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Play the Moderate
02:13
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See my desire
(I still)
[Unlucky]
Then do the opposite
(Lie still)
[Undisciplined]
Feed me a fire
(Heel)
[Doesn't matter]
Then play the moderate
(And heal)
[Same direction]
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2. |
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When the crucifix
Tightens it grip
Around the skeletons
Of your skeletons
And won't loosen
I'm lost for reason
Its never black and white
What is it like
To be on one side?
What is like
To fake peace of mind?
Draw me the line
Where your smile used to be
And where your lips used to bend
Oh so freely
There's that ancient river
You've filed in with concrete
And me drinking holy water
From that forgotten stream
So when the crucifix
Tightens its grip
Around the skeletons
Of your skeletons
How I wish
They are beyond recognition
Like a ghost with no coast to haunt
And those shadows
Are just overshadowing
A safer place for mourning
And endless mornings
Draw me the line
Where the sun used to be
And where the light used to bend
On the land of the free
But our obsession
With these petty lies
Turned the days into nights
Maybe God civilized us to know why
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3. |
Infamous
03:33
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They're on their knees
In front of me
I feel the evil
Warmly settle in
Are they so desperate for Christ
That I would suffice?
Just let me think of a price
God damn
Famous
So God damn
Famous
For nightmare standards
Sing back my cantor
More wine with communion
I tied strings to this union
They're so desperate for Christ
The young they sacrifice
Flesh freshly served sliced
God damn
(You can't say my name)
Famous
So God damn
(Without a wince)
Famous
Don't act so surprised
It only cost me your life
This acts performative
And ultraconservative
You slurred through the words
For a truth preferred
Like leaving the door open for more
And then blaming the wind
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4. |
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You are whole
You are permanent
Wherever I go
I carry words you meant
Because you have soul
You have temperament
This feeling never came and went
Let me
Rename you "mine"
And I'll be
"Faithfully yours"
Color me rusty
And overexposed
A burn so bad
It glows through my clothes
Like the moon that tucks me in
You are everything
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I built you a mirror
So you could see yourself
In new light
In real time
And watch how you dance
How you sing
Not the melody
But those words you're silently mouthing
We are one of those
Chose to honor vows
Drown it out in prose
Let go. Be here now
We are one...
You built me a window
(And you are everything)
Through the hands I was hiding in
(Everything that I ever wanted)
From new light
(And when the light it catches you)
I was reluctant to embrace
(I know the night will never dim for me)
So now when I fly
Its the ground I miss
And Virginia mountains
We overcome
We are one of those
Chose to honor vows
Drown it out in prose
Let go. Be here now
We are one...
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6. |
You In My Ts
05:09
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I thought of that afternoon instead
And how your twin sized bed
Is clearly mislabeled
It hardly seems able
To sleep more than one person
Without you close in my Ts
But dreams offer no guarantees
So I thought of that afternoon instead
And how those titles I had read
Were clearly mislabeled
Why do I pay for cable?
This story has one version
I call it you in my Ts
But dreams offer no guarantees
Because dreams are never guaranteed
Then the thought of that afternoon instead
And how stuck I get in my head
I am clearly mislabeled
Misinformed, or whatever he said
Another day and I'd be cursing
But you're here in my Ts
And dreams offer no guarantees
Because dreams are never guaranteed
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7. |
Rise of Fascism
05:35
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When does a point break
Become a breaking point
Or a point made?
They made it to break me
And repeat
But we're not alone
So let's make a throne
Out of our backbones
And if you have some money
To spare the cause
Credit cards are acceptable
The effect is corruptible
Now the point break
Denies the breaking point
Becomes a point made
They made it to break you
Just try to pursue it
There is nothing there to prove
Now you are alone
And they've made this throne
Out of your backbone
And now you have no money
To bail you out
But your soul is acceptable
Everyone is corruptible
So when the hot rain
Gives you cold feet
Remember that the old stains
Can't beat the new weak
If you're no weaker than their seat
Then you're no weaker than me
You're no weaker than the system
They have all claimed not to be
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8. |
Sliver, Silver
03:44
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Two shimmering and shivering
Sliver silver moons
Reflecting off black oceans
Too wide to see across
Raise a flag in the war zone
That was this parking lot
Did they eat the heart from the heartland?
Two blistering and boiling
Bitter blue suns
Shining on rivalries
And where they draw their lines
In the sand to divide
All humanity
Do they still taste their love on the ends of their teeth?
Our pain in competition
The chair warmer
Poses no solution
But if he cares enough
He'll learn the words no matter what
Repurpose them
For reelection
Reappear to appear sympathetic
I'll give it one week
Before he's hungry again
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