1. |
The Stopped Together
03:26
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Johnny woke against the siren’s solitude
the one or two soldiers love the sweet water
the enemy against false aggressors
crawling off the pepperice folds
Johnny woke against the siren’s solitude
cause he forgot he’s free
from the stopped together
holding the dreams of plastic sunflights
a different polite sky never runs from him
operatic peace sings for the dog indifferent
nursery versus given skin
Johnny woke against the siren’s solitude
cause he forgot he’s free
from the stopped together
shitting infinite drops
on his family
but everyone can’t work apart
shitting infinite drops on his family
but everyone can’t work apart
Johnny woke against the siren’s solitude
cause he forgot he’s free
from the stopped together
from the stopped together
from the stopped together
go go news
go go news, take not ahead of me
go go news
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2. |
1950s Wife
03:10
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had a corneal ulcer
I went under full of synthesizers
from carsick music where there was no movement
age 13, Mom drove me up to Milwaukee
to get a hot needle in the eye
you’ll think you’ll wanna die
you’ll think you’ll wanna die
stand on the toilet for tenth time while high
sing “I Hate Myself and I Want to Die”
if I could get away and be me
me without the complacency
the time your Mom and Dad came from
you’ll think about and start to cry
you’ll think you’ll wanna die
you’ll think you’ll wanna
receive that shock and get it good too
from having those 1950s wife blues
if she received the shock then I do too
from having those 1950s wife blues
saying if you travel in time
and turn into a 1950s wife
you’ll think you’ll wanna die
you’ll think you’ll wanna die
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3. |
Poetic Turn
02:54
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because we can’t talk
on the couch after work at night
only visible by the TV’s light
and I wish that I could make a poetic turn
before you go to bed but I never learn
because we can’t talk
I hold it inside
always nauseated
for the discussion of bills waiting
and I wish that we could make a poetic turn
before you go to bed but I…
I wish we could keep talking
until I find a way to describe
but you stop me after 3rd attempt
not letting me get to
the seventh try
because we can’t talk
I pray in my own way
pray by saying sarcastically
all I care about is me
and I wish that I could make a poetic turn
before you go to bed but I
I wish that we could make a poetic turn
before you go to bed but I never learn
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4. |
Art of Being Alone
07:36
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people can chime
kind of like you and I
what the kids revel in
for adults is pathetic
if it doesn’t sound cool
you will be the fool
who couldn’t squeeze blood from the stone
for the art of being alone
I might have turned into my dad
I recall him at
my age, he didn’t drink
so he still looked young
if it doesn’t sound cool
you will be the fool
who couldn’t squeeze blood from the stone
for the art of being alone
I never said I was mad at her
I never said I was mad at her
I just kept breaking down all year
November, January and now
if it doesn’t sound cool
you will be the fool
who couldn’t squeeze blood from the stone
for the art of being alone
for the art of being alone
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5. |
Ocean Shores
04:37
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the voice of my brother
defending the trailer
of a TV movie
about the 80’s turning into the 90’s
all the way to 1999
the same year as the journal
that I brought to Ocean Shores
it’s not quite Big Sur
the ceiling light and the fridge don’t work
homemade “do not disturb sign”
switching rooms 3 or 4 times
and a man next door yelling that he has a gun
through the paper-thin walls at the top of his lungs
did I come to Ocean Shores
to go crazy too
take a vacation
will that be enough separation
like a family packing up
for an annual two week vacation
and hitting Ocean Shores once more
hitting Ocean Shores once more
hitting Ocean Shores once more
hitting Ocean Shores once more
there’s a man next door yelling that he has a gun
I’m high but not freaking out even though I’m all fucked up
did I come to Ocean Shores
to go crazy again
the voice of my brother
defending the trailer
of a TV movie
about the 80s turning into the 90s
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6. |
Cohorama Kool-Aid
05:16
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all I’d say about it is then
she seemed to be kind of different
than all the rest I’d always get sick
of sharing time and space with again
in the instant, I knew if we’d have hung out years ago
we would have helped each other out just a little bit
and oh we could have been so close
oh we were so close
once upon a time, I met a woman at a wedding
and we were talking and I realized we both
we had the very same type but I hadn’t seen her ‘cuz
she was in this friend group I barely frequented
she said at the end of the night “where have you been this whole time?
you were around the corner when I was losing my fucking mind”
you’d leave the party just before I’d get there
for all that I deserve, not knowing you seems fair
but if we could have met each other
back when we were on our own oh we could have been so close
oh we were so close
eulogizing what’s lost is my hobby
as if we keep on getting thrown off divine path of destiny
when a friend is all I really need I tell you a friend
is all I really need
but it’s no nice to meet you now
I usually stop regretting around this point somehow
and turning each past instant into a crossroads
where oh we could have been so close
oh we were so close
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7. |
Boathouse Ghost
04:10
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harborrat
live, forget
complete carcass
never tape jewelry
scrapping new
what’s never really
someone, late act
it’s not the bones
high breathing
blanket scurrying
mislaid act
it’s even stranger
mad business
now cooling
poached red lie
hit worms complete
I’m mad at
don’t save
what’s for like
like ardor buried
blood hill wandered
turn over
times you’ll hit
places when I cried
die on the house
this lie, this place
stranger business
never late, hit some on your clover
on the run then
in a
on a
I ai ai
of my like
have been
my my
I ai ai
the stopped-
and to me
the not I’m at
the you
I’m a you
‘til you forget
and see, see you wondered
I’m never well
and you’ll
out at too
too a
til I don’t
too too
you
a
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8. |
Orgy Dorm
04:32
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lived in the orgy dorm
girls on top, boys bottom floor
pile of flesh past every door
when you lived in the orgy down
lived in the orgy dorm
everyone always trying to score
everyone doing every drug
having a whole lot of sex without love
didn’t we have it all
didn’t we have nothing
didn’t we have it all
can’t we admit at least that
we have something
lived in the orgy dorm
we were the squares watching horror
at sad excuse for a school
all of us learned what not to do
I hear a flicker down the hall
a man with a gun coming for us all
don’t know the character’s lines
just when they’re gonna die
don’t we have it all
don’t we have nothing
don’t we have it all
can’t we admit at least that we have something
lived in the orgy dorm
I wasn’t even trying to score
if I could go back I’d do every drug
have a whole lot of sex without love
have a whole lot of sex without love
have a whole lot of sex without love
have a whole lot of sex without love
have a whole lot of sex without love
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9. |
The Kenosha Kid
04:24
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maybe you’ll be a diamond
and carry whole fortune
maybe the pill I’m swallowing
will make me feel like I did
if peace is a place to find
then the map is now missing
the movement we make is all we leave
if the witness is watching
I’m a relic, I’m an archive
I’m a slice of processed cheese
melting on an American Pie
if peace is a place to find
then the map is now missing
the movement we make is all we leave
if the witness is watching
the inner child don’t need
to always act like a child
I want to be the calm
I don’t want to be the wild
if peace is a place to find
then the map is now missing
the movement we make is all we leave
if the witness is watching
if the witness is watching
if the witness is watching
if the witness is watching
if the witness is watching
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when the dogs forget to bark
and the leaves
no longer stir
and you do not know
the reasons
that you hurt
when you can’t no longer read
and you cannot clear your eyes
do not hide
do not hide
do not hide
do not hide
don’t wait for the apocalypse
do not hold out til the end
when it gets too much for you to stand
come back to me again
they may never rebuild the temple
there may only be the end
it’s hard to call it a game
when you can’t win
but every second that you take
and every day that you wake
brings light to the fight
a little light to the night
and I’m holding out through the apocalypse
I will be there to the end
though I know I can’t stop it
I refuse to pretend
(I will not give in!)
and if you hear the dogs and they’re screaming
and the leaves are starting to burn
and if you feel you’ve had enough of this earth
and like leaving, turn to the
moooooooooooooooon
turn to the
moooooooooooooon
and I’ll turn to you
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11. |
end credits
00:24
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12. |
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first having loaded up the camera
and sharpened edge of the knife blade
we go diving in the harbor
to try and find the old remains
the poem I once found on the page waiting
is poem I use now as a map
to take you where the vessel once got smashed
and pieces underwater got trapped
and what’s there at bottom waiting
we’ll see together if we swim
and all will be revealed
when we dig out what’s been hid
there’s a light tonight shining on the book of myths
a voice in me saying what I once believed don’t exist
stay with me here at the scene of the old accident
we’ll say we came here for the wreck not just the story of the wreck
open that wine that was once saved
to drink when our ship was going down
maybe last drop will transport body
to off-season cottage on shore we once found
the storm brewing that night on the birthday
we dressed up, to sail the sound
we faced the high waves that night that were breaking
could not face the storm when it came back around
and I can still feel the deck tearing
and wind blowing rain sideways
but we’ll dive back in now
and the wreck we’ll celebrate
there’s a light tonight shining on the book of myths
a voice in me saying what I once believed don’t exist
stay with me here at the scene of the old accident
we’ll say we came here for the wreck not just the story of the wreck
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If I go a million miles away
I'd write a letter each and every day
'Cause honey nothing, nothing
Can ever change this love I have for you
make me weep
you can make me cry
See me coming
and you can pass me by
but nothing, nothing
can ever change this love I have for you
you're the apple of my eye
my blackberry pie
and cinnamon ice cream
you're sugar and you're spice
feel so nice
straight out of my dreams
but if you wanted to leave me and roam
when you got back, I'd just say welcome home
'cause nothing, nothing, nothing
can ever change this love I have for you
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15. |
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If you wanna run away with me
I know a galaxy and I can take you for a ride
I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm
Where the music don't stop for life
Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes
Shining just the way I like
If you're feeling like you need a little bit of company
You met me at the perfect time
You want me, I want you
My sugarboo, we're levitating
The Milky Way, we're renegading
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight
I need you, all night
Come on, dance with me
(I'm levitating)
You, moonlight, you're my starlight
I need you, all night
Come on, dance with me
(I'm levitating)
I believe you're meant for me, I feel it in our energy
I see us written in the stars
We can go wherever, so let's do it now or never
Baby, nothing's ever, ever too far
Glitter in the sky, glitter in our eyes
Shining just the way we are
I feel like we're forever, every time we get together
But whatever, let's get lost on Mars
You want me, I want you, baby
My sugarboo, I'm levitating
The Milky Way, we're renegading
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight
I need you, all night
Come on, dance with me
(I'm levitating)
You, moonlight, you're my starlight
I need you, all night
Come on, dance with me
(I'm levitating)
You can fly away with me tonight
You can fly away with me tonight
Baby, let me take you for a ride
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(I'm levitating)
You can fly away with me tonight
You can fly away with me tonight
Baby, let me take you for a ride
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
My love is like a rocket, watch it blast off
And I'm feeling so electric, dance my ass off
And even if I wanted to, I can't stop
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You want me, I want you, baby
My sugarboo, I'm levitating
The Milky Way, we're renegading
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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16. |
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I stay out too late
Got nothing in my brain
That's what people say
That's what people say
I go on too many dates
But I can't make them stay
At least that's what people say
That's what people say
But I keep moving
won't stop, won't stop grooving
It's like I got this music
In my mind
Saying, "It's gonna be alright."
'Cause the players gonna play
And the haters gonna hate
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
shake it off shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break
And the fakers gonna fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
shake it off shake it off
I never miss a beat
I'm lightning on my feet
that's what they don't see
That's what they don't see
I'm dancing on my own
I make the moves up as I go
And that's what they don't know
That's what they don't know
But I keep moving
won't stop, won't stop grooving
It's like I got this music
In my mind
Saying, "It's gonna be alright."
'Cause the players gonna play
And the haters gonna hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake
shake it off shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break
And the fakers gonna fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake
shake it off, shake it off
Shake it off, shake it off,
shake it off, shake it off,
shake it off, shake it off,
shake it off, shake it off
all you liars and the dirty cheats of the world
while you were out there doing your thing
You could've been getting down to this sick beat.
My ex-man brought his new girlfriend
She's like "Oh, my God!" but I'm just gonna shake.
to the fella over there with the hella good hair
Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake
'Cause the players gonna play
And the haters gonna hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake
shake it off shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break
And the fakers gonna fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake
shake it off, shake it off
Shake it off, shake it off,
shake it off, shake it off,
shake it off, shake it off,
shake it off, shake it off
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17. |
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Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I've done alright up to now
It's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls, loneliness calls
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
I've been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town
Sooner or later, the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Somebody oo Somebody oo
Somebody who loves me yeah
Somebody oo Somebody oo
To hold me in his arms oh
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
Don'tcha wanna dance with me baby
Dontcha wanna dance with me boy
Hey Don'tcha wanna dance with me baby
With somebody who loves me
Don'tcha wanna dance say you wanna dance
Don'tcha wanna dance
Don'tcha wanna dance say you wanna dance
Don'tcha wanna dance
Don'tcha wanna dance say you wanna dance
With somebody who loves me
Dance
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18. |
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Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you
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