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No Fucking Around
03:26
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for all of your boldness
for all your coldness
for all of the things that you tried but never showed anyone
never showed anyone
whoa
for all your mistakes
and all your pain
all of your sadness
and all of the broken pieces of your brain
that will never change
whoa
no fucking around
for all of your triumph
for all your successes
for all of the things that people look to you to do
that only you can do
i raise my glass to you
whoa
for your inner beauty
for your sensitivities
for all your gladness and the magic pieces of your brain
fortunately those things also will never change
whoa
so take it to the chorus
no fucking around
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2. |
A Frame
03:28
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i'm doing counting but the numbers are against me
ran out of fingers, ran out of toes
i'm doing counting cause there's safety in numbers
HA!
safety in numbers, we'll see how that goes
a frame
erect an a frame in our human lives now
cause we both know that the triangle's the boss
erect an a frame with our hearts and minds now
heads lean together and arms held across
a frame
the world will try to knock us down
rub our faces in the ground
but we will hold eachother up
you'll see, you'll see
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3. |
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timeless form and formless time
fast forward and rewind
i've never heard this before
so get your ass out on the floor
i don't need anyone else in my arms but you, tonight
you're my girl, and i love my girl
mr vyas says it's all been done before
but i never be-seen this before
i've never heard this before (except for the part where i say)
get your ass out on the floor
i don't need anyone else in my arms but you, tonight
cause you're my girl, and i love my girl
i don't care for original thought
cause i like you, i love you a lot
i'm gonna sing about it now
yeah, i'm gonna sing about it now
cause it's a timeless for and formless time
fast forward and rewind
i know you've heard this before
but still, follow me to the floor
i don't need anyone else in my arms but you, tonight
you're my girl, and i love my girl
that girl's my girl, and i love my girl
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4. |
Fruit
04:26
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i'm looking thru broken windows
i'm poking fingers thru the cracks in the walls
yer on the inside shovelling madly
filling in gaps and avoiding calls
but i know that you'd love me
if you would share your fruit w/me
will you share your fruit w/me?
baby share your fruit w/me!
will you share your fruit w/me?
baby share your fruit w/me!
ripe strawberry fell out thru the window
watermelons are rolling thru the halls
you're on the inside trying to hide it
you can't hide it
but i know that you'd love me
if you would share your fruit w/me
will you share your fruit w/me?
baby share your fruit w/me!
will you share your fruit w/me?
baby share your fruit w/me!
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5. |
Feels Good
04:05
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yr almost blind but you're lookin good
scared your plastic but you're really wood
and you're in tune with nature cause you're made from a natural thing
id fall apart but i think i'm strong
come and visit but the drive is long
and it's in my nature to say that its a natural thing
feels good
i can't lie it's a physical thing
the way you love me makes my senses sing
you're up in my nature and that's why i wear a ring
you own the space next to me at night
and in the morning with the natural light
of the sun coming round to give us another one
feels good
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6. |
Animal Feelings
05:04
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got animal feelings and animal thoughts
always keep it going on the right, right
got animal feelings and animal thoughts
always keep it going on the right, right
in a strange city on the other side of the world, side of the world
i feel awake i feel alive but i'm just thinkin' bout my girl, thinkin bout my girl
animal, animal
animal, animal
got animal feelings and animal thoughts
always keep it going on the right, right
got animal feelings and animal thoughts
always keep it going on the right, right
Since early years
We try & try
To push it down
Disrupt, deny
The toothy grin
The flushing skin
The animals that are living in
Our hearts and minds
Fronts and behinds
Top to bottom we rewind
To earlier days of blood and sex
Before we were conflicted wrecks
animal, animal
animal, animal
got animal feelings and animal thoughts
always keep it going on the right, right
got animal feelings and animal thoughts
always keep it going on the right, right
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7. |
Paper
03:21
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Paper
and when you think
you think some thoughts
think some thoughts
and then you let them go
float away in the stream
they take their leave
so fast to leave
they were here but now they're gone
you motherfuckers
you motherfuckers where did you go
you mother fuckers
you mother fuckers where did you go?
i need some paper
there's a man by the lake, he spends his days
in shifty ways, catching rays
(suspicious)
of course it's the lake that's filled by the stream
that carried your thoughts away
(malicious)
you motherfuckers
you motherfuckers where did you go
you mother fuckers
you mother fuckers where did you go?
i need some paper
i need paper
i need paper
i need paper
yes i do
to keep my thoughts from going away
to keep my thoughts from blowing away
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8. |
Never Gonna Die
04:17
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i been feeling lately
like everyone is crazy
blind eyes staring at the sun and blinking lazy
i've been feeling lately like everyone is crazy except for you and me
the world's acting hungry
gonna eat everyone
insatiability
black teeth black tongue
except for you and me
whoa, we're never gonna die
not that i mean to say that you and i will live forever
contrarily i think we're dying fast, more dead than ever
not that i mean to say that you and i will live forever
but we'll never die
we're getting lumps on lumps
bam ba bam makes ow ow
age takes our mistakes and fixes them in flesh now
inscrutability
implausibility
it's only you and i
whoa, we're never gonna die
flashlight, flashlight
turn on the light, turn on the light
make it dark, go to bed
rest your cluttered head
things are swirling
and colliding
nothing ever felt so depressing and inspiring
whoa, we're never gonna die
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9. |
Only You
01:21
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for all your successes
for all the things you do that only you can do
only you
only you
only you
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10. |
Love Makes You Happy
02:18
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your umbrella was broken by the rain
you feel happy but you can't explain
no'one asks but you say it anyway
i'm having a gorgeous day
cause love makes you happy when it's not making you sad
the neighborhood kids set your car on fire
so you ride your bike but you puncture your tire
none of this can get you down
cause you turned your frown upside down
cause love makes you happy when it's not making you sad
sometimes love makes you happy
but other times it feels terrible, just terrible
sometimes you wish you could just rip your heart out of your chest
throw it on the ground and stomp on it till it stops beating and you never feel anything in it again
but other times it feels AMAZING!
like right now. right now.
your umbrella was broken by the rain
you feel happy but you can't explain
no'one asks but you say it anyway
i'm having a gorgeous day
cause love makes you happy when it's not making you sad
you know what? i love you!
you know i love you and it makes me happy!
cause love makes you happy when it's not making you sad
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11. |
Beauty, Beauty
04:42
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incalculable sadness
incalculable sadness
incalculable sadness and awareness of death
what am i s'posed to do next?
incalculable love
incalculable love
incalculable love
incalculable happiness and familial love
but what am i supposed to do next?
live in the moment
live in the now
i broke my head against the now now now
and the moment
and the moment
it's here and then it's gone
it's here and then it's gone
and back again back again
the moment is permanent
beauty beauty
it's hard to get the things that you love
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Rafter San Diego, California
born, living, dying, noisily. california art pop. restlessly experimental but dedicated to pop formalism. redhead.
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