Life From A Cardboard Box

from We Made This For Our Moms by I Eat Stickfigures

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An oldie that finally made it past our rigorous (sub-par) quality tests before making it on the album. "Life From A Cardboard Box" tells the tale of a man who, like many of us at times, can only find himself surrounded by the negatives in life. His only salvation comes from the contents of his favorite breakfast cereal box, which he discovers is empty, spiraling him into madness. Deep stuff, right?

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-v1-
Why is my head
Still stuck in bed?
This life of mine is still filling with dread!

Play by the rules
But still a fool
What do you do when there's nothing to lose?

No future here
And nothing near
Try living life when you've nothing to fear

I gotta fight out of this cardboard box...

-chorus-

What should I do?
I'm flailing in space
I'm having a hard time believing in the human race
I've made my mistakes
I don't know how much more of this one man can take!
I rip off the top!
I'm trying to live my life out of this cardboard box
I've got nothing to learn
My candle keeps on burning, mind's still turning, I'm a bit concerned!

-v2-
You live a lie
And then you die
What will you do? Are you going to cry?

It's never right
You always fight
But in the end you'll never muster the might

To live this life
This modern strife
Sits hugging gently to the edge of a knife

I gotta fight out of this cardboard box...

-outro-
Another day
Out of the way
Things should feel different, but they're really the same

They're all the same
They're all the same
They're all the same

It's all the same
It's all the same
It's all the same
It's all the same
It's all the same
It's all the same!

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from We Made This For Our Moms, released March 1, 2014
Written and performed by Tanner Simmons

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I Eat Stickfigures Yale

I Eat Stickfigures is a rockin', independent nerdy punk band from the St. Clair County Michigan area who don't need no man!

Tanner Simmons - Bass/Lead and Backing Vox
Drew Morgan - Rhythm Guitar/Lead and Backing Vox
Stephen Lichota - Drums/Trumpet
Bobby Felster - Lead Guitar

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