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Apply Care Directly
03:15
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allergenic, my nose is running up to the corner drug store
you got a motel romance with yourself and cigarettes
expect the worst from you and accept the truth of certain conformance
smoking the filter, never wanted to end
speeding the collapse, lights flashing ahead
carnival's in town, follow the detour
don't want to be seen so i'll eat somebody else
allergenic, display's instinctual
at least when you're falling down you're not in the company of others
it takes so long you flow within it
i wanna feel like you yet i'm irresponsible know that it's habit forming
only i could pave this
i saw myself with feathers i molt, presently the glare is dull
eyes still itch, swollen tongue; you're what you eat
i cannot force the stars to align for me as i whine and wind a spinning top
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2. |
Conscience In Tumult
03:35
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little broken
i left what you undid so i remember
fingerprints
claiming revolution, you’ve got some nerve
you know better that that
it does not break
does not hesitate
horses on fire, cantering over
they let wonder wander with dreams over yonder
you had a place in mind
you saw me wide-eyed
a testament to a new generation
you can reinvent it
you can reinvent the wheel
can you remember?
no ego so outer
a universe much closer to you and me
the stars we could touch them
space stairs deployed; they’re waving
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Paws
02:59
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i wish i spoke to you, i wish i planned to
but what can i expect, not one of us did
you deserve my honesty, i never thought to call you up my friend,
take the van out, forgive the night winds for blowing smoke into our eyes
i just need some good news
i wish i spoke to you, i wish i planned to
now in the distance i saw it
we’re giving it up
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4. |
Canopy Eyes
03:58
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stomach aches again dissatisfied by options
uncommon terrain keeps us entertained
sweetener isn't sugar
excuse not to shame
i see a light that burns in you still breathing
and you contract, converge me
staring back at me with canopy eyes
like a cat in the night, i'm your game
it's what you do to me
starlight burns so bright
gaze and bite
our dreams take flight at night
i wish i may, i wish i might
you chipped your tooth, time immemorial
it's a platform for memory
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5. |
Bully
02:31
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i have an inkling this isn't what you need
and it's gonna take a long time to satisfy
shoved you out of the church, said they weren't like you
peril draws, but this hand only moves to change
amnesty will take you places you have only dreamed to go
love only wanted to show you where to look
a stupid cupid's arrow; it stings, it hurts
i'll take my relief
push me into the wall, bully into belief
puzzle-piece me, make me fit into the frame
turn me inside out, schadenfreude
the one that pleases you, it makes you wet
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No Fuzz
04:20
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not my song to sing, the writer was my elder
it's not so complicated, more overly simple
four letters i could never write down
no need to try to wrap you up in self-sabotage
change my mind or shut me off
underestimation of myself, that garbage won't fit down this disposal
the shade dulls behind the furnace gate waiting for fire
thought the shelter held a distraction from that static stare
i am the pup's intent to tear at your new furniture
so goddamn lucky you won't ignore me
lay your head on my shoulder so it's lovely when you feel colder
i'll lay my head on your head
yeah you got it in your pocket
you close the door to keep it in
it's green, what you need, you got it, yeah, you know it's on
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7. |
Cats In The Sun
03:31
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sun, i hunger for the cream of the crop
i emulate you and consume
desireless, time flies and slowly rips us up from the inside
brings us up only to die
my heart is full of disaffection
spiritually defected
i just want a place to call my own
sun, i hunger for the cream of the crop
i can't stand by and watch them wilt and fall to pieces
billy's bought new shoes
well, these rags will do
do i look like you
would you entertain the idea or dismiss with the rest
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Kissing
03:59
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revealing peel the innermost shell
all my feelings completely naked now
fears stripped bare and i struggle with my opening
lowering my defenses, cannot see the outcome
set me free, kiss me
hold my all, kissing
better to be kissing
i want it all, kiss me
does it burn, will it catch like an illness
is this all that i know
could be the only one that ever was flammable
so i break another piece off my soul
you can have it, give it any number you like
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Pillow
01:54
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hey hiphead, you're giving off negative discharge
it must have leaked out from your pillow
in denial, you practice it routinely
maybe eyes don't see the other's eyes
the child that you bore was sickly
survival was an option
you are anxious and paranoid,
a pessimistic fatalist
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10. |
Obscured By Light
04:30
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unstable, yes, but i'd like to express my ideas with tact and no interruption
you're running a faucet to sink that's clogged
survivors won't drink it, they have a story that drowns your sad excuse you're holding on to
it's overdue
we haven't even made a consolation
what the hell was all of that for
so where's your pen and where's your paper
stay away you bring nothing to this world but hate
take all of your money you can build yourself a rocket to fly yourself to space, you've been banished
you can take what's on your back yeah that is all that you would get
you say you wouldn't do the same yeah you'd do worse
stay away you bring nothing to this world but pain
we haven't even made a consolation
what the hell was all of that for
a quarter century all for nothing
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11. |
All Saints Day
06:16
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the sign you bear in your heart dwells with trust as it must
with hair so narrow, i want to cut it short
instead they continue to grow
they wrap until they know they are open
yea
there's no convincing with expired tradition
you can't make peace with behavior like these
how can i mend if i can't care for myself
smart and always living well
faster, faster, round and round
we'll catch a ride but there's no telling where it goes
do you want to know?
they go on that way forever
yea
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12. |
Stolen
03:15
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stalling and starving, you're patient, i'm pining
though i broke my own heart
i had to guess who pressed down their thumb
heads up seven up
that late night grocery run kept you from my love
you died on impact; you told me to come with you
now i'm bathing in cold water
forgetting about your beckoning
you stole the time
insistently opened the window
throw the blanket out
i'll sleep on the cold, wet grass
return me to the soil so i can start anew
kept clovers
oh, the enlightening wrapped sweeping to the wind
clouds bending, shrouding
oh, fire in motion
i think i see the ultraviolet in the light
it's not fair and keeps me up at night
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