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take one
the actors are eager
first shot of the day
energies balanced and accounted for
if only they remembered what they had to say
it’s in a house so probably slice of life
the sink’s on and she’s holding a kitchen knife
a family comedy but no kids in sight
and it’s supposed to be 10 at night
there’s books on the table and beer in his hand
a long day at work overclocking demand
but she’s got the sweat
“where are we?”
suddenly the walls fall
and behind the scenes vanishes
the “movie” now just is
writing what may form their legacy
or just simply being
no longer acting
but actually seeing
and crafting themselves
and the world around them
anxiety builds
take two is never coming
is anyone?
does anyone even know where they are?
this isn’t kino, it’s genuine fear
faked emotions chucked for what’s really here
past method at this point
lost to the web of shady practice
never to be seen or heard from again
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Happening
03:20
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it’s a bright day out
but all I see are clouds
taunting me with rain
and existential doubt
I could let my coat slap it away
but in the fight for internal clout
I don’t give myself credit
that I can live without
why is happening hard?
why can’t I just have a happy day?
the night, it laughs at me since I don’t sleep that hard
feeling better about feeling worse but they’re both playing the same card
know I’ll never truly run away and leave that past behind
when I think I’m over it I decide to remind myself, oh
it’s all I know
and all I’ve got
it’s not okay
I’m not okay
can you turn me off?
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Wire Philosophy
01:44
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Bob, quixotic
senior mind chaotic
argentine crystalline
life to go
low finds, rare gems, diamond suits
made of his creation
cause for celebration
every season with the new recruits
he keeps his strings attached with his wire philosophy
waste no time
no space
no melody
if it doesn’t work
try again until it sticks
swollen queen gasoline
cheeks full of firebrand
pollards, trees and deer
they’ve lost their inspirational wire philosophy
audience ecstatic
for firehose classics
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Here And Somewhere
04:24
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whispered high
draw the line
between here and somewhere
secrets forgiving
for taking away
matter of black fact
and misunderstanding
a thousand white tents
no purpose, explanation
filled to the tops with dead children
for days, cold red corpses
with only clean eyes
and dirty old limbs for the man with the wheelbarrow
so bring out your dead
the year’s not yet over
but it may as well be
free from constraint and canon
cold expectations get lost, you know
brother was right, and we’ll know by the night
it was all a dream
bring the tailcatchers
fresh from the pound
old sweatshirts and blankets
from human zoo lost and found
men in blue suits
women in jets
too much is wrong that the gold minds forget
the faces at the market may smile but deep down
they could never save us if we ever drowned
so grab your canoe
it’d be over faster
if everyone knew
the flares aren’t working
or being received
as if all who “think high”
are getting deceived
whispered high
down the line
we know what we’re doing
and we’re going to die
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look what we had
it's our mistake
it all got tiring after a while
look what they saved
but give or take
it's going to join our same fate
if we wait
for it to fall
we'll put on eclipse goggles
so say we all
good heavens not for us
but for those who made it
could demonstrate it
it may never click
but there's something really weird about
reaching identical moments
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Proudest Defeatist
01:48
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proudest defeatist
following the leaders
badly
facing advancement
feeling entrapment
sadly running away
they fell from heaven
playing bells and lyres
out of tune
idea crafters
drunk are the rafters
boating
hats with their khakis
mermaids on their backs
and they’re floating
floating away
flew in from Newark
bumping horns and cars
not too far
glitter void opened
the mermaids got roped in
gladly
men in the rafters
scratching their back rash
sadly floating away
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Rainbow Swing
02:45
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life’s rolled up in flames, boy
red carpet getaway in smoke
diamonds losing value
takedown from the ones who never spoke
lights turned on the rainbow swing
and isolated the pure and the good-hearted
to separate the fakers and liars
who put on a plastic face to look like heroes
stagnant and aggressive
building up to be the last big thing
blatantly possessive
making quite a ruined legacy
commercials carry bullshit from coast to coast
endearing is the next piping hot celebrity roast
to shame, I shall lead this final toast
with empty glasses and not much for most
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Invisible Love
02:28
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invisible love
the stars are up
and screaming your name
intangible life
the stairs are high
like you and I
wave around the lake
at night it’s prettier
let’s go back in time
when we were happier
unthinkable thoughts
our damaged eyes
unbrightened by the black light
on dotted pages, lines
in battered rooms
on borrowed time
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Camera
07:35
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the camera never lies
until the spirit inside it dies
forging a honed craft of identity
so I don’t know what it sees in me
the halos burn the skin
leave scars behind on chests and backs
the clouds burst tone in spades
to find the breaking parallax
the distance grows between
the live wire and the old machine
the wire hides its pains
the gears stop turning and the wire rains
days pass and nothing has changed inside
am I acting out of good faith or trying to hide?
will the whole world hate me now that it knows me?
march up to the pillars with halos for scars
afraid of constant change but I’m not ready to die
the camera never lies
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Song count: 1447.
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