1. |
Plate
02:37
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now that i've left it all there on your plate
i hope you get hungry & eat me away
just like you promised you would if i changed
well i changed
& what would have happened if i never stayed
to fix all the fractured & fragmented frames
just like i promised i would if they'd break
i'm not feeling healthy not feeling great
i wish i'd feel better i wish i'd feel safe
just like you promised i would if i prayed
well i prayed
but nothing feels different it's all just the same
took back a bottle went straight to the brain
just like i promised i would yesterday
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2. |
Stupid Sacrifice
03:26
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i shot the cow & then i watched it die
now i'm dancing in the moonlight
i'm gonna use it for all it's worth
like some kind of stupid sacrifice
lay its bones beneath the dirt
in the shape of a cross keep on killing the curse
kiss the calf a kiss goodbye
drink your milk & say goodnight
goodnight
i sank my boots into the mud
i got bruises i got blood
on my hands & in my heart
just to prove that i've got the guts
to do those things that you never did
to do those things that you've never done
you are just a little kid
you don't know what it means to love
to love
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3. |
Drunkjazz
03:09
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there's sex in your stomach & there's brains on the ground
those things that you say you're just saying out loud
with your teeth while you bite off a piece of the surface
you never believe in things on purpose
your cold kettle steams to a smoke hear it singing
your throat how it burns everything that i'm drinking
& i put on a dress to believe i'm somewhere
that i've never been because i am nowhere
you dance in a fever to drug colored disco
those lights in her eyes remind you of christmas
jesus enjoys his jet fuel jello staining the sky with his teeth all yellow
the yin yang daughters & drunk jazz fellows
take & they take until all of its empty & eaten away by nature & nothing
but i am alive because i am something
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4. |
Spirallight
04:26
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i wanna be alive
i wanna be her eyes i wanna be her girl
i wanna synthesize
i wanna spiral down now watch me sink inside
i wanna be the world
i wanna feel it once so i can feel it twice
i wanna be alright
but its just to hard to fight
so when i'm born again
so fragile & unstable
i'll be torn to bits
by the creatures who once raised him
& i'm sworn to them
by the balance of these changes
& i've worn the dress
but it saves me no less anger
i wanna be divine
i wanna let them stay i wish i knew they'd die
i hope that they're alright
i hope they never prayed i hope it's always night
i wanna sacrifice
i wanna trade my place to let them see this side
i'd never let you die
if i knew it'd make me cry
so when you're born again
a baby in the cradle
when you're born again
an angel beneath halo
when you're born again
there's one seat at the table
when you're born again
a baby in the cradle
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5. |
Johny Demver
06:47
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the feelings full
& alone
watch it search for itself
& dig up a hole
of everything its never been
you're faceless & fevered
until you're the wind in the sky
where it blows
you're tongue what it shows
is a kiss from a person
that you still don't know
where you got all that heart all your blood
your favorite song in your head
or the people you hated
oh i'll stay right here
it's getting real clear
to what it all means
& the words that i speak all seem relative
without any choice
they're just coming from me
like the flow of the river
or the sink of the sea
i'm a body with bones
& i don't got a home that i love anymore
i'm just always alone
i want you
i want you back around like it was
but for this time we'll stay so madly in love
& i know that you wanna leave
that's fine
i see it
i wanna bleed
& i will until you keep it in your skin for me
oh i'll stay right here
just for you
just for you
so i will sit
exactly where i am
i wont move a muscle
not even a hand
i'll just be myself like a stranger to you
& you'll find the person you've always wanted to
who's just for you
just for you
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6. |
Untitled
04:26
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i thought i knew
what it'd mean losing you
breathing on my back
throwing up these bottle caps
staring at the ceiling
my favorite feeling
a heart attack
i miss walking around with you
i miss telling you the truth
& my hands they burn like hell
the perfect weather to lose myself
i said forever
i said for once
that forever was just for us
but i've forgotten
i'm losing touch
i can't remember it's just not enough
now here comes november
now here comes the rush
i'm losing feeling
i'm losing blood
i hope you try to stop it
i'd love to see you try
you were always so good at making me feel pretty i don't think that it would hurt to hear it one more time
come on say it
wont you change my mind
i'm sinking quickly
throw me the line
or even better
you leave me to dry
& you can drink the sunlight draining from my eyes
it'll keep you warm
it'll get you high
that part of me
that you left to die
that part of me
that you left to die
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7. |
Trouble Comes Knockin'
02:47
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well if trouble comes knockin' then i'll answer the door
to see things through
i thought i heard knockin' so i answered the door
but i didn't see you
i thought i saw Jesus so i answered the lord
& i said fuck you
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8. |
Scratch Sailor
05:20
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scratch sailor scrape the sun for me
release the body of its heat
& in its glowing delay
destroy the language from its teeth
the whiskey cowboy of the beach
your southern lovers dancing feet
move in the meadows heat
& tickle tummy's in your sleep
scratch sailor sing it sweet for me
your poisonous words are incomplete
they're drunk & drained of sleep
with naughty natures naked needs
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10. |
Today's the Best
06:24
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today is the best it fuckin' rules
i woke up from a text my brother sent
it looks like he's got a cappachan
& my sisters are shifted at their jobs
i got drunk last night off some cheap wine
that my friend tobiah bought for us
for a party we threw here just last week
i was singing songs to all my friends
then i went to work in skinny jeans
& my boss said you can not do that
so i said okay i understand
& i scrubbed the floors with my bare hands
i still think about that day we went
to the park in the middle of winter
& we got chinese from tea garden
i still have those cups we stole from their
with the dragon scales & big sharp teeth
i still love you more than anything
i still love you more than anything
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