1. |
Shining Teeth
02:25
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of fire or disease
to be consumed by someone or something destructively
I lie fully aware by the foaming mouth of the river
gazing at the shining teeth bright and full of life
for destruction conceives peace
for death conceives life
we present devour
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2. |
I's And X's
03:23
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pull flesh from bone and dig the dirt
that fills and surrounds all this emptiness
the seeds have spilled through every hole
and the roots grow stronger every day
the poison that's designed to control
the spread of filth and waste in the soil
just leads to stupid songs of slow decay
these chords are almost real enough
to wrap around my neck
I could hang myself on every note
you can sift through my entrails
and devour any and all you choose
don't let your teeth spill the details
the blood will lessen every time you chew
make sure to wipe your chin
and never think of me when you're hungry again
just make it quick
both of my eyes are 'x's' and I can't see
all the hungry mouths and 'x's' placed on me
so let's make friends
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3. |
Mendenhall
02:44
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there's been a rapture in College Hill
and nothing seems to matter
except this drip I can't seem to feel
am I all that I have left
to let crush beneath this weight I bear?
all girls get in free tonight
you can take your pick of any shelf
all girls get in free tonight
all you have to do is watch me kill myself
and sing
spin me around on the table
with the needle in my arm
to let my mouth spew disable
on the flipside sound the alarm
nothing will change
the intentions rot here with the innocence
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4. |
Fire
03:36
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scrape off the feeling
'cuz you wanna feel it
it's too easy to get numb and confused
the word "love" is meaningless
when you're vain and vacant
you probably shouldn't use it
you know nothing of it
I'll tie those words around your neck
it's all bullshit, it's all bullshit
not quite enough to cut off your oxygen
but let's pretend
I'll bleed that tongue of it's poison
it's all bullshit, it's all bullshit
I should carve your middle name out
'cuz that's what this is
you're such a cunning wolf
I found your teeth sunk in my guts
but the truth is I was playing dead
just so I could fatten you up
you leaned in with your nails gripping the sand
slurred devotion holding out an empty hand
barely conscious from all the bourbon I drank
I should've ripped your fucking throat out on that riverbank
and turned that mother fucker red
burn that Sunday trail as you see fit
it's all bullshit
talking out of both sides and I'm in the left
it's all bullshit, it's all bullshit
our bodies tangled tight on rooftops
beckon sunsets, it's all bullshit
making plans while still restraining hands
it's all bullshit, it's all bullshit
from bar room stalls to waterfalls
it's all bullshit, it's all bullshit
travel three thousand miles or back ten years
it's all bullshit, it's all bullshit
your heart's not open like your legs
so let's be real
we fucked in the back of my car
'cuz I'm lonely and you need attention
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5. |
Stay Asleep
05:20
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I traced trails of blood back to the sheets
that countless ghosts live underneath
they keep my body shuddering
try to get clean so stay asleep
the only people that can hurt you
are the ones you care about at all
it's so hard to stay asleep
when you keep slaughtering sheep
I build up fences but nothing's mending
it's so hard to stay asleep
sitting on the steps smoking cigarettes
at Europa Cafe reading Bukowski
you were right to doubt me
I still grind my teeth
you're still right to doubt me
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6. |
Feed It/Bury It
04:08
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my throat is strings wound way too tight
and it's lonely sounds keep me up at night
I try to find the switch, don't know where it is
so I fill it up and try to drown
works for a while then brings me down
just feeds the roots I'm tangled in
my god, Gavan, will you give it up?
this hopeless shit is tired enough
you're just getting drunk and not getting laid
all you do is fuck yourself
at least care about someone else
there's no use in someone so played out
mirror, mirror on the shelf
will you please show me someone else
I'm sick of hiding
crack to break, scattered on the floor
what's the harm in seven more
the years are flying
wait, there's gotta be some escape
some kind of relief that I create
to keep these bones in their place
it's so exhausting
I'm building up to ignore surroundings
this'll be the first of several more
you've gotta keep it all inside
all the dark you try to hide
you need to try and keep some friends
bury it deep inside your chest
or let it out and make a mess
no one will understand
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7. |
Bombs Away
04:32
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keep that knife clinched tightly to your chest
this is gonna be a long night for perpetual second best
keeping track through scratched arms that suspend me
holding back all the secrets within me, I can't forget
tell me I've had enough
this bottle is the steps up to the cliff
and you're the ledge looking out over the watery depths
and I'm the rock patiently sitting
too stupid not to find himself getting in over his head
I think I've had enough
so carve away all of the edges and shapes in me
just gouge away, there's nothing on the inside
or better yet just smile and do nothing
I'd rather sink myself down to the bottom
this is where I'll stay
leave this stone unturned
I think by now we should've learned
some of the highest ledges known to man
once lied down in the ocean's bed
when you find yourself there again
I'll be swallowed up by the starving sand
so bombs away
might as well take it all tonight, I say
so bombs away
I'll take it all tonight
breathe in the pity
I can't fault you
it's my fault too
breathe
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8. |
OCT '17
05:27
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strange echoes of the season
come with difficulty breathing
when you're bound to the ceiling
fall's for wrestling with demons
to keep that inner child screaming
for what he can never get
it's too quiet and dark
to bother with a spark
keep us safe 'til day
tell us that it's all okay
our web's about to fall
hold us down together
we don't want it all
I'm sorry for these loose lips
I've been trying to be someone else
and you know it's hard to get away from me
luck never gives, it only lends
and it found out where we live and what we keep it in
run out the back, I'll just keep quiet
until the lights flip on and I'm faced with it
our web's about to fall
hold us down together
we don't want it all
I wish I was someone else
I'm just trying to live long enough to die
these declarations are as empty as the night
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9. |
Live Wild
03:54
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it's so tough to be a small accessory
hanging around the neck until I'm told to leave
go ahead and tempt me
last call, we live wild on Tate Street
and I'm so drunk I can't keep up with my feet
the bags go from our eyes to the pockets up our sleeves
let's shoot it up and get caught in the breeze
that blows over the mess that I created it seems
we belong nowhere and we got nowhere to be
we're so shocking
don't stop the stains from covering our hands
this is only a dream
I've got so many plans that don't include me
am I already dead?
we got nowhere to be
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10. |
Devour Me
04:17
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lick your teeth
pull limbs like string
ravage my meat
devour me
let me bleed
over and down your face
to soak in your skin
I'll breathe new life within / again
suck in to breathe
can you feel me underneath
sweaty sheets of flesh
hold me in with every breath
I want you to feel the pain
as I scour your veins
exile me to kidneys
fuck me up like you want me
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11. |
Dear Mother Ghost
04:37
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dear mother ghost
let's make a toast to this empty hallway that I roam
dear mother ghost
let's make a toast, these empty rooms have never felt like home
sing a soft requiem for baby teeth
we don't live forever
who'd wanna live forever?
I don't want to
sing a soft requiem for baby feet
we don't live forever
who'd wanna live forever?
the years have been long enough
lay me down for all my soul to keep
keep away all the monsters in my dreams
it'd help if you hold me
read me something so I can go to sleep
I fear that I have got no soul to take
but I doubt it'll stop me
hush little baby, go to sleep
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