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Apollo One
03:19
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goodbye spaceman, going nowhere
stranded just outside the kuiper belt
he had run out of fuel
he was going so well
might never ever see home again
but his engines they cut out
so now he's just sitting here singing this stupid song
sun looks so warm
everyone's safer there in her arms
but you ran for a reason that's no place for you
cause nobody wants you there
out here, so cold
life support systems are running low
if the sadness won't kill you i promise you
sooner or later the vacuum will
and away he goes, never seen again
don't you think it's sad, that he left so soon
goodbye spaceman
won't you wish him well
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stare death in the face
are you ready to bleed for a million years
or should i come back another day
when you're too weak to outrun your fears
'cause if you've been treated like an animal long enough
you know that there comes a point in life where you've gotta start acting like one
look out at the road ahead
what a beautiful stretch of misery
i'm tunnel vision led
and fueled by the stench and dust and tears
your angels avert their eyes
this country's bare, i'm all alone
i'm running out of time you see
home is me and i am home
(the wheel is, the wheel is, the wheel is, the wheel is going nowhere)
rev it up, leave me alone
because i love like basilone
kill the lights and let me sleep
'cause i'll be dead after thirty weeks
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funny how it works out
with evil in the headlights
i'll figure something out, dear
but you don't have to like it
there goes boston corbett
in his gold and black corvette
shooting racists, self-castrating
idol of the 22nd century
weren't you in love with each other
not that long ago
is there a seraphim between you two?
oh, do i wanna know?
the earth is splitting open
hell is on her way out
we're both going to die here
if you don't put the knife down
once we're all in the clear
you can have venus if you want
i am not the sins of my brothers
i'll find a different rock to haunt
love's all that matters (if it's really what you need)
love's all that matters (is there something we can't see)
love's all that matters (if it's really how you feel)
love's all that matters (will you ever get to heal)
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Our Man
03:57
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views expressed aren't views reflected
against your shining eyes like silver screen tests
fade off into sleep, sheets graves for honesty
like everything else that you were known to be
your obsessive social media presence shows you partnered with your savior complex
is this why nothing's enough to make you happy?
puzzleboxing headless chickens, codebreakers that never listen
this lifetime is up, i'm tired of dancing
won't you see how far we'll get if everyone just said what they meant
now put your clothes back on, 'cause bashir's james bond
in a sea of red herring emotions we have talked for a million moments
yet one of us has yet to say something
hostage in a one way mirror, passion garbled, loud and clear
until you leave and i'm stuck talking to myself
but it doesn't matter
but it doesn't matter
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Naked Beach
02:53
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[instrumental]
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schettino's been demoted, i'm the head of this department now
we take orders to the left and possessions to the right
but we can't turn the ship around
sailing the transatlantic, drowning in the shower
cast your invocation like the witch you are
'cause i wish you could see me now, yeah i wish you could see me now
sinking ships sinking ships sinking ships sinking ships
against the early morning, all i want is self-control
but i wake up with a heartache and my face in the dirt
and the knowledge it's my own fault
in the garden of eden, i'd like to stay awhile
but i'm being used for fluids and spare dopamine
so i think i'll find another style
the clouds are now upon us, the coven can smell my fear
call it operator sickness call it what you will
what i'm looking for was never here
sinking ships sinking ships sinking ships sinking ships
"well dude if you're going to bitch right now the very least you could do is rhyme that shit you'd have something to whine for and maybe girls would even like you more it really is the perfect fit you could make a career out of it but best of all i'm free at night from deciphering your cryptic quips JUST TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN'" ~ a friend, paraphrased for effect
the mirror shows a young rousseau
his hands are bruised, his heart bestowed
he says that this is not my home
as fingers clasp around my throat
he says to me "why must you go on?" (never let them in)
he says to me "you'll never belong" (never let them win)
we both know love is not a sin (leave the sinking ship)
you must never let them in
THE FEELINGS STILL DEEP DOWN ARE FAKE DON'T TRY TO HIDE ALL YOUR MISTAKES O, PRETTIEST GIRL EVER MET WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOU'RE LESS THAN THAT I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE BEFORE I WAS RESCUED BY THE TIDE THE BLOOD OATH STILL STANDS DAYS OF TORMENT WITHIN VEINS THAT WILL STILL BLEED FOR YOU AGAIN
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Wavehaunter
03:36
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there's nothing left for you here, wavehaunter
your final judgment draws near, wavehaunter
you need a place to stay, but everyone keeps driving you away
you ruin everything, i've seen the hell you bring
(you need a confessional / for your cathartic highschool graduation playlist / it's non-consensual / for i know that your future lovers will listen to this)
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Awake And Undercover
04:27
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>:)
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I'm Beginning To Think
07:25
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i've been dreaming for the longest time
that i was meant to take the fall
the dust has settled i'm beginning to think
you never loved me at all
won't you let me in?
won't you keep me out?
won't you tell the truth?
were you ever devout?
keep your faith in me
and i'll put my trust in you
let's just face the facts
there's nothing i can do
you're just a parasite
'til death do us part
don't tell me to sing from deepest wound
or to sing from bleeding heart,
sing from bleeding heart
i've been dreaming for the longest time
that i was meant to take the fall
the dust has settled and i'm beginning to think
you never loved me at all
one by one by one
all your flowers wilt
on the road to hell
i will have my fill
feel the way appear
feel myself relax
rid myself of fear
and step forward on my path
and take the plunge
no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of no fear of
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The Time Traveler
03:40
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too soft to shatter
to weak to prove my worth to you
and do what i must to do
love can't stop me
from tracking you down
and taking your light
and snuffing it all out
once my time machine is finished i'm coming for you
the god of time and cute old clueless in your parents' subaru
one of us shouldn't be here, highschool sweethearts fall apart
which one of us must leave
my whole world is spinning, mirrors shifting
i'm a fragment of who i used to be
too soft to shatter
to weak to prove my worth to you
eternal servitude
can i wake up now?
i've places to go
and work to do
(and everything is at is was again
we're lying to ourselves again
why am i still here
i know how it all ends
and i can't do anything
to change it)
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Bad Witch Glendora, California
out of tune guitars and manic visions, recorded in my bathroom est. 2017
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