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PEOPLE ON SCREENS
03:58
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PEOPLE ON SCREENS
people on screens
they do terrible things
people on screens
so much more gorgeous than me
back in the day we played
in fields of gravel and clay
we bloodied our knees
and fled from our mothers
we bled like brothers
people on screens
my hands control what they see
spite blighted feed
flight plans, intransigent schemes
fright brightened street
white guilt, white hot private screed
equal extremes
are we still friends?
does the scene ever end?
breeders will breed and
thieves will plunder
bereaved, we will wonder
people on screens
habits fate the dream
people on screens
have your way with me
have your way with me
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SECRET CLAW
05:16
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SECRET CLAW
secret claw
hoorah hoorah
secret claw
hoorah hoorah
hurry up and flash me a sign
are we scurrying or standing in line?
do we worry or do we semper fi?
do we tourniquet or is this goodbye?
secret claw
tell all tell all
secret claw
tell all tell all
tell us everything you know to be true
and if you don't know just pretend that you do
give us names that we can blame for the fall
give up the game give up the secret claw
tell us all about your disease
did you get it from the things you believe
there must be better ways to play out this scene
don't be afraid to trade your blue for green
hurry up and flash us a sign
are we scurrying or standing in line?
do we worry or do we testify?
are we born again or is this goodbye?
secret claw
hoorah hoorah
secret claw
hoorah hoorah
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DANCER HOWL
06:53
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DANCER HOWL
enlighten me
go ahead, frighten me
what is that shine in your eyes?
why won't you apologize?
change the subject
turn back toward the stage
don't claim to love it if you don't
don't make like hate
when you're really just afraid
I know I seemed impervious
If you only knew how nervous I was
I know I seemed gregarious
If you only knew how scared I was
change the subject
get back in the game
don't waste your judgment
on some scum you'll never know
don't make like hate--
you are loved and saved
oooh
in north side caves
we pretend to be brave
as in vain we attempt to explain
fresh graves on the south and the out sides
will we never tire of rewiring our brains
with low-grade fame
and role-play?
level up, it's never enough
find another face
a further out space
pace yourself
replace yourself
do you still get thrilled by a shrill parade?
do you still get chills when the killscreen fades?
are you paragon or renegade?
do you dare to want for better days?
change the subject
step back into your stance
don't try to rise above it when it's fine here way down low
why make like hate
when you could fake like romance?
when you could make like trance?
drummer dance
sweat through the ass of your pants
singer listen
singer listen
dancer howl
there's only here and now
dancer how
dancer ha
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4. |
CURSES
04:35
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CURSES
I swear it wasn't me
I swear it wasn't me
did I ever tell you who I was going to be?
or did I only tell you it wasn't me?
I’m overdressing the wreckage, counting cracks and catching flack for it
I’m talking smack at the back of the bus all the way to the valley of death
I sing my curses in reverse unrehearsed, we're none the worse for it
we’re none the worse for it
this family is a cult
this cult it is a home
this house it is a dried-up pile of bones
watch your mouth and soon these bones you will own
I’m trying my protect my possessions, counting blessings and losing track again
I’m ransacking the past for believable masks of irredeemable men
I sing my curses in reverse unrehearsed and what's worse, no one notices
we might as well lose at life if we keep winning, winning winning winning at this
we might as well lose at life if we keep winning this
this
I thought I was sure
I thought I was pure
I thought I was cured
I thought I was yours
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WILDERNESS
03:07
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WILDERNESS
when you left me
in the wilderness
I didn’t cry
though I howled at the moon
and scowled at the sky
ooh
when you left me
in the wilderness
oh eventually I thanked my lucky stars
that you didn’t leave me in the car
ooh
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6. |
OLD GOLDEN
04:33
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OLD GOLDEN
flying like a bat out of hell
crying like a two-hearted fool
croaking like a broke speak & spell
I am choking on an old golden rule
pretty lady don't keep me waiting
I’m a regular here but i've still got the fear
I think it's worse now that I have found myself
come on let's drink to our health!
shrieking baby, you've got your whole life to go crazy
you've no way of knowing how good you have it
you just grab and forget
while your parents consume and regret
ruin and wreck!
if I knew the way to your house
I would draw a map on my hand
there's no way this stain will come out
there's no shame can contain my demand
humble urchin, someday you will slay with your beauty
don't get snooty up there on top of the world
remember the homely girls
all the lonely, interned, uninsured
humble servant your master is lurking
pretend you don't see him
and that you don't know how hard it would be to be him
go away go away!
serve us some other day, go away!
there are backwards black holes in the ocean floor
there are days when the pain gets inflamed
and immaculate rage gets engorged
there are days when the flames reach the sky
we don't even ask why
we don't even ask why
flying like a bat out of hell
crying like a two-hearted fool
croaking like a broke speak & spell
I am choking on an old golden rule
I am broken like an old golden rule
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RIOT SIZE
05:12
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RIOT SIZE
I have seen stupidity
so bold it blinds
I have seen the cruelest clueless worst kinds
tiger in a lion suit
beetle in a pine
lodgepoles are all getting eaten alive
shiny things on tiny screens inviting us to fight
to justify
outrage on a burning page
fake smiles in a pile
fanning flames to damn the names of matron saints in exile
when my favorite singer died
my eyes ran dry
rejoice rejoice rejoice rejoice rejoice in voices deeper than time
native tongues of favorite sons expunged by haters' love
invaders' love
plaintive tales of sacred fails blown up to giant size
riot size
we can amortize, rationalize
lies are still lies
we can clamor for some glamour prize
we can we can stammer, stick our cameras into riots' eyes
trade your grief for mimicry, trade your rage for laughter
shake shake the rafters
it's not too late to chase your dreams and cheat your masters
make like disaster
trade these sword for minor chords and major maxims
get reactive
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TRI TWI
04:41
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TRI TWI
invisible silent
triple twilit
swinging door
no need for excitement
it's just lightning
it's just war
insidious skyline
fetid byline
standard and poor
these words an incitement
an indictment
an open sore
nothing more
confederate styling
yankee dry heave
banshee squall
this isn't your crisis
any way you slice it
it's not your call
it's not your fault
it's a simple thing, empathy
don't you make a symphony of my sympathy
I've been you
one day you will have been me too
this crown shrinks like violets
this autopilot
has run ashore
this town stinks like violence
in a dry wind
breathe insipid lore
no need for excitement
it's just lightning
it's just war
thirsty gore
bursting pores
mercy corps
cursed bore
nothing more
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Roommate Chicago
Roommate began as a Kent Lambert solo project in NYC in 2000 and has been an ever-mutating Chicago band since 2004. The band's 2015 album MAKE LIKE was described by [sic] magazine's Tim Clarke as "astute, economical, meticulously performed and produced, and deeply affecting, both lyrically and musically." ... more
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