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This song is about conversations I have with myself in my head during my anxiety. I named it "Gonzo" because it was my fathers nickname when he was younger and more hot headed. I asked him "Why Gonzo?" and he jokingly said "Because Im CRAZY!" Ironically the last part is worrying about him passing away following his coma 4 years ago and just a bit after I released this album he died very unexpectedly. Eerie coincidence since I wrote this 8 months before. Great production by my homie Jake Widows.

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Ive got a vessel and its holding my soul.
Ive got to wrestle with the devil with some grappling holds.
Get celestial enigmas in the sky up above.
Got professional opinions and a couple below the belt.
Im always aiming, always gaining on some accolades.
Flesh and bone birthday suit like im tailor made.
Im just a human.
Just a body in the ruins.
Just a comma in your prison sentence hindering your movements.
The flame dancing in a flickering candle,
the bickering of parents, an emotional vandal.
All my conversations, incoherently rambled.
Soliloquys are killing me...
There aint nobody listening.

Its like im only ever talking with myself.
Its like the only thing I ever do is break.
A mental picture taken every single blink
with a fireflies flash and the pattern of the snake.
Its like the only thing I ever do is break
all i ever do is break
all i ever do is break
Its like the only thing I ever do is break
all i ever do is break
all i ever do is break

Telescope wish upon the stars.
Pull em down, better blanket me with love
and not another Turin shroud.
In Aurora, when he shot into the crowd...
Felt the sky falling down, felt the sky falling down
Felt the sky falling.
It fell swift in those embers and ashes
Its a volcanic matter and a nervous reaction.
Its the death of an artist and a lack of compassion.
Its that studio apartment Im still spending the past in.
Out there is a ghost so restless
A porch light with those moths so tempted
Burning their wings to the rythmn
of this small town venom
Gettin bitten til their smitten
with some lovesick symptoms
Admire this, its the pattern of the snake.
Saying "Diamonds are forever"
Til they kill you with a spade.
Until they go and shed their skin
Everything can die in a moment,
it can die in a moment
it could die.

Its like im only ever talking with myself.
Its like the only thing I ever do is break.
A mental picture taken every single blink
with a fireflies flash and the pattern of the snake.
Its like the only thing I ever do is break
all i ever do is break
all i ever do is break
Its like the only thing I ever do is break
all i ever do is break
all i ever do is break

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from Thirty​-​One, released August 15, 2017

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