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Phosphenes
03:19
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calico and a dove
dominos mirrored in the windowpane
vertigo, as above
so below, locking eyes with hurricanes
do you know what you love
will it grow, will it fade or stay the same
sharp needle drawing blood
from a stone, chlorophylling up my veins
i caught a dangerous bouquet
is this the last time i'll see ivy grow and die
i watched my body float away
a spark to objectify, flying unidentified
promise to stop depending
on you for comfort and maybe
pulling the rug from my feet
would make my standing less shaky
promise to block the ember
don't let my body burn baby
i think the world is ending
so won't you bury me in the
tornado and a flood
reap and sow, cutting down the cherry tree
landscape won't survive on
status quo map of ideology
tomorrow will become
a shadow covering society
afterglow of the sun
will overflow eyes with sparklers of phosphenes
i saw a comet of debris
bleeding the moonlight out of your starry eyes
i tried to read the lines between
sorry that's classified, at least we can say we tried
promise to stop pretending
that i've been sleeping well lately
daydreams of pepper and Peach
but i don't need you to save me
promise to block the ember
until it's cloudy and raining
i think the world is ending
so won't you bury me in the
burning sandcastles turning into glass
figure 8 rotate to reset the past
burning letter sign turning into ash
double 8 on a pill and photograph
burning sandcastles turning into glass
figure 8 rotate to reset the past
burning letter sign turning into ash
an 8th is a 4th changing form and exploring
promise to stop contending
if we could make it back safely
i'm scaling bluffs on muir beach
but i can't feel my heart racing
(i saw a comet of debris)
promise to block the ember
(bleeding the moonlight out of your starry eyes)
until your vision gets hazy
(i tried to read the lines between)
i think the world is ending
don't let it bury me in the ground
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2. |
Ghosting
03:26
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tracing my anxiety
but i can't make out the path i drew
embracing my sobriety
but it doesn't have a thing to do
with how i live 'cause i won't die
by cigarettes or lightning
unless it strikes inside my mind
and my body idles glowing
braiding silk on my spine
back burned in flickering light
i left my outline up in sweetwater more occupied
from a hollow tree
i've been spirit hosting
i say there's nothing wrong
that i'm just not where i belong
lessening the gravity
prolongs the time my thoughts distort into
a weight that crushes as i fly
like cinder blocks on kite strings
to everyone i left behind
i'm so scared to die i am not living
braiding silk on my spine
arms burned in flickering light
i found my shadow down on pine island less occupied
from a hollow tree
i've been spirit hosting
i found a plot of land
i made it permanent
sapphire map of energy faded like a gradient
from a sprouting seed
you can find me ghosting
can't enjoy the things i used to
every night i'm stuck in my room
every night i'm sick in my room
but i'm always thinking of you
every night i'm stuck in my room
every night i'm sick in my room
would you understand if you knew
that i'm always stuck in my room
every night i'm sick in my room
but i have a screen to look through
every night i'm stuck in my room
every night i'm sick in my room
wanna feel the air of summer nights
in parking lots with ice cream
am i running out of time
to have a life fated for growing
braiding silk on my spine
face burned in flickering light
i saw my silhouette in winter park unoccupied
from a hollow tree
i've been spirit hosting
i found a plot of land
unearthed some rocks and gems
blood ruby sheen opacity faded like a gradient
from a sprouting seed
you can find me ghosting
i could build a new world for you
but we'd still be stuck in my room
every night i'm burned by the moon
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3. |
Candy
03:36
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i found you alone
a lighthouse, precious stone
uncovered, unknown
cut a diamond built a throne
you found me in ice
a water rising sign
a fire, a spice
burned your face into my mind
high, unsatiated, dry
my stomach in my eyes
catching fireflies, illuminate the sky
when sunlight turns to shade
and seconds turn to days
would you still want a taste
a signal shot through space to someone far away
are you real, can you feel my energy
called you to tell you this screen's an illusion
you don't have warm blood but your currents are human
stick to me light up my room i'll infuse you
with voltage and sparks running through you
life is a peach, isn't it sweet
spit out the pit control alt delete
dug up that power from under my feet
low battery at shows
transmission over grows
command line overflows, now everybody knows
when sunlight turns to shade
and seconds turn to days
would you still want a taste
i wanna see your face, i wanna hear you say
that i’m real, you can feel my energy
touch me through the screen, tell me i’m your queen
in a dream can you see my candy unwrapping
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4. |
Fleur
03:59
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value even numbers on volume
exist in a vacuum
we are starting to lose energy
viewing moon in apogee
driving, hidden road reuniting
distance dividing
choosing our trajectory
mastering cartography
leave the map inside W tower
watercolor eye
a scaleless butterfly
are we just getting by
idly unsatisfied
craving transparency
but when you look at me
there’s just a cavity
frozen physicality
one finger to the sky
a bird of paradise
can never learn to fly
when did we stop feeling high
the earth is soil and sea
this weight is you and me
embracing gravity
regaining identity
cloudy basement and choking
when i’m alone smoking
in the woods my favorite spot looks south
tasting colors with my mouth
tongue tied, subjectivity exiled
pleasure in your life
you have been cutting your loss
i’m not the both of us
never thought the ending would empower
you’re a honeybee, i am a flower
watercolor eye
a drifting butterfly
becoming satisfied
separately identified
a sacred unity
a shifting reverie
evolving naturally
we belong to nobody
two fingers to the sky
a bird of paradise
can never learn to fly
growing roots is just as nice
the earth is soil and sea
this weight is you and me
embracing gravity
underneath the orange tree
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5. |
Counterspell
02:01
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6. |
Strawberry
03:56
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sometimes it feels like i’m swimming with sharks
just reading books by myself in the park
and when i’m walking alone after dark
i don’t want your yell, don’t shout me out
over my headphones
i hear you telling me to smile
and then you reach for me
bit in the ocean bleeding
where is your self-control
now you’ve been talking for a while
you don’t even let me speak
you think you know everything
the days i’ve patiently waited
while things i know are clarified or debated
your eyes close when you talk about champagne
my eyes roll back so far i see my brain
and there is so much you try to explain
that i don’t wanna know, keep to yourself
i load into the show
you ask if i’m somebody’s girlfriend
not seen as capable
just someone’s property
the days i’ve patiently waited
while you miscalculated — i don’t owe you anything
you stand in front of me blocking the view
but i’ll climb ladders to see over you
and if there’s something you think i can’t do
don’t need your company, don’t knock me down
what do you deserve from me
n-o-t-h-i-n-g
why do you always have to be
so c-r-y-p-t-i-c
save the calls for my kitty
c-h-a-r-l-i-e
wish you had earned that PHD
in r-e-s-p-e-c-t
how many girls in this city
are getting t-i-r-e-d
finding a sense of security
through h-i-d-i-n-g
wish i could swim but i’m in your teeth
b-l-e-e-d-i-n-g
wish you had earned that PHD
in r-e-s-p-e-c-t
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7. |
Balloon
03:43
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tired little tiger with a pounding heart
you fire off a beacon through my brittle arms
i'm searching for a spark on every path i run
my clock hands start to crack under the winter sun
so i count
fearless little fighter with a broken jaw
you know that you could set it but you've said it all
you run your fingers through the lake to draw a line
i push on every anchor ’til my palms get tired
and i drown
i'll celebrate your birthday when it's frozen
icicles will melt into an ocean
a fading green balloon came into view
appeared out of the blue, i wished it to
lead me closer to you, i watched as it flew
a fading green balloon above you
magnetic little viper with a venom clutch
connected unexpected diamond in the dust
your patterns shadow canyons of a creasing smile
a season to eclipse the apple in my eye
or leave town
train stations are hushed with words unspoken
i'll celebrate your birthday in slow motion
a flying red balloon came into view
appeared out of the blue while learning to
be alone with you, i watched as it grew
a flying red balloon above you
spirit hiding, you are trapped in a portrait
future sighting, i am reading my fortune
senses idling, you are floating in orbit
magic finding, i am coming right for you
loose time you count it out, count it out
cut ties i'm leaving town, leaving town
sink lines you drown it out, drown it out
change my mind i'm lost and found, lost and found
a soaring black balloon above my view
appeared out of the moon while looking to
sever myself from you, i watched as it blew
a soaring black balloon on the move
tired little tiger with a crowded heart
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8. |
Sundowning
03:57
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something familiar
caught in a smoke screen
locked in a mirror
swallowed the key
bound by a ceiling
inside an aviary filled with memories set free
buried the day glow
under the willow
mind’s eye in shadow
we saw the same ghost
tasting september
cinnamon cherry
i can’t remember
what i can’t see
it’s arbitrary
at the will of chemicals that rule my sanity
buried the day glow
under the willow
mind’s eye in shadow
we saw the same ghost
luminous eclipse superstitious static at night
i’ve got my lucky penny, library book and planets aligned
like alchemy
and i feel kaleidoscope premonitions fragmenting time
and see a movie screen, a scene from a dream playing in rewind
it’s imaginary
buried the day glow
under the willow
mind’s eye in shadow
we saw the same ghost
wind becoming stone, blowing wishes from my eyelash
can all that i’m forgetting erase me
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9. |
Charlie
04:37
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sky silver and gold or so i have been told
but we don’t have the time to spend
picture frames are breaking, clocktower light shaking
fallen time and time again
just sitting next to you was all i wanted to do
staring at the sun ’til i see it when it’s gone
would you feel it if i held your arm
flower in your hand, born again through fire and sand
when the bulb burns out the glass stays warm
just getting old with you was all i wanted to do
saying goodbye to you is something i can never do
but i can’t hold you down, if you wanna go
how can i say no
watch the garden rose
as it blooms and grows
from your window throne
sinking like a stone
letters saved for when we meet
tell me all that you have seen
mirror over your mouth
what do you dream about
quiet apartment / thinking you’ll be home soon
and pounding head / making one out of two
hair on the carpet / physical form of you
living above the earth and moon
i’ll wear your ashes / carry a part of you
around my neck / my arm for your tattoo
healing old scratches / are not the end of you
a flower grows july through june
and when you see it / how much is waiting for you
beyond the stairs / as sure as stars above you
tenderly freeing / i will always love you
you’ll always be my baby blue
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10. |
In Theaters
04:20
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deep and diving
loving unconditionally i forgot to breathe
keep me striving
with all the things i ever hoped for
right outside my reach
on the beach i climbed a, climbed a rocky cliff
catching breath i watched the, watched the fog roll in
yelled until i lost my, lost my voice and then
only i could hear it
all you're bottling
reflecting so internally you forgot to grieve
draw me what you see
how can i know the screen you're viewing
you only cry in the movies
up in queens i fell in, fell into the dirt
following the sidewalk, sidewalk weeds unearthed
and the doctor said i, said i don't look hurt
only i could feel it
picture where you've been, only you can see it
somewhere in between, only you can see it
aching memories, only you can see it
where the grass is green, only you can see it
images you read, only you can see it
what you think they mean, only you can see it
how the mind perceives, only you can see it
our reality, only you can see it
where there is no one else i set the stage i want
where there is no one else i see the things i want
where there is no one else i dream of loose teeth, they're weak when i sleep and strong when i eat
where there is no one else it's more reverie than memory, they're starting to bleed
trees fall down that you'll never hear
our lives play in empty theaters
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