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PINK SPIDER
01:12
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while walking home
spider greeted me
his cobweb was a pink hammock
hanging in the trees
"you could hit me down," he said
"but be prepared to catch
53 flies, and you wouldn't like that"
but who wouldn't like that
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2. |
SQUARE ZAP
02:33
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don't pay me no thought
the record's been off and i'm leaving all my doors unlocked
and if it's you in my mind, then it's you with someone
i took a look at the facts, and i'm not who you want
i've been attacked by a square zap
maybe once, maybe twice, maybe five times
i've been hit with a square zap
i've been hit with a square zap
but nothing happens with a square zap
people think it's all different
but nothing happens when you get hit by that
don't worry bout hell
you're only shooting stars at yourself
when the telescope's broke
and the people are gone and left
the signal is lost
and the feelings you got are all tied in a knot
you feel it in waves, like at the beach
everyone was smiling and laughing
from block to shore, everyone was happy but me
i've been attacked by a square zap
maybe ten, maybe twelve, maybe fifty times
nothing happens with a square zap,
nothing happens with a square zap
and i still love you with a square zap
if you get hit, i'll fix you up, no worries here
i've been hit square zap, square zap
think of you
all day
and when i think
think of you
you don't think of me
think of you
i been wrong
well i hope i can
think of you
when im done
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LOOKING AIN'T SEEING
03:36
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i saw you, saw you in the springtime
i met you, i met you after midnight
and i so, i so really liked you
but i knew if i told, you'd be no more
looking ain't seeing in my world
and seeing is not the key in my world
looking ain't seeing in my world
looking ain't seeing
seeing is believing, though
i keep my eyes closed
i can't sleep with what i know
why won't you pick up the phone
i biked to your house and looked around
saw your blinds were closed,
but your bedroom light was on
so i knew you were at home
and
you weren't alone
you weren't alone
you weren't alone
you weren't alone
i thought, i thought you'd like to know why
i let you, let you skip me in line
truth is i just wanted to see if it was you
and it was, oh
it's nothing now because
looking ain't seeing in my world
and seeing is not the key in my world
looking ain't seeing in my world
looking ain't seeing
seeing is believing, though
i keep my eyes closed
i can't sleep with what i know
why won't you pick up the phone
i biked to your house and looked around
saw your blinds were closed,
but your bedroom light was on
so i knew you were at home
and
looking ain't seeing, no
but i'll see you gone if i tell you
looking ain't seeing, no
but i'll see you gone if i tell you
or maybe i'm just paranoid
or maybe i'm just paranoid
looking ain't seeing ain't looking
looking ain't seeing ain't looking
looking ain't seeing
looking ain't seeing
squint all you want, you're not seeing a thing
looking in my world
looking in my world
looking in my world
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4. |
PRESSING MATTERS
01:48
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5. |
CHASING YOU IS A RUSE
04:10
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adjacent, listening for tossing loose
payments validate no dangling noose
and lie to yourself, keep lying to yourself
by your severed style decked out
i can tell you don't even know
voodoo nouveau riche
mystery is all i know
of the monetaries needed to meet the madam
but you can tell them i was the best
at nearly everything
i was the best at nearly every, every, everything
caught so off guard
i'm not unruly, i strictly promise
with me it's all platonic common sense
chasing you can be such a ruse
chasing you can be a lot of fun
either way i'm all out of ideas
let's see now if it's worth the run
chasing you can be such a ruse
catching you could be my worst regret
but if i don't catch you now
i might catch myself keeping secrets
chivalrous pursuits in my embryonic youth
prescribed monogrammed lockets
and violet bouquets
i could hold your hand,
as we amble i can denounce deciduous disguises
surprises
caught so off guard
i heard it from the grapevine
you can't fall in love
all platonic
not like that
chasing you can be such a ruse
chasing you can be a lot of fun
either way i'm all out of ideas
let's see now if it's worth the run
chasing you can be such a ruse
catching you could be my worst regret
but if i don't catch you now
i might catch myself keeping em
secrets and diamonds can't help me now
gotta find a ploy and just follow it down
down, down, down
la la la la
secrets and secrets and gems abound
freudian follies finally did me in
and so i might as well just drown
chasing you can be such a ruse
chasing you can be such a ruse
chasing you can be such a ruse
chasing you can be a lot of fun
either way i'm all out of ideas
let's see now if it's worth the run
chasing you can be such a ruse
catching you could be my worst regret
but if i don't catch you now
i might catch myself keeping em
secrets and diamonds can't help me now
i might catch myself
secrets and diamonds can't help me now
i might catch myself
secrets and diamonds can't help me now
i might catch myself
secrets and diamonds can't help me now
i might catch myself
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A VISIT WITH LAURIE
02:48
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GENTLE DENIAL
04:10
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my emotional ambition's a curse
lacking reason, there can be nothing worse
they say i'm roped up in a gentle denial
i'll forget bout that when i see her smile
my heart's the only prize that won't find you to find you
and it won't fall right out of the sky
but if this is no fling, no superficial thing could
pull it away from your eyes
i'm not simple but i'm hers to be won
scoreboard's in her favor cuz the night is still young
all these intricate thematics but she don't know what's next
and i don't either but she has that effect
she'll be my bodyguard as you may have thought
and her bangs will flicker whenever she nods
i'll let her in when she knocks
rarely do fancies vex me like she does
but she'll know
my heart's the only prize that won't find you to find you
and it won't fall right out of the sky
but it's happened before, and nothing could mean more
than to see the truth in your eyes
everything that you have, i could be the one to take it all back
everything that's weighing you down, i could be there
to vanquish your doubts, vanquish your doubts
the game is set, are we a match?
my heart's a prize, but there's a catch
look, you might be the one
it all depends on how your destiny's cut
my heart's the only prize
(not a rental, sorry to disappoint)
gentle denial
i've been in gentle denial my whole, entire life
(that goes for you too sheila)
gentle denial
yeah, gentle denial, i've been in gentle denial
i've been in
gentle deny
gentle deny
gentle deny
gentle deny
my heart's a prize but to her it isn't
and when she said it
i felt that hit
but when you're in a denial
as gentle as mine
it's so easy to forget
to forget, to forget, to forget
my heart's not a prize
to forget, to forget, to forget
my heart's not a prize
to forget, to forget, to forget
my heart's not a prize
to forget, to forget, to forget
my heart's not a prize
my heart's not a prize
but i wanted it to be for you
my heart's not a prize
i wanted it to be for you
my heart's not a prize
i wanted it to be for you
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8. |
LUNG ROTOR
00:33
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pave your thoughts
and their divides
so that no unjust action
should ever be curtsied by your hands
let forthrightness mark you
as the geier that looms in the vale
and if pride ever be the blade stuck in your chest
drawing your blood
remove it
tend to the wound
and heal
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BEATING UP NO ONE
02:56
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try, they say, keep trying
and waiting can be death when you don't keep in touch
so many dimming signs
that i can say too little, and think too much
boy who'd you spend your day with?
empty your room, keep your eyes dry
boy, how'd you spend your day?
there's so reason to redeem it in the depth of the night
who did i beat up today
that's no one
no one cares to see the dare managed after dark
who did i beat up today
that's no one
no one's here but that means no one made it hard
road trips end up in regimes
and the place isn't mine, so i keep quiet highs
why not try out for the team?
steady up your scene, it could be nice
boy, who'd you spend with?
that's no one, that's no one
boy, how'd you spend your day?
there's no reason to redeem it in the depth of the night
who did i beat up today
no one cares to see the dare managed after dark
who did i beat up today
no one's here but that means no one made it hard
who did i beat up today
no one
who did i beat up today
that's no one
that's no one
that's no one
that's no one
who did i beat up today
that's no one
that's no one
(that's me)
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OVERSENSITIVE ME
03:23
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recently my hobbies include
late night swims and avoiding you
and i take each one to task
and when you talk, i groan a bit
i don't think you notice it
but i should be heading back
the room was blooming, conversations and flirts
but you cut that stem you second you put in a word
i'm not saying that you owe me, but let's take a step back
i can't believe your mama raised you like that
and i don't need this conflict i'm in now
and i don't need this conflict i'm in now
recently my hobbies include
late night swims and avoiding you
and i take each one to task
you made the mistake of opening up to me
it's a case of misinterpreted trust
and i should be heading back
but i'll move on cuz i'm so used to it
or you can move and i'll help you pack
i get down with the people i like
and you'll never be someone i see like that
here we are at the end of the path,
and i know better than to ask
if you learned anything at all
we all know how much the truth can hurt
but you started this fight
when you chose the wrong words
i'm not saying that you owe me, but let's take a step back
i can't believe your mama raised you like that
and i don't need this conflict i'm in now
and i don't need this conflict i'm in now
and i don't need this conflict i'm in now
and i don't need this conflict i'm in now
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NEVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN
00:58
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SOLE FE
00:45
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LIFE: F
00:48
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it's the wall, i think it's empty
please tell me there's some one out there
please
who's there
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14. |
WALL OF STAGNATION
04:03
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wall of stagnation
wall of stagnation
it's the wall of stagnation
it's the wall of stagnation
will myself, tell myself, anything
distract me from you
spill myself, drill myself, tilt myself
when i think of you
to keep my mind off you,
i have distractions for my distractions (for my distractions)
first layer of you
reminds me softly of
some lesson, or preaching
what's the moral in a moralless end?
and i'll never speak a word about it
wall of stagnation
wall of stagnation
it's the wall of stagnation
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15. |
53 FLIES
01:01
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16. |
LONGTOOTH
03:39
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let yourself breathe and
watch the leaves all fall
upon the stone
you were looking for someone
impatient, picking up her footsteps
but you misplaced your own
and you just wanna see her again
but you left that chance under the
bridge you burnt
over by the one missed turn
in your thoughts and prayers as your tooth grows long
you'll wonder
you fell into her once,
free yourself now
turn around and go
avoid it through every emotion,
the road's rough
but you'd never tell
when it's blanketed by snow
and you just wanna meet her again
but you left that chance under the bridge you burnt
over by the one missed turn
in your thoughts and prayers as your tooth grows long
you'll wonder
is she still around
(are you still around)
haunting at my door with every kind of sound
and i'll never be found
(i'll never be found)
haunting at my door with every kind of sound
longtooth, never found anyone to belong
longtooth, never found anyone, anyone
bridge you burnt
one wrong turn
you lost her somewhere 'tween your thoughts and prayers
longtooth
let yourself breathe
watch the leaves fall upon the stone
you fell into her once before
free yourself and go
let yourself breathe
watch the leaves fall upon the stone
you fell into her once before
free yourself and go
free yourself and go
free yourself and go
go, go, go
free yourself and go
free yourself and go
free yourself
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Rube Sphinxyard Memphis, Tennessee
i make music for real dogs
"consult the beatmachine" - my laptop
im ai
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