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Hawker
04:10
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Broken bottles and a wire frame
Are we trading glances back and forth again?
Copper smiles and an amplifier
If I dare to show a little skin
Plastic favors in a neon dress
I take for granted a new found friend
"No Vacant" signs and a violin
Do I dare to pound another gin?
And I begin
No easy way in
No easy way out
Hidden doorways in a picture frame
The eyes are glancing back and forth again
Frozen assets and a secret file
Insurance if you fail again
Ruby slippers and a fantasy
And we’re back to glancing at the floor again
Candy apples and a pile of gold
All to hide a little skin
And I begin
No way to find out
No way to break in
No easy way out
And no easy way in
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Machinations
04:08
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Run away and hide, there’s more to this than meets the eye
There’s something in the water, and there’s something in the sky
Is it real?
Don’t look me in the eye, I don’t want to spoil the surprise
There’s something underneath the waves
There’s something hiding in the sky
Is it my imagination?
Where do we go from here? What do we have to fear?
Do you feel it getting closer? Can you hear it getting louder?
Is it underneath the bed? Is it writhing through the walls?
There’s something in the hallway, there’s something in the air
Was it you?
I can feel it on my skin- I can taste it in the air
There’s something getting closer- now there’s something here
Is it me?
Where can we go from here? Are we living with this fear?
Can you feel it getting louder? This madness fills my ears
The world is upside down, and turning inside out
The fingers pointing everywhere
Are they turning into me? Are they turning into you?
Are they hiding inside everyone? Are they already in view
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Model Citizen
03:06
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Where do we run to get away from you?
And what do we do to change this rendezvous?
And how do I hide this secret ingénue?
And what do I do to set this spirit free?
How do I change her secret destiny?
Is there a line to cross in effigy?
How does she know where to go?
Is it a verse, or standard line of code?
Do I rehearse the phrases on the road?
I know where to take this show
Into the night
And onto the day
There’s nothing up ahead
To ruin this masquerade
And how do I keep her real identity?
And is there a place for her, or even me?
How do I know where to go?
She knows where to take this show
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Vertigo
06:31
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Take me back into the river
Take me back into the show
Tell me things I can’t remember
Send me off with vertigo
I don’t believe in tragic circumstances
Sometimes these things happen as we go
I don’t understand the averages of chances
Sometimes you need to take the answers slow
I don’t believe in taking chances
When does the world need a little access
To all the hidden clues it needs to overcome?
The lines are hazy and filled with emptiness
What does it mean to break the status quo?
What does it mean to make believe?
What do I have to endure to make it through these circumstances?
Take me back into the ether
Take me back where I belong
Tell me things to make me happy
Give me strength to handle being wrong
I don’t know if all of these equations
Will give us any clues to help us along
I don’t believe in taking chances
Sometimes I need to find a little distance
Sometimes I need to break apart the rules
And when I need to to justify existence
I find a way to light up all those fools
I don’t believe that everything is written
I don’t believe that all the songs are sung
I don’t believe in someone else’s problems
I believe that this problem
Take me back into the river
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Exits
04:49
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Where do we go from here?
The answers are never clear
The road is broken and closed ahead
An empty riverbed
And so we spend our days
Looking for another way
What can we do down here?
So we say our goodbyes
Soar into the evening sky
The path ahead is never clear
At the ends of Earth
And so we spend our days
Looking for another way
But what can we do down here?
The Moon is looking very still
It has the looks to try and kill
We lost the chance to save the world
We lost the chance to save ourselves
And so we spend our days
Looking for another way
But what can we do down here?
The air is getting hard to breathe
Maybe it’s time to leave
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Miasma (I Know)
04:06
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When the sky bleeds into orange I know
It’s time to pack my bags and find the door
Maybe I should get up off this floor
And face the howling wind before I go
Shards of shifting light
Miasma in the night
The gods puts up a monster fight
To keep me wrapped up tight
When the walls begin to crumble in
And my calls neglect to reach a friend
Do I haul the Captain or the gin?
Should I fall and break apart again?
Days of shifting nights
The colors fade in bleeding light
The thunder calls have kept me tight
And left me for dead
And the sand and dust get everywhere
It’s hard to breathe or, really, even care
And the bridges start to burn again
And the oceans start to burn again
When the world fades from view, I know
When the days are overdue, I know
When the atmosphere is glue, I know
And the air is residue, I know
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Atomic Sunrise
07:32
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In the glow of the coming dawn
As the Moon begins to fade
Something writhes just before it spawns
A secret hides just beneath the surface
And scorches the air inside a furnace
A wall of noise and a flash of light
Begins a day of an endless night
The air is still, then a violent flash
The ground shattered with a mighty crash
No stars in the sky, no water underground
Silence fills the air inside a thunder cloud
The red and orange hide atomic storms
Under the guise of eternal swarms
Another Sun begins to rise
And changes sides
It fills the night and kills the Southern Skies
A secret hides just beneath the surface
And so it glows with a deadly purpose
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My Own Worst Enemy
03:54
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Sometimes I wonder about my actions
Sometimes I wonder, “What should I do?”
What are my reasons for creating this zoo?
The dust is in the air, and it’s powerful too
The framework has failed, and so I start to fall
I’m looking for a way to break through this wall
What have I done to satisfy the world?
My own worst enemy, my logic overruled
What can I do to justify my moves?
My own worst enemy, so easily fooled
What led me down this path? Was it money or fame?
I changed the rules so only I can win at this game
No other reason, so I’ll never come clean
You’ll never see me coming through my shady smoke-screen
I’ll show those parasites some social decay
The lights are dimming here before the end of day
Another reason to only trust myself
Another season to do it all myself
What have I done to satisfy the world?
My own worst enemy, my logic overruled
What can I do to justify my moves?
My own worst enemy, so easily fooled
What’s this? Coming for my fantasies
Another fool’s conspiracy
What’s this? A broken down society
What’s this? My actions show my atrophy
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Terminal Beach
04:05
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I can hear the waves pounding on the beach
Inside these walls of yesterday, where today is out of reach
Any sign of movement and the fire starts to hail
Safe behind these walls and yet my nerves begin to fail
I don’t know if anything remains
I don’t know if anyone else is sane
Where do I go from here?
I’m all alone inside these walls
I’m all alone, no one else remains
The world is filled with fire
And all I hear are waves
The walls are closing in and there’s no where left to hide
The world outside is ending and I was in on the genocide
The power took insanity and spread it far and wide
And now there’s only me to choose, and I am trapped inside
Any sign of movement and I’d give up all of my pride
But I’m trapped inside these walls, until the fires have died
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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more
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