1. |
Our Planet
00:54
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2. |
Phantom Toll
02:43
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Phantom toll
just imagine what I owe
do your echocardiography
maybe I'll get tired
of what I cannot divide
with a golden calculator
see you later
here's an idea
hold me closer, hear me out dear
I know it feels so counterintuitive
you don't give me shit for it
you don't have to share what you got
only have to say what you want
lonely when you found it
don't give me shit
use your memory, your memory
fire in his eyes, he ran off
to warn the others, other martians in disguise
his feet'll hit the ground when he's soil
and you have a moral compass hanging
high on your siren
here's an idea
hold me closer, hear me out dear
I know it feels so counterintuitive
you don't give me shit for it
cuz you don't have to share what you got
only have to say what you want
lonely when you found it
lonely when you found it
and you keep it close
closer to me, enemy
closer to my fantasy
closer phantom toll
what's going on?
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3. |
Ten Little Tenors
03:43
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There go you and I
sticking up the same old place
we always did, we always will
so have another swig
and a caffeine pill
once upon a time
heaven sent you here
so I regret nothing
These are simple requests
why can't you honor them?
turn yourself back into a volleyball
and toss me like a polygon
no one can make me angry at you
nothing you say and nothing you do
no holiday and no sack of loot
could make me mad at you
you drove and drove so I could snooze
There go you and I
sticking up the same old place
we always wished we always could
now denim's on the dashboard
caked with blood
there's a part of me
heaven will agree
so I say I regret nothing
Now that I got you
where I wanted you all along
I'm gonna be a couple of people
that I have never been before
You begged me to stop
so i disappeared and came right back
as someone else, shone a light
from the back of my skull through neon fluideyes
Now don't hesitate,
be half of the doctor and be half of the clientele
Yeah, sure you can be two times as tall
as a snow leopard can fall
And cut me to pieces, each one
grows back again, ten little tenors
We're gonna win a couple of medals at jazz
and then break fast
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4. |
I Go Into a Trance
02:46
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Pregnant as hell
washed up on the beach
dragging my shell
somewhat laboriously
what is this?
my burden comes to my defense
When I go into a trance
no clue as to what happens next
dig and dig and don't relax or resist
My little heart beats much faster than I,
when I was swimming ever thought it could
Cats in the corner of my eye
What are those, anger in expensive clothes
When I go into a trance
no clue as to what happens next
everything depends on this
Still pregnant as hell
Somehow washed up here alone
Imitating some dreadful ancestor I don't know
Who is this, my burden comes to my defense
When I go into a trance
no clue as to what happens next
who digs, and who breaks my neck
everything depends
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5. |
High on Jealousy
02:10
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I get high on jealousy of you
You drive by and everything
Now smells like weed and I think
What a life you must lead,
getting high as shit and turning the
street into a fleeting hit for passersby
I'm a little bit older now
Slightly calming down
Please let me be your friend
I'm a freak for music and staying in
But with all that said, I still must admit
that I get high on jealousy of you
you walk by and I think what a puff
of smoke you are, you pass right into the air
and I can't compare to all you do and dare
My pig face just stopping and staring at passersby
Time passes by
Gone in an instant, in an instant gone
Gone in an instant, in an instant reborn
How did you do it? You started it all,
it stops now
I'm a little bit older now
Golden calf is cow
Please let me be your friend
I'm a freak for music and staying in
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6. |
The Decider
03:32
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Before you came there was this one guy
This decider I visited
Not the one that I love, but the one who made
My mind up for me
When out of his care, I was nowhere,
slobbering pet without a tether
I could not stay away for long
The hands-on component of the therapy wasn’t too essential,
mostly we groped for names
When a fork was in the road he would steer my head
Hands over my ears
And who to assist, and who to disown
All from my pretty picture pay phone
I could not stay away for long
Then you came, and we raced, and that phone rang
Off the hook, what do we do,
And who is, who is this woman
And who am I
Who decides,
The moment I had it I wanted to quit
Helmet of urges that didn’t exist
There’s my aunt and my uncle, they met at a recital
They live on cliffs
In a state where the people are half okay
And half filled with rage
Yeah I could go there
Or I could stay here
I could be following the leader
But I could not stay away for long
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7. |
Meandering Scar
02:46
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After the day of judgment
Looking for bones in the sand
That never get destroyed
That tell me who’s immortal
Meandering scar
That tells me you are a bastard
Contradicting evidence produced
Produced by a flash of judgment
Preserved by a circumstance
Looking for bones in the sand
That never got destroyed
That tells me who’s immortal
Meandering braid
That tells me you made a martyr’s
Confidential little trade with you know who
Something tangled up in the roots
That never get eroded
That tells me who’s in heaven
Meandering scar
Wherever you are
And wherever you’ve been,
Tell me who is a bastard
Contradict the evidence
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8. |
Songs Where You Appear
02:24
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S & G, “For Emily”
Whenever I would sing it
There she would be
In the town’s talent shows
Bullet-headed,
I sang it note for note
Marvin Gaye, “God Is Love,”
I said I could relate,
What if I could not?
Strike me down, humble me
This note is signed sincerely
(When I get a little better
At learning songs where you appear
I’ll learn them all
And play them all
And you’ll meet me here,
I’ll learn them all and play them all
And you’ll come meet me here)
Memorized Minutemen
“History Lesson part 2” out walking
Parking lots
On the phone with her
Reciting word for word
On phone speaker
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9. |
Too Many Fish
01:44
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There are too many fish in this net
The ship is gonna sink
and we’ll all get dead
Or become fish instead
And suddenly the filthy sea
Is coterminous with me
And you’ll be wishing me well (a swift recovery),
you’ll be wishing it from afar (so far away from me),
not knowing where I am (X-Y coordinates),
but by noblesse oblige you’ll be wishing,
wishing me well (a swift recovery),
wishing it from afar
You married an ignorant man
Don’t know what’s gonna break
When I take you in
What will psychosomatically shred
The currents writhe and stretch me straight
Ever since I took the bait
And you almost forget that the fish here are all naked
We’ve been here before, but never like this
There are too many fish in this net
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10. |
Kemp's Ridley
01:35
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11. |
Society of Doctors
03:22
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One unsuitable element can ruin a party
Those same insufferable people
Are living at large on the west side
All my friends are like me, they’re lumps of coal
All my friends are like me
A society of doctors was born
Doctors was born for me to use
Doctor was born to betray my family
I’ve betrayed my family now and then
So tan my can, Roxanne
I never was much cut out for this work at all
One drunk man in the audience
Can fluster my punchline
One odd move at the auction hall
And an elephant’s what you go home in
And one unsuitable element can ruin a party
Here at the party
I can’t get the dry gin out of my eyes
With a headlight out it’s illegal to drive
But I’m just a stressed delivery guy
I never was much cut out for this one at all
My head’s a fishbowl and doctors agree
One errant element can ruin a party
The first good friend that I ever made
Would super dislike me singing spite-songs
All my friends are like me, lumps of coal
All my friends are like me, a society
Of doctors was born, doctor was born for me
To abuse, doctor was born to betray my family
I’ve betrayed my family now and then
So tan my can Roxanne, I never was much
Cut out for this work at all.
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12. |
Single Action Figure
04:21
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what hurts, can you say
what hurts on you lately
gives me much needed
gives me much needed tragic relief
all that you needed me to provide
was some written account
of the people I’ve ghosted in this life
and now I’m gonna give it to you
here are the ghosts and I’m one too
In a rental shell but the misery’s still under my belt
and no one’s gonna cure it tonight,
no counter-appetite
there ain’t a single action figure
there ain’t a single one
I haven’t gotten obsessed with lately
that I’ve not been thinking of
and as I’m making my collection
to be impressing you
I haven’t gotten obsessed with you yet
only all the shit you said
I haven’t gotten obsessed with you babe
only all the shit you saved
I haven’t gotten obsessed with you babe
only all the shit you save
bid or buy it now
I’m dying and the clock is running down
how can I relax? Decider always tells me
just relax, this phase’ll pass over
but I see action men
these figures with an action tied to them
like it’s their skin, and I get high on jealousy
I gotta take action, call you up
might actually call you up
might actually call you up
I’ll call you, call you, ask you
What hurts, can’t you say
what hurts on you, baby?
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13. |
Chance on Beast
03:14
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If I were you, I’d feed that beast
Give it bag of chips, teach it XYZ’s
All that’s living learns to get deceased
Then you grow up, evolve that rage
Stand behind the desk, and fax that pitch
All that’s human is to scratch the itch
And then you make it up, then you make it out
with your murder rap, with your paper route
And did I mention I, when I was young
I had a lot of odd jobs like that
If I were you, I’d switch curriculums a little
When the beast is getting cold
Espouse the views from jewel-case home
Hall of diction, syntax, casiotone
And then you make it up, then you make it out
with your murder rap, with your paper route
it’s an empty nest, what an empty nest
there are a lotta blank squares I guess
I guess you’re free, free to stay
I won’t get in your way
But should you choose to take your leave,
You’re taking a chance on beast
It got a lotta buzz, got a lotta press
When your mother called, you said “who is this?”
She said “the dog got out, it’s an awful fright,
just another night, you’re the one I miss”
I guess you’re free, free to stay
Gonna give you leeway
But should you choose to take your leave,
You’re taking a chance on beast
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14. |
Send Some Money to Me
01:27
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send some money to me
I’ll love you for it
send some money to me
right now
each day
the world keeps turning over
and I wait for pay
to come and meet me where I am, so
send some money to me
I’ll love you for it
send some money to me
right now
these days
the world keeps turning over
and around, I face
in every wrong direction at once
send some money to me
I’ll love you for it
send some money to me
right now
someday
the world stops turning over
and I won’t repay
but I promise that I promise if you
send some money to me
I’ll love you for it
send some money to me
right now
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