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Glistening
04:00
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Glistening you wear the summer beautifully
Accessorize in skin just to draw me in
Basting in suntan lotion marinade of coconuts and gin
Just to draw me in
And watch me fall apart
Well there's a start to getting deep inside your heart to stay
Or turn away if that's not what you're going through today
Truth or dare
I dare you just to tell the truth about your latest dare
Crashing scenes with Lucky Strikes and limousines and
Wondering why they stare
To watch you fall apart
Well there's a start to getting deep inside your heart to stay
Or turn away if that's not what you're going through today
Shivering you wear your beauty honestly
Accessorize in skin
Rolling eyes turned upward toward the garish skies
And pause to take them in
And know you've done me in
And watched me fall apart
Well there's a start to getting deep inside your heart to stay
Or turn away if that's not what you're going through today
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Nocturna
03:22
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Nocturna
Every now and every then
And every other chance I get
I look for you under the frozen moon
Though I'm certain we've never met
I'm sure you've got a name
That you're just not listing
Too pure for the light of day
But when the frost is glistening
I hear the trees shiver
Whisper your name
A little ways from where I live
Is the place you've been hiding in
With king of the underground
In the dark and without a sound
Nocturna
Flowing down to the sunless sea
To the realm of uncreated things
Unleashed this melody
Played his tune for the shadow king
Nocturna
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3. |
Under Wraps
03:32
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We smile nice
Accepting tragedy as a plot device
And far away
Somebody sees this all as a holiday
It's hard as hell
But tough's a cool disguise
And you wear it well
Avoid the touch
'Cause coming clean right now's
Just a bit too much
The truth and such
But keep it under wraps
Until you get your shadow back
The engineers of your destruction
Swing from the chandeliers
We start from scratch
To build a perfect monster
That won't talk back
Imagine that
But keep it under wraps
Until you get your shadow back
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4. |
Touched By A Robot
03:52
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Touched By A Robot
Step on the train
There's no going back to the summer
It's gone forever
Tripping the turnstile one last day
Up on the platform
The door slides open
Now it's closing
Going away
See it rolling
They're going away
See them all wave
Every thing that you want
Is everything you need
It's a pity it's everything you see
In every page of every magazine
Like an antenna
Stand at attention
Receive the message
Line up for blessing
Going away
Touched by a robot
Signal's in range
See them all wave
Now you're breaking your bank
As you break your back
Stare at the billboards
Workers are up on the track
Their hair and nails and their teeth
And cheekbones
Can't get control of it
There's a hole in it
Wrapped up in headlines
Head for the salt mines
Going away
Wrapped up in headlines
Rolling away
See them all wave
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5. |
Ghetto Falsetto
02:30
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6. |
Five Coats
02:53
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Five Coats
Standing all by himself
Under the viaduct
Got fiver coats on
Plus one for good luck
Got the earflaps down
On his hat pulled low
When you look at the guy
You think it's forty below
But he's sweating in the August sun
And the salt off his brow
Makes his mascara run
He's got it all buttoned down
But his mind's undone
Now he's kicked himself loose
From the earth and sea
Flat on his back
In the middle of the street
People and cars pass by
His six-stop bed
Not as hard to direct
As the traffic in his head
No you can't tell him what to do
Because he's perfectly free
Inside his point of view
He's pointing six ways at once and
Nowhere too
What you see is what you forget
Instantly
Like it hasn't happened yet
On a screen
Cinema verite
Look away
You can stare and look away
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7. |
Tailights
03:12
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8. |
Get Heavy
03:37
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Get Heavy
It's coming to get me
Survival of the fittest
Throw a fit to win you idiot
And it's scary
Like a disease I didn't see
Until it bore down on me
Well there's a not so little part of me
Stuck here at this never ending party
It'll be okay I'll be all right
I just slept through the most important section
Of my life
Dug into your pocket and I paid my way
Every little step of the way
Now I'm a little homesick
And a little sick
'Cause I don't got no one here to buy me dick
Now I'm pretending to be innocent
Faking a mood of modesty and generalized regret
And I'm really starting to bug me
Just last night I was fawning like an advertisement
This is the part where it starts to get
(heavy)
Took her to the bathroom for a little kiss
In a classic combination of innocence and filth
Fluorescent spark in the reflection
And some funky little pills
Committing random acts of smugness
Using words I can't pronounce
Check out the full set of italics
Hanging off my mouth
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9. |
Vultures
03:36
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10. |
Time Was
03:13
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Time Was
Under the desert
Of every blank hour
That you spend looking back
You could be soaking
In the reservoir
Got it all boxed up
So you'll never forget
Where all the time went
None of the names were changed
They all stayed the same
No one was innocent
Time was not a single design
Went undone
Sing said it was driving you
Blind dumb and dead
Eyes down head turned around
Sign said it was driving you
Blind dumb and dead
Step in the river
Then step in again
Take a good look down
Footsteps going to dissolve
Here's a riddle
With your mind undone
Is it frozen in time
Stare at the sun
Perfectly preserved
Time was you were the lucky one
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11. |
Errant Geese
04:14
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12. |
Idiot Kiss
03:58
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Idiot Kiss
Just before daybreak
As the eavesdroppers crawled out
I saw a little doubt
Creep into the corners of your mouth
Not really digging your new mantra
Now I"m not digging my new mantra too
Don't like jokes
Jokes are too funny
Jokes don't tell me what I should do
Should I jump on in line
For the hots pants insurrection
Free your mind
Free yourself from my inspection
You're feeling fine
Got your eyes beyond the fences
It's no crime
Just some trumped up false pretenses
Read your red book at my own peril
Red book burning in the back of my mind
Red book dawning with the word eternal
Red book burning in the red book light
So if ignorance is bliss
Come on baby flip the switch
Give me that idiot kiss
Turn off my mind take a trip
Got a hot wire to my spine
Got me livid with desire
Come on, come on
Give me that idiot kiss
Lying in the dirt
On the back of my high horse
High horse riding in to waste the day
Can't stop talking
Now you're making me nervous
Can't stop walking like a talking cliche
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The Bon Mots Chicago, Illinois
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Jangly psychedelic/power-pop draws on Byrds and Zombies but rises to the top of this always-overcrowded genre by virtue of strong songwriting, swirling production.
AMPLIFIER: Understated irony frequently underscores bittersweet melodies.
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