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Accidentally Occidental

by Sam Kaiser and the Wilderness Party

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1.
Letters 06:26
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Well first I was a dyin Cauterized by lyin But then I started trying and for good OK’s just some letters But I was doing better And that’s just when I met her in the woods First I started gawking Then we started talking Felt like we’d been walking all along You and I went through it Just until I blew it And before I knew it I was gone Hey there all alone You’ve worked your heart to it’s bone I recommend you find something to do Hey there on the hill I’ve think you’ve had your fill Tomorrow you might wake up before 2 Well washed up in a river And I wasn’t with her In a sliver I’d forgotten to be free Tragedy’s solution A hero’s own pollution Why don’t you start a revolution with me Well you can always borrow Some hope for tomorrow I gave up on the sorrow and the strife Maybe you can heal if you remember how to feel And so I made a deal for my life Hey there in the sun Who cares who’s lost or won I recommend you find somewhere to go Hey there on the plain, climb away from the pain Listen well there’s always more to know And so I walked into myself and then I saw somebody else and then I saw myself again, said to myself hey I need hey I need and I walked into myself and then I saw somebody else and then I saw myself again Said to myself hey I need a friend and I Walked with myself hand and hand I think this time we might just make it to the end or at least I’m on the mend Well I’ll live like a peasant if I can live in the present, but hesitate to expect to be served The dralas speak to me, harmony is there decree where a human being’s not only just a verb Well OKs just some letters, but now I’m doing better, the bitter taste was only just a dream And when that taste returns, or my heart starts to burn, I’ll know there’s always someone on my team Hey there, in the muck Do you really need the luck I recommend you find someone to be Hey there in the air You’ll make it if you care Take my hand and take a walk with me And so I walked into myself and then I saw somebody else and then I saw myself again, said to myself hey I need hey I need and I walked into myself and then I saw somebody else and then I saw myself again Said to myself hey I need a friend and I Walked with myself hand and hand I think this time we might just make it to the end Or at least I’ve found a friend
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Go Back (Into the Woods) 05:43
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Out on the street Out on my feet I was walking around Stunned my soul on concrete And I fell to the ground to consent to my defeat When into my gaze A girl with dirt on her face She gave me a laugh gave her eyebrow a raise She said, I know a place Where you can be at your own pace She said I love you And I will set you free Turn away from me And tell me what you see Can you see The ancient glade Where there no right or wrong Can you feel the sensation of shade You’ve been there all along She said go back go back go back into the woods She said go back go back go back into the woods She said go back to the woods Well out in the trail I had tucked in my tail I had posted my bail I had hoisted the sale I gave my guitar a wail but the songs had all gone stale When I saw a man cigarette in his hand He was wrinkled and tan he was the lay of the land He said we’re all just grains of sand And isn’t life just grand He said I love you And I will set you free The universe doesn’t hide, so breathe a bit with me He said pan within, vive Canada You know what you want and what you want is who you are He said go back go back go back into the woods He said go back go back go back into the woods He said go back to the woods Well you’re on the ground you’re out and you’re down You scream and you shout but you can’t hear a sound Are you searching for something, or are you waiting to be found Well they’re telling you to follow them into the blue To follow the things that they do, to prove their point of view True, but do they even stop to listen to what you’ve been going through Well I love you, and I will set you free Cause I won’t hurt if you don’t listen to me But if you do, tell me when you find The forest is true, the forest in your mind I said go back go back go back into the woods I said go back go back go back into the woods I said go back to the woods I said go back He said go back She said go back Go back
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Special 04:39
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Well let’s be prodigies and then we’ll all get in tv and then we’ll make about a billion by the time we’re 23 oh I wanna be special Like my momma said If I’m not special, I might as well be dead Well let’s go overseas and then we’ll all have odysseys and then the people will be awestruck by our personalities Oh I wanna be a hero Like my daddy said If I’m not a hero, I might as well be dead Oh, fly a little closer to the sun Oh cry because we’ve already begun Well let’s get ocd with an iq of 203 and then I’ll say that it was easy when I get my PhD oh I wanna be gifted Like my teacher said If I’m not gifted, well I might as well be dead Well I’ll predict the economy And everyone will listen to me And I’ll become the shining standard of the corprotocracy Oh I wanna be a winner Like the Donald said If I’m not a winner well I might as well be dead Oh, fly a little close to the sun Oh cry because we’ve already begun Well I’ll be a celebrity on Snl and abc and then I’ll win the super bowl with a bullet in my knee oh I wanna be perfect Like the tv said If I’m not perfect, well I might as well be dead Well I’ll be a deity and you will have to worship me, because I’ll get on cnn when I go on a killing spree Oh I wanna be a martyr Like everybody said If you’re not a martyr you might as well be dead Oh put my brick on top of the wall Oh I thought you said the wall would never fall And maybe I’ll do none of that and this song won’t even rhyme And that’s ok cause you can not hear me over society and I wanna be normal, like nobody ever said If I am normal, I’m not afraid to die
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Giving It Away 05:18
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Well I’m accidentally occidental, potentially a little bit temperamental, and essentially these days have been uneventful to me Well all my possessions are feeling oppressive, I’m possessive of depression but that’s just a repressive, and the less I press the more I can be expressive, and free And I’m wasting my life, questioning the meaning of it And I’m trying hard to enjoy myself, but if I try to hard it all falls to bits My secrets, I’m giving them away My regrets, I’m giving them away My B.S., I’m giving it away My subscriptions I’m giving them away My addictions, I’m giving them away My convictions, I’m giving them away So fill your life with burgers and beer, the competitions, politicians, romance and gear, and you’ll never have to focus long enough to find out what you fear to be Well all this money is bringing me down, and I’ll never be funny and singing ‘round the campfire, in love with you And I’m just wasting my life, questioning the meaning of it And I’m just trying hard to enjoy myself, but if I try to hard it all fades a bit My vanity, I’m giving it away My sanity, I’m giving it away My humanity, I’m giving it away My consciense I’m giving them away My conscious, I’m giving them away My control, I’m giving them away So I gotta lotta love and I’m gonna spread it, and I’m not taking sides, cause Reagan said that you can go anywhere if you don’t care about the credit, get it So take my song and play it loud, and if I hear it on the radio I’ll be proud, take this song I’m giving it away And I’ll still be wasting my life, questioning the meaning of it And I’ll still be trying hard to enjoy myself, but if I try to hard it all goes to shit My hope, I’m giving it away My dread, I’m giving it away My memories, I’m giving them away My love, I’m giving it away My fear, I’m giving it away My future, I’m giving it away My guitar, I’m giving them away My vocals, I’m giving them away La la la la la, la la la la la
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Plants Are Your Friends 03:04
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Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants don’t have opinions, and that’s what makes them great Plants don’t have opinions, so get them off of your plate Plants don’t have opinions, and that’s what makes them great Plants don’t have opinions, so get them off of my plate Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Waffles is a plant, don’t eat plants Pasta is a plant, don’t eat plants Cotton is a plant, don’t wear plants Wood is a plant, don’t walk on plants Beer is a plant, don’t drink plants Whisky is a plant, don’t drink plants Weed is a plant, don’t smoke plants But shrooms are not a plant Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Well I walked into the woods and what did a see, but a pretty little flower staring back at me, I said I think that we should be together would you agree, are you attracted to my soul and thumbs and anthropology She said I hope you wouldn’t let your brain go to your head, living things are all the same dirt in the end, there are dolphins making music swimming under the sea, so I’m not falling for your pollen, darling go and fuck a tree And I said my sex life is a pinecone My sex life is a sea turtle My sex life is a dead duck And that shit is hot Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants Plants are your friends, don’t eat plants
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The Wake Up Song 02:57
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Wake up, wake up, you sleepy head There’s no time to stay in bed, but you’ll do it, anyway Wake up, wake up, your sleepy eyes There’s no time to realize, what you’re doing, for the day The world wants you there, So please come and be prepared The world’s waiting specifically for you So get out of bed my sleepy head Wake up, wake up, you sleepy dome Brush your hair out with that comb from your dad Wake up, wake up, your sleepy brain Brush away that midnight pain, don’t be sad The world’s waiting for you So please come and be true The world’s honestly getting impatient So get out of bed my sleepy head And wake up Wake up, my sleepy head Wake up, my sleepy head Wake up Wake up Wake up, my sleepy head Wake up, my sleepy head Wake up Wake up, wake up, you sleepy head There’s no time to stay in bed, but you’ll do it, anyway Wake up, wake up, your sleepy heart Cause I can’t bear to be apart today
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Scatterbrain 04:47
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I lost my keys and now they’re gone I hope waiting for the bus doesn’t take too long Fell asleep on the ground in my front lawn Went up to my bed at the break of dawn I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain Oh I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain And I would not change a thing I left my wallet in the garbage can Last time I checked it was in my hand Got to the city but without a plan Doesn’t matter cause I don’t know where I am I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain Oh I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain And I would not change a thing I used to think that there was something wrong with me Applied the fable since the cradle and it’s labeled ADD Good thing I forgot to mention my lack of attention to the authorities Because it wasn’t written in with Ritalin I’m playing games on my computer with the TV in the back My fraying train of thought is chugging but it’s barely on the track There’s twenty things to do between now and when I can go to bed But I just opened three more YouTube links and smoked a bowl instead And there’s been something I’m meaning to say But I forget because there’s more crap in my mind than in the Chesapeake Bay Oh the Chesapeake Bay Like get some dental correction Vote in the upcoming election Poke with a bigger erection But get protection for that sex infection Have you got that oil change, well maybe you should pick up some skills Work to improve your vocal range but don’t forget to pay all your bills Think of all those classic books, you’ll never read them all before you die Lifts those weights to improve them looks, maintain an active social life Those languages won’t learn themselves, do you have friends in Singapore Collect all the shit that you don’t need so why do you keep on acquiring more Let’s not even delve into the Internet, I can’t handle that If it’s open then I’m hoping that the WiFi will be dying cause I’m roped into a black hole just to learn a single fact And so I live way out run the woods cause my self control is not good but The 21st century’s catching up to and I can’t come to decide if I should Just give up on all my dreams, or maybe just a third of them There’s one hundred times people of the year and I haven’t even heard of them So they’re pitting kids against each other and I think that’s just absurd of them Try to take a breath before your death oh what do I know I am just a Scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain Oh I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain Oh I’m just a scatterbrain I’m just a scatterbrain And I would not change a thing And I would not change a thing And I would not change a thing
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I Must Confess 04:26
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Oh I must confess, Until recently I was depressed But fortunately now I’m just bipolar so that’s progress I guess And I must confess Apologies but I have been stressed Philosophies contest my mind, will you give me time, to process my duress Evil thoughts in my head, wish that I could make them go away Angry knots in their tread, rows of scarecrows made of broken clay Stay with me in my bed, or what I will do I cannot say I can play, and hey, maybe it will go away But I can say oh And I must admit, Truthfully I am my own worst critic It screams you would be better off without me, at least a little bit And I must disclose, That on this path I go through highs and lows Feeling nature’s wrath the river flows with violent throes, and that’s how it goes I suppose And I must concede It’s hard for me to follow my own lead But in my heart I know that I am what I need I can see it coming from two days away cause it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy And when the suicidal addict, accepts the twelve step program He admits that he will always want to die And now I think I’ve had it and I’m kneeling at the shogun, but I’m sho gon need that habit when my momma flies Evil thoughts in my head, know that I can make them go away Angry knots in their tread, only scarecrows made of broken clay Stay with me in my bed, sail with me into another day I can play, and hey, it might not matter anyway But I can say oh

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The songs on this album are the first ones that I wrote, in chronological order. Songs about growing up and about being young. Exclamations of frustration, joy, and clarity.

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released May 15, 2019

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