1. |
Cinnabar Island
03:00
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wait
gonna need to see that one again
and again
stay in the corner of my vision
towards the ends
but never centered
traced over where it grazed
it left a mark
hope it scars
stays
always a reminder
a subtle arc
it's gonna start
to blend in with itself
and look gone in certain light
and exaggerate the cause
and stay mostly out of sight
always condense
reduce
lessen
wither
shorten
decrease
compress
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2. |
Don't Sweat
04:59
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don't feel like you need to feel
like you're behind the wheel
at every moment
at every second
hyperaware of the space
that you populate
at every moment
in any speck of time
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be alone
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be alone
don't feel like you need to breathe
under your breath to be at an acceptable volume
letting it out would be fine
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be alone
but you don't need to bring your phone
you don't need to bring your phone
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be alone
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be
don't sweat shit that's out of control
that's why they call it out of control
you don't need to carry your phone
you don't need to carry your phone
don't sweat shit like dropping the ball
no one's watching it anymore
you don't need to carry your phone
you don't need to carry your phone at all
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be alone
you're never gonna be alone
never gonna be alone
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3. |
Used To
04:06
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the other way around
checking the lost and found
the impound
what it was is no more
changed like an animorph
an insectivore
the sound that used to be the only thing sought out
is now profoundly more the reason to be walking out
no doubt
the sound that used to bring an optimistic bout
is now around or closer to the howling underground
downtown
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4. |
Why Do I Care
03:39
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don't know where you go
when you disappear
i know it is not close
i know it's not here
spilling out
can't contain anything
all the frames take quadruple the time they should take
an inaccurate rate
it's a big investigation
gotta ask why i care
hard to believe
what they say is what they mean
kinda hard to believe
what i see is what i see
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5. |
Unreal/Sucks To Suck
05:04
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all at once all the time
quiet down
narrowing sight
focus on just a slice
smithereens blown up in size
about as small
or close in size
as can be
but big in my mind
knocking on every side
fracturing thin lines
don't know what all people are on
mad lines around the block for groceries
steadily moving towards
would prefer not to exist
not to die but to live passively through this
holy shit
if it's unreal it's unreal how real it is
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6. |
Gaussian Blur
03:24
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they're speaking words i don't know
i don't know
might hear 2/3rds
but not the whole anymore
they're speaking words and i know i won't know
won't get records or the score anymore
my voucher has all but expired
gonna get carded now
and turned down at the door
by asking too much
or asking enough
am i out of touch
asking too much
can't say i tried
won't say i might
unwillingness fully alive
they're speaking words i don't know
i don't know
the picture's blurred
top layer
100% on the slider
it can't go up higher in the slightest at all
made vague and more obscure
i'm being lied to
this is all a ruse
none of this is true
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7. |
Delta
04:39
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everything at once all the time
is not letting up nearly enough
syncopated poison darts from the trees
everything becomes petrified
stuck in limbo
frozen in time
all belated
it remains to be seen
don't know what all people are on
don't know where all people come from
every single one
off the mind
every back turned
averted eyes
but syndicated to every number on tv
everything at once all the time
is all getting worse
barely confined
sprawling outwards
river veins from the sea
don't know what all people are on
overload of information
system overload of info
superabundance of data
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8. |
Other Animals
04:23
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if you've had enough
enough of waking up
and don't feel you've done enough to have enough
we'll seal you up with other animals
til it's not palpable at all
'cause if you leave
then i'll leave
until you breathe
i won't breathe
if you've had enough
and just don't give a fuck
and you feel you're done
165
we'll lift you up
with no strings in the sky
on the loose
indivisible by
'cause if you leave
then i'll leave
until you breathe
i won't breathe
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9. |
Skipping The Bow
04:35
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long weekend in the week's midsection
to make you feel antique
and put your ass to sleep
positive direction
up from the left
equals greater than y and x
sure as eggs is eggs
gonna break a leg
booting up a new scenario
act now
new and improved
covering the whole area
all inclusive
paid expenses
day to day lowered defenses
omit impressive
no one to impress now
skipping the bow
no more trials to know when where and how
i know when where and how
why would i stop now
shining through in full stereo
from all sides
a tight perimeter
covering the whole area
with no limiter
all is gonna seem twice bigger
it's the extinction of hysteria
a theme song
an opening scene
covering the whole area
it's evergreen
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10. |
Orange
04:23
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regular morning
irregular dreams
facing the orange
bright white
light pink
blue-green
fades away
a memory
more to see
easy to breathe
overgrown
taking back
no regular form to take again
swiftly changing at night to cobalt
dodger
navy
no normal anymore
and no fear of missing out on normal
fades away
a memory
more to see
easy to breathe
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11. |
Evaporate
02:53
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previous can't compete
beautiful hours fleet
counting down through the days to means of escape
fast forward slows to play to evaluate
previous can't compete
different game
different league
counting down through the days to means of escape
fast forward slows to play to evaluate
counting down through the days
all slipping away
seconds evaporate while i need them to stay
who's got the time
for real
i will pay double the price
no joke
i will take all of your stock
closed down for the day
find me in line tomorrow morning
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12. |
Jurassic Park
04:04
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the get-at-able space left unresolved
fills in all tetris blocks
with both sides to the top
the air that's outside
it's atoms divide
and starts to expand
might not go as planned
the space that i take up will be rented out to somebody new
and the space where they wake up is gonna be bright
but gonna be doomed
and it's like nobody else can see me
i'm walking through the walls and floating through the air
and blending in with the scenery
coming out of nowhere into nowhere
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Chris Restaino Boston, Massachusetts
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