"You are shaking fists & trembling teeth.
I know: You did not mean to be cruel.
That does not mean you were kind."

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BOY//ANIMAL.

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MAX RECORDS
as
WARREN BARNES

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BOY//ANIMAL: THE SOUNDTRACK

" Stray dog is walkin' down the street
Next to another dog
They're eating mud and
Starting to smell me "

1. BOY | alex g

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" I catch my breath and count my dough
And I only live to run
And I'll need to go "

2. ANIMALS | big thief

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" Rosie is my favorite dog
Bites my hand when I go wrong
I do
Animals, not people "

3. ANIMALS | alex g

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" I need a dictionary
Someone look me up and define me
Please remind me
Who I'm supposed to be around you
So you will do what I want you to "

4. THE RECORD PLAYER SONG | daisy the great

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" He's a cowboy kid, yeah
He found a six-shooter gun
In his dad's closet, and with a box of fun things
I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you "

5. PUMPED UP KICKS | foster the people

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" I'm not afraid of trouble
I'm afraid to lose you
Oh, I'm afraid to lose you, oh
Maddening, it's a regular bad thing! "

6. PAD THAI | jack stauber

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" I get mean when I'm nervous like a bad dog
I want to jump into blue water
And I miss riding horse, I miss running fast
I was meant for running fast "

7. COP CAR | mitski

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" Woken up like an animal
Teeth ready for sinking
My mind's lost in bleak vision
I tried to escape but keep sinking "

8. HUMAN | daughter

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" Leave me alone, I wanna go home
It's all in my head, I won't be upset if
Heartbroken, misspoken, breaking anything I touch "

9. KING | xxxtentacion

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" I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul "

10. CREEP | radiohead

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" You feel you want to run away
There's no use in trying anyway
I've seen the writing in the wall
Who cannot maintain will always fall "

11. SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND | karen dalton

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" Pull me forward onwards
To the sea
Take my picture
Soon all I will be
Is my disease "

12. YOUNG LIARS | tv on the radio

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" Baby doll, I recognize
You're a hideous thing inside
If ever there were an unlucky kind
It's you, you, you, you "

13. WOLF LIKE ME | tv on the radio

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" I wanna start from the top
Maybe like a do-over
Replace the voices in my head with blind innocence
I want a complete re-do "

14. RE-DO | modern baseball

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" I hate worrying about the future
'Cause all my current problems
Are based around the past
And I hate when you call me late at night
Just to check in and make sure
I got nothing to be sad about "

15. FINE, GREAT | modern baseball

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" Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
Sunbeams are not made like me
Don't expect me to cry
For all the reasons you had to die "

16. JESUS DON'T WANT ME FOR A SUNBEAM | nirvana

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" People cry and people moan
Look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils
Try to make them their own "

17. LAKE OF FIRE | nirvana

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" Mickey, you're a fuck up
Heaven has a voice
I know that you're not like
All the other boys
I'm so tired of you "

18. Mickey Yr a Fuck Up | elvis depressedly

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" Oh, man what I used to be
Oh, man oh my oh me
In dearth or in excess
Both the slave and the empress
Will return to the dirt I guess "

19. MONTEZUMA | fleet foxes

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" And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And in the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind "

20. SKINNY LOVE | bon iver

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" I'm just finding my feet, pounding the street
Hoping that someday it will come
And I've got to leave
Write my own tragedies
Keep my old bridges there to burn "

21. OUT ON MY OWN | gabrielle aplin

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" You killed a man there, and I cried
But the rain masked the hurt behind your face
By the way, dear, we're alive
And it hurts 'cause we survived it "

22. GOODNIGHT CHICAGO | rainbow kitten surprise

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" I'm asking nicely, give me what I want
I'll ask politely, give me what I want
Make me behave like an animal "

23. ANIMAL | sir chloe

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" There's miles of land in front of us
And we're dying with every step we take
We're dying with every breath we make
And I'll fall in line "

24. MARCH TO THE SEA | twenty one pilots

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" Sittin' in a telescope
Silently, with his fingers entwined
He puts his hand to the glass
'What's it like outside?' "

25. TELESCOPE | cavetown

LINK: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HwZ6iBiN8xMszJODWoZsM?si=6LMTMnaFRHSz7cGntW5ovg&pi=u-rTpNpwySTFGl

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ALSO BY ME:
future ghosts (twd)
junebug (twd)
listen before i go (fg prequel)
the pure & the damned (twd: dd)
disarm (marvel)

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WHY DO I WANT TO BE HURT,
IS IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL I KNOW?
IS IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL
I'M EVER GOOD FOR?

IS IT BECAUSE IT FEELS RIGHT?

IS IT BECAUSE
IT'S MY FAVORITE WAY OF SAYING SORRY?

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DISCLAIMERS:

hello! i am max! nice to meet you <3

first things first, this book has mature themes such as anything you might see in a marvel movie. i try to remember to put trigger warnings at the beginning of potentially triggering chapters, but sometimes i forget. if a chapter is missing a trigger warning, don't be afraid for comment. please be careful and take care of yourself!

also, please don't copy my work. you can use similar ideas and make them your own, but please know that if you copy my work, it will be reported.

if there are any typos/errors, please don't hesitate to point them out so i can fix them! comments are appreciated!

enjoy!