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Rebitter Karpend (A Horrible Pun for a So​-​So Performance at The Bitter End)

by Rebecca Karpen

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1.
No Boats 03:01
No Boats For I know you'd rather fuck a stranger Than ever hold my hand And you would rather sit in silence Than go and dance And you won't let me in When I just wanna know you However I'd be lying if I said I didn't understand Cause i do Cause I do But there's no boat No boat There's no boat No Boat That can sail me away Sail me away from the truth And there's no boat No boat There’s no boat No boat That can sail my heart away From loving you And you're nothing but a stranger And your soul yearns for danger Something oddly different to hold And it hurts you claim the reckless You act so damn feckless A passive observer in an active Life 'Cept when your heart strodes Along with the night The night The night But there's no boat No boat There's no boat No Boat That can sail me away Sail me away from the truth And there's no boat No boat There’s no boat No boat That can sail my heart away From loving you For you know I'd rather fuck a stranger Than ever hold your hand ‘Cus I don't wanna sit in silence I go out and fucking dance And I would never let nobody in And I wouldn't want to know you However I'd be lying if I said I didn't understand But still it breaks me ‘Cus I can't sail away I can't sail away on the sand A boat don't sail on the ocean It floats on the motion But the waves just can't Sail me away Sail me away Sail me away-ae-ae From loving you From living you From loving you However you'd be lying If you said You understand The truth
2.
Like the Arctic Cause when you’re cold, You’re cold Like the arctic. And when you’re bold Oh I find your love Cathartic. Oh but when they’re young And when you’re old They just do What they want And you do just What you’re told. ‘Cause when you look my way My heart sinks like the Titanic Quickly and wildly, Sets my whole soul Into a panic. And I never could afford To take a second glance. So I guess it’s time, I just leave my soul To happenstance No, I never could afford to change The destiny of chance. And lately I feel That I’ve been falling falling down And I just feel so Complicit In the breakdown. Oh there’s too many thoughts in my head I can never run away again Just succumb to the landslide instead Oh Mercy mercy me Oh Mercy mercy me I beg lord, Please And the other day I laughed for the first time In a long time It was brief, just a few seconds So acute. But when the world gives you Nothing but short depressing answers It takes a lot of time To accumulate the truth. And lately I feel That I’ve been falling falling down And I just feel so Complicit In the breakdown. Oh there’s too many thoughts in my head I can never run away again Just succumb to the landslide instead Oh Mercy mercy me Oh Mercy mercy me I beg the good lord, Please----- Please And I feel that I make everything about myself And I’m doing all I can To try and get the help I need the ice is breaking Between my knees Can no one see I’m trying please Maybe I’m just too Complex a woman And the world has never been too nice To complex women like me We tear them apart, we ignore their art We lambaste their diction If they’re too damn sharp Poor me Oh little poor me Maybe I’m just too smart for my own good, Always overthinking what I know And sometimes I think I’m just too smart for my Own good Too good to put on a ring Too wise to feel anything… I know I know... But when you were cold, I loved to be in the arctic. And you were so bold Oh I found falling in love Cathartic. But when you act so young You make me feel old When you just do What you want And you leave our story Untold When you just leave when you want Making monsters Out of my gold Oh you were so much like the arctic And I can’t get out of the Cold
3.
Sean 05:25
Sean (this is a mockup because there are a lot of jazzy riffs, too many to write down honestly, also I wrote it out as “Shawn in the song because it's hard to write phonetically in Gaelic but I definitely do mean the Gaelic spelling of “Sean”) Shaw-aw-awwww-awn Can we fight Can we fight the dawn And you-oo-oo-oo-oo You're gonna leave me behind In a few months Time I knew it from the first time I saw your face That you were gonna put my heart Through a rigorous chase. From the first time I felt my heart beat fast When you crossed my mind I said to myself Watch out for your health That boy's gonna leave you Bent And blind "Okay" I thought "Then he'll just be ignored" If I pretend he doesn't exist Then he can't be adored" But from what I understand, Fate had other plans And soon I find myself always talking to you Fantasizing about holding your hand Your hand Your ha-an-an-and Shaw-aw-awwww-awn Can we fight Can we fight the dawn And you-oo-oo-oo-oo You're gonna leave me behind In a few months Time For the past four years You've held unconscious siege over my mind Over my mind Over my mind. But will you leave me behind In a few months time I tried to pretend That we could still be friends Because I'm not something that you want And I'm sure you'll agree That when you're standing beside me There's a million other girls You'd much rather I Be. You never ask how I'm doing You never ask how I've been But boy you wear vanity so well You can hardly tell It's a sin It's a sin It's a si-i-i-in Shaw-aw-awwww-awn Can we fight Can we fight the dawn And you-oo-oo-oo-oo You're gonna leave me behind In a few months Time For the past four years You've had me in tears Despite the fact I never cross your mind. But I'll just laugh it off And pretend I'll be fine When you leave me behind In a few months time And I used to tell myself That we could still be friends When my heart no longer beat at your every mention But then we had that long-ass talk about intentions And that's when I realized I never wanted your friendship Shaw-aw-awwww-awn Can we fight Can we fight the dawn Dawn Because this whole thing has left me so helpless I really wish I wasn't so damn selfish And maybe I should apologize Cuz our whole damn friendship's built on a lie It's a lie It's a big fucking lie. But no matter what I say It doesn't matter anyway Cuz you'll leave me behind Any day.
4.
SilverFish 05:26
SilverFish You say you kiss my cheek And fall To the floor. Can you please shut your mouth I don’t wanna hear Anymore. You say you love me But that can’t be true. Because of all the times we’ve hung out, There’s really only been *counts on fingers* two. And you’re a dreamer, a romantic, and kind of obsessive And you’re a believer, a denier, to the point you’re pathetic You don’t like conversation if you’re the one who’s obviously wrong Like when you voted for Jill Stein So now, I’m gonna write you a song You don’t know love And I don’t want you You don’t know love If you say you love me. And you don’t know love No matter what you think you do. So why can’t you see, You don’t know love, If you say you love me. You’re so divorced From reality. Say you must’ve known me in a past life. I really don’t agree. Bernie or Buster, You’re sort of a prick. The thought of watching you cry Only makes me feel sick. And you’re a feeler, an optimist, and very possessive And you’re a liar, a faker, to the point you’re pathetic You won’t argue with me because you’re always wrong You fucking voted for Jill Stein So now, I’m gonna write you a song You don’t know love And I don’t want you You don’t know love If you say you love me. And you don’t know love No matter what you think you do. So why can’t you see, You don’t know love, If you say you love me. Walk straight forward Don’t look back You don’t make me smile You don’t make me laugh And I’ll say we can But we can’t be friends. You say you’re fine with self-sacrifice, But I call it just being a dickhead. Yeah I don’t love you I barely know you And you’re kinda a dickhead. And I’ll never love you. Because, You’re an Asshole.
5.
Temple in Athens Verse: Your scars don't make you a soldier But you seem To think they do. You walk around, looking down, Like you're so much older. But we both know, That isn't true. Chorus: But you're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens No You're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens Athens Cause you can climb up the mountains And look at the marble But you Won't find your own face staring Back at you. No You're no god you don't get No temple in Athens Athens Verse: Congrats You got out of the hole You've been stuck in For so long. Now you walk around With your head held high As if you're the only one Who’s allowed to be strong Chorus: But you're no savior, you don't get No religion named after you. No You're no savior, you don't get No religion Named After you. Sure you had your time on the cross But you built it yourself And you only had to stay there As long as you Wanted to. No. You're no savior, you don't get No religion Named after you Bridge: Oh you got out of it Oh you're so strong You can be proud of your battle wounds But this has gone on far too long Far too long Chorus: Because You're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens No No you're no god You don't get no temple in Athens Athens. Sure you had your time on the cross But you built it yourself And you only had to stay there As long as you Wanted to. No You're no god You don't get No temple in Athens Athens Athens
6.
Little Specks of Sky You know I Never truly noticed The little specks of Sky In your Eyes. You know I think you understand me Better than even I Might. And you're so damn funny Oh how you make me laugh. 3 am Sunday morning Run in' round Playing laser Tag. (oh)You know this city feels so brutal I'm glad you're here with me (and)You know these people are a nightmare But you light up the day with your Creativity You know these hearts beat so heavy But you keep mine Off the ground You know I thought about you every moment After we stopped speaking for I think 30 days And I remember crying on the hotline Screaming Without him I feel so ugly Feel so Crazed And I think we're doing better But it's so hard to repair what I've Cost [Cahsssst] Cost us And of course now I come to realize You bring a light to my life But I can't bear to return to the days (When) I thought we'd lost us Lost us Ooooh You know this city feels so brutal I'm glad you're here with me You know these people are a nightmare But you light up the day with your Creativity You know these hearts beat so heavy But you keep mine Off the ground Off the ground Off the ground I should've been less superficial And maybe then we could’ve had it All And I know my thinking's pretty wistful But you've never Turned down my calls You're so damn smart And please don't ever change I'll keep my thoughts in my poor man's guitar Because I'm only happy when you're happy And if it makes you happy Well nothing's gonna change at all I can be so damn selfish And I'm always so damn mean But you always ran right into battle So I could burn you at the stake Maybe I'm thinking not feeling I run away from intimacy like it's the Bubonic plague ‘Cus under the toughness of calloused hands And straightened teeth I'm still the same terrified girl I was at 17 But all the same You never served to judge me And all the same All you ever did was love me And all the same You show me music And you make me smile And I don't know From whence this feeling grows But I think it's been there For a while ‘Cus You know this city feels so brutal But there's nowhere else I'd rather be You know these people are a nightmare But you show me That's not all they have to be And You know these hearts beat so heavy They seem to only bring us down But if they use their excess fat as wings They can fly so far off the ground You don't Let me down You know I'd be lying if I said that I've never truly noticed The little specks of Sky In your Eyes.

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"My name is Rebecca Karpen and my life is a funeral in slow motion."
-Owen Reilly

Recorded and mixed live at The Bitter End June 4th, 2017
Lyrics by Rebecca Karpen
Music by Rebecca Karpen
©️ Rebecca Karpen United 2017

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released June 6, 2017

Vocals by Rebecca Karpen
Ukulele by Rebecca Karpen
Guitar by Rebecca Karpen
Cover Photo shot by Lindsey Mayer
Cover Photo edited by Rebecca Karpen

Comrade Jeb will save the world so the motivation is by him.

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Rebecca Karpen New York, New York

I play baritone ukulele and cry a lot.
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