Adaptation

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frankie big face - adaptation

i gotta look at my mail differently
i gotta look at my postman differently
i gotta look at my students differently
wonder if one of them is out to get me

in the morning, see my breakfast differently
in the evening, see the stars so differently
in the gloaming, see the light so differently
in the mirror, see my soul so differently

i guess it's happening across the nation
people struggling with adaptation
pretty soon i'll see the world indifferently
another victim of adaptation
another victim of adaptation

when i travel, pack my suitcase differently
so i can empty it out at the whim of security
when i'm home, plan my dinner differently
don't wanna catch salmonella from a chinese delivery

when i'm walking, better look both ways
don't wanna get caught in the path of a cell phone haze
when i'm sleeping, better set the alarm
don't wanna be late for the office where they number my days

i guess it's happening across the nation
people struggling with adaptation
pretty soon i'll see the world indifferently
another victim of adaptation
another victim of adaptation

the tv says i gotta love the president
ignore all the previous idiot evidence
the papers say i gotta love new york city
i hear they passed a law that says i gotta root for the yankees
(after the world series is over, this couplet will become:
give me liberty or give me death
we're not there just yet but there's a movement on the internet)

i guess it's happening across the nation
people struggling with adaptation
pretty soon i'll see the world indifferently
another victim of adaptation
another victim of adaptation

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SIR DEATH - ACID MOUTH

You're never not there
You're coming around
I'm spitting acid from my mouth
I tore your face off with my claws
To watch you hemorrhage on the floor

It was my birthday last weekend
WHERE WERE YOU???
The card you sent was only moderately funny
SO I HATE YOU!!!!

I spit the acid from my mouth
I spit the acid into your eyes
You are blind!

YOU - ARE - BLIND

I lost a finger in the door
And now I'm going back for more
You are the plague that rattles in my skull
But I'll have vengence
cause I AM SIR DEATH!!!

I spit the acid from my mouth
I spit the acid into your eyes
I spit the acid from my mouth
I spit the acid into your eyes
You are BLIIIIND!!!

YOU - ARE -BLIND

Happy birthday TO ME
Happy birthday TO ME

You're never not there
You taste defeat
It is my policy to kill completely
You are the last page in the book
I tear you out
I burn you up

I am Sir Death
I am the acid mouth
I am Sir Death
I am the acid mouth
I am Sir Death
I am the acid mouth
DON'T FORGET THE SIR AS I EAT YOUR FLESH!!!

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Adaptation
by Factor T
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narrator:
Life in the kelp was good
but he knew there was more to life
so he travelled to the surface where there was no breath
adventure is what he sought

Trie:
things swim
and live
somehow
In the emptiness up there

narrator:
so he kept on swimming past the kelp
to where the ocean ends
to see the creatures of the land
and to confront his fears

chorus:
If you want to walk you've got to learn to change
adapt to the life above
or stay forever in the sea
in the safety of your home

Man:
I am the master of adaptation
i can create life
or destroy a nation
from the arctic freeze
to the ocean breeze
that's where i make my home
i am the master of my domain
i adapt to the unknown

narrator:
eventually through strength of will
Trie made it to the shore
he dragged himself onto the rocks
and was amazed at what he saw

things swam
and lived
somehow
in the empty space up there

as he looked with amazement at the strange new world
there was a sight that amazed him most
approaching quickly with ease
two creatures much unlike Trie
but also similar

chorus:
if you want to walk you've got to learn to change
adapt to the life above
or live forever in the sea
in the safety of your home

Men:
we reap the bounty of the endless sea
this bizarre looking creature is a strange oddity
let's take it to town
and we'll show it around
did you bring your knife?
if I can eat this strange creature's meat
i can feed my kids and wife

narrator:
as the cold sharpened steel pierced his slippery flesh
Trie wished that he had stayed
back in the kelp with his family and friends
instead of meeting this awful fate

chorus:
If you want to walk you've got to learn to change
adapt to the life above
or live forever in the sea
in the safety of your home

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Adaptation
By: PrayForMojo

She called me up at 6:30 mountain standard time
She said "I can't do this no more."
I heard her breathing from California across the telephone line
But I guess that't what long distance is for

She said "My friend, my old love, what are you thinking now."
I said "I can't believe it's real."
She said "Come on, you must have seen this one coming now
But I care for you, so tell me how you feel."

The way I feel right now, the way I feel right now is
Just an adaptation of me
(X2)

(Cheesy scat break)

I hung up the phone trying not to feel the fool
I know that's bad for my health
I guess I can't compete with rum & cokes and law school
so I'll just focus on my self

The way I feel right now, the way I feel right now is
Just an adaptation of me
(X2)

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ADAPTATION by Brick Pig

Routine situation
Drop off the kids for education
Get myself to my occupation
A little morning caffeination
Start the daily calculation
All according to expectation

Detonation (Desperation)
Asphyxiation (Desperation)
Evacuation (Desperation)

Desperation

Dislocation
Speculation
Implication
Investigation
Explanation
Evaluation
Mediation
Triangulation
Retaliation (Retaliation...)

Medication
Modification
Respiration

Trepidation
Rumination
Habituation