1. |
The Constant
05:19
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Oh what is constant
What is connecting time
The wind across the waters
No reason or no rhyme
Come what will destroy you
Every moment gone
Lost to forgotten flight
Again we dream alone
Here it comes all blinding
Like a bright headlight
The animals will scatter
Out across the night
All of loves religion
Built up around a ghost
Passes through me once again
As we do what we want most
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2. |
Oracle
03:53
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The wheels will rattle blindly
A breaking weary grind
Across the windy desert
To see what I will find
And in the frigid dawning
On that lone highway
I see the two old boxcars
In the first light of day
Sliding off into the sand
By the shore of the old salt sea
I numbly set my course away
To where you soon shall be
I sleep from my exhaustion
In a tattered railway seat
Then wake up when the sun is high
And soon we both shall meet
A red car pulls off the road
I see you look for me
Walking slowly across the sand
With your babies three
Your fair and freckled face
With eyes that call my name
You seem so alive and well
And I lift my dusty frame
I'm covered in leather skin
But it's plain that I have changed
The long years, the wind and waves
What's left is rearranged
We meet again as strangers
Guided my the distant stars
I'll take off hood and gloves
To bare my naked scars
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3. |
Monkey Tribe
02:27
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Talking to a woman I met
Trying not to stare at her books
That's why I'll look you in the eye
An orange cone will suffice
It was out there in the schoolyard
When we ran across the lines
Polishing the perfect skins
Of new green apples
Now she's working in an office
Happily we'll slave away
Watch the movements down the hallway
Quickly turn your phrase away
In an alley we would go to
You'd see mine and I'd see yours
We did not know what was legal
The lawyers have set us straight
I's no secret no more
As we sit together at the bar
You know that you could phone home
And that I might just be a total sweetheart
Somehow I'm still shocked to see that
Everybody looks just great
Now no one's talking 'bout those
Crazy days gone past
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4. |
Silver Fetus
03:16
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Something here is broken
Lying in the street
Someone has arrived
And we are to meet
Stopped along the wayside
The stranger's come to stay
In a dress of metal
On someone's holiday
I see her far above me
And I feel so low
Her eyes they hold the secrets
That I long to know
She warmly looks upon me
I find I cannot speak
I see that I am dirty
I see that I am weak
In my trembling silence
I know I am betrayed
By what I have not done
By what I could have made
Sleepless nights will pass by
And come the light of day
I somehow get it started
And drive on far away
And now the moonless nighttime
Calls me out to ride
Across the city
Over to her side
At her quiet doorstep
A fetus trapped in wire
Like the chains that hold me
Back from my desire
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5. |
The Robot
04:39
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She called me a snake
Because my stare was so cold
No you don't understand
Just what you behold
Amid shouting and anger
And the tears of distress
Information is gathered
Then I clean up the mess
She needs a servant
Her love does demand
That he keep her together
And is always at hand
A strong one to protect
With no problems inside
Always full of desire
But with nothing to hide
I've turned into a robot
All my feelings were wrong
There was no other way
That we could get along
She can't seem to remember
I keep track of the way
There's no time for emotion
As I serve her all day
Examine the contract
Where the print's not so bold
You'll see she signed her name
Where my feelings were sold
Do you think that I wonder
How we got to this state
If I loved her I'd leave her
But I just can't relate
Now she's feeling betrayed
Because I am not moved
All these tests of devotion
And nothing was proved
She says I am cold blooded
Pushes me to the ground
I think she is screaming
But I can't hear a sound
I've turned into a robot
Isn't this what you need
Every human's a failure
Who could never succeed
She can't seem to remember
I keep track of the way
There's no time for emotion
As I serve her all day
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6. |
Obligations
02:08
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7. |
Separation
04:17
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Did she ever really take me
To the darkness of her heart
Or was she already broken
Long before the start
When she let go
And watched me drift away
Both of us were less for words
We didn't dare to say
Ignorance comes only once
Then dumber every day
First you gamble with your soul
And then you pay and pay
Did she know how high I held her
Untouchable with grace
Did she see the blind devotion
That was written on my face
When she let me go
I was easily erased
Just another obstacle
That she once had faced
Like the blood that's spilled
And with alcohol replaced
Your chances don't improve with time
Until you know it's all a waste
Did she know that where I took her
Was the darkness of my heart
That I was already broken
Long before the start
When I let go
I could see it in her eyes
The place that all abandoned hope
Decays then finally dies
When it's time for the truth
To take off it's disguise
If each one's in their life alone
I'll find it no surprise
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8. |
Alone
05:09
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How many times
She's writhing on the bed
Sputtering convulsions
Red bloodshot eyes closed tight
What do they tell me
That I ruined her life
That I'm close enough
Close enough to attack
It's what said or done
The very instinct a crime
No one will save you
Never if they could
I am here
In the dark
And you know
You are alone
It was never said
Then it went inside
Ferment and fester
In the stagnant murk
You say it's all wrong
And was never right
That may be true but tell me
Who has lied
Like a falling building
The smoke obscures the sun
Can't tell until later
What may still stand
A stone resistance to
Polluted winds that blow
Something that is witnessed
As I stand alone
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9. |
Oh Tani
03:25
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Oh tani
Tani don't you cry
You know you've seen this coming
For such a long long time
You have to have a victim
If there's going to be crime
So please don't bother asking
No please don't ask me why
(Chorus)
The attack must come
You live for this
You handle that blade much too well
For your act of self defense
Somehow you've made me evil
More than can be true
So I'll hold this silver dagger
To keep it away from you
Oh tani
You may surely die
I know that you mean it
When you threaten suicide
You say you wouldn't hurt me
As a matter of pride
But you know I've always watched my back
And your just too scared to try
Chorus
Tani what will happen
Now that it's finally done
Your martyrdom
Brought them to tears
But where have they all gone
Now that it's dark enough
You'll find yourself alone
As the night is falling
Down on the setting sun
Chorus
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10. |
Severance
01:51
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uhh... you should do it
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11. |
Testimony
02:54
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Baby now that we're older
And we're all out of crime
Don't think I wouldn't do it
Any place or any time
You've got a "thing" for hairy men
Who treat you like a swine
I never wanted to be you asshole
But I liked yours just fine
Darlin' you was so worried
About the girl I knew before
So when you went out of town
I screwed her more and more
You say I should be satisfied
That we've had our day
But your friends are lookin' pretty good
So I aint goin' nowhere
I don't care about your famous friends
That shit has got to go
Just lay your naked ass on me
I'll be impressed for sho
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12. |
Brown
03:15
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Let me go out in the twilight
If it rains or if it snows
I'm still compelled to see it all
Which ever way it goes
I will be eroded
Worn down to the bone
But you'll never hear me say
I'm going down alone
The grass is always greener
And millions in this town
The colors mix together
Until everything is brown
Believing in the images
Reflecting on your eyes
Looking for an omen
In the darkened skies
When the season changes
And we are so small
For a moment I remember
Then I want it all
The grass is always greener
And millions in this town
The colors mix together
Until everything is brown
Is it better to be
Satisfied or in need
It's only from stagnation
I need to be freed
All it is a whisper
In the traffics roar
And another stranger
Passing by the door
The grass is always greener
And millions in this town
The colors mix together
Until everything is brown
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13. |
Explainations
02:08
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I've got a new song, I think it explains everything...
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14. |
The Robot Demo
04:38
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