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sapling parade
03:15
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Who would have thought that the seasons would change and that when they’d come back they would not be the same
its not like there’s anyone in particular to blame
i just don’t know what left and i dont know what came.
There’s nothing that i now am that i haven’t been before.
People don’t seem to understand me even when i tell them just what im thinking
i’ll tell you right now
some day i will tell you.
If we can make it alright by next year, we can go to the sapling parade when it is here.
You think that it’s nothing, you think that it’s finished,
but i’ll tell you something: I wouldn’t be in it
if i didnt think we could make it work out okay
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cave flower
02:48
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Lines from the past. Cave flower mask.
Gold leaf on brass. Hair extensions.
Little circle guy. Endless wooden maze.
Grids & grids & grids & comic sans and perfect taste.
Every time i close my eyes i see the blocks again.
I wonder what a perfect life i’ll have when this is end [sic].
Only ever practiced for the life outside the lines, so for now we can be best of friends on endless time.
Lines from the past. Two (h)our window.
Ice and condensation. Warm inside our limbo.
We’re the target audience, we’re up all night.
No telekinesis, no end in sight.
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I am a moth
and you’re a candle flame
On your big birthday sushi cake
made of seaweed and msg and love from my heart
And i wish that i could take you to wherever i go
That has berries and spirits and seasons(?)
And your mind makes my mind feel ok
and your eyes make my body feel true
and i know you can stay cool enough
to get through all the yucky stuff
and i cant wait to see you in bloom
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toast
03:07
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When people get older they get more tattoos
change up their hair; get a piercing or two
and the more they can love, the more they can lose
and they love who they can more than who they would choose.
Some people start smoking and some start way more
Some people find themselves drawn to explore
and the more things change, the more they stay the same
and the more people you love the more you have to blame.
Have a toast, have a drink, have a ball, to the freedom that I never wanted.
Have an opposite, illogical, reaction to the message that I got when I got it.
The dreams are calling back to / an incredible dependency on fantasy and /
My dreams are coming back now / it was never what i wanted anyway
Exclusion is the most dependable heartbreak
(na na na)
And i know enough now to know that you are just no good for me
And i wish you all the best just as long as your best is
far away from me. I hope you...
Have a toast, have a drink, Have whatever you want /
have a ball, to the freedom Have whatever you needed
That i never wanted. Have an opposite of logical reaction to the message that i got when i got it [...]
Exclusion is the most Aquarian heartbreak.
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how r u
03:20
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There is a feeling that cannot go ignored
is it in my head or is it in yours?
When we talk we can not say anything.
Spin the wheel and when it lands we can grit our teeth.
We’ve been standing here for half an hour at least
(hey. How are you? It’s ok / if you’re not well today)
but that’s okay because it’s better than anything.
Neither one of us can one of us can think straight.
Is this the crucible for all of our needs to change?
There is a feeling that cannot go unsaid.
It might just be the atmosphere getting to my head.
Is this a story or is this the life we led?
Broken past
and a blood-soaked cast
you’re an open mask
when the roads come back. (take your money back)
Trees fork in ways opposed to nature
Shattered fractals messy on the sky
We fork in ways as new creators
Those thousand never blinking eyes
Life forks in ways opposed to capture
Grey shadows muddying the “why”s
She’s separated from herself now
To leave us mirrors in the sky
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6. |
unsafe
01:24
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I see something else in the mirror
Its cold and wrong and its inferior
I do not want it to get clearer
I just wish that someone else was here
And i know
believe me, i do know
That that’s the way that this thing goes
When youre the thing i am
I’ll never be safe again
‘Cause i was never safe to begin with
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sugar glider
01:57
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Why am i here
friendly spirit
earthly creature
why i hear it
Milk and honey
honey and blood
mammal regret
modern secret
Big omega
little forest
hiding places
pac man agent
Tea and sugar
coffee and milk
grapevine stories
makes us wonder
Can we really know one another
You are a firefighter. I am a sugar glider.
I am your last resort. You are my anchor.
Why are we here
friendly spirits
earthbound consequence
why i hear it
Big idea
TV aliens
wont stop coming
wont stop coming
You are a firefighter. I am a sugar glider.
I am your last resort. You are my anchor
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winter faucet
01:05
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cloud story
03:07
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The rain is a part of you and me
If my muscles are tired, its for the better
I’m afraid i saw all this in dreams
I wouldnt want to jinx our broken record.
This rain falls as hard as it could be
Soft shards of glass shatter at your doorstep
All your clocks are stopped at 12:15
Across town the church plays broken organ
And just then, the clouds start rearing up
Like something youve never seen before
We saw a mind from another world
In wet sheets of cool air and petrichor
And in an instant the clouds came swooping down
And broke right through your apartments door.
It cracked all the windows and shook all the floors
It swept all the books up in a swirling force
It scratched down the hallway: a message consoling
A recent passing and your subsequent loathing
It shattered the mirror. It seeped through the walls
As quick as it came, the tempest was gone.
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10. |
oh no
01:18
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something here is very wrong [etc]
I dont know what it is
I dont know how to fix it.
IM FUCKING SORRY I CANT DO THE THINGS YOU WANT ME TO DO
IM FUCKING SORRY FOR WHATEVER THE WORLDS DONE TO U
BUT I CANT LIVE LIKE THIS
I CANT LIVE LIKE THIS ANY LONGER
something is very wrong here [etc]
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11. |
perjure shaman
02:12
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(La la la)
There is a place for people like us
We can sing, we can dance, we can love who we want
We can kick, we can scream, we can cry if we want
We can love love love and we can fuck shit up
You gotta open up ur <3
You gotta open up your m i n d.
Its a very simple process;
All of this is divine :)
There is a place for people like us,
We can live off the land we can grow our own lunch
We can all wear red we can have a lot of fun
We can kick out the locals who threaten us
And once you’ve opened up ur <3
Outsiders can not understand :(
We all have to make sacrifices,
We do what we can.
There is a place for people like us
We can sing, we can dance, we can love love love
We can break down and sob, we can get back up
We can poison the locals and learn to shoot guns.
With sparkling eyes and misplaced trust
The public did not sympathize.
From all it was to dust
dust to dust to dust
The experiment’s ended
but we can not go home
There was an outside intervention
but the story stays in our bones.
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12. |
orange glo
03:57
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A warm orange glow
melts into your window.
I would swear to you
there are creatures alive in the mist
But how could i describe
how the reaper and her brides
Did that terrifying thing
they did with their teeth
I dont know how you do this with work the next day.
And youre back on the earth when you tell me
its about time that i gotta go away
A long car ride
and a hard carpet staircase
I spill my guts
and they float like a trail through the fog
And my hand will write and write
in a language i shouldnt describe
I can lie in bed
but i know im not sleeping tonight
As the bright strange world
melts into a void hum
I am conscious of falling away
in a garden of roman decay
As a ghastly alien covenant lies in wake
And with the door swinging open like rapture
i remember what its like to feel afraid.
Im sorry i made you feel weird and alone
now im here on my phone and im reaching my tendrils out
trying to find all the words to describe
who you are or what happened or if im alright.
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13. |
days gone by
00:57
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14. |
strange machine
02:45
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I’ve been working on a strange machine.
Its made of all sorts of long lost things.
If you wanna see it you can just ask me.
I will show you it and you will love it easily.
You are a bright spot of lovely light
How could i be so lucky to have you in my life?
We are a party in a forest night
We can have it by candlelight
Like this when the lines line up for you
Kaleidoscopic eyes can see through
To the other side where the simple truth
Hangs from trees everywhere like fruit
And when i go away and when the seasons change
I will remember your affection in the cloudiest ways
And the strange machine only worked till May
And when it stopped ticking i threw it away
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alice tries her best Austin, Texas
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(im @strawberei on twitter and @apricotmerchant on instagram)
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