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SUMMERTIME
05:04
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RISE WITH THE SUN
THE DAY'S BEGUN
WE SHED OUR SKIN
NOCTURNAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
WE STRETCH AND YAWN
TO GREET THE DAWN
DYURNAL RECONSTRUCTION
EACH NIGHT WHEN THE SLUMBER COMES
THE FREEWAY CRICKETS HUM
THEIR LULLABY
THE END IS NIGH
WE FLY WE DIE
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
A HEARSE, A CURSE, IMMERSED IN WORSE
AND ENDLESS RIBBON OF FATIGUE
AND WANT AND NOTHINGNESS
THE CRACKS THEY SHOW
A HOLE FORMS SLOW
ULCER IN THE GUTS OF WOE
AND TIME MOVES FAST
RUNNING DOWN THE PAST
VICTORIES OF CENTURIES
OF ERRANT TRASH
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RITUAL ABSURD
02:00
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SHOULD YOU SEE THE LIGHT
SHOULD IT STRIKE YOU DOWN
YOU CAN'T CONCEIVE THE NIGHT
IN IT'S VASTNESS YOU WILL DROWN
A WOLF HOWLS IN THE DISTANCE
A CROW CAWS SATAN'S WORD
MAGICIAN'S PERSISTENCE
RITUALS ABSURD
A CAULDRON BOILS OVER
A SHEEP HAS LOST ITS WAY
MISSING IN THE CLOVER
DROVE HER TO THE ARMS OF "THEY"
AND ONCE YOU'VE ENTERED HERE
IT SEEMS SO VERY CLEAR
THIS GLADE OF SHADE
WHERE BLADE IS LAID
IS JUST A MIRROR
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3. |
COUNTLESS STARS
06:05
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BLACK CLOUDS COVER THE MOON
MYSTIC EYES BETWEEN THE TREES
IMMORTALITY IS HERE
WOODS OF MYSTERY
ANCIENT SPIRITS
HONEST AND TRUE
NORTHWINDS SHADOW
PIOUSLY WAITING
UNTOUCHED LAND OF OLD
OPEN CLUTCHES
NEVER TO RETURN
13 CANDLES OF FATE
THE MOTHER REACHES TO THE HORIZON
RETURN TO THE ROOTS OF BEING
BECOMING ELEMENT FIRE
BLACK FLAME IN THE HEART OF NIGHT
SCREAMING SHAPES
SO MANY TYPES
CAVERNS OF MY AURA
VORTEX OF MY YOUTH
COUNTLESS STARS
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4. |
BURIED ALIVE
03:32
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5. |
HYPNOGOGIA
04:21
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VAGINA-EYED SOVEREIGN PLASTIC MAVEN
BELLICOSE LACHRYMATIC RUMINATIONS
FROM MY IN BETWEEN
THE WAKING DREAM OF SLEEPLESS SEAS
HYPNOGOBLIN RIDES UPON A VELVET LLAMA
THE SKY TURNED BLACK
AS AN EBON CROWN
THE PAPER FLESH THRESHED
BENEATH THE GROUND
THE EARTH CRACKED OPEN
FLAME LICKED THE MOON
PENIS DEMON SEMEN
FILLS THE WOUND
(HYPNOGOGIC WITCH INCANTATION)
WE STOKED A FUNERAL PYRE
WE CHOKED ON OUR DESIRE
ALL WHILE ASLEEP
THE DEEP KEEPS MAKING MONSTER SPIRES
LIKE HAND GRENADE
OR A SHAMEFUL MAID
NOWS THE TIME FOR
HYPNOGOGIC MARMELADE
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6. |
THEY DON'T LOVE ME
01:46
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AND THE MOON HOWLS AT ME TONIGHT
SHIP LIGHTS FLOAT STRANGE ON THE SEA
LIKE AN INVASION OF UFOS
I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ALL COMING FOR ME
COME DOWN SWEET CHARIOT
WAS THE ONLY ONE WATCHING OVER ME
SHE WAS NOT THERE SHE COULDN'T CARRY IT
THAT'S WHAT THE MOTHERSHIP TOLD ME
"BABY IT'S ALRIGHT"
”IT'S NOT RIGHT”
”BABY IT'LL BE ALRIGHT"
NOW YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CLAIM ON MY LIFE
NOW YOU'RE AFRAID I'LL SHUT THE DOOR
NOW I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE MOTHERSHIP
I BEEN ADDICTED TO THE FUNK SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN BABY
I WALKED THIS BEACH ALONE A THOUSAND YEARS
WEIGHS MORE THAN THE WAY YOU THINK SHOULD BE
THIS SKY WILL OPEN UP FOR ME
THE SKY WILL OPEN UP AND LOVE ME
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7. |
ZEIT ZU STERBEN
06:52
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FROM BEYOND I HEAR
YOUR HARROWING VOICE
CALLING ME NEAR
MY LOVE
I'VE ENDLESSLY SEARCHED
THESE WALLS AND HALLS
UNTIL YOU APPEAR
YOU DIED BUT YOU'RE NOT DEAD
AND WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
INTO DARKNESS I WILL BLINDLY WALK
TO MEET MY LOVER
TO FEEL THE ICY ETHER HOLLOW BREATH
OVER AND OVER
MY LOVE WHERE DID YOU GO?
I MUST KNOW WHERE
MY LOVE WHERE DID YOU GO?
WERE YOU EVER THERE?
SEARCHING AND SEARCHING
I CAN NOT SEE
SEARCHING AND SEARCHING
WHERE CAN HE BE?
IN MY TORMENT I DID SPY THE LONGING
I ONCE LIVED
I KNEW THEN YOU MUST BE RELIEVED OF YOUR SORROW
THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT YOU HERE
I WAS LURED INTO THIS ROOM
BEREFT AND BROKEN-HEARTED
BY DECIET DESPAIR
IT WAS NOT MY DEAR DEPARTED
NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO DIE
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IN THE DISTANCE
THE CITY LIES
OPALESCENT AND WHITE
A KING IN YELLOW
A PUTRID SIGHT
A SUNKEN FACE SO SALLOW
ENDLESS NIGHT
TOWERS MOCKING
THE INNOVATIONS OF MAN
POWERS STOCKING
EVIL AEONS PLAN
SHOULD I SAY THE WORDS?
THE INCANTATION
WHERE EYES STRAY FROM THE HERDS
AND LOWER STATIONS
THE MISTS HANG LOW LIKE THIEVES
DANCERS IN THE BREEZE
LIKE A KITE LEFT IN THE TREES
TRAPPED AND RAPT IN THEIR DISEASE
THESE ARE THE TEMPLES THAT ARISE
FROM THE DREAM CITY
ONLY THE SOMNAMBULIST CAN PERCEIVE ITS WEIGHT
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9. |
CURSED SEA OF LOVE
05:50
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WITH HANDS BOUND BY LEGACIES
OF ABUSE, OBTUSE UNEASE
AN UNWAVERING DISEASE
THAT POINTS US TO THESE CHOPPY SEAS
WAVES THAT RISE UP TO CONSUME
SLAPPING SIDES IMPENDING DOOM
I HELD FAST TO BROKEN MASTS
STILL FOUND DROWNED AMIDST THE FLUME
NO LAND IN SIGHTI CLUTCHED DEBRIS
THE SPLINTERED WOOD THAT ONCE WAS ME
DRIFTED IN AND OUT OF SLEEP
AIMLESS, BRAINLESS, TWISTED HEAP
SHE DREAMT AND LEFT ME ON THE SHORE
OF LISTLESS WANTING NOTHING MORE
THAN SOMETHING LIKE IT WAS BEFORE
TO ABSENT GODS I BEGGED AND SWORE
I PULLED MYSELF OUT OF THE SEA
COLLECTED EVERY SINGLE PIECE
ARRANGED THEM NEATLY ON THE BEACH
SOME FRAGMENTS STILL SEEMED OUT OF REACH
THIS IS THE CURSED SEA
IT TOOK EVERY PART OF ME
AND STILL IT WASN'T ENOUGH
THIS IS THE CURSED SEA OF LOVE
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10. |
CALIFORNIA
03:10
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11. |
TRAGIC INCOGNITO
05:00
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(INSTRUMENTAL)
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FROM THE MOUTH OF SNAKES
05:18
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INSIDE THERE LIES A SHADOW
FIVE DAYS IN THIS MOTEL ROOM
EVENTS THAT LED TO CAUSE THIS
PREVENTING CERTAIN DOOM
A BACHELOR SEEMS UNWORTHY
A CLOWN WITHOUT HIS SHOES
ANOTHER SUN-DRENCHED DARLING
LOST TO THE COST OF PILLS AND BOOZE
BACKSTATED RATED LOWER
HERE'S HOW WE KILL OURSELVES
YOUR DAD AND HIS NEW LEAF BLOWER
YOUR MOM IN HER OWN PRIVATE HELL
THIS SUIT IS GETTING ITCHY
THESE BOOTS THEY FIT TOO TIGHT
GREW TIRED OF FEELING WITCHY
DOGS THAT HOWL ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
BLADES PUSH AGAINST THE DAUGHTER
YOU NEVER LOOKED SO WEAK
WHAT LIES BENEATH THE WATER
MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK
BENEATH IT'S NEVER WHAT YOU THINK
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13. |
THEY MARRY
04:24
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THE MAGIC EYE OF WAKING
TAKING COLD PILLS IN THE SINK
THE PROGENOUS REBELLION
MAKING BOLD ILLS SIN TO DRINK
A BITTER FEUD UNSETTLED
NESTLED IN THE FOLDS OF FLESH
A WINTER MOOD BED WETTER
SETTLES IN THE LOADS OF LESS
PUSHING FORWARD THROUGH A VALLEY
ALLEYS DRENCHED IN DEATH
RUSHING TOWARDS FOUR FLUS
FLAILING IN AND OUT OF BREATH
NOTHING CALMS THIS STORM
SOMETHING DOG SHIT FORM
IT'S A TRAP THE SAP OF LOVE
THAT DRIPS FROM TREES OF NORM
THEY LICK AND RUT AND STRUT
GRAVE BIRDS PROUD AND FREE
BUT NOTHING COMES TO FRUITION
NOTHING FALLS FROM THE DEAD TREE
WHAT WILL RETURN WILL BURN
YOUR EYES TO CRISPY BALLS
TEARS ARE ENDLESS
THOUGH THEY NEVER SEEM TO FALL
NAMELESS, BLAMELESS IN A SEA OF OPEN MOUTHS
HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY
CHOKING ON THEIR VOWS
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