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Blister Pack
04:14
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Rise and then fall down the well
Clueless amused sick again can’t pop the question
Bookworm in the wind but you’re blacking out again
Red sentinels peek in our room they’re looking after you
High, mighty high
Completely people out of time
Blissful and rich silver sisters bending up a bit
No, they went down, shelf life crown split on tenants’ heads again
Break, burn the roads, run to pop open the blister pack
Why compromise I don’t mind but I won’t bother to
Take back all those nights
We’ve left for you to euphemize
Raised in the glow
of a grave and a hope that you’ll never
Die
Rise and then fall down the well
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2. |
Ypsilanti
02:52
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Stuck in the snow when the soundcheck begins
A quarter to ten, only employees are in
The fog machine smirks to the fan
No one's coming out to see your band
(No, they won’t, no no, they’ll never hear you)
How many more empty rooms can we play?
How many years can the music sustain?
How much fun is it to drag it all out?
Whenever I see them unloading the van I think I’m
Blissing on a bloodstain, Michael Spain
I didn’t bring a guitar amp, did any of you?
Mass surveil the rock plain, bombs away
We already played, yeah, you missed it, no it’s fine
Let’s start a band and have lots of fans
Let’s make some moves and get a sync or two
We’ll build a new studio and make it up to you
When we have something to say but I don’t want to
Do you?
Withered under the heat of all the bright lights
We know where we’re going we’re coming for you
Blissing on a bloodstain, Michael Spain
I don’t know where he is but I hope he’s singing
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3. |
Wither on the Vine
03:38
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I don’t whisper back to you, I wither on the vine
Little lines pin me at night
Though I’m never talking next to you, see you all the time
Petty crimes my eyes elide
I walk to the back
If I ever see you on the street, sing your songs to me
Thought I would’ve seen you on TV or in a magazine
But you’re buried deep between the seams
I walk to the back
You’ll be 42
You’ll be 40, too
Orange oval cruise turned my body blue
Semiotic twist and pistol whip
Blissed out hypocrite
Parsimonious tit for tat on my list
Every day I wish they’d say to me, “I saw you on the screen”
But when you bleed no one strains to see
I can only walk to the back
Never ever move or remove an inch, perfect as it is
Nothing like the high, when you scratch that itch
Yeah you see your time going down the drain, yet you cut the line
Don’t puff your pride, you won’t age like wine
I walk to the back
You’ll be 42
You’ll be 40, too
Purple pillow news turned my body blue
In 2032 no one’s heard of you
Set the stun guns loose, time to pull that tooth
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4. |
Windows on the World
03:58
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I was walking on the water
Rolling ghosts run past machinery
Silver apples chewed to metal cores
So I crumble, pillar of ashen faces unnamed
My flight runs risk
You don't exist
Not to blow my cover
One's word over another’s world
Spiral staircase, born to kill I might
Dodge the draft and run in with the innocents
Kings have marched and dust to dust they came
Punctured helmet look into her eyes and die
I saw you in the sky
Machine gun surprise
Yet I strayed, we know the road is long
Roll out my rug and make an earnest prayer to God in vain
Bone men I bless
Roman rockets
Satellites fly
Evil men define their time
As I’m falling underwater
I can hear them wailing a wall of hate
Storied statues fall beneath their feet
Slowly dying in a state of shock
Conflagration covers all the walls contained
In the building, the freaks will disagree
But this is not about a girl
These are my windows on the world
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5. |
Lisa's Late
02:37
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lisa’s pregnant with her babe
i hear her vomit two each day
they’re turning yellow and going gray
lately lisa thinks she made a mistake
is she related to you?
i heard her moaning in the morning
is she complaining to you?
i have a feeling her father should know, but
no one ever sees with her the baby
no you don’t see me with the baby
you will not see me with the baby
you will not see me with the baby
lisa’s anxious to get away
now all the neighbors know her name
she walks in patterns and comes in waves
the walls have whispered and they are ashamed
don’t tell the truth
rewrite your youth
let them say whatever they will
they were listening and laughing until
lisa walked down the stairs, she said
“oops, mighty god had you even appeared
come and feed them doctor tonic dear
we were worried sick until it appeared that
lisa went away with a lady
they will take good care of the baby
he will never see his only baby
we were all so nervous until lately
lisa left a note, said that maybe
maybe you’d meet me and the lady
maybe one long day we’ll be a family
someday we’ll be friends and she’ll be happy
lisa’s soulmate was born today
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Gulag Archipelago
03:29
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I Left My Bags Unpacked
03:58
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i left my bags unpacked
that’s my rap
i knew the mood and yet
so indirect
then i see your photos
then i feel your floor fan
then i find your camera
and your collar, too
no light in leaving
no holding hands
they’re often bleeding
on a mighty man
i left my bags unpacked
so glad we met
you moved and went out west
you left no mess
i never see your photos
i put away your floor fan
i threw away your camera
and your collar, too
dead friends are calling
it’s not too late
the signs are saying
i’d rather wait
the search is coming
they know your name
but don’t be fearful
we cast no blame
bone-idle people
whose time has passed
still lost in long nights
they won’t come back
no cars are coming
we must be last
so don’t be anxious
it’ll happen fast
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8. |
Guilt
04:18
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WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
GOT AN APARTMENT
GOT AN EXTRA LARGE APARTMENT
NOTHING TO DO IN IT
NOT EVEN HIGH JUST WASTING TIME
BETTER TO GET THE CREW TOGETHER
TO MAKE SOMETHING POSITIVE
OR HALF-RIGHT, WORKED OUT
BUT I JUST FUCKED OFF
I JUST FUCKED OFF
WOE BETIDE THE HALF-WOKE
THEY WON’T WALK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN
SOW THEIR FATE AND SEW THEIR FACES
I COULD’VE SEEN IT COMING
WE ALL SHOULD’VE SEEN IT COMING
BUT WE DIDN’T AND NOW
YOU ARE DEAD
YOU ARE DEAD
YOU ARE DEAD AND
ALL THAT’S LEFT IS GUILT
GUTTED GUILT IT’S NOT REAL MAN
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LATE?
YEAH I CAN FEEL IT YOU FEEL RIGHT RATED BELOW
BLAME AND ASHAMED, AN ENEMY YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH
AN ENEMY YOU JUST HAVE TO SIT WITH AND THINK
COULD YOU EVER BE GROWING?
DON’T YOU KNOW SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE GOING INSANE
AND EVERYONE WILL SAY THEY KNEW IT THEY’LL SAY “I SAW IT COMING ALL ALONG”
BECAUSE YOU JUST FUCKED UP
YEAH YOU JUST GOT FUCKED UP
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH CAN YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR SLEEP?
THE HEAT OF THE STREETS KEEPS ME RUNNING AND RAVING ALL NIGHT
I MIGHT BE HALF DRAWN QUARTERED AND FINE I WON’T LIE
BUT IF I CAN HIDE IT I JUST MIGHT PASS BY
YEAH I’LL JUST SLIP BY SLIP RIGHT BY
NOT NOTICED NICKY OTIS
PULPED PUMPKIN DEAD WEIGHT
WHENEVER I SEE YOU MILD IN THE STREET
FIRST I NOTICE YOUR FEET
THEN YOUR ONEROUS METE
EVERY DAY I AVOID YOU
YET YOU PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL
WELL THAT’S ABOUT THE TIME THAT YOU FEEL GUILT
REAL GUILT
IT FEELS GOOD MAN
GUILT
REAL GUILT
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD MAN, GREAT!
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9. |
Needle Nose
03:51
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need a nurse, need to feel her needs are real
need to know she won’t mind my routine emesis
or peel my feline female eyes
please let me die at the right time
need a nurse, need an eye on my bloodline
sit by my bedside drain the blood from my brain
prick my ropes and trim her roses
you gotta get it right, are you the right height?
puked the pills up in the evening
haggard breathing, why’s he wheezing?
call the medic pathogenic
can’t you see it’s so pathetic?
scanner flashing pulsing beep beep
coronary floor is messy
doctor coming he will carry
all the bad news coming to me
pull the roots, charm the crimson suit
chest is bruised, won’t operate on you
the book looks back ruefully at you
so often rude, i’ll allude and brood
school gave no clues crumbling her youth
but can’t he bite and fight one last time?
he only had a minute
to see the sun shine
before he faded away
tonight’s the day
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10. |
Universal Precautions
04:44
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thought i could prepare for all of the worst ways
our route could be confused or interrupted today
but i never thought the truth was slurring in my face
evidence presented to the contrary i shouldn’t say
when the shell hits, i won’t be ready for it
said goodbye when we moved i never saw you again
picking strands until they’re available on demand
dangling from a ragged rope our lives suspend
anytime could be cut short and sent into oblivion
when the shell hits, i won’t be ready for it
when the bomb splits, i won’t be ready for it
orphaned louts bleach the house
their cheeks blushing red runs blackening
saturday night i go boom in my room
monday night reads his rites to doom
every night too much booze, so confused
thursday night got the news, gone too soon
tuesday night slept entombed cancelled school
sunday night howling wind howling moon
friday night viral spines in my mind
wednesday night i fear we’d lose you
i know i shouldn’t sing i miss you yet
you’re not gone but every night it’s different
what makes a difference isn’t apparent
a call of consequence alluded to but always too soon
morning promises elude yet we continue
cut to the bone family matters denude the room
when the shell hits, i won’t be ready for it
when the bomb splits, i won’t be ready for it
though they often say “i’m ok”
when the shell hits, i won’t be here for it
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