KEN MODE LYRICS

1. Doesn't Feel Pain Like He Should

He's a natural smiler; not all the memories are bad
Harsh words, with hard consonants

People buy into "we"
And this positive affirmation means nothing
I'd never do that
And we're not fighting, we're just talking
You see? You see?
Not everything I say is a lie

It's the law in her eyes; bad word, inept guise
A diary of "why would you?", but it's fine, this is for us

People buy into "we"
And this positive affirmation means nothing
I'd never do that
We're not fighting, we're just talking
You see? You see?
Not everything I say is a lie

I don't care how you feel - I can say anything
And it's just as satisfying for me that you know
It was nice and sweet, and almost made me feel something
She treasures these moments; ruin them for her

Fabulous pleasure
Please yourself first
Fabulous pleasure
Please yourself first

Everyone in my life is very kind to me

2. The Illusion Of Dignity

These are not good goals
Oh I don't want to feel safe, I'll never learn that way
The kind of chaos I wish to convey
In fine illuminations, and a resting pace

This is intensely flawed
And bleeds its feelings through these seats
Deliberate in each movement and pause
Navigating weakness with a dystopian loss

Tiny lies with a soft love
I'd rather be alone
Then I'd be happy, then I'd be enough
I'd rather be alone

I am terror, I am absence
I am here for her
I am terror, I am absence
I am here for her

I cannot fix this
I want to feel again
My body's failing
I need help

3. Feathers & Lips

I'll never understand that old butcher mentality
The warrior, the brave, the hero
Bully
Coward
I'm filled with this overwhelming instinct that I can break you
Shredded ligaments
Bone by bone by bone

Alright, rough rider, you wanna hurt me so bad?
You're just a mouthpiece for cruelty and greed
Always the perfect "man"

A malice of forethought
There are strengths in lies
Too many terrible things
But no, I will not yield

Let's document a moment that never happened
Just look at him admiring his excess
Intensely pointless unhappiness
And that wasn't a rhetorical question, that was bait
A collection of weaknesses; conditioned unfurling hate

A malice of forethought
There are strengths in lies
Too many terrible things
But no, I will not yield

No one is laughing clown
No one is laughing clown
Religious zealot, fundamentalist radical
No one is laughing clown

Oh, a furious breed

4. Learning To Be Too Cold

He can wear the skin of a professional
Life as a sick romance - lust has no mercy
Show us what your muscles can do
The good times will not last

Selective reverence
It gnaws and it picks at my concentration
Show us what your muscles can do
The good times will not last
Selective reverence
It gnaws and it picks at my concentration

We're taught to believe in such foolish idealism
Entitled fairy tales recited nightly
Caught in these recycled thoughts and criticized for such cynicism
A perpetual cliché of damned if you do, damned if you don't

Are you impressed?

Just because no one else is talking
Doesn't mean you need to be

5. Not Soulmates

Is this the point we're trying to make?
So many blank pages with so much more to take
Make a change, come back a new man, please
I cannot tell how much is real
Where the act begins and this person ends
This is not a good place, I need to escape

You're going to continue enjoying this mistake with me

It's as much harsh as it is derivative
I've pressed my luck and I've fallen short
Held, mildly paralyzed, in this specific moment of self-doubt
I used to try to be someone
It's not the first time and certainly not the last
And I'll repeat, I'll repeat, I'll repeat myself
Like some redundant iconoclast

Inconvenienced by your kindness
But let's just focus on who you're trying to impress
Inconvenienced by your kindness
But let's just focus on who you're trying to impress

We owe you nothing
We owe you nothing
We owe you nothing
Stop trying to enjoy your life

6. Very Small Men

He's always there, but he's always wrong
Please turn the power back on
I can't stop sweating
The payment's sent with a letter of disappointment

It's just a beak and six hundred teeth
This is the anarchy of beasts
It's just a beak and six hundred teeth
This is the anarchy of beasts

If the dog can't handle me at my most reckless
Then it doesn't deserve me at my most precise
Providing for your gentleman? I have some quick advice
A failed exorcism for the most aggressive boy
He's not fine but he's alive
With a constant stream of brilliance
Resting marks
Though he'll survive

It's just a beak and six hundred teeth
This is the anarchy of beasts

He's kind of a hero
He's fairly legit
An expat with more space to be lonely in

I'll be here flexing; you wanna feel like a man?
Focus, focus; you'll do what you can

You've made your bed
Now sleep in it alone

7. This Is A Love Test

That was one of the brilliant things about Claude
He's a young man with his young hands
Looking at that naked man saving the life of that other naked man
And I like the way it busies the hands

It's fun to blame you because you're the only one who cares
It's fun to blame you because you're the only one who cares
Down here there are animals too, as the flies eat your tears

Old feelings; you can't buy those memories, or sell them
Though I'm skeptical of that love
Always awkward; a lifestyle brand
Top level of the bottom rung
Such a clean young man
You have enough energy to ruin things

It's fun to blame you because you're the only one who cares
It's fun to blame you because you're the only one who cares
Down here there are animals too, as the flies eat your tears

This is perfect art

Down here, down here
As the flies eat your tears

8. Fractures In Adults

It's never as bad as you think; but it's always the worst it's been
How many times must I fade away?
Longing for a free flowing, natural understanding
And it feels less and less likely as the time passes

On paper things are fine
They're fine
I'm fine
Where have you been
My narcissistic dream?

If I stay awake - well just long enough
If I stay awake and care
Sometimes things will just sort of end
Endless scribbles
And drafts on drafts on drafts
When I need to care
It's just not there

When people need to settle
I just cannot settle

Oh fuck yeah!

On paper things are fine
They're fine
I'm fine
Where have you been
My narcissistic dream?

Funneling toward the worst of our nature
It'll take your everything

9. No Gentle Art

Why won't you make me happy?
In their hearts they have fear
There are those who are lost

Does that mean I've given up again?
To kill with silent contempt
Stop giving me hope

Like you need it to live
With overwhelming persistence
My angel's graceless; useless
Just leave the stains where they are
For the love of God
Please be quiet and leave me

Tell me again about my miracle

Stop giving me hope

Life of bitter things
Yet it's appropriate
No thought novel
The joke is cruel

Oh what a gift
I've met my maker
She serves oblivion
With a cynical smirk
Each attempting
To record
What it is to be
Human

Stop giving me hope







KEN MODE LYRICS