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capricious warlord
perched atop a pile of skulls
brandishing an AK47
dipped in gold
strange old hermit
praying to a powerless god
hoping that the sun will crack open
and reveal something brighter inside
if there's one thing I can't stand
it's the kind of person
that I am
standing around thinking
about my death
i can feel the freezing cold ground
through my shoes
my field of vision is narrowing
my very worst fears come true
starless in athens
encircled by a crown of limbs
torrential rain at midnight
washing the dark hills clean again
and as for the people
i'll love them when they're gone
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2. |
Clemency
02:31
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even on Saturday, I wake up
focused on eradicating all life on earth
and only my death can stop this
but last night I stayed inside
and recounted the story
of my life
to myself
for five hours
and it sucked
the very voice of the monkey mind
insistently wasting my limited time
you know me
but then there's the me
that takes care of me
into the twilight I carry
the parent and the child
the sphinx dissolving in the sand
the early death of the earth
new ascetics of the sun
the impossible luxury of time
hold on to me
as the rising tide of age
pulls the flesh free from your bones
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3. |
Planetary Storms
01:57
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i went for a walk
by the nuclear reactor on the beach
i went for a swim
in the lake of gasoline
i give myself up
directly to you
on a planet this big
what else can i do
i could be dead
or sinking, or burning in armor
instead i sit
and listen
to the screams across the water
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Series 7 Sports Heart
02:06
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sink, sink, sink into the bed
saying goodbye in my head
rattling in a cough and exhalation
a slide of pebbles on a dusty riverbank
that famous actor looks so old now
shit, he's 2 years younger than me
hey, I'm a different man now
ah, who am i kidding
i'm the same man I was then
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Nickel-Plated Sky
01:39
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lifting off from protogenous 8
recession of the cyclades
becoming partly cloudy
the ruins hold a guttering flame.
can't you see
i'm trying to entertain you
they say a man mellows with age
i say he bellows with rage
DABDA
the five stages of grief
a nice house with no heat
beautiful kitchen with nothing to eat
sunlit atrium, 1987...
i heard you're making good money now
farming shrimp in the philippines
i don't know what it means
maybe i'll move way out in queens
digging holes on the moon
can i hang out here for two hours?
i'm waiting for the guards to change shifts
looking to get riddled with bullets
halfway across
the bridge back to life
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my face floating above the city
in the window on the subway bridge
the officials didn't want to admit me
but I was grandfathered in
i want to see how it ends
i've got to see how it ends
i'm going to see how it ends
sixteen thousand words
written in a pool of light
surrounded by a shield of noise
as certain as the tides
and it all hurts
oh so bad
a metal door slid shut
without a fucking trace of irony
and now you wash it down
use this to wash it down
i don't want good things
they go away too fast
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Faithful To The Original
02:01
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it's a really, really bad way to have a good time
or a really, really, really good way to have a bad time
everyone told me to rush
so now I refuse to
it's an inelegant process
but it's one that i'm used to
i don't wanna grow and change
i'll be circling the drain
if I don't see you again
will you wait for me there
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8. |
Twenty American Bones
01:42
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we all do things we regret in prison
lounging around the dungeon in chains
cant escape - can't relax
i suspect my spirit has been housed
unwillingly in many many bodies
my existence serving as a case study
in grossly misplaced priorities
did you think I was kidding
when I said I couldn't feel physical pain
lying around like an animal in the zoo
while the public comes and jerks on my chain
my heart is full of love and light
and I plan to leave a good-looking corpse
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Institutional Watercolor
01:52
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let's hole up in a motel
lay low and recover from our wounds
you can cycle through the channels
i can bring us back some food
peering out through the curtains
watching strangers come and go
TV's on, you're in the shower.
up next on TBS is Dr. No
i like when that happens
it makes me feel like I've led a life
i hate when that happens
it makes me feel like I'm gonna die
geometric pattern in the carpet
thunder sounding from outside
barefoot in a chair on the landing
parking spaces laid out in lines
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10. |
Ground Up
01:32
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felony murder
i paid cash
drove to the river
the rain masked the splash
booking passage to Thailand
where i will stay on dry land
tarp of 100% nylon
made in Taiwan
stark and dreamlike poetry
about contrition to the state
drums, chanting
dead leaves and the sea
purchasing an extension cord
making a stop at the liquor store
snap off the light
gentle lap of the waves
love is a hole
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11. |
5000 Year-Old Mummy
01:40
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i'm a 5000 year old mummy
i'm basically just bandages and bones
my girlfriend is an immortal vampire
she's permanently 19 years old
you can't explain shit or take shit from me
i was hanging out in ancient Rome
on the parthenon I put terrible graffiti
i'd appreciate it if you'd leave me alone
coursing with terrible power
cursed, walking the earth
wailing and moaning forever
you know I witnessed the virgin birth
i'm a 5000 year old mummy
i've been alive since before you were born
never figured out how to make any money
i'm 250 years behind on my rent
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12. |
Siobhan Caffeine
01:59
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was it real?
i still don't know
pass my hand right through the wall
in the open sea
i was so scared
wring the salt water from your hair
here's the call
plaintive, repeats at intervals
silence like a weight
a pillow on your sleeping face
i'm free again
i'm cut loose of your enfolding limbs
i won't regret
a second I gave
although I won't get them back again
mattress on the floor
sweating through the sheets
please come back, siobhan caffeine
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13. |
Minnesota 10
02:27
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looking good for the book jacket
there isn't gonna be a book
not gonna be a famous anything
i don't feel very good
i thought it would have happened by now
everyone has children and babies
well, babies are children I suppose
they all have homes and houses
but not all houses are homes, as you know
i do not want children or babies
more a fan of cats and dogs
please stop me if I'm getting too granular
man without plan has many moods
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this is the speech
from the hero to the villain
you and I are not so very different
don't want to give away the ending
but i know
that no place is ever home
and nobody's ever safe
this is a letter from an estranged relative
written in a Sheraton in Maryland
i hate to give away the ending
but i know
that nobody ever knows
if anything will be ok
this is the last transmission you'll receive
before i pass into deep space
last survivor signing off
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