A mini-cowboy from hell gets his Western font on, a set of Brazilian Blink 182 hopefuls dedicate an entire lyric sheet to a roll of toilet paper, another effective use of Hollywood fair-use b-roll footage and more, as we roll into week the 23rd, of the year’s best netting of the week’s finest lyric videos.

AWOLNATION – ‘THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT

Plucked from a video game soundtrack, LA’s resident pop-blues crew, AWOLNATION, went the way of Problem Child with this one-off song about a kid that’s just “not alright,” in which the little cowboy lights a clown on fire, beats a piñata way more than it needs to be beaten and cow cowboy serif text makes everything that much more entertaining. Ace work, dudes:

I’ve been sleeping with these thoughts man

I’ve been contemplating singing them

Stand up, catch fire, with me

You can follow them to hell

Nyle – ‘Chicken Leg’

Please note: It “don’t mean that she a chickenhead/Just ‘cuz she do the chicken leg.” Once you understand this, you will likely proceed to enjoy the brand of Adult Swim-esque oddball hip-hop humor that makes this dude Nyle so special, cartoon block letters and all. Why are there only some odd 43 views?

Humpin’ like we have to bone
Freakin’ out your chaperones
Don’t you have some dignity
No, we left all that at home

TheOffer – ‘Recomeçar’

So many questions for you, dear Brazilian Blink 182. Why is there a toilet next to a toilet that is not a urinal? What did this poor man eat? And most importantly, how did you write lyrics on a full roll of toilet paper and not think about what kind of metaphor you stumbled upon. All said, however, we’re still thoroughly entertained at what kind of new “dia,” “historia” and “chance” happens after this bowel movement:

Um novo dia

Uma novo historia

Uma nova chance

Pra, vivir agora

Megan & Liz – ‘Release You’

As much as we’d like to spare you from disposable saccharine pop injections like so, these two Katy Perry hopefuls sought fan contributions to create this, although entirely cheesy, video strewn from the personal pictures and media of America’s youth, and also, although entirely played out, is moderately endearing, radio edit and all. Besides, pop star daughters grow up to be mothers, and a healthy concept of how relationships work never did any mind damage:

‘Cuz all day and night
I would take all your shhhhhh
Your what?
Yeah all day and all night
But I’m over it

The Coppertone – ‘Young Blood

At some point in recent lyric video history a smart musician or label or somebody decided it would be a good idea to snake some b-roll footage from old fair-use films splay some lyrics in a kind of credit-roll flow. We have yet to encounter a heart that does this in poor taste, this spaghetti country-blues howler about that youthful American pastime when all was “reckless” and “used,” notwithstanding:

Breaking bread with my ghost
I’m going to make things right
Find love in my heart
Shed some light