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Amnesia
03:19
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There was a time of less resemblance
No choice but fighting was the key
Now in our selective remembrance
I look like you look back at me
We need our amnesia
And in a wheel of our misfortune
Our image held up to the light
How do we alter this distortion
But by depending on the night
We need our amnesia
You come and go as you please
Get down on your knees
This is the cult of amnesia
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2. |
Passerby
03:58
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Fallen sparrow
Infirm arrow
Flashes
Then crashes
We plunder the ashes
Fellow Feeling
Seeking, stealing
Bleed out
The redoubt
We're under the devout
My offense
A defense
My protest
A pretense, of
The lonesome threat we feel from a passerby
An endless vacancy of our eagle eye
A serpent's tongue beguiles us to let it fly
The lonesome threat we feel from a passerby
Barefaced morning
Corps adorning
Regression
Succession
A paralyzed lesson
My offense
A defense
My protest
A pretense, of
The lonesome threat we feel from a passerby
An endless vacancy of our eagle eye
A serpent's tongue beguiles us to let it fly
The lonesome threat we feel from a passerby
A witness cries upon the screen
A tear of Virtue's sight unseen
And still inclined behind the door
It's not enough, yeah we want more
The lonesome threat we feel from a passerby
An endless vacancy of our eagle eye
A serpent's tongue beguiles us to let it fly
The lonesome threat we feel from a passerby
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3. |
Neutral Buoy
03:26
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I think you're running from something, Vera
Can't tell but maybe I am too
So come let's pick apart the Sunday Mirror
Some folks just haven't got a clue
They say our attitude is far from normal
How long we're gone beyond the mean
Let's dress this silliness in something formal
And masquerade in the obscene
I may have overstepped my boundaries, Vera
Sometimes I don't know what I say
And in a vain attempt to make things clearer
I may have thrown it all away
Some spin their yarn about new beginnings
But they're so hung up on the past
Locked in historical underpinnings
Our end's already been forecast
Floating beneath
Life on the surface
Floating beneath
Idle of purpose
And if I've overstayed my welcome, Vera
You've been so kind to recognize
A fellow vagabond, or something nearer
A partner in a million lies
We knew conspiracy would lead to questions
We led them tripping through the maze
Lolling and calling out false suggestions
Complicit in the latest craze
Floating beneath
Life on the surface
Floating beneath
Idle of purpose
Load your guns at once, don't let me in
Fire away at your forgotten kin
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4. |
Breath of a Secret
03:36
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Tripped and fell somewhere I'll never leave
Hidden well, but always up my sleeve
Shuffle the faces
Rename all the places
There still remain traces
That burn into blazes, I'm
Held to the breath of your secret
Silenced by tides of your memory, I'm
Held to the breath of your secret
Islands undone by a rising sea
Take the pill and make it out the door
Lost the will to fake it anymore
Crumbled to pieces
My reason diseases
I'll do as she pleases
I'm due for releases, I'm
Held to the breath of your secret
Silenced by tides of your memory, I'm
Held to the breath of your secret
Islands undone by a rising sea
Radiant waves that remain
Velveteen graves of the brain
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5. |
Stuck With It
04:05
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I put a nest egg
Inside your pocket
You swore you'd keep it safe and warm
Till we crossed over the line
A kinky bootleg
A bottle rocket
And we forgot about the whole arrangement
You held a steak knife
Above your dinner
Waiting to cut until you told me
What was no longer mine
Is this the half life?
Who beat the winner?
It seems we're stuck inside our own estrangement
Might as well stay awhile, 'cause
Ooh, ooh, ooh, Baby I'm
Stuck With It
My cousin Vincent
He couldn't hack it
He changed his status once he had us
Free from needing a dime
A signal wind-sent
A smoky racket
A message muddled in its own transmission
Sometimes I think back
To our beginning
And easy winning was a consequence
Of not keeping time
Now hit the road, Jack
The clock is ticking
The hands are fabricating blind ambition
Get out and walk a mile, now
Ooh, ooh, ooh, Baby I'm
Stuck With It
Might as well lay down and die
Ooh, ooh, ooh, Baby I'm
Stuck With It
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6. |
Here in the Dark
04:31
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My misbegotten
So soon forgotten
When bones are rotten
Who pays?
The beating starts to quicken
Our blood begins to thicken
A peckish game of chicken
These days
Put down a slug of yellow
The harsh begins to mellow
An ordinary fellow
You'll see
But far beyond the chasm
There's less enthusiasm
To counteract the spasm
As me
Broken down by the light of the day
Open ground, where I'm bound to decay
Here in the dark
Shadows awaken
Bones sharp and shaking
For the next shot
Here in the dark
Spirits descending
Lyrically trending
Toward that blind spot
What happens to our vision
While making this incision
Is some infirm collision
With the id life
Let's talk degeneration
Let's deepen the flirtation
Abhorrent consecration
Of the old strife
Broken down by the light of the day
Open ground, where I'm bound to decay
Here in the dark
Shadows awaken
Bones sharp and shaking
For the next shot
Here in the dark
Spirits descending
Lyrically trending
Toward that blind spot
Say yes, say yes I do not know
Our best is but a hollow show
Oh no, oh no I must confess
My hazard's nothing but a guess
Here in the dark
Shadows awaken
Bones sharp and shaking
For the next shot
Here in the dark
Spirits descending
Lyrically trending
Toward that blind spot
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7. |
Mollusk
04:21
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I see you teach the children
About the tides of war
Forgotten resolutions
Forbidden shores
Keep sounding so familiar
Keep up the knowledge game
A nod to brighter futures
Where we're the same
Say what you will
I'll be here still
From the depths of a well
There's a story I tell
Bring your ear to my shell
Bring your ear to my shell
Now who could ever tell us
The life we're born to lead
No sense in feeling jealous
No heart to bleed
But still we soldier onward
Hard in our own disguise
A truth no longer honored
But reconciled
Say what you will
I'll be here still
From the depths of a well
There's a story I tell
Bring your ear to my shell
Bring your ear to my shell
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8. |
Inconclusive
03:39
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The elemental volatility
Was not a match before the instruments of measure
The random acts of raw hostility
So thinly veiled behind a principle of pleasure
What psychological entitlement
Would bring us closer to the age of our invention
Years chronologically vital spent
Chasing a tail pinned on a donkey of dissension
Now can't you hear me singing
Oh my, my
Finding's Inconclusive
Now in a tailor-made environment
With my devices at the wiggle of a finger
I scroll it down to my retirement
I strategize about the strength of my malinger
I'm counting out my precious characters
They're all deserting me because of my condition
Too bad us sickos can't inherit cures
Else we'd be shilling on the road to high perdition
Now can't you hear me singing
Oh my, my
Finding's Inconclusive
You might regret it if you don't
Try to forget it but you won't
That unheard message on your phone
Called to explain why you're alone
Now can't you hear me singing
Oh my, my
Finding's Inconclusive
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9. |
Pale Blue Dot
04:45
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She lived a life organic
Taken by the soft sell
Day by day
He was a word mechanic
Always told his tale well
Charm and sway
The pregnant morning lay before them
The burning fuses lit their way
The crisis warnings they ignored them, all night
As for the truth, well, who's to say?
A pale blue dot
Was all we knew
A rocky plot
Alone with you
It was a warm December
When they let the fast pitch
Reel them in
And how they well remember
Calling it the last ditch
Deep within
This is a limited time offer
Act now before you lose your place
We've emptied out this precious coffer, all right
I hear it's beautiful from space
A pale blue dot
Was all we knew
A rocky plot
Alone with you
Heaven help us
Freeze, dry, melt us
Tell us where to go
Beyond the pale
A pale blue dot
Was all we knew
A rocky plot
Alone with you
You never know if you're ready or not
I'm holding on to the veil of a pale blue dot
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10. |
Candy Cane
03:15
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Spun 'round and 'round just like a hurricane
That you couldn't tame
Wrapped up and down, now how was I to blame
Little miss got a twist
That is driving me insane
You're my candy cane
Can't feign that hook
You go right straight to the brain
Sweet sugar cook
Eighteen times twenty turns the whole shebang
I'm so glad you rang
Your horn of plenty, honey, halts my pang
Just a drop put a stop
To my terminal Sturm und Drang
You're my candy cane
Can't feign that hook
You go right straight to the brain
Sweet sugar cook
I could not wait another moment
My heart's rebellion starts to foment
Hell-bent, yeah
You're my candy cane
Can't feign that hook
You go right straight to the brain
Sweet sugar cook
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11. |
Silent Catastrophe
02:36
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Down on the floor
Watching the screens decree their winnings
Who is it for
Trading a horse of high beginnings
Kicked out the door
Here's to a sense of missed belonging
Back to the war
Tally the endless cost of wronging, while we
Spurn the numbers right before us
Turn the quack into the chorus
Contradict the brontosaurus
Simple then, to just ignore us, in a
Silent Catastrophe
Now it's done, now it's done, we're in a
Silent Catastrophe
As we augur for an ending, we're in a
Silent Catastrophe
Who's the next Seventh Son, we're in a
Silent Catastrophe
Now it's done, now it's done, now it's done
Up on the hill
Blessed with a sense of information
Fire at will
Cover the blowback to your station
You know the drill
You know the bust inspires devotion
Market the pill
Target the seat of our emotion, while we
Spurn the numbers right before us
Turn the quack into the chorus
Contradict the brontosaurus
Simple then, to just ignore us, in a
Silent Catastrophe
Now it's done, now it's done, we're in a
Silent Catastrophe
As we augur for an ending, we're in a
Silent Catastrophe
Who's the next Seventh Son, we're in a
Silent Catastrophe
Now it's done, now it's done, now it's done
I'm only trying to connect
Spent so much time looking o'er my shoulder
How could I be more direct
How does it feel to be getting older
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12. |
Sandman
04:02
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A willow tree
The strands of memory
Would stray and strangle
Hello, it's me
I hold the master key
To your entangle
What have I meant
Whence was it sent
Whom do these shadows represent
Where does it lead
How will I read
The gravest misdeed
In need of a soul's repent?
I'm your sandman
Feel your brain scan
Lives you outran
I'm your sandman
A shallow pool
How short our lives unspool
In a chain of matter
A magic thought
To hear a tragic plot
From all the clatter
Say that you did
Who would you kid
Uncovering everything you hid
A lunatic rant
The experts would grant
You're left to recant
And can your leaky lid
I'm your sandman
Feel your brain scan
Lives you outran
I'm your sandman
Walk with me
Here within lightning's weaving
Patiently
Shed your skin, shun the leaving
I'm your sandman
Feel your brain scan
Lives you outran
I'm your sandman
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Mount Pressmore Austin, Texas
Mount Pressmore makes music that crosses cultures and transcends categories. It’s Herbie Hancock meeting Peter Gabriel in a Danny Elfman film score. It’s a comedy, for sure, but one that balances social satire with self-examination.
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