design You’re razor thin on the inside We’re all playing pretend So hedonistic, will the benders ever end? It's so much fun to blackout on your friends They’ve made damn sure to blackout on me Just give me one good reason I should lead a better life Clean up my act and break bad habits Value virtue over vice Cuz if it all were up to me I'd say everyone should take what they need I'll take my own life if I please I guess I've had enough to drink I reach my limit, the next minute I transcend I binge annihilation as the numb sets in I take the stage, tune my guitar Fuck up the lyrics, phone it in Scattered applause as I descend No rock bottom is too low for me Just give me more excuses For the way we’ve ended up Broken-hearted, alcoholic and alone And if I had what I wanted Would that even make a difference to me? Is that how Happy’s supposed to be? Just give me one bad reason To keep using myself up Strike a match to burn out violently I had every intention Of wearing my indifference on my sleeve About what it means to be free

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Phoenix, AZ based charitable record label collective, MT Threat Productions, is proud to debut the forthcoming 5 song debut e.p., “But I Might Have”, due out October 9th. Every piece of music and merch produced or promoted by MT Threat will have a portion of the proceeds devoted to charity. Currently, our projects are supporting the non-profit clinic, Phoenix Allies for Community Health. azpach.org

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released October 9, 2020

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Energetic pop-punk punch and some upbeat acoustic intimacy just thinly scrapes the surface of the musical surprises from Grin Scraped Thin!

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