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Further Degradation

by The Birdwatchers

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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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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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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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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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Picking Up Where We Left Off 05:40
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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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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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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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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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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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Further Degradation 04:48
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11.
Forget 05:55
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released December 10, 2021

Keego Gross - vox, guitar, bass, drums, drum programming, keyboards, synths, samples, banjo, field recordings, production, mix, master, art

Lukas Fryer - guitar, bass, drums, drum programming, percussion, keyboards, synths

Ryan Lokugamage - guitar, keyboards, synths, drum programming

Hayden Jensen - guitar, bass

Mathias Kuhl - bass

Wills Van Doorn - drums

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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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