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Winners Don't Trade
00:33
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wait
this large and ominous bubble is going to explode
and in its wake will not be forces for change
but forces for replacement
there is no statement
only greed
there is only want
never need
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Bradawl
00:37
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Playlands Exposed
00:48
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Dripping World (Demo 1)
00:51
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Color Theory
00:54
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6. |
Strangle Me
00:56
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hands up where I can see them
today's not my time
things may be bad and potentially for good
but I keep finding reasons to live
how about you?
what's on your record?
they'll write you up for anything these days
anything the man says stays
if you're gonna go home, go big
aim higher than this
I don't want you to strangle me yet
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Vacuum
00:56
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8. |
Reharmonization
00:58
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Wood Groove
00:59
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10. |
Little Black Dots
01:02
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11. |
Dying Down For The Night
01:08
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12. |
Normality (Version 1)
01:13
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13. |
Datura (Demo)
01:15
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Heterodox (Demo)
01:22
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heterodox, you've not begotten
but that hasn't stopped you from trying
ready or not the rush starts fast
but you blink and miss the one small chance
punching the clocks out into time-space
out in the dark or left there
change as an art of never knowing
standing is still when life starts slowing down
loading the docks with controversy
contraband in mirrors
nothing is lost in ocean travel
the wind pushes forth
and into daylight
calling the shots with no arms ready
refuse to surrender for fire
waving a flag of many colors
painting the targets with no brushes
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15. |
Failure
01:22
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16. |
Mass Extinction
01:23
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17. |
Plastic Glass (Demo 3)
01:24
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and we’ll keep playing morality games
and we’ll keep fanning these wild flames
and everything will look the same
the future is now and it’s underwhelming
endless adventure in a boring dystopia
when you find god on your patio count your needle stars
luck is on your side tonight
when your kids have the lawn darts they’ll be seeing needle stars
and you’ll awake to find growth
the future is now and it’s underwhelming
endless adventure in a boring dystopia
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19. |
Point Is Mist (Demo 1)
01:28
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20. |
Everyone Likes
01:29
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21. |
Test Record For Genesis
01:31
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22. |
Dirt Road
01:31
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24. |
What Do You Want
01:32
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25. |
Demon King
01:34
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Median (Demo)
01:35
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I've had enough of trying to work things out
it's not a worth conclusion but still we fight it hard
I'll meet you somewhere in the middle
and we can drop it, leave it, angry and let down
and then at least we'll say "we're on the same page"
for the first time in a long time
once in forever years ago
and just like old time
let it birth a new beginning
where we do other things
nicer things
anything
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27. |
Excess Jane (Demo 3)
01:36
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28. |
Levament (Demo)
01:36
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29. |
Process (Demo)
01:38
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30. |
Antialias (Demo)
01:38
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31. |
Low Calorie Alternative
01:42
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you make me lose my faith
in creativity
when it all sounds the same
choices are a fallacy
it seems I’ve heard it all before
but I remember none
you sacrifice a chance to matter
to pretend you’re having fun
I didn’t know I needed you
because I didn’t
I didn’t think it’d be so great
because it isn’t
all in all it’s harmless noise
something to do for fraternity boys
but vibe’s not a substitute for boredom
a duplicate consortium
I’m not here to start a war
we all know I’ve been there before
keeping track’s a bloody chore
cause it forces me to care
you could be a cover band
at least I’d better understand
why you all sound so devoid
of anything…there
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32. |
Buzzcut (Demo)
01:43
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33. |
Zero (Demo)
01:43
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caught in a quake
losing bits of earth
history and harmony
never know their worth
is this what zero looks/acts/sounds/feels like?
and the aftershock is worse
can never let the pain go
histrionic memory
better than remembered
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34. |
+1 Hands
01:47
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Diptych (Demo)
01:48
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36. |
Carbine
01:50
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you'll wake up to find
that ants have burrowed holes
and built tunnel systems
in your arms
and you'll watch in horror
as they crawl innocently
and you lose control
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Reincarnation (Demo)
01:51
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38. |
Piano
01:53
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39. |
Voice Of Return
01:53
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40. |
Sleeper
01:55
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are you sleeping well?
do your dreams have stories to tell?
over blue rivers
under red skies
birds of water
in tears they fly
fleeing every chance to say goodbye
does your lightning strike?
or does your difficulty spike?
agile and tactless, in for the kill
docile and harmless, wiping a spill
are you prepared for the bitter pill?
oh, I see, it's getting late
feel free to hesitate
it's not your fault for action
on this triple-sided fraction
are you feeling well?
do you have a story to tell?
of nights spent over many days
lands when sunrise never stays
oh sleeper your "awake" is like a maze
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41. |
Dream High
01:56
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these bells won't sound so familiar in three months
far lacking in taste
and experience
over and over
with the same rants again
body is proud
of the mind's achievements
but heart sits back
like a crush still beating
right on time
too hard for a man my age
bottled into silent rage
tied myself to mature cage
I still feel trapped in Dream High
(dream high dream low)
so much else to know
loss in stereo
age is a number in plain text
and I feel much younger
than the cards in my wallet say
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Novaturient (Demo)
01:57
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I don't know how to say the things I feel
novaturient as always but it's almost never real
to someone else
I want to walk along the stars
I want to see the world one foot at a time
I want to prove to my past I have potential
I want to do just one thing for the rest of my life
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45. |
GZ-01
02:00
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Clearer Skies Ahead
02:02
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watch you realign
make out with the stars that dot along the sky
re-seek help
re-attempt a call for first try
what the hell
untitled letter sent across the sea
desperation clings to the walls
over the waterfalls
and it seems so nice this time
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I wonder if there's more out there
I don't like feeling so alien here
and if there's more, will it ever reach me?
something to live for, something to teach me
always behind, but only by one step
all of the time, peeling back the whisper strip
revealing a wound inflicted by everyone, accidentally
hoping to evolve, environmentally
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50. |
Let's Dance (Version 1)
02:15
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51. |
May Queen (Demo)
02:15
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C21
02:17
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53. |
Swan
02:18
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54. |
Dual Action
02:18
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New Year
02:21
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everyone says it's coming on
everyone seems to think that when the 0 became 1
the evil was done
the red sea parted to bear blue waves
to welcome up the hero who saves
the rich and prosperous
evil's never done
but it's a new-ew year
a true new year to celebrate
cause it's a new new year
a new year you could never hate
never hate
everyone's glad it's over now
everybody's discussing why
this year will be different
but never explain how
surely some things will be replaced
same shit with a different face
and it's not even that different
we don't need to cut to the chase
because we've always been there
but it's a new-ew year
a never need to contemplate
why 0 was in fear
but 1 will be so great
and need no change
need no change
you'll never change
you'll never fucking change
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56. |
+1 Garbage
02:24
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57. |
Invisible Daughter
02:24
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Victory Lap
02:29
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little rodent on a wheel
superhero on a timer
feel no pressure rise
until my drive expires
you wonder when I'll tire
maybe I should have burned out
a little faster
don the crown of fools
a righteous bastard
I find no peace in it
can't tell if it's fabric or blood
but I'm not sounding alarms
I'm not awaiting a flood
there should be cause for concern
but for now I'm burned
and too fogged up to learn
expertise is plenty
but overshadowed by character
there's a lot on my plate
that I'm ready to take
before they throw me back as a court jester
when I'm gone, don't remember me
and as the curtain calls
and the actress falls
I'm not a leading man
what is there left to embrace
than empty lives to chase
with these holes in my hands?
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Needle Stars (Version 2)
02:38
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66. |
Rough 144
02:40
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67. |
Idioglossia (Not Ready)
02:49
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it never takes you much
to turn you on
and while I appreciate the gesture
it's my right to say you're wrong
I'm almost dead already
and you're so full of life
hold the fondant and the toppers
it's a match not made in any heaven
it's too late to feel I'm ready
can't back out now but I don't like this touch
let's take it steady
live as friends until our paths split
and we reach the end
and never see each other again
it never takes too much
to turn me off
short of falling into a lecture
I refuse to play along
much like the dreams I don't have
a lonely king in a dancehall court
nothing just like cutting short
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68. |
Jupiter X (Demo)
02:50
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Math Emo Bad
02:53
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Nail Time
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Anti Aging
02:56
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what's it like to lose to time
to never survive creation
beating the clock, easy it's not
a relic of an old world that progress forgot
to be anti-aging
arms locked cheering for the bargain bin
anti-aging
anti-ancient
neutral passage
pro-forever
accolades you never got (anti-aging)
didn't hold and they forgot (anti-ancient)
tied to time irrelevant (anti-aging)
nostalgic and expedient (for easy profits)
exploited for context you couldn't affect (anti-aging)
you don't hold the rights so you'd never reject (anti-aging)
into the future nobody would think (anti-aging)
one thing is eternal and it's how much you'll drink (to forget, be anti-aging)
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Thousand (Demo)
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Swan Cave (Demo)
03:01
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74. |
To Be Fixed
03:04
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to be fixed is not a realistic goal
can't be done unless it's a lie
to be finished isn't a truth
but a missed connection
they claim we're sad so they say we're blue
then spread lies about what vaccines could do
they wish us dead, we'll don red instead
to be saved is a dangerous ideal
it's meant to be lived with, not healed
would you rather have a kid who's a little different
than sick or dead
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Trip Over (4D Version)
03:06
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Sk Loop (Demo)
03:09
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79. |
Buzzcut (8-Track Demo)
03:12
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80. |
Datura (8-Track Demo)
03:13
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81. |
Replace (Demo 3)
03:14
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84. |
Here Or You
03:24
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well that didn't work
we've both lost
take what's yours
get what's said
may as well
head on home
I feel nothing
decomposed
hint of air
nothing I know
go
you're walking away too slow
I can't stand
here or you
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85. |
Great Flood (Demo)
03:25
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Chariot (Version 1)
03:26
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There She Goes (Demo)
03:33
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Loop Prog (Demo)
04:05
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Never Asked (Demo 1)
04:10
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No One I Want
04:22
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to be discovered
lighter than air
too passionate
to really care
there's no one I want
"more than you" is nothing
to draw a straighter line
not today, not ever
not in any point in time
there's no one I want
what is this "love" I hear of?
a fiction to me
stone cold in a heat wave
or a widespread disease
there's no one I want
to spend one life with one person
a futile exchange
most end before the one lives do
but no one finds it strange
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94. |
Having A Time (Demo)
04:24
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Ace Of Eyes (Acoustic)
04:36
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for perfect skin
and endless hydration
a sight beholden to
the clandestine nation
a mirror hot
with burning glasses
wished to bear the torch
until the storm passes
if you follow opinions
then you’re never alone
with flags in our couches
and tanks in our homes
fluid lungs
pass through the subway
fighting for the glory of
a new day
on broken screens
and imitation
beg for endless skin
and perfect hydration
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Fires Across (Demo 1)
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There’s been snow on the ground for a week and a half now
It doesn’t seem like it’ll be going away just yet
In fact it’s projected to snow a little more by the end of the week
Which on the one hand is nice because last winter there was no snow
And it provides a single-second sigh of relief from the impending global meltdown
But on the other hand it’s really cold
And I don’t love really hot weather but cold is worse
Because cold has a lower threshold for being unbearable
It’s not a common opinion among my friends though
A bunch of them want to move to Vermont or Canada
Just because they want an colder average temperature
Also I think it’s because Canada is supposed to be more progressive than the United States
Which isn’t hard to do, most countries are
But at the end of the day it’s still a nation founded on racism and genocide
And no amount of supposedly “democratic socialist” politicians can undo that in 4 years
Or 5 if you’re in Canada
It’s like the snow on the ground growing older
It certainly doesn’t appear to be the same because of the dirt but it’s still the same snow
That’s been sitting there for a week and a half now
I’ve been writing for a while and I’m starting to burn out
What most musicians would do is not write a song like this at all
Or they’d write the lyrics first and then come up with a few chords
So leave it to me to switch the order around
But when I try to be a normal person, I just get bored
So I’m effectively writing poetry in the warmest room in the house
Okay maybe not but it sounded nice to say
There’s only two chord progressions in the entire song
And I played them enough to make it last five minutes
So now I have nine verses and nine choruses to flourish
And I’m worried since the lyrics are being written as prose
That I’ll worry about this song for ages and will never be finished
But if it does I’ll consider that a triumph
Most artists couldn’t do something like this if they wanted
They have labels to satisfy and agents to pay
The expectations are higher for them so they dilute their sound
And tailor it to whatever audience liked their first album
And if they’re lucky they’ll have one song explode
And in 2 years it’ll be all that anyone knows
And they’ll live in the shadow of a singular moment
And I’ve used the same word to start the last 5 lines of this song
And that’s 6 right now, most says that’s overkill
But for me it’s not enough, I couldn’t even hit 10 verses
I’m stuck in the single digits, even though it’s not competition
Yet I’ll wonder what other weird words I could have written
Now, I may believe some music is awful and no one should hear it ever
But having to break up over money is a fate worse than death
Oh, the label doesn’t think your new record has a hit
And you’re not me so you can’t just go write another one in a minute
Sales bring expectation which brings a spotlight
But it only stays on you if you get every note right
You can’t change your sound unless your fanbase is stable
And for most indie artists, they’re simply quite unable
Now I may just be projecting, realistically this is what they like
I don’t mean the constant overbearing sense of not being good
But at least on a smaller level, you’d figure bands are doing what they want
In the sense that if they don’t want to make pop, they’re not gonna
Is this how Jeffrey Lewis writes his songs?
Is name-checking too corny?
Yes it is that’s why I don’t do it
And I don’t sing about the pandemic directly
Because in 5 years no one will give a shit about it and it’ll be out of date
Music is art, that means it has to expire
You have a one-minute window before you’re the target of hate
But if you’re lucky your hate will draw people in
That said it’s more likely you’re just not that good at all
I went back and added this at the end so it’s not very good
I needed a ninth verse and thought it should go here
I should care but I don’t
Being self-referential is rarely cool, just annoying
But I’ll sacrifice being good if it means I’m never boring
So in 27 years when all my friends are famous
And I’m walking around Mount Laurel, NJ, cold and shameless
People will point at the never-was, shouting and faithless
Ranting “money is the death of art” bleeding on the pavement
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Album count: 49.
Release count: 137.
Song count: 1447.
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