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Outro
04:49
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lyrics - - -
vocals - kam, jason
instruments - steven, kam, jason
written ~2011 in a basement somewhere in snowy rural wi
with contempt unsaid
we all bowed our heads
and together broke the bread
we raised our heads
and we broke the bread [again]
and spat into each other's eyes
and spat into each other's eyes
praise the preacher
praise the choir
and say a prayer for all those filthy liars
jesus loves me
this I know
"thanks for all your help i've let it go--
--now leave me alone"
a stream of faux kind words
fettered out absurd
we hollowed out our shining eyes
we hollowed out our shining eyes
we passed around the shovel
and dug with tempered souls
our hearts grew hard and sunk down in
to fill the growing holes
we smiled while we judged
we danced but no one loved
i looked the darkness in the eyes
i saw myself to my surprise
it held us by our ankles
we trusted--so naïve
it pulled our strings, and whispered things
"there's nothing in between"
our sisters had a grin
and our brothers--so sincere
i looked the darkness in the eyes
"it's myself who i despise"
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2. |
IGUOSN
04:38
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lyrics - steven
vocals: kam, and (unfortunately) jason
instruments: steven, jason, kam
written during the summer of 2010 in an unpleasant and hot room in la crosse, wi
not sleeping
just staring
your eyes sting
they're glaring
with cheeks raised
and your lips perked
it's burning
my eyes heart
she's breathing
her answer
as the flesh dies
oh i asked her
how could you
it's not true
so don't pretend
this is the end
and the girl, she sings, as she's breathing this smoke
from the monster you created, that she used to hope and hope
i've let go of this mess and I'm never gonna care
from all your regrets--they're just cigarettes
the tar soaks
i'm pacing now
her mind's blown
heart's racing and
i'm letting go
of your screwed up show
yeah i'm letting go
i'm so sorry but it's no
you killed the innocence now she's gone because of you
you struck without a threat against everything i knew,
i lived inside your world but your lies were all too strong
like chewing broken glass you'll love me when i'm gone
i trusted you with this offered my hand to hold
you slowly dragged me down--i watched it all unfold
i lived inside your world but your lies were all too strong
like chewing broken glass you'll love me when i'm gone
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3. |
vango
04:58
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lyrics: jason
vocals: steven, kam
instruments: steven, jason, kam
written 2012 and 2013 in various locations in racine, wi
with love and apologies to vincent van gogh
these blues and yellows seem to me like they've got something more to say
a word that pulls me under
i'll bleed a canvas as your night's sleep seeps right into day
and scream with paint-filled lungs as
white shadows lick my sight and seer my eyes (purifies)
what grace in there lies
as blue terrors plague the skies (i see them)
burns red letters in my mind (who spoke them?)
pray that i can still rely (on you when)
i can't save my own life
the darkest shadows seem to be how bright light whispers into day
a light that bursts with thunder
this flintlock daydream in my soul pulls me astray
aim for my heart and lungs as…
black hollows steal my sight and dull my eyes (terrifies)
what fear in there lies
as blue terrors plague the skies (i see them)
burns red letters in my mind (who spoke them?)
pray that I can still rely (on you when)
i can't save my own life
my chest is filled with dirt
tilled into soil, where we have spilt our dulling wine
time and time again through stained lips and broken teeth
your mind flickering with firelight
as the stars in my own soul grow dim
and I wane from my once full bloom
cinched at the waist
choking on blood
slowly wasting away in a waterless flood
staring up to the surface where I can see
your heart erupt into flowers
even as my own stirs into dust
"the sadness will last forever"
[a bullet in a wheat field]
one final shiver
so long, farewell
this is my own personal hell
and the tide's so far out
but my soul's ocean swells
foaming white through blue and gray
a night that never turns to day
my horizon fades away
nothing to tell
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Pentimento
04:05
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lyrics: jason
vocals: kam, jason, steven
instruments: kam, jason, steven
written in 2011 in la crosse, wi and in 2015 in nashville, tn
she slipped some on her tongue
hoping it would help her see
then drifted out the doorway
like a leaf falls from a tree
into a sea of frosted glass
she disappeared without a splash
she slipped out of her jeans
cold wind kissed her naked thighs
as she fled with tender grace
along cracked sidewalks in the skies
in a sea of shattered glass
speckled teeth like razors flash
hieroglyphic raccoon eyes
black circles used for sight
struggled now to focus
like a string pulled just too tight
but with abandon looked up
drawn in by the sun's glare
it's burning face was all she knew
with eyes propped wide she stared
gradually reality
returned
like day drifts into night
fragile eyes glanced far behind
the veil
but it had been too bright
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Pareidolia
04:05
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lyrics: steven
vocals: steven, jason
instruments: steven, jason, kam
written in 2012 in racine, wi
stranger to my house,
the walls are full of pictures
that are moldy
the dust is thick as wool
it’s cold
the friends i used to have
carried--married--buried all
of my sorrow
the friends i used to have
are home
neither here nor there
(this apathy is slowing time)
the light glows dim through beds of fog that lay
and color seems to fade from day to day
a sense i used to have
(surprised thoughts surface in my mind)
clouded by a bitterness i held
can't process thoughts
'cause i just cant see it all
begin to fall
and changing walls
begin to fall
i abused my peace by taking pleasure from my pain
in using precious loved ones to mourn with me in vain
and so selfishly i tried to point the blame at anything
never justified the problems staring back at me
dripping at the base of the lip we fall
the silence of the slither hid the stalking from the prey
yet the rumble in the gut's not here to stay
if we come just as we are and we let the music play
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6. |
Trout Fishing
04:55
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lyrics: kam
vocals: kam
instruments: kam, jason
written in 2016 in nashville, tn
with love and apologies to richard brautigan
my bones are brittle
too fragile to touch
skin stretches this frame
glued tight at the corner posts
my organs as tenets
eager to leave
tapping at my sides
to see if i’ll give way
effervescently we march
learn to walk in different shoes
figure out how to crawl
figure out how to choose
what a chore
what a chore
the necessary can be
the sun beating down weight more
than the pull of the earth and the strain to my knees
console me with your words
throw away sentences that strive to complete
we have never finished anything
and there is no good reason to start now
days moving quickly
i’m making the most
sweetness in sore eyes
we wait for the morning ghost
too much time to think
walk on the surface
until i break and sink
what were all our thoughts about
beside trout fishing in american streams
you pray that i pray at night
and i pray that in three years you remember me
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