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Do The World
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the plan is to fill the page before moving on
a precious cycle of non-moving vehicles
Jupiter says it's a missed opportunity
you could never…but say you will
earthly talents
global fears
outer worlds
Martian years
you can't do the world
So what options are left?
that haven't already been filled in
done in pen because permanence was deemed important
Harrison's Last Advice: "Will your testament be testimony to a strangled prisoner?"
the plan is to disintegrate
and float until the invisible wall
halfway down the hill of subtle mishaps
and sudden drops of bursts in energy
What lives in the trunk of your car? not the king knows
it speaks of many languages but communicates with none
into the eyes of a silver keyhole
a sliver of fact
shivering
slithering
diving
we're driving
the plan is to eviscerate tensions and skin
worried bones
anxious stones
the fear creeps up to eat you
and it will defeat you…but still lose
what of the walks can be run?
Which of the stars could be sun?
How many moons look like ours?
it only takes 2 hours
to start a billion wars
you can do the world
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Bumper Ships
03:11
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bumper ships approaching close
their trade winds sink the other boats
in dominance they seek out war
to blowout victory every score
and their flags all look familiar
with the same few colors in different shapes
and their crew all share one thoughtless grin
wearing capes
each one delivering bombs
bumper ships prepare to kill
in reckless and senseless abandonment
faceless armies kick and spill
the glasses of blood on the human tables
and their flags all look familiar
with the same few colors in different shapes
and their crew all share one thoughtless grin
wearing capes (cause you're a hero!)
and their stories all sound like old fables
many names erased and changed
and they keep half the crew in rust-green chains
from acid rains
each one delivering bombs
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Everywhere I Do
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Why do I feel like I’m being challenged?
Soul in charge of mind fires: “war!”
Arm in debt to hand cries: “peace!”
Heel in hold with sky wings up
And what does it fly up for?
What takes hold must stay
What stays will someday fall
Everything I do feels like my final choice
Everywhere I go feels like my resting place
Everything I say feels like my final voice
Everyone I hold feels like my last embrace
Will you remember my face?
Or at least recall my name?
Left to rot in a cold dry palace
Sand-infested, shadowed place
Felt the dust consume my emotions
Cleared the air of all my fates
Flickers back with the air in the morning
Familiar as it not felt
But who’s to say it’s nothing?
Who’s to say?
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Imaginary Star
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I rise for one reason only
Take my day and make it yours
Service every ache and pain
Or spend the hours on the floor
Anything you’d change, that can be arranged
Whatever it is you feel that you desire, that I can acquire
Dump the old guns into fire
Anything you need, plant another seed
In the earthly garden I had installed for you
For anything you do is worth it for me to make come true
And now we see the season changing
Heat makes way for falling snow
Here my tasks get more exhausting
Will you ever let me go?
I can’t let you go
You need me more than I need you
But I don’t wanna know
What my world would turn into if somehow yours was gone
And we couldn’t spend each floating night
Looking up into the blackness of space
And seeing you look back at me
And like a mirror I feel at peace
Watching the imaginary stars
Watching the earth turn into you
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Breathing Underwater
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Where does your mythology take you?
I know mine, it got me killed
Now that I am nothing, I can exist anywhere
As I am free, and I am still
Breathing underwater, feeling it got hotter
Closer to the center, where? I don’t remember
Where an air is flowing, where a wind is blowing
Wear this idea that anything’s worth knowing
And surely that means growing is in order
Or is that another lie?
How did generations answer such complex questions?
I’m in the “No” camp, cause how much does it really matter?
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Rise! I Say, Rise!
03:27
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do I dare make a commitment that I know I can't keep?
it's the coward's way
that love is a pawn for the power of kings and the strength of queens
but so is the phrase "I love you"
and no one means that either
rise, I say! rise!
the heart is meant to beat a steady rhythm
why jinx it with a good time?
sincerity becomes cliche
well-meaning lovers fall flat on their face
do I dare take a chance I'll regret if it works?
it's the method of fools
but as it appears, false positives are "in"
cause everyone's afraid of the same thing
that everyone secretly wants to be left alone
and no one wants that either
the heart is meant to beat
not pull on strings
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Self Parody
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Gaze into this ball that I’ve dubbed “Crystal” like the dream girl
It will ask you many questions and decide your many fates
“What is your autonomy?” and other fun and games
It will take your comprehension and present you fifty gates
What’s your parity with yourself?
Are you where you belong?
Are you where you want to be?
Is the balance too strong?
Do the facts line up?
Do the lies cancel out?
Are your meters in sync?
What could you do without?
I can see the future of the world that fits into my hand
It’s not a big world but I can tell you what I understand
It’s going to be hot for the next few months, and if that’s not impressive enough
It will happen to be summer then
Why aren’t you calling my bluff?
I’m a parody of myself
Hit the same beats every time
Imagination dries
Predict every rhyme
Jangle all the same
Jagged, cloying, and tame
Every bored melody
Is a self-parody
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World Beater
06:39
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nirvana fallacy
works for you as it fails for me
so what do you want from me?
a lifetime supply of perfect order
do you pledge no quarter?
I've drawn the map and you still chose stars
you hide behind my shield and blame me for my scars
gained from fighting your wars
I can't be your world beater
find someone else to be your dream feeder
cause I've just been a light bleeder
no time for leeches when you're a big seeder
so stop asking
and quit taking my life from me
or I'll take the fight to you
and I'll lose
pretty prodigy
is that what you want her to be?
so what do you want from me?
a lifetime supply of following orders
generals shouldn't draw borders
I've seen the light and you still chose dark
you heard my pleas and kept throwing me question marks
stranding me to take the blame
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Hello Whirled Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Album count: 49.
Release count: 137.
Song count: 1447.
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