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The Perspective You Like
01:29
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Is it right or just angled to the perspective you like?
Is it right or convenient that you're wasted in a fight?
Is it right, this frustration? My patience feels thin
If it right, this caressing of your hands on my skin?
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Always building an effigy, for something that will never breathe
But has a life beyond what you need, and what it exists for
Though I wish I had known you then, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be friends
Because who you were and what I am, could not have worked the same
Now your eyes are so open wide, so much so that they've open mine
And what I see I don't really like, I'm glad I'm not alone
While we're eating this Popsicle, should I get all political?
Kind of want to but I don't know it all, that never stopped anyone before
I often look the other way, if it means less work for me
And the privilege I deny still gets used most of the time
I say I'm charming brave and wise, that's my excuse for why
I know the answers cause I'm a man and my skin is white
The specific questions don't really matter, I know I'm right
And your concrete goals, overwhelming polls, all the data on your side
Is just an opinion I can fight
I often look the other way, if it means less work for me
For me the money's always best, I'm not on the side that gets less
I get paid more cause of my sex, that's what I've come to expect
I often run the other way, cause it means less work for me
If I reflect on what I've seen, I escape to another screen
Cause the questions that come through are uncomfortable and true
Exposing the things I do as a distracting ruse
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Need, I always feel the need, I always feel the need, to apologize for sex
It, Am I good at it? Am I good at it? I would like to be
Weird, both of us felt weird
Love, we are good at love
Stress, I'm shaking from stress, I'm shaking from stress, long before I start
Fail, I could truly fail, so profoundly fail, anytime I try
Shame, I still feel ashamed
But Love, we are good at love
Time, I trust my time, I trust my time with you
Time, I trust my time, I trust my time with you
Time, I trust my time, I trust my time with you
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Are you sure it was this house? Everything looks destroyed inside
No, you're right, it was this house, a few things here I recognize
But it's all rearranged
Doing this is important, I don't feel we discuss it much
You make me feel important, since your skin is always so soft
Like it's always on cue
Feign....Rage....
Why'd you tell me that secret? I know the answer, it cracks my hull
I probably still have secrets, and you may never know them all
I've no keys to the cage
Feign......Rage......
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Castle On A New Island
00:55
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Touch so powerful, it would be unAmerican
Shaken off this rock, and cast into the sea
Forming a new island
Forming a new island
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You've given in again, you have “a duty” you said
What is it like for you to feel pressured and used?
It's a great white shark and it's gnawing through the limbs of my world
It's a great white love and it hasn't begun to unfurl
It's a great white sex and it's hidden in the heart of a girl
It's a great white thought that is uncomfortably unsure
Following endlessly, into my inner ceremony
I don't feel like myself, but I'm sure I am no one else
It's a great white shark and it's gnawing through the limbs of my world
It's a great white love and it hasn't begun to unfurl
It's a great white sex and it's hidden in the heart of a girl
It's a great white thought that is uncomfortably unsure
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I encourage you to doubt the faith in your parents
I encourage you to doubt the thoughts in your head
I encourage you to doubt all that you've learned from your friends
I encourage you to doubt all I just said
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Part Of Your Dreams
00:44
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Part of your dreams, part of your dreams
Part of your dreams involves failing sometimes
Part of your dreams, part of your dreams
Part of your dreams involves failing sometimes
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Just because nobody talks about it doesn't mean they don't deal with the exact same thing
Just because nobody talks about it doesn't mean they don't deal with the exact same thing sometimes
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I feel I am often imprisoned by my sexuality and it's decisions
Though temptation isn't a crime I wish it would ease up in the space in my mind
“Everything in moderation” including the last word of that quotation
If so then I'd like to try something I know that is over the line
I wish that there was a switch to turn off my body, to silence the itch
When I'm told men always act some way I hate recognizing that I am the same
(when I) Tell people that I don't chase it, I'm told that I'm sheltered that I should embrace it
But I'm not fond of that certain joy from viewing others as sexual toys
Oh girl well I'd like to kiss you without my baggage being an issue
Control is really what I want, the freedom to choose my direction of though
Without sex being a constant distraction like some civil war, some enemy faction
That, never gives up for that long, please understand me, please don't get me wrong
Cause I love feeling a sexual touch, but I wish that I didn't want it as much
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Avoiding privacy for countless centuries, becomes the goal that keeps me warm
The capabilities, of everything I see, was all recorded just for me
But it's a spectacle, one that can't be seen from a camera angle
Though it feels like dawn, I don't always enjoy being turned on
You faced it all in the water, the faint and blurry reflection
The more stones you throw in the more upset the image is
But the waves always end up calm
Young girls learn their clothes, make brothers stumble, that's it's their fault what the men do
Described as a bull, a mindless animal, who only focus on themselves
All the rules they heard, are ringing in the pews throughout the church
With a friendly nod, they say “This is part of the package of God.”
You faced it all in the water, the faint and blurry reflection
The more stones you throw in the more upset the image is
But the waves always end up calm
And you blame it all on the water fount
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The Humility Dilemma
03:18
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I want a miracle, something to prove it all
Some act so great and tall to tell me I'm not wrong
My heaven isn't true, it's only what I choose
My faith is nothing new, I acquired it used
I'm disappointed, I'm disappointed
I remain hopeful
Is there an us and them? Is there even a victim?
I wanna claim that spot, especially when I'm not
I'm disappointed, I'm disappointed
I remain hopeful
I want to be humble, but saying that will
Always tell me that I'm full, giving it no room to grow
From my moment of birth I try to prove my worth
To everyone that I am somebody they'll like
I was told it was fair, that I would get my share
“Just don't drink or smoke or swear, and ignore them over there.
And those sexual feelings, just shove them down and sing
You'll be confused when it occurs, and have issues when you're older
I'm disappointed, I'm disappointed
I remain hopeful
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Nightmare(s)
03:14
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Joy all the time, that's my nightmare
Eaten alive, that's my nightmare
Dissatisfied, that's my nightmare
Missing the ride, that's my nightmare
Saved yet denied, that's my nightmare
Pulsing with pride, that's my nightmare
Stopping to hide, that's my nightmare
God in the sky, that's my nightmare
Half, of my love
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Husband of Effigy
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Lyrics on a page rarely read like poetry and quite frankly come off as cheesy
If you don't sing, perhaps you're more of a hummer
because things always sound dumber if you're not singing them
If we don't sing outside of our comfort zones, the only thing we'll hone is how not to grow
If you don't like the snow, perhaps you prefer summer
And things always sound dumber if you're not singing them
When I project to others about when we touch, I can't project that much since they're not us
If you want my sex stories, I'm sorry to be a bummer
But things always sound dumber when you're not singing them
My body structure and my gender role, I had no choice at all so why not now?
Though who could say, I'm sure I'd make a good mother
And things always sound dumber if you're not singing them
I was a virgin until twenty-five, it didn't feel like I missed out on life
I really trust you and I'm glad we have each other
Because things always sound dumber if you're not singing them
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When You Sleep
02:40
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When you sleep, your chest moves as you breathe, Rising and falling like the heat
When you sleep, there are kittens by your feet, between all the crests and peaks
There's a picture on a train when you were in Japan
You slept so poetically as noted by your friend
And I thought then, that you were handsome
When we sleep together in the car seats, I feel like we are one thing
When we sleep together before we dream, we're much closer than it seems
They said sleeping with a girl would send me straight to hell
A 20 minute ceremony and then it's all well
Because wedding bells, and marriage sells, the Lord can tell
On our wedding night we did little save watch cartoons
Spent our energy on family, friends, and neighbors too
Cause we had to prove, that we both knew, what we were doing
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When We Sleep
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Open my heart to the kindness of strangers
Open my arms to fight off what could pain her
Open my eyes to assess any danger
Open my mind so I don't go insaner
Open my ears to make all my songs greater
Open my mouth but not to be a hater
Open my hands to love enemy traitors
Open my life to a sudden game changer
Open my wound so I see I'm inferior
Open a hole, break through the exterior
Break me apart from the infinite mirror
Open my body to feel it much clearer
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The Basics about Pocket Vinyl:
-Eric Stevenson slams on the piano and sings while
Elizabeth Jancewicz paints on stage
-The songs are mainly about death, sexuality, silence, uncertainty, and defiant hope.
-They've made many comics, records, and a film, and played over 1000 shows, and they have no plans to stop
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