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Electrical Fire
02:09
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Couple of months back now
I lost it all
I put it all down to fate
Nothing more
I could've grasped it
I could've dreamt it
I could've told you otherwise
But I knew better than that
I knew more
Than you could even imagine
I lost it all
To some kind of dirtiness
To the horses and the dogs
I'm a matchmaker
With scalpel and a pen
Open shop let me come in
I need someone to talk to
Don't you need someone to talk to
Tonight?
I'm a gravewalker
With a great two handed scythe
I just wanna feel alright
I need someone to talk to
Don't you need someone to talk to
Tonight?
I'm an airliner
I'm only trying to dance
I just want a second chance
I need someone to talk to
Don't you need someone to talk to
Tonight?
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Admin
03:19
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They move like a magician
With their hands, with their hands
Their face is furnished nicely
Their flank is divorced
Their crockery is shabby
They hosted two wars
Rigged one up to blow
Soon as I walked in the door
I have never gone
But I've heard things
And I've seen noone enter nor leave
I hear you need a special privelige
A private soul
I hear you need to business venture out on your boat
Make me believe, baby
That that's the case
Cause if it's not, my costs have sunk
Like legs tied to cement paste
I have never gone
But I've heard things
And I've seen noone enter nor leave
I've seen scimitars slipped into sleeves
But nobody walks down that street
The TV told the truth that day
The scene had devolved
The tears were crocodillian
But what hurt me the most
Was watching you go home
Like a key tied to a kite
That is what hurt me the most
So I went on vacation
I went down the coast
And I was gone like a ghost
I cut up your fabrics
I cut off my toes
And still baby only God knows
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Steel Wool
02:50
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Honest to god
I've never felt so glorious as I did
In the back of the truck
With my fresh new pay
On my way to Vegas baby
It was just my luck
And me and my
Spit and shine
Handkerchief and smile
And a bit of my steel wool
Steal me in the dead of night
Tear my love asunder
And if the scorpion
Embroidered on the back
Of my varsity jacket
Suddenly sprung to life
And stung me
Square in the neck
I wouldn't go to the doctor's
I'd go to the desert and lay down
Lay down in my steel wool
Steal me in the dead of night
Tear my love asunder
Steel wool
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Take What You Need
05:03
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This restaurant is a house
That I build everyday
Then we knock it all down
The Michelin Man
Dropped his fork on the floor
We found out in the report
He didn't like the way we
Smiled at him
Invited him
Lied to him
He didn't like fish
But he ordered fish
Quartered fish
Slaughtered fish
And I am to blame
There's a dragon outside
I can smell its scales
I think it might maul
Or demolish me
If I don't step up
And slay the thing
Can I ask that you
Warden me
Assure me?
Pardon me
I'll need very
Fine arrowheads
To pierce the hide
Are you capable
Of brandishing them?
I've had a lot
Of alcohol
And now you're out of focus
I've had a plate
Full up on frogs
And I've had a plague of locusts
It's not fair that they
Trample me
Stampede
Like centipedes
One hundred legs
For the cobbler
Tailor
Soldier
Spy
Look, I do not have
Nearly anything
Just ingredients
But you refuse to refer
To the recipe
For success
All things in excess
Will entangle you
Strangle you
Wrangle you
Won't win my game
I created it
Hated it
Weighted it
Toward my favour
Well you rather remind me
Of what I used to believe
Before I got my money
Now I can see
The truth is revolting
The truth is a siege
And the honourable thing to do
Is take what you need
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Hannah's in the manor
When the moon just feels like keeling
I've a fleeting feeling afoot of me
In kahoots with the man in my throat
Gaggling for a lower price
All during the mess, the mess
The mess we maybe made
The hair on your head in Chardonnay shade
The sickle and mortar
The flame in the shade
Of anger, always anger circulating
Like sharks who hear you
Sharks who hear you say
What is a kiss
If anything at all?
What is a kiss
If anything at all?
You should take death less seriously
It's just a jaded joke
And you can float if you stop struggling
I just want you to know
That you can float
Through Darling Harbour
Or sink like a stone fruit
With no flesh or skin or bone or pulp
I can't agree with you now
I have to sleep on a bed of teeth
And they have to eat something
Somehow
It's not your fault
But it's what's happening right now
To my very soul
And I know where to find you
If I ever need you
If you ever want me
To say I'm leaving
I'm gone
Before my clothes hit the ground
I'm gone like that
But do you ever ask...
What is a kiss
If anything at all?
What is a kiss
If anything at all?
What did you tell me
Alone in the road?
What is a kiss
If anything at all?
What is a kiss
If anything at all?
What did you tell me
That night on the phone?
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I want to go to a place
So grand
Something to ask
I want to go to a place
That's all
I want to go to a place with two glasses
Lenses that show me the truth
Why not get the whole tube?
I want to go to a place
I want to get in the way
I want to make every one of you late
Just to see what happens
I want a place
I don't care if the till is off
Some adults never grow up
When we shoot the movie
Filming cannot be meticulous
But editing will be
We will discern what it means
To a razor
Tee
We were talking earlier in the diner
About what to do with the investor we roped into the trunk
I don't care
I want to go to a place
So far only the lucky have seen
The gate's ajar
The float is flush
The windows are ripe
The moat is made of mushed up marrow
It's yolk
It's yawning at the lecture that I wrote
And put on the lectern
I'm mad in the mass
I'm moreso a mess than anything
Elsewise a netting sprung
Dropped on you and me
And, still in hope
Stuck us together with a spear
Came through like a spout
Of unstopped water
But you're the mayor of war
Bowing the cane of patience
With your gut full on bloody red bricks
I'm a plug
I don't know what I am going to power
It has little to do
Me I'm me I'm
Earthing
A dense lampshade
A donor
A doorknob
To the door that leaves you at the bottom
It's up to you
It's down to me
I'm glad to be of assistance but
It's not my fault
But it's down to me
But it's a hand reaching into your chest and pumping your heart for you
It's whips from the darkness that move your legs for you
But it's a room-long console that runs your head
A little child on a crank that turns your hips
It's a surgeon sewing your lips to theirs
It's conveyor belts that push your teeth out you know?
Same with your hair and your nails
You're the factory
And the foreman
And the convict
And the warden
And I've got your fingerprints on file
Your bed has been bugged
Your luggage has been lugged
And your number repeatedly dialed
I'll give you the axe
If you give me the facts
When do you plan to return to the wild?
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Well in the age of consultations
I guess I forgot how to remove the self
I'm pretty sure I tried to tell you
You're gonna have to get on top of your health
I drink deterioration
Like it's the only thing left on the shelf
Baby it's not fair, I don't wanna know how
I only really care about your whereabouts
So don't forget your docket
It's the only way they'll let you learn at school
And don't misplace your rulebook
It's the only way you'll remember the rules
Definitely don't be foolish baby
Don't you go and be a fool
Baby it's not fair, I don't wanna know why
I only really care about your button down fly
So you go to the wishing fountain
And you bring me back all the golden coins
We'll start a guild of thieves
And if you wanna you're allowed to join
We will sail the seas together
Ice of my heart and fire of my loins
But it ain't fair, I don't wanna know who
I only really care about what you wanna do
Well if I'm gonna go out like this
Suppose that this is my will and my testament
I leave behind no heirs
So I leave you with my hexes and my debt
And if I ever hurt you
I'd like to make it clear that harm was meant
But it wasn't fair, I didn't wanna know how
I only really cared about your whereabouts
It wasn't fair, it really wasn't vital
I only really cared about my status, job and title
It wasn't fair, it weren't the ending of the world
I only really cared about how your hair would curl
It wasn't fair, it doesn't matter now
I only really cared about your whereabouts
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If yesterday was poison
If I lost all of my passion in one go
If I forgot what was important and dear to me
If I ran until I couldn't anymore
I don't quite know what I would do
I'd probably go to the ocean
Go to the ocean
Go to the ocean
If I ever stop holding you, I'm sorry
If I can't hold my laughter down, I'm not
If I cannot age gracefully, what if I fall?
If I can't stomache the thought
What if I can't perish the thought?
I don't quite know what I would do
I think I'd go through the ocean
Go through the ocean
Go through the ocean
What if I forget to call you back before you go?
And what if it goes back to like it was before?
What if I can't stand the notion
That this could be goodbye?
Go through the motions
Go through the motions
Go through
If I worked a little harder
If I slept a little more
If I could tell you then I'd tell you now
I'd show you how, I'd show you all
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Compact disc eyes
And a hummingbird heart
I'll have to have you over
And show you where I hung your art
Show you three doors
Make an incision
I need your order
What's your decision?
Is it always gonna be like this?
Is it always gonna ache?
Is it always gonna keep you awake at night
With nothing important to say?
Is it worth it?
I got no clue
But it's the only thing
I know how to do
Take me out
Take me out for good
I've grown tired
Of this neighbourhood
I can make fun
Make fun of you
Cause it's the only thing
I know how to do
Is it always gonna be like this?
Is it always gonna ache?
Will there always be forty acres out there
Right next to Silver Lake?
Is it worth it?
I got no clue
But it's the only thing
I know how to do
Get on my knees
And pray it's true
Like it's the only thing
I know how to do
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The palace is a phallus
As I go to pedal through
Watching all the cash gurus
Do just what they do
And the bandit with one hundred arms
Swinging wild one hundred guns
I'm sure he'll make you dance and run
On your hands till you're blue
Have you checked your chalice?
Cause I think that isn't wine
You're sipping a separatist plot
Malicious and malign
The other thing I cannot say
Is my signature line
But it sounds a bit like this my darling
"A la di da di dine"
The baby is a bastard
And I want it out my house
The pheasant sounds extraordinary
I'd like it in my mouth
I had an aging ocelot
But it got sick with scurvy
I thought I was impervious
But I got quite sick too
And that's the truth
I promise you
That summer was so sonorous
I thought I might fall in
When I heard your singing
Almost thinner than ice
You brought about the winter wolves
And I saw their napes were furrowed
But I knew about a barren hole
That we could all just scurry to
I woke up nearly naked
And decided to get dressed
A coat made out of magma
Onboard an emerald dress
But the rocketship was leaving
So I thought it would be best
To leave only a message
And my brand new Kevlar vest
This is how the message read
It was written in prose
"Who knows where I am headed
But I only had to head
You should be glad or grateful
Or be gone when I get home
Or be waiting with a longarm
Cocked and loaded for my head"
I promised you
I'd come back through
What gives you the right
To go and sling me like a stone?
And who in the world
Gave you the number to my phone?
You think you can just hit me up
Whene're you're free and able?
Well I am not a conference
You cannot book a table
You cannot just stand there
And tell me to just smile
You are trying to stab me
But I am wearing plate
And when you try to cut across
You'll find I'm wearing chain
And when you try to find me
You'll find I'm dressed quite plain
I blend into the landscape
Like a chameleon
I saw your matinee last night
And it was brilliant
But now I think it's getting dull
Just waiting for a comet come
I'll take that as a statement
And relinquish you no comment
I'm going to the garage
And I'm taping up the walls
And taking out the ceiling
And I'm taking out the floor
And my house will be a hole
And I will fall and fall
And fall and fall
And fall
And I will follow through
I promise you
The place is a hole
Where we can go
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11. |
House Red
01:25
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Heaven when it hits
You won't believe it baby
Can't hardly believe
A thing that's said
Atop the tiller's counter
Fit for fast money and expenses
Payed and accounted for
Baby I promise
Baby I promise
When I'm dirt poor
I'll still buy the house red
Whatever it may be
Baby I promise you on the pass
With sharps in my hands
With hot in my arms
I'll still open that restaurant
House Red, wherever it may be
Baby I promise you
While we clog up the road
On our knees
I'll still be that man
Whoever he may be
A man that could put the pets down if needed
A man not angry
A man not satisfied
A man that could go to heaven with you
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You are dream
And straws
I see
You saw
Possibly indeed
That's a fact
The things that I choose
Are so important
The things
That create me
All kisses taste the same
It's the moment rather
That makes them sweet
Or sour
I propose a clause:
Maybe I've convinced myself
A fiddler
Doesn't whistle
A train car
Maintains it's inertia
After the fact
Of function
Requiems for stupid cars
Chassis made of chitin
Made of chalked up
Grandeur
Made of dreaming
Straws
Cat eyes
Claws
Pitch
Yaw
On a roll
Restraint
The great
The unusual
Hills Hoist Heist
Nineteen eighty nine
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