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Anecdote
02:56
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I'm mountains away from my own sea
Never noticed any until they're in front of me
Been choking on the blistering heat
Further that I get from the Sun
Desert comes to me
An anecdote in a book she never wrote felt new
My hands were tied feeling tired and alive and blue
What can I do
You collapse the chaos in the dirt
Didn't know I was out of line til it didn't hurt
She's paving new routes to the same turns
End up at the center of Earth and right back to her
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2. |
Tara The Android
04:13
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Silence doesn't calm me
It used to
I've abused it
Now it's chaos that I need to live
Sirens can't be heard here
I drag them and extract them
Til it's quite
So I'll toss all night and build
This companion sing me to sleep
In the canyon she will comfort me
Tara was an android
But she'll always be real to me
Curating a wardrobe to suit her
and exude the exhumation
of my daily dig
Closet full of trophies for Tara
While she keeps my spirits higher
In the dead of night I hear
Sounds of laughter shaded by song
Finally someone to get along with
My own creation has finally broken my heart
Never felt grief until I had to take her apart
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3. |
Stay Calm, Ezra
04:24
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When the poison take shape
Tell my boy it's okay
Teach him well
Show him grace
How to sing
How to play
Barely awake, take me with you
If the pain goes away, take me with you
Play your misses in clouds
Let him know I'm still proud
Walk in circles for fun
Where you both can stay young
Nothing at stake, take me with you
No point to break, take me with you
Stay Calm, Ezra
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4. |
In Your Chamber
04:35
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In your chamber I'll reside
Use my lungs to breathe you life
While else would I exist but to keep you alive
In the silence of your cell
I hope you can hear me well
Talk you through it even though you'll never quite understand
You take my heart
Why would I need it anymore?
You take my heart
You're the only one it's beating for
Paper fortune in the rain
Tired eyes to greet the day
What good will it do me if I can't see your face?
If I can take your place I will
All of your emptiness I'd fill
Soaring above you to watch you make me proud
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5. |
Jaundice
04:01
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Shower in golden prison
The water is clean at least it's supposed to be
Tower of inhibitions
A Chinese suit filled up with dirty laundry
Avoid the radio dial
You've drained the batteries of your remote
The windier the turnstile
The harder it can be to find your way home
A toxic influenza
Washed up the minds of all the malleable ones
Hidden in the credenza
A savings tucked away for the mausoleum
Send a letter and pretend your wrote it by yourself
Count the blessings given to you buy before you sell
Watch the mold grow in the kitchen
Riches hide the rags
A fantasy is all that you have
Zip tie the emperor's wrist
Foam at the mouth like rabid dogs will do
Drew on the ink you once kissed
A dozen times before it turned on you
Send a message and pretend like everybody cares
There's a mindless exhibition going on upstairs
Count the missing pieces in your disassembled gun
A fantasy of complications
The game is over nobody won
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6. |
Madhouses Appeared
03:48
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Shattered debris lit by a hollow glow
Remaining pieces of the friends you know
Particles of everything that we once knew came unglued
Like it's bound to
Float in the blackness til it disappears
Return to form after all those years
I'm lost in wonder and I'll never pull through without you
To hold on to
No tears, No more blues
How'd we end up here
End near, Surely doomed
Madhouses appeared too soon
The rigor mortis of immortal souls
Scattered in twilight to complete their roles
Not a single thought will even try to remain in view
Like it's suppose to
How many ways are there to say goodbye
No one could ever say we didn't try
Still comfort in knowing when the end is in bloom
I'll have you to hold on to
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7. |
Climate Of Fear
02:53
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Still underground here waiting for the fallout
To dissipate to I can get the hell out
I've got a little cash under the mattress
I'll take a nature walk through all the ashes
I'm bored of the impending doom
Scanning the exits every room
We're just another pawn in the climate of fear
Doesn't anybody else see what's going on here
It's it safe in here or better outside
I need a contact to know that I'm alive
Been way too long to call a truce
So sick and tired of that excuse
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8. |
Pentagrams
04:50
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Covering blank pages
I was never one to stay in line
Married to a certain kind of love
A certain state of mind
Running out of paper writing thoughts
I never thought I would
Used up all the ink
Now carving sketches into the driftwood
Losing all control of my left hand
Drawing Pentagrams
Boredom in my adolescent stages
Feeling inside out
Scanning all the exits in the room
Think I see one now
Buried in a reocurring dream I never could escape
One day I'll be part of the machine
I feel like taking shape
Grappling with my attention span
Drawing Pentagrams
Losing all control of my left hand
Drawing pentagrams
Staring at the ceiling wondering what would
Become of me
Picking up guitar and writing songs in a
minor key
Looks like there will be a change of plans
Drawing Pentagrams
Grappling with my attention span
Drawing pentagrams
Losing all control of my left hand
Drawing pentagrams
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9. |
Behind The Great Divide
03:23
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Alma mater and the small hands of fate
King's daughter never would dare menstruate
Cold porcelain and the kiss of a witch
Deep water fills the minds of the rich
Poison ivy league
Tuition free
Welcoming abuse
Gross, obscene misuse
Absurdly obtuse
Where can we hide
Behind the Great Divide
Poor Elvis and the pages with legs
Mold growing from a tangerine egg
Ten thousand maybe more congregate
Gaze at the 45's on their plate
Forever in a dream
Developing
Can't be torn apart for too long
Can't be torn apart for too long
Find our where the pieces belong
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10. |
Ezra
03:05
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Hear comes our latest addition
Straight into our little world
Welcome to chaos and beauty my little one
Bound we are to be together
Be in by interest or blood
I'll pull you in from the weather out of the flood
Ezra
Warn you of your dispositions
Tell you the truth when it hurts
Humble yourself to surroundings cherish the Earth
Speak for the ones who are silenced
Beware of those at the helm
Be graceful in your defiance, still give em hell
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Dustin Lovelis Long Beach, California
“Drag Me Out” out on Park The Van Records Sept 23
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