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Dripping World
02:54
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way up in the tower
watch them dropping girls
lights out inside
with nothing left to hide
holed up in the bed
hear the screams next door
could get up
but they're not what I live for
drunk haircuts tonight
running with scissors 'til they can't see light
way up in the tower
watch their dripping world
lights out inside
with nothing left to hide
they won't settle down
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Search For A Dead Pyro
02:24
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we're on a hunt
for the lighting fires of Asheville
yellow skies
and orange grounds to make it easier
and someday we'll make it higher
and light a safer fire
for the dead pyro
her world is her ashtray
to dispose of trees and wildlife
from her pack of flints
to give out the sacred knife
lips stained on the filter
she flicks into the world
the clouds unclean
the farming irons curled
don't run, it's getting late
to claim the dead woman's estate
the arsonist is laid to rest
propane torch laid on her breast
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Settlement
01:42
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where are we now?
days, pages of our journals
burned by the sands of space
rapid fire attitudes
tied by our choking lace
scorpions braiding our hair at night
drinking our supply
sun-dried skin peeling off our hands
never quite there to die
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Melodramatic Bullet
02:48
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out far, sigh - you breached my heart
dismantled, and held apart
let it go from your hands
the wrong fingertips will make it bleed
beat it 'til I can't feel hurt
the pain deserves to be just curt
'til it fell apart
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Teenage Wino
03:00
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what lies beneath the eyes
the glasses and the sun-tan
the many years I've questioned
could she be the one
to prove I'm wrong
to pick me up and make it strong
she's looking down at me
the only thing I see
is she intellectual or full of shit
will I get tired of it?
is she really in all there
or just another teenage wino
just like them?
is there even common ground
in this beautiful girl I found?
or am I lost to wander around
wondering why no one I love's like me?
where will I go
to find who I want to forever know
as my soulmate or someone along those lines
someone who peaks my interest and designs
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Aimless Rites
02:11
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aimless tribes
many not taken
many left shaken
many unturned
lawless nights
half as gold
as the letters not sent
and the corners not bent
half as cold as you were then
I hope not to know where you are now
aimless rites
many not read
every left dead
every left dead
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Breather
03:46
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could be the thing to save us
the book of history's greatest reunions
comeback tome
sexless and castrated
they built the city in a hot flash
then went home
but who am I in it for?
the puritan or the whore?
are those the right labels? I'm not sure
breathing harder than before
the breeder takes her time
waiting for the perfect partner in crime
mileage breaks me out in hives
33 miles up 295
leaving home
to a magical land not far away
but enough to make me say
"I feel alone"
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Athena's Growing Heart
03:16
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gut swig from the morning rum
she asks herself if that's really what she's here for
retreats back into bed
and ruffles the pink strands on her head
is she ready to live this same old life
corner to corner, knife by knife
is it worth it to live on gut repeating
or can Athena's heart start beating?
the love is there, she knows for sure
but can she bring it to herself to find it anymore?
eternally worrying if the ship sailed
but there's still hope for this ex-"war whore" to prevail
the west side looks brighter today
more yellows, less gray
did the optimism bloom the world?
or is her vision just that curled?
around the block to keep it rolling
fully aware of where she's strolling
another light to let her shine
another day for a brand new time
the love is there, she knows for sure
a new horizon to become someone pure
built a new ship when the last one sailed
letting the other cheek prevail
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Lou Gehrig's Disease
04:25
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Fantasy Bleach
02:50
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the room drips black
light shines through the crack
but it goes nowhere
just like you did
and now you're here
encapsulated in your greatest fear
sailing hope away
there'll be none where you stay
you thought you had it
but the night took your dreams away
now you're left to cry into the void
your tears are freezing
cracking down
graying out your hairs
the top of the stars falls down the stairs
their lies won't protect you
and your innocence erodes on sight
reality takes another bite
tensions break in tears
wiping countless years
in smoke and glass you break your sight
to face the light
brush away your hair, and let your eyes
give you grand insight
turn on the light
and turn around
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where we land
and hit the target
breathe hard and
make the mark on the ground
plant the flag and be proud
make your mark on the ground
plant the flag
and take part
where it always has you
and you it
strangled together
breathing forever
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Little Dipper
01:35
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the face of the stars
looking down
through the clouds
he watches, smiling
glad he's free
and Little Dipper knew me
cruising the atoms
for another cannonball
he knew it all
and Little Dipper knew we
had it in us
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Ahead
04:09
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the saffron's growing too high
there's no more room to see the trees
the ivy's much too strong here
bringing out holes in my knees
and now where I can't walk
I can only gawk
the satellites pointing at my destiny
I know it'll hit me fast
that I didn't misjudge the glance that passed
at the sheer volume and density
my heaven's only ahead
the skies are inking darker clouds
and home is only down the street
I'll make it if it's the last thing that I do
before heaven's underneath
as the light dawns gray
a tear drops as I pray
that everything will end up fine
that the peers won't fuck me up
that the doors to love don't shut
and I won't have to watch the hell I've mined
the air is feeling colder
I guess it's time to fly the nest
to leave behind my family
and don the lion to my crest
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