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Shelf Lives – tone deF (2026) | Track profile | Dork

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Shelf Lives
hypernormaL
tone deF

TRACK

tone deF

Release date: 25th February 2026

From hypernormaL

Track 11

2:43

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"tone deF" is a track by Shelf Lives, from the album hypernormaL, released 25th February 2026. The track is 2:43 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 18 articles about Shelf Lives.

About the Artist

Shelf Lives

Shelf Lives

Lyrics

tone deF

6 in the morning?
no thank you
Feel horny?
no thank you
Wanna whore me?
no thank you
Wait for me?
no thank you
God bless me?
no thank you
Have mercy?
no thank you
Take a bent knee?
no thank you
Still thirsty?
no

Finger to my middle class
Smash the house that's made of glass
Spending like I got the cash
Living like I'm dying fast

I fill the house with gas
Burn a cigarette to ash
Striking up another match
This was never built to last

Better not get into my head
Getting off on heat that ties me in
I don't mind being the one that bled
Causing the whole place to blow a lid

I don't wanna be the one that gets you down down
That makes you feel sound that plays in my head
I don't wanna be the one that gets aroused
Just cus' you're around around round

I don't wanna be the one that gets you down down
That makes you feel sound in my head
I don't wanna be around around around around around around around ya

I don't wanna be the one that gets you down down
That makes you feel sound that plays in my head
I don't wanna be the one that gets aroused
Just cus' you're around around round

I don't wanna be the one that gets you down down
That makes you feel sound in my head
I don't wanna be around around around around around around around ya

I don't wanna be the one that gets you down down
That makes you feel sound that plays in my head
I don't wanna be the one that gets aroused
Just cus' you're around around round

I don't wanna be the one that gets you down down
That makes you feel sound in my head
I don't wanna be around around around around around around around ya

Better not get into my head
Getting off on heat that ties me in
I don't mind being the one that bled
Causing the whole place to blow a lid

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Track details

From hypernormaL

2:432026

Listen

Album

25th February 2026

Track number

11

Release year

2026

12 phoneS
2:21
260K
2:30
3baby sonG
2:13
4don't laugH
2:00

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Shelf Lives — tone deF

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6Gr33bo interludE

11tone deF

2:43

—psychO (Remaster)