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I’m back again
The world just came and went
Full of sixes and of sevens
Life’s so damn relentless
And I feel the bitter sting
So I stay to which I cling
To, I guess we’re here to stay
We’re all dead anyway.
And I’m just another weary Murry
Making music forever for myself
I guess recognition comes at no big hurry
But the future’s so illegible that I can’t tell
When I’ll make it right.
I strum a guitar
I look at long-dead stars
I guess we’re here to play
We’re all fucked anyway.
And I’m just another loony Brian
Acid transfiguration but I’m edge on that front
I don’t spend my days a-mopin’ and a-cryin’
They say to live in here I have to think I’m tough
I can’t put up a fight.
They say I can’t play and sing
They say I will never be my own thing
They drive me up the wall
They claim that I will only fall
But I’m too Capra-fried on that
I’ll find a way to pay it back
They claim that I am late
They say that I missed the date
So what if I missed the line
I do my thing when it feels right
I’m held back by the pain
I’m held back by the gains
I sing, I shoulder the weight
And I put the load right on me
And I’m neither weary nor a loony
I make music for me and me only
Not like the others will take a gander
I can’t tell if I pander
But I’m also Murry and I’m also Brian
I’ve hurt people and yet I’m myself hurt
Playing meep-morp ‘til the sun it rises
Service at your pleasure at the barn-like church.
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I heard you drove by my parents' house again last Thursday night
I haven't lived there for a year or so now in case you haven't heard
And I don't have your number saved in my phone so every time you text me
I think you're someone I don't know and then things get real creepy
When you tell me that you miss me
And I remember who you are
And why I stopped communicating with you in the first place
We had some good times in the context of the time they were happening
But we were both in awful places just kinda trying not to spend
Too much time dwelling on the things that were eating us alive
And sweetie maybe things are better left in the past
A great man once told me only a fool would trust his life to a weapon
But I kicked his ass with stun grenades
And years went by and I went back to visit him again
And just got sad.
Nostalgia's a bitch.
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Gentle flicker of the TV screen
Connected box gives off life
Off-air tapings of everything
Staying up all night
We’ll watch any damn thing
Woody Allen to Divine, the Filthy Queen
Or Canuck camp-themed soap operas
Masterpiece – look at the sign, don’t bother.
So many crazy fuzzed-out worlds
Help me lull myself out of this fucked-up world.
Gentle flicker of the cable boxtop set
Peridot got from her job at the cassette
And vinyl shop – Cassavetes and Noé
Always something on every day
Doesn’t matter if it’s Theerlap or Civic TV
Or the dog the Norwegian man seethed
At, movies don’t make my gnash my teeth
Blue Like Jazz and the Jesus Freak and DCX3
So many crazy fuzzed-out worlds
Help me lull myself out of this fucked-up world.
Any minute I can’t do and then I’m done in…
DONE IN!
You tried to do the FBI, didn’t work!
You tried to bleed me fuckin’ dry, didn’t work!
Poured kombucha on my head to prove I’m good!
Can’t erase the sting of the morning wood!
They’ve gone too far –
they’ve got the “Nugget in the Biscuit” guy!
Gentle flicker of the mobile device
With Paulette and Percy it feels just right
A wide range of perversions in explicit detail!
(quotation of “That Don’t Impress Me Much” by Shania Twain)
So many crazy fuzzed-out worlds
Help me lull myself out of this fucked-up world.
Any minute I can’t do and then I’m done in…
DONE IN!
I’m the pizza box king of Seoul!
And yet I feel empty inside!
I’m the millionaire king of Seoul!
And yet I feel empty inside!
I’m gonna get my dad out of that fucking bunker!
Empty! Inside!
I don’t want people to call me a class traitor!
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Orange Blossom Special
04:19
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It was something she compared me to
so I went down the rabbit hole to find out who
she drew her sword and screamed at us all
with each passing day, the deeper she would fall
I found myself wantin' to play the villain
so as I begun my plan I formulated
a thousand different plans to keep her locked within
but when I tried it out, she had me excavated
I saw it all as another silly game
through it all, I wasn't all against the grain
Jump aboard the Orange Blossom Special
ride the rails and say, "oh, what the hell"
speedin' down to your ever-loomin' doom
all you know is that it's comin' real soon
Locked between the floor and the surface
weighted down by chains meant to bind
I drove her mad until she was left broken
and I took out my stupid little sign
I found myself shakin' at my actions
I had to kept the vicious cycle alive
it's okay - we're in different positions
I don't know how I could or should survive
I saw it all as another silly game
through it all, I wasn't all against the grain
Jump aboard the Orange Blossom Special
ride the rails and say, "oh, what the hell"
speedin' down to your ever-loomin' doom
all you know is that it's comin' real soon
So I try to set her up at the compound
she swears to Christ that she is clean
other than the firecrackers and the the radio's sound
we didn't say a word in case she'd blast us right between
the eyes and everything from here to Delmarva
playin' Carter Scratch until the light overcomes
I'd rather be safe at home in good Dahlonega
I make a run, drive off, she shoots at her final sunset
Jump aboard the Orange Blossom Special
ride the rails and say, "oh, what the hell"
speedin' down to your ever-loomin' doom
all you know is that it's comin' real soon
I saw it all as another silly game
through it all, I wasn't all against the grain
I saw it all as another silly game
through it all, I wasn't all against the fucking grain
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Vaguely of Seaweed
02:01
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A can of Coke floats in the ocean
On the beach I found it there
Take a sip it gives a motion
Of the ones who sat and stared
And I slow down as it hits
The mirror, it hits me, I must trip
Falling upwards, intubate
All but us we castigate
A can of Coke washes ashore
On the beach after nine years
Spit it out in all its glory
Tastes not unlike Mommie Dearest
And I slow down as it hits
The mirror, it hits me, I must trip
Falling upwards, to Heaven’s arms
I’m fucked over, I mean no harm
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Aaaaah, shoo bob, shoo bob, shoo bob, shoo bob .
Aaaaaaah!
A-ha, my life is nice
I know the moment is right
All of you are just in time
For me to interpret the signs
Disaster neither reason nor rhyme
The unworthy with broken guides
It’s my turn to make it right
Donations would be very nice
Knowledge transmits from my golden mouth
(I had enough money to buy a beautiful Cessna Citation jet – CASH!)
You can’t doubt
My disposable razor of Heavenly knowledge grants you all the riches
If the skeptics complain, they’re merely bitching
I’m so happy the world is on fire
Pig nose, top hat
Cops beating you back
I’m not the fucker – YOU ARE!
A-ha, my life is nice
I can see that you are blind
Rub this salve into the eyes
You’ll be chipper like Madeline
Get your wallet out right now
So God can send you to town
With the joyous trumpet’s glory sound
Your seed will always come around
Knowledge transmits from my pedestal
(s-silver solution would be effective)
My own chemical
My disposable razor of Heavenly knowledge will keep you healthy and wise
If the doctors complain, they’re compromised
I’m so happy the world is dying
Pig nose, top hat
Cops always on attack
I ain’t the dipshit – YOU ARE!
I’m on satellite
Oh, the stars are bright tonight
White diamonds glisten from my suit
As I tell the truth
The world, it comes to end
This sin we can’t defend
True believers buy what I sell them
And they turn on me seldom
Come, O Prophet , we must preach the Word
Swipe that credit card – salvation’s earned
Preach with you the Voice of Truth
As I FUCK YOU DOWN IN MY ROOM!
I’ll take off in my private Concorde
As the windows break open by grounded boards
I’ll play some golf...
In the eyes of God, we’re all merely babies!
Knowledge transmits from my forked-tongue vessel
(let faith come in your heart and heal you, hallelujah!)
And wrestle
The disposable razor of Morningside - healthy, wealthy and wise
Unbelievers just bide their fucking time!
I’m so happy the fire is rising
Pig nose, top hat
Cops snapping Garner’s neck
I’m not the bastard – YOU ARE!
GREETINGS PROPHET
THE GREAT WORK™ BEGINS
I I I I
WILL SELL YOU THE CURE
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Drift Away
03:48
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Here in the garden
Let's play a game
I'll show you how it's done
Here in the garden
Stand very still
This'll be so much fun
And then she smiled, that's what I'm after
The smile in her eyes, the sound of her laughter
Happy to listen
Happy to play
Happily watching her drift
Away.
Happily waiting
All on my own
Under the endless sky
Counting the seconds
standing alone
As thousands of years go by
Happily wondering, night after night
Is this how it works?
Am I doing it right?
Happy to listen, happy to stay
Happily watching her drift
Away.
You keep on turning pages
for people who don't care
People who don't care
About you
And still it takes you ages
To see that no one's there
See that no one's there
See that no one's there
Everyone's gone on without you.
Finally something
Finally news
About how the story ends
She doesn't exist now
Survived by her son
And all of her brand new friends
Isn't that lovely?
Isn't that cool?
AND AIN’T THAT SO FUCKING CRUEL?!
And aren't I a fool to have,
Happily listened,
Happy to stay,
Happily watching her drift
Drift
DRIFT
AWAY!
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Dobie Broadway, Jr.
03:48
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Freed me from the dotted line
The world’s so cold and it just ain’t right
Now it’s time to fix the problem
Going down towards the bottom
Looking at the changing world
I’m inside, slowly coming unfurled
Curling up insecurity
Force myself on the path laid out for me
In the world I come and go
And I dare not speak Michelangelo
Whatever I muster which is that I know
Into the darkened void of the unknown
Though I’m bestowed endless life
The past serrated kitchen knife
The path to home is endless night
And for the trip I have endless time
But they don’t want me here nor there
Locked in with my cross to bear
They just want me out of their hair
I’m just a pawn in endless warfare
In the world I come and go
And I dare not speak Michelangelo
Whatever I muster which is that I know
Into the darkened void of the unknown
In the world I come and go
And I dare not speak Michelangelo
Whatever I muster which is that I know
Into the darkened void of the unknown
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Monster Movie
06:34
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I wanna be on the silver screen
I wanna go where people scream
At the sight of me, out of jealousy
Wookin’ po nub on the Greenwich Mean
Go to where I can achieve my dreams
Where I get there, nothing’s as it seems
Just a handsome nobody in a masculine sea
Wookin’ po nub in Eglington East
I’m Sharon Stone, about to make impact
I’m Sharon Stone, you better watch your back
Look who’s come on the scene
I’m ‘bout to be on all your TVs
You’ll ask yourself “how did he do it?”
“I made it in a castle with better equipment.”
Got my pets at the shelter down the street
Be with them, care for them, give them treats
Bathe them on the regular, brush their teeth
To them, life might as well be a dream
One day I cleaned up my misery
Plugged in my Hoover, let them go in freely
And I flipped on the switch and the purrs were pretty
And I gave them one last stroke before I went to Tastee-Freez
I’m Sharon Stone, about to make impact
I’m Sharon Stone, you better lock your fucking cats
Look who’s come on the scene
I’m ‘bout to be on all your TVs
You’ll ask yourself “how did he do it?”
“I made it in a castle with better equipment.”
Don’t you care about me?
I’m a bona fide celebrity!
What do I do for you devotees
I’ll entertain, I guarantee
I’m much more than a wannabe
I’ll turn this student into my unlucky amputee
Be one lucky amputee!
She’s got the TV Guide on me!
She’s got the TV Guide!
Look who’s come on the scene
I’m ‘bout to be on all your TVs
You’ll ask yourself “how did he do it?”
“I made it in a castle with better equipment.”
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Blue Provocateur
04:46
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I can feel it in my inner projection
The manifestation into a terraforming drone
How many worlds I must’ve killed just so
These people like could have a new home
It makes you wanna do nothing of note
It makes you wish that you could choke
I dunno, I guess I’m doomed to abuse
Thomas Aquinas, he damn sure told me the truth
Keep my distance, don’t hold the door for me
I pray to God this new normal is just an old bad dream
As the buildings fall down, as we run on the bridge
Praying this one thing is absolution for our sins
I dunno, I guess I’m doomed to abuse
Thomas Aquinas, he damn sure told me the truth
Keep my distance, don’t hold the door for me
I pray to God this new normal is just an old bad dream
As the buildings fall down, as we run on the bridge
Praying this one thing is absolution for our sins
I’m laughing and I’m crying on the late-night show
And God only knows I’ll scare the folks at home
I dunno, I guess I’m doomed to abuse
Thomas Aquinas, he damn sure told me the truth
Keep my distance, don’t hold the door for me
I pray to God this new normal is just an old bad dream
As the buildings fall down, as we run on the bridge
Praying this one thing is absolution for our sins
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Ava's Dismissal
07:04
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Crisp September day
I was on my way,
get educated.
Stop at the CVS for a snack
got quite a few classes -
sadness.
Got my books all out -
a girl in doubt
what her character's about.
And an intern calls me in,
sporting cheeky grins -
make it Hell within.
I can't let it go now - they lied to my greenhorn face.
My life's gone to the cows - I'll think about this on all my days.
Can't forget that Wesleyan dismissal
commuters' no-epistle
locked me out of opportunity
Starin' at death in the factory.
My counselor sits
like the cobra's spit
wants to make it quick.
Thirst for cigarettes
lungs gasp for breath -
I'm dead fuckin' set.
Says I'm too loud
about my nowhere lounge -
they can hear me across town.
So they hand it down,
I throw it on the ground
pretty penny's never found.
I can't let it go now - they lied to my greenhorn face.
My life's gone to the cows - I'll think about this on all my days.
Can't forget that Wesleyan dismissal
commuters' no-epistle
locked me out of opportunity
Starin' at death in the factory.
I can't afford your houses
you find my pain arousing
keep me dead in the water
keep me there with my father
this dismissal is my end
you'd rather wish I was dead
don't I deserve the same chance
have my own city of glass?
I can't let it go now - they lied to my greenhorn face.
My life's gone to the cows - I'll think about this on all my days.
Can't forget that Wesleyan dismissal
commuters' no-epistle
locked me out of opportunity
Starin' at death in the factory.
Stuck 'til death in the factory.
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Just Ace
01:56
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Since, since, since, since you’ve gone away
I hope that you had a better day
Tried to call round the other day
Instead I had a go-kart
Go-kart
Living in another space
Mistake why-yeah
I hope the police will go away
I hope the police will go away
Their sirens bug me and so do all their radars
Radars
Living in another space
Mistake
Thanks, I'm over it!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah, y-y-yeah!
Sweet child, you’re such a princess now
I love the rainbow on your brow
I love your rainbow
OH NO, IT’S WINTER
Winter
Living in another space
Mistake
Thanks, I’m over it!
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Kiddieland
03:49
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Dear son, I’m writing you this letter in the hopes
That you might feel a little bit better
That your mom and I split ways
And son, things might get much worse, but please know
That you’ll always be my first
On Saturdays and some Sundays
And I can’t believe I was three stoplights from seeing you every other
But I was late to court and as a retort, they gave you to your mother
You and me – we’ll always be best friends
And I know just where we’ll go when I get you next weekend
We’ll go to Kiddieland
You and me at Kiddieland
We’ll have such a good time together
Make sure you tell your mom
‘Bout our time at Kiddieland
My son and me at Kiddieland
The ideal setting for my lack of parenting skills
Dear son, I had such a fun day and when
You tell your mother, say
That you’ve never had so much fun
And son, I really can’t overstress that your mom
Needs to know our success
And that to you, I’m second to none
My goal is eventually – subconsciously – turn you ‘gainst your mom
Because it’s become apparent that while she has to parent I can stick to fun
36 hours a week isn’t long enough for me to have to correct or scold
But your mom’s rules, the chores and school in your mind will soon grow old
And that’s when we’ll go to Kiddieland
You and me at Kiddieland
We’ll have such a good time together
So good your mom will cry!
Kiddieland
My son and me at Kiddieland
And if you ever get bored of carousels , we can always go bowling
I just miss you, that’s all .
I wanna make this count, be a cool dad without a doubt .
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Have you ever been lonely
Are you here or are you solely
In the landscape as a detail
Between retail, on dusk-dawn prevail
Have you lost your consciousness
Have you drifted in-out on the space
Right to where your spirit ends
And where your expenditure for vessel waits
Between man, flor, faun and thing
You pass them all by, you pass them all by
And white transfer blinding ring
Is this all a lie? Is this all a lie?
Have you spoken through cliché
Did you gain social thoroughway
Or are you contracted through disease
To let it sink into your veins at ease
Square-locked jaw inspirational
From ad to ad your spokesman roams
Bringing in through pneumatic sales
Subliminal suggestions between episodes
Between man, flor, faun and thing
You pass them all by, you pass them all by
And white transfer blinding ring
Is this all a lie? Is this all a lie?
(James Cagney throws the grapefruit in my face)
Between man, flor, faun and thing
You pass them all by, you pass them all by
(Life is a steady stream that’ll come soon, Asriel)
And white transfer blinding ring
Is this all a lie? Is this all a lie?
And then I fall
Through metaphysical walls
Discovering intrinsical
Moments of temporal relevance
The grapefruit lies on cheekbone
Thrown by a man playing wrath-consumed
Zoned by performance, I presume
Between man, flor, faun and thing
You pass them all by, you pass them all by
And white transfer blinding ring
Is this all a lie? Is this all a lie?
(James Cagney throws the grapefruit in my face)
Between man, flor, faun and thing
You pass them all by, you pass them all by
(Life is a steady stream that’ll come soon, Asriel)
And white transfer blinding ring
Is this all a lie? Is this all a lie?
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Fabric
09:14
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You let me down
I can’t believe what I’ve found
The bastard let it all out
I got an aught eight – take you to town
You’re a piece of work and you know it
In this hole you’ll go in
Stay inside until you’re showin’
Undivided devotion
I’ll bleed you dry and you’ll say it’s good
What you believe, it isn’t true
Leave you for dead, maybe I should
Nothing escapes this conference room
Controlling the material
Pouring salt in an open wound
Discorporate to subliminal
You’ll stay here in the conference room
You hold back life
Bring forth the knife
I’m not a fraud
I got an aught eight – you’re left raw...
You’re a piece of work and you know it
Your view of time is frozen
Stay inside with devotion
Withhold all emotion
I’ll bleed you dry and you’ll say it’s good
What you believe, it isn’t true
Leave you for dead, maybe I should
Nothing escapes this conference room
Controlling the material
Pouring salt in an open wound
Discorporate to subliminal
You’ll stay here in the conference room
The white walls envelop me in the yellow wallpaper…
I brought death and destruction to my friends gone away
I lay ravage on the stream of commerce floating in the town
What is my purpose if I can’t think or do or act on intelligence?
The neon sign screams “Budwise” as I rape what’s in front of me
Don’t hold me back
I fulfill my destiny
Don’t hold me back
The fiery path in front of me
DON’T
HOLD
ME BACK
DON’T
HOLD
ME BACK
Life slowly drains from me
As I see the things
That mustn’t be seen
As darkness reigns
CONFESSIONAL ON THE CANS
CONFESSIONAL IN THE SAND
CONFESSIONAL ON THE CANS
CONFESSIONAL IN THE SAND
ROUND AND ROUND LET THE CITY TURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
I HAVE TO BURN IT ALL DOWN
THE ROOF
THE ROOF
THE ROOF
I’M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
BUDWEISER
DESTROY IT ALL IN FRONT OF ME
BUDWEISER
NEVER SHOWS VULNERABILITY
I let me down
I sold us out
I wrestle faith
Death’s my fate
I’m a piece of shit and I know it
I’m a fucking fraud and I know it
Spikes release and I’m screaming
A minute later, I’m dreaming
I’ve been bled dry, I know it’s good
Deep in my heart I know the truth
I’m left for dead, I’m drifting wood
Safe inside the conference room
Then the walls they shift on me
The red light of negativity
My sunburnt skin’s an open wound
They’re knocking down the conference room
Don’t drag me out
I wanna stay warm inside the womb like a BB, like a Bridge Baby
Don’t drag me out
I wanna stay in the womb, I’m safe from doom
DON’T
DRAG
ME OUT
DON’T
PULL
ME THE HELL OUT
BURN
BURN
BURN
I MUST BURN YOU DOWN
BURN
BURN
BURN
I MUST BURN YOU DOWN
BURN
BURN
BURN
I MUST BURN YOU DOWN
BURN
BURN
BURN
NO! DON’T DO THIS!
MOMMY
MOMMY
FUCK YOU MOMMY
FUCK YOU MOMMY
WHERE ARE YOU
PLEASE
BURN
BURN
BURN
PLEASE STOP THIS
I’M SORRY
I’m so sorry
I need help
I want to be fixed
I’M ME
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