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Americana Get A Break
03:55
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There's a lot of talk about control
there's a lot of talk about how to do it right
and how everybody's doin it wrong
blow it up
give geologists a treat
put a road through it
so the rest of us can be
anywhere else
what did i expect as a kid dreaming of flying out the window?
what do i expect now that everything i love is problematic?
pops was a sailor, man, so what did you expect?
didn't quit the sea till his body got wrecked
as for me, i take what i can get: concrete killing green
what is honor when there's no going back?
sure one man quit, but there's still gill nets
and all these hives burning out night skies
well i hate em, but i'll use em
you know me, any excuse to stay gone
walls to build a road, anywhere i wanna go i go
walls to build a road anywhere i want
(we feel the same
but i want to leave
i understand if you feel the same)
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2. |
Leslie Plain and Strong
02:08
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leslie was born in the place she wants to die
grey skies only mean cooler weather
keeps her food separated on her plate
spain was fine but mississippi's finer
found a good ole boy to make her smile
never questions the love of the father
she shines, is it ignorance or grace?
or just her simple desire?
if a fool says it's gold then it's gold.
it still shines, it even glitters
oh to love what you didn't have to find
every day's the same
it just keeps getting better
golden seas lapping at her knees
she dreams of a muddy old river
could she dream where horizons meet the greys converge
the greys go on forever?
a fool's a fool if he can't see
gold's a rock some man told him to treasure
i tried to change my heart
but it dies when it can't wander
oh to love what you didn't have to find
to be awake without hunger
born in a rock adored
nestled in pressure
manners and beauty forced
precious and sought after
leslie was born in the place she wants to die
aint boastin or braggin neither
family plots down the road nearby
settle in to the here on after
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3. |
Pacific Light Wave
02:07
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california hill in the sunshine
foot smashes face 3 maybe 4 times
that man is down he's burgundy now
you remind me this doesn't concern us
we're only passing through
and there are groups i'm naive to
what sticks and shakes and pulls you back?
milkweed seed, pointless gnats
fireball shoots across the 4 lane
stopped by a jersey wall
riverside's singing in the back seat
"destroy my sweater destroy it all"
you didn't see you suggest i just keep driving
chorus comes on so i sing along
glitterboys are dancing in the ditches
i don't know what night it is again
cassie's demanding something with a happy ending
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4. |
Starve the Romantyx
02:32
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oh sweet
don't come too close
i'll drink too deep
if the words don't matter, you're not listening
the places you've been, they're still glowing
i devour crumbs like feasts
i collect dust like diamonds
don't let me sink my teeth
best leave romantics starving
we said never again but i had my fingers crossed
we watched the sun set itself down, now it's pushing pink up
i would try to catch this moment but
oh sweet
don't come too close
i've been waiting to find
i've been waiting.
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5. |
Onom
03:12
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marked it down on a rock in my pocket
patterns are easy once you learn how to spot them
pointed up to the bright then i pointed down to the high
a body with power that changes like mine
they gotta wanna see it too
notice how her body moves
through harvests and my lovers
chasing silver manes
horns burst through
then she's dipping out again
can't step in twice when it moves through
nails are growing longer every day
steady pushing through at their decided rate
she's moving further in her own ways
i cut my fingernails
throw them away
marked it down on a rock in my pocket
they scar he up with their flags and their rockets
tossed it down for a ripple for an echo
a little cheat sheet so others could take note
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6. |
Money Blood
04:40
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first time they'll give ya 50 bux
for the stuff that floats your blood cells
second time they'll give you 75
if you come before the week's done
you're gonna pay some bills
you're gonna help someone
like the old white men in all their posters
needing better blood
you're gonna lie on your paper work
about the marks on your body and the people you've loved
you're gonna pay some bills
you're gonna help someone
who probably doesn't even realize where their fix comes from
got a needle in your arm for the next hour
while every tube's spewin SVU
is that your best defense?
where's the evidence?
your veins aren't accepting their old occupants
throw em in trash and give me the cash
i'm through
unsung
sought and bought
science needs the bodies
easy money is easy money
so sign the release form
praise those from whom all knowledge of side effects flow
praise those who use their bodies every way they know how
lay them down sweet tonight
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7. |
Krill Grill
02:40
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lengthen your spine to strengthen your backbone
tidy out the cotton, stretched between those neurons
your new found clarity
does it feel like a lie?
throw yourself out of bed
5:30's such a feat, isn't it?
congratulations
you're meeting expectations
sit still try to feel time moving you
count your blessings like, "at least i'm getting by"
count your blessings like "at least i get to see sunrise"
armored in friends' second skins
thicker than mine is
made of pure confidence
if i have to come back
i can see myself not showing up
i can see it happening
i can see it all dissolving
rocks turn to sand
waiting for pressure to form them again
if i have to come back
fill me with baleen
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8. |
Entropical
02:20
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ancient aches from slight bruising
from reckless romantics
and head wounds
and lust
hardly anyone to so many
keep tallying them up
the luck of synching
chance creating bond
can you explain this stuff?
wait,
i should be waking up soon
i hear that boring hum, too
every time we talk
hazy years of getting
entropy pushing me through time
but wait, i should be waking up soon
new loss to never flinch
to callous towards tenderness
grab a knife when wounds heal stiff
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9. |
Brittle Honey
02:36
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walking warm in the snow
i changed my mind.
all of the nothings
i'd like you to know
has something changed your mind?
all of the nothings
i'd like to know
soft glances
unrushed and light
to have so much time.
comfort and space in wild eyes
pour honey on the sugar, that's fine
catch and refract light
i'm not scared of magpies
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10. |
Noseeums
05:53
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mosquito nest
mosquito heart
i'm thirsty for blood
trade your oceans for hills
sink below the gulf
what's better than bad options?
build spit up sweet
fill up my days
pickin crystals out of salty memories
life takes so long to waste
what do you mean you crave authenticity?
if you find what you seek, will you stop complaining?
what's a mirror to a mirror?
what is mutual desire?
a shadow passing through the ripples and the waves
looking out,
it seems fine
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Caitlin Bender, Garett Cassidy, & Jon Ahn.
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