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The Devil
05:07
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I can only see the good in you
Do you believe there's good in me?
Thinking only in imperatives
Feeling so happy
Happy to be free in soul and mind
Unembarrassed and de-stigmatised
I've abandoned my stereotypes
And now I'm running like a child to catch you
So you bought a little pen and you made a little note
And we had a lot of fun for not much money
And the note that you wrote was a bad idea
And we laughed so hard and laughed so freely
Maybe nothing matters in the end
Did you think that it would freak me out?
Do you remember what it felt like right away?
You tore a new one in the long day's heart
You captured meaning in a way no meaning stays
I can't get it out of my head
And the more I try to fall asleep the deeper it embeds
I wanna go to —
I'm tryna get to —
I only wanna —
I think I need to —
Whatever did we wish upon ourselves?
What did we wish upon ourselves?
Something always gets you in the end
Did you think that it would freak me out?
Do you remember what it felt like right away?
You tore a new one in the long day's heart
You captured meaning in a way no meaning stays
And did you think that we could ride this out?
That we'd go back to how it all once was one day?
You cast a shadow on the long day's arm
You fractured meaning in a way that can't be saved
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2. |
Making Lots Of Money
03:06
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Making lots of money
Having lots of fun
Does it feel like it's good enough to have a bright idea?
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3. |
The Hierophant
02:22
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I have lost all desire
To make a go of it
It's really pumping now
I can see it on your eyelash
You're such a sycophant!
Do you regret it?
Get high a lot these days
And drink your Lucozade hot
The one that got away
I can't imagine it
Bet you're excited now
I can see it on your moustache
So you're the hierophant!
Do you regret it?
Get high a lot these days
And make excuses
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When did I last see your face again?
Could it be the time we went insane?
Do what you like
Doesn't make it right
Will you take your leave?
What is this you've brought along with you
The invisible hullaballoo
What are you like!
Didn't even have to try
And now I'm all yours.
Spent
Crawling
Caustic
Rogue / Resync supply
Temper
Landing / Fighting it off
Believing that it's all the same
And I've idealised
The emotional responses
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5. |
Handwriting
04:38
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Not the pressed white things you see
In the window passing by
None of your thoughts are hiding in there
When you see them on the floor
As your boy steps out of them
All of your thoughts are hiding in there
And all the lines you leave behind
Will be re-read and re-defined
Again and again
Again and again
Even gold and ringed with waves on grown-up paper
I can see the real things you've allowed to linger
All of your thoughts are hiding in there
All of your thoughts are hiding in there
Trying not to overthink what needs preserving
Every day to draw a line that isn't stupid
Maybe my thoughts are hiding in there
Maybe my thoughts are hiding in there
It's a nice idea to make
Symbols signify our song
All of our thoughts
All of our thoughts
Were in there all along
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6. |
The Germ
03:33
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Who do I fuck sincerely
And who do I fuck the best?
Why is there a disparity
Am I just as fucked up as the rest of you?
I can avoid the ruling
I can survive the term
I believe there's good enough in everyone
I believe there's good enough in everyone
To destroy the madness of the germ
Who will you ask to marry
And who will you hurt the most?
Is there a great disparity? No
That's just the way this fuckin' life goes
Weaponise the meaning
And I'll propagate new terms
I believe I've had enough of everyone
I believe I've had enough of everyone
Undermining meaning of the words
Then we'll find the weakness of the germ
Hi, I forgot to mention
That you can't avoid the crime
Some take a good stab at it
But none do it all the time
I can define the gruelling ride
By a need to learn
I think I could know as much as anyone
I think I could know as much as anyone
On the base conditions that define the late behaviour of the germ
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I'm sorry I don't understand your letter
The content doesn't match with the tone
It's really hard to be a truthful teller
Sometimes it's better just to leave it alone
I would've called you, but I didn't save your number in my phone
What if you got it wrong?
That's alright with me, you're not the only one
I don't want you make the sacrifices
(It's not as big a deal as you seem to think it might be)
There's really nothing else you need to adjust
(You've got to find it in yourself)
We need to operate our own devices
What do you need me to say that's not already been discussed?
Do you think there's another way?
How do you train yourself to say it
In a voice that you can trust?
What if you got it wrong?
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8. |
Learning How To Try
04:06
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Learning how to try
Is easy for a while
Learning (how?) [unintelligible]
Is (totally?)
[unintelligible]
I know it's not ok
But I'm [unintelligible]
(in my head?)
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It doesn't matter if I'm
A serpent person
I'll still make some good tunes
And try my best to be attractive
And try behaving like a person
Are you a serpent person too?
Would that be nice?
It doesn't matter if I'm
A normal person
I can try to stay true
While trying not to be redacted
All encumbered and distracted
And stuck out in the rain
Now look what you've got yourself into
You don't know any more
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10. |
Oakland (Never)
05:40
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I should have guessed 'cause every word you said
Triggered a little something in my head
Saying you don't want to play
Save it for another day
I guess
I haven't seen you happy in so long
I've got to thinkin' maybe I was wrong
And I should let you go
I didn't want for someone to be lonely
I didn't want for you to be the only one
Left out in the cold
It's not your fault if I believe
That I'm no good for you
A blasted point of view
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11. |
Discovered Magic
03:00
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Catherine of Aragon was happy sometimes
I'll save her as my lock screen
Capturing an image of fleeting grace
In a medium normally dry and stale
Fine and cool
I've discovered magic now
And I can tell you the truth
However it appears to me
Will be the same to you
Fundamentally true forever
Waiting in the rain doesn't know what it is
But it has such a strong identity
Capturing an image of time and place
On a day that's otherwise grey and lonely
Here and cool
I've discovered magic now
And I can tell you the truth
However it appears to me
Will be the same to you
Fundamentally true forever
I can process it in a lot of ways
More ways than I can count,
I can process it in a lot of ways
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