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Yesterday Was Halloween
01:47
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yesterday was halloween
and I hated everything
I tried to wear a mask
but it just kept falling off
people say I don't fit in
and I'm starting to believe them
I've got nothing interesting
inside of my head
I'll have nothing interesting
to say when I'm dead
yesterday was halloween
and I couldn't see a thing
oh all the lights went out last night
but I couldn't scream
every cemetery pain,
alley cat and bitter fang
crashing like a tidal wave
onto my head
shutting out the tricks
i'm gonna treat me to bed
yesterday was halloween
and i'm killing everything
about myself entirely
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2. |
The Drums
03:17
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get ready for the new age man
if you didn't know yet
then you got no plan
better off just staying in bed
better yet, just stay in your head
oh, the books open
but the words aren't read
the plants are all dead
and I haven't found the water yet
lay it down in the dirt to rest
dig it up in your Sunday best singing
"I need something to do,
I need something to think
I need another drink
I want an open C
I want heavy wind
I want the ship to carry me in"
and the heavens will open up in real time
see the angels all floating round Jupiter's light
the jet landed at 6 AM
he didn't know where
but he got there then
checked out in a citizens land
threw bread to the daily hand
from the mountain tops
to the river rocks
everything was beautifully manicured
a lot to see gotta keep the details blurred
a lot of things to cover the dirt
a lot of things to get done
so many things to get done
when the drums come marching
better pick the side that wins
lay siege to the other one
when the drums come marching in
take it for a gift
it's a mare-type-myth
it's a one way trip
it's a brutal sky
it's a pink sunset backdrop
to the sinking shipwreck
a lot of things to get done
so many things to get done
and the heavens will open up in real time
and flood with light
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3. |
King of the Hill
02:42
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woke up stiff and itchy
it's a normal day
put the corndog on the plate
into the microwave
for a second then, I saw my face
in the door
before the lightbulb turned me away
bubbles go in
bubbles come out
out of my d***
and into the ground
the beer in my hand
will go in my mouth
the world is round
and I go around
yeah its a cycle (3x)
coffee is to coughing is to syrup
and syrup tastes best
on a Sunday morning
I never really had a hangover
it made my life seem not that boring
(chorus)
this is for you Rivers!
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4. |
Lucky
02:09
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wake me up in the morning
got a lot of things to do
talk about it tomorrow
when i'm tying up my shoes
am I leaving it here
or dealing with you?
cause i've been waiting all day
for you to tell me what to say
I've been waiting all day
for you to tell me what to say
I've been waiting all day
just to hear you
but don't look to hard
it gets brighter when you think its dark
the sun glows everywhere you are
make a wish on a shooting star
a shooting star
go to bed in the evening
I don't wanna think of you
deal with it tomorrow
I just wanna feel loose
always fucking it up
I don't mean to
cause i've been waiting all day
for a lucky kind of break
I've been waiting all day
for a better change of pace
I've been waiting
(chorus)
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5. |
Grape Jam
02:54
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from the clacton point
to the ebbing flame
from the red-eye thrust
to the hollow planes
you know this courtesy call
has gone on way too long
the sea spits on the senescent hips
of Neapolitan coast
another endless road
in the maritime
Cyclades wine
the Lombard spine has cracked
on page number nine
for the fresh bread heads
cell the crumb instead
you'll never need to get out of bed
and you'll never be dead
where is the modern saint?
cause its a miracle
sedentary bliss
ain't talking shit no more
type an underscore
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6. |
(Under the Leaves)
02:38
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don't fall so far from me
you're my family tree
these roots run long and deep
under the leaves
it felt like yesterday
I heard you say
through the static
of the voice machine
"somethings appear
closer than they seem"
but I am further than you think
settle down and pass the time
just to feel right
anymore it's been a futile fight
let the referee decide
who gets the penalty
well, it's surely me
put it all upon a final swing
some victories are closer
than they seem
but I am further than you think
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7. |
Weak Friends
03:51
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don't tell bout your weekend, weak friends
make amends with the ceremonial
jot it down from the editorial
shake down your new subordinates
don't wait! denigrate good ordinance
and god damn, I may just take it all back
it's you we read right through all the time
and the millenarians fall back down
to the earth and crash with a soft sound
red writ by octothorp and maniac
stick plus sand to outline the contract
and it's all I want (4x)
it's you we read right through all the time
you never really wanna mess around
until you hit the ground
you never really wanna make it out
until you're listening to every little sound
everything you found
too dignified to bow down
to figure out the meaning of a cloud
do you understand
what it's really all about?
bad bets don't make things better
bad bets don't make things better
take a note from the daily planner
and run (2x)
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8. |
Green Blazer Academy
01:38
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tragic and sincere
fold the letter, count the years
this strait is narrow
send you Pikemen to Flanders
Vae Victus!
shoot an arrow (pew pew pew)
drop off into sedation
whole year confiscated
so much anticipation
got me waiting around here
cuckoos are nesting
our pine tree infancy
green blazer academy
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9. |
Pretend
02:18
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there's a girl in the sky
she sits a million miles
higher than the highest branch
of any apple tree
she don't care what you do
she doesn't have a thing to lose
her life is happen-chance
circumstance, a passing glance
so even if you're gonna play hard to get
stop your worrying, you won't get wet
cause nothing in the clouds
could bring you down
to the ground where I spin/spend
time talking to myself
time to pretend
i'm all about it
if you've got room for my friends
nothing in the dirt could take away
the joy in my face
there's a clock on the wall
it lets me know when I should
stumble like a tumbleweed
and crawl into a ball
anything I could miss
I will recall and shuffle
off into an endless bliss
of perfume in the breeze
(chorus)
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10. |
Winter
03:55
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oh oh, the harsh wind blows
into the room
light feet, you scatter all your teeth
and drop them at the door
for someone new
five men, lounging in the den
ten wired eyes on the tray
I'm in the back, laying down the tracks
readying myself for the play
nine Decembers, nine long winters
were they auburn or amber?
oh it was white, with a purity of light
you could mistake for a sign
from the Sender
and I saw heaven once
and you were beautiful
and that night lasted so short
the sky was open and
the grass was giving in
the moon crept on the porch
twenty feet till the exit is complete
carry apparition to the tune
of two doves, cooing and in love
lapsing in the branches and the root
go go, onward into dusk
feel out the thistle from the snow
headlights looking to the right
maybe it was time you let him know
that there was heaven once
and it was beautiful
and holy choirs chimed
but now its nothing
just a snowy field
or a bag caught in the pines
and everyone that I love gets older
but I stay the same
and everyone that I know gets colder
but I stay the same (2x)
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carter ward Chicago, Illinois
anthony fantano gave me a 10
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