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Worldless World
03:15
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WORLDLESS WORLD
Turn your head to me
My worldless world
Around my body
Turn your attention to me
It may be far ahead but it's coming
There is hope ahead and its coming
When we become more, we'll know
When our love flows, we'll know
When we grow into wonder
When we embrace our inner wonder
We'll see
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2. |
Corporate Blood
05:02
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CORPORATE BLOOD
He wears that suit
Corporate Blood
Obscure thoughts
Oh ride that whale
Even if the harpoon's on you
You're playing with the big boys now
Chorus:
Hoarding greed
Hoarding saliva
Chewing everything you can
Just to spit it out
Don't climb any mountains that have no price tag on
You're hitting it big
Keep pilling your bodies
You never seem him
Profiting Lord
Cold blooded fool
You destroy at will
While you sip your cocktails, don't you?
I'm playing with the big boys now
Chorus:
Hoarding greed
Hoarding saliva
Chewing everything you can
Just to spit it out
Don't climb any mountains that have no price tag on
Stabbing their backs
No doubt you're a survivor
Winning smile covers the hurt
Of a thousand nails pressed against your little greedy heart's desire
No time to waste
Keep drinking their saliva
You're playing with the big boys now
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3. |
Imaginary Prime
04:24
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IMAGINARY PRIME
Roll up your sleeves, says I
Don't follow their lead, dear lamb
Languid in heat you are
Is a better breed in sight?
Do you believe?
Yes, you say, yes...
How sweet to amputate humanity for ego's sake
Incredulous notions deflect
Introspection sort of, kind of hurts
Your head
Yes, you say, yes
Yes, you complain, yes...
Monstrous clowns have had their time In all their imaginary prime
(Monstrous clowns how they laugh!)
Monsters exist between you and I
They're all around us and sometimes inside
Ignorance exists between you and I
It's all around and sometimes inside
Beauty exists between you and I
It's all around us and always inside
Yet love exists between you and I
It's everywhere and never needs to hide
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4. |
Martyr Oh Martyr
03:42
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MARTYR OH MARTYR
I carry these stones
They burden my body
I put them one by one
In every pocket that would have them
In everything that was never done
In every lamp that was never lit
Martyr oh martyr
Could you be happier?
Help me fit into this soul
It doesn’t recognize this body
In it’s tormenting moan
Help me fit into this world
(Why would you want to fit in this world?)
In everything that was never done
In every lamp that was never lit
Martyr oh martyr
Could you be happier?
Could you not fall into your trap
And be your own home
Martyr oh martyr
Could you be happier?
Could you not fall into your trap
And be your own home
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5. |
When You're Evil
04:18
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WHEN YOU’RE EVIL
Each time it hurts
I fall over the edge
With your inconsistencies
When is your turn
To brighten a smile or bite ferociously
I never knew
When you were hugging or hitting
I can’t listen to you
When you’re evil
There’s still good inside
So why try to kill it
And push us far away
Whatever you decide
Can be a sweet unfolding
Or a raging affection
I never knew
What you were thinking or feeling
I never knew when you were hugging or hitting
I can’t listen to you
When you’re evil
I can’t be next to you
When you’re evil
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6. |
Shadow Man
06:11
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SHADOW MAN
This is something that happened to me a long ago
I was walking home after a long hard days work
Under a cloudy black sky
Through blinding lights and screeching sounds
When I thought of taking a short cut
And I took that short cut
Just a quick, convenient short cut
Turned right on that black cloudy night
And made my way through the alley
Through the mist of steaming restaurant kitchens
And the smell of garbage and piss
When a long tall shadow leaped in front of me
Holding a shining knife
That was gently cutting through the air
Dancing, threatening me
But I was not afraid
No, Lord I was not afraid
I just said "I don't have any money man, nothing!"
And he smiled disgustingly
Grabbed me by my throat and threw me against the wall
Held me tighter, making me choke
And whispered in my ear:
"Don't want your money, boy! Don't you know anything?"
He kept pulling closer and closer
Like a bully in a locker room
Filled with sexual anger
I didn't know if he wanted to beat me or fuck me
The shadow man grew larger and larger
Until he covered me like an old rusty cloak
Drenching me with his bitter sweat and then said:
"Don't like your face, don't like your body and I certainly don't like your womanly ways and the way you prance around boy! Don't you got no shame?
I'm gonna cut you up, son! You can't escape..."
Then I noticed the shadow man had eyes!
Two dots of unblinking red light
"Why don't you prance around with me?" I asked defiantly
"Let's be womanly together"
Then the world tumbled and fell as I was dragged along the filthy floor
The shadow thing was pulsing with rage
As was I
Now I was a shadow thing too
Two shadows slipping in and out of darkness
I caught hold of his knife and threw it away
Then I grabbed his throat high on adrenaline and disbelief
Surprised by all of this and kissed him
The most vile and excruciating kiss
He struggled fighting whatever he feared would come next
But I squeezed his throat tighter and said
"FEEL IT! FEEL IT! FEEL IT! FEEL IT, MAN! FEEL HOW MAN-LIKE WOMAN YOU CAN BE! FEEL IT, SHADOW MAN AND BE FREE!
Or at least try to be"
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7. |
Wishbone
04:51
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WISHBONE
I was a wishbone
That anyone could break a wish on
Lonely and a fool
To follow blindly for love
He never knew what he did to me
Every rageful word was his birth right
Still I had the stars
The healing alien that would come for me
And take me
I’ve always known
Always known
I was a punch bag child
At the blackboard where she kicked me to the ground
The classroom was filled with silent faces that didn’t care at all
I know all the sadness that seems to be mine Is there when I look into your milky eyes
Could I be, could I be a better son
And make you proud?
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8. |
Let Him Live
03:20
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LET HIM LIVE
Oh you lonely child
Floating down the street
What music do you hear
Through the scorn and the sneering
The Stardust Man
Who fell to earth
Flashed through my body
And out of this world
Oh you’re my lovely bird
So don’t cry
I see your soul
Never deny it
Where is that little light
That Kate sings about
Such a beautiful lady
Whose dreams make the most wondrous sounds
Let him live
Let him heal up again
Let him try
Let him breathe in again
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9. |
All I Breed
04:13
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ALL I BREED
Alive but with so little bite
I’m at loss for words
But my feelings are twisting deep inside
Such contradictions always confuse me
No matter how human you want to seem
But I have no fear I have no fear
Living with anxious eyes
Combative burst
Pleading love demanding the whole wide world
Into the closet and out through the ceiling
There’s no telling where I’d go
But I have no fear
Birthing trees were always my dream
But skeleton jackals are all I breed
Desolate children hunt in the night
Conflicting powers withering
But I have no fear
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10. |
You Can Be Human
04:30
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YOU CAN BE HUMAN!
I know you believe in what you say
You’re always so convincingly ok
You breeze through hardship and loss
Like a clockwork orange wide eyed and gone
No,
You can be human like us!
You subjugate your feelings at all costs
No tolerance for mistakes or flaws
No tears will ever roll down your face
Your perception is constantly misplaced
No,
You can be human like us!
The human squad is asking for your head
Liberating lies are bound only by pain
You can’t hide
They’ll find your scent
No,
You can be human like us!
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11. |
Lion
04:36
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LION
The rain that night
Never could foresee
The mystery that unfurled
Before me
Never was I ever
Pierced with such infinity
A lion intense and moody
Saw right through me
I wanna see you dancing
All I want is to see you dancing
Never stop I want to see you dancing
All I want is to see you happy
Absorbed in light
A dance within
What force united us both
And propelled this stream
Such unbearable tenderness
Heightens me
My sweet and beautiful wonder
At last made me see
A lion kind and gentle
Who is always with me
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