1. |
Last Licks
04:33
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I sighed
The powers that override
The feelings I have inside
Aren’t worth what they require
Each night
The last sickly neuron fires
But still I will not retire
Tomorrow’s no desire
But hanging in the afternoon light
These are your last licks
In life
To want is to be outside
To wait is to be resigned
It’s part of the predesign
But never mind that now, here’s your last licks
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2. |
O-Pine
03:24
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You at the summit
I spy from the bottom chip
Higher hopes plummet
The jenga-ing cairn sits
Times like these, I get my wings
But I still can't digest myself it's
In, decide
Hold your horses
I'll confide
Stay on the porch
I opine
When I know something's wrong
You on the runway
As I find I'm out of chips
You've got your laundry
And I've got the shorter list
I know I know I know I know
Even so I just wanted to--
In the range
Of trope and pathos
Where I play
It's all been easily
Explained
But I know something's wrong
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3. |
Ooh Ahh
03:44
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Forever truly
Echoing through me
Like a landmine through the glades
I try but I’m losing
Steadily loosening
It's always what it seems
I'm never gonna get your goat
Or cough up the lump in my throat
Stare at the ceiling
I feel it beating
Like a tenant locked outside
The thought makes the feeling
What feels real is really
All it takes to start the ride
Leave the theater, step outside
Take a moment, blink your eyes
I straighten my spine
And they go
Ooh
Ahh
More that I incline
More I hear
Ooh
Ahh
Desperately pleading
For something relieving
Leave the pew with battered knees
Head for the exits
Can't shake it so leg it out
Into the quiet heat
Every time I circle back
I count the laps but I lost track
I straighten my spine
And they go
Ooh
Ahh
More that I may try
More I hear
Ooh
Ahh
Oh, how the world it seems to shrink
When all you ever do is think
About nothing other than you
I'm never gonna let it go
I tried before, it got tangled
I straighten my spine
And they go
Ooh
Ahh
Nobody in sight
Still I hear
Ooh
Ahh
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4. |
Green Candle
05:17
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Nowhere to go, fill the air
Keep out all thoughts of despair
Green lights as far as we stare
Going over every little thing
We’ll do there
Green eyes see sunken remains
But we know the magic refrain
Green lives are ours for the take
Oh, if you only know how easily
They can be shaped
All of my life I have sent
Green waves with some ill intent
And nobody knew what I meant
Oh, did I undermine the will behind
What I once dreamt?
You pick the shade, I don’t mind
And I promise I’ll finally find
The spark for that green little light
A guide as unwavering as the pact that
We keep burning bright
Today’s alright
By candlelight
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5. |
Rectangular Eclipse
04:47
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When you reach the highest floor
You’re gonna open up the door
But at the last second before
Check to make sure the number’s yours
And when you turn the proper key
There isn’t much you’re gonna see
Fluorescent puddles dot the beat
And bated breath’s the only heat
Until you see another door
Pallid light seeping between it and the floor
It's a rectangular eclipse
Behind number 3 there's the goat
Would you like to change your vote for me?
1 is all you’ve ever known
2’s the one who knows just what you need
The more I know the less I feel
It may be right
But is it real to me?
Open up
Let it go
Step inside
Just try not
To look it in the eye
So if you’re bogged down in the mores
You can always rest assured
That somewhere out there lies a door
And you have turned one knob before
Oh, what to do
Heart has its mind in the gutter
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6. |
Bad Bee
04:45
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I am a bad bee
If I go down I’m taking you with me
You call it petty
But who’s a bug to try and disagree?
Smoke fills the cells now
Shills eat the sweets
Not me, I'll never lose
That lingering need
And every time I start to fall down
I find I still have the keys
Once slung, I can't take the barbs
Back with me
I sow the last seed
And it grows into the most wicked tree
It bears the bad leaves
They may turn brown but the roots are evergreen
Lightning strikes the branches
The flames bite the bark
I'd light the whole thing up
Just to see in the dark
And every time I start to fall down
I find I still have the keys
Once slung, I can’t take the barbs
Back with me
I am a bad bee
I’m not your drone
I won’t work, I won't live long
I’ll do it alone
And every time I start to fall down
I find I still have the keys
Once slung, I can’t take the barbs
Back with me
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7. |
Let Something Happen
03:14
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Please, please
Though I may have a disease
Let it happen for me
Let it happen for me
Don't leave
It to reasons unforeseen
Give me one that I can be
Let me have one to dream
I don’t wanna ask
I know it sounds crass
Let it
Let it
Just let something happen for me
Palm trees
In the sun kissed golden eve
Roll the credits on the screen
It is time to breathe
White frieze
And in the window I can see
A tiny incandescent peace
From the dull darkened street
I know I’ve been bad
For all that I've had
Let it
Let it
Just let something happen for me
Please, please
Change my chemistry
Let it happen for me
Let it happen for me
Just let something happen for me
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8. |
How True
02:27
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I might go a little far
But I'll always leave a door ajar
I'm just trying to find
A sliver of a shiny car
And when they went after you
It don’t matter even if it’s true
I made a solitary vow
But I’d really like to just find out
How true
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9. |
Ahh Ooh
03:14
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10. |
Nor'easter
06:51
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Yesterday was cold, the air came in from the outside
And today all afternoon the sunlight gilded crooked lines
For the dust to float upon like vessels shuttling distant lives
And I feel I'm near the hole again
The parkway hummed at dusk and all along the promenade
The calm of passersby belied the spray of crashing chop
But as soon as I could cruise along, the waves raised into walls
And I feel that's something I should do
The train goes back above ground and the sunless yonder blinds
And the kid across the aisle phones whoever he can find
Cuz serenity’s as grey as the view that I’ve been assigned
And I feel like going home again
Is it going
Is it going to
Is it going to rain
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11. |
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All this way to come back now
Hold the fire, keep it 'round
Even if it runs afoul
We'll know better anyhow
All this way to turn around
Won't default on debt to the bruise
That I assumed
The way it fades is all in the way
That you resume
All this way to come back now
Lose the dream but keep the vow
Skin you shed or disallow
Doesn't have to weigh a pound
All this way to turn around
Won't default on debt to the bruise
That I assumed
The way it fades is all in the way
That you resume
They're not losses they're just cut
Loose
All this way to come back now
Turn the clock and spin it 'round
Even if it makes a sound
We'll know better anyhow
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