1. |
Lipstick
03:14
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do you ever look at the stars and if so, what's your opinion
do we have to quantify to establish dominion
i need to stand upon the moon to get a better view
and if i can domesticate one i'll name it after you
after you after you after you
(you're so beautiful)
'cause you're so beautiful
but you're still waiting for a simple minded man
to sweep you off your feet one whom you can command
when you really need to feel in control
he'll remove his skin while you paint your toenails
he'll craft a blanket with it
tuck you in while you're cold
god forbid you ever shiver in your throne of silver, not gold
second best
from your toe to your breast
you knew it well
you felt it big time
you knew it well
you felt it big time
with the sand on the beach from the crevasse of your feet to your knees in the shape of a V
with the sand on the beach from the crevasse of your feet to your knees in the shape of a V
you're wearing black lipstick
you're talking like a mystic
you know, i really thought i knew ya
you're wearing black lipstick
you're talking like a mystic
you know, i really thought i knew ya
with the sand on the beach from the crevasse of your feet to your knees in the shape of a V
(aah) with the sand on the beach from the crevasse of your feet to your knees in the shape of a V
you're wearing black lipstick
you're talking like a mystic
you know, i really thought i knew ya
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2. |
Way to Begin
03:14
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who is it all for
if not for me
i will see you waiting there
perched up in a tree
i assume you won't be waiting for me
because i can't give you anything
so many times before you have induced yourself to bleed
who's to say that i don't have an ace up my sleeve
i don't
but i wish that i did
i'd restore your confidence in me, i'd blow the lid
of the whole thing off
i'd call the cops
and they would take me straight to jail where i would rot
but get out for good behavior on account of my good nature and my inability to fight
except that i might
you're the individual for whom i'd take the fall
i never had the confidence to get you through it all
but if you need me say the word
and i'll do my best to call
but you left when the agitation started setting in
and i was left as an anthill being eaten from within
the diminishment of anger within me lets me let you in
but i guess that i'm uncertain of just where i should begin
i don't know what to say when you talk to me that way
i don't know what to say when you talk to me that way
i don't know what to say when you talk to me that way
i don't know what to say when you talk to me that way
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3. |
Rind
03:08
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oh no look there i go just asking for your time
over the shoulder of the almighty divine
i know i'm asking you for advice
once, not twice
i will take my time
lady of the knight
peeling the lemon and eating the rind
they never expect you to leave your friends behind
so what if i'm here at the back of the line
when it's my turn the sun it will shine
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4. |
Traffic
03:39
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remember the time that we were alone for a week
i'm still around but you haven't asked me to speak
now we're in the dark waiting for the lights to come on
we're stuck in traffic but we could be listening to the same song
thought we could last another day
auf wiedersehen
thought we could last another day
aah
thought we could last another day
you felt the same
thought we could last another day
aah
i'm not afraid of you
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5. |
Rage Hangover
03:48
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i can rest assured of my halo
because i don't have a good memory
i still haven't reached my payload
everyone is looking at me
she's only 14 digits in april
i can solve the mystery
i've only 7 dollars in quarters
some of them aren't even for me
these crazy blinking lights make me worry
that nothing is the way that it seems
raised upon a high moral standard
it all seems so arbitrary
i'm colorblind seeking greener pastures
curdled sensibility
i'm undeniably moving faster
tethered to the century
i flee
terminally determined to know what i know for certain
terminally determined to know what i know for certain
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i don't want to ask you because i'm afraid to know
the moments that i pass you are fleeting somber signals of your soul
and what will i do if you say no
and where will i go if your arms aren't my home
and everything i do, you will have said so
and what will i do if you say no
and where will i go if your arms aren't my home
lovers walking people talking about the next thing
i’ve got nothing left to do today
nothing lurking, looking i’ve been grooming waiting for the sunset
so i’ll drink until i’m sick for something else to focus on
i'll let myself get away with it for something else to focus on
people wearing peacoats, darting eyes go back and forth
buzzing like bees seeking nectar, flower, warmth
i'll drink until i'm sick for something else to focus on
i'll let myself get away with it for something else to focus on
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7. |
Hideaway
04:59
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here in my dank hideaway
under the earth i will stay
out from a mother
twin sister and brother
and this is their very first day
i don't have anything to say
except that i'm wasting away
time is indifferent
it fluctuates a little bit
but externally stays the same
love in the dark can't sustain
but is permanence the endgame
all is ephemeral
it's nothing more than temporal
and that way it all seems okay
so pack it up and carry it away
ship it off to where it will remain
out of luck out of time
out of sight of mind
and that's all that i have to say
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8. |
One Tooth
02:59
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my car got towed last night and i had to be a burden to my friend again
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9. |
Sick Day
03:07
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my head is on the ceiling
i'm standing on my feet
i know the fan is blowing but i cannot escape the heat
my head is on the ceiling
my veins are swimming in my feet
i know the fan is blowing but i cannot escape the heat
yeah
i've got nothing left to say
i can only face my fears
before i know it i'll be going home
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10. |
Demeanor
02:59
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nobody knows it but i'm gonna close it before you get the chance to see inside the temple that i've constructed waiting for the piece to fit just right and it just might
are you up for a fight
i can disguise it but you can surmise that it's not all what it seems, the way it seems, it seems to me the grass is greener
it's your demeanor
you're seeming meaner than when we first met
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11. |
So There
01:20
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and so
i don't want your sympathy but you didn't know what you meant to me
and there i stood
absent like a frog in february
i know it's sort of scary but i don't believe in prophecy so that that is has got to be or it's never been what it was to me
and that is that, at least it was
not to be cryptic but a fly with no buzz is no good to me
and that's what i see in your silver-plated ecstasy screenplay
do you mean what you say
or are you reciting lines from your favorite reenactment of what you thought was all there was, silly accents and entry-level love words that mean not
i learned to read the subtext of your subtext of your substitute love sex and pub checks
so what's next, another streetlight catharsis
and here i thought i borrowed this
so there
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12. |
Calliope
03:13
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i stood upon the black line that divided green and white
and waiting for the antidote to effortless denial of self doubt
but i stormed out before it arrived
she asked about the afterlife with an emphasis on time
and as she donned her overcoat, she opened up her eyes
she worked it out but she stormed out before she could cry
say goodbye, calliope
what kind of man can i be tonight
what are the fucking odds anyway
that i could convince you to stay
empress of the light lifts her frostbitten foot
and as starkly as she entered she moves with winter wind
say goodbye, calliope
what kind of man can i be tonight
painted by numbers and acting accordingly
overencumbered and reconstructing entropy
tonight
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13. |
Motion Picture
04:32
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looking in the mirror and soon i'll be taking my first steps
idly staring at the face of a man, an attempt to resurrect the spirit of a younger one
unencumbered by sex
an imagination that never rests
motion pictures giving one too many impressions
so much more than i could know
where were you when i needed you the most
talking to a ghost with its hands around my throat
i had a dream about a wild animal
i awoke with a start at the sight of its claws
i had a dream about a wild animal
now i'm a wild animal
i'm a wild animal and you're my prey
you're my prey
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