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Preamble
01:55
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A prologue of sorts:
Deep in the great midwestern plains lies a sleepy little town, carved out of the roots beneath an ancient oak tree.
Few people have made the journey to visit, mostly due to the hidden nature of the settlement. No map or compass will guide you there, but when the bustle of the cities and trains lead you astray you may find it.
Sitting upon a hill, surrounded by an ocean of golden grass towers the great tree. It’s leaves sway gently in the breeze as they pass its way, the tree may seem ordinary or dull to those who do not know where to look, but those who take a moment to watch may see the true nature of what lies beneath.
It is a town that your eyes never see
chattering peacefully under the tree
Oddities and critter-folk bustle around
Living their lives in this small wooden town
Under this oak, they dance and they play
The cracks in the roots tell them what time of day
For year and years we strayed from the world,
Scared of tails and the horrors we’ve heard,
But for just today we open our doors
And invite you to see just what lies in store.
Rain or shine our hearts filled with glee
We welcome you all to beneath our great tree
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2. |
Welcoming Committee
04:27
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Hello!
We are the welcoming committee of new oak
we’ve been writing this speech since we formed this morning
And I’m proud to present it to you
On your way into town
New Oak,
established long long ago
We live in the trunk and the roots of an oak
Population 62 and were growing
Looking for more to move in
Beautiful,
scenic
Lovely weather all year
And nothing to fear
if you’re sad or unclear
If u really wanna know how
To get along in town
To get along in town
Just take the left root down
If you really wanna know how
Just take it by the day
Don’t get caught in the gray
I think you’ll wanna stay
Here stay here stay here
Welcome to town
we’ve got a dance coming up
just right around the corner
bakery with bread and cake by the order
our town hall situated in the center square
you can ask for some help if you lose your way there
general store for your everyday goods
lumber yard if ur looking for wood
botanist, pharmacy, dance hall, barber
we’ve got all that you could call for
If u really wanna know how
To get along in town
To get along in town
Just take the left root down
If you really wanna know how
Just take it by the day
Don’t get caught in the gray
I think you’ll wanna stay
Here stay here stay here
Welcome to town
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3. |
i - Spring
01:54
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in the city now it’s spring
blossoms dancing with the leaves in the air for you
they show the little things
and let me fall in love with you again
the cold still lines the night
and the colors in the sky are marching on into a labyrinth of beauty
but for
for us
it’s still spring
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4. |
Blending In
04:08
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Cut my teeth you
it’s another panic rising
everything i do
i’m scared that they’ll reveal me
everywhere you go
gotta keep you wits about you
hoping it’s my head
saying everyone is looking at you
oh i’m closing in on
something good
am i feeling this way
understood
am i locked behind this
mask i’ve made
i’m blending in
blending in
Waking up, feels like making up for time i’ve lost
see myself, in the mirror shelf seems like somethings off
fix my hair, in a bun or wear it down my neck
feel the fear thats been living here come creeping back again
am i wasting all my time and dust
and i wasting away to fast for you
am i hiding something
from no one
i’m blending in
tell me i’m blending in
am i laughing at the clouds to you
have i settled to safety too soon
am i obvious obvious to everyone
am i not blending in
blending in
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5. |
The Crow Flies
02:31
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There’s a little old rock
It’s gets sunny and hot
And the crow likes to make his day there
He sits on town
And he looks around
Then he rests his eyes and lays there
There’s a little copper lady
And she sometimes comes
To give the crow her old bread
And he comes right by
Puts his head on her thigh
Just mesmerized by her hair
i think i know now
everyone is known in this town yolo
Now I’ve flown over Georgia
I’ve seen them rivers flow
I’ve seen some lovely peach grown hills
And sky’s you’ll never know
How beautiful the ocean
Can be where it meets the land
But I never felt nothing as good
As when I hold your hand
The crow sits up a moment
He looks into her eyes
Now one day I might leave this place
I’ll take you to the skies
We can fly for miles
I’ll show you Tennessee
We can find another big oak tree
To be just you and me
i’m knowin now
(ho-down)
Now I sometimes can’t articulate
The thoughts that travel from my brain
I thought once I would leave this place
But now I find right here with you
And nothing else that I would want to do
Yes my lover was the Rocky Mountains
One day she said to me
You can always move from place to place
But I can never leave
My legs are steep and heavy
Mother Earth is my bones
I see the sky up in your eye
But this place is my home
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6. |
Feathered Friend
05:05
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i’m a little bit stealth
on the weekends i crawl out of my bed
to meet the sunlight
she asks me why
why are you so unhappy
why can’t i make you happy
why you gotta be so blue
is it something that i do
do to you
hello again, my feathered friend!
i saw you while i slept.
my thoughts they tend to come and go
but you’re the one i’ve kept
you caw at me incessantly
you guide me to your home
i hope one day to meet you there
so you’ll never feel alone
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7. |
Golden Octopi
06:35
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i feel safe when i’m hidden
i feel safe when i’m alone
but then she finds me
the visible air
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
feel the water
invade your lungs for the last time
home feels so far away
across an ocean and without doubt
you hold her to you
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
there’s no brine here
no sea water
the sun feels like it pierced me that day
my cigarette fell distant in my hand
i wanted to tell her everything she made me felt
her tentacles reached out to hold my hand
i pulled away and sat up straight
i looked her in the eye
i looked her in the eye
i looked her in the eye
i don’t think your here to hurt me
i don’t think you’re here to solve me
i don’t think you’re here for anything
i don’t think you’re here for anything
i don’t think you’re here for anyone
the golden octopi
the golden octopi
oh golden octopi
i pray to you to show the light
i ask of you for one more night
i ask of you forgiveness for my sins
and if you feel alright
won’t you stay another night
won’t you show me golden light
won’t you hide me from the others
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8. |
ii - Summer
02:12
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Say hello again summers smile
springs fair end
your hair dances in the wind like chimes
its music to my ears and i
can tell
you love me
as much
as i love you too
The air feels warm and muggy
feel secure when you are hugging me
Summers here again
remember our first summer love
we headed to mountains cause
we had not another thing to do
we laughed and kissed and that was all
and even when i thought id fall
i still feel myself falling for you each day
You’re mine
it’s wonderful
sublime
for summers full
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9. |
Hewwo/Cycles
08:18
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Hewwo
UwU
I been
Tinking bout woo
I been
Hoping that woo
Would call me
Hewwo
Uwu
I askie
How do woo do?
I been
Thinking bout woo
And me
You see
Uwu
Baby
Give me
Lovies
Owo
Honey
You’re my bunny
I just think you’re
Oh so lovely
Baby
To me
Hewwo!
Uwu
I could go to the zoo
I could
Find an emu
My steed
If freed
Hewwo!
UwU
Do you
Still think that I’m cool
Even when
I don’t get in the pool
When it’s cloudy
Too cold for me
Uwu
Baby
Am i
Chubby
I think
Mirrors
Might not
Love me
I can’t see straight
I’m so ugly
To me
You see
Hewwo
UwU
You’re a
Special one you
We could
Ride my emu
That I stole
From the zoo
UwU
Baby
Let’s get
Munchies
I don’t care
If lunch or brunches
We can hang in
Either country
It don’t matter
To me
UwU
Uwu
Baby
Give me
Lovies
I think
Mirrors
Might not
Love me
We can hang in
Either country
It don’t matter
To me
Drift into your arms
Drift away with you
I just wanna find
Somewhere close so I can be with you
I think I could guide you
If you wanna know the way huh
I think I could hide you
Under neath my bed frame
I think I could try
If you wanna get me something
I think I would die
If I every lost your love back
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10. |
The Run of the Tadpoles
03:43
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let the moon light your way
little pollywogs
take the streams to the bay
no your not yet frogs
turn the rivers to roads now
guided banks to the leaves
now you’re off on your own now
all the things that you’ll see
all the things that you’ll be
all the things that you’ll be
all the things that you’ll be
the run of the tadpoles
it happens today
grab some binoculars
take a seat and stay
here
stay here
stay here
stay here
we can stay
let the moon light your way
little pollywogs
take the streams to the bay
no your not yet frogs
turn the rivers to roads now
guided banks to the leaves
now you’re off on your own now
all the things that you’ll see
all the things that you’ll be
all the things that you’ll be
all the things that you’ll be
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11. |
Shadows Against the Wall
03:54
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don’t don’t call me nothing
i’m a shadow without an owner
in a way i think you’re crazy
because you love me, but oh you’re lovely
in a way, i think you hate me
like im a nicotine can’t let me be
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12. |
Lament for Patina
06:05
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What’s keeping you together
What’s holding up your head
I wanna know, so tell me slow
Will you rust underwater
Nuts and bolts
Keeping them all oiled
Keep the dust up out your coils
Nuts and bolts
Mechanical you’re turning greener
Guess it’s just your time patina
i want to know
when u are here
when it’s not clear
don’t rust away
don’t rust away
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13. |
Close Again
04:30
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oh baby i don’t feel right
getting closer
i’m feeling weakened
in atrophy
these roots don’t feel like home to me
no nothing feels like home to me
but you
and i
i just wanna feel you closer
i just wanna you feel you close again
help me breath
help me breath
help me breath
i don’t like this
suffocation
near damnation
feel for me
where do you think i am
who do you think you are
i’m not some little bird
that needs to be set free
and i
i just wanna feel you closer
i just wanna you feel you close again
maybe i’m a walk-in
contradiction
but maybe i’m not walking
anymore
ohhhh
i know i had everything i want to be
but why could i not satisfy me needs
and i
i just wanna feel you closer
i just wanna you feel you close again
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14. |
A Rat Wedding Song
06:33
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(intro)
I want yall to give a big ol howdy
to the loose feet critters collective
(woo!)
dropped through a hole to the center of the earth
showed me the water, and buckets of worms
oh mercy, mercy, mercy
mercy on me
i'll be going
with anything
oh anywhere
that you'd want
you've got it
you know it
you feel that it's there
you've got it
you know it
you feel that it's there
play us something!
to celebrate
our evening cakes getting cold
gone to the house
when the spiders are home
showed me a love that i thought never known
going, going
things are going well
you've got it
you know it
you feel that it's there
you've got it
you know it
you feel that it's there
bring it home to me
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15. |
iii - Autumn
02:26
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make the bed
sweep the floor
autumn’s at the door
the roots they stay right here
ever autumn year to year
they keep the wind from shivering down our necks
pull out your best old coat, my friend
sit around for fires and hope, again
that clear skies will treat you in the morning again
but just know
autumn leaves are made for you
and oh
the sun will come back soon my love
oh
than autumn comes in waves my dear
just hope
your bundled tomorrow, i’ll meet you at sunset
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16. |
Bucket
04:06
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Hey girl
Walking around
With your foot stuck in a bucket
How long has it been like this
Would you like a little assistance?
Hey girl
Ms owls getting worried
She thinks you’re not coming to bed
When you woke up
Stepped on down
And your foot and a bucket wed
Hey there sweet lady!
I fancy you lately
But your bucket looks tight
I could help with that maybe soap and water
Get that foot back to feelin alright
Get that bucket off your foot tonight
Pardon me,
But I like my bucket
I think it looks nice as a shoe
So what you don’t like about my bucket
I don’t go around, judging you
Laces ain’t all the rage
Over rated little pieces of felt
This bucket is warm and snug
The best shoe I ever did felt
We all wear bucket for shoes
If you haven’t tried you’ve got nothing to lose
We all wear buckets for shoes
If you won’t we think you’re crazy!
We all wear buckets for shoes
It’s the newest rage have you not heard the news?
We all wear buckets for shoes
If you don’t well think your crazy
Yo lemme tell you bout my bucket it’s cool tho
ITS COOL THO
consider this your first class in bucket school tho
My buckets fun like it’s breaking all the rules tho
My buckets best when I wear it as a shoe tho!
My buckets hot I like to wear it like heels
When I’m running out of plates I use my bucket for meals
Don’t stare too long they’ll catch you right in your feels
“I can’t stop staring”
Yeah, it’s a pretty good bucket!
I’m wearing a bucket on each foot today
I’m loving my buckets what more do I say
It’s my favorite shoe dad
don’t call it a phase
It’s my favorite shoe dad
don’t call it a phase
I threw my sneakers in the trash last week
I got buckets on my feet, I got buckets while I sleep
I got buckets counting sheep, buckets for the weak
For the meek, for the sleek, my buckets always on fleek
Your buckets, your shoes
fail in comparison
i mean, pale in comparison
pun intended, I hope you're offended
Ha
I could've never befriended a "Shoezies"
These dreams on my feet feel like jacuzzis
I walk, I click clonk
In your honkey tonk
my buckets cause ruckus
when they step, when i step
gimme the rock
i dip, i shoot
no bricks
just buckets
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17. |
Cooled Fire
05:56
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i’m made of fire cooled into the earth
i don’t remember anything from her
she left me under rock and into me
molding from a clay mold near the sea
i tarnish to green
so you don’t wanna be with someone like
no you don’t wanna see my scars
and scrapes on my knees
i’m running out of time
til the earth reclaims me
i feel like a hollow’d down
I only want to with you followed down
Into the tree where the hollowed grown
leaves me to the front of your door
i wonder whats in store
i’m chipping into dust and flaking on the floor
i think that you could help me if you
stick around
i think i could be something if you
stick around with me
I’ve got no idea where i’m going
i just want you around
I just really want to see ya
before i end up back in the ground
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18. |
Fish Tank
06:37
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i met you at the station
on a sunny afternoon
we were off to the mountains
to find if it were true
looking for wild bushes berries near the ground
and the birds they sang a familiar sound
they said
you you got it made babe
and you
you’re still not real
so we took to the caves next
looking for a mushroom we could brew into a tea
you tripped on an overhang and fell on me
and scraped your pretty little knee
but we delved on deeper still
looking for answers that your mother left in notes
until we found her
a fleeting feeling something clawing at our throats
and she said
you
you don’t belong here
you
should turn away
against better judgement
we took our things and ran
back to the ocean
where we can bathe in summers bleeding touch against the sand
you found a bottle
you opened it up
and in a note that lay at the bottom
we read a few words that seemed to jump
right off the page
they said
you
you’re in a fishtank
you
you’ve got it made
you
you’re in the water
in tune
with every lake
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19. |
Sunken Ships
06:27
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write your name apon my lips
we'll wade in water like the sunken ships
so please just
hold on tightly
keep your footing
eyes get heavy when the night comes around
her hands hold me tightly when i'm feeling down
so lets not
worry too hard
just keep going
oh sure i'm feeling low
but i'll still go
oh i'll still go
i'll go for you
i'll be your anchor
oh sure i still dont know
but you're my hope
i love you so oh
please stay by me
hug and love me
so wheres the bad thing
you'll never know the bad things
you'll never know the bad things
oh we oh
so am i bad then
you'll never see it coming
theres always something coming
for you now
am i the bad thing
i'll never see what coming
i'll never see what coming
oh we oh
write your name apon my lips
we'll wade in water like the sunken ships
so please just
hold on tightly
keep your footing
eyes get heavy when the night comes around
her hands hold me tightly when i'm feeling down
so lets not
worry too hard
just keep going
i'll go for you
i'll be your anchor
please stay by me
hug and love me
i'll be your someone
and i'll stick around
give me tomorrow you'll see
i’m scared of something i’ve already done
so i wait for it to come back and haunt me in dreams while i sleep
i let little things slip when i’m drunk and if you’d like to pry sure i’ll tell you all my secrets
sure i’m a little bit insecure
but i’m being sincere when i tell you i love you
and yes i’m a bit of a rock in your tire
but you are my tinder oh you are my fire
and what is love if it can’t go the distance
and what is life if there is not resistance
and what am i if i can’t be myself
putting away all of my cash on the shelf
i still miss every pet that i’ve lost
i used to write songs in a night
i still miss all of my friends that i cut off
is it better to be offended or not be alone
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20. |
Girl & Hare
04:03
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In the western side of town
There’s these two who hang around
They come by to see the lights
That we hang up in the town
A hare with hat upon his head
As the village proper fed
Leads a lady dressed in gown
Through the underoots of town
As the lighting hits here face
They sit down across the way
And the hare begins to sing
All time
I will love you
I will hold you
Through the night
You won’t
Ever feel lonely
Baby hold me
You’re my fire
They’ve been there for half an hour
She leans down and picks a flower
And she hands it to the hare
As they sit in village square
She stands up and takes the air
Now the village proper stares
And the girl begins to sing
You know
I adore you
Yes the whole you
You’re my light
Please just
Always see me
As you see me
Tonight
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21. |
iv - Winter
02:43
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winter hit me like a ton of bricks
take the city to white
snow beneath our feet and wind on the rooftops
we’re staying in tonight
so won’t u tell me
are you happy
is this working
is this working
and will it make it through winter
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22. |
The Doting Moon
05:36
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Are you?
one with the woods.
ah.
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23. |
Red Girl
02:43
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There was a girl from across the way
I loved to see her everyday
She’d come to me but’d never say
Hello
She wore two fine across her sides
She woke me up at morning time
I only wished to see her shine
Oh red girl
She’d float on down right by my place
I’d get the door to see her face
She didn’t leave a single trace
Oh red girl
Oh come back red girl
I miss to see you’re smile in the night
Oh please come back my red girl
I promise this time I will make it right
I will make it right
-instrumental-
She got sick one winters day
I told her I wouldn’t let her slip away
She never talked but still I prayed
For red girl
I heard she got back to a healthy state
I ran to her house I just couldn’t wait
But she was gone I was too late
Oh red girl
Oh come back red girl
I miss to see you’re smile in the night
Oh please come back my red girl
I promise this time I will make it right
I will make it right
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24. |
I'll Love You Tomorrow
06:25
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Yes, you’ll see me tomorrow
and yes i’ll love you the same
You gave me a life to live again
I used to feel blue and lowly
but then you lent me your wings
i used to feel so sad unholy
but you taught me to sing
thank you for patience
thank you for love
thank for you darling
thank you
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25. |
From The Star
04:32
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every inch of burning
cough it up let me see u move in
i know waiting there is hard
who is to say you’re not breathing
caught a dream that won’t stop shaking
rise to a sound you’ve never heard
and i missed u from the star
and i missed u from the from
oh yeah
i feel a million miles away
somewhere out in space
and i think i’m going to be lonesome for a long time
and i missed u from the star
and i missed u from the from
oh yeah
and i missed u from the star
and i missed u from the from
oh yeah
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26. |
v - Seasons
05:07
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i guide you home, my riverboat!
your paddle shapes the waves
you move against current by day
and rest beside the banks
oh how many more of you were there
that moved the muck to waves
your forced along the land all day
atop their burbling graves
do your eyes get heavy my love?
do you wish to be with friends
i’ll bring you home my riverboat
but one day we will cease to swim
I can't stop the seasons
you can stay if u want u
live ur life in the roots
poke your head out on sundays
eat a breakfast or two
catch up for tea on a wednesday
while the leaves start to change
give yourself time to heal love
some things can wait to be saved but
i cant stop the seasons
thanks for coming on by
seeing the way that we live
see our home in the tree side
see the life we can give
but if you’d like you can leave now
your friends are calling ur name
take the train at the station love
perhaps we’ll see you again.
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27. |
Welcome Home
03:57
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Cracking all the time
Insufferable
And cuffing her
It's stuck in words
Closing statements please
Rephrase it all
If it stays at all
If it stays at all
Welcome home
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28. |
Pareidolia
12:04
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i’m sorry you fell for a lady who doesn’t exist
shadows of puppet girl projected on the walls of my skin
can you see right past me
into the void that sits
right where my heart should be
or where my brain should sit
crave the salvation
with no hesitation
copper taste lying in the back of my mouth
pull the out pull them out
let them be let them be
when they’re causing paint that’s how i know a real part of me
my teachers would tell me
i’d grow up to be an artist some day
i think she was right
but only in a skewed kind of
pareidolia, stay with me
i’m seeing you in the walls of the trees
i’ll wait for the sunset
in shadows made i know you’ll come to me
pareidolia, who do you see in the corner of room
oh pareidolia
when no one else is there with you.
When it’s late, and the shadows cascade down your window
will the light, turn into rainbows
to hit your wall and make the silhouette of something similar
who do you want to see there in the dark
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mowmowmow New Orleans, Louisiana
( ¬‿¬ )
2013
new orleans la
synth pop
messy
mowmowmow recommends:
Ring of Flowers
by Epic Reflexes
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Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs
by Blood Cultures
The mysterious masked group Blood Cultures returns with a record of bubbling, tuneful synthpop.
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