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    2. Wanderlust
    3. Bored
    4. Grays Town
    5. State of unfair
    6. Sorry
    7. Wandering the streets
    8. Bugs
    9. The Hipster Song
    10. Day after day
    11. Song for my Mum & Dad
    12. Bigger Balls than you

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lyrics

When I was in year four I very proudly told my friends
I was a girl that would grow into a boy it didn’t make a difference
to them ‘cause I liked skateboards, crushing bugs beneath my feet and who I was was who I wanted them to see.

When I attended secondary despite disguising normally
I didn’t tick the boxes for the race to popularity
the vultures preyed yet teachers praised
the calendar to count down days and hours just to get on through the week
and whilst the kids at school continued to destroy me like the bugs I used to crush beneath my feet.

With evidence carved into stone of concrete spelling life alone
I retreated to cave made up of thoughts where I could think all on my own
of ways to kill myself than waiting on psychologists to help
the jargon thrown at me made less sense than the thoughts inside

my brain could often scare the living day light out of me
and though I knew myself and trusted what I said I started arguing
against all of my principles and all that I believed
and whilst my heart would break with every waking pulse and every beat
just like the bugs I used to crush beneath my feet.

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from Festival Friends, released April 19, 2018

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Ren Stedman Southend On Sea, UK

Ren Stedman, he's the acoustic guy who looks metal, has a buzzing vocal, plays from the marrow of his bones and will rip your heart out with his honesty. A fierce, fable wielding force of acoustic punk poetry.

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