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was circling the globe just the start of your endevours?
i wish i was you but better
cant see the night sky from inside
take a deep breath outside alright
theres a point in time where you're happy again
ill meet you a couple minutes beforehand
coast along the end times lets ride
take a deep breath outside alright
this isnt an elevator its just taking us down us down
i think about you when youre not around not around
was an honest assesment all that you wanted?
youre just like me i promise
taking on the whole world at once
we could do it its not that fun
and its been a while since you had a fun thought
is that me or something far off?
weve been young for quite some time now
our logic hasnt been too sound
cant sisyphus your way out of this one
cant sisyphus your way out of this one
push a boulder all youd like dear
truth is we're both stuck here
youve never been prometheus
youve never been prometheus
you brought burning in the worst way
this isnt a fire its an ashtray
have you always been one mistake away from flagellence
do you think youre so clever?
im not convinced
was circling the globe just the start of your endevours?
i wish i was you but better
cant see the night sky from inside
take a deep breath outside alright
theres a point in time where you're happy again
ill meet you a couple minutes beforehand
coast along the end times lets ride
take a deep breath outside alright
cant sisyphus your way out of this one
cant sisyphus your way out of this one
push a boulder all youd like dear
truth is we're both stuck here
youve never been prometheus
youve never been prometheus
you brought burning in the worst way
this isnt a fire its an ashtray
have you always been one mistake away from flagellence
do you think youre so clever?
im not convinced
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you're not worth the code you're running on
i stuck to you like ruptured teflon
try to learn just what you've earned
stay awake stay inside
you're not it, not this time
you're my least favorite wool sweater
flashlight drawing unwanted affection
blinding the moths
writing them off
making holes taking names
you're not it take the blame
how am i supposed to care about you
when i know my bugs dont like you
parasite in competition
bones and blood and abscission
you're not it never listen
whats it like being covered in barbs
and knowing i'd never charge
you anything if you never showed
and lately that's all i've hoped
whats it like being covered in barbs
and knowing i'd never charge
you anything if you never showed
and lately that's all i've hoped
i played this song on strangled plastic
dinosaur bones can be so caustic
from the ground and up again
do they know what they gave
oiled bones from the grave
when i said i missed you i meant it
driving home late
clearing my slate
wish i left any sooner
take the blame don't accuse her
you're not worth the code you're running on
i stuck to you like ruptured teflon
try to learn just what you've earned
stay awake stay inside
you're not it, not this time
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untucked shirt and wrinkled pants
can i have this dance?
its a preemptive sense of yearning
to dance like the buildings burning
call me mrs 40s maybe
im such a classy lady
stepping out of ten year Blower
preminger says its over
i cant believe that you're wearing cotton
that materials been forgotten
are you from a different planet?
or just some sort of romantic?
the wars not over its barely begun
in 2011
reagans billionth term in office
and the abolishment of college
a hundred visions of this bar
im sure your stomachs turning
do you remember who you are?
or are you also burning?
allow me to introduce myself
the plot it doesn't matter
we've pulled these folks from wealth
to my timeless tavern
your worlds gotten pretty harsh
even in light of the everlasting reagan
im sure your throat is parched
from all that conversation
break a bottle in case of emergency
step outside if you want to cease to be
anyone like anyone you've ever known
we'll send a letter you won't make it home
mites and all consuming dust
they eat at
bars that find themselves immune to rust now
can you become one of us?
timeless endless bouts of trust
trite rounds of shallow husks
converse at
bars that find themselves immune to justice
can you become one of us?
continuous feelings of disgust
folks like us keep the wheels turning
and count our bosses earnings
gray matter immune to learning
to dance like the buildings burning
call me an amoebic ball of clay
lets roll in the hay
ive got a taste for something new
other than primordial stew
mulţumesc mă scuzaţi
de cunoştiinţă Încântat
and a thousand other phrases
from a thousand other places
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when youre off the path
and could use a map
you know where to head
when through danger you tread
when you're low on supplies
and theres dust in your eyes
you know where to go
where the prices are low
pricklys gimcracks
pricklys supplies
pricklys low prices
right before your eyes
well its a deal with the devil youre trying to make
unfortunately for you theres only one coin he takes
welcome to the cost of upkeep
welcome to the games that i cheat i beat
you
never said it would be fair
welcome to the skeletons i keep
welcome to the shadows i meet i seek
you
and a place to keep things square
cry yourself a river my dear
find yourself a sliver to hold near
pricklys knick knacks
ill gotten gains
attached at the elbow
millenia away
pricklys knick knacks
ill gotten gains
attached at the elbow
millenia away
at the end of a dying star
in a body left to decay
would you fix yourself
or simply waste away
orbiting a oxymoron
collecting valuable waste
oxidation gives
a funny burning taste
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reverse calcification
02:51
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feel the aching of old bones
and the spurring of lost loved ones
carry on your own like flavorless bubblegum
on left hand side of main street
calcification as a little treat
be not afraid of the interstate
take a road away from this place
before the clay hardens around you
leave and take this old song with you
you find yourself
immune to rust?
turn yourself
into one of us
telling you dear
whats at stake
settle down here
you'll turn to clay
armature wire disguised as tendons
give up your independence
raise up your voice while youve still got one
its not silt at the bottom
side roads paved with the hope of travelers like you
gutters dangling above like corroded sinew
wear down your nerves till you've got none
its all clay at the bottom
you find yourself
immune to rust?
turn yourself
into one of us
telling you dear
whats at stake
settle down here
you'll turn to clay
cermacists can have their fun
take your leave its just begun
clay eyes left in your sockets
take this keep it in your pocket
cermacists can have their fun
take your leave its just begun
theyve left a mark on you already
forward, steady
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conflate ideas of what we know
i thought for many years i've said
in songs and books i've read
the birds and bugs that feed
care about hearts on sleeves
they've left us in the dust
return to the earths crust
someday you'll think you're alone now
and you'll find yourself despondent
dig into the earth and mulch
decompose those negative feelings
mushrooms and larvae please
find their homes on dead trees
they've left us in the dust
return to the earths crust
a small treatise on the care of
bits of you you find in pests
a truer reflection of
your ego at rest
well there you have it
my work
unwound
what can i say that i haven't?
love bugs such as yourself
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setting down a symphony
02:25
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setting down a symphony doesn't seem so bad
its the kind of quiet that i never hand
put your hands on the steering wheel just drive
its the kind of night that you should be alive
it's a light drizzle but you'll be fine
take a deep breath and clear your mind
ill give you time to be alone
tend to yourself first before heading home
time yourself listen to your heartbeat
quiet now we don't have to speak
stay awake, stay inside
you're not it, not this time
say your piece, don't agree
i don't see how that could be
time yourself listen to your heartbeat
quiet now we don't have to speak
flags waving at the top of burning buildings
let me know just when you arrive home
people fall apart from stirring fillings
radio pretend you're not alone
stay awake, stay inside
you're not it, not this time
stay awake, stay inside
you're not it, not this time
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kitchen garden
02:32
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from the back of the kitchen garden
ill show you what ive been guarding
from the back of the kitchen garden
itll be so neat wont you come in
from the back of the kitchen garden
in a boombox with songs ive starred in
ill show you what ive been meaning
from the back from the back
take a listen to the words ive written
pretend that these songs are just for you
if you think this songs about you its about you
but most of these i wrote about me
ive gone a long
time without rain
time without rain
its an outrage
i hear the song
song that i sang
song that i sang
in the same way
from the back of the kitchen garden
ill show you what ive been guarding
from the back of the kitchen garden
itll be so neat wont you come in
from the back of the kitchen garden
in a boombox with songs ive starred in
ill show you what ive been meaning
from the back from the back
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downpour
01:59
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i like having a leash i like being lead
i think things would be easier with a pyramid head
but i'm not sure welcome to the downpour
ground floor kiss me let the sounds roar
oh lord!
i've done this before
indeed or.
maybe i haven't and maybe this is new
maybe i'm being led to do things id never do
i'm through knowing you i knew
its not a crime to want direction
i get treated like a personal insurrection
would a singsong voice help my case
let me out of this place
its wall to wall crushing all
hope i had before my fall
i like driving fast i like losing control
i take turns too hard and risk it all
but that's not it welcome to the pit commit
turn around just quit oh shit i've run out of wits
is that it?
maybe it isn't and maybe this is new
maybe i've broken something but whats it to you
i'm throughthe hullabaloo
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apollo
02:32
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oh apollo your halo is rusting
your many eyes grows dark its in the plan that youre not trusting
oh mercurium send us home it wont be long
i remember when you were fierce i remember when you were strong
what a sorry state to be in what a wreck that duty's left you
if i were a kinder person maybe
what a frightful ending to this what a hue for you to fall to
i had thought your blood was silver now i know that that isnt true
walking along in a daytime nightmare
cause you werent there
and maybe youll never be
i wished so long for your heart to harden
sky has darkened
and a light is all i need
was cirlcing the globe the start of your endeavors
i wish i was you but better
cant see the night sky from inside
take a deep breath outside alright
i couldnt ask for a better sendoff
even if i made my own
quite frankly its nice to leave you
but i think that you should go
maybe the choice is out of our hands
maybe it wasn't yours at all
one more time for self importance
i never enjoyed you at all
walking along in a daytime nightmare
cause you werent there
and maybe youll never be
putting out my cigarette on your wings
angels' nothings
and a billion unsaid things
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finding where you're meant to be
40 meters under the sea
but i hope that water's boiled
otherwise ill walk on soil
my useless bones are floating on
inside my body with just tendons
my useless bones have much to miss
burn them you'll see i'm not a fish
the sun was hot but now its not
i walked on land cause i forgot
i was once a happy lady
then i went and left the navy
my useless bones are floating on
inside my body with just tendons
my useless bones have much to miss
burn them you'll see i'm not a fish
eggs have never been
the right way to go when you learn to swim
have you though about it
maybe kids should be born in pouches
my useless bones are floating on
inside my body with just tendons
my useless bones have much to miss
burn them you'll see i'm basically a fish
in a time of strangled hearts and unkempt hair i turned to a screen with open minds and recorded thoughts i find upsetting
company
that i keep
is revolving
and blooming
if i were a flower my birthday would stop being in october either way i think one day i stopped being sober
company
that i keep
is blooming
and wilting
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let yourself fade away
let time come out to play
entropy's here, youre not banned
id let what you got stand
im on the road in utah
im running from the law
they dont take to kindly to me
and the laws of entropy
im on the lam in mesquite
im driving through the dead heat
my colts not got ac
but the view just cant be beat
when you're an agent of cycles
covertness isn't vital
im the most famous one of my kind
o course the reknown i dont mind
they call me death and sometimes bad luck
maybe both names shouldve stuck
its not right to wanna get going
maybe frighten who you're knowing
in a flash id left the country
and arrive just as abruptly
i dont ask to come in
but i appreciate the permission
you said you'd like to know me
i think you're a little crazy
and im not one for making friends
but i guess this is the end
when you're an agent of cycles
covertness isn't vital
im the most famous one of my kind
o course the reknown i dont mind
they call me death and sometimes bad luck
maybe both names shouldve stuck
its not right to wanna get going
maybe frighten who you're knowing
theres nothing wrong with wanting to get away
but promise me you'll stay
even just for a little longer
that way we'll both be goners
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