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There In The Container
02:47
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There in the container
It was unwritten, unwritten
There in the container
You were forgiven, forgiven
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Broken Into
04:40
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This is not the place or time to give them humanity
But if I can't right now I know I will bury it too deep
The night my heart was broken into
I felt my trust in humans wane
Everyone looked like a suspect
Who I piled on the blame
Of course the paranoia spiked, stabbing clean into my core
Making sense of chaos was a resource we could have used more
All the thoughts were stacking up, I could not speak on command
I don't think I could love someone I fully understand
The night my heart was broken into
I felt my faith in humans wane
Everyone looked like a suspect
Who I piled on the blame
The night my heart was broken into
I felt my fear in humans wane
Who was I to be so worthy?
And who were you to see my pain?
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3. |
Strange Images
03:38
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My mind wanders to strange images
I have, I have to return
High praise for the wild limitless
I have, I have to return
My mind dances with strange images
I weave, weave into the flow
My chest caves under the influence
I breathe, inhaling the ghost
The temporal and hallowed are baked within my marrow
My heart searching for a monument
I have, I have never seen
What host orchestrates the confluence
I have, I have my concerns
My kind journeys to strange images
I have, I have to explore
I've dined with a Trinity of witnesses
I have, I have to return
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4. |
Be Here Now
04:32
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Be here with me now, the stillness
It's fractaling out, my conscience
Sift through the sounds, the pathless
Oscillating vibrations
Forgive me, please, I'll attempt to obtain my atonement
I'm so exhausted from trying to live in the moment
I'm enlightened enough, now I'm hungry
This meditation is boring, I'm sleepy
This is not efficient, why am I here?
Tumultuous static, unclear
Be here with me now, come close
I have no idea how, it shows
There is no time at all
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Rubber On My Teeth
03:53
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Bright and astounding, she was made purely for clowning
A friendly fire, dousing every earthly desire
My chiromancy, tells me you'll be feeling dancey
Cause you're a looker, doesn't mean you get my sugar
As you wonder why, you miss the surprise
You made an error, unleashing a global terror
I might be too sick, but I love depressing music
It was delici-y, rubber on my teeth so squishy
Plenty of mayonnaise, battling a strong aftertaste
A revelation, beasts from every elevation
Like secret agents, never trust a blanket statement
My chiromancy, tells me you'll be feeling dancey
Cause you're a looker, doesn't mean you get my sugar
As you wonder why, you miss the surprise
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Divided
03:07
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Must I fall, must I fall, must I fall, must I fall
Waves upon waves
Ghosts by the water
I am divided
I will divide
There's more people worth getting to know than I have the time for
I see them pass by next to me life but neither reaches out for more
I ponder all the “hows” and “what ifs”, who they would make me become
And would my influence upon them be a force that they would welcome
The sad pleasure of wandering
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Solid Ground
02:56
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I would like to be overwhelmed by your grace
To know I'm accepted by the loving Lord who is undoubtedly there
So much of you has been lost on me
Surely you see the desire I have for that not to be the case
Did you leave me, or did I leave you?
I thought of the afterlife was a funny idea
You showed me this life is just as ridiculous so why not some more?
Is it possible to find solid ground?
A place where I will not have to wonder if I'm about to drown?
Did you leave from me, or did I leave from you?
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Puzzle
02:49
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It's never a story
It's barely a look
It created something
From nothing you took
It's always a flame
Bright and unseen
Finite, unending
Messy and clean
A red sash of dried up leaves
A dress that comes to the knees
An innocent comment
At the right time
Becomes the moment
Histories align
The quieter moments
The tiniest moves
The subtlest flavors
Refracted hues
You are a puzzle I'm still trying to solve
You are a puzzle I'm still trying to solve
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Blood Into Suet
03:45
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Standing between two broad doors
Giving heed to all the noise
You end up turning around
Cursing that you have a choice
All the stories you've rehearsed
Have a pattern woven in
About how fate made you a victim
You've got nothing to gain, what are you doing?
Transforming the blood into suet
I can punch through a brick
Empathize with a prick
There's an anger within me
I have learned to suppress
Boiling up and rising out
In times of rare significance
You've got nothing to gain, what are you doing?
Transforming the blood into suet
I can punch through a brick
Empathize with a prick
Take your finger off the light
When it's off you won't be satisfied
The darkness won't forgive your soul
But I'll still hold you accountable
You chose to wallow in the dark
And I hope you find a true redemption arc
Have you noticed the blood
You mix in with the seeds?
How the birds you attract
Aren't the ones you seek?
Then you get frustrated
And shove it in your mouth
Claim they made you eat it
And swallow it down
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10. |
Edge of Forgiveness
04:56
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You really should have been there
When he was punching the wall
The physical pain distracts from his emotional fall
and god, you know I have been there
I think my heart might feel too much
Depending on the day it's an advantage or a crutch
But then I saw he was cutting
And no, not for the attention
The geyser bubbling deep within him ignores suppression
Part of him thought it was funny
How someone who was given much
Could see no other avenue than an aggressive touch
The Holy Silence
It genuinely frightens me
Are you truly listening, nodding your head casually
Or did you go away?
To someone more worth your favor?
I'd understand if you would only speak
You never say goodbye when you leave
You never say goodbye when you leave
I thought of you as a product
Made to fix my demeanor
like I'm a dirty carpet and you're a vacuum cleaner
And now I see I'm a product
Of a mindset I don't own
Unable to sit still and stare into the unknown
I'm always told you speak through me
But it feels like my own words
The more I think about it I flip flop on what I've learned
But if you're there, you speak through me
Cause we all share the one name
At a molecular level everything is the same
You know, I thought I was angry
But then I met your dad
He commands a rage too dark for me to understand
I focus on what I can see
When my brain is thinking straight
But then again it's all perception right out of the gate
I'm on the edge of forgiveness
But I've not the will to jump
My insides are paradoxes tangled into clumps
Oh can you teach me forgiveness?
I'll agree to any deal
Someday I hope to forgive you for not being real
The Holy Silence
It genuinely frightens me
Can I truly listen to a spiritual need?
Or do I go away?
Deep inside my own creation?
I'd understand if I could only see
You never say goodbye when you leave
You never say goodbye when you leave
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Moss In A Jar
03:57
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Laying on the floor of an empty house
No kind of distinctions to prove I was here
No one remembers, and soon I'll forget
The same dull rhythm, day in, day out
A lens over my vision, warping all I see
Creeping seconds that hold me in place
Keep it alive
Holding grudges as a kind of revenge
Fostering anger like moss in a jar
Joy and resentment cannot coexist
Keep it alive
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-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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