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Stray Cat Rock
00:53
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holy clock ticks down
into the 13th hour
you’re not gonna run the block
you’re not gonna stop the rock
stray cat rock
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Desktop Christ
03:18
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watch him rise up up into a comet
the stars they scream like an old screensaver
he glistens and glides on the corners of your monitor
bounces back off and makes you clap
credit is yours and ours when we ask for it
let him save you like you save your documents
it’s what I needed and you too need to have it
he can be yours in five easy payments
of the inner contents of your heart
and your wallet
he’ll live in your computer
and watch everything you do
he’s a part of your life
nailed to your screen
Desktop Christ
watch him lift off back into
the Nazareth inside your room
verses spoken speeches lost
it can all be yours for a simple cost
baptized in your painting shirts
blessings in your own home
if you even have one
your life’s taken over
we see your troubles and we feel such pity
so we’ll pray for you
Desktop Christ
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New Before
02:22
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I’ve lost them four times
made the same mistake again
I’ll do it more
until I lose all my friends
I bet they knew
before I broke it down
before I lost them
and they graduated town
you can’t make a bomb with holy water
you need deer blood for that
you can’t learn without hurting someone
you need dear blood for that
doubt my power
my clout I’ve gained
if there’s any at all
I’m stained
why do I deserve this?
I don’t think I do
I hope you forget me
and I forget you
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red velvet eye
jumped at the sky
to find her limit
expanded her reach
took arms to teach
and so they can’t miss her
and yet she lacks a piece of quiet
and soon she will learn the hard way
the world is made of glass houses
the only way to find peace is shattering
everything you know
everywhere you used to go
everyone you knew
every secret spot you smoked and screwed
until nothing is the same
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Night Fell On Georgia
02:06
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night fell on Georgia
as she left her room
drove by broken lightposts
and felt alone on the road
maybe it’s just an off night
but still it doesn’t fit right
day broke on Georgia
half a nation away
surely in another state
and they can’t get her awake
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I'll Never Be Them
01:28
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like a gang without weapons
but power, more like it
like ants scuttling for the next meal
but they always get it
rising up with dreams of success
wish I could, like the rest
but as long as I’m not like them
I’ll never be them
as long as I don’t like them
I’ll never be them
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A Collection of Xs & Ys
02:43
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the ashram called, they need me today
pay for my sins and not fly away
I can’t accept my fate
saying good comes to those who wait
but what am I waiting for?
good’s not coming through that door
they say when you grow older, you grow more wise
and other fairly adult lies
I just have mistakes and severed connections
and a growing collection of Xs and Ys
my demons called, absorbing the hate
fly on the wall, as they celebrate
merrily at their peace
drunk on my excuses and pleas
hell is a colder place
when their truth bombs bear your face
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Lake Sylva
04:20
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it’s a nice night for a walk
and like everything else I’ll take it
but this time no one’s agency’s at stake
the bridge is rickety
the grass grew high and scratchy
but this time no one’s here for me to break
tonight I’m gonna jump into the lake and learn how to swim
and find a perfect life below
like a bed of rain
where I feel no more pain
justified plane
because I know there will never be love in the sewer drain
the water vanishes from view
and all I see are trees
and the back of a suburban neighborhood
and hopefully not disease
I’ve lost my point of view
don’t know where I’m walking to
there might be cars in the distance
but I don’t see them
but I don’t hear them
I’ve reached the point where the greener ends
and the scenery looks so gray
make a right turn and venture further
or leave it for a colder day
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Gym Shorts
02:22
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alone in bed
light through the window across my head
start the day
but it’s past noon and my roommate’s not awake
trapped in my thoughts for another hour
surely that’s a recipe for success
am I even going to get dressed
or just eat shitty lunch in the cold
these gym shorts fit so fine
even if I’m not
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She Likes It Blue
01:38
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she likes it blue
never red or gray
in her bedroom
where she sleeps all day
she likes it cool
never hot or warm
she misses you
but hopes you never come
she likes it blue
rain before the storm
in her kitchen
watching clouds explode
she likes it wet
so she can forget
she likes it blue
like the tears dried on her face each every day
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Newspaper Dragon Eggs
02:49
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how long were you waiting
for the elephants to go
corner him with questions
that he could only know
mistress in the balcony
dress in the basement that isn’t yours
how could he not know you know
what else does he have to hide
how many other times has he lied
if this was only the first time
he’s still asleep in bed
with a familiar figure
you’ve seen her before
at least a few times banging on the church door
well times may change but some things stay the same
original minds playing played out games
hanging the cross in the wireframe
praying that time forgets his name
it’s like if he said
in the paper today
he found dragon eggs
wouldn’t you walk away
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Black Hair Everywhere
02:01
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oh it’s a shame
offered a rose for a name
oh she’s so far away
oh not a clue
or a lead on who
she is but she’s omnipresent
sent from heaven for some reason
it’s like magic
if I figure she might be
she is
oh what a look
could have mistook for no one else
and yet I wonder where she’s gone
every day her locks came within my
peripheral vision
but just like that they’ve vanished far away
I see her black hair
everywhere
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The Wheel Is Fixed
02:36
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next time you spin out
and sleep out with the dead
bring an extra blanket
for your soft head
their red eyes won’t steal your soul
or make out with your heart
just know that you have boundaries
and control of where to start
next time I see you
walking with the dead
bring an extra helmet
for your soft head
you know I worry
you know I care
be careful keep the red dye
in your hair
be careful keep your red eye
out of stare
the job is nixed
you’re running out
the wheel is fixed
you won’t make it out
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paper stars you collected and cherished
colored in with dotted lines
in paper jars you bottled and embellished
stained the perimeter with purple times
the safest nothing that carries you home
to take you away safely
on a paper star trail
it can't possibly fail
it hasn't yet
and it never will
and if you pass on
the trail will set still
dreamlands of fairy tale freedoms and love sports
lung division and commercial-sized experts
the nude queen sits stoned at the end of the courtroom
deciding the fate of your natural paper mind
the safest way out is at the fold
to preserve your tears
to warp the leaf
that made your home
it hasn't burned yet
and it never will
but when you pass it on
it may catch wind of an ill
Nicole, are you breathing okay?
the paper stars aren't going away
do you have anything left to say?
I just wanted to say
I think I miss you already
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Wild Jumbo
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horse carcass dragged along the sand
little pink pills melting in my hand
and my eyes are dilated
and the walls are painted
if the walls are there
pink vapor in the air
here we face our next frontier
into the wild jumbo
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