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Finally a song that isn't about dying, dang! This song was written for fun as a reflection of the days I spent living with five friends in a rented house. None of us were even in college! But it sure felt like it.

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Welcome to a place you've probably lived in your twenties
A well rounded meal can't be found but the booze is aplenty
No homeowner, can't afford it, we're always just renting
Where the bills are never late, they're just stuck on "pending"
How you livin'? Well enough, I've found a place for my stuff
But every conversation circles round how we've got it rough
I wonder if we're a victim of our own design
Because realistically we're screwed, but in reality we're fine
Outta mind, our favorite passtime to date
Be it drugs, media, or nature, find a way to escape
Sometimes we gotta when we forget to pay the amenities
Who trusted us with this? Still trying to forge our identities
But it's out into the real world with a job and a vision
"Too stupid to vote or make rational decisions"
And yet we're told to grow up and to get out of their face
So to purgatory we shift, into a stranger place

Collegeland, where if it's broken you just don't need it
Where if you have an appetite you can't afford to feed it
Collegeland, where if it's on Youtube, you've seen it
And if you need a plate, you had better go and clean it
Collegeland, where a good nights sleep is the dream
Where the laundry is dirty, but the TV's pristine
Collegeland, you can always find a couch to crash
But don't stay too long, the welcome wears out fast

You don't have to have attended College to have stayed
In a place where the bed has never actually been made
Where the sinks stacked up high, and the clothes are on the floor
And you have leftover pizza, but still decide to order more
Where the cost of liquor is fine no matter the amount
But you can't afford Netflix, so you use a friend's account
You've grown used to the smell that puts visitors at unease
But you've got it covered with another can of Febreeze
You bought a whiteboard to help with organization
But now it's covered in doodles of genitals and procreation
Between stick figures, how fitting, it's what you've become
Forgetting to eat and now feeling so dumb
So you buy a pack of ramen in the hopes to replenish
And that coffee maker seems like a wise investment
You constantly wonder how you'll make it through the night
But in the future you'll recall fondly the best times of your life

Collegeland, where if it's broken you just don't need it
Where if you have an appetite you can't afford to feed it
Collegeland, where if it's on Youtube, you've seen it
And if you need a plate, you'd better go and clean it
Collegeland, where getting a good nights sleep is the dream
Where the laundry is dirty, but the TV's pristine
Collegeland, you can always find a couch to crash
But don't stay too long, the welcome wears out fast

Every night is a party! (I can't go on)
Every night is a party! (I can't go on)
Every night is a party! (I can't go on)
Where the struggle is real but we cope through song
It's a strange place where we're just as blessed as we're stressed
Depressed and a mess and none of it makes any sense
But we have the ability to find support and stability
I'd never trade the friends I've made here despite the futility

In Collegeland, where if you're feeling sad you can blog it
And the internet provides information on any topic
Collegeland, where we don't know what we're doing
But we assume a better life is the thing we're pursuing
Collegeland, a place in which adults won't invest
Like it or not we're the future, so we're doing our best
Collegeland, some of us will live here forever
We've got each others backs, we'll get through it together

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from The Sky Is A Beautiful, Dangerous Thing, released January 10, 2017

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