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Oscar Stembridge - Fake Front
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However, it is ok to refer to the same videos on an offshoot of invidio.us; just make sure not to choose one that is "protected" by Cloudflare, since that sends its own nonfree software. This way of referring is probably fail-safe: it may cease to work, but it will probably not start leading people to run nonfree software. You don't need a special "platform" to post an audio or video on the Web. You can post an audio or video file on any web site. Just put up the WebM file and link to it as if it were an ordinary page. All graphical browsers can handle that.

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• Browsers are not optimised for playing videos, so you will get much better performance and energy efficiency if you use a specialised program.

So if you are concerned with global heating, pollution and exhaustion of Earth's resources, you should download all the videos you want to watch.
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Oscar Stembridge - Fake Front

Sometimes it feels like you're stuck in a scene,
Your brain's a self love killer machine,
Lost your smile, with your heart on a leash,
Waste your time, addicted to dopamine.

You're chasing fireflies, get off the dark and night,
Don't hide it when you're broken,
Cause my arms are wide open,
So turn around, be honest with me now.

You don't think I see you, but I do,
You think that it's hopeless, it's not true,
I know you feel lonely, that makes two,
Don't give me that fake front,
Don't give me that fake front, cause I want the real you.

Just take a second, take a look at yourself,
When did you end up being someone else?
Don't push away, cause I can take anything,
The ugly end opinion, give me everything.

Wish I could go back now, thank you for the bad times,
I think it sounds kind of beautiful,
In the songs that I write,
Don't speak too soon, because I made it through.

You don't think I see you, but I do,
You think that it's hopeless, it's not true,
I know you feel lonely, that makes two,
Don't give me that fake front,
Don't give me that fake front, cause I want the real you.
[2x]
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