1. |
Coven
03:50
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grandma was a teacher
that could whistle like a bird
worry lines in both her palms
and washed her hands on every hour
my hands are soiled, she’d scold me
i don't whistle like a bird
stick them deep into the soap
i lick them clean, they still taste sour
fathers mother smoked a pack
and sang old bats at morning
her ballet shoes were well worn out
hung on the wall adorning
i don't know how to dance
but watched and learned how to fit in
a golden smile, a witty line
will blur the sight of ruin
chapter one
is on
how to be a girl
mother had her first binge with a bottle of black liqueur
some truckers held her hair while she got sick right by the river
my hair is thin, she’d scold the second servings that i ate
in the evenings we would watch tv and neatly note our weight
dad loved a girl from britain , she ran away from home
she lived with us when she was only twenty four, she put my hands to play
she’d eat raw meat and drew at midnight, little did i know
her hands were stained with purple juice the day that she went away
a friend of mine had hazel hair and spooky blue doe eyes
the daughter of a pilot, torn up shirts three times her size
when she sat on my lap and i smelled soap, cinnamon, fire
i shamed myself for breathing in and all my weird desires
chapter one
is on
how to be a girl
how to be a
how to be a
how to be a girl
how to be a girl
how to shed
a skin
you've learned
by heart
you cut
the
binary
up
on most days i am not a girl
and i don’t know how to be
but neither did the women
i looked up to as a teen
or maybe they knew best
it all boils down to the same thing
the world reads us a certain way
and it binds us all in healing
chapter two
is on
how to be you
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2. |
Trickster
02:46
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i got no
friends i got no sleep
i got no place to be
i’m getting high i’m getting off
i don't get no relief
i do not tell you that i love you
the whole thing is a joke
for real i'm sh sh shy and shaky
i am sad to the bone
leave me alone
apathy's a currency
i need to invest
got no money only hunger
and my heart's unimpressed
i am damaged, i don't manage
my four limbs all at once
if you want me be sincere
i am not up for no hunt
leave me
alone
i’m a trickster
when i’m sad
wanna be happy
wanna be happy
i’m a trickster when i’m sad
wanna be happy
wanna be happy
i got no
friends i got no sleep
i got no place to be
i’m getting high i'm getting off
i don't get no relief
i do not tell you that i love you, the whole thing is a joke
i'm sh sh shy and shaky, i am sad to the bone
when i’m
alone
i got a knife
i got a pillow
hand out smiles on the line
and the lines makes me clench
no water sign is in sight
feel, i feel
i think i feel
a thing or two
just when i look at you
i’m so really sad
i am so sad that i'm in love
with you
i’m a trickster
when i’m sad
wanna be happy
wanna be happy
i’m a trickster
when i’m sad
wanna be happy
wanna be happy
wanna be happy
when i’m sad
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3. |
Radial
03:05
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all of you are down and out for some psychology
what a misery nobody can speak up honestly
guilt, baby, guilt is such a lazy energy
cracking out liberal allegories, pretty please
going round in circles, i’m over you, under the bar
far from all equations you put up for some salvation
nowhere near a stable state
need a border to my skin
it won’t translate
get me a simple weight
there is no right side of the bed
wait
you'll see
no seam
where a gaping hole once used to be
fuck your
healthy
some conditions you would never see
my hands are alien
my throat is parched
i’m starved
it's creeping up again
I feel it lurking on the brim
and you keep on insisting
i'm not even listening
keep on insisting
i’m not even listening
won't go for a walk
but i might join the misfits
might do harm by trying
to fit in and fix it
wait
you’ll see
no seam
where a gaping hole once used to be
fuck your
healthy
some conditions you would never see
looks fine
in line
till the moment it will crash again
no cure
no meds
that can make a hurting word unsaid
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4. |
Margarita & The Master
03:29
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mama tell me where to go
girl, you know I told you so
hair up high and hips out wide
choose your weapon for the ride
mama aren't I supposed
girl, you know how these things go
first they fish for wits and pride
then they take you for the night
and she goes out
to you
is she okay
she went away
is she okay
she goes away
she goes away
and as smart as you may seem
they will rate before you speak
hair up high and hips out wide
and you'll take them for the ride
mama will you eat again
dinners left untouched, the men
wouldn't mind you eating up
now would they, would they
beat you up
is she okay
she went away
is she okay
she goes away
she goes away
‘is that vodka’
margarita asked weakly
‘would I ever allow myself
to offer vodka to a lady’
it’s 1998
and you are strong as hell
figure, figure
who’s to blame
is she okay
she went away
is she okay
she goes away
she made the day
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5. |
Like You
03:16
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would you like to
if i liked you
would i like it
if you liked to
do i like you
or do i like it
that you like me
that you like me
do i like to
say i like you
would you like it
if i liked to
do i like you
or do i want to
be like you
be like you
lights out, sevenfold
mirror mirror or a home
mirror mirror or a home
no one wants to be alone
would you like to
be a frail fool
cotton kids dare say i am
do you want me to
don't know if i want to
would you would you would you
say you want me to look at you
stop, speak
share all we have learned and repeat
shoulders to put weight on, reveal, I feel
that you want me to look at you
seems we are those wolves in the pack
that learned to watch the attack
dont feed
hands that
bite you back
lights out, sevenfold
mirror mirror or a home
mirror mirror or a home
hey
i like you
hey
i'm like you
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6. |
Normal People
03:35
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I go out
I make sounds
I brush my teeth
I repeat
I go out
I make unusual sounds
I bleed I blush I do chores
I get bored
That is
what normal people do
I stay in
When I tell sad news I grin
I twist in heat
Pay my fees
I make a list of everything
and everything will stare back at me
I wake up and I breathe
I turn the soft side down
Make more uneasy sounds
That is
what normal people do
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7. |
Cutting Together Apart
03:11
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do you see
underneath
our fingernails
there’s not much to reveal
clutching hands
to the core
single parts will wash up on the shore
i will never let you go
i’ll never let you go go
you tried so hard to be my friend
i’ll never let you go go
hold tight with one arm
the other’s reaching far away
i want everything right now
i want all world today
don't you wish i fit in your cage
cut it off, cut it all off
i don't want you tied up and tame
tether up, tether it up
do you taste
those sweet rends
never taste as good
built to unbend
do you see
the machines
both will work just fine
if you will let them breathe
i will never let you go
i’ll never let you go go
you tried so hard to be my friend
i’ll never let you go go
hold tight with one arm
the other’s reaching far away
i want everything right now
i want all the world today
don't you wish i fit in your cage
cut it off, cut it all off
i don't want you tied up and tame
tether up, tether it up
don't i wish to fit by your side
cut it off, cut it all off
we'll be back once we are untied
tether up, tether it up
cut off
cut off
come close
come close
come close
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8. |
Wired
03:36
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they have tarred the room
blacked the clocks out right on time
let me float like you
i'm too sleepy for a fight
does that wall look right
is there something wrong in here
i guess i just might
can you hold that drink for me
did i say the right word
can you say the right word
did i say the right word
dogs with eyes of glue
where's my phone at anyway
morning turns to noon
letting loose is quite okay
nobody ever is wrong here
nobody ever is right
everyone wants to be seen though
my circuits are just cut too tight
did i say the right word
can you say the right word
did say the right word
can you say the right word
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9. |
Spoons
03:09
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packed meat, packed meat
a threat to well fed thieves
on board, on board
the water’s way too cold
whose son, whose son
whose lungs are filled with stares
whose blood, whose blood
will soak next sunday's air
lives are measured with a teaspoon
who’s to mourn, who’s to forget
whose lives do you dare to grieve
when things come to an end
lives are measured with a teaspoon
who’s to mourn, who’s to forget?
whose lives do you dare to grieve
when things come to an end?
do say, do say
do say their names out loud
the food, the talk
are tinted deeply brown
lives are measured with a teaspoon
who’s to mourn, who’s to forget
whose lives do you dare to grieve
when things come to an end
when
things come to an end
what
then
does a mother have a daughter
does it taste of foreign spells
there’s a story in the water
tell it, call them by their name
a little moral here and there
a spoonful makes them disappear,
a little moral here and there
a spoonful makes them disappear
dinner must carefully be set
eat the whole story or forget
dinner must carefully be set
eat the whole story or forget
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10. |
Cheap Cake
04:23
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heart shaped garlands
ten shaky cigarettes
open doors, empty halls
gnashing teeth and sweat
are we supposed to think of you
in loving memory
or shall we put up warning signs
for all drunkards to be
they talked me into wearing perfume
not my voice, but in my words
everything is molded wrong
and nothing to revert
people sob and smoke
they shake their heads and joke and sigh
look down at old and young you
bow their heads and say goodbye
it's never fair
it's never fair
i let them stare
they sob and smoke and joke sigh
but no one gets to meet my eye
cause i'm not really there
you would have liked the stories
the polish pastor told
and you would have pretended
not to want a grand big show
but in the end you'd take the stage
adjust the tie and the guitar
a well respected man
just like the dandy that you are
its sandwiches and cake and death
a blackbird at my feet
we sneak another shot below
the arms of your old tree
see you lean against the window
morning coffee, its july
its so much harder to get up
when you wanna die
it wasnt me
it wasnt me
below your tree
a memory for everyone
a thank you in between
and a blackbird at my feet
they said it's rude of us to go
and leave the urn back in the car
while having sandwiches and cake and death and smoke in the front yard
there was still a pink post it on that urn
that said your name
god i really didn't wanna see you
die that way
they make you feel like shit for choosing the cheapest cake with every bite
they nod and smile and piss you off
while there's other wars to fight
cause you i promised a renaissance
all you got was different walls
its the same flimsy haven
i have built you years before
i will always keep on wondering
what part of me is you
and wonder can i love that part
would that make me love you too
or cut it out and and bury deep
by the tree next to your name
see i really didn't wanna see you go that way
i really didn’t wanna see you go that way
i promise to remember
an not to sound too much like you
but when i cry and when i sing
i know i do
i know i do
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Molly Punch Cologne, Germany
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