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Your Memory May Be Good But Life is an Open Book Exam

by Monda

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1.
Don't You Forget 01:53
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You are the best I am the worst You are a god I have to back home and relax It's all been said Emptied my head Nothing to go by You are the best that I never had You have it made I want to trade You have my love But you throw it away Ending my day Nowhere to stay Don't want to play I wanna spin your wheel You are the best that I never had You own my head Don't you forget
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Hour a Day 01:25
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Mars knows about the plight of today Engineered by the fragments of state It's all plastics go back to the hive Burn the road with the car that you drive With bad luck, there's nothing to play Bad luck, yea there's nothing today When there's nothing to say Say nothing to me You'd learn fast with an hour a day A small price just to learn to obey Click it twice for your face trainee So you spend your money on tv And there's no complaining This is entertainment
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Blue Screen - ft. gurit fronk & VioletGrey 01:20
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I'm gonna blue screen if I update one more time Don't want a new team I can't relocate my mind I'm gonna blue screen Will you let me? I'm gonna bug out if another setback comes Don't wanna sell doubt just wanna feel great for something once in a while I'm gonna blue screen Will you let me?
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You So Want to Bring Me Down 01:26
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There lies another block in my face I'm feeling so interlaced with the vibe of the space Back again I'm running from my fears Still attacking my ears got stuck switching gears You so want to bring me down You spy like a dog in the glass You're a pain in the ass You're a snake in the grass I try like a man on the loose I'm always tying the noose Until I sip on the juice You so want to bring me down So I exist for your pleasure Oh why do I go on You want me for the treasure I can't find delight You so want to bring me down
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Spinning 02:44
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It chewed me up and spat me out It brought me up and shot me down The peace of mind's a plus but I'm so aggravated that it gives me lacerations on my frontal lobe And the world keeps spinning round As long as I am on the ground You fold me up and throw me out You stitched me up and ripped me out The ease of life's a perk but I'm so agitated 'bout the bulk of isolation in my life And the world keeps spinning round As long as I am underground And the world keeps spinning round As long as I am underground
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Grout Grouch 01:24
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I put my paper on the table Covered in coffee stains and sub remains Black marks blanket jumbled cables Markers explain a scheduled pain My favorite hobby is getting day drunk And trying not to embarrass myself Like I left the turkey in the trunk Cause it was missing from the shelf I'll call the grout grouch to clean my grime It's a stout pouch dirtied all the time I call the grout grouch to clean my grime It's a stout pouch dirtied all the time Gr-Gr-Gr-Gr-Grout grouch
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Don't Fret 02:43
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There's someone right out my window, why's he hiding there? He's been staring in through my window, why's he always there? He's now moving into my window, why's he over here? Camera on inside my window, now it's never fair Why're you watching me take a shit? That's something that I don't get Take a breathe and do not shift They say "no big deal, don't fret, don't fret" There's someone taping my window, why they always care? There's someone scratching my window, why's he always there? There's no choice about the window, they don't want it fair When I get a view of their window, then I'll sit and stare Why're you watching me take a shit? That's something that I don't get Take a breathe and do not shift They say "no big deal, don't fret, don't fret" Don't fret Don't fret If you can
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Seasons Change 01:48
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Time has changed but you keep acting the same and it's driving me up a wall There's no one to blame the losing's in our name when we start to run we fall When the seasons change it will be the same The problems remain unexplained When the seasons change it will be the same Hey look! We're on the mend again, I will be your friend 'till the end The money we spend was the help suspend the vicious discontent When the seasons change it will be the same The problems remain unexplained When the seasons change it will be the same When the seasons change it will be the same The problems remain unexplained When the seasons change it will be the same
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Fruits and Pills 01:10
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Got all my pills in a sandwich bag It's for the week to not be a drag Go grab a smoothie that says it's pure Organic berries mixed with chemicals Right on the package reads it's deluxe Helps to wash down a handful of drugs But it's for the week to hold me up Mix a Claritin with the drink in my cup Am I healthy now? Am I healthy now? Got my pills in a sandwich bag In the foil is my grapes and a rag Pop a pill just to live out the day Go eat grease just to say I'm okay Am I healthy now? Am I healthy now?
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In The Debris 01:30
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Anytime you call I hang it on my wall Can't count the times we faced When you were nowhere at all Now that you've revealed all the things that you have held from me We can sift through all the wrappers and lies in the debris You're not comforting If you're wondering Can't count the times we faced Where my heart was on a string Now that you've revealed all the things that you have held from me We can sift through all the wrappers and lies in the debris
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Zipped Up 02:38
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I'm glad about you And how we've both turned out I think it seems so poetic The path you took away from me When I pass your exit Rose-tinted memories appear I think you're fine this way I think I'm fine this way I think you've figured it out Would it be weird If I rang your brain line Maybe it's too soon It's been three years of isolation When I pass your exit Rose-tinted memories appear I think you're fine this way I think I'm fine this way I think you've figured me out It's just a temporary feeling I know I'm moved on now When I pass your exit Rose-tinted memories appear I think you're fine this way I think I'm fine this way I think you've figured me out
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The Same to Me 04:57
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You come and go but it's always the same to me We'd fly and crawl but none of that's exciting Complain and show that I'm only to blame for me I'll cry and bawl to my loneliness presiding I'm back and forth but it's always the same to me I'd scream and shout but none of that's assisting I'll never show it but you're always inside me It's a fact that'll never seem convincing I can't decide I can't make a decision With a lack of information I can't decide We ebb and flow but it's always the same to me Can't even talk but you know that I'm plotting If misconstrued know it's a shame for me Think that I'm bleeding; is it the same for you? I can't decide I can't make a decision With a lack of information I can't decide
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Place Yr Bets and Carry On 01:51
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What is she doing? What is she doing? With her cigarettes and scrubs What is she doing? What is she doing? With her cigarettes and scrubs Where is she going? Where is she going? Place your bets and carry on Where is she going? Where is she going? Place your bets and carry on
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Your Memory May Be Good But Life is an Open Book Exam 02:06
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Negative connotations sink my name I'd offer her a cigarette but that would be a shame For her steadfast commitment to a change Another man in line for a shot up at the range The targets are Kevlar and chained By the time your done with her your heart will be drained Be a spendthrift with your love to her brain She'll sap you of your soils 'till you're begging for the rain Actions of the past that do not matter Flood into my mind and our love will turn sour And I should recognize the pattern But I'm distracted by her dress adorn with flowers The hours I've spent to be flatter Half in part for you; you're the reason I'm after I wish I could make these things move faster But I am no master at being an actor Your memory may be good but life is an open book exam Your memory may be good but life is an open book exam

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released December 29, 2023

Written, recorded, and produced by Mike Maietta between August-November 2023.

Monda is:
Mike - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Drum Machine, Percussion

Thanks to:
Grips - Bass (3), Backing Vocals (3)
Paulmond - Synth (3)
Lampy Jones - Drums (4, 7)
Sal - Guitar solo (8)

Cover photo by Lampy Jones.

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