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Outside on the Inside

by Aaron Ackerson

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applecider05 A pretty good pop album - I recommend this to fans of Lemon Demon, as this matches LD's eclecticness perfectly. Favorite track: Inside.
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Live It 02:27
Live your life while you are still living and take a step This is just the beginning and don't hold back Y'know life is an airplane, so fly it Take a chance while you can still take it and give your heart but try not to break it and strip yourself until you are naked and try it Live it Love it Know it Give it Free it Lose it, be it Don't sleep now This is no time for dozing just jump outside 'cause the window is closing The time is now and the spotlight is yours, so don't waste it Get your fill while the getting is good and just make that call 'cause you know that you should you'll find life is sweet when you stick out your tongue and just taste it Live it Love it Know it Give it Free it Lose it, be it I, I can feel the sun I can feel the rain Do you wanna feel what I feel? Make your choice It's now or never and don't look back You know it's for the better And make mistakes It's good experience. Do it Don't ever tell yourself that what you want is not for you or that living dreams is only something other people do When you look back will you say that you enjoyed life or just that you go through it? Live it, love it, know it, give it Free it, lose it, be it, see it You can't know for sure that it won't work until you try it for yourself
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In my line of work, you never get bored doing espionage for a feudal lord My suit is black, not pink or violet I like renaissance art, can't stand pirates! Watch your back when you're on my turf I play electric guitar and or course I can surf I look forward to committing your murder I like to flip out and I make great burgers When I take you by surprise, there is no chance to flee. (So don't even try!) Dude, are you bad enough to save the president from me? (I really don't think so) People love ninjas 'cause we are so neat Everything we do is totally sweet Everyone knows ninjas cannot be beat Mess with us, it will lead to your defeat Ninja, ninja, ninja. We're so elite When I carry out my mission I'm stealthy and quick just like Alice Johnson's brother Rick There really is a spoon and you better not drop it And watch your head, 'cause I might just chop it Ask a ninja what you'd like to know. (If you're cornered at river, where do you go?) I can run across the water like Jesus (Where does a ninja sleep?) Wherever he pleases! I am one skilled in the art of remaining unperceived (I'm right behind you now!) To be confused with samurai is one of my pet peeves. (It gets on my nerves) People love ninjas 'cause we are so neat Everything we do is totally sweet Everyone knows ninjas cannot be beat Mess with us, it will lead to your defeat Ninja, ninja, ninja. We're so elite (What are ninjas?) (Killers.) When I take you by surprise, there is no chance to flee. (What are ninjas?) Dude, are you bad enough to save the president from me? (Killers.) People love ninjas 'cause we are so neat Everything we do is totally sweet Everyone knows ninjas cannot be beat Mess with us, it will lead to your defeat Ninja, ninja, ninja. We're so elite
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You become pretty when you draw near love. Let's throw away a can & bottle here! As for such a teacher, it loved it very much who can't endure it any more!!!! review lady, you good star... get the hardware, non-step bus LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE Care your hand STOP THE MY CAR That's our wishness LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE Good time with the games in this LET'S GET ALONG WITH ME! It is a mama's being asked and coming to usage Let's try homeparty fashionbly My enthusiastic heart feeling seasons. you may eat ice cream secretly. I care of you. My favorite Gut This Kitchenware is full of device LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE Care your hand STOP THE MY CAR That's our wishness LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE Good time with the games in this LET'S GET ALONG WITH ME! together with John of the my friends's dog today. Dusts & bugs border us a lot! Relieve the relief and listen to the Angel's whisper. It's burned to a crisp with all our heart. It's boogie style. taste of relax Imagine house for spicy girls LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE Care your hand STOP THE MY CAR That's our wishness LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE LET'S HAVE SUCH A COFFEE Good time with the games in this LET'S GET ALONG WITH ME! PLEASE BE MUCH NOTICE LET'S GET ALONG WITH ME! Where should we this article? LET'S GET ALONG WITH ME!
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Hokku 03:53
あたたかに 冬の陽の 寒き哉 A warm day, But there's a chill In the Winter sun -Ueshima Onitsura (1661-1738) 見し夢の さめても色の 燕子花 Even after waking From the dream I'll see the colors of irises -Ogawa Shushiki (1669-1725) 忘れ草は 避けど忘れぬ 昔かな The "forget-me" has bloomed, but ah! I can not forget old days together. -Yagi Shokyu-ni (1713-1781) 青柳の 眉かく岸の 額かな The green willow tree Paints an eyebrow on the face Of an embankment. -Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) 秋風に 折れて悲しき 桑の杖 in the autumn wind it lies, sadly broken— a mulberry stick -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) なでしこの なぜ折たぞよ おれたぞよ Why did the pink break, oh why did it break? -Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) 染かねて 片山紅葉 かたおもひ one mountain-slope retinged with maple leaves; unilateral love -Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) 苦の娑婆や 花が開けば ひらくとて world of pain— and blossoms blooming add to it! -Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) 麦の穂を 力につかむ 別れ哉 clutching wheat ears to support myself, I bid farewell -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) 蕣や 是も又我が 友ならず the morning glory— that, too, now turns out to be no friend of mine -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) 牡丹散って 心もおかず 別れけり The peony flowers having fallen, We part without regrets -Tachibana Hokushi (1665-1718) 物事に 老いは心の 後も無し everything that was has vanished from my aged heart leaving not a trace -Iio Sogi (1421-1502) 落書に 恋しき君が 名もありて Among the graffiti The name of Beloved you -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) 数ならぬ 身とな思ひそ 玉祭 do not think you did not count: Festival of Spirits -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) 旅に病で 夢は枯野を かけ廻る Taken ill on a journey my dreams wander over withered moors. -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) 草臥れて 宿借るころや 藤の花 just as I am so tired and look for a lodging - wisteria flowers -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) 我と来て あそべよおやの ない雀 Come! With each other let's play—little sparrow without any mother! -Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) こいこいと いえどほたるが 飛んでゆく Even though I say "come, come!" the firefly flies away -Ueshima Onitsura (1661-1738) こちらむけ 我も寂しき 秋の暮 Turn to me this autumn eve: I, too, am a stranger -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) うき我を さびしがらせよ 閑古鳥 Not this human sadness, cuckoo, but your solitary cry. -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) そのあとは 途できかん 郭公 Ah, hototogisu ! I will hear the rest of the song In the land of the dead. -Anonymous (of Basho's era) 行く年や 親に白髪を かくしけり 越人 year's end-- I hide my gray hair from my parents. -Ochi Etsujin (1655-1739) いなづまや きのふは東 けふは西 lightning – flashing in the east yesterday and today in the west -Takarai Kikaku (1661-1707) 時雨るや 我も古人の 夜に似たる overcome by this cold falling rain: how very similar, my life to my old friend -Yosa Buson (1716-1784) そこもとは涼しそうなり峰の松 Even though afar a feeling of coolness comes from those mountain pines -Kagami Shiko (1665-1731) 死にもせぬ 旅寝の果てよ 秋の暮 not dead yet at journey's end - autumn evening -Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
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Inside 03:19
There, there's where I want to be Here, here there's stability Love guaranteed look what I've got How could I go? How could I not? Am I pursuing my dreams? Really? Or am I just running away On the other side, the grass looks so green But this is not the first time or the last the last time I will feel this way You, you are a fantasy I, I have no destiny Go with the flow nothing to say Stuck in a rut I need a change That, that is what i will choose This, this is what I will lose Leave it behind Try to forget Starting from scratch Is this regret? Inside on the Outside I don't know what I'm doing here
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あいつらは君に自分達の一人になって欲しい それでも無理なものは絶対無理 自分の決断で生きろ 自分の決断で生きろ あいつらは君に自分達のようにして欲しい それでも、いつでも外側にずっといる感じ 自分の決断で生きろ 自分の決断で生きろ あいつらは君に不快にして欲しくないらしい それは尚更不快にする理由じゃない? 自分の決断で生きろ 自分の決断で生きろ
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SHC 03:12
When he enters, he's sure to be everyone's topic of conversation If he listens, he's sure to hear everyone's low expectations Set alight In the night sky, burning bright When he's present, he's sure to be the source of everybody's tension And if he joins in, he's going to be everyone's object of condescension Set alight In the night sky, burning bright Today like every other, he will be faced with all the same old baseless assumptions One of these days, he's sure to become a victim of spontaneous combustion They will say he should have stayed at home
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Outside 00:41
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I set out to find myself and in the process lost myself When I looked into the mirror there was nothing there to see When I asked them where to find myself they told me where to look When I finally glimpsed myself I didn't like the self I saw Was there something more before? it doesn't matter anymore All we can do is look for meaning where we thought there was none.
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What's gotten a hold o' ya? Ridin' in the rodeo Hangin' in Cambodia Feels like a blow to the head I can sleep when I'm dead what the hell? rather disturbing almost. know just so many lyrics incredibly creepy guy has trouble getting since he is obviously very attractive yeah, he seems far too lol I can whip you with a Calpis tied to a stick and some Rogain Insane in the train like old flame cookin' with propane. No pain, no gain. The duck is lame. Framed like a picture dictionary, quite contrary Richard Scarry. Cousin Larry had a mishap napsack, flap-jack, with a stop gap measure. Watchin' Frasier Malaysia, got to praise ya. Shoot like a laser gun. Fun, got you on the run like a stun gun. I can't believe what you done to me. like you wanna unglue me Bill Mumy, very roomy, rappin' like Schoolly D Set me free like a bird that heard that sing-song with Seňior Ding-Dong King Kong, mah-jong! Gonna bring it to ya, Mountain Dew ya like a baluga whale. Hell yeah, when I get this I just can't believe what I found here reset by peer Fear is somethin' in a box. Fox in Socks. Natty dread locks, like smallpox kickin' out jams I don't eat Christmas ham,.bam, thank you Sam. It's a shamrock, shakin' like a meat hook, slam dunk, I can fly like Michael Moore, eatin' s'mores in a dumpster So let me be Frank Gorshin Abortion Party Marty McFly lyin' like a dog in heat. Lick feet like a スケベ。 Playin' fair square, rockin' like a Care Bear I don't care, I blare my sounds ragin' like a contagion!
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(Tell me, why did we come Don't tell me you forgot) To medicate my fever To see if the stories are true (Tell me, why did we come Don't tell me you forgot) To prove I'm not what I almost was To have my cake and eat it to (Tell me, why did we come Don't tell me you forgot) To make up for lost time To get some wellbeing delivered to me (Tell me, why did we come Don't tell me you forgot) To get back what I lost To rematch and win against Mr. B Yes, that's my first question, and it isn't wrong 自由にタクシーに乗るぞ I'll take advantage of the obsolescence now Back where he began He's not who he was before Where to go from here? Make some music before you die Outside on the Inside Inside on the Outside Outside on the Inside Outside on the Outside I'll be a freak on my own terms

about

This is a concept album about Japan and my experiences living there for three years.

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released May 11, 2014

All words and music written and performed by Aaron Ackerson, except where otherwise noted. Produced by Aaron Ackerson. Mastered by Shawn Hatfield. Art and design by Aaron Ackerson. All songs copyright Spacecat Music (ASCAP)

I want to thank my family and friends, Bruce Hall, Mark Yoshizumi, Corey Prasek, The Music Department of Columbia College Chicago, Matthew Kaufman, Jon Levitt, David Hunter, Tomomi Kataoka, and Kanan Junior High School. But most of all, I would like to thank Matthew C, who did not treat me at all rudely or discouragingly.

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