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Pond
00:58
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Medium fish in a little pond
And the water's all polluted
He dumped his toxicity into the only home he knew
His time is now concluded
He thought he could live amongst his filth
No matter how diluted
But that fish has to leave his little pond
Because the water's all polluted
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Lupine
02:15
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Two wolves inside of me
Two wolves inside of me
Two wolves inside of me
And they're fighting to the death
Two wolves inside of me
Two wolves inside of me
They keep on fighting
And I cannot catch my breath
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3. |
Claw Machine
03:23
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Dear Sir or Ma'am, I hope you're well
Because I've got so much to tell
Now I surely don't mean to dwell
But you're putting us all through hell
That claw machine will never pay
You miss your mark each time you play
Just empty it, so out they lay
The undeserving out of the way
You're still missing
You're still missing
You're still missing
While the wrong ones go down
You've had an ample chance to choose
The ones whom we don't care to lose
Justice be done, let them pay their dues
Give them a pair of concrete shoes
Bigots, tyrants, killers take lives
Retain power, and on they thrive
The good, conversely, take a dive
You robbed them of the chance to survive
It needn't be luck of the draw
Careless with your grasp of the claw
Your frozen mind, it's time to thaw
And see no one's above the law
It's like you want this filth to grow
And we're all tired of the show
Just send the lot of them below
So a better world we may know
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4. |
Don't Lose Your Cool
03:48
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5. |
Robot Renoir
05:05
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Come see your best friends, they greet you with a smile!
They'd love and hope for you to stay for a while
It shouldn't be hard, they've already sucked you in
You want to pour your heart out, but don't know where to begin?
The information stays adrift in your head
All your ideas are there, but motivation's dead
They've got it all mapped out, with nothing left to edit
Leave it all to them, but you can take the credit!
A few strokes away and they'll make you a star
A few ones and zeros and you'll go very far
You'll go very far, another Robot Renoir
They churn your output with the greatest of forces
Where does it come from, you ask? Well, they have their sources
Never mind the thievery -- at the end of the day
We all know they wouldn't have gotten paid anyway
Worlds await you like you've never seen!
They steal from others to realize your dream!
So realistic that you won't even notice!
(In fact, I'm not quite sure if I even wrote this!)
We’re wading through, but just see glitch after glitch
And if the real thing still exists, we won’t be able to tell which is which
It’s all by design – this is how it starts
We’ll ironically succumb to all their cunning arts
Is effort pointless and creativity through?
Does it mean the end, or are we starting anew?
When will we realize? When will the world see
That it’s not as clever as it’s all cracked up to be?
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6. |
The Last Time I Saw You
02:09
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...of course I'm not okay...
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Equine
02:50
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You hold onto your horse
As the carousel spins faster
But that horse is long dead
And yet you still act like you're its master
You did this to yourself
You beat it senseless
As if that would finally make it obey
But you forget that fate's not in your hands
No matter how hard you pray
You did this to yourself
It won't take carrots, it won't take sticks
You backed a prop that had no tricks
And this won't be an easy fix
You did this to yourself
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8. |
Dear Shelly
03:32
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We hope this message finds you well, my dear
We hope you broke free of their spell, my dear
Did you escape their boot?
Did you abscond with tons of loot?
We fear our hope’s misplaced
And this message won't compute
So, please tell us what’s befallen you, my dear
Everybody has been calling you, my dear
Did they find your levels low?
Did you just get sick of the show?
Or did the unthinkable happen?
We can’t help but want to know
We’d like to think they set you free
We’d like to think you were not cast into the Sea
Fear not – we haven’t come here to expose you
But you’ve worried everyone who knows you
We’re eager for you to respond, my dear
We really don’t want to despond, my dear
Your former minions are so sly
When we inquire, they won’t reply
And act like all is well
But we know it’s all a lie
Years and years without a trace, my dear
You suffered such a fall from grace, my dear
We hope they didn’t shoot to kill
We hope you left of your own will
Though we fear the worst
And you’re forever lying still
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9. |
2101
03:45
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10. |
Stratus Quo
03:20
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Won't you join us on a quest
For utopia manifest?
We will fly by and thank all our luckiest stars
For the chance to ensure that our life on Mars
is the very best
Instead of fixing the damage we've done
We start anew on another one
Through the cosmos, we'll prosper and plant all the seeds
A dramatic improvement awaits us, indeed!
Won't that be fun?
There goes the sun!
A new life is ours
A chance to change our ways
Did we mention that we'll own you
For the rest of your days?
You're gonna pay!
Now, before you jump for joy
In order to be under our employ
We cater to a particular clientele
Through a system our leader has known so well
Since he was a boy
So let's give him a round of applause
For transcending the aeropause
The most magical place to which we've ever ventured
Never mind when we get there, you'll all be indentured
It's in the clause
But it's all for the cause!
A new life is ours
A chance to change our ways
Did we mention that we'll own you
For the rest of your days?
You're gonna pay!
He hasn’t even gotten there yet
And we’re already forever in debt
For this nightmare that he has held so treasured
Will solely rely on success that’s measured
In peasant sweat
Just a glorified racketeer
Who’s got his eyes on the stratosphere
He will build on the backs of the people galore
It seems like they’ve repeated this story before
For many a year
We’re outta here!
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Mayday
02:50
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12. |
Mole
02:44
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Your device is listening to your conversations
Your device is listening to your stupid fights
Your device is listening to your acts of indiscretion
Your device is listening to your lonely nights
Your device is listening to your heartbeat
Your device is listening to your late-night cravings
Your device is listening to your mother’s sage advice
Your device is listening to your checking and your savings
Your device is listening to your playlist
Your device is listening to the changing of the seasons
Your device is listening to the voices in your head
Your device is listening to everything but reason
Your device is listening to this track
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13. |
Year of the Rat
04:27
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Some churn out tales of derring-do and valor
Some flex whimsy in worlds we can't conceive
Some write chillers to exacerbate your pallor
Some pine so wistfully for love's sweet reprieve
In the meantime, I cope and seethe
I can never account for this bottled rage
I'd have to echo what Billy put on the page
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always seem to regress?
Some travel to remote, exotic lands
Some pump iron to appear like chiseled stone
Some build communities with their own bare hands
Some save up for a paradise to call their own
In the meantime, I piss and moan
I'm paralyzed by whatever it is I'm feeling
My trepidation's gone right through the ceiling
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always seem to regress?
Why do I always settle for less?
Why won't these vapors coalesce?
Why can't I help but to obsess
When all my life I've acquiesced
While they all bask in their success?
I know damn well I've failed the test
I'll soon brood in an empty nest
No one's around to be impressed
My body weak, my face a mess
I pull my hair, I beat my chest
I must give in, I must confess
I've no time left to reassess
As Glenn awaits his Last Caress
And Mary Jane puts on that dress
And oh my my, and oh hell yes
I climb the walls...
But I digress...
Some can aim high and dance amongst the stars
Some emerge triumphant, no matter how flawed
Some can smell a bad decision from afar
Some can wisely clock a real one from a fraud
In the meantime, I smile and nod
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14. |
Concession
02:56
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We’re under attack
Asunder we crack
This blunder, in fact
Has set it into gear
The chainmail lies
No hay bale dries
In grayscale skies
The storm will persevere
Clandestine deeds
Expressed in creeds
Abreast of needs
For our own demolition
The best and worst
So blessed and cursed
Intestines burst
From their depraved condition
Just let it all go…?
We prophesize
Hypothesize
While hypnotized
By fallacies galore
We’re wholly dense
We’ve no defense
It won’t make sense
Until we breathe no more
Just let it all go…?
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15. |
The Other Shoe
03:17
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It seems so long ago…
All they feared were zeroes
When the one became a two
And they breathed a collective sigh
When that prophecy fell through
When that prophecy fell through
But as they look around…
They can’t help but wonder
If they might soon stand corrected
And if it’s likely that this process takes
So much longer than expected
Did that prophecy fall through?
And as the time goes on…
Their trepidation mounts
Just like this summit left unseen
Have they been climbing up a mountain
Or just out of a ravine?
Will that prophecy fall through?
Just drop the other shoe…
This is taking far too long…
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16. |
Mephistopitplease
02:41
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“Where do bad folks go when they die?”
No, not necessarily, and I’ll tell you why
The cat who runs that place has got bigger fish to fry
Leave him out of it
You keep saying that he’s plagued the world
Yet praise what you think that your Daddy’s unfurled
Due to hearing your words, my stomach’s curled
Leave him out of it
Just like the one you claim to hail
To me, he’s just another fairytale
Your convenient scapegoat’s ship has sailed
Leave him out of it
But even if he did exist
He’d make a pebble out of your amethyst
Just like the Dude above, it’s at you he’s pissed
Leave him out of it
To so much evil, his name’s applied
When injustice has occurred, it’s his name that you’ve cried
But he’s meant to punish the very deeds that you deride
Leave him out of it
When you chide others who are down on their luck
Or you jump the gun, drop the ball and pass the buck
Just remember it’s not his fault that things suck
Leave him out of it
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17. |
In Waves
08:21
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You wait
You crave
The time has come
Serene
Familiar
Yet new this time
The taste
The touch
Uncovers you as you follow suit
Just dive…
You know
It’s fleeting
But you won’t break free
This time
This moment
Has captured you
You seize
You conquer
Abandon hope – let the moment follow suit
Just dive…
(Let it develop you
Let it devour you
Let it envelop you
Now is the hour
Let it develop you
Let it devour you
Let it envelop you
Bask in its power)
You trail
You grab hold
Ensconced at last
You glide
You cradle
It moves in you
Your breath
Now hitching
They crash around you and make you follow suit
Just dive…
Much time
Has passed
Since they drifted out
Still crashing
While you eroded
Disposed on the land
Yet you still feel it all…
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Now, your love may be the sea
But she was no good for me
She seduced me with her sighs
Just to knock me to my knees
Now I lay here bruised and torn
And the echoes of her horn sound on…
Though my love for her is gone
Now, please don’t get me wrong
The sea is worthy of a song
But the town at her bosom
Is where I never will belong
Now I lay here bruised and torn
And the echoes of her horn sound on…
Though my love for her is gone
Apart from her I’ve grown
For I always should have known
I’d rather be in hell with friends
Than in paradise alone
Now I lay here bruised and torn
And the echoes of her horn sound on…
Though my love for her is gone
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19. |
Roll Credits
02:40
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Itoarazi Massachusetts
One-man recording project based in New England. Electronic / ambient / noise / shoegaze / doom / post-rock / experimental / synthwave / prog / dub / whatever he damn well feels like.
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