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Brain
08:46
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Everyone knows ‘cept yourrself that these phases are fleeting
time to take stock
and face up to the path life is leading
watching your eyes with your eyes
and seeing through death’s disguise
every awake finds the wake of the black water breaking
watching your eyes with your eyes
and seeing through beauty’s disguise
life is a game
when you win you begin to start losing
you fight to get by
to grow old
and then die alone with nothing
but watching my eyes with my eyes
seeing through death’s disguise
photographs end
and here come your friends
in the abyss you feel tenderly kissed and unaching
and there’s no appeal to seek out the next one to forsake you
‘cept when i watch your eyes
and see through your lies
love is a game
when you win you begin to start losing
and all that remains
is an old set of plans that’s abandoned
reel turns around and I play the clown
get out my life and let me be
leave me free to leave me free
looking ahead with no backward glances
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2. |
Destroy Me
05:34
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ticking off the days of the calendar
watching them fall away
in a neat little pile on the kitchen shelf
next to the microwave
you walk in and I look away
hoping to disappear
if I meet yr eyes then it multiplies
til’ yr kindness draws me near
skipping ahead in a mystery
to know how the deed was done
I was shocked to see when the killer went free
the detective ate his gun
there was blood on the wall
and a curtain call
as I planned my escape
like a diamond shines in the darkest mine
the spotlight found my face
destroy me
tin toy me
or so they say
one time he
let tiny dreams slip away
ticking off the days of the calendar
watching the numbers fade
and they blow around the room
like a burst balloon still trying to fly away
there’s a hole in the sky where you go when you die
I hear good things happen there
we could leave today
but I forgot the way
it was written on the air
destroy me
tin toy me
or so they say
one time he
let tiny dreams slip away
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The Old Brain
04:46
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We’re the old brain
we’re the old brain
and we’ll never be happy again
we’re the new pain
we’re the new pain
‘cuz they sold us the snake oil
and they salted the good soil
and dried up the rain
we’re the new scene
of the fracturing dream
we’re the old brain
we’re the old brain
and our power could light the way
‘cuz there’s a lot to see
and more people to free
‘cuz they been sold the same stuff
and for some it can be enough
help me explain
we’re the new power
they’re the crumbling tower
let us show them the turnstiles
but be polite to the exiles
you’ll see them again
we’re the new gleam
of the skin on the stream
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4. |
Heavenly Bodies
05:12
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Heavenly Bodies
parading tonight
vie for a glimpse of their harrowing light
hope they are kind
and of mind
Pluto and Titan
don’t frighten my cause
approaching the sisters
i’m given no pause
I’ll show them electric guitars
(play, will he play, will he play?)
Heavenly Bodies
please no rebirth
I remember the discord of time-addled earth
and felt I so weak
as a child
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