1. |
The Other Side
04:58
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you see me out here, day by day,
I'm looking for whomever cross my mind
I'm looking for a better, better way
day by day
I'd settle for a little more this time
I'm looking for some better, better pay
maybe a mask I'll never find
maybe the wasteland is the shrine
I'm coming up dirty, laughing, wise
you can on the other, other side
have you ever seen the other side?
ever kill to keep your dream alive?
have you ever died inside your womb?
have you met the one who carried you?
is the water deep, is the water full?
is the water deep, is it wonderful?
there's so much noise, confusing place
I'm picking my eyes up off the ground
I'm picking at the wires of the cage
confusing place
I'm walking my circles 'round the sun
I'm doing my time out of the shade
not easy to reach the other side
I'm pulling up dead weight mile
they tell me it's right outside my door
but I'm gluing my forehead to the floor
now, keep that head up
and keep that arrow straight
no one said it would be easy to face
no more golden sun, holy father
only rising roads and breaking waters
is the water deep, is the water full?
is the water deep, is it wonderful?
the dream is alive here,
have you seen her?
nightshade on the windowsill
and mold in the mirror
keys, percussion: Will Harbison
lyrics, vocals: Kellie Johnson
keys: Calum Foster-Bayliss
guitar: Sam Harbison
pipa: Chris Stephens
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Mild mannered, coffee dumb
how you’re feeling matters none
sentimental and too young
up for whatever, down for love, for love
you’re so gracious when you’re buzzed
you don’t have to spill your blood
we turn water into wine
we can save you for a price
so kick your shoes off and watch
the skinny people fight the cops (2x)
if god is real his humor’s fucked
modern apostles in four door trucks
poppin xannies staying high
the joys of burning subsidized
by foreign weapons and saudi ties
keeping christmas warm and white
pump out the toys for the others guys
then sleep the coke off while jesus drives
sleep the coke off
(jesus drives)
how bout some smirnoff
(jesus drives)
now fuck your gold cross
(jesus drives)
turn up my punk-pop
I’m sorry grandma I’m a nightmare
I’m sorry stranger I’m no friend
I’m sorry lover I’m in love
with everyone pretend
I’m sorry judge I shot the sheriff
before I fucked the deputy
I’m sorry dude if you’re embarrassed
because you’re so attracted to me
we’re so smart that we’re retarded
we’re so tame we’re avant-garde
we’re so open that we’re guarded
we’re so soft we’re getting hard
we’re so out there that we’re pop art
and we’re so brave that were afraid
and we’re so vacant that we're OCCUPIED
all the same
and we’re so crazy that we’re sober
we’re so in your face
we’re so self-aware we’re blameless
we’re out of our minds
and we’re in your brain
we’re so underground we’re famous
we’re so rich we’re underpaid
we’re so well-read that we’re jaded
we’re to privileged we act like slaves
we’re the voice of a generation
welcome to the information age
I got a job to go on vacation
became a priest to get myself laid
drums: Will Harbison
lyrics, vocals, keys: Calum Foster-Bayliss
lead guitar: Sam Harbison
lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass: Kellie Johnson
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waiting for you to come downstairs
I was wildlife stalking my stars
I was just listening for blasts (3x)
shocked my senses to come inside
drowned my ego to fall in line
I was just waiting for the past (3x)
I ride patient and stormy sands
left my lightning with your dead
I was just digging up the glass (3x)
bass, lyrics, vocals: Kellie Johnson
guitar: Calum Foster-Bayliss
drums: Will Harbison
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4. |
Channel Changer
04:02
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Psalms knelt before me
and I bowed, talking
to witness lines founded upon
choking and lip stains
white aisles and french braids
and whom did they all kiss?
another girl in stolen hysterics
I give you images to clear my mind
alleviate the space
your witches are my humankind
but I've got that in spades
so be uptown in make-up
at half past 17
so I can finally shake one loose
you pretty little thing
I've been okay, I've been sleeping in
I've been learning how to resent my friends, hey
I've been okay, I've been writing a lot
I've been telling lies and I've been getting caught
sing,
swallow me whole, swallow me whole
my mama taught me how to get sold (2x)
stay tiny and sober,
marigold shoulders
oh, what to do with me
just another girl trying to get
young and married
so now you say that you've got a man
and you like to keep it clean
but you murder when you wash your hands
don't play that shit with me
I got a right mind to suds you up
front and back
so you can grin and squeal
when you feel every little death
swallow me whole, swallow me whole
my mama taught me how to get sold (2x)
white lily, black tea, lentil, salt, whiskey
bass: Calum Foster-Bayliss
guitar, lyrics, vocals: Kellie Johnson
drums: Will Harbison
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5. |
Welcome Coven
03:19
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REFRAIN:
haven't you wrung me out?
haven't you heard me sing?
haven't you cried for more?
haven't you cried for more?
there is no underground
we are not anything
why don't you cry for more?
haven't you cried for more?
{ said the vining in the tree
said the vining welcome me
old oak tree
said the vining welcome me }
limp off the scene and wise from its meaning
you'll pay the price the judging isn't seeming
to look twice for alibis
in the dark
laughing and waving, a poster of ravishing
motion abysmal the timelines are hemorrhaging
so which of us stays
in the car?
come on and show me the way I decided
to leave all the crazy for love unrequited
and didn't I
sleep and die hard?
REFRAIN
keys: Calum Foster-Bayliss
guitar: Sam Harbison
lyrics, vocals: Kellie Johnson
gratitune, other percussion: Will Harbison
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6. |
Icon
04:18
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take your time now sweet
in bitter asking gestures
hope your questions pose to kill
isn’t this still
the target for your market
smart but desperate
I got breath left to steal
you should come take the wheel
or come take a seat
watch me dance on your screen
make believe with me
and let the world watch
itself burn
in my eyes
I am an Icon
I am an H-bomb
I am a light on
in the dark
you are an ocean
blue with devotion
you are an angel
with no heart
the secrets that we keep
keep us passive in our acting
cool for present company
your tongue is stuck between your teeth
still half laughing, love is fashion
tell me who’d you wear this week
I catch you wincing as we speak
loose lips sink bigger ships than these
your heart is on your sleeve
but that don’t mean that it beats
or bleeds the same as others do
but I don’t need them and I don’t need you
because, now hun
I am an Icon
I am an H-bomb
I am a light on
in the dark
you are an ocean
blue with devotion
you are an angel
with no heart
well everybody feeds
from the media's reflection
who am I supposed to be?
my dreams all read like magazines
empty, polished, clean
idolized perfection
there’s no secret meaning
see the young are fiending
for the new and trendy
the poisonous but friendly
o dear god and MTV
am I righteous? am I chic?
live to you by satellite
you can watch me day and night
I’ll keep you company
explain the things you see
when to shit and when to speak
when to piss and brush your teeth
who to kill and why
I’ll put you to sleep at night
I am an Icon
I am an H-bomb
I am a light on
in the dark
you are an ocean
blue with devotion
you are an angel
with no heart
lyrics, vocals, guitar: Calum Foster-Bayliss
backing vocals: Kellie Johnson
percussion: Will Harbison
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7. |
2 Have 2 Believe
05:33
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she was an apathetic cynic
but her heart it wasn’t in it
took the five to the line
then she sat there a minute
the sun came up like yesterday, do tell
how it fell
when these business men are finished
they’ll kill the daily grimace
with a cocktail and cock-tease
then with rat-race as jockey
back home to wife or mistress
where they can sit up in their thinking
how we take comfort in our hell
help I don’t want to live
just another person
help I don’t want to live
without a purpose
I don’t want to be
just another fish in the sea
I don’t want to have
to believe
when she was a child she believe in a god
amongst the trees and the sod, the white porch facade
time stood still in the missouri heat
daddy pick me up, now baby brush your teeth
well daddy was a military man
because his daddy was a military man
went off to shoot the japs in vietnam
flew around the world in a tin can
her tin can was a telephone
no one called when they brought his bones
help I don’t want to die
just another person
help I don’t want to die
without a purpose
I don’t want to be
just another fish in the sea
I don’t want to have
to believe
she knew who she was by who she could please
strippin in clubs going down on her knees
for drugs sometimes for currency
the two of which the line thinned between
said "give me something I can stick in my vein
I want to know a God who takes away the pain
at least detox is a devil that the doctors can name"
and heroins a father who stays
help I don’t want to live
just another person
help I don’t want to live
without a purpose
I don’t want to be
just another fish in the sea
I don’t want to have
to believe
acoustic guitar, vocals, lyrics, keys: Calum Foster-Bayliss
electic guitar: Sam Harbison
backing vocals: Kellie Johnson
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8. |
Baba Fururu
03:20
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Baba fururu
ore reo
okanyenye eleyibo
eleri fao basi ba sawo
eyiborere basi bawo
enuaye yawalo
eyawaloro eleseo kaan
guitar, bass: Sam Harbison
drums: Will Harbison
vocals: Kellie Johnson
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9. |
Blow Me Away
04:54
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talk is cheap
don't you speak
your eyes are wide
but you're not sayin a thing
talk is cheap
so you don't speak
but you look alive
for the boy of the week
you're his girl
and he's your world
you take him to town
then you give him a whirl
be my girl ,
daybreaker
and blow me away
blow me away
blow me away
they say we don't fight
we place nice
we keep our fences occupied
we don't fight
we just name the price
they want this dog to bite
I'll burn their flags alive
so can your christian skin
be my sacrifice
before they blow me away
before they blow me away
before they blow me away
there's not much time
take my hand
don't leave me cold
in a militant land
there's not much time
they've tied my hands
oh, stars of love
in darkened days
say you'll watch me detonate
they want my blood
she's on her way
talk is cheap
so we don't speak
our eyes are wide
no need to say a thing
when we go down
resistance rising
so you can blow me away
yeah you can blow me away
go on and blow me away
acoustic guitar, lyrics, vocals: Kellie Johnson
drums: Will Harbison
bass, keys, electric guitar: Calum Foster-Bayliss
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10. |
The Way Out
08:11
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I am the writing on your wall
I am a checkmark
I am a bloodstain
I am a music and I am a curse
I am your pretty bird
I am hunting
way out, way out
there goes another one
along the path
short-sighted fellow
naked in the grass
here comes another time
gone til its end
oh, make to the gate
and back again
back again
you should sell it with a sharp shot of novocaine
the kids’ll tell it like they live long to know the pain
and chase the credits with a hey man I know that name
we could all be erased
well she’s an actor but she doesn’t like her face today
well he’s a captive but he likes the size of his cage
the bartender makes her tips off charades
but they will all be erased
sweet jesus and a bloody mary
I woke up in the obituary
a half a sentence with a picture of my face
but they will be erased
my heart is heavy as a hand grenade
my body’s been around like a cheap cliche
I promise my promises break
and you will be replaced
when I was younger I would worship what they praise
now that I’m older I’m the person that I faked
on the shoulders of my father on the shoulders of his
it’s kinda hard to hold the world when you’re just a little kid
well you know you gotta work cause you know you gotta live
cause you know you’re gonna die but you know you gotta give
your best today, just like everyday
wake up, pour a cup, shave a stranger's face
drinking blood at my dinner table
sitting across from a crooked angel
it’s kinda strange to confuse fear with faith
but I guess we make mistakes
once i knew a lady in a cardboard house
when I wouldn’t play cards she kicked me out
and the city was big and all the same
street signs like fingers pointing up at names
well from way way up we’re just a blip in space
a spec of dust on a razorblade
all our monuments and their graves
are soon to be erased
well heaven’s gate has got a doorman too
and guess what kid he’s better dressed than you
showing up late in your birthday suit
out of the blue, out of the blue
a god ignored is a demon born
both gods and demons take human form
so be careful which you adore
are we bored? are you bored?
a god ignored is a demon born
both gods and demons take human form
so be careful which you adore
are you bored? are you bored?
both gods and demons take human form
a god ignored is a demon born
so be careful which you adore
are you bored? are you bored?
electric guitar, bass: Sam Harbison
lyrics, acoustic guitar, vocals: Calum Foster-Bayliss
lyrics, vocals: Kellie Johnson
drums: Will Harbison
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