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is it a crisis averted?
only if I’ve learned
rolled down the shutters
and faced the turning point
maybe it’s better
but I should keep quiet
as not to start something more
but this should start nothing
as not to start beef with the one-note simpleton rock
I may have better songs but for now they’re on the top
and they have their fans
so why should I complain?
they understand how to play the industry game
it all sounds the same in the end
arm reaching out for new friend
Mount Laurel to Cheyenne
it’s a greater distance
than hatred to heartache
bold to Broadacre
straight line to Transfer
oh I’ve said enough
leave a bone by the doggy door
have a ball on the human floor
as not to start beef with the one-trick simpleton rock
I may be more prolific but for now they’re on the top
and they have their friends
so why should I complain?
they understand how to play the promotional game
it all sounds the same in the end
arm reaching out to defend
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say she wants a good night
I’ll do what I can to make everything right
I just have to follow her light
I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
would it be right if beforehand I called her?
looks like it’s two of us alone
Rosalie and me, two kids in an empty home
no point in sitting around waiting
I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
it could be forever, she’ll just keep getting hotter
this could be it
it’s been a while
but it always feels the same inside
when I watch her smile
this could be it
worth it for miles
clutching her hand we dive in
I’m spending my life with the xenologist’s daughter
I’m spending my life with the xenologist’s daughter
together happy, it’s so easy to love her
I’m spending my life with the xenologist’s daughter
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Papercuts For The Soul
03:25
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make it happen for today
better happy in the rain
lay the traps, catch the prey
take some chances, make a gain
take some papercuts for the soul
they’re lined with riddles, spoken tongues
take some audience for the road
they’re lined with little yellow bugs
crawling up your arm
forbidden fruits to bear
what could make you care?
you turn me on
you know it’s true
I make you sad
when I say I love you
if this isn’t happiness
I won’t stop you from running away
it’s not the end of the world
if I don’t set the traps today
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Victoria Raincloud
05:16
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she sailed over Japan’s Zephyr Sea
siren of a new generation
every heartstring pulled over her knee
and snapped into a soft penetration
rainbows of black color acted as North Star
and with that she traveled very far
and as the trips got tiring, she got up and left
never to return
sounds and waves for days
life a loveless maze
stature high and proud
no one could do it like Victoria Raincloud
sailing higher seas
hair blowing in the breeze
underneath the knees
no one was quite like Victoria Raincloud
after a seastrong rest
she got up and locked her chest
every possession and weapon she owned
would have to stay at home
decided it was time to lay low for a while
even strangers knew her smile
so she donned a mask and cut her hair and went on the town
yet they couldn’t take her crown
and so beside herself she yawned
and so beside his body it dawned on her
this newest emotion
this new elation
this highest regarded old sensation
she missed it so
she craved it much
but she didn’t want it more
they called it love
they said if you held a lot
you’d end up above
when the time was right
she knew it was the thing to do
but she wasn’t really up for something new
the seas kept calling her name
and in the end she knew she felt the same
back to songbird youth
chest armed, bared for routine
she left the dock and thought to cry
couldn’t bear the thought of pretending to fall for another guy
besides, her heels were uncomfortable over her head
at last she knew she could be alone when they found her dead
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Third Strongest Cure
03:10
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hey are you crying
I know, it’s not fair
boys running around
as you’re trying not to care
they’re hit with nothing
and you’re hit with all
heralded as heroes
but still you take the fall
where’s your hero?
lying with illness
puked a little blood
they wouldn’t carry you out
yet embraced for a flood
don’t know what they’re scared of
it’s not like they’re so pure
I’ve found you something
so-called third strongest cure
here goes nothing
“so loving, so right”
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Anymore
03:08
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you say nothing of heart
watch and drink as your decisions tear us apart
maid found you asleep
lying on the stairs
made your bed and tucked you in
the pillow catching all your loose hairs
because you’re strung out every night
this isn’t a fight worth winning anymore
years ago we met as harlots
crawling under the stairs
I followed you into your den
through your breadcrumb trail of red hairs
but after a while it turned blue
and it’s like I don’t remember you
since when did loving you become a chore?
what’s left to matter anymore?
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Blurred Crushed Reality
02:54
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and if you’ll not follow through
and if you’ll not decide
and if you’ll not build shelter
don’t come to me to hide
from this blurred crushed reality
television fallacy
ever so revealing
ever so defeated
I can’t build a home for you
if I have none for me
it’s a game of survival
where none are truly free
ever so revealing fighter
is anybody getting lighter?
we’ll drink to our toasts, an end to most
is this rapture, pre-decided
as we sit happily divided?
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Faded Star
06:40
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she looks out from a window
or a one-way mirror to some
watching the moon rise
wiping up the cum
work is taxing
but she doesn’t care
they’ll soon be overtaken
by the Magic Square
takes the old plastic stars down and throws them in her car
revs up for a hotbox with plans to travel far
where no one may ever find her or know about her past
it’s not as if this old club was ever built to last
to not be a faded star
pulled into nowhere
with broken gas pumps
new burn holes in the ceiling
from all the speed bumps
ran to the washroom
to rinse out the dye
blend into surroundings
and not turning an eye
self-witness protection matters
holy if the glass shatters
walking quiet like a woman battered
standing tall like somebody flattered
to not be a faded star
checked into a cheap motel just over the bridge
grabbed her empty bottles, chucked them into the fridge
dreams blend into nightmares yet she can’t stay awake
a self-imposing horror that she could barely take
alienation clearer
ripped out all the glass from the mirror
hid under the bed from what horrifying things
as the night dies down with her state, her shaky voice sings
look at her that faded star
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