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Indigo Sky
04:20
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I wander outside under fireworks
In the nonsense, in the great absurd
I watch a bird die, I watch a tree burn
Wonder what happens next? Maybe it’s my turn
I see the shining eyes, I hear the crack boom
The smoke is beautiful against the half moon
I am a bumper car, I am a raccoon
You couldn’t find me if you wanted to
Indigo sky, I ride
Oh the cherry dome, there’s no off ramp
Just kaleidoscope, it’s a circumstance
I am an astronaut, I am a spaceman
You’ll never find me, don’t know where I am
Indigo sky, I ride
You shouldn’t have to believe just to see
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Runaway Eyes
04:18
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Can you feel the ocean
Swallowing all of the light?
Sometimes the dark has no meaning
it splits your heart open wide
Your stare is drinking the moonlight
In dreams, afloat on the sky
Obey no laws of motion
There are no rules tonight
You’ve got runaway eyes
Brush your hair with a shadow
Gaze at the meaningless sky
I see no reason to follow when you
Leave without saying goodbye
You’ve got runaway eyes
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Everything Hits Home
03:42
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There are hiding places in memories
There are hiding places in dreams
Sometimes I’m extrasensory
and I don’t want that key
In my cage I’ve got this timpani
In my cage I’ve got this beat
You’ve locked up my extremities
Let go of me
And when the lights go out
inside this stranger’s house
You are my blood type now
You are my mouth
There’s a wobble in the earth’s rotation
Rolling down the spiral stairs
All the way ‘til we’re in the basement
Damn right I’m scared
And when the lights go out
inside this stranger’s house
You are my blood type now
You are my mouth
Wherever you go, everything hits home
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I’m weeping like the willow, lately
I don’t know what to do
Meet me in the dreamhouse, baby
Let’s drink all the perfume
Got a gift for disconnection
Got a clicking in my bones
I’m lonelier at parties, than I
Am when I’m alone
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go, I don’t know
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go, I don’t know
I’ll keep the taste of the ocean in my mouth
Wear your wedding dress and we can swim out
Let the undertow take us home
No one has to know
Let the sharks strip the sadness from my chest
I’ll watch your dress turning red
Let the trail surround me, what a mess
What a wonderful mess
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go, I don’t know
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go, I don’t know
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go sometimes
I don’t know where I go, I don’t know
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Iguana
04:24
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You had a delicate rage in the shifting wind
We had three on a match, I could not pretend
The shoulder came down, and I shook within
I saw the ink beneath, the decorated skin
Somehow these are the bodies we’re in
Somehow these are the bodies we’re in
Just a body
I want it so bad
Iguana
Bad, fuck that I want it so bad
Iguana
Bad, fuck that I want it so bad
iguana
Bad, fuck that I want it so bad
Up on the shore behind the trees you changed me
And then when I fell asleep, rearranged me
My love, my veins, my breathing
My will, my pain, everything
Everything
You’re a pretty thing, you’re a pretty thing, you’re a pretty thing
You’re a monster
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Be My Abyss
02:39
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I learned to walk in a church house
never took to religion
I only wanted to get out
Escape from the prison
But I took to the singin
And a love forbidden
I was a screamin demon
I was the unforgiven
Nothing is as real as this
I made a wish, would you be my abyss
I find myself driving
My hand on my lips
Lost in my ribcage
Where my visitor sits
Nothing is as real as this
I made a wish, would you be my abyss
Feels pretty risky and it feels alright
Into the mystery with my head on fire
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Mirror Kisses
03:42
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Sing “Moon River”, into a cordless telephone
A strange condition we’re in
The bones don’t shiver, they are such easy-going bones
Mirror kisses, mirror kisses
You don’t ask permission, you dress me up in all your clothes
On a mission
It’s a vision, the skeleton fits like it’s your own
Mirror kisses, mirror kisses
Are you superstitious? Do you believe we’re all alone?
Mirror kisses, mirror kisses
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There was a path we were no longer on
You were the quiet type, I was just lost
We were laughing and who knows why
We were young then, we were alive
I knew you before the world had its way with our hearts
Dropping acid in the woods, oh my
You had the Dark Eyes and the darkest eyes
Then the terrible cars and headlights
We held it in, but we were all terrified
I knew you before the world had its way with our hearts
Somewhere out there under Gemini
Something new was taking hold
Caterpillar becomes butterfly
Barely made it home
Parked the car, by the old arcade
I didn’t tell you, but I think I prayed
In the chemistry Let us stay,
let us stay
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You wither me in the temple
Right where the barrel goes
It has always been this simple
It has always been this tempo
I’m like a kite
Nerves like the windchimes
You’re always right
And I’m always losing my mind
I don’t wanna fight
And I let go all the time
You’re always right
And I’m always losing my mind
I talk to myself at midnight
In my head and on the phone
I am never quite as satisfied
As I am when I’m alone
I’m like a kite
Nerves like the windchimes
You’re always right
And I’m always losing my mind
I don’t wanna fight
And I let go all the time
You’re always right
And I’m always losing my mind
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You're the Choir
03:21
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I have been the hornet,
And sometimes I have been the flower
I have been the damsel
That will jump out of the tower
I am drifting out of space
I want you to take my place
Set the theater on fire
You’re the choir
You can always reach me
Yeah, the veil I wear is thin
I will hear you singing
You will feel me in the wind
I am drifting out in space
I want you to take my place
Set the theater on fire
Gasoline is like desire
It’s your danger I admire
You can be my amplifier
You’re the choir
You’re the choir
Higher and higher
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Another Language
04:20
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What kind of creature am I this time?
As I give in to the light
Reborn and recaptured,
But I never seem to die
The doctor leaves the bedroom
His shadow leaves it too
I’ll learn another language
My body will be new
I know I broke your eyes
But oh my god I can’t remember when
I couldn’t tell you why
Love to me has always been pretend
But I wish you were on my side again
The temporary heart beats
With spaces in between
When the roots take the temples
And the trees take the street
There is no more counting
There are no more scenes
I know I broke your eyes
But oh my god I can’t remember when
And I couldn’t tell you why
Love to me has always been pretend
I don’t know what I’m like
But I know that it is coming to an end
I wish you were on my side again
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