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Oh, Percy Shelley

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I was watching author John Green talk about shopping in Amsterdam -- the video where he talks about replacing curse words with the names of romantic poets, and decided this would make a great hook for a hip hop song. Being an English Literature nerd, I suppose this song is what one would expect from me.

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(Oh, Percy Shelley.
Oh, oh Percy Shelley.
Oh Percy Shelley.
Oh oh Percy Shelley
Oh, Percy Shelley.
Oh, oh, Percy Shelley
And then I took off my bra)

I'm Wilde for you
Don't you know I'm being Earnest
You're a loathly lady
But you deserve to be adored
So what stranger cause that's yet unexplored
Could make a gentle belle reject this lord?
I'll take up a mantle, yeah I'm ready for a quest
Into the forest to find your heart's desire
Then I'll marry you and break the curse
If that's your choice
(And then I took off my bra)

I met her at a party
Yeah, I saw her from afar
I didn't know she was my enemy's progeny
I said, "Girl, you're the sun. Let me kiss you
You're the one."
She said, "Let's do as holy palmers do
My lips won't take their sins from you."
And roses, yeah they always smell the same
If she knows me, what does she care about my name
Then I killed her cuz and our lives fell apart
(And then I took off my bra)

Once I said my good opinion's lost
It's lost forever
She's been slighted and is not hot enough
To win my favor
This was before I had the chance to meditate
Upon the beauty of her eyes and how they light
Up her face
I found myself in the middle before I began
Without a fix on the hours or the looks or the words
That made her fall in love like you fall asleep
(slowly, and then all at once)

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released October 9, 2013

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The two most consistent hobbies in my life have been music and reading. I'm excited now, that I've found a way to marry two things I'm incredibly passionate about. So the music you'll find herein is inspired by the books that have spoken to me, or about reading in general. Happy listening, happy reading, and don't forget to be awesome. ... more

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