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Aimee Mann

No, the moth don’t care when he sees the flame The moth don’t care if the flame is real ‘Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal.
AIMEE MANN

Care Deal Flame Moth Real Sweetheart
But I can’t confront the doubts I have. I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I’m condemning the future to death so it can match the past.
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Admit Bad Confront Doubt Maybe Momentum Past Sake
I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
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Change Chord Happen Interest Kept Mind Need Probably Same Slog Tendency
I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
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Engage Happy Interest Think
Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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Anyone Freak Love never Rank Save Sex Suspect
If you’re an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it’s hard to get a distribution deal because no one wants to sign a deal with one entity.
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Artist Deal Distribution Entity Label Own Record Sign Trying
It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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Anymore Matter People Real
In the ’70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn’t really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed.
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Drug Everybody Good People Recovery Think Thought Time
One of the things I’ve really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are.
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Appear Couple Gotten Idea Last Made One Past Thing Uncomfortable Year
Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can’t stop.
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Brain Drug Everybody Feeling Something Stop Understand
It’s in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I’ll write it down in case it comes up again, I’ll be certain to avoid it.
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Again Avoid Case Come Dictionary Down Find Up Writing
The moth don’t care when he sees the flame He might get burned, but he’s in the game And once he’s in, he can’t go back He’ll beat his wings till he burns them black.
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Back Black Burn Care Flame Game Moth Once Real See Wing
For me, there’s a fine line between telling a story that’s fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it’s bloodless, a little too fictional.
AIMEE MANN

Blood Detail Fictional Fine Line Little Story Telling Too Much Yourself
I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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Different Flavor Piano Song Want Writing
I don’t believe in asking people to spend $15 on something they’ve never heard before. That’s just unreasonable.
AIMEE MANN

Asking Before Believe Heard People Something Unreasonable
Everyone’s just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it’s a huge antidote to that to have a concept album.
AIMEE MANN

Album Antidote Aspect Emotion Everyone Extract Feeling Music Think
I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
AIMEE MANN

Great Music OK Some Young
I don’t envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.
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Business Career Envy Left Lot Music Really Right Trying Way
I don’t consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.
AIMEE MANN

Consider Great Least Myself Proof Think Writer
You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
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Bird Cage Fear Sweet Tame Terrible
Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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Lost Perspective Something Translate
Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can’t see it any other way.
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Dignity Graceful Problem Series Solve Way
I’m really into boxing. I go to a gym and I’m friends with a trainer who’s a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.
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Boxing Famous Friend Gym Realy Train Trainer
There’s a lot of music that sounds like it’s literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
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Computer Divorce Down Generated Guy Literally Lot Music Sit Sound
I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf.
AIMEE MANN

Everything Girl Interest Interesting Learn Scuba Surf Thought Want
Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
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Business Clearly Content Lot
And nothing fuels a good flirtation Like need and anger and desperation No, the moth don’t care if the flame is real.
AIMEE MANN

Anger Desperation Flame Flirt Fuel Good Like Need Nothing Real

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