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Id Slips In
02:38
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Was informed to keep my windows open
Too much polish could be suffocating
But what’s staying rough around the edges
If I can’t look good for all my friends
Was informed to keep my windows open
Too much polish could be suffocating
But what’s staying rough around the edges
If I can’t look good for all my friends
Thought I was tripping
That’s when the identity slipped in
Thought I was tripping
That’s when the identity slipped in
A night like this I never knew
Can’t form a straight line in the back alley of staying cool
Thought I was tripping
That’s when the identity slipped in
Thought I was tripping
That’s when the identity slipped in
When my guy came upon me
He didn’t know what he was capable of seeing
He said “why do you sit there like a monument?” He don't know where I keep my head
But I could not be anything
But this, can’t you perceive
Spat it out and it stings
But no one told me I couldn’t amount to nothing
In fact, I was encouraged
Thought I was tripping
That’s when the identity slipped in
Thought I was tripping
That’s when the identity slipped in
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2. |
No Delusions
04:17
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(unstrumental)
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3. |
Fire
01:41
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Reject the bounty of peace in sleep
Before the vital signs become the called for
Which is better to be, a roach in the wreckage
Or a warning notice on the door
You read the book but didn’t you know
The headline said the same thing
In a thousand words less or so
Take a look around
When I’m peasant
You’re peasant too
When I’m sufficient
You suffocate the taboo
Strength in numbers
But don’t give up your mind
They’ll need something to exploit
When it comes to be your time
We’re really great
We don't do prior restraint
Inverse the excess
We’re really great
We don’t do prior restraint
And we will all join hands
When fire meets fire
You’re gonna cut your hair
Gear up for survival
Give them visions of obliteration
Something to die for
Punch that buggy
A life for a lie
Seek truth through force and ritual
Second nature never dies
We’re really great
We don't do prior restraint
Inverse the excess
We’re really great
We don’t do prior restraint
And we will all join hands
When fire meets fire
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4. |
Dissolve Away
03:51
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Dematerialize before my very eyes
And then the ground and you were inseparable
Something’s dripping down my face
Not sure what
Been laying there so long
Your skin had fused to the path of least resistance
To be a part of something bigger than me
I sign off my mind to you
I wear the uniform so well
You know it fits you so well
But I apologize if I turned your red to blue
'Cause now you’re a cold sore
A frostbite case study
And when the death march is done and sold
You’ll dissolve away
Under secret stars that define our lifelines
Our bloodlines suck off our brain cells
Shower us in encoded desire
Inscribe a letter from the front lines
From the depths of the summer I never spent
A dime on any of your full time
But I enjoyed it all the while
Well I was taken aback when you went that far
But you know I can’t shake the truth
And people stare at me on the street
Their expectations I don’t meet
The symbols of your love, no one approves
'Cause now you’re a cold sore
A frostbite case study
And when the death march is done and sold
You’ll dissolve away
My fear of what you stand against
I wave my arms in public but only receive
Stares of one face of a million waiting for your cut
And I get trampled under
Faded banners torn asunder
Clinging to what and who can be saved
My life was ruined by your love
To be part of an endless cycle
Taking aim at the targets you choose
And it’s genetically proven to be
But it’s a surgical kind of sleeve
You hum that pumping churning tune
'Cause now you’re a cold sore
A frostbite case study
And when the death march is done and sold
You’ll dissolve away
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5. |
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Cellulited
Brain blighted
What we want to hear
First we stall
Then we pounce
We whisper sweet nothings in ear
I could blow your mind
With sweet kisses
I could blow your mind
With sweet kisses
Close the cycle?
Baby anaconda
Writhering around
I’m sleeping in your bed
Keel naked
You want acid
I put bricks in your head
I could blow your mind
I could blow your mind
With sweet kisses
I could blow your mind
I could blow your mind
With sweet kisses
Close the cycle?
Close!
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6. |
Malaise
04:42
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Small children kneel attentively in a white noise video. Do they still reflect those wishes from so long ago? Have all those ambitions mutated with growth? And have the sunny paths they were told to pave been blocked off by static snow?
In the cavity before sweet release simpatico the murky depths. Then we let our trigger hairs grow long and cannibalize ourselves. We permit such behavior, we sign off every breath. Institutionalize the neighbors, flaunt the dents in our heads.
And one day there will be a cure
For this dismal malaise
And the dust will be settled
Will bring a new clear day
It’s over it’s over
It’s totally totally over
But a mind well kept
Fights purple, a four-leaf clover
You keep the mind from looking you sanitize the plate.
Then you choke on the soap and smooth away the strength so we contaminate. We can’t let ourselves get lobotomized, it’s a risk we have to take. We must fortify and amplify before it is too late. If I had been raised in a secluded community, stepping outside with that look in my eye would trigger a technicolor dream. Would the first time breathing in truth turn you acid casualty? Best shave your head and eyebrows too since this you cannot unsee.
And one day there will be a cure
For this dismal malaise
And the dust will be settled
Will bring a new clear day
It’s over it’s over
It’s totally totally over
But a mind well kept
Fights purple, a four-leaf clover
It’s a deep bleed and a struggle for those who choose to think. Rush run the streets and bayonet, put something in his drink. Divide and outnumber before the enemy can blink. A mass of cells of meaty colors all run in sync.
Well cross your heart and find a cross to string yourself up on. Dust off that dialectic, iron that uniform. Breathe in the air, storm the inside sacred home. Only to be greeted by a M16 aimed straight at the dome.
And one day there will be a cure
For this dismal malaise
And the dust will be settled
Will bring a new clear day
It’s over it’s over
It’s totally totally over
But a mind well kept
Fights purple, a four-leaf clover
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7. |
Privilege
01:09
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Hold back
Force it upon him
Hold back
Force it down his
Throat humanitarianism
Supply it to him
Don’t let him resist
All the mercy
We're giving him be gentle
Do him a favor
Be gentle
Grant him the privilege
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8. |
The Second Coming
04:14
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Confirming live transmission reruns
Of old war movies boil inside
Observant taking mental notes
Swim tiny pieces lungs align
See smoke screen guise and sailor sky
Wire locust on the demirep
All personal belongings thrown out or broken
Couldn’t excavate what’s left
He screens the eyes and locks the eyes
Stiff as a board, wanna take a dive?
He’s practicing perfection
No one knows his brain got fractured along the way
And now he’s reduced to the quiet room
He sleeps and stays and sleeps and stays
The paint husks skin from his self portrait
Subterranean molecular scan
Humming background churning aching
Leeches the dead playpen
He screens the eyes and locks the eyes
Stiff as a board, wanna take a dive?
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9. |
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You got a
Different kind of time
Put the thing
Where the thing go
Shoot your name across the field in morse code
Rely
Deny
Let’s, walk down the street
Can you stand on your head
Deny a media blackout in peacetime
25 cents
My two
Down the barrel of a
Open your mouth
Not scared
Go to class
It’s all in the past
No building
Nor nature
Can stand in your way
Let your shadow stretch out
Deny a media blackout in peacetime
Rely
Deny
Let’s, walk down the street
Can you stand on your head
Deny a media blackout in peacetime
Tell me what it means
To be
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10. |
New Year's
03:20
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Near footsteps forming laced with new year’s
The forefront of the mind
The favorite army, boots and ready
The chain build must unwind
Remember:
Every pin that dropped
And every pin pushed too far in
I never want to hear your
Side of the story you’re telling
A subtle noise can breach the wall
And stand your nerves on end
The innocent can blink in time
And rape by pure existence-
Remember:
Every pin that dropped
And every pin pushed too far in
I never want to hear your
Side of the story you’re telling
She’s beautiful with militant leg
And now she’s all you see
But small parts gestate can not equate
A Statue of Liberty
Remember:
Every pin that dropped
And every pin pushed too far in
I never want to hear your
Side of the story you’re telling
Remember the soldiers who desecrate
And spit on passing time
Remember the brain waves conquered and trafficked
My information high
And suddenly, the frosted glass
There’s buzzing in my ear
And finally, the steaming heat
I faced my greatest fear
She’s beautiful with hostile leg
And now she’s all you see
But small parts gestate can not equate
A Statue of Liberty
Remember:
Every pin that dropped
And every pin pushed too far in
I never want to hear your
Side of the story you’re telling
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11. |
Apogee
04:16
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Fizzled out again coruscate
Extraordinary
Supercharge in sleep to breathe
Take that you electrocuted pretties and neither the
Lab coats nor the hippies get it
In the apogee you slip it
Don’t touch it
Don’t touch it
It’s a perfect picture
Well nobody in life ever told me what to do
Nobody in life ever told me what to do
Nobody in life
Ever told me what to do
I can make it only if you can
He told him, “you won’t need glasses in heaven
Say goodbye to contact lenses”
Your groping light
Stumbling down your aisle
And it’s cold why didn’t I bring a cardigan
I was just looking for some milk to pour over your head
Don’t touch it
Look upon it
Do I get to join this war effort again?
The side effects your best bet
Baby can you feel it yet?
The stripping of the sick bed
All this self regiment
I can make it only if you can
“You don’t play well with others
And seldom heard”
In the flotsam
We live with the mess
Don’t touch it
Don’t touch it
Don’t change it
It’s perfect now
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Sophia Swengel Kent, Ohio
The girl of your dreams.
Official webpage: personal.kent.edu/~sswengel
Blog: transmissionsfromthebattlefield.com
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