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Drown Myself In Dirt
05:08
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i was not prepared to die
but the earth swallowed me whole
and buried in the dirt
i knew i’d lost my heart
how do i start again
when i can’t move
how do i start again
when i can’t breathe
the world that i made
built from building for myself
how did it come to this
the empty shell the hallowed ground
how do i start again
there across the street
the ammo of the boom
silence of the fear
by rooms of untold crimes
a crossing sign ignored
the violence of the land
land that’s built on water
water that’s destroyed
how do i start again
and what should i expect
of the things i failed to protect
what should i demand
of the things lost at my hands
i was not prepared to live
that’s really where it starts
that’s where i lost my faith
and felt free to drown the world
and drown myself in dirt
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i got the news
while i was driving
the world is ending
we’re going into hiding
so we stand
somewhere on the moon
see a hangnail earth
know it’s coming soon
i can’t remember things
i can’t remember you
we used to touch
now it’s not so much
the water’s down
but we are sinking
i took a picture of a leaf
i want to remember that day
i felt the rain on my chest
i felt alive i felt blessed
and there must be a way
out of here out of this
we got on the moon so
where is the fucking rocketship
i can’t remember shit
i can’t see your face
and as we fall in disgrace
everything’s been displaced
the water’s down
i gave up my car for lent
i spent the dole on barricades
i prayed for a healing for the world
i prayed for a healing for myself
but for all the fear i’ve felt
i learned to hold you in my heart
i started to calm the fuck down
but it’s so hard when you’re so far
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Burn It down
05:11
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there’s a car parked in the street
it’s in the way
burn it down
cause on the other side of town
they fired at you
set it right
there’s a light long past promise
that’s never shone
and so alone
take the torch
from sky to ground
and burn it down
there’s a knot in this world
that kills your soul
break the chain
and then maybe you’ll see change
that’s never come
light a flame
say the names long overdue
for repair and
to be free
take the torch
from stars to ground
and burn it down
burn down the ideas and ideals of who you are
burn down the notions of who you can be
find something stronger buried in the scars
rip the flesh and burn the world
rip the flesh and burn the heart
there’s a light long denied
that’s never led
take the torch for all the dead
for all the hurt that hurls its wings around
and burn it all down
burn it down
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and what good did it do
the stars will live as stars do
i'm waiting
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5. |
Throw It On The Ground
04:29
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i see a red shovel and i
throw it on the ground
i’m immersed in that shovel
and i throw it on the ground
the ground is one with the shovel and
i throw it on the ground
the shovel is the ground is me is something and
i throw it on the ground
i throw it purging the iron hand
that digs into my consciousness that
takes away my neural paths
paths of heart and completeness
i throw it i throw it
an auctioneer takes a tool
and he throws it on the ground
it becomes an airplane and
he steps on it on the ground
the airplane crawls the airplane is baggage
i throw it on the ground
i bid i win i pay with a check
i throw it on the ground
i throw it cleansing out the stream
of constant accumulation
of sensory input that’s unfulfilled
by the waters of manipulation
i throw it i throw it
and somewhere there are cylinders
with disposed possessions and deposed thoughts
the cylinders study decomposition
the method of concession and the will to rot
i see an institution and
i throw it on the ground
it becomes and inspiration and
i throw it on the ground
i parades it recesses it collides it regenerates and
i throw it on the ground
it’s a building it’s a dream it’s a bomb it’s anything i can get my hands on and
i throw it on the ground
i throw it hoping to resolve
the friction between will and disease
the construction that comes with destruction
the instruction of learning how not to breathe
i throw it
on the ground
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6. |
The Shallow Air Alone
07:17
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there are no words
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