1. |
jump rope noose
01:42
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take me to the backyard
run around the fire we make out
sticks and stones are thrown
bottle caps like candles blown
jump rope
second hand smoke
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2. |
strngr n home
04:17
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when you wake up
will you be in a home
will you sink like a stone
when you wake up
will you be alone
will you speak up
will you rot out your bones
if you don't swim
you will sink
you're waking me up
when will i have a home
when i find a home you will be in the home with me
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3. |
family dreams
01:29
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nudity and a cigarette
i found my lover i just don't know it yet
am i good enough on a pill?
my head is injured and i'm sick still
every night i dream about my family
i wake up and i tell you about it
i stare at all these rocks
the doorbell makes me anxious
your body is my own
i move my shit into your home
open your heart and your money's gone
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4. |
blithe field
03:51
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radio tape runny nose desperate times call for desperate ways to go
i need a word bank to make a deposit
i hurt less than i used to
lest i refuse your lovin'
purple and blue and black inside of you
here, people like to wait around, standing around
don’t wait
i wait more than i used to
lest you tell me to go
i wait more than i used to
on all these platforms by all these numbered roads
mom likes the 80s
she prays for those victims of the hurricane
and i pray for my flooded veins
i pray less than i used to
lest you prey on my lovin
radio tape runny nose desperate for a rhyme or a reason to how all this shit goes down
i need a word bank to put in my deposit now
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5. |
knife
04:48
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500 messages will implode the sound of the broad street platform
like aramaic, hebrew spoken
how the DR took people under water [deserts]
[yeah agape]
there's a woman in the cafe reading her textbook
people do not contact me to see how i am
we watch the tv
the highest rollercoasters
then to the Grand C
we took the boat across the sea with our cameras
"we took the boat too, cameron"
you’re my force of nature on your best behavior
at the top of the standard tell me i am
easier to handle than i was
last week a crisis,
but christ is the nicest guy that i know
then i knocked him off of his bike
from the cab door
i didn't know
take a gun to my head to get me to leave
take a knife to my side to get me down on my knees
last week a crisis,
but christ is the nicest guy that i know
saw him in uptown
then i saw him oh down in soho
500 messages will implode the sound of the broad street platform
woman and man argue about love and money like they all do
woman in the cafe
reading her textbook
like it is chinese
right to left
people do not contact to see how i've been
you’re my force of nature on your best behavior
hour long songs become the top of the standard hotel
sounds of metal
sounds of pop music
this is why i am here
this is why we all are here
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6. |
PTSD! [guilty dad]
03:13
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every monday i shed my skin
and i wallow in my cold blooded sin
every monday i try to stay warm
but you're never sure how to do that
you gotta guilty dad, he's not mad
you gotta guilty mom, she's just sad, she's just uh-huh
PTSD
it's the trauma going down with you and me
it's your clone it's your twin it's your de ja vu on tv
every monday i shed my skin
as i let go of my cold blooded weekend
every friday after i am too warm
time to tear myself again til i'm torn
you gotta guilty dad, he's not mad
you gotta guilty mom, she's just sad, she's just uh-huh
PTSD
it's the trauma going down with you and me
it's your clone it's your twin it's your de ja vu on tv
Don't blame me
it's not my fault you see
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John Kale Brooklyn, New York
another person in brooklyn
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