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  • Selected Shrug Life lyrics from across past and future releases. Includes an introductory essay by Danny Carroll on lyric writing. Layout and design by Beibhinn Delaney

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lyrics

I hope you get to be what you wanted
In Berlin or whatever else suits your ambition
The films and books and bands
weren't just a teenage badge of honour
The restless schemes and plans
Don't get abandoned for something smaller

I hope you get to be what you wanted
And you're able to move past life's many bastards
The everyday snakes and unmatched misogynists
Nice guys playing mind games and politics
Same as in school, as in work as in government

And nobody makes those decisions for you
And nobody makes you pretend it's okay
And time doesn't take that ambition from you
And time doesn't leave you nothing to say

I hope you get to be what you wanted
Only slightly compromised or corrupted
Enough armour around the essential self
Enough guards in place for your mental health
The neck to protect your imagination
The nerve to preserve your grace and patience, I know

Nobody makes those decisions for you
Nobody makes you pretend it's okay
Time doesn't force their tradition on you
Time doesn't leave you afraid to say

There's no signs that it gets easier
When you're crumbling today,
But all those brains have got to go somewhere
And nothing will change if you stay in this place

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from Maybe You're The Punchline, released April 3, 2020

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Shrug Life is the questionable, protective moniker of Danny, Keith, Josh and Laura. Together they make music and fight first world problems. This is their story...

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