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Everyone's a Critic

by The Complaints Department

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1.
Strings 04:04
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She said “Okay, I’ll be waiting for you to come back someday I’m taking a backseat to your dreams My arms and legs and all that dangling from your strings I would survive if I could get some fingers free by the time you forget me.” Close-captioned interview dreams Viewer discretion when he screams Caught in a make-believe reality Contracts and teenage magazines He’ll do it all, leave everything like when he said “I don’t need anything” just a dream… She said “Okay, I’ll be waiting for you to come back someday I’m taking a backseat to your dreams My arms and legs and all that dangling from your strings I would survive if I could get some fingers free by the time you forget me.” He’ll learn the Tinsel Town speak Find out exactly what it means Then selling his own brand of dignity Parties and tours out on the scene He’ll go with millionaires to eat Teeter on all the worst calamities and fantasies… She said “Okay, I’ll be waiting for you to come back someday I’m taking a backseat to your dreams My arms and legs and all that dangling from your strings I would survive if I could get some fingers free by the time you forget me.” She said “Okay, I’ll be waiting for you to come back someday I’m taking a backseat to your dreams My arms and legs and all that dangling from your strings I would survive if I could get some fingers free by the time you forget me.”
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Sing for the Drama Queens 04:21
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I kept journal just to feel alive (I can’t believe the crap I used to write) The mistakes I want to set aside (my teachers gave up but they really tried) Fall down, stand up, pushed down, fed up, is this a movie or is it my life? Act up, act tough, act dumb, act out, get your act together - sort it out I’ll take bow while I still have a crowd tonight Oh ~ it’s tough to think ahead when your heart is telling you to “Stay behind!” Oh ~ just one more time, promise, ‘till I find the rhymes Oh ~ I want a drink, I need a shrink, I think I need a voodoo thing Oh ~ I hesitate ‘cause I’m never making sense of anything… …never making sense of anything! I got a job I hate it every night (is my boss some form of alien life?) So damn bored what do I do with time? (I surf the net using my secret life) Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn (social networking has wrecked my life) ‘Like” me, “Like” this, “Like” that, like, just what the hell is it that I should “Like”? Should I do that disappearing trick again? Oh ~ it’s tough to think ahead when your heart is telling you to “Stay behind!” Oh ~ just one more time, promise, ‘till I find the rhymes Oh ~ I want a drink, I need a shrink, I think I need a voodoo thing Oh ~ I hesitate ‘cause I’m never making sense of anything… …never making sense of anything! And when I think about it, there’s no clear way around it I’m breaking up with myself cause there’s no choice (I’ll just admit it) Oh ~ it’s tough to think ahead when your heart is telling you to “Stay behind!” Oh ~ just one more time, promise, ‘till I find the rhymes Oh ~ I want a drink, I need a shrink, I think I need a voodoo thing Oh ~ I hesitate ‘cause I’m never making sense of anything… …never making sense of anything! …never making sense of anything! …never making sense of anything! Somehow it’s making sense to me…
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ふたり (Together) 03:51
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色んな気持ち, ぶつかって息が詰まるよ すべて、良かった I’m feeling good so give me just a little bit more だから, I’m gonna make you see いつも君と一緒に 君を見ると, I fall in love with you over and over again 素敵, 君は You’re looking good so give me just a little bit more だから, You make me feel like me ずっとずっと 君と一緒に 初めてあったあの日を忘れられない 一緒によく笑っていた You were standing all alone I needed someone I could hold I waited ‘till you fell in love with me I waited ‘till you fell in love with me Ciao bella, I love you Let’s go dancing with a smooth Italian kinda groove You and I, a sunset Sippin’ wine on a French Riviera cruise 何も考えずに ずっとずっと僕のそばに 初めてあったあの日を忘れられない 一緒によく笑っていた You were standing all alone I needed someone I could hold I waited ‘till you fell in love with me I waited ‘till you fell in love with me 初めてあったあの日を忘れられない 一緒によく笑っていた You were standing all alone I needed someone I could hold I waited ‘till you fell in love with me I waited ‘till you fell in love with me I waited ‘till you fell in love with me I waited ‘till you fell in love with me
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Trapped In 04:46
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One night changed life, washed away the two divides We chose this road, held hands and hitched a ride Betrayed they’ll say “There’s no way to apologize” We’re right, their fight, don’t wanna pick a side Chase an embrace, grow into a disgrace Same, same cliché, tired of keeping face Footprint imprint, never told us what it meant Mislead conflict, don’t wanna represent Together but in between lines Where every moment is faster than time Reminisce, the day that we met Already on the edge, it’s so tragic It’s not our fault, it’s not their fault They don’t know They built the walls that keep us all trapped in Living lonely even as we share the pain They’ll say shame, shame, forgot the family Seek to think, think, Are we being selfish kids? Changing colours just like chameleons So poetic, heroic, a waltz So pathetic, so coloured and false Reminisce, the day that we met Already on the edge, it’s so tragic It’s not our fault, it’s not their fault They don’t know They built the walls that keep us all trapped in They keep us all trapped in They keep us all trapped in We’re no heroes, we never cared for anything Just the two of us and a simple day Night after night always something there to hide One last kiss until we’re on the other side
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Lovestruck Superheroes 03:40
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If Superman tried to pick you up I’d kryptonite his nuts He’s got Lois Lane in his throes and Supergirl but that’s kind of gross Batman would never blow you off He’d take you in his Bat-car just to show off His Bat-cologne and close Bat-shave It doesn’t change the fact that he lives in a cave I’m no hero baby, but I got what you need I don’t break windows baby, every time I sneeze I’d do it for you I’d do it for me I don’t even care if he just saved the city I’d do it for you I’d do it for me A lovestruck superhero couldn’t keep me away from you Even if his powers are super cool I’d take on all the X-Men if I had the chance Even the chicks with the plastic pants Even if your father was that magnetic spazz I’d hypnotize him with some cool razzmatazz I’m no tough guy baby, but I can make you laugh I can’t jump over buildings, when I try to fly I crash … … for you I’d do it for me I don’t even care if he just saved the city I’d do it for you I’d do it for me A lovestruck superhero couldn’t keep me away from you Even if his powers are super cool The Hulk, no anger management Daredevil, no fashion sense The Flash, he moves too fast The Robin… he’s super crap! If the Spiderman looked deep into your eyes, I wouldn’t stand a chance, cause he’s nicest guy… I’d do it for you I’d do it for me I don’t even care if he just saved the city I’d do it for you I’d do it for me A lovestruck superhero couldn’t keep me away from you Even if his powers are super cool A love struck superhero couldn’t keep me away from you Even if his costume is super cool
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Underground 03:16
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I’m awake now, you were reaching out With all the words convincing me to step ahead and now I can breathe now, and like myself somehow A new direction cause I’m tired of spending time here… Underground Underground Underground Underground Reflections so loud, the mirror shouting out To hate the figure in the shattered glass that’s cracked throughout The dampened cries drowned by people all around Am I the architect of what I have become here underground? Underground Underground Underground Underground You and me whatever, whenever I’m down I’ll follow you wherever, wherever Wherever takes me up from underground Underground Underground Underground Underground
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Stay Tuned 04:51
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Once in a while I can’t seem to get it right
 Smoke in the skyline, something funny in my wine Imaginary friends of mine hanging with me all the time Counting on a piece of mind, imagining what I’ll find 
I ~ spent a little time just waiting on the other side I ~ think I need a little private time 
 “The sky is fallin’ man” he said, he took cover and a couple of pills “Something’s calling me” she said, with conviction and the strength of her will 
 Hands in the air I swear I’ll never see it happen again The beauty there it made a hell of an impression on me 
 Motioning to hitch a ride, counting as they’re passing by Drifting in and out of time, floating in a thought of mine Imaginary friends of mine hanging with me all the time (but they’re mine) Who’m I going to be tonight? So many that I can’t decide 
I ~ spent a little time just waiting on the other side I ~ think I need a little private time 
“The world is ending man” he said, held a poster and was looking at me A girl was laughing and she said, “ What the hell is he’s trying to say?” 
Hands in the air I swear I’ll never see it happen again 
The words were clear but didn’t they didn’t have a lesson for me I wonder how I wonder how I’m going to deal with this tonight, I wonder I wonder how I wonder how I’m going to deal with this tonight, I wonder 
Once in a while I can’t seem to get it right
 Smoke in the skyline, something funny in my wine

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The follow-up EP release 'Everyone's a Critic' by The Complaint's Department. Available on all major streaming and download services.

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released March 23, 2020

Compositions: Nathan Gildart
Arrangements: Hideki Fujimoto, Nathan Gildart, Genya Kawada, Sam Oines, Christian Thompson
Lyrics: Nathan Gildart
Mixed and Mastered at Studio sus4 in Higashi-Kurume, Tokyo, Japan

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The Complaints Department is a Tokyo-based, multinational pop-punk, power-pop band.

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