Car Seat Headrest - I CAN TALK WITH MY EYES SHUT

A CSHR classic that I kinda wish made it to Twin Fantasy.
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Lyrics:
I think you could be beautiful
I wouldn't love you if you were
Eyes the size of light bulbs
Irises sharpie dots
Sometimes I think you're beautiful
I don't love you when you are
Every other day like this
Alone on the bedroom floor
Let's stare each other in the face
Don't tell me we are not in space
The rights we started out with, the rights we ended up with
I'll text you walking on your legs
I'll need to see you when I'm dead
I said you know that when we kiss
There's nothing wrong with it so
You can talk..
You can talk..
You can talk..!
You can talk..!
Sometimes a cigarette, is just a phallic symbol
I've come up sporting half a haircut, that scissors couldn't fix
And sometimes a cigarette, is just a good way to die
My legs around your back, I just needed words to sing
Never look me in the eye
Cus' yours see so much more than mine
The rights with which we started out
The rights with which we ended up
You walk with spine curved backwards
I'd like to be your actor
I can't get to sleep until I know
For sure that you've moved on
You can talk..
You can talk..
You can talk..!
You can talk..!
You can talk..!
You can talk..!
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Will notes this.
"removed from 5, maybe unjustly, but I had a long song prepared for the second to last slot on Twin Fantasy and this was the second to last song on 5 and I didn't want it to become A Thing."
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Buy the album (NYP): carseatheadres...

[@strangeangel]

the world if this made it onto twin fantasy 🌇

[@PolicemanPlanet]

I'd love it if it just stayed on mkikmb tbh

[@PolicemanPlanet]

5 gang

[@ashleycatz]

I love this song but it wouldn't fit on twin fantasy

[@foreheads766]

@@PolicemanPlanet I like 5 much better than mbikmb

[@stupidedgykid9563]

@@ashleycatz it's definitely more teens of denial

[@girandpiggy95]

the guitar on this song may scientifically be the saddest sequence of chords achieved by mankind

[@Asunsx]

it is absolutely gut wrenching what Will can conjure up from a guitar

[@noahcove2241]

My favourite part of his early stuff is when he sings background harmonies for himself, often in a round

[@erloser6942]

everyday i wish i could make music like will toledo

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Rip will off! Lord knows he has with many of his songs. In fact iirc one twin fantasy demo was based on a beck song he re-wrote or sumn.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Artist to Artist, don't just make music like Toledo. Rip his shit off & all your favorites & make something better. Better to be a collage than a portrait, yknow?

[@erloser6942]

@@PolicemanPlanet ur right, i wasn't expecting actual advice but thank u, u seem very cool

[@PolicemanPlanet]

@@erloser6942 yeah! Lmk where I can find ya music at or sumn homie

[@erloser6942]

@@PolicemanPlanet lmao sure when i actually finish a song 💀

[@aubearsomewhere8103]

This song sounds like the feeling I get in my throat when I really love someone. I don't even know if that makes sense.

[@maean7410]

i understand what you mean

[@analazovic441]

♥️😭

[@user-qq7um6tj9j]

Spot on...!!

[@gwendeseminat8r]

you can talk...

[@leaoraissa]

I know right? that feeling of deep realization… something in your lungs, something in your chest, something in your throat.

[@polarchill7292]

It’s like if Anchorite was written for MBIKMB

[@PolicemanPlanet]

oh you didn't know? this was on the original version of MBIKMB when it was called 5

[@polarchill7292]

@@PolicemanPlanet that makes a lot more sense now lol, definitely sounds like it was supposed to be a closer to something bigger especially seeing how its a lot longer than anything else on little pieces of paper

[@PolicemanPlanet]

@@polarchill7292 and it wasnt even a closer to make it even better. 5's formula was just applied to Twin Fantasy instead lmao.

[@pahbody5336]

I’d love a remaster of that, he has such a clear performance vocally these days, but keeping the feel of things similar

[@PolicemanPlanet]

I'd love to see this on the next record tbh.

[@m_crowley6674]

well wills probably hardened bis stance on the f-slur so hell need to retitle it

[@marstheleanvampirequeen696]

gabecrow he still left said it on the face to face version of Beach Life In Death

[@m_crowley6674]

@@marstheleanvampirequeen696 well its a song title, it doesn't count

[@nahimgood8891]

@@m_crowley6674 you just contradicted yourself...?

[@shaftjerker3000]

i listen to this every day and feel my stomach start to eat itself

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Self Care is Important Your Fortune: Bold Colors

[@smokezonee]

thank you shaftjerker3000 very awesome

[@marcos_derozzi]

wow this song is great it really makes me feel like shit

[@amio5272]

this is the fucking song ever. crying

[@PolicemanPlanet]

+rep for dis one

[@airwaveangel]

blueycapseuls pfp AND car seat headrest???????????????????

[@amio5272]

holy shit .. jerma...............

[@airwaveangel]

@@amio5272 I MADE THIS COMMEBNT 2 MOMNTHS AGO GO AWAY

[@lunarmachine]

​@@airwaveangel i forgot blueycapsules existed and that i used to have it as my pfp i feel like i just got shot

[@DonnyNarr]

I didn't used to be able to drink water while walking. ... .. . I remember when I was like 7 years old I started to make a conscious effort to do so. I was walking back to my desk at work drinking my Gatorade feeling so cool and I remembered that I didn't used to be able to that. I wonder if there are people out there who actually don't have that ability or if it was just me lol

[@tabsolutebass]

Why would this bother you as a child?? I mean did you not enjoy drinking water as is or did you just want more free time from your day?

[@lolcatwill]

its funny you mention something like this. I do the opposite: I make sure to stop walking while drinking, otherwise it looks like im drunk.

[@amillipede9397]

I always end up back here at 3 a.m.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

it's when this song is best

[@amandopando7883]

Both of you are entirely correct this hits so much better in the early am

[@PolicemanPlanet]

@@amandopando7883 YOU CAN TAAAAALLLLLKKKKKK

[@littlerichardcrouchingsteroids]

everytime i need to cry my balls out i come back to this song. i love you will.

[@oatmealraisincookiesaregar2548]

will toledo made the best song of all time and put it on the middest album of all time

[@PolicemanPlanet]

realest comment I've ever seen

[@harbingerofdoom]

Real

[@appleogold]

im going to find you.

[@pieterisnothire5730]

Weezer

[@oatmealraisincookiesaregar2548]

oo wee oo

[@weezll8487]

wish i could listen to this song for the first time again

[@martinsanfuentes2142]

Im on it

[@rubenkrantz]

i just did

[@danpadillaq]

I discovered them yesterday and I had to listen to every single song to be sure I wasn't missing such art pieces. OMG loving them so much. :')

[@PolicemanPlanet]

The hole only gets deeper!

[@RozoTheGreat]

dear red. thank you for everything youve done, everything youve been, and everything you will be i'm sorry that i let myself get in my own way that my sickness prevented myself from being the person you needed back then but somwthing about the way i looked at you, my pupils the size of light bulbs and yours, like sharpie dots we spent so many nights together alone on that bedroom floor but good god i knew that i loved you, i wish i let myself know that you love me with all your heart one day, i'll see you again maybe in august maybe in the hereafter but i'm coming for you and i know you'll come for me too let's enjoy this wonderful life together and apart twin fantasies, ink embedded in skin i do, you did, you gave me your last name i will wait for you. but i will walk for myself until then i won't let you fall into a grave in my mind there'll be no need for the ocean to wash it over because you're out there comets aligned soon. when? when? when? i don't know but it's a certainty. thank you for everything.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

had to dig up that comment from 3 years ago to see the context, im sorry. hope you heal well.

[@neros12346]

underrated as fuck. in my top 5 csh songs

[@harbingerofdoom]

Jesus Christ I know I’m going through it when I return to this song.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Haaaaiiii

[@TheWaywardFox]

MOOD

[@painstar_]

i can talk

[@PolicemanPlanet]

You can talk!

[@deliren135]

I don't know why but this makes me want to cry

[@PolicemanPlanet]

go head, this a safe space

[@kylestewart3530]

how tf was this not good enough for MBIKMB

[@ABrookeByTheTree]

That private little jam out at the end of the song takes me back to a much happier time. Red

[@proxy_oo]

They fuckin remove this off spotify how would i be sad in peace

[@biggle_man]

its christmas eve and i aht too muich to drink agian

[@PolicemanPlanet]

I reckon you did! Stay safe, stay warm. Merry Christmas.

[@windchested]

ive been digging deeper into csh, im so happy I found this. I love everything about it. one of my favorite songs now

[@leaoraissa]

wow. you guys were right about this one. devastatingly beautiful

[@bizarrapmusic]

Nobody: Will: hmmm dodododo dodo doo

[@PolicemanPlanet]

don't forget the distortion pedal

[@feeelickss]

This just runs it's fingernails across the surface of my brain so perfectly

[@me-xk1gb]

this song makes me feel every feeling i have ever felt in my entire life

[@homu790]

i love to listen to this song just for the sad guitar, even if I don’t relate to the lyric the guitar gets me every time idk how but it just sounds like how I feel

[@nicolassanchez825]

I think you could be beautiful I wouldn't love you if you were Eyes the size of light bulbs Irises sharpie dots Sometimes I think you're beautiful I don't love you when you are Every other day like this Alone on the bedroom floor Let's stare each other in the face Don't tell me we are not in space The rights we started out with, the rights we ended up with I'll text you walking on your legs I'll need to see you when I'm dead I said you know that when we kiss There's nothing wrong with it so You can talk.. You can talk.. You can talk..! You can talk..! Sometimes a cigarette, is just a phallic symbol I've come up sporting half a haircut, that scissors couldn't fix And sometimes a cigarette, is just a good way to die My legs around your back, I just needed words to sing Never look me in the eye Cus' yours see so much more than mine The rights with which we started out The rights with which we ended up You walk with spine curved backwards I'd like to be your actor I can't get to sleep until I know For sure that you've moved on You can talk.. You can talk.. You can talk..! You can talk..! You can talk..! You can talk..!

[@PolicemanPlanet]

thank you! I put the lyrics in the description

[@noilos]

@@PolicemanPlanet i know this is 2 years after the fact but the line after "I said you know that when we kiss" is definitely "it's never on the lips, so" not "there's nothing wrong with it, so" which is why the "you can talk" part makes sense

[@quailmint8015]

It’s the same riff as 953 by black midi :O

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Black Mid(i)

[@harbingerofdoom]

This song gives me goosebumps every time. Been a CSH fan since 2013 :)

[@maximilianmiller1963]

tfw when you realize you can love someone but you can never truly be yourself around anyone no matter how hard you try

[@TheWaywardFox]

you know its bad when you find me back here. i have poetry to write for you.

[@willtoledofuckingmyopia]

FINALMENTE achei isso, caralho obgd pra quem encontro saporra, TO VICIADO / finally found this, fuck thank you to whoever uploaded this shit, IM ADDICTED

[@jpeg5621]

I keep coming back to this song everytime and its nice to see some new comments sometimes

[@essandless1969]

I can see the whole thing break once again and still I can't get out of here

[@Chigtology]

What does this mean and why is it strangely poetic

[@alex420alex]

Damn, i wish i knew how to do that

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Me too

[@hrinionuwut8637]

For real tho. His music makes me feel so many things and then I get sad cause my shitty songs don't do that

[@Noahisnoahisnniahfnrkkhdij]

@@hrinionuwut8637 same, and I guess you could say that will got to be what he has become because he just kept writing and writing, but I just don’t ever see myself making something so meaningful

[@LukasPrimeEdition]

@@Noahisnoahisnniahfnrkkhdij hey, we all have to start somewhere. Just keep on writing from the heart and really take the time to dissect the lyrics/poetry of your favorite artists and writers, you’ll get there :)

[@lcof8318]

@@hrinionuwut8637 I feel the same way, but at the same time in just a bunch of months I have gone from making shitty noice with cheap poetry on top of it to making bad but functional songs, so I am optimistic about my ability to just become better and better if I keep trying, you should do the same

[@unreaall]

this song is so perfect, but sadly so underrated

[@PolicemanPlanet]

-Slinky- Facts

[@garfieldlover6247]

god everytime i listen to this i end up in the fetal position

[@PolicemanPlanet]

thanks Garfield Lover

[@garfieldlover6247]

@@PolicemanPlanet you're welcome Policeman Planet

[@iaadc8551]

@@garfieldlover6247 i’m crying and wearing a garfield shirt that has a lazy joke on it

[@harbingerofdoom]

You guys already know what time of the year it is.

[@zackpumpkinhead8882]

Did you hear their new release, "I can sneeze with my eyes open?"

[@frootl00ps]

hey pastor planet i love you and thank you for all the amazing work you do for my poor soul everyday

[@PolicemanPlanet]

A blessing upon your young soul All the secrets you've been forced to carry Will one day find a place to be told

[@mionami9973]

I'll never understand why he put this amazing song on a B-side

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Maybe the lyrics? Maybe because it was unfitting? Who knows

[@cherryfocusdotcom]

Will said he planned this to be the 2nd to last track on My Back Is Killing Me Baby, but he was already working on the Fanous Prophets for Twin Fantasy. He didn’t want a long 2nd to last track be a “thing”

[@ScradeCottontail]

it was on mbikmb (then named 5) but when he combined it and the sunburned shirts ep he removed this because he had planned for famous prophets to be the second to last song on twin fantasy and he didn't want the long song to "Be A Thing"

[@soulofglebb]

@@ScradeCottontail and a thing long songs became ironically

[@CainTheBoss]

Honestly this song would work on og twin fantasy if it replaced High To Death, not to hate on High to Death but this song is amazing

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Honestly? It was made for 4 but it got taken off for some reason.

[@attilathehungryy]

tbh i kinda think it'd have made a decent link between cute thing and high to death, smoothing out the transition between the loud and the quiet and adding a layer of intensity between the emotional quality of the two

[@finmin2k]

what if it didn't replace any twin fantasy songs because they were all great, and it was just like another song on the album

[@kirwitch8236]

@@attilathehungryy yeah the transition from cute thing to high to death is a little abrupt lol

[@wall7605]

Never look me in the eye cause yours see so much more than mine..

[@mr.pancake7480]

If this is never remade/remastered I’m going to quietly sob in a corner

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Start Sobbing Now.

[@mr.pancake7480]

@@PolicemanPlanet 😭

[@nachoramo3938]

this is the remade/remastered my friend

[@mr.pancake7480]

@@nachoramo3938 Are you talking about how this is a remake of Teenage Night? I'm aware of that but wished there was a version of this song with higher recording quality. I kind of don't wish that anymore since the lo-fi aspect of this song adds a more personal aspect, but I do VERY MUCH wish that this was put on My Back Is Killing Me Baby.

[@137thattempt]

he's sung this on recent patreon livestreams if you wanna hear recent vocals (solo guitar, not as heavy tone)

[@schrodingersbraincell5861]

This song fuckinh kills me

[@nateryans6758]

“My legs around your back” The only way I can work that out logistically is just...he’s a bottom.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Will Toledo is forever a power bottom and no one can stop him this is just basic Twin Fantasy Factoids Also the first verse of BLiD ;-)

[@nateryans6758]

Policeman Planet God thank you I just crave the knowledge of Will’s gayness. I don’t know what you’re referencing in Beach Life-In-Death tho. I mean, it’s super gay but not bottom-y.

[@nahimgood8891]

@@nateryans6758 "And when the train came it was so big and powerful When it came into the little station" I guess

[@JPEGTOMUSIC]

@@nahimgood8891 holy shit

[@Ostin3008]

@@nateryans6758 ok thats creepy

[@lomanuve2184]

blows up my head in a euphoric way

[@chaseonyourcase]

Just got out of a long term relationship/engagement and I showed him csh and we’d sing csh together and now I’m all alone crying to this song… today marks a month since I last saw him :(

[@PolicemanPlanet]

I'm sorry to hear that. At least you were able to be loved and changed by another, what a grand beauty you've taken part of! I've been through similar myself, it'll hurt for a while but you'll eventually tough through it & come out fine. Perhaps even changed further. What will you do now?

[@chaseonyourcase]

this is wonderful. Thank you. Sorry for trauma dumping in your comment section haha but I much appreciate the kind words

[@ahkatz5]

how is it going? :)

[@chaseonyourcase]

Things have been challenging but I’m trying my best to move forward and enjoy life in any way I can. Todays my 21st birthday and I’m celebrating with so many friends and I’m so grateful to be home after moving across the country during my previous relationship. Thank you for checking in!! :)

[@ahkatz5]

@@chaseonyourcase thats amazing!!! im so happy for you, i hope you're having a happy birthday!!! :)))

[@thesoundman2022]

At the loud part in the beginning I always expect to hear an “IT’LL tAke sOmE TiiIIiIiIiIIIIiiIiIiiIIIIME!!!”

[@_scabs6669]

Will Toledo and Adrianne Lenker are the closest we have right now to a modern Bob Dylan in terms of song writing and lyrical genius

[@shayavery7851]

He’s the closest thing we’ve had since the smiths first came out

[@_scabs6669]

@@shayavery7851 I ❤️ this comment

[@Waltar100]

Conor Oberst?

[@_scabs6669]

@@Waltar100 no, Obor Conerst

[@Waltar100]

@@_scabs6669 cnr brst?

[@tylerrodriguez4023]

Someone needs to tab this song

[@toledoxoberst2836]

mines close-ish tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/car_seat_headrest/i_can_talk_with_my_eyes_shut_tabs_2524626

[@PolicemanPlanet]

brow bow bah boughh (repeat) hope this helps

[@irashummm6195]

sometimes a cigarette is just a phallic symbol ☝️

[@admitopobreza7356]

Hey dude, thanks. I love this song, it sure is one of my favorite CSH songs, but for some reason I can't hear it on Spotify (I don't know if it can be heard from other countries). Anyway thanks to you I can hear it quite often. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Of course king

[@admitopobreza7356]

@Ontrol I supposed that. But I didn't want to lose hope.

[@yuzara777]

Creo que esta es mi canción favorita en el mundo

[@essandless1969]

La mía igual. Suena ridículamente increíble pero aveces sueño con canciones, está es una de ellas

[@joao4364]

uma das minhas favoritas

[@brunogontijo4478]

tmj

[@theogama3260]

Uma pena não estar no spotify

[@bugcatcher00]

Como assim tem lusofonos aqui

[@Stoopjunk]

Eyes the size of light bulbs 💡 Irises sharpie dots 🖊 ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-jz4tt6vb6e]

i am crying

[@toontownveteran]

this song makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time

[@tannerin]

the roland v drums go crazy hard

[@arrolace]

whenever i listen to ANY kind of music on this website it ALWAYS autoplays this song ... or fiction I

[@periwinklelly]

i need to meet will toledo at least once in my life

[@evercosmic]

this song hurts i love it

[@afterlifedatingband666]

i would love a redone version

[@dddw.]

reeally good for the album, this and the staying song

[@isabelalobo1421]

let’s stare each other in the face

[@PolicemanPlanet]

( o ) ( o )

[@proxy_oo]

jeez i dug too deep ( not complaining i love every second of it )

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Dig Deeper.

[@sinkbug]

This is the best song on twin fantasy and it isn't even on it

[@angstcastle]

the lyrics in the description are criminally wrong oh my god

[@miy74]

beautiful...

[@elvaein2632]

to me some parts sound similar to beast monster thing (love isn't love enough) :')

[@PolicemanPlanet]

which ones would you say?

[@yeezymcsqeezee]

Policeman Planet between 00:50-01:20 sounds like the same riff as beast monster thing

[@PolicemanPlanet]

I can totally hear it now, maybe they're in the same key?

[@yeezymcsqeezee]

Policeman Planet not sure, good songs though, really excited for their next project.

[@dododestroyer5480]

“You can talk!” Also has some conceptual similarities with “Hey, this animal can talk”

[@krzysztofkaczorowski8713]

You can talk…

[@anthonyhague6526]

So lonely

[@goop9853]

wish I could

[@LUISxxxBR]

neato

[@mooniestarrcat]

I love alternate lyrics to this song, called teenage night, it's really good :]

[@PolicemanPlanet]

why do teenagers get a night

[@mooniestarrcat]

@@PolicemanPlanet idk!! that's just the name of the song

[@PolicemanPlanet]

that's insane.....could you imagine.....a night where teenagers ruled.......

[@mooniestarrcat]

@@PolicemanPlanet Maybe.......

[@emerysvideozone9481]

such a beautiful song it makes me want to die and sob and live at the same time

[@itWaf]

this wouldve fit better between sleeping with strangers and anchorite or just after anchorite in monomania

[@nastarrrrr]

crying

[@kidneyluke]

Hylics

[@PolicemanPlanet]

que?

[@danielthedegenerate]

@@PolicemanPlanet The riff of this song or whatever sounds like one of the songs from the video game Hylics

[@TheWaywardFox]

i love you

[@5foot5inches98]

Sad :(

[@angle3464]

is the line "there's nothing wrong with it" or "it's never on the lips"? i know the lyrics in the desc say the former but i keep hearing it as "it's never on the lips" and imo that makes more sense + also hurts a lot more : ( gh this is an Excellent song regardless i wish he hadn't scrapped it from 5/mbikmb

[@gilopaolo]

angle !! i think “it’s never on the lips” fits a lot more, it explains the title of the song a lot better (and the lyrics that follow right after, “you can talk”). when they kiss they close their eyes but because it’s not in the lips they can talk whilst they do it (keeping their eyes shut).

[@plushs]

the lyrics on Genius confirm "it's never on the lips" and it definitely fits a lot better

[@thais8606]

boa demais

[@PolicemanPlanet]

back again, are we?

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Sempre fui boa!

[@thais8606]

@@PolicemanPlanet fuck yes!! btw i was planning to listen your 26848783 new albums.

[@PolicemanPlanet]

@@thais8606 ive been told my latest one is my greatest work yet policemanplanetrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-dropped-out-of-college-just-so-i-could-stay-in-bed-all-day get back to me, tell me what you think bout it pls

[@thais8606]

@@PolicemanPlanet my fav one BY NOW is "you're a dead ringer...", soon i will give you my feedback.

[@hiiihypo]

i think the lyrics in the comments are wrong... he says "its never on the lips so" not "There's nothing wrong with it so" :v however thanks for uploading this. super sad will didnt do anything with this, and a lot of his other old muisc :(

[@nnitro]

I CAN TALK

[@Qxver]

YOU CAN TALK

[@lomanuve2184]

🤩

[@eyesack1747]

Oh god o fuck oh god

[@TheWaywardFox]

i can talk?

[@PolicemanPlanet]

YOOOOOU CAAAAAAN TAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLKKKKK

[@TheWaywardFox]

how do i start

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Lungs to larynyx to brain to oxygen All the way to the mouth and tongue And then when it's a bulge in your throat Spit it out

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Cigarettes in mouth Phallic symbol in hand

[@TheWaywardFox]

you seem like you know how to talk well

[@j4me744]

how the actual hell

[@theoastecaiagami1636]

WHY THIS SONG AND THE OTHERS FROM NUMBERED ÁLBUNS ARENT'T IN SPOTIFY?

[@PolicemanPlanet]

No idea

[@valkyrie2832]

Will has said he doesn’t like them I’m pretty sure

[@PolicemanPlanet]

@@valkyrie2832 probably!

[@gildetesantos3362]

Didnt know they were into the pixies

[@girlhag]

what pixies song does this reference/interpolate?

[@gildetesantos3362]

@@girlhag i think none its just the Opening guitar line reminded me of the where's my mind riff because of how unhinged It sounds

[@biggle_man]

DO YRTGUE

[@biggle_man]

I MEANt To type "so true" you can kinda see how this happened if u loijk at ur keyboard

[@PolicemanPlanet]

So Yrtgue

[@mappplesirrup8473]

sktltsxg

[@mappplesirrup8473]

136th 😎 so cool

[@TheWaywardFox]

muah

[@PolicemanPlanet]

YOU CAN TAAAAAAAAALLLLLKKKKK

[@TheWaywardFox]

I CAN TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALK!!

[@chickenlickerman1120]

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