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1. |
The Art of Disappearing
03:31
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when they say don’t, when they say don’t i know, don’t i don’t i know you who?
when they say don’t, when they say don’t i know, don’t i don’t i know you?
say no. yeah say no. say no.
say you’re trying to remember something, something too important to forget
say you’re trying to remember something, but you haven’t realized it yet
and when they invite, when they invite you to, invite you to the party hey?
when they invite, when they invite ya to, invite ya to the party hey?
please remember
what parties are like
before you answer
someone telling you
in a loud voice
that they once
wrote a poem
and if they say we, if they say we, if they say they say we should get, yeah, we should get together!
if they say we, if they say we should get, man we should get together!
say why. yeah say why. say why.
say it’s not that you don’t love ‘em, no it’s not that you don’t love ‘em anymore
but gossip is for fools my friend, and life is far too short to be so bored
and when someone you, when someone you haven’t seen, haven’t seen in ages
when someone you, when someone you have not seen, haven’t seen in ages
appears at your door
don’t start singing your old song
you will never catch up
speak trees
talk of the monastery bell at twilight
tell them you have a new project
tell them it will never ever be finished
and walk around walk around walk around feeling like a leaf
know that you could tumble any second, know that your time’s brief
i say walk around walk around walk around feeling like a leaf
know that you could tumble any second, know that your time’s brief
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2. |
Cut Yr Teeth
02:47
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ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ha ha-ha
in the summer since you cut yr teeth
you swore to god you would never leave (you’d never leave!)
then winter came and yr world changed
you stole away to a prettier place (far away!)
you never stay long
no you never stay long
no you never stay
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors (minds are doors!)
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ha ha-ha
tomorrow came, left you old
when daddy died it did unfold (right away!)
the forest sleeps at yr door
the autumn waits to give you more (give you more!)
you never stay long
no you never stay long
no you never stay
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors
hearts are flowers, and minds are doors (minds are doors, minds are doors!)
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
ooh-la-la-la, ooh-la-la
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3. |
Bonded Indebtedness
04:03
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bonded indebtedness
this once-in-a-lifetime passion kiss is
already making me sad
i’ll find you out, shout “surprise!”
you can turn your back and hide
put your head in the clouds, it’s no disguise
you might not like this but it will be
effective at making you see
i am a light in your eye
i am a light in your eye
infinite-tisemal, hardly speaking
namaste, namago
in through the out door
like it never was before
circling round and round the drain
trying to find a way
around the pain
you say it’s impossible
maybe so but I am fanciful
give me some ribbon baby (i will tie a bow!)
i can see the door is on its hinge
have to turn the knob to let me in
if you don’t know, that’s no invitation
i may not like how, like how it is
there’s no sign on the door saying “Come In”
i am a light in your eye
yeah I’m a light in your eye
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4. |
Fragile Machine
04:01
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falling in love is entertaining
world slows down, your heart is racing
talking all night, is that day breaking again? (again)
no sense at all, no concentration
smile in the mirror, put your bright face on
weak in the knees with a contagion of you (of you)
i’m so obsessed and single-minded
you're holding out 'til I define it
just one fuck baby, we'll know life is good (is good)
falling in love is so frustrating
keeps you always wanting, waiting
is that a sign, or are you playing games? (playing games)
calling it quits, we’re done and over
lost your wits, and your composure
love ain’t easy, one thing ya know for sure (for sure)
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5. |
Supercore
01:45
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always never always more
always never always bored
always never always more
always never always bored
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6. |
Inner Coil
04:35
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i wanted to find out how to die
and come again into another life
a different body, no lines retraced
disentangled, all memories erased
the engine fires, the inner coil spins
the heart is formed before all else begins
it brings me to a newly-drawn scene
no history, no “here’s where I have been!”
the pump turns on, the blood is drawn, there is breath
the triggers take, systems wake, consciousness
who the fuck am i?
two hands touching a body, alive
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7. |
Extra Specialist
04:43
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young bright wide-eyed
dumb ripe and wild
lord if I have to die I’ll be outside
when you see the lights of the ship approach
go to the dock, it’s your invitation
figure out, where the clouds gather most
behind the sky, no interrogation
young numb glass-eyed
warm but not for long
lord if I gotta die I’ll be online
cut the groove
cut the grooves in the record
make ‘em deep
make them deep and wide
cut the heart, cut the apple to the core
cut the heart, let the groove play out
who hands currency to who
in these economies of cool
feel the ichor flow
everyone a fool
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8. |
Debts+Inflation
02:53
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i came to the city
from the big country
i left there my family
so I could make some
more money
i wandered around
all day
until someone said
“you can get a job but it won't pay,
enough for you to make your way.”
well i don't like other people saying
what's right for me or my relations
I don't like the conversation
when it turns to debts and inflation
i close my eyes
my mother’s there
i hear my father say
"son beware of all you think you know"
met a girl in the check-out line
oh my she was looking fine
took me out behind the billboard sign
lifted her skirt, said: "boy you want what's mine?"
i got jumped in the parking lot
they took my jacket and my iPod
they looked at me and they smiled a lot
they said: "it's not who you are man, it's who you are not."
they say: "it's not who you are man, it's who you are not."
and I don't like the conversation
when it turns to debts and inflation
i close my eyes
my mother’s there
i hear my father say
"son beware of all you think you know"
but I've been told this is my life's station
shut your mouth or they'll lose their patience
and I don't like the conversation
when it turns to debts and inflation
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9. |
Magpie
04:20
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he say
one for sorrow
two for joy
three for girl
four for boy
five for silver
six for gold
seven for secrets
never told
we say
one for morrow
two for yore
three for now
four for more
five for ever
six for flow
seven for seekers
never whole
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