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it's a glitchy nightmare scape
and that's just internal stimuli
wait until you open your eyes
i grabbed the mental image
and i changed all the shutter speed
waited to open up the lens
push the notion of permanent things
bend down and kiss the ring
your us flag decal got pissed on
i just followed calvin's lead
waiting for open season to begin
brace for the world of temporary things
bend down and kiss the ring
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Our cost of living
Isn’t worth the day’s wage
I know you’re sick of the muckraking sound
Read your eyes
You’re gonna give up on me
I know you’re sick of the fucking around
Dancing slow
We hesitate
Finger to lips but it’s too late
I can feel him all over you
Caught in red
Motion detected
Race to door but it’s too late
I know he’s all over you
(And that’s all that you wanted, too)
Overheat the shower
Slip through the holes in the drain
I know you get off on watching me drown
Dancing slow
I hesitate
Do I yearn to be replaced?
I feel I’ve been far too cruel
Was it me?
Was I the one?
Sharpening the hooks that came undone?
I know I’ll never face
Everything I threw in our space
While he’s all over you
(And that’s all that you wanted, too)
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july 5th (solo demo v.1)
03:07
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better left here than dead
and that's a half-hearted threat
from your white-washed bones
a signet ring for the throne
i watched him fall over
i watched him fight
scratched-out arms burned into his eyes
nothing left here but death
it's cold, and it's july 5th
i eat just to choke on blood
got a ring in me that won't clot
i watched him grab at air
i watched him give in
wedding china pupils repenting every sin
if i'm left here, i'm dead
impounded camry, sweaty hands
just working the program
another junkie insomniac man
i watched him vomit
i watched him spittle
lord knows i don't have the language
but i'll circumlocute a little
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Ian Craig Columbus, Ohio
Math dude by day, weirdo musician by night. Runs Little Pigeon Tapes.
Ian Craig recommends:
Nate Kinsella is consistently the most inspiring, original and multi-talented musician going in the JOA family tree. Enjoy!
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Discontinued Perfume
by The Caribbean
The best avant pop group there has ever been, and ever will be. I wish I could be the lyricists and musicians these three are.
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There are no words. Beautiful, forward-thinking pop with powerful imagery and sonics.
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