1. |
Alligatorzzz
03:55
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i learned to play your favorite song
on a piano full of blood
now everyone i lay my bloody fingers on
never sounds sad enough
you promised we that we could kiss
if there was ever an apocalypse
now every time i fall asleep i dream the world is ending
maybe it really is // maybe you’re brilliant
when you’re swimming circles around me
does it ever really cross your mind?
if you wanted you could drown me
with your eyes
i learned to play my minor scales
when we were in the florida keys
my soapbox singing got me tossed out of the hotel bar
got a free drink at least!
if only i had thicker skin
i wanna be american
they’re gonna love me
love me love me love me
all the way out of this
all the way out of this //
when you’re swimming circles around me
does it ever really cross your mind
if you wanted you could drown me
with your eyes
with your alligator eyes
i want a lover i never knew
to fall & hold me like a parachute
i want a lover i never knew. i really do...
but i’ve seen the secrets that a lover keeps
the way that you hide your alligator teeth
my body’s a present everybody seeks to tear into
when you’re falling asleep on my shoulder
does it ever really cross your mind
if you wanted you could have me for a night
when you’re swimming circles around me
does it ever really cross your mind
if you wanted you could drown me
with your eyes
with your alligator eyes
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2. |
Slow Apocalypse
04:44
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& all at once i existed //
with this feeling in my chest
that i don’t know how to sit with
eyes are open
don’t know where i’m going
upside down clouds over mountains unfolding
deep in the forest you’re planting seeds
saying flowers only grow when no one else is looking
so come along love
we’re going to the ocean
her water’s always cold
but her arms are always open
hoping
you never so much as hesitate
you were holding all the tickets for the impulse getaway
you barely knew me
saw you seeing through me
the shadow of a love you didn’t know you were chasing
i’m floating further & further from myself
wish the moon would settle down
kiss me through the evening
so come along babe
we're going to steal a seaplane
i’d like to see them catch me
we’ll stay on top of this
slow apocalypse
you’re made of angel space dust
you’re the only kind of smoke i ever want inside of my lungs
it’s a riot police car sideflip
burning the streets in a molotov fire pit
yeah we can dance in the orange glow
til the military comes telling everyone to go home
if i know us we’re going to find a rooftop
a city underneath us
we’ll stay on top of this
slow apocalypse
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3. |
Motorbike
04:41
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baby wants a motorbike
guess we’ll get a motorbike
we’ll go wherever you like
i like holding your shoulders as we run the lights
lady wants a life of crime
quit my job & burn your suit & tie
it’s gonna be fine
i found $70 in a hotel bible
& we don’t know where we are going
but baby you could be a star
stuck at home just singing for no one
at the reservoir
sorry if the world sees you smile
hope we make the road worth every mile
home is just a lifelong trailer fire
we leave behind
baby wants to disappear
she’s sick of everybody here
all the fake eyelashes
all the camera flashes & the chandeliers
she tried to give herself the slip
but it turned into a tailspin
all the streets unwinding
all the lights so blinding
i forget where i used to live
& we have no idea where we are going
but maybe you could be a star
skipping stones & serenading stray dogs
at the reservoir
sorry if the world sees you smile
hope we make the road worth every mile
home is just a lifelong trailer fire
we leave behind
on the back of a motorbike
we might be running for nothing
but maybe nothing’s enough for me
sorry if the world sees you smile
grows a little colder every mile
home is just a lifelong trailer fire
we leave behind
on the back of a motorbike
baby wants a motorbike
guess we’ll get a motorbike
we’ll go wherever you like
i like holding your shoulders as we run the lights
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4. |
aliens exist
04:53
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if it’s all a dream
i was right
come take me away
to a new life
if it’s all a dream
i’m upset
i’ll admit
if your silhouette is second prize
then i won’t complain about a new life
if it’s all a dream
i’ve had enough // come scrape me up
from tempo
from temporal
i had a lover who taught me
all about a world that i never knew
i had a lover who loved me
from the moon
if it’s all a dream //
i did my best //
come take me away // to a new death //
if it’s all a dream //
i’m obsessed //
i’ll admit //
if your silhouette is second prize
then i won’t complain
about a new life
if it’s all a dream //
unplug my head
you bet i’ll like it //
better than a song
cause when i do this alone
it don’t feel right //
i try to take your advice //
but when i do this alone //
it don’t feel right //
don’t you feel high // ???
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5. |
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Pt.1 — sexy gonzales
¿Como quieres hacer en la noche?
¿Y quienes vamos a ser en la mañana?
Como quieres hacer...
Pt.II — Jonny B.
tell me where you wanna go
maybe i’ll take you there
maybe all you gotta do is close your eyes
we’ll take a little drive along a shatter sea
get a little plastered on a plastic beach
all our troubles somewhere else
it’ll be alright
we’re going to the other side
watching all these dreams outgrow our minds
yeah it’s gonna be fine
we’re going to the other side
bloody took you so long, so long
to leave it behind
¿como quieres hacer en la noche?
¿y quién nos vamos hacer en la mañana?
lo que yo sabiá // se me olvidó
todo lo que quiero es tú corazón
y una canción más...
it’ll be okay
we’re gonna catch another wave
letting all this blue blood through our veins
yeah it’s gonna be fine
// we’re going to the yellow side
watching all of these trees outgrow the sky
Pt. III — mirage
all the rest is noise
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6. |
Featherweights
03:56
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we share a glance when you say it’s getting late
oh // it’s a pen, it’s a page
it’s a story taking shape
we share a laugh at the moonlit mess we made
oh it’s a bed, it’s a grave
it’s a thousand paper planes
a thousand times i tell you to go
you beg me to stay
our lips fight each other like featherweights
tell you to go, beg me to stay
our lips, two featherweights
we spin the car through a wall of bricks we laid
oh it’s a flash, it’s a fade
it’s a terminal embrace
it always feels the same
feels the same when i tell you to go
you beg me to stay
our lips fight each other like featherweights
tell you to go, beg me to stay
our lips, two featherweights
i know you want to knock me back
easy as a sugarpill
you open every wound i have
choking with the blood you spill
i know you wanna knock me back
easy as sugarpills
you only want me on my back
baby stop pretending you won’t
because i know you will
when i i tell you to go
you beg me to stay
our lips fight each other like featherweights
tell me to go, beg you to stay
our lips, two featherweights
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7. |
Underwatr Lvl
02:16
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(slow start starfish, jellyfish, manta ray, depth, idk i was just mumbling)
i only river in lava lamps
i only river in death camps
i only river inside of wombs
ambivalence vacuums
i only river on the side of the street
i only river just shy of a scream
i only river when i’m done all my chores
new warden at the psych ward
i only river on the tip of my toes
or when i follow down fox holes
the silence is a little too there
spinning circles in a swivel chair
fishing out a cinnamon lace
sinning in suit-tape
i only river when you’re not in the room
everything else, i use
to river when you’re not in the room
everything else i abuse
to river when you’re not in the room
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8. |
Sally On the Avenue
05:31
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love is gonna pass you through
like Sally on the avenue
your body’s gonna fall to pieces
like the vein you dream of taking a razor to
bleeding on the sheet
// yeah //
your mouth is somebody’s ocean
i wanna swim into your brain’s a bloody orange
i once split in two
you never show me emotion
it’s crazy when you do
cause baby
i get lonesome
i go fragile
i go blue
like Sally on the avenue
love is gonna run you through
your body’s gonna fall to pieces
like the tramp you never give any money to
lying on the street
// yeah //
life is gonna pass you by
so have some fun before you die
find yourself a couple friends
maybe try yourself a couple drugs
it’s only gonna happen once
it’s only gonna happen once
scary but you know it’s true
like Sally on the avenue
dying on the street
// yeah //
...
...and when the birds sing sad songs
you used to kiss me to
llover
do you lie there
in your alone chair
& cry along
& wonder if i’m crying too
like Sally on the avenue
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9. |
The King of Rat Kastle
05:58
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you’re the king of my castle
window with the best view
front seat of a slaughter-lamb submarine
floating over Surrey in a bubble
kicking up dust // pissing off cliffs—
on sticks, infinity signs
(don’t know if i’m ready for one
but guess who’s gonna find out soon)
& a risk // & a risk // & a risk // existed // but her lips // & the tips // of our fingers // keep twitching // so what do you do with the shot clock running down // less than a minute now // let’s see some blood on the court // i’ll be throwing elbows // & killing silence // you know i’ve almost got you // down to a science // I say I love you the same // but you were always my favourite // always my precious little jenny-in-a-jam // my black market medicine // my patience // zero in the hospital lobby // but i risk all i risk in spurts of emotion // in service of the moment // in permanent glisten when i risk // what i risk is foolish // unusually twisted // gonna risk // gonna risk // gonna risk it // with a bullet in my ribs // with a pistol-grip fist // i’m gonna risk it // so what do you do with the shot clock running out // with less than a minute now // to be the king of my world // to be the centre of my swirl // to be the line in the sand i can’t cross // without castles crumbling in my hands // when the skeleton gives up // the vertebrae s****** forsakes // still deciding // who’s gonna swim down the river that was carved in your name // while it's still unwinding // still // unwinding
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