1. |
Mind Makeup
04:59
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Makeup on my mind
I put makeup on my mind
My thoughts have all been lacking aaahh
So I put makeup on my mind
Intra-venous thoughts from a dog
Plugged into the base of my spine
My life has been lacking aaaahhh
So I pumped some dog thoughts into mine
A song that declares, “this is life”
With a countdown for a drum line
When you get to zero it’s fine
But don’t let the song be your life
A waterfall falls from above
It makes you feel like you are loved
What else could you want for your self
And then you put your life back on its shelf
(Reading the French symbol lists
And playing the cymbal shit they writ)
The feeling that you are alive
And the people you love have all died
And you never got to say goodbye
So you put some makeup on your mind
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2. |
The Water is Free
05:02
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When you pictured yourself older
Did you picture this age?
Is it possible to escape
Through the front of your face?
Have the thoughts that you think
Been thought by everyone else?
Are you now at battle with the future
Of your health?
Drink some water
It’s getting too deep
The clouds are otters
Mummified in weeds
Does the buzzard fly backward
Or are you deceived by the wind?
Is it the grey inside the blue
That makes it seem to spin?
When you lie in the grass
Does it feel like you’ve risen
Above the tired notion
That death is a prison?
Drink some water
It’s getting too deep
The dew has been soldered
To the tips of the leaves
A shadow’s a slave that cannot be freed
A mirror’s a privilege where nothing is paid
The self is the image that only can see
The else as the ever-erupting bidet
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3. |
Little vs. Everything
03:47
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I was the preacher against a hot fashion
I was blistered up when I undressed
I was the preacher with a sweet notion
I told the world that it is blessed
And then everyone undressed
And they were blistered / It was a mess
It was career suicide
To bless the world
But at least it is blessed
I am the world and the world undressed
I play a part that I haven’t rehearsed yet
I will the future to play a role in the present
I am a creature of the imperfect past
And then the future undressed
And it went to bed
I preach that god is always outside
Of our understanding
But that we are blessed
And I’ll settle for that
We had little so we did with that
When we had everything we disappeared
We said why do we need to be here
We have everything
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4. |
Megachurch
03:14
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In the megachurch I find all of me
Sit me in every seat
And when I disconnect the pews
I lift the chairs above my head
And I smash down on the head before me
Or the one sitting in back of me
That’s how I worship the lord
And I wash my sores at the megachurch
In the megachurch I swipe my visa
Give a tip to the deacons
Get the receipt for tax purposes
I dream all the way through the services
And I fly through paradise
And I fall into hell
And Christ runs the elevator
That takes me back to the megachurch
And it’s like this
It’s always been like this
Just putting my time in at the megachurch
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5. |
God Won't Mind
07:03
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and god won’t mind if you kill yourself
and god won’t mind if you kill someone else
and god won’t mind if you try your best to kill god
and god won’t mind if you drink iced tea
and god won’t mind if you drink hot tea
and god won’t mind if you spike your tea with jack
or whatever you’ve got
and god won’t mind if you drink and drive
and god won’t mind if you get real high
and run for public office and totally fuck your town
and god won’t mind if you shit your pants
and god won’t mind if you river dance
and god won’t mind if we all suddenly disappear
cuz
i’ve got god inside my little finger
and god inside my heart
i’ve got god’s love all around me
and soon i’m gonna die
but i don’t care
and god won’t mind if you have tattoos
and god won’t mind if you don’t shampoo
and god won’t mind if you never brush your teeth
and god won’t mind if you think he’s a man
and god won’t mind if you think she’s a woman
and god won’t mind if you’re a man or a woman
and god won’t mind if your attitude sucks
and god won’t mind if your band really sucks
and god won’t mind if you sing a song in his or her praise
and god won’t mind if everything dies
and god won’t mind if the earth gets destroyed
and god won’t mind if the dead don’t return to his or her side
and god won’t mind if you don’t give thanks
and god won’t mind if you’re totally ungrateful
and god won’t mind. yeah, god won’t mind
cuz
I’ve got god inside my little finger
and got god inside my heart
I’ve got god’s love all around me
and soon I’m gonna die
but god won’t mind
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6. |
Hello to the New Dogs
05:01
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Hello to the new dogs on the street
Hello to the new dogs on the street
I used to hate things but now my love’s complete
Hello to the new dogs on the street
When I grew up
I did not stop
Now I eat from the tops of the trees
It takes a long time
For all of my self
It takes a long time for my shit to hit dead leaves
Hello to the new dogs on the street
Hello to the new dogs on the street
I used to love a few things but now my love’s complete
Hello to the new dogs on the street
When I died
I did not stop
Now I feed almost every living thing
It takes a long time
To be succinct
For the blossom to kiss the dead leaf
Hello to the new dogs on the street
Hello to the new dogs on the street
The fur that I feel between the hell of meat
Hello to the new dogs on the street
Could it be Scarface?
Could it be Diamond?
Could it be Mafia?
Or all the suitcases that they’re born from?
Goodbye to the old dogs on the street
Goodbye to the old dogs on the street
They go unnamed because they are complete
Goodbye to the old dogs and hello to the new dogs
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7. |
This Day in History
03:37
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Just like the afterlife
I have no butter knife
I am the president
I’m skipping work again
What I mean
Is I am clean
I achieve
Little to nothing
I used to love
A waterslide
That takes too long
Before it’s done
Eventually
My body drops
Like testicles
Unwound
I have a history of eating my mind
I have a history of being unkind
I have a waterfall I fill with intention
I never know what I should do with my eyes
There is a desert where
I took off all my clothes
And let the sun scorch
Til I was only bone
And then some dogs
Took me home
Where they chewed
And chewed some more
And they made me
A fireplace
And kept us warm
And they made s’mores
Sadness will only make you sad, I said
Believing myself to be real smart
I don’t remember who I said it to
Maybe a dying fire inside my bones
And I believe eventually
That we will see what this world will be
And “I believe” is such a thing to say
Cause I don’t really know anything
I see my bones in a fireplace
I see some dogs getting shitfaced
I see some moments of pure grace
I see some others that I really hate
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8. |
House Baton
03:00
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Goggles on I can’t see shit
Though I’m staring at the sun’s abyss
Cannonballs through roofs are gifts
These pool water tiles are lit
I have a gift for the world
I want to throw my brain against a wall
Your mom will save your afterbirth
In a pepsi can that is now faded silver
All the happiness I’ve felt
I’ve meant to share just like freckles
But instead an amazon
Gets mopped up like an oil spill
I want to love the whole wide world
I want to eat its bitter heart again
My spit will bathe the world
In shallow tides that reveal oysters
I find it beautiful
To self-immolate
And delete the selfie
Almost at once
I find it beautiful
To be made perfect
To be a perfect
Person in this world
I find it beautiful
To be so shattered
To be imperfect
A person in this world
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9. |
It's All Good
03:43
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So one day
You were born
And someone named you
And took you home
And you went and learned
All about life
You attempted suicide
When you were 16
But it’s good
Yeah it’s good
Cuz they named you
There’s a word that means you
So one day
Cruising some web sites
You find some shit talk
And it’s about you
They say specific things
But you don’t listen to them
Because you know
It matters not
And it’s good
Yeah it’s all good
You are a world
Unto you
And one day
You lie down
And you die
Yeah you die
And your family finds
Your porn collection
And your corpse
With an erection
But it’s good
Yeah it’s good
Cuz they love you
For some reason they love you
Now you’re a ghost
You have no body
You have no voice
With which to love
So you stay
And you wait
And you wait
And you wait
But it’s good
It’s all good
You always wanted
More days to hang around
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10. |
New World Vultures
04:26
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If I wake up
I’ll drive to a shore
The animals I keep
In the hood of my car
Will bake and wail
When I drive so far
That my reception
Displays zero bars
I want to give my love to
all of my friends
So all of my friends recharge
It’s well documented that I am here
My paper trail floats in the air
Vultures in the sky
“It’s sad to think
It’s sadder to feel
But to think is to feel
And To feel is to sing”
I wrote that for tumblr
And all of its teens
And all of the moms
Who like to share memes
I love to give love to all of my people
To all of my people at large
I want you to know that I float in the air
Leaving contrails where I glide
Most of us know where we are now
most of us know how to drink cow
most of us know how to give love
And if we don’t then we’re right on the verge of that jump
And if we don’t then we might as well jump off that jump
And from where I see
I see my body bleed
I see my figure swoop down
And totally consume me
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