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Koszmary
03:30
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its 1995, before the roads were paved
the dust storms in July testing our tiny legs
laughing at the danger then
watch our bodies disappear
turning me around
swallow me
hit the ground
i live on an island now
oceans and rivers
new things to swallow me whole
new hands on my shoulders
turning me around
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2. |
Mania
02:15
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mania owns me
i’m indebted
keeps me sharp when i’m unsteady
mania owns me, baby!
a curious lover
no chance of sleep when i am with her
every morning
shakes me wide awake
she’s persistent, never late
every time she calls my name
my chest will trill
my breath comes late
mania owns me, baby!
a curious lover
while my mind races she’s moving faster
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3. |
Slapstick
03:24
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is there a right way to smile at all these saccharine platitudes?
feeling a lot like a slapstick bit where everyone is waiting to
see you fall
see you fall down
I can’t help but be honest to a “hello, how are you?”
getting tired of my late night tricks
disassociate into a drink or two
it is hard to be kind to yourself in a world that isn’t kind to you
feels a lot like a bright stage
hot lights
the audience is begging to see you
see you fall down
see you fall
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4. |
City Summer Sweat
02:49
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time moves quickly
(szybko)
quick to turn a head
(moja głowa)
watch the mouths move
(nie chcę)
what was that you said
(co powiedziałeś)
went to the party
dressed in city summer sweat
eyes are for looking
i’m made to exist
(istnieć)
(oh it’s a cry for help)
a sign
a number
a shape
we learn it
expression
its shape
a language
don’t want it
sky spinning silk
city lights all recede
awaiting a rapture
to swallow me
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5. |
Cheers!
03:48
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it’s fight or flight every night in a dream i’m frozen
i try to run every night on repeat, i couldn’t
i couldn’t
i have a habit of hurtling forward, forward
assured collision
every day another fire
i want to rest
cheers to all the good times
cheers to all the good
never a strong swimmer, all flailing arms and sinking legs
still, water’s getting higher so its sink or swim as they say
as they say
it’s fight
or flight
or fawn
or freeze
cheers to all the good times
cheers to all the good
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6. |
Eye Contact
01:44
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wipe your face
you have been
eating right from their hand
counting backwards from ten
force your lungs to expand
its hard to be alive
looking forward even when
the future is at hand
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7. |
Canals of Our City
03:14
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found the photos from the summer you had really shaped me
sixteen getting high driving in my buick century
after all this time you still feel safe to me
hot day in July
sun in our eyes
but you and i were free
touring canals around our city
most famed for the debauchery of its youth
you got the call that he was gone
murder in the first degree
disappeared for days without a phone, without a warning
cruel are all the ways this world will give you life, unraveling
hot as hell July
sun in our eyes
there’s no escaping
that was the last year that you spoke to me
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8. |
A Body
04:24
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what you could say when i’m in the spin
knowing a body is a place we live in
can’t feel the ground
come on!
learning a body is a life-long lesson
i want to learn yours, too
is it true
there’s a larger truth to suffering?
i fixate
a pair of shaking hands
hearing a body and translate it’s language
hands all around
hold on
where does the mind go when a body’s finished
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9. |
Goliath
03:30
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pleasantries at a function
“so… what’s your calling, what’s your passion?”
reset
reset
searching for an exit
its gotta be somewhere
i’m no good at putting on a face anymore
maybe a body’s just a house made to live in all alone
fall into the pit of my stomach
fall into the pit of my Goliath
reset
reset
it’s coming back now and it’s a hot one
hand on my chest just to make sure I’m still a live one
go
its ok that you wanted to
fall back into that thing you do
go
it’s ok that you want to go
to a place you can be alone
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10. |
Saddle Up, Cowboy
03:29
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path of most resistance
most within the least
i dreamt there was something to see
and everyone could see but me
wander to the window
a patch of sun to see
softening the first snow
softening in me
each breath comes as a sigh these days
and i’m too soft to hold my shape
saddle up, cowboy
time’s wasting
supply
demand
dismay
so what?
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11. |
River Rushing
06:06
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i dream
of the home i grew up in
a season-less desert framed in mountains
and everyone i’ve ever known, could ever know, have ever been
stood inside the horseshoe drive
stared past the stars
intent to listen
from the parched earth, water surfaced
slow at first then forms a current
river rushing up to our knees
and the crowd cheers
“we have never witnessed a flood like this before!”
a flood like this before
morning came
the river raced
no trace of us
obliterate
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