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Grown Apart
05:25
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I’ve grown a part
and I think it’s a work of art
I’ve grown a limb
and there’s no textbook that it’s in
a blooming bone
that emanates an eerie tone
a new appendage
so maybe now you’ll get the message
yeah
it’s not done yet but it’s a starting gun
I think I’ve finally got the one
I’ve grown apart
the body never lies
it’s disguised as a mind
but however hard it’s applied
you must disrobe the naked eye
ha
now grow
I’ve been enhanced
to something that is not a man
but far above
I’m made of some new kind of stuff
I’ve grown new skin
and I don’t feel that it’s a sin
this flesh has split
and you won’t be a part of it
yeah
it’s not done yet but it’s a start
now maybe you could grow a heart
I’ve grown alone
and own what’s grown
someday you’ll have to grow your own
to let the tendrils truly climb
they must feed on the naked eye
(thbbbbttt)
now grow
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2. |
Similar Self
05:43
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you’re such a sim- sim- sim- sim- sim- similar self
don’t you know that all this time all of them all could tell
only wanted to sing sing sing sing sing sing like an elf
didn’t know how to get out
maybe now this could be how
be how
be how
be now
you’re such a sim- sim- sim- sim- sim- similar self
and the truth is that you know you know you know it just as well
you don’t need me to tell you
and that’s why that’s why that’s why I’ll tell
you don’t need my reaction
and that’s why that’s why that’s why I’ll smile
when we peek under that shell
these redefinitions continue to underwhelm
too broken to break the spell
transformed and terraformed
at the core you know you’re still such a similar
solely a similar self
nothing and no one else
transformed and terraformed
at the core you know you’re still such a similar
solely a similar self
unimpeded
you’ve succeeded in chasing your tail
undirected
you’ve inspected under every fingernail
when we peek under that shell
the new revolution exudes a familiar smell
still how the ego will swell
solely a synonym twisting the skin in a hideous grin
simulating a similar self
nothing and no one else
solely a synonym twisting the skin in a hideous grin
simulating a similar self
ha
message to myself:
“you will do what I tell you, not what you tell me”
message to myself:
“you will do what I tell you, not what you tell me”
message failed to send
unknown recipient
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3. |
Dreamwalking
04:16
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dead dream walking
twisting, flopping
bleating, squawking
grist for talking a big game
(ooh…)
something that you used to want in your earlier days
do what you love until it becomes all that you hate
dead dream dragging
bloating, sagging
always nagging
attention-begging
we got it all on tape (eh…)
we got it all on tape (eh…)
dead dream grandstanding
networking, glad-handing
backslapping, yeah-man-ing
crash landing
that’s how the game is played (eh…)
and we got it all on tape (eh…)
and we all hurt
cause we’re all worms
in the salt earth
where we’ll all burn
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4. |
Recursed Images
06:22
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your mind’s recursion slowly winds
and coils up somewhere logic goes to die
and I’m not saying I’m judging you
but I see those spiral eyes
and I’m not saying I’m watching you
but someone always is
and that’s called justice
the things we say don’t match what we do
we only keep this up while in public view
buried in these misconceptions, so many
buried in your misdirections, so many
bodies
the things we say don’t match what we know
to go forth and multiply lie won’t make it so
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5. |
Stay the Corpse
05:34
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I don’t want to resurrect you
I can’t raise you by force
you’re in that rigor mortis
I don’t mean to ever be rude
but did someone drug you?
was that someone you?
just keep doing what you do when doing you
stay the corpse
all you
just stay the corpse
rot!
I don’t need to tap and drain you
I can see it’s been completed
was it everything you needed?
first you have to play the corpse
then you learn to stay the corpse
body and mind can be divorced
you won’t have to be distorted anymore for me
Stay down
lie still
like we all will
rot!
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6. |
Binary
03:46
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you exist outside the binary
of right and wrong
one foot in each with your colossus stride
but let’s not kid ourselves
you tilt more than a bit to one side
someone who makes me want to die
that’s just how you identify
what did we build out of chance
and some semblance of luck?
just a construct
a meaningless construct
you exist outside the binary
of true and false
one foot stomps on the other
in the world’s most awkward waltz
you center yourself
by entering yourself headfirst
and all other interested parties are underserved
someone who makes me want to die
that’s just how you identify
what did we build out of chance
and some semblance of luck?
just a construct
well here’s another construct
get fucked
baby, baby, baby, baby
such a very apt word
but we won’t carry this to term
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7. |
Self Similar
04:57
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held back
repeat the loop
each day, comfort and discomfort
but if you let me off the chain
I might…
we don’t want to find out
static limbo
no highs, no lows
except what’s in my head
but if you let me off the chain
I might…
we don’t want to find out
don’t wake me up
I’m sleepwalking (dead dream walking)
sleepwalking (dead dream walking)
let’s not get caught up in the technicalities
please
the alarm’s relevance is not why I repent
so just let me off the chain
I will…
think we’re gonna find out
(let me out I can’t see)
and if you seek it
I can promise it’s somewhere you’ll never find
hiding in the pocket of someone you’ve never met
in a place you’ve never heard of
a place you hide from in your dreams
and if you find that place
you’ll wish you never had
some doors should stay closed
doors that can’t be unopened
and one day you’ll realize
that all you’ve been afraid of this entire time is yourself
just your own potential
will you rise up to yourself
or will we do this again
we can play this game infinite times
I guess we’ll see
won’t we
won’t we
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8. |
Dark Triad
09:26
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beg me to beg you
I can’t begin to
begin the review
what can we see that we haven’t seen?
walk to me slowly
I can walk backwards twice as fast
speak to me sadly
you can never be sad as me
just watch the time running out
even it wants to escape now
play the dark triad for me
it’s ringing not-so-sweetly
hold the dark triad, release
it’s ringing
encircling
do you think I’m tender?
tender like meat
you may be lacking
but don’t think I can’t compete
I’m here for your fracking
drill down to the toxic gas
and ask with compassion
how long can this laughing last?
play the dark triad for me
it’s ringing not-so-sweetly
hold the dark triad, release
it’s ringing
encircling
just watch the time running out
even it wants to escape now
just watch the time running out
even it wants to escape now
just watch the time running out
even it wants to escape now
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9. |
After the Incident
07:30
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after the incident
nothing was quite the same
I just flew from the van
and I scrambled the land with my brain
after the incident
I couldn't see straight
but I never could see so straight
at least that's maintained
it's coincidence, it must be
surely no correlation
just some aberration
so I pulled out my eyes and wept
laid on a spike and slept
cut off my hands and clapped
then I stuck out my arms and flapped
but I'm not rising up
not surprising, nope
so don't you give me hope
after the incident
I forgot what you said
how I should leave my skin alone
but your words just became a drone
and I dig and dig and still don't see the red
who's that weird person with your face?
it's obvious there's been some kind of mistake
why can't you hear me say
why can't you hear me say
why can't you hear me say I'm awake
till I shattered my teeth and bit
swallowed my tongue and spit
cut off my legs and ran
drained out the tub and swam
but I'm not rising up
not surprising, nope
so don't tell me I'll float
you never meant what you spent so much time hating
to be the whole painting
can you make peace with the beast that you're creating?
don't keep us all waiting
I’m awake
I’m awake
I’m awake
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The Mercury Tree Portland, Oregon
The Mercury Tree is an experimental rock band from Portland, Oregon.
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