1. |
After Me, The Flood
02:31
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My dear friend, we're here again
A very familiar place
All was done, I thought I'd won
A hollowed and fleeting taste
I can't count the endless hours
Perfecting your natural grace
I see the end that I intend
But can't find the path I should take
I'll start again, I'll persevere
But what's the price of perfection?
I won't know until it's paid in full
I'll be hunted and reviled
I won't let them deprive me of this sweet,
This sweet vision of mine.
I'll be here
Don't be afraid
Promise me
I'll make you so much more
So grab, hold tight
Cuz you're in for quite a ride…
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2. |
Heavy News
04:24
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A passing asteroid's been glancing at our atmosphere.
The experts estimate collision any day.
This beckons questions, tune it at eleven, keep it here.
What's our disaster correspondent have to say?
There's wildfires walkin' tirelessly this way
But lucky us, there's flooding coming from a hurricane.
Well, thank you. Next, there's a systemic epidemic too,
That's not to mention growing tension and dissent.
I see you people out there clapping your hands,
The streets are paved with your atrocious behavior.
A silent violence made its way through the stands,
A riot quietly amassed in the graveyard.
Hey Mr. Radio, you got it twisted.
Let me whisper shady ol' truths...
I know
Better than the vile
Demons and their lies
Spittin' la da da da die.
Oh no.
I won't
Be a player in your puppet show,
Shove your confirmation bias
La da da da die.
Just in, there’s massive massacres occurring here and there.
And krakens attacking capitals,
Shit's gone wacky everywhere.
I can't believe you people clapping your hands,
A bunch of brazen bastards bumpin’ your politics.
No longer silent and the violence expands,
Parade your petty pride above the apocalypse.
Hey Mr. Radio, you got it twisted.
Let me whisper shady ol' truths...
I know
Better than the vile
Demons and their lies
Spittin' la da da da die.
Oh no.
I won't
Be a player in your puppet show,
Shove your confirmation bias
La da da da die
God damn,
You can't win my silence.
Sovereign defiance
Swelling up to suffocate the truth.
Choking down your blue pill,
Crawl back in your molehill,
Gallows are beckoning you.
Hey Mr. Radio, you might have missed it
But your dirty tricks are there for all to see.
A bloody torrent in the forecast for the rest of time.
An arthropod eclipse, a colossal frog and it's hopping mad.
Maintaining this is fictitious political hogphooey
Even as you wallow in sorrow 'cuz that frog swallowed up your fam.
Egregious lies, you say? It's right in your face.
A mass extinction affair that's passed the brink of repair.
And now there's polliwogs the size of ships and covered in spikes,
Swimming in crimson rivers flowing through your cities, even still you deny.
Hey Mr. Radio, we'll never listen
We got intuition and that's all we need.
Now all that's left is just a hellish scene of endless bones.
Scowling survivors shriek with glee as we eviscerate our own.
Then parts the sky as the messiah rises through the crowd
He pleads for peace and lo we weep as freedom guns him down
Hey Mr. Radio, you're decommissioned
Our humble perdition upon your grave.
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3. |
Peas & Love
02:55
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I'm a-smitten
Pleased as a punchbowl
A skippin’ beat that slapped a patch on my heart hole,
Ooh
You’re the freshest squeeze,
A bee with lots of knees,
Yeah, baby, you got it all!
I can't believe that
We have so much in common
Like how we sneeze when we inhale too much po..ahchoo!
Bless you.
When you're glad you laugh and
When you itch you scratch
Honey, you got it all
I wrote you a la la love song,
My heart is singin' for you
And I'm singin' along, we go
"Bee-boppa-doo-doh,
badoo-bee-doo-wah"
Baby, you're one of a kind
What are the odds
We're both allergic to arsenic?
And neither one of us can
See in the dark, it's
Weird!
We're two peas in a pod
No, ain’t a single flaw,
Can you believe we're BOTH peas?
When you snap and crackle you pop-shoo-bop, honey
And when you know you happy you clap-shoo-bap
Can't get enough.
You’re unlike anyone,
You love having fun.
Surreal.
I wrote you a la la song,
My heart is singin' for you
And I'm singin' along, we go
"Bee-boppa-doo-doh,
badoo-bee-doo-wah"
Baby, you're one of a kind
A billion stars out there
Somehow we both wound up on this one
You must be destiny
I can’t think up another reason.
I know that this planet ain't a star, but
What I meant was
Something like a metaphor
That's a comparison between two things that aren't alike but kinda are, see, earth and stars are both celestial bodies…
I love the way you got a
Head on your shoulders
I love the wrinkles that you'll
Get when you're older
When we're cold and blue
I'll still be there by you,
And I'll still rage for that booty
I wrote you a la la la la love song,
My heart is singin' for you
And I'm singin' along, we go
"Bee-boppa-doo-doh,
badoo-bee-doo-wah"
Baby, I'm so glad you're mine, mine
"Bee-boppa-doo-doh,
badoo-bee-doo-wah"
Baby, you're one of a kind
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4. |
Sirens
03:39
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I count the time I've pissed away in hiding
And I count on finding solace in their song
But in pacing through these halls
Digging nails in to the walls
I've grown tired of their prying eyes a-spyin'
They say the life you got is what you make it
But I've starved myself in comfort for too long
I'm invigored with a drive
A crusade to feel alive
So let's bounce before they wake up and they find me
Grab your bootstraps, boys
Buckle up
And we out on the loose
(You can't escape us!
Nah, we c-c-comin' for ya)
Got my two step
Winning grin
My finger guns are ready to shoot
(Ooh wah wah wah-ooh, wah wah oohwah)
I'm gonna dance all night
I got a hankerin' to shake off some blues
(You done a bunk, we'll get you, boo)
At first I find the atmosphere delicious
As I join them in their jaunty jamboree
Then a crack and I can hear
The neurotic itching fear
Of the amplifying dissonance behind me
They say you oughta dance like no one's watching
They're a telepathic chorus in my mind
With their laser guided eyes
Firing leers as sharp as knives
A pariah gone awry
Ah, just come find me
Strap my boots down, girls
Buckle up
And I'm back in the noose
(You can't escape it!
Nah, we g-g-gotcha gotcha!)
I feel your cold grip
Chilling grin
Bringing tons of nothing to lose
(Ooh wah wah wah-ooh, wah wah oohwah)
I've had enough limelight
Oh won't you tuck me in and sing me the blues
(Welcome home we missed you)
Sing me sweetly to my doom
And I know there's no escaping
I'll wait it out
I'm the one on the line here
So I'm getting my fill
And if you had just what I want
I wouldn't need it now
Brother, sister, please don't shame me
Silence so loud
But I promise I'm fine here
I'm just getting my fill
And if you had just what I need
I wouldn't want it now
But I need it now
And I know there's no escaping
I can't hold out
I don't know that I'm fine here
But I'm getting my fill
And if you had just what I need
I think I want it now
This ain't how my mama raised me
Silence so loud
But I'm out of time
They're coming in for the kill
Say that you got just what I want
Because I need it
Gimme all you got
Because if not
They're gonna drown me out
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Trade away 401ks
For a beach and sunny days
Overdue
But that ain't gonna crush us
Bet we're shattering the glass,
Or we're gettin' nowhere fast
Rise at noon,
And cause a little ruckus.
I'm too high
To ever touch the ground
I'm too cool
To ever settle down
We're so pretty
We should run this town,
Draining veins until I drown.
Hold on, scratch that. It would seem
That one got away from me,
Moving on,
That's just my sense of humor.
Overlooked and underpaid,
And that's always been the case
But we're young.
And we will change the future.
Memes for days
What's trending? I can't wait.
Swiping left
Until I see a bae
I'm just like you
I struggle but I slay
Whatcha say? Can I partay?
Out here vibin' in my scene
Living only to be free
Fingers up
To anyone above us
What a lovely sea of peeps,
Better hit my live stream,
It's ya boy!
Be sure to give a thumbs up.
Please, oh please, just let me come inside.
I'm so hungry
And I'm lookin' fly.
I can rage,
I promise I don't bite,
Ready for another lease on life.
Gimme the music,
This beat is too sick,
I wanna drink til I get stupid,
Come on and lose it,
That vital fluid
I cut loose when I move my hips.
Let's hear the bass hit,
I wanna taste it,
I wanna rejuvenate again.
What's that about? (Oooh)
I'll spell it out (ahhh)
We're BFFLs, at least for yours.
Sangre.
Dame tu sangre.
Quiero beber toda tu sangre.
Gee, well that was fun,
And I've never felt so young.
A success if there ever was one.
Guess my secret's out, oh well.
No one here is left to tell.
Taking flight,
I race against the sun.
I'm too high
To ever touch the ground
I'm too cool
To ever settle down
I'll stay pretty,
I'll always be around
The royal young will never let you down.
Gimme the music,
This beat is too sick,
I wanna drink til I get stupid,
Come on and lose it,
That vital fluid
I cut loose when I move my hips.
Let's hear the bass hit,
I wanna taste it,
I wanna rejuvenate again.
V-A-M-P-I-R-E
SUCK IT!
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6. |
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Bright lights!
What's cookin'?
Smells to me just like a plebeian feast!
Bring on by that prosperous behind and
Fave a flavor? Place your wager!
Come on down!
Bring the family
Watch the wantin' wanna stay afloat
Just one holds a place in perpetuity
It's time to rock and roll
Broken bones galore!
Ooh this one looks mad, his opponent is reeling!
Y'all ain't friends no more!
Glad we're protected by this glass ceiling
We want gore!
Knock 'em silly!
Fist to the lips and uh, this loser wins!
ORDER UP
Hot Dog!
Never felt so alive,
As the irony bleeds from the crook in his eye
Ya best be grateful
You ain't the one to die
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue
Chop chop!
Get 'em up on the pyre
As a pile 'o green burns a hole in his thigh
Now rack 'em up, HEY!
Survive a day at a time
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue
Round two!
Brahahaha!
Slow smoked and braised to perfection
Another rack of proletariat ribs?
Tenderized by the fight from the first verse
Mmm mmm. Delish!
Perverted for expendable poverty properly pummeled?
Yeah, go ahead and throw 'em a bone if you want a good rumble!
Well, you got the money? Then we'll see you at BTBBRBBBQ
So this is our fate?
Scrapping for scraps below the table
So we can live to fight another day
Hot Dog!
Never felt so alive
As the irony bleeds from the crook in his eye
Ya best be grateful
You ain't the one to die
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue.
Chop chop!
Get 'em up on the pyre
As a pile 'o green burns a hole in his thigh
Now rack 'em up! HEY!
Bleed the lot of 'em dry
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue
One fight
Two fight
Red white
Blue fight
Big Town always does it right!
This can't be the way
This ain't a life
It's just survival
Oceans of ravenous and ruthless eyes
I'm terrified
That I'll be the catch of the night
They can't be our fates
Just take my hand
We'll stand defiant
More than the lesser than's
They've machinized
We'll unify...
Boohoo, meat's back on the menu!
Hot Dog!
Never felt so alive
As the irony bleeds from the crook in his eye
Ya best be grateful
You ain't the one to die
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue
Chop chop!
Get 'em up on the pyre
As a pile 'o green burns a hole in his thigh
Now rack 'em up! HEY!
Ain't an ending in sight
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue
At Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbecue
BIG TOWN BANKY BLAINE
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7. |
Bark Skinpson
02:00
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Split and splinter til we timber,
Kindle cinders til we burn.
You dregs declare a destiny,
You think that you deserve.
Stake your claim and raze away
Eliminate and reaffirm,
You'll make way for your world.
Displacing and replacing any race that's in your way.
Defacing every place you seem
To think you've come to save.
Gonna grant you goons some guidance,
Greatest gift I ever gave,
Getting greedy's gonna get you,
And I guarantee your grave.
What’s wrong, great unearther?
Can you breathe, usurper?
Once you’re under,
You’ll be one of us.
Hopelessly immobile as you root into the ground,
All your skin begins to harden to a thick and rugged brown.
Every limb will pierce your body from the trunk out through the crown.
Still it's nothing like the suffering you've wrought the world around.
What’s wrong, great unearther?
Can you breathe, usurper?
Petrified,
Watch as we devour what remains.
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8. |
The Mario Cliché
03:59
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You’re undeniably stupendous.
You make me feel like my whole body’s a high five.
So why would I just up and end us?
It’s a deep well, but let’s take a dive.
I took a hard look in the mirror,
Hoping I’d find the missing screw that I knocked loose.
The answer growing ever clearer
Locking eyes with those sweet baby blues.
I’m lost inside this part of me
I realize I just can’t stop, won’t stop wasting all my time.
I know it’s such an old cliche,
But baby it ain’t you, it’s me
So long, kiss me goodbye.
Is it cool if I talk?
I don’t wanna be a babblin’ bother, but I’m bubblin’ up.
You know,
I gotta share that I’ve been living in despair in my own hell all alone upstairs,
And that act is whack,
I’m a big, fat bag of crap
With a sham smirk, and a fake laugh at that,
So I’m going on indefinite sabbatical
An Introspective venture meant to make a more radical me.
Maybe I’m a little bit selfish,
But I dug this hole myself.
It’s not on you, so pat your back son
You deserve better than a fractured fraction.
This fine reflection’s got me flexin’
Done with the wrecked head neglectin’
Baby, you’re a catch but I caught what I want
And he’s got two thumbs and he looks this hot.
I’m lost inside this part of me
I realize I just can’t stop, won’t stop wasting all my time.
I know it’s such an old cliche,
But baby it ain’t you, it’s me
So long, kiss me goodbye.
Now listen up, shorty.
I know you’re hopin’ for the day I stop pokin’ holes in every possibility that might bring me peace.
I never meant to be a never ending lemon squeeze in those sizable eyes,
But surprise surprise,
This doggone body’s got a silly oblongaty,
And he needs me, baby.
I think I’m losing my head,
But he’s in unison with every thought I got,
No need to speak,
In sync in every way.
We’re jinxin’ day and night and owing colas left and right,
Believe me, this isn’t easy.
Nobody loves me like you do, but
I gotta love me too.
Mama mia, I’ma need a shrink.
I’m lost inside this part of me
I realize I just can’t stop, won’t stop wasting all my time.
I know it’s such an old cliche,
But baby it ain’t you, it’s me, I mean it.
No hyperbole, no really.
You’re not listening. It’s literally me.
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9. |
When I'm Dead
03:27
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The great beyond is underwhelming.
A waste of effort
I mean, at first it had its charms.
I ran ‘em through and through
I’ve touched the stars, witnessed creation
Loved, lost and lassoed
I’m out of new, sound the alarm
Infinity eats you.
I'm bored, I'm buggin' and I'm brazen.
My bones are buzzin’
My after-bucket list is wiped.
I miss the other side.
Then, from the black, prances a presence,
He’s got a cool hat.
He whispers “you should get a life.”
My spirit starts to rise.
All aboard, come and cease to be deceased,
You wanna be where the grass is greener?
An incantation, a corporeal feeling,
A breakthrough, a breakdance,
I can’t resist
Hi diddle dum diddle dee die dee dee
Hi diddle dum dee die.
Hanging euphoria by a thread,
Just out of reach as it ever was when I'm dead.
I wasn't satisfied to begin,
I wanted more than the everything at the end.
Shaking my legs, infused with new sensation
The mortals retching at my restoration.
What am I doing wrong?
Perhaps it’s the putrescence.
You’ve been bamboozled, kid.
I thought I wanted this.
Waiting in eternity with eyes on the horizon,
Every moment passing silently by.
Careful what you wish for.
Hi diddle dum diddle dee die dee dee
Hi diddle dum dee die.
Hanging euphoria by a thread,
Just out of reach as it ever was when I'm dead.
I wasn't satisfied to begin,
I wanted more than the everything at the end.
All this time I’ve looked away,
Was it ever really greener?
Never been here.
Not really here,
Keep chasing every fleeting hunger,
And betting on the next.
Waiting in eternity with eyes on the horizon,
Every moment passing silently by.
Careful what you wish for.
Hanging euphoria by a thread,
Just out of reach as it ever was when I'm dead.
I wasn't satisfied to begin,
I wanted more than the everything at the end.
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10. |
Vulture
06:54
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Dazzle with your crown
Gaslamp lit by your renown
So crude, our musings bound
Lust and bones in soiled gowns
We worship your name
Take feed from our veins
A hive for your reign
Score our souls again
Nail your child to your gospel
Watch it burn
Tell them all who they are
You paint the earth in black and white
And eat their praise
Hallelujah
Holy be thy words.
Dangling swords above the herd,
We worship your name
Take feed from our veins
A hive for your reign
Extort our loyalty
Nail your child to your gospel
Watch it burn
Tell them all who they are
You paint the earth in black and white
And eat their praise
Hallelujah
Mercy by your righteous hand
Bestow your grace
Tell them all how to think.
So stupid, burdened by their senses
Unlike you
Hallelujah
Justice in the throes
After all, only God knows
Bathe my whole entire world
In pious flames
Show me you're in control
The vengeance flooding from your thin skin
Heeds my prayers
Hallelujah
If I abandon dignity and bend my knees
Could I still die in peace?
I’m just so fucking tired.
You’ve taken everything,
And still you think that you deserve our love.
So ego goes.
Fuck your hallelujah
You’ll prove in time you’re just a vulture in savior’s robes.
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Bear Ghost Phoenix, Arizona
Bear Ghost is an Adventure Rock band that fuses fun and quirky musicianship with complex melodies, phat harmonies, heavy riffitude, and pop structure to deliver a sound purposely crafted to fill all booties, tall and small, with righteous boogie.
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