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Black Metal
03:26
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She was standing at her kitchen sink
Thinking “someday this thumb will be green, I know it will be!”
Staring at the herbs in her garden,
She hoped each seed would feel a little seen.
As she poured out her love,
She put in her earbuds and sang,
“It’s you, and me, and black metal makes three.”
He was standing at his kitchen sink
Thinking “one day I’ll smoke less weed, it’ll be good for me.”
Staring at the herbs in his ashtray
He hoped that one day he would just be seen.
As he rolled up his bud,
Chewed on his cud, he said
“It’s me, and you... I guess it’s just us two.”
They met seeing a band with a Latin sounding name
Who got the place condemned for all the pig blood stains
She said “I wanna live like I’m running out of time”
He looked her dead in the eyes and sang “I think I’ve wasted mine.
But I don’t feel that tonight.”
They were standing at their kitchen sink
Thinking how funny life could be if you just let it be.
Staring at the kids at the counter,
She watched each seed bloom into a beautiful thing.
As she poured out her love,
He lifted her up and sang,
“It’s you, and me, and black metal makes three.”
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2. |
Coffee
03:56
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Billie takes her coffee
Earlier than most things.
It helps her leave her bad dreams in the sheets.
She knows there’s a right answer
When asked if it’s a cancer
How she needs something to help keep her awake.
But no amount of muscle aches
Could bring her to appreciate
These bandaid
Solutions won’t help at all
To make her feel comfortable.
She takes
Medicines she thinks up
To try and fill her empty cup.
Worship at the alter
Where careful feet don't falter,
But the dizziness could bring her to her knees.
Spinning through the comedown
She makes her way through downtown.
Temples always make her hesitate.
Though she's walking pretty straight
She moves herself right past the gate.
These bandaid
Solutions won’t help at all
To make her feel comfortable.
She takes
Medicines she thinks up
To try and fill her empty cup.
But when the moment's passed,
Back to overcast,
Rain's inevitable
And so she plans to get soaked.
There's no comfort here.
No place to dry her tears.
Padlocks on the front gate,
The welcome mats have been replaced.
Billie takes her coffee
Earlier than most things
It helps her keep the bad dreams in the sheets.
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Driving the skyline
Blue Ridge Mountains
Like every speckled pine
We’re close, but our distance is mounting.
Now I’m out in space
An aging cosmonaut
Like the freckles on your face
So many stars separate us.
But I’ll keep believing
Rather than floating off
You and me
Will find our paths have crossed
The shape of the universe
Can whisper to drown me out
The shape of the universe
Has to wrap back around.
Your orchestra’s singing
My chorus of broken strings
Our cavalier sound is moving
Your love, my war, our duty.
The planets keep spinning
A cosmographers delight
As fierce or frail our movements
A catch your fading light.
But I’ll keep believing
Rather than floating off
You and me
Will find our paths have crossed
The shape of the universe
Can whisper to drown me out
The shape of the universe
Has to wrap back around.
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4. |
You Can Find Us Burning
03:10
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Die young
To live free
To stay close
To me
High strung
To keep clean
To knot ropes
To stay queen
But flames are indiscriminate
We burn so slow
Smoked out almost
When it comes to yearning
You can find me burning
We make some growth
Our green teeth show
When it comes to learning
You can find us burning
Live fast
To be free
To escape
From me
Lay back
To dream dreams
To intake
To breathe deep
But flames are indiscriminate
We burn so slow
Smoked out almost
When it comes to yearning
You can find me burning
We make some growth
Our green teeth show
When it comes to learning
You can find us burning
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5. |
Dissonance
02:49
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When I wake up
Sucking on
The taste of blood
I fill my cup
With loving from
The rising sun
Oh, but I still taste it
My veins are thick with
Dissonance
When I regret
Sucking on
Cigarettes
I crack my neck
And suck my thumb
And then forget
Oh, but I still taste it
My lungs are thick with
Dissonance
Chamomile and caffeine,
Desperate but healthy,
Dissonant.
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Candy Eyes
02:54
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The moments we wish for
Have already been,
So we wait like patient Christian men.
I put a buck in the payphone
To listen in
To a Christmas that I’ll miss again.
But I would give anything
To be the man I know you need.
So for a time, I’ll lie
To get lost in those candy eyes.
Stuck in the same hole
I’ve already been.
Now her patience started to run thin.
I’m lucky to stay home
With my sleepy sins
Dropping bombs on peaceful villages.
But I would give anything
To be the man I know you need.
So for a time, I’ll lie
To get lost in those candy eyes.
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7. |
Bring Me to My Knees
03:58
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"Bring me to my knees"
She said "please darling,
I want to breathe in something new
And I want you."
"Bring me to my feet"
I said "please baby
I want to feel close to you,
But you stand taller than I do."
"If I’m honest, at my best
I could never follow through
I am hopeless without you."
"Bring me something sweet"
She said "please, honey,
I want to take in something good,
And I want you."
"Lift me off my seat"
I said "please dearest,
I want to respirate my mood
Only your brush strokes will do."
"If I’m honest, I confess
I could never match your hues
I am colorless compared to you."
Blissed out beyond anything I’ve found,
Deaf ears still adore heavenly sound.
Fecund with my wanton words,
Still, nothing compares with your work.
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Calypso
03:21
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Friday night, I just want some sunlight
But I said goodbye to the brightest ray of all.
Oh, my Calypso! Trapped in this chateau,
Whisper sweet aloe
Your honey lips enthrall me.
If decision is the clay to my fate,
then I will shape it to you.
If a diamond is all it will take,
I'll still want to bring you a few.
In the lamplight when I feel so high,
I come untied like the laces of my shoes.
As we sit there, you're so unaware,
I'm trapped by your stare.
My eyes are pinned on you.
Nothing else can captivate me quite like what you do.
If a diamond is all it will take, I'll still want to bring you a few.
I'm tired of letting you go
And I'm tired of watching the phone
I'm so tired of these separate homes,
And I'm tired of you sleeping alone.
As the moths dredge by
Apple of my eye,
I'm still so poor I see stones out of my reach.
But then the day came to see a welcome change,
Oh please girl, take my name!
I'm down on my knee.
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9. |
Hallelujah, Amen
04:29
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Hardened hideaway,
Same place I escape.
A hermit’s island cave
Buried in the fray.
I wish I could signal you
To come and rescue me.
For now, make a home
Where I can be alone
And turn up my headphones
To reconstruct the room.
I can’t stand the sound of silence
My head’s too busy.
Hallelujah, Amen
Hallelujah, Amen
An honest man once said
"feed me to be fed,
Pass the cigarette,
And forgive other's debts."
But in my wickedness,
Whiskey lips,
it was too much for me.
Hallelujah, Amen
Hallelujah, Amen
So I speak sorry shit
through tobacco spit
with two legs shaking.
Oh what a wretched me I am
To leave you hungry, cold, and naked!
All my money's spent, I'm restless here
And waiting!
Hallelujah, Amen
Hallelujah, Amen
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