1. |
This Time
04:20
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this time I’ll only know
what you tell me
this time
I won’t say nothin at all
far away and
underground
you’ve got me
turned around
this time I’ll
simply close my eyes
this time it
won’t be so hard to swallow
this time I won’t be
thinking at all
there’s a stranger
in my mind
circuits busy
please standby
this time
there’s nothing sane
or familiar
and I used to be so alive
and I used to feel so optimistic
and I used to speak my mind
and I used to be so afraid of nothing
this time I’ll
dance like nobody’s watching
this time
I won’t tremble inside
out of phase and out of time
my instincts have been realigned
this time
I’ll simply close my eyes
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2. |
Gasoline
03:09
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You are what you are
and I’m what you see
you’re making me blue
but you’re turning green
I’ve tried to break it gently
but you’re making such a scene
you’re lighting a match
in my gasoline
I’m burnin’
a oooooh oooh
burn it all again
a oooooh oooh
burn it all again
you do what you do
and I’m what you say
your head on my shoukder
at the matinee
I can’t fix or eighty-six
your problems by the way
the bridges I burn
help to light the way
I’m burnin
Ooo ooo etc
I’m not tryina call you out
no we both could use a friend
I'm just tryin to figure out
why I keep coming back again
and again and again
You are what you are
and I’m what you see
you’re lighting a match
in my gasoline
I’m burnin
oooo oooo etc
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3. |
Cool Stuff
03:02
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I’m not looking
for a better day
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
the things you said
yesterday
left me in a valley
I’ve been dreaming
of sidewalks again
but you’ll never know
where I go
yeah I’ve been dreaming
of sidewalks again
but you’ll never find
this peace of mind
Is there
cool stuff
up in the mountains
and I was thinking
you’re what time is for
je t’adore
I implore you
to stop and think it over
I’ve been dreaming
of sidewalks again
but you’ll never know
where I go
yeah I’ve been dreaming
of sidewalks again
but you’ll never find
this peace of mind
my bags are packed
and I’m coming down
got a tank of gasoline
the time has come
to blow this town
I’ll be there by ten fifteen
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4. |
Words
01:49
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you’re always talking
talking talking
nothing that you
won’t say
you wanna fill
my head with words
but my brain gets in
the way
maybe next time
try some epistolary
cuz you’re making me feel
just like a dictionary
I just wanted to tell you about my trauma
surrounding cheese and why it’s so bad for me and
WHY DON’T YOU JUST STOP
I had this weird discharge
and a dream the other night that I was sleeping and
WHY DON’T YOU JUST STOP
maybe next time
try some epistolary
cuz you’re making me feel
just like a dictionary
so very
supernumerary
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5. |
Nobody
02:08
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I see you uptown
I keep my head down
don’t want to talk about it
walk away
I’m such a fuckup
you think I’m stuck up
you’re always acting
like you’re so risque
you better buck up
nobody’s coming to save you
I know you know it
but it’s not my job
x2
another weekend
another dead end
another disappointment
act surprised
another update
can’t keep your facts straight
another crowd
to be mobilized
another bon mot
you’re such a john doe
I betcha think
you should be canonized
you do it all right
you do it all night
there’s one thing
that should be emphasized
no one wants to hear about
your rich internal life kid
sympathy
malignancy
you are so
self-excited
five by five
you force a side
and we are all divided
scream and shout
there is no doubt
you already decided
you better buck up
nobody’s coming to save you
I know you know it
but it’s not my job
x4
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6. |
Eldritch
02:58
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moonbeam
megaton
little girl
what have you done
spilled the poison on
everyone
you’ve run to
our lady
of the despised
beating hearts
weaponized
another insect
to be analyzed
and discarded
walk it back
or risk exposure
turn around
before it’s over
run run
rabbit run
through the clover and chrysanthemum
lies, love, hired guns
and exile
run run
rabbit run
there’ll be consequences
when you’re done
lies, love
hired guns
and exile
little miss
phobophile
what’s within you
that you so revile
enchantment bile
and extinction
moonbeam
megaton
little girl
what have you done
spilled the poison on
everyone
you’ve run to
walk it back
or risk exposure
turn around
before it’s over
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7. |
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you were a friend I hadn’t met yet
I was clock that was running down
I wasn’t very nearly dead yet
but I knew that I soon would be
if I stayed one more minute
in this town
I gave up
long before you met me
I gave up
simply marking time
yeah I gave up
but now I’m not so sure
and i
begin to see
that you and me
might simply be
in harmony
or maybe i
just got too high
mistook the look
misread your book
the hooks i wrote
the little notes
the anecdotes
remind me of
the time before
you seldom left my mind
you were a friend I hadn’t met yet
I was clock that was running down
I wasn’t very nearly dead yet
but I knew that I soon would be
if I stayed one more minute
in this town
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8. |
I'm Tired
00:56
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I'm tired
of all the things
that I'm afraid to mention
yeah I'm tired
of all the things
that I'm afraid to mention
cause I never know
who's listening
I'm tired
of all the things
that I'm afraid to mention
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9. |
Pensacola
04:32
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it’s getting weird here, in Pensacola
Don’t think the sun should be that blue
Maybe it’s COVID, maybe Ebola
Maybe the week-old barbecue
[chorus]
Koyaanisqatsi’s got nothing on me
This girl just wants to see it all
Black crows are stealing, my mind’s annealing
Some beast is about to make landfall
[verse 2]
Last night I saw them, behind the Bruno’s
Their legs so long, their eyes so bright
It doesn’t hurt them, the chlorpyrifos
It only kills their acolytes
[chorus]
[bridge]
Here we are
Escuchar
[solo]
[verse 3]
I heard it’s better, over in Mobile
They’re yeeting cops into the bay
I think I’ll hitch there, I think I’ll freewheel
I think it’s time for judgement day
[chorus]
[bridge]
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10. |
Leo's Daughter
03:24
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I met you back in ninety-five
yeah I was a dumb young thing
was in love with bein alive
yeah just wanted to hear you sing
they told me you were out of style
but I found you quite elegant
held you close, deep into the night
we were in our rock and roll element
you stuck by me all these long years
all the prog rock and zydeco
into a future that was anything but clear
and I don’t want to let you go
we danced in the folk fest fire
playin zeppelin with the hip-hop kids
and though the years have left their marks
I love you more than I ever did
the slackers at the guitar store
I see’em staring when you come around
they’re all jealous of our easy rapport
the way you’ve kept me spellbound
you stuck by me all these long years
all the prog rock and zydeco
into a future that was anything but clear
and I don’t want to let you go
solo/bridge
now my hair is goin grey
but you still look like you always did
and when I pick you up to play
I feel just like that little kid
who saw you in that guitar shop
shining in the evening sun
picked you up and tried you out
and knew you were the only one
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11. |
Subtrahend
02:32
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you came blowin in like a dandelion
all over my back yard
laying down a line I wasn’t really buying
you sure can keep a girl on guard
you came in like you owned the place
I realize now that was your first mistake
the things you do tell me a story
that all your words can not erase
you told me all about your secret traumas
then went to bed ‘fore I told mine
front row center for your monodrama
both audience and punchline
you came in like you owned the place
I realize now that was your first mistake
the things you do tell me a story
that all your words can not erase
you moved on and for that I’m thankful
though you still trash me to my friends
I’m not the only one who sees your angle
or how you’ve split the subtrahend
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12. |
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I know you're horrified
celerity, country-fried
woo-hoo
I hope you realize
celebrity enterprise
woo-hoo
(total gibberish)
woo-hoo
(laughter)
There'll be something to say
There'll be something to say
Call me back when the love is radical
I'll be on a rock & roll sabbatical
little men getting so fanatical
like Jackson spat and packed so autocratical
Yeah I'm in love with your plastic friends
straight seein' in the dark like a compound lens
my Genz Benz ain't here to make amends
Fender Bass aerospace on the low end
I come from Philly but I shower weekly
Sneak a peek but celebrate obliquely
Reason 12 repeats the beats sweetly
single-tail whip cuz your uncle think I'm freaky
Tzadziki sauce on my Gyro Zone
Kevin in the kitchen on the cellular phone
Johnny's in his bunk with that OK tone
Carson making pie that's fly on the pizza stone
(solo)
I know you're horrified
celerity, country-fried
woo-hoo
I hope you realize
celebrity enterprise
woo-hoo
(total gibberish)
woo-hoo
(laughter)
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13. |
Topheavy
03:40
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You were top heavy
I wasn’t ready
it got so messy
knees so unsteady
frequently stress-y
mondo depress-y
Thought you were jokin
that ish I was smokin
though I was so broken
I caught your eye
spotted me lookin
the beats were still cookin
summer in brooklyn
back to long beach
smoked all my weed and
followed you speeding
summer is fleeting
and so is love
You were top heavy
I wasn’t ready
it got so messy
knees so unsteady
frequently stress-y
mondo depress-y
(break)
coffee in red hook
come-hither bed look
leaving me so shook
broccoli rabe
but in the long run
you weren’t a loved one
ran off to kingston
and licked my wounds
(break)
You were top heavy
I wasn’t ready
it got so messy
knees so unsteady
frequently stress-y
mondo depress-y
now just a memory
now just a memory
now just a memory
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14. |
Badfunk
02:27
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I woke up at five in the afternoon today
and I told myself
I wasn't going to do
another silly pastiche
of James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem
doing a silly pastiche
of David Byrne
I wasn't going to go out
and learn anything about the history
of my neighborhood
I wasn't going to play badminton
in the pool
of an expensive Spanish resort
I wasn't going to play with
hardware synthesizers
or transgenderize myself
(any further than I'd already
transgenderized myself which admittedly
is a lot, not that you could tell by my voice or anything)
because it's five-thirty
in the morning
and I've been consuming
cannabis extract
for the last 12 hours
since I woke up
I thought about what
that strange taste
in the corner of my mouth was
I wondered what the quality
of the air inside my house was
I wondered how long
you could let a cup of coffee
with cream in it
sit on the countertop
till it's unsafe to drink
I thought about
putting this out as a FAWM song
but it was just too easy
I just sat in my basement and
monologued
watching the green input indicator
of my audio interface
occasionally bump into the red
when I got emotionally moved
by the items and things I that was recalling
this is really hard to do
for an extended period of time
I suggest you try it
Pretend you're Adrian Belew
and it's 1983
and you're recording "Indiscipline"
with Robert Fripp
I looked at it for
hours and hours and hours
and I still didn't know
if it was Tony Levin's bald head
or the cantaloupe
we had bought down at the marke
the other day
I took a bite
and Tony screamed.
Goodnight, America.
Goodnight.
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Aubrey Van Gelded Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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