1. |
Be the Hog!
03:17
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Diamonds and geldings and grandfathered moorings
Flattered by grandeur but fully divested
And you?
I know what you’re gonna do
Unzip your guilt trip and freshen your lipstick
Drunk-slur your safeword and act like there’s nothing to prove
But I know what you’re gonna do
And you
Just do what they tell you to.
I would like to know the way the world got all wrapped up
They put a bow on top for you.
Act the pig! Be the hog! Learn to live among all that slop.
Have another hors d'oeuvre.
Psychotic, gigantic and totally romantic
Hoarded and guarded and handsomely rewarded
And you?
I know what you’re gonna do
And you?
Just do what they tell you to.
I would like to know the way the world got all wrapped up
They put a bow on top for you.
Find the sun, fall asleep,
Learn to dream without waking up
They put a bow on top for you
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2. |
Longer Division
05:15
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I guess I found the diamond sky
But my hand is cuffed behind
No one ever seems to see
The difference between a beckon and a plea
Take me to this thing you call your every waking moment and I’ll take you to a place that I can hardly claim is mine all mine, so long may she ride.
Every time I groan
Every time I bleed
I don’t even know
I can barely breathe
I can barely believe
At first they tried to sympathize it seemed
Before they saw the writing on the wall
They come with guns to fight those on their knees
What more of a connection do you need?
The more I look, the less I see
And the less I see the more I seem to know
The words they seem to come so easily
But they’re gone just like a shadow on the sun
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3. |
Like the Breeze
03:58
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We got the laugh lines
And we got romance
We got the same old story
We drank the moonshine
Yeah we came to dance
We ain’t no holy rollers
Like the breeze
We’ll be gone tomorrow
We found the land mines
We broke the glass
We brought the rolling thunder
We missed the punchline
Forgot to laugh
So goes the same old story
Like the breeze
We’ll be gone tomorrow
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4. |
The Big Parade
03:29
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How long ‘til the summer comes
And idle hands convert you?
It’s a long ride to the riverside
For all the pervs to pervert you.
They’ve got those campfire vampires. It’s such a long way home.
Bow down as advertised
Before the cross of virtue.
How long ‘til you realize
The real things that can hurt you?
They’ve got their graveyard scorecards. It’s been a long time gone.
We all lined up for the big parade
(I’m related to infinity)
But then I saw it was a big charade
(All inside my anonymity)
Never ever ever gonna masquerade
(If I can make it to divinity)
I think I’ve finally had enough.
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5. |
Out of Your Hands
05:25
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I’ve met a lot of people, shook a lot of their hands,
But you never really know what’s goin’ on in their heads.
The bottom comes up quickly when you’re down in the dirt.
You see it and you know it’s gonna, it’s gonna hurt. Yeah, it’s gonna hurt.
We don’t believe, oh no
We won’t be deceived, oh no
It’s already out of your hands
I was alive, for sure
I can feel it inside more and more
It’s already out of your hands
The lady in the red, she did a number on me.
It seemed like such an easy question, a simple demand.
“If I’m alive, well then what are you?”
If I could find a way to hide then I wish (bet?) you could, too.
It’s never quite what it seems when you’re competing with hindsight.
We were never deceived. We were alert like a searchlight.
You can’t get it to stop. You can’t prevent it from moving.
I was right. I never save my goodbyes for the sunlight.
We don’t believe, oh no
We won’t be deceived, oh no
It’s already out of your hands
I was alive, for sure
I can feel it inside more and more
It’s already out of your hands
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6. |
Variatrix
04:30
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Alle auch sind frei
All the ashes fell around our feet
Never thought I’d see the plague return
I was racing time
I saw it happen in the blink of an eye
All these wrinkles seem to cut so deep
This mess will straighten out in time
This mess will settle down in time
This boy will settle down you’ll see
You look alive, and when then time comes
I’m already going blind
But then I realize I could never really see
It’s just that
I thought I was doing fine
Until I recognized it was all inside of me.
She holds the key
But there isn’t much mystery
When the time comes who will be released
I know the stakes
And I’m prepared to do whatever it takes
Help me pull the sheets up over my eyes
This mess will straighten out in time
This mess will settle down in time
This boy will settle down you’ll see
You live a lie, and when then time comes
I’m already going blind
But then I realize I could never really see
It’s just that
I thought I was doing fine
Until I recognized it was all inside of me.
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Stomatopod Chicago, Illinois
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• John Huston, vocals and guitar
• Sharon Maloy, bass and vocals
• Elliot Dicks, drums and jokes
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