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Life​/​Death

by Flower Crown Me A Queen

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Who Cares? 03:13
Capo 7th C, G, Am, F Who cares how much money I'll have when I die Who cares if my house reaches into the sky Who cares, who cares, cuz I surely don't I don't want a big house if I only need one bed I don't want a nice car, cuz I know I'll wreck it I don't want to take more than I truly ever need Why do you think you do, do you need more than me I don't think I'll understand why it's important to you To be better than others, do you think that it's true Because we both live and die, we both laugh and cry And your imaginary numbers don't mean a thing tonight Who cares how much money I'll have when I die Who cares if my house reaches into the sky Who cares, who cares, cuz I surely don't It's not worth it to me if other people are broke I'm not trying the be the best in the world No I'm not trying to be the prettiest girl No I'm not trying to be any better than you Because I know that I'm not and you're important too You can't have the rich without the poor to compare And you can't push them down and then tell them that it's fair That it's only their fault they were born into this With no resources in sight to help them out of it Even free speech isn't as free as it seems Cuz my boss has more freedom to express himself than me You can't change someone's life when you question their experience When we've got policies built upon intolerance Who's bright idea was it to turn life into a race Because that means you have a first and last place Do you need to be the best for you to be content Does it make you feel good to know that I can't pay my rent I don't think it's very fair to attempt to place the blame On the people getting fucked over day after day Why do you act like you're better than them Because you have a big house and they don't even have a shed Who cares how much money I'll have when I die Who cares if my house reaches into the sky Who cares, who cares, cuz I surely don't It's not worth it to me if other people are broke I'm not trying the be the best in the world No I'm not trying to be the prettiest girl No I'm not trying to be any better than you Because I know that I'm not and you're important too
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C, Am, F, C I don't bottle up my feelings I pour them in a glass And then I throw them at the wall And if it makes a hole Then maybe I'll get out This box does more damage Than a bottle ever did I don't drink as much As my songs would have you think I don't try to dwell On the past or the future Because living in the moment Always did the best for me And I'm just trying to stay alive I hope I finish this song Before I fall asleep And all of my thoughts Get lost in my dreams I wish I could tell you How I truly feel I wish I already knew How demons are killed
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F, Am7, C7, C The day finally came when I am no longer excited by snow Am I too down or have I just grown If getting older means getting somber Then I don't want to live any longer I've seen so much that I can't turn away I've heard so much that there is no escape These people that cry about all of their pain The people that die day after day Why have you chosen to close your eyes To the pain of the people who you despise Why have you chosen to kick them down To hold yourself up as some sort of crown I don't understand why you think That all these people fail cuz they're weak That it's not the system's fault That they fall asleep and never wake Why do you think that people deserve to die That they must have a certain amount of money to survive Well I don't think that's fucking right It's getting too expensive to stay alive
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Em, C, G, D Em, C, Em, G, D Capo 5th I'm so fucking pissed I'm so fucking pissed How could you treat me like this After all that we've been through after everything we've done for you We fucking trusted you You let us down, you played us for fools But we won't be fooled again, this is it, you're fucking dead Lying to our faces, making papers, trading places Did you ever for one second think that you could really fake it I'm trying to like you, man I really fucking am But it's just not okay when you keep treating us this way Everything you wanted but you never thought about it what the fuck is 20/20 when your hindsight is hungover I don't wanna hear excuses you're just tightening the nooses around everything you said get this through your fucking head I'm done cleaning up your messes just fucking learn your lesson Just stop it with the stresses you've put us in distress This is all your fucking fault Talk the talk and walk the walk Take responsibility for the things you did to me
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I'm Sick 01:45
Am, E I won't stoop so low and try to sell my soul for just a bit more comfort when I die When there's people out there who can't afford to wash their hair, eat or drink or simply live their life at all And I can't sleep in my bed until they have a place to rest People over profits is the goal When no one's dying in the street when they try to fall asleep That's when I'll finally clear my aching head I'm sick of the myth that these problems exist Because people don't try hard enough to live Why must we struggle to simply exist I'm sick of surviving, I want to live
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And Tired 02:43
ECD I don't wanna burn out I don't want to fit in I don't want to make things easy for myself When there's so much left to do I'm tired I'm fucking tired I'm tired of this life that I'm forced to live Not sad enough to take it But just mad enough To refuse to fake it I'm tired of working to barely scrape by While owners of companies laugh and strut by They say that I should be thankful to choose Which arm or leg I'm able to lose Its core is corrupt It's practice is great Exactly what they want it to be They hold up the people That made it by luck Up high on a pillar, it's easy you shmuck I look around and all I see Are people struggling to be alive You're not living when you're trying to survive I'm sick of the trickles getting caught in the gutters High up on rooftops this ceiling's too cluttered I can't see the sky though I know it's the limit I've reached the end of opportunities given I'm sick of being told that it's fair That it's only our fault that we're stuck in despair Excuses for racism, sexism's thoughts If I don't hire you it's your own damn fault I'm sick of the lies that everyone can make it Because if they did convenience wouldn't exist I'm sick and tired of playing the game We can't all win cuz we're not all the same Oppression still exists and they still deny it In the land of the free you're more free than me And I'm sick of this shit because I know we can change it I know we can change it I know we can change it
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Capo 5th G, C I'm having a bit of trouble falling asleep I'm having a worse time remembering by dreams But that's just life I guess I'm having a hard time finding a job No one wants to hire a girl with a beard cuz it looks wrong So they say That's fuckin lame I'm struggling to try to see How trying to conform somehow makes me free But I just don't think that it's right to look me in the eye And tell me that it's best to be me Cuz being me can still get me killed Being me still keeps me unemployed and fucking broke And I'm trying not to feel like I'm somehow losing a game That I never signed up for So I'll give you a chance to prove me wrong That I'm not losing rights because of the way I go through life If I have the freedom to choose Between being like me and being like you Between being shut out and allowing to continue Does that seem like freedom to you?
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C, C, F, C C, C, F, C C, C, F, C Am, G F, C, Am, E C, F Am, G, C C, F, Am, G Well I'm trying my best with no experience There's no manual for happiness And apologies are stupid They don't ever do you justice but it's kind of all you'll get Because I don't want to be that kind of girl anymore No I don't want to end up sleeping on your bathroom floor Cuz I'm trying to be a decent person this time around And I hope that by the end of the night I've got some solid ground Cuz it's going down tonight Going down tonight I don't want my kindness to be taken for granted Cuz there's nothing worse than people who just take And I'm tired of being told what should be said just let let me have my say I'm trying my best to not be stepped on like a welcome mat Because sometimes people aren't that welcome and they've got to take a step back This isn't me being an asshole it's just me trying to live Without the hindrance of bullshit people causing me distress Cuz they're going down tonight It's going down tonight Take me home Take me home Take me home Take me home Well I gave you a knife to put in my back But you stabbed yourself because you couldn't do that So I held you there with a wound in your chest Because living and dying are all but a breath Take it in take it in just please let me go I'm tired of living I want to go home Take it in take it in please don't leave me alone Together we'll go because I love you so Take me home Take me home Take me home Take me home Well look at us both just a couple of jokes But the punchline is dead cuz we're both on our own But we keep moving on cuz that's all we can do As we sing out our hearts going this one's for you! All the cash in the world doesn't matter to us Because living and loving and building up trust Is the only outline for a happy life And I'm happy to spend it next to your side Cuz it's going down tonight

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Like most things, this album is imperfect and unfinished and silly and also kinda cool I guess? I don't know. So we've decided to release it as is. We had to cut a lot of super duper unfinished songs that you will probably hear later or something. It's really up to you. We hope you enjoy listening to this train wreck.

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released April 28, 2016

Guitar recorded with a shitty home recording system (Location N/A)
Drums and Vocals recorded at 7th Circle Music Collective.
recordings mixed by Aaron Saye
Album mixed and mastered by Dahlia McAluney

Special thanks to Aaron Saye, Lori Grace, Breaid Celek, Tyler Ganze, Alex Behler, Matt Pless, Strawberry Riot, Charlie Hris, Matt Morgan, Jules Bullock, and Sierra Martin.. You all are wonderful people <3

Flower Crown Me A Queen is:
Dahlia McAluney - Guitar, Kazoo, and Vocals
Elliot Williams - Drums, Percussion, and Vocals

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Flower Crown Me A Queen Denver, Colorado

Hi we're a couple of queerdos that write songs that are punk and folk and everywhere in between. Fuzzed out violins, fast paced guitars, singing our hearts out. Learning to wield hope like a baseball bat <3

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