1. |
Sparkle Motion
02:49
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2. |
The Incident
03:27
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Snuffing out a cigarette like it was a fresh life
Thinking up a fear so real it could turn your hair white
Like it was your last chance
Like it was a tap dance
Like it was a purpose
Like it was worth it
I could leave an apple lodged into your back
I could be the sibling who leaves you milk and bread
Radical change
I don't have the best perspective, it was just my first time
I do the things I'm told and if I'm given an order then it's fine
Like it was a pay day
Like I wasn't afraid
Like I made a judgement
Like it was worth it
It's my first week on the job, I'll just hang back
But I could just as well have done something about that
If you had any heart you would try to see my side
I could join the crowd for photos just one time
Then spray the mace
Radical change
I could shove you through when you're stuck in the doorway
Or I could be the family, shameful and ashamed
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3. |
Spider Monkey
04:12
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Wow, it's so wonderful
God damn, I feel so slow
No, I won't change my circumstance
I'll get high and complain about failed plans
Ow, it's so colorful
I am an animal
How? It's unbelievable
How does it move like that in such a small cage?
No, I won't change my circumstance
I'll get high and complain about failed plans
Please fill my food bowl
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4. |
This Place Is Haunted
03:31
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Everything goes in fine
Everything I breathe out is still carbon monoxide
This is where we used to shop but now it's a ghost town
Everybody used to flock to this spot until it closed down
The money burned holes in their pockets but it's all online now
Everybody shopped for toys and their clothes until it closed down
I need water but I don't have five dollars
There's even more on the second floor
There's no payment for six months on credit
The long lines stretch through the door
I can't carry it all in just these two hands
This is where we used to flock but now it's a ghost town
Everybody used to shop at this spot until it closed down
The money burned holes in their pockets but it's all online now
Everybody shop for toys and your clothes until it closes down
People can't tell when they're enjoying themselves
People can't tell when they're destroying themselves
People can't tell when they're exploiting themselves
People can't tell when they're done selling themselves
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5. |
Blank
02:53
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I am naive
I am far too trusting
I am meant to go
But I don't
I am serene
I'm just cooking off steam
I am fallible
From head to toe
Go where you feel at home
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6. |
No, Thank You
04:03
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If there's something to read about
I don't want to know what it is
And that's something to think about
Ah ah ah
If there's something that I should do
Suddenly, I can't move
If there's something that I should read
I forgot how to see
Outside is bright
Outside is hot
You know that outside is bright
Outside there's sun to soak up
Outside there's light
Outside is frightening
Fear strikes like lightning
Because outside there's life
If there's something to read about
I don't want to know what it is
And that's something to think about
Ah ah ah
If there's something that I should do
Suddenly, I can't move
If there's something that I should read
Well, fuck you
Outside is bright
Outside is hot
You know that outside is bright
Outside there's sun to soak up
Outside there's light
Outside is frightening
Fear strikes like lightning
Because outside there's life
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7. |
Contract
05:46
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Right about now
You'll fight about how
You're tired of conflict
With nothing in common
There's something happening that I don't understand
He'll buy a ring just because he's supposed to
You won't figure out
Why you foam at the mouth
When you do what you're told
It's not for you, but then you get old and
Some things will happen to secure other people's plans
He'll make you take his name like he owns you
Somebody somewhere is going to tell you something
Somebody somewhere is going to make you change your mind
First child
Locked in
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Blind
03:08
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Oh my god
I don't understand how citizens
Get groomed for this work
Here it comes
And I'm listening, finally
There's something that I just cannot see
Hey, just say "Sir, yes sir"
Let the proles all know their worth
You just don't see the value, it shows
I just don't want to argue, no
There's too much time in every day
I've seen that you've been haunting me
You're just so sweet
Why are you so unhappy?
How come you're always dragging?
The head doesn't stop but the body just doesn't move
I'm not sure that I want it to
See? I'm just like you
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9. |
Paces
03:41
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The prophet comes to me in sleep
To show me which things I should dream
Why do I follow? Is it only so those insights can be known?
Are we so sure they're untold?
No
It's something universal
For someone introverted
With magic dust or fluid
Where do we get our information from, and do we care at all?
Why do we try so hard, so long?
It's fine to disconnect yourself
It's something universal
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10. |
Happy, Healthy
03:57
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You've been chasing gravity
You're falling down and spiraling
Tripping over fantasies
Of better health through vomiting
Our happy, healthy hero
I don't know
It doesn't stop
You could try to distract yourself
But your teeth are falling out
As the acid burns
I don't know anything
I don't even see it
I don't know anything
I don't even try
I don't know anything
I don't even wonder
I don't know anything
Too sick to say
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11. |
Leaves
06:00
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Piles of leaves used to line the streets
Rust-colored debris came from green
Crawling over everything
Something new is happening
Blue-collar things are all we're discussing
How the weather's changing, it's not worth eavesdropping
Crawling over everything
Something new is happening
Making me think
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Ultimately Fruitless Chicago, Illinois
Jumpy, crunchy weirdo rock.
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