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Participation Trophies
05:05
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On your marks...
Set your own genealogy and go
Opine a starting line, scorched into the earth right from your toes
Disregarding synapomorphies
Self-awarding participation trophies
Hurdles in bound, all too tall
Napoleon sets the height for all
Perched upon his own pretty pedestal
Meant only to exist
Shuffling your chips atop that plinth you call success
One blind eye on your telescope of vanity to magnify the rest
A personality so rich with insecurities
Working to purchase an illusion of interesting
And for your motivation
Death brings appreciation
For your participation
Neck and neck, these clades of color start to blend
From your tower
That flat circle's start looks like it's end
Steps of progress never come from rooted heels
And a lack of imagination
Meant only to exist
Shuffling your chips atop that plinth you call success
One blind eye on your telescope of vanity to magnify the rest
And as that destiny manifests across the lens
We'll still see your impotence
A personality so rich with insecurities
Working to purchase an illusion of interesting
And for your motivation
Death brings appreciation
For your participation
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2. |
Dance to Kill
06:17
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The sky
The sky is killing me tonight
The air is slowly tearing at my insides
We waltz gracelessly together
Til the winds rise up and blow me to the ground
Now call me crazy, but I don't think we're quite cut out
To go on lazily spinning around and around
Pointless pioneering in a pinhole of the galaxy
It seems that death may be our destiny
We're gonna spin for the thrill and we'll dance to kill
Dance to kill
The ocean
The ocean is bashing in my brains
The running waters are kicking my teeth in
We waltz gracelessly together
Til the tides come up and drag me down
Living saprobically, born only to feed
Spin me to sleep
Nourishing, I keep suckling endlessly
You're a host to me
Just keep spinning, this dance is brief
Hold me close as I drag my feet
If I fall, you're coming down with me
We'll spin for the thrill and we'll dance to kill
Dance to kill
From the moon to the deepest roots, transient sparks in the dark
Turning, yearning to be returning soon, this dance will fall apart
Collapsing gracelessly together, until the sun comes up
To burn it all down, return me to the ground
Eyes transfixed, mouth agape
The Mangata holds a bowling ball grip tight to my face
Sinking closer still, with each exhale, I haven't a clue
Just lost in your stark deep blues
But if you kill me, I will kill you too
Clung so tight to you
I pierce your skin and watch the hot death as it spews
I'm all consumed, and buried into you
But if you kill me, I will kill you too
If you kill me, I will kill you
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Poetry and Cajolery
04:20
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Through the darkness shines a light
Frame of elegance piercing the night
A fragrant kiss, as lights caress your endless curving silhouette
Gentle words need not be said
We speak in tongues we didn't know existed
And could this beauty tame this beast in me
Could this prisoner of poetry be finally set free
Oh, help me
To recollect my words before I speak
Voice in the dark sings to the beating of my heart
Feeling like a forgotten life spent apart
And all the love given up to this point hasn't meant anything at all
Your eyes, heavy cloudy white
Extinguish the fire burning in mine
Could this beauty tame this beast in me
Could this prisoner of poetry be finally set free
Oh, help me
To recollect myself before it's we
Could this beauty tame this beast in me
Could this prisoner of poetry be finally set free
It's time that we
Recollect ourselves
It's time to recollect every word
It's time to recollect every piece
Ever misplaced by you or me
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4. |
Beer Break
05:41
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The RI Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prog-punk 3 piece. Influenced by the more wackadoo and tacky sides of life.
Call it Tackadoo. Whatever.
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