1. |
Human Jackson
05:30
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When I told you to tell it like it was I saw a different side than I was hoping for
Clocks please adjust
This isn't why I brought you here to mediate
Intertwine our intuition
Expect an inspection
Inspect experience
This isn't why I brought you here
Accumulate, refine our intentions
Distill the landscape and hours
I will not disarm or refocus priorities
I guess I came for an inspection so meet me in the corners, unswept like it was
Taking back ours
Took back the hours
Held back did not try
Stayed here and took sides
And when I did try I took what was mine
Took back the hours
Taking back hours
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2. |
Embers Only
04:50
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My tongue was bleeding stifiling, my laugh the moment I realized it's not so hard to not try and discover maps can lie
Despite the Catholics and lobbyists I assume a crown and clentched fist
I planted landmines, made investments
I burned all the evidence
Say bye to the ones you know
Swimming with the undertow
Set fires
We were so caught up in the traps that we set
Despite the warnings and commitments I assume a frown, a French kiss, tranquilizers, red state fits
Assured are we in different company
Assured we are assured obscurity
Set fire to the ones you know
Waving from the undertow
Goodbye
We were so caught up
In the trees that we planted we hide
So brave the elements
In the traps that we once set we're caught
No persona, direction, or home
Who said that you can't say I've not been honest?
It's just solitary slang
It's an ordinary day
If you cover one eye you'll never forget this
If you cover one eye
No depth perception
Riding home
I will arrive
If you cover one eye you'll never forget this
Riding home riding home riding home
Broken ankle, cracked smile, crooked teeth and all
Let you in and let you down
Let you down
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3. |
Revisionary
04:08
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Not unlike any assortment of vacant statements or pieces of paper floating in any gust
You walked in on me changing obsessions
We ate and made impressions
Fuck all this irony
How do I find shelter in ambiguity?
I take showers, walk up and downstairs
You ask how much more or less could you care
Flourescent lights sucked meaning from words like confrontation and unconditional
It came down to phrases like "in fact I have a phone"
I got myself the fuck home just to discover my written words were implicit proof of my insecurity
Showering didn't help, neither did the stares
You ask how much more or less could you care
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4. |
Plateau
03:35
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Six years on a treadmill
This plateau we're on
Compels no incline, decline
Would cover half of nevada
Six years since the starting line
Starting gun jammed, dead misfire
Professional limbo resident
I recite our mantra
Daily affirmation
Affirmation of routine
Words retread
Only audacity ends this plateau
First times now old times
Habitual gestures bind
Progress burned in effigy
Pledge allegiance to the customary
Holding pattern of status quo
At the base camp we both
Know what bold words this climb would need
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5. |
You Run Marathons
03:17
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Wait a minute
You swallow things I can hardly believe with no appetite, no insight
Out run me
Out
I don't think I can make it after all
When I churn insight out you all can ponder the protocol
They want you to build it up, reinforce the center, and hold it close because one attached string will strangle us
At least we'll suffocate together
Build it up, reinforce the center, and bury me alive with the strings that strangled us
At least we'll suffocate forever
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6. |
Brave the Elements
03:25
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My tongue was bleeding stifiling, my laugh the moment I realized it's not so hard to not try and discover maps can lie
Despite the Catholics and lobbyists I assume a crown and clentched fist
I planted landmines, made investments
I burned all the evidence
Say bye to the ones you know
Swimming with the undertow
Set fires
We were so caught up in the traps that we set
Despite the warnings and commitments I assume a frown, a French kiss, tranquilizers, red state fits
Assured are we in different company
Assured we are assured obscurity
Set fire to the ones you know
Waving from the undertow
Goodbye
We were so caught up
In the trees that we planted we hide
So brave the elements
In the traps that we once set we're caught
No persona, direction, or home
Who said that you can't say I've not been honest?
It's just solitary slang
It's an ordinary day
If you cover one eye you'll never forget this
If you cover one eye
No depth perception
Riding home
I will arrive
If you cover one eye you'll never forget this
Riding home riding home riding home
Broken ankle, cracked smile, crooked teeth and all
Let you in and let you down
Let you down
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