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Into the Sleep Machine
02:57
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this is where the story starts
a stupid boy and his stupid heart
brags about his basement
in airplane conversations
grandma would be proud of him
he found a cure for oxygen
now death is a convenience
now death is a convenience
I tell myself when I go to bed
the monster's after them instead
like sinners and complainers
not stupid entertainers
ghosts that make me talk this way
like demons moving through my brain
now death is a convenience
now death is a convenience
talk is cheap if its mechanical
into the sleep machine under alien control
seventeen just ain't that young
to move to france and buy a gun
travel through the future
find your love and shoot her
build a tower made of stone
hope that god leaves you alone
prophesize the rapture
history channel special
talk is cheap if its mechanical
into the sleep machine under alien control
jesus showed me the galaxy
put all my friends on a tiny screen
we all laughed and played monopoly
and I go bored of heaven
I got sick of living I said
talk is cheap if its mechanical
into the sleep machine under alien control
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2. |
Creature Feature
04:19
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solidify all these statues in the sky
and redefine what it means to be alive
creature feature
smooth move but everybody's gone
and all along we were wrong
we belong to a world of treason
broken signs hanging from the trees
and all our thoughts
all were lost beneath the sea
when I look outside
its a fucking shame I can't deny
that I can't defend
the only beating heart of my one true friend
awesome possum
great whites that don't put up a fight
and all along, we knew why
we belong to a world of treason
broken signs hanging from the trees
and all our thoughts
all were lost beneath the sea
and in the midst of time
soliloquy will find you
barrel down like a lightning bolt
into the endless sea
and in the misty morning
the jeckylls and the hydes
awake from restless sleeping nights
their fears set aside
they said, "this age is ours
be who you are
choose confidence over consequence
don't let your heart grow sour"
pleased to meet you
forecast is beautiful at last
it doesn't hurt when we hold hands
I understand I fucked it up
but you know words are not enough
I need those meanings always keeping me awake
and when the world is coming to an end
I'll take out my picture of you
and think about all the times that could've been
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Everything is Cyclical
03:49
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power up computer
don't expect the system failure
suddenly the future is encoded in DOS command
ctrl alt delete them
terrabytes will memorize what lived
and eventually, the robots will make a stand
and we'll be eating our food
from the bottom of the ocean
we'll grow thick skin
and we won't have to wear sun lotion
cause we are all crustaceans
the undead destroy all mortals
dead preseidents control time portals
and lock up ghosts with elephant eyes
who still believe they can see the sky
it's a lie, jesus stole all the oxygen
so he could walk on water
while we swim in radiation pools
I begin to colonize the moon
we'll be eating our food from the bottom of a crater
we'll grow thick skin and we'll have to stop space invaders but we'll cal it love to see
the universe stares back at me
a little science project carbon-based machine
if we're all just chemicals
and everything is cyclical
only you can be deceived
my little carbon-based machine
little baby grow to be
little baby speak so freely
hyptnotized by tv screen
your opinion counts like an iron cloud
at least you hold your head up high
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State of Mind
04:24
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wide receiver decides to see her drunk
and stoned while she's talking on the phone
with her blood sucking lawyer, well he's
gonna join you for brunch
he's gonna punch you in the face
for a taste of those waffles betty makes
they're awful, you're screwed
celebrities suck on margaritas nude
it's crude, just chillin' by the pool
it's a disaster movie, spectacular boobies turn
and burn a sex drive in the earth
I know I know we're pissed at the government
5 dollars for a pack of cigarettes
kill me slowly kill my uncle first
he's well versed in chemistry
a vixen unto the energy
your world sucks
and science ain't enough
to serenade the weak and feed the poor
your systems adore your crying and trying
to figure out this dying
its not in your catalog of sin
I know I know we're pissed at the government
5 dollars for a pack of cigarettes
kill me slowly kill my conscience first
I'll light a fire to your hurst
show you to the coroners to see
five fingers counted
everybody shouting through their teeth
"goddamn the death, goddamn the sleep
goddamn these chinese teaching me
to write them checks for a house on main street
in the city the girls are pretty
they'll make you laugh
they'll make you cry
they'll make you believe it was love at first sight
it's a state of mind
it's a state of mind
and you're welcome to analyze
when you're ready to criticize yourself
and all your fucked up shit inside
I know I know we're pissed at the government
5 dollars for a pack of cigarettes
kill me slowly kill my talent first
I want to be the worst you've seen
this side of the silver screen
I'm not an actor I'm just some creep
who thinks the words come easy
I'm a state of mind
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Windpatterns
03:41
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6. |
Euphoria
03:24
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master ketchen taught me karate
I beat some kids up at a party
we fought for days
just to see if I could still feel pain
played the trumpet back in high school
I got picked on, locked in the bathroom
I stayed for years
just to see if I could disappear
boss me around the place
at least I found a space
between the waves of sound
where god is kind and people proud to be
part of some big energy like this before
first communion I got shit-faced
the blood christ, my god it tasted divine
I cried for weeks and bowed my head
when I heard the angel speak
" I see you mortals
hide your happiness in your heart
you clench your teeth at night
and all you want to do is fight
c'mon, c'mon, I would pray for your son
if wasn't exactly like you
now there's nothing we can do
but hide in waves of sound
where god is kind and people proud to be
part of some big energy like this
and the spiders stop spinning their webs
and check their bank accounts instead
catch the rain in nets of grace and wish
just wish to be free
I paint my fingernails in chrome
levitation makes me bored
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7. |
Time Machine
03:49
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stop the earth from turning faster
become machine become a master now
burn hard drives into bone
download an app to raise the undead
to go to bars with automated friends
never be alone
and I'll carve in stone
everything the humans know
and go up in smoke and fly
when I was young I built a time machine with legos
travel through the galaxy
discover future parts of me
in love, in pain, til it all just feels the same
a physicist will split the atom
sell my happiness on amazon
make my demons proud
now sally talks to ghosts through quija
and sees her future in her tv screen
she turns the volume loud
and I'll break my back
if I never learn my college math
I can't afford a home and fly
louder than a dying star explodes
stronger than the currency
super human powers speak through love
and through pain, til it all just feels like
magicians conjurers afraid
the lion will escape his cage
for centuries remain the same
pollute and stay
until the universe will march
to the beat of every heart
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8. |
Cloud
03:14
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what takes flight
and makes you light will take you home
what makes war
keeps you stuck to the floor
will keep you bored
little boy asked a question
"when we explode,
and the bombs fall down
where do we go?"
I don't know
you've got some nerve
to question the system you deserve
I thought you were happy
getting drunk with your friends
playing xbox360
if you get any smarter your head will explode
so whats wrong with just doing as you're told
what pumps your blood gives you nothing but love
will keep you warm
what makes pain keeps you playing the game
will keep you bored
grinning smiles to carry through the day
stupid bibles to keep us all afraid
you've got some nerve
to question the system you deserve
I thought you were happy
getting drunk with your friends
playing xbox360
if you get any smarter your head will explode
so whats wrong with just doing as you're told
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9. |
Working for the Future
03:27
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10. |
Horroscopes
04:48
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a car crash is sleeping
a local boy is leaving
on a setting sun into the night
I kissed her twice to break the spell
what we become no one ever lives to tell
and I say my world is spinning
casino keeps on winning
my mind is under the haul
put me underground
I want to see the world upside-down in sleep
darkness carry me
heaven's doors are closed
plants refuse to grow
psychics feed us lies
you get no horroscope this time
my mother promised my bed will soon be haunted
with a dead end job to paint the walls
I pick the colors from my bone
little children wake up to animals of stone
and I say my world is frozen
do I still get a chosen sun to enlighten my well
put me underground
I want to see the world upside-down in sleep
darkness carry me
heaven's doors are closed
plants refuse to grow
psychics feed us lies
you get no horroscope this time
the virus understands
secret desires in the heart of man
I drag my body from the cradle to the grave
then I forget and start again
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