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Bed of Nails
03:28
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Can't stand another night alone
Dreams of you keep taking hold
I sit here waiting, I sit here shaking
When darkness falls my darkness grows
Circle the bed as sun comes down
Feelings of dread begin to pound
Through my system, then I miss them
Faces I have tossed around
What caused this night song?
Bed of nails I'm sleeping on
Don't treat with a demon tongue
Fall under the dark, fall under your spell
Intoxicated, just as well
'Cause I need something, but only one thing
Will ease the burn, I'm too drunk to tell
We lie together, I lie alone
She reaches over, a stifled moan
Give her something but give her nothing
And dream of the one that made this
Bed of nails I'm sleeping on
Her voice wails, and her fingers drum
Don't treat with a demon tongue
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2. |
Bring Out Yer Dead
03:40
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You don't hear me
I must have passed away
You don't see me
Or is that how you play?
You don't know me
Well, so much for fame
I look in the mirror and see a man who's twice my age
His eyes are meaner, smile speaks of hidden rage
I thought I would be different, I thought that I'd be less afraid
But I am nothing and no one comes to my grave
You don't hear me
I must have passed away
You don't see me
Though my arms waive and waive
You don't know me
Well there's just me to blame
I thought I was different
Delusions of an infant
I thought I was special
It turns out I'm one in several
You can't hear me
I must have passed away
You can't see me
I must be shadow gray
You remind me
I must have passed away
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When the streetlights glare
And your night eyes stare
I'll be on the wind
I'll be in your hair
I am undercover
I am on the lam
If you see me pretend
That you don't know who I am
It is nothing serious
Just affairs of state
But when the lie is broken
We'll tear down Watergate
With your fast played hand
Still time stands
I am not afraid
Well I guess I am
We went to war
And we came back sure
But through a post-traumatic lens
I see the means but not the ends
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4. |
Digital Girl
02:54
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Oh digital girl
In your pixelated world
You're the only one I know who'll never let me go
I see you every night
You tell me I'm alright
You'll never say no, you'll never grow old
No cold words to say to me
Digital girl
You come to me in my sleep
The closest we will meet
You whisper in my ear that you will love me here
And as I wake alone
I see you in your home
On my computer screen you smile, distantly
No cold words to say to me
Digital girl
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As I go walking by
I hear a siren's cry
And looking round I see
These jokers tailing me
So run, run shake em off
Hey, they've come to take me away
Fear, it grips my mind
Their engines rev to try
To snatch me off the street
Unless this wrap I beat
So run, run shake em off
Hey, they've come to take me away
Turn around to flee
But my body betrays me
This hill is way too steep
My legs are far too weak
So I run, run shake em off
Hey, they've come to take me away
They pull astride
Advantage fortified
As I fall into their womb
Laughter seals my doom
Run, run shake em off
Hey, they've come to take me away
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6. |
Tim Bucktooth
03:46
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Tim bucktooth
I know why he is so aloof
It looks like a walrus gave his chew
To Tim Bucktooth
The face of a rodent with the whiskers to boot
Try to hid but rumors propogate truth
He hides his face from the camera lens
'Cause he's one ugly mother tween his nose and his chin
He's Tim Bucktooth
He's like a Burton film recluse
He's the rat man, matter of fact, he should be in a zoo
You should be warned for his incisors
They're beasts of burden, teeth protrude through lips curtain
No one bothered to seek his wisdom
It's beyond years, big in scope as his symptom
Tim Bucktooth
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7. |
Leech
03:01
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Waive my arms to scold you
Senseless fight
Drape my harm across you
My jaded sight
No one cares for oceans
Dried and blind
No one holds the motion
Of visible light in time
I'll make this my low
And take you with me
In rivers cold that flow empty I will be
Waive my arms to distract you
From righteous fight
Pennies for a fact
Truth is lost in spite
It's alright
I'll make this my low
And take you with me
In rivers cold that flow empty I will be
I'll make this my low
And take you with me
This life is not but show and I'll keep your stage free
For me
Leech
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8. |
The Shower Song
02:12
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This shower is too small for fucking
This shower is too small to get laid
I wish it were bigger, or that we were thinner
But then we'd get sucked down the drain
This table is too tall for fucking
Too high off the ground to get laid
I'd climb to the top of it, but fearing the drop of it
Deflates the will, what a shame
We could just play Monopoly
I could just pick your brain
We could just play some old school video games
Watch the news or the rain
There's a hill down the street ripe for climbing
Adventures to be sought and claimed
But you complain of weather
And lie on the feather bed
Legs spread, eyes red, lips aflame
Nothing can tame the monster
Nothing will satiate
If I were to lay here, she would just say
"Dear let's do it again and again"
Well this bed is too feathered for fucking
I must object and complain
I don't approve of plucking the feathers from ducklings
Or swanlings or goslings
Or any leaf rustling beast
On it's way to the grave
So baby I'll be on my way now
Yes, I know it is strange
But you'll be alright with yourself
A nightlight and your imaginary, unwary, less hairy friend
Bill, Chuck, Dick, George or James
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9. |
Movin' To Alaska
03:26
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I ran aground in the rainy northwest
But northwest ain't north enough for me
So I packed my bags and made a sideways egress
'Cause no one can tell me where to be
I'm movin' to Alaska
Where from the past I'm freed
Movin' to Alaska
Where no one knows me
There's nothing left to ask ya
I said all there is to say
Movin' to Alaska
Where things will go my way
I wanna perch in a birds eye nest
Where all I see are hills of green
When summer's sun turns to winter's test
I'll stick it out by fire's gleam
I'm movin' to Alaska
Where hills are verdant green
Movin' to Alaska
Where no one knows me
There's nothing left to ask ya
We've said all there is to say
Movin' to Alaska
Where things will go my way
If she asks for whereabouts
Say I can't be reached
Don't be swayed by screaming shouts
Stand your ground for me
She'll move on before too long
And I will be redeemed
But whatever you say, just please don't tell her
I'm movin' to Alaska
Where from the past I'm freed
Movin' to Alaska
Where you can't find me
There's nothing left to ask ya
We've said all there is to say
Movin' to Alaska
Where things will go my way
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10. |
I Miss My Love
03:54
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I miss my love
I miss when I could feel it
I miss my love
It's what I used to be
It won't come back to me
Deeper down
That is where it is hidden
It's serious now
It's too dark to see
If I hadn't known it once I would not believe
A question asked
A moment of forgiveness
It's all long passed
Stories told to me
When I was young, they deceived me
I miss my love
It's forever hidden
Under covers
Where no one can see
No one, not even me
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11. |
I Am Not a Crook
01:04
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I broke the locks but didn't steal the china
I called the cops but didn't rob the diner
Just believe the words that I am saying
The tales we I weave are better than the layman
I am not a crook
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Jesse Mercury Seattle, Washington
Jesse Mercury is a cosmic traveler from the year 3000, flung out of time with no way to get home. His only hope is to send musical signals into the cosmos in an attempt to attract a higher form of life capable of sending him back to his time.
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