Once upon a time, in the city of Los Angeles...
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"Marty, Marty listen to me.
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Bring me something the kids will cry for
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Get out there, and get us stoked!"
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Meet Marty, major label A&R scout
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Forty years old, gut hanging out
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Red Ferrari, Marty living in L.A.
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Bumps another line to get through the day
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Dumped by his girl, he paid for her liposuction
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His friends call him "Money," in his introduction
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And Marty knows nothing but claims to know it all
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Lose the flat screen TV if he drops the ball
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You¡¯re as good as your last hit, find the next big thing
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If he doesn't bring the bling, his cell phone won't ring
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What's the trend, what's new? What's a label scout to do?
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Office life, Marty 11:32
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The label pres. calls and yells, "Sign more emo!"
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How about screamo? "If it sells, sign Nemo,"
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"We're down 2%, and BMG knows,
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My Daughter likes Dashboard, so get me one of those!"
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He checks AP.net, the Scout and more
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Yelling band names to his assistant through the door
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The kids like this, who cares if it's great?
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So he signs a band called Hearts that Hate
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"Marty... we've got a hit!"
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CHORUS
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Cry tonight. My hands around your hands
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I won't let you
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Die tonight. My heart's in your hands
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I won't let you...
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Hearts that Hate, Marty goes to their show,
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Up in the club and here we go
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Marty sees a girl in a Simple Plan shirt
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With a Senses Fail boy, ha! that¡¯ll never work
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He finds his label friends in the corner they huddle
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An emo cattle auction, they penetrate the bubble
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They talk about Victory and signing TBS
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Dissing the same bands they just tried to impress
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So the lights go down, the crowd starts to scream
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Hearts that Hate have hit the scene
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Blake on vocals, and lead guitar
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He does a backflip, "Look how different we are!"
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They show up at the studio to record it
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A TRL, Billboard Modern Rock hit
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They auto-tune Blake, but he can't tell
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He says, "I've got perfect pitch, damn I sing well"
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ProTools, Logic, cut, copy, paste,
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Quantized solos and quantized bass
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Signed, sealed, delivered and sent,
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Across the U.S. and the single went
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REPEAT CHORUS
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Momentum builds, but it all caves in
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Industrial comes back, the pres. needs a NIN
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Marty finds a new band called "Fetal Coil"
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And Hearts that Hate try to keep their fans loyal
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They re-work their sound for album number two
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As "Machines of Hate¡± but their career is through
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They break up and work pushing mops and brooms
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Blake gives guitar lessons in his living room
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Blake gives guitar lessons in his living room
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Blake gives guitar lessons in his living room
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"Can you teach me track five Mr. Blake?"
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"Hey, I wrote that song and it goes like this!"
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REPEAT CHORUS
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Signing Emo
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MC Lars Horris |