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Bunker Food
00:53
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ive been eating bunker food
its nuts and mostly fruit
im not trying to fast im just trying to last
you can take whatever you can carry
whenever you fly past
omnivorous fly by nighter
i know youre trying to go last
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2. |
In Walked a Shadow
03:33
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In walked a shadow
no face to its name
smoke dancing backwards
in circles of shame
these are just clothes
that i must have bought
they hang off the skeleton
bones dont talk
children we sing to the shadow tonight
because we’re nowhere and nothing’s alright
what if he ran
into one of his friends
he cant imagine
and i can’t pretend
apologies later
“i had a bad day”
i grew out of the pavement
what do you want me to say
ch.
i might go outside
i might see a bear
the problem here being
i dont think i’d care
how many switchblades
how many sharp teeth
i dont have it in me
to fight or to breathe
bite me or love me
just please do not stare
dont ask where i live
i’ve never been there
Out of another stretch of nowhere busts another bright light
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3. |
Delirious!
01:43
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im delirious
want you here
they taped up downtown
saying 'no more fear running around'
this is my town now
but you can help out
sharpen your hands
i'll do what i can about it
until i can't
when i'm out on the street
i feel like a disease
streetlight calling me
i can't read i can't read
your electricity
this is my town on its way to me
things that you should never think
start making sense to you now
we'll do what we can about it
until we can't
delirious
you think i'm serious
about it now
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4. |
Angels Run
02:19
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Angels tuck me in
Angels blow me out
Of this highway
Angels have the gun
Angels fuckin run
Yeah angels fuck & run
Are you itchy among equals?
Are you trying to run the zero?
Gas giants come up empty
Giants meekly stepping
Up to the plate gently
Over time and stasis
This game feels very long
With no-one left playing
You can still hear them saying
With prolix dripping free
Of mouths completely empty
And emptiness just breeds
The dream of running backward
Cameras that can't see
Angels slashing sculptures and losing all their teeth
Angels slashing sculptures that look like you and me
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5. |
To No One: Nevermind
03:56
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How did their bones get so clean
In this rag and big top society
No-one ask my werewolf brother
Answering in teeth
Glimmering fish in a rust-coloured pond
Past the two cent tombstone vagabond
Splash around and you know all their names
Coming now to take your eyes away
Coming around to take your eyes away
Let me wake you up on endless drives
You lie by the fire and steal the light
The lamplight discontent and candle shine
To no-one: nevermind
God damn that smells good
So when can we eat?
How did you catch him
Father did he scream?
To raise our nearly dead
To steal our frosty breath
Slicker fish in open sea
Conjuring the ways in which you might be me
So pull a card and tell us all our names
Coming now to take our eyes away
Coming around to take our eyes away
When the clowns finally cut the act and cry
Please ask me directly how I died
Pull the lever in my spine
To no-one: nevermind
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You all must think of me as some untouchable beauty queen
It must seem like I live my life so clean
By the way I’d say Hollywood agrees
They cgi’d out my beard
It was just last year
I’ve taken lately to wearing belts and staples
Lapels come down from a no-name place in Naples
a barbwire scarf and hat
cigarette eyepatch from scared little scarecrows
does it match who knows?
i was thinking though
Maybe this life is too long by half
What if the sitcom people just don’t mean it when they laugh
But it’s alright in the half-light while the half-life lasts
And meaning dies at last
Intent on carving up my own lingua franca
Tables ready sir honey please n can i get a thankya
egomaniacal frankensteinesque?
you know it goes right through me half of what you said
cmon get deaf
i was thinking though jeff...
maybe its too long
but maybe its two wrongs
after all
but one question
—what if i dont mean it when i laugh
anymore
but you know it’s alright
and we’ll laugh
real laughs
when meaning dies at last
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7. |
Pain Wants a Paycheque
02:25
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pain wants a paycheque
why haven't i paid yet
time slips away
but you don't
times this the rain lays it on pretty thick
and it makes me sick
your walls of ice
look so nice
a shame we have to go and break what is inside
just a workplace hazard
for your attempts to hide
times like this
the rain lays it on pretty thick
and it makes me sick
and i slip away
sometimes
but you don't
pain wants a paycheque
well haven't i paid yet
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8. |
Chemical Jesus
02:47
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I’ve done everything
You just haven’t seen it yet
Wait til I get this cross wet and put my robes on
And resurrect God
Don’t think he wants to be here
Don’t think he wants to see us like this
Blowing it before we begin
And blowing just like the wind
Charity platter formaldehyde form a line
is there anything you could possibly still have to hide
your pearls made me pass out dead
the signs of mercury are poisoned with lead
chemical jesus
cmon and receive us
chemical jesus
we need you to believe us
this time it’s true
yeah and the wolves were too
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9. |
The Person Proof
02:39
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every time i try to write you wrong
the pen will not hold on
im slipping down an inkwell
a million percent proof for the person proof
i got enough arms
no i cant spare one
i need them to fly
i need them to wave goodbye
every time i try to get you out
you say the chain is hardly felt
thought we'd stretched it taut enough
given you longer than long enough
here's my person proof
i'm even wearing shoes
i'll brandish a tie
banish the answer of 'why?'
let me in
i don't care if we win anymore
i don't care if they serve us
just desserts do not deserve us
formulating purpose in the hand
this land was never our
let me see your person proof man
promise this wont hurt you
every time i try to write you wrong
the pen will not hold on
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10. |
Lockboxes
03:41
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Take out your headphones
and the whole world disappears
Or get out and walk
with somebody else’s tears
but self pity lives with looseleaf
with corners you folded back so many times
and you find it hidden maybe a lifetime later
afraid to see what written (by someone) on the other side
so give it up
we owe as much
to these lockboxes staring at us
if you don’t wanna be so scared anymore
send it down, to the wind and to the shore
Put up your day job
Ask them for ransom
Or get to work
Some might call you handsome
or honey
like you look like money
like youve made it
cheese grater fingers
the way your face looks like a chainsaw
ch
send it down to the wind and to the shore
i’ll pick it up if find it
even though it isn’t mine
i’ve got one just like it
maybe you’ll see it sometime
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11. |
Without the Bear
04:14
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offrail captain is onto me at last
im on shore leave they sure are leaving fast
they gave him the blank stare
then they gave him the plank stare
go oh overboard with your boat pulled by your horses
on your coat of arms "despair"
they won't care
and we wouldn't dare
oh no that won't do
what with you being you
you're not going anywhere
without the bear
lady of love luck roulette wheel
got me everything i ever wanted to steal
at the time she seemed reasonable
if a bit unreadable
and i went overboard...
don't be scared when they don't care
cuz they're scared that you don't
don't be scared when they don't
cuz they're scared that you won't
oh no
not without the maypole bear
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12. |
Hayride Fires
02:17
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13. |
Why Do We Bury Them?
00:57
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gimme at least 9 feet
throw me some scraps to eat
take me out for a walk sometimes
gimme a long long leash
gimme at least 9 feet
why do we bury them
why do we carry them
just let the carrion eat
i think we're scaring them
can't we just let them breathe?
why do we bury them?
why do they leave?
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14. |
Outfit Your Death
04:30
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too young to think to steal a drink
but performing cigarette tricks
if you’re old enough to wonder why
you’re old enough to die
put on the blue
black and wait for red
we are working all day
on the outfit of your death
10 years too dumb to know
what could ever caused her to say no
but chips all in to smash your face
skateboard hoops and radio waves
i’m up all night with my ears a-bleed
just lost another frequency
ive got enough
nothing to do
with skateboard hoops and radio waves
has it all been such a kaleidoscopic waste
insane men (gone further insane)
bleeding the sour grapes
losing the sour taste
viewing the power tapes
screaming the quiet game
walking at walls
looking for you -
waiting, wont do it until you do
ch
put on the bruise
and wait for it
a lot to be proud of
and it only gets louder
we’ve been working your whole life-
for this
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15. |
An Abduction of Manners
01:42
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big bat manager
do something about the door
keep eyes on the lockpick
the windows are lying on the floor
we need more
nails
and wood
and help
do you think this cross is gonna build itself?
lower me lower me
no slower i was only saying
might be nice to get some shine before our hair is greying
and you're only laying around
big fat panda bear
sell me a turnstile
keep an ear to the ceiling
UFOs go single file
lower me lower me
no slower i was only dying
might be nice to get outside i heard the sun is trying
for once the sun is trying
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16. |
Bulletproof Best
02:58
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Still Life in Bulletproof #2
I can only catch the melody
when i’m hatching half-asleep
the buzzards come for skulls
the buzzing voices visit me
or something like thatx2
and they ask but i won’t come
whatever dreams
whatever, dreams are dumb
when it’s march i run
or something like thatx2
all my dreams are so obscene
drive into the party prom king queendom
yeah dreams are dumb
except that one important one
theyre all dancing theyre all blessed
theyre all naked bones and text
and so i feel so overdressed
wearing my bulletproof best
or something like that
the internet is trying to kill you
did you get my thought?
did they cash in the gas and burn it away?
my dreams are trying to kill you
did i tell you that (sometimes)
i guess i just forget
get me in my tent tonight
wearing my bulletproof best
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17. |
Mirror Crackt
02:15
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Attack the mirror
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18. |
Bitter Fruits
03:26
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It ended like you'd think it might
"I don't know, I can't decide"
I can't see you in that light anymore
I can't run my ship that tight anymore
If I can't face you
I'll face the floor
Just for good measure sometimes the door
Get your knives on
They're almost gone away
Get your hunting boots
Tonight we look for better fruits than these
It started like you'd think it might
I dunno, freeze frame nights and playfights
A thousand megatons of wine
Acutely aware of the time... of my life
It ended like you'd think it might
"I dunno I can't decide"
I can't see you in that light anymore
I can't run my ship that tight anymore
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19. |
Pretending Retention
02:28
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My grasps of history never was that great
So when I saw you at the gates
I just had to ask
How did you get here so fast?
I was born, but...
In the office flat hospital main drag
You take a left and you take two rights
And you take a look at your life
My grip on you which was never all that tight
So when I saw you at the lights I had to pretend
Pretend to begin again
My grip on the sciences
Is known to slip just a little bit
I'm on a ride I don't know if I want off
And your last breath wasn't that soft
My grasp of history it still ain't that great
So when I saw you at the gates I just had to ask
How the fuck did you get here so fast?
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20. |
Miss You As If
02:03
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All this heartbreak is wasted on the poets who just won't bleed
Unescapable greed to keep it inside when those who need it are still alive
And you're behind me even when I'm tongue-tied
Barely alive enough to sing
Sing you a song as I shiver along
As I shiver
You walk about
You're all they talk about (in whispers)
"what's with her" in whispers "ever since"
and they leave the rest unsaid
behind me even when
I'm tongue-tied, barely alive enough
To sing you a song of home
As I shiver along
As I shiver
Your name taints my lips and the top of my mouth
where have I been? I used to hang out, I used to hang
I got no questions
Certainly no answers I can begin
Dialing again
Operator's either asleep or jerking off
Yeah I miss you as if you were gone
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21. |
Italowestern
01:27
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i like those italian westerns
navajo joe
death rides a horse
duck, you sucker!
bullet for the general
face to face
hanging for django
mercenary
vengeance
and
an onion
blondie!
i'm getting old up here won't you shoot me down
blondie!
i'm a simple man won't you shoot me down
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he said it's a shame the way you treat that guitar
like you're trying to tear it apart
trying to tear it apart
i said i have never loved anything
that wasn't somewhat scarred
don't you dare sparkle bright
let the outside be the inside, alright
she said it's a shame the way you treat that car
i was coughing smoke all the way up and down the boulevard
don't you ever wash that thing? soak it in the sink? soak it in the sink don't you ever wash that
i said
ain't that what the rain's for?
ain't that what the stains are for?
to remind
let let the outside be the inside
just for tonight
the stars are crosseyed
my cards are misaligned
tomorrow i'll see outside but tonight the chains don't mind
just for tonight
witness redesign
let the outside, alright
because the outside is the inside
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The Acid Rains Edmonton, Alberta
i write songs, play guitar and sing
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