1. |
Paperbed
02:41
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paper makes an apt bed
a wrapped aperture in aspen
and I'll pocket it, that last thread
restraining waist for use as napkin
thumbing the end to fray and thicken
ever untied, united I am only quicker to deny
a restless lidding of my eye
emancipated, limp, frustrated to keep swallowing my chest
mimic-blessed to suffer stress and biting at the tongue
my tapping teeth and knackered knees have long out run
but I twist my ankles some
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2. |
Alligatoragin
03:19
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on the alligator pages I'd have sworn I'd never have torn from
what an unbecoming list of wrongs I've started and half ripped off
like if I tune into my pulse
I hear my heart beat twice for two at night
saging the suspense
strumming up and down the bends
and does it make sense?
well I guess
watching ivory pulled from your tapestry
you let it fall to the knee
you're a scattered thing, and you're staying saturnine,
attracted to mystery
but if you tune into your pulse
you'll hear your heart beat twice for two at night
Where's your bike?
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3. |
Stubborn too
01:51
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animated, mote on moment
agitated, make your lone bed
and you're stubborn, too stubborn
and you're stubborn too
yam and lime string, lemon icing
you stacked the deck, with one hand you're still the best thing
but you're stubborn, too stubborn
and you're stubborn too
lulling under below
shoulder pulls and mellow
sacrificing lace in place of sunburn
you're just argumentative
yeah you're living auburn
and you're stubborn, too stubborn
and you're stubborn too
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4. |
Ponder wonder
02:37
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wonder what you saw in us
was it the markings of the trust we lost?
ponder how you feel in a hole we made
by the shape of our coming unloved
and I'm watching your mouth
'cause I know you're gonna spit it out
I know you're gonna work it out
so you kick-start your metal art
greasy arms, jack your heart up
I'm on your bench, no sign of fencing, I am sensing
there's a new taste you can't quite get your tongue around
and you can take your time
and you can draw your line
but I know you're gonna spit it out
I know you're gonna work it out
I know you're gonna spit it out
I know you're gonna feel it now
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5. |
The likes of kites
02:22
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I'm too spiky for you
your beak and feathers too
I, wallaby, wannabe just like you
catch me for breakfast
I'll make better sense of it
are you hungry darling?
I'll rip you up
stickly tripping through your guts
you're used to crunching bones up
but my needles are a different kind of rough
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6. |
Sonnet 6
03:42
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I'm the ghost of relationships fucked
a quivering nymph-thing looking for luck
soothed by the oceans, reflections, relief
and I'm humming my love out when I cannot keep it in
animalistic, dirty and dumb
and I'm growing my hair out as if my battles were won
but at night the knife glints in the light of resistance
and I'm still living and breathing
two fists held in my sleep stance
what, my god, am I learning from this one?
did you kick me off just to see how far I'd run?
that's pretty sick love
let me not to the marriage of our minds remain in petulance
I'm piqued by the thought of uniting our presence
I'm the ghost of relationships fucked
a quivering nymph-thing looking for luck
soothed by the oceans, or so I'd have you believe
and I'm humming my love out when I cannot keep it in
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7. |
Say yes
02:39
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time tilts round the bend
I'm still wondering when
you'll say yes, we're still friends
yes, I think of you now and then
soon you'll be out of the tailspin
you'll tie up all your papers and hand them in
and I'm sure you'll be awarded for your gift
and when the bends have lent my lungs to well-intent
I'll breathe your name again
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8. |
Will ya not
03:00
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I'm running on
I've been telling you all along
but listen will ya?
I know your ears ring
listen will ya not
you've got some talking to do
you seem to think it's easy to let you pass back through
so pay attention
as you're out there waiting
pay attention will ya not
if you come back you'll have to try harder than that
'cause 16, 22, 25, and three times the charm
did you ever do me good or only harm?
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