1. |
Paris Bindings
04:07
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An ugly truth
We can't escape
Dig up the gardens
Dig up the unmarked graves
But we can't stay so seiso if they say
So many lives were claimed
You could fill a stadium
Up to 12K
Welcome to the show
Welcome to the game
Assimilation
Yes, amnesia is our name
Redistribution of who's to blame
All men are equal but not all men are the same
Okay
This is your final warning
Take precautionary measures
Please protect yourself, yes
Be brave, but be safe
Be brave but be safe
Be brave but be safe
This is your final notice
Find their bones in the yard
If it's uncomfortable, just
Erase, just erase
Erase, just erase
Erase, just erase
Atrocious, cover up your eyes
Forget what you've seen
How many people have to die?
Two hundred fifteen
Don't make me spell it out this time
Don't know what you mean
Figure it out, just
Figure it out
Past the sign
Past Chuck Stone
Past the unwilling syphilitic townfolk
Black and white
Wrong or right
Malicious injection site
Overwhelming ecru
I'm quite sure they'll leave a terrible review
Jonny and Colin are callin'
Their name's a 48-hour column of flames
Of jealous, murderous rage
Call it a riot
This is your final warning
Take precautionary measures
Please protect yourself, yes
Be brave, but be safe
Be brave but be safe
Be brave but be safe
This is your final notice
Find their bones in the yard
If it's uncomfortable, just
Erase, just erase
Erase, just erase
Erase, just erase
I hear it, there is
I feel it, no sound
I keep the search up for weeks
No answer's there to be found
Bemoan the lack of control
Caucasity with a gun
Wish I could tell you the truth
But there's no speaking in tongues
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2. |
Leaning In, Falling Out
04:16
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Rise and decide
To make no decisions today
A waste of time
It's everything you wanted
Everything you wanted
One subtle lie
Easier to give it a name
It's genuine
But does it really matter
It doesn't make it matter
Oh no
No ears for my
Unpromoted tether to sane
Lost to time
It makes the story better
Oh, that makes it better
Alright
Pay attention to the show
Watch offset phosphors scan across the screen
Couldn't comprehend the glow
You know it's more than you will ever be
So run and hide
Or one of your other five sayings
Double blind
Is it melancholic
Is it melancholic enough
Anonymous
Convinced that's the credible way
The audience
Prone to germination
So starve of radiation
Alright
Pay attention to the show
Watch offset phosphors scan across the screen
Couldn't comprehend the glow
You know it's more than you will ever be
Imitation
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3. |
Tuxedo T-Shirt
03:04
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Make it seem like you tried
It's a real tuxedo t-shirt
Graphics and faded white
It's a well-worn kind of night
But trouble's in the air
Maybe it's the humidity
Certainly makes my hair
Ignore directions
And I see no reason for being
You wouldn't believe the awful things I could say
Alone, the unlit street
West of Ash and probably
There's no predicting everything
There's no predicting everything
I don't see you sexually
But hopefully eventually
There's no predicting everything
There's no predicting anything at all
It's all gone in a day
It's an unforgiving weekend
I can't resist the rest
Sunday's for the chores
And I need a minute now
Cause I'm out of medication
I really need it
I just forgot to make the call
And I see no way out of this one
We gave it our best but didn't get very far
And I see no one on the horizon
Cause there's no surprising me with my eagle eyes
Alone, the unlit street
West of Ash and probably
There's no predicting everything
There's no predicting everything
I don't see you sexually
But hopefully eventually
There's no predicting everything
There's no predicting anything at all
And I need a second now
It's a real tuxedo t-shirt
Graphics and faded white
It's a well-worn kind of night
But trouble's in the air
(But there's trouble splitting water)
Maybe it's the cool temperature
(God, send another plague)
Certainly makes my hair
(The locusts in the valley)
Stand at attention
(Devour and decay)
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4. |
Twelve
03:40
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Honestly
I said "I see no way out of this one"
Carrington
Magnetic mass ejection from the sun
What are you waiting for
What do we pay you for
What are you saying
You know you don't pay me at all
Refuse to read
You don't believe the letters from your son
Turn of noon
The wreck consumes at least a dozen tons
It's all in a day
Dissolve into night
Fall into pieces
Falling behind
You can't give up control
If it's never been seen
Resigned to be different
Resigned to defeat
What are you waiting for
What do we pay you for
What are you saying
You know you don't pay me at all
What are you waiting for
What do we pay you for
What are you saying
You know you don't pay me at all
Step up
Step off
Help yourself
Hell, no one else remembers what you said
En passant
You dilettante
It's way over your head
It's all in a day
Dissolve into night
Fall into pieces
Falling behind
You can't give up control
If you wanted relief
Resigned to be different
Resigned to defeat
Every time
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5. |
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Ok
Do you remember?
Why do we still dream?
Picking up where we left off
Do you recall the signs of conversation in me?
Can you remind me?
Why do I still breathe?
Picking up where we left off
Know this is the last dull rehearsal for me
I think I'd rather leave
Movie quotes
You think that's bad?
Well, Terry, it sure as shit ain't sad
Coulda been a contender
You don't understand
(Why don't you want me like I want you)
I hear it, there is
I feel it, no sound
I keep the search up for weeks
No answer's there to be found
(I'm feeling deja vu)
Bemoan the lack of control
Caucasity with a gun
Wish I could tell you the truth
But there's no speaking in tongues
Empty frame on your shelf
Fill in the blank, yes you're the picture of health
Cause, it's alright
It's alright
So long as you can say my name
Keep it in time
Living in denial
Oh, you can't imagine the pain
Do you remember?
Why do we still breathe?
Picking up where we left off
Yes, this is the last dull rehearsal for me
I think I'd rather leave
Some are like "where'd they go?"
Grasping as thoughts pass me by
I am truthful all the time
Wait, do you really think so?
Always, always
Writing stupid shit in a song
In the dictionary
Gullible is spelled slightly wrong
It's alright
It's alright
So long as you can say my name
Cause subtle lies
An obvious sign
Oh, you can't imagine the pain
And you're so sentimental
But I don't wanna
See your sad and mental side
Unclouded mind
Unconnected lines
I hope it would be easy
Feel the weight come off your skin
Oh, to be the surface exchange
Evaporate and start again
Missed the final thinking train
But darling, darling
Staple the appendages
Bits and phrases
Shallow quips for the attention id
It's alright
It's alright
So long as you can say my name
Keep it in time
Living in denial
Oh, you can't imagine the pain
And you're so sentimental
But I don't wanna
See your sad and mental side
Unclouded mind
Unconnected lines
I hope it would be easy
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6. |
Danube
04:10
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Flow from the trees
Black forest to the Black Sea
Couldn't you believe
That it's not on my heart
Not on my sleeve
My mind's blown
Watch the way the river ebbs and flows
Its will, like that of
The silvery willows that
Seem to dance and move on their own
See a man on a flat-bottomed boat
He brings warnings of the ominous
Desperate drone
But we need a
Sacrifice
Throw yourself into the river
At least now you are
Saving your friends
Consciousness is traced by darkened
Shapes and tapping sounds
Cut it up
Make it academic so the
Fucks'll believe you saying
Everything hits
Just a little different when you're
Stapled to the ground
Awful timing
Awful timing
Add it to the pile
Awful timing
Awful timing
Add it to the pile
Bruised ego, your internal bleed
Its trace creates this melancholy scene
Lush grow the grasses and
The aging tomb, this wooden well
The spectral groom, oh can't you tell
Bound to the room, silk stand from hell
Something to sell
Something to
Hand-drawn anime racer zone
Fuck the Fed, fuck your houses, fuck your mortgage and loans
Oh no, no, please, Uncle Sam I'm sure it was a mistake
For all but the few who you denied estates
I wouldn't have asked you if I'd known the answer
I wouldn't have asked you if I'd known it's faster
Stuck living a morbid modern life
Stop giving 'em more useless advice
I wouldn't have asked you if I'd known the answer
I wouldn't have asked you if I'd known it's faster
Stuck living a morbid modern life
Stop giving 'em more useless advice
Speak the devil into existence
Glossolalia is the business
The worst is yet to come
There's so much more to be done
Sacrifice
Throw yourself into the river
At least now you are
Saving your friends
Consciousness is traced by darkened
Shapes and tapping sounds
Cut it up
Make it academic so the
Fucks'll believe you saying
Everything hits
Just a little different when you're
Stapled to the ground
Not enough
Try to make your money from them
Say it'll save their soul
Cut it out, shit
Learn to leave while you're ahead
Before you lose it all
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7. |
Drowning Machine
05:18
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Respect the line
The arbitrary boundary, hit me
Another time
The only way to fit the rhyme scheme
Expect the try
At least you're further upfield, hear the
Collective sigh
Cause once again the story goes like
I don't remember all your pretty friends
I don't recall their faces
Lord, I've never been the
Best at bringing up the past with perfect clarity
Call me unreliable
I'm no longer scared of it and
I crave reactions, always taking in
I'm prone to quick distractions
Hardly ill-intended
Though it doesn't necessarily predict the truth
I can't keep up with the facts
No, I can't keep up with you
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8. |
There Is No Boundary
02:38
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Please forget me
There's no past
There is no boundary
Say it faster
Speak in tongues
There's no past
There is no boundary
I am trouble
Pay no attention
Desperate imitation
There's no past
There is no boundary
I am the worst
I am empty
I am resigned
So, erase me
There's no past
There is no boundary
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9. |
Pinckney
04:00
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It's gonna haunt you
They'll always want you
Malignant
Come visit soon
It's gonna haunt you
They'll always want you
Malignant
Come visit soon
It's no small feat to keep it together
It's no small feat to keep it together
It's no small feat to keep it together
It's no small feat to keep it together
The gravel road is ahead
Of that old hill we used to sled
And I haven't had the chance to see
Your new apartment yet
But I don't have enough vacation days for that
That's something I regret
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10. |
Further Degradation
04:48
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11. |
Forget
05:55
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The Birdwatchers Columbia, Missouri
Combining pop songwriting with layers of distortion, often melancholic lyrics, and a complete disregard for genre boundaries to provide a uniquely challenging listen, The Birdwatchers are an experimental rock band based out of Columbia and Kansas City, MO ... more
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