1. |
Dandelion Acid
17:05
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Acute and curious
You are so cute and curious
Curiouser and curiouser
The truth to a tea
Acute and curious
Do You really want to know me?
In Your pocket I’m found
In the darkness You're brighter
In the darkness I’m the best
Let’s go westward, Let’s go west!
I’m the one worth knowing, You said
Worth knowing, You said
Worth knowing, You said
You're only a stone’s throw
But stones don’t grow
You're interesting
Now go outside and play with the rest
Drink my Dandelion a a a a a a a a a a cid
Lick honey, from my palms
Drink my Dandelion Acid
And it won’t be long
Delighted and dazed, Your gonna see things my way
I took the one You gave me
Dandelion A a a a a a a a a a cid
It was raining and You gave me
Dandelion A a a a a a a a a a cid
I drank it from Your palm!
Dandelion A a a a a a a a a a cid
Like liquid from the dawn!
Dandelion A a a a a a a a a a cid
Dandelion Acid!
Dandelion Acid!
Dandelion Acid!
Dandelion Acid!
And curiously
I dangled from a thread
That never, never, never, never ended, ended
Looking up at the sky
No one could see, no one could see
From where it was suspended
Drink my
Dandelion A a a a a a a a a a cid
Lick honey, from my palms
Drink my Dandelion Acid
And it won’t be long
Delighted and dazed, Your gonna see things my way
We were so curious and clever
As we flew and didn’t fly
Winging towards the atmosphere
We hardly had to try
Curious and clever
Held aloft, together
And when we arrived, the Gods sighed
I’m the one worth knowing, You cried
Worth knowing, You cried
Worth knowing, You cried
Curiouser
And curiouser
You're so curiouser
And curiouser
Curiouser
And curiouser
You're so curiouser
And curiouser
Curiouser
And curiouser
You're so curiouser
And curiouser
Acute and curious
And the sun shone down
Sunshine drowns out the sound
Of blood
And dries out the night
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
Dandelion Acid is a liquid made of light
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2. |
The Daemon Song
05:37
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I know You are there in the dark water, not quite dead, next to me
I know what You're feeling, I can see Your daemon
I smell You coming; You are my prey; into-me-You I’m steadily reeling
I can see Your daemon
The urban fox streaks a sneak of red and white around the edges of the night;
A shadow loyally appearing, yellow eyes mark You both hiding and stealing
I can see Your daemon
I hate You and love You, of course, naturally we fight furiously
Heated arguments that eventually burn in the sunshine
No sweat just the second degree, soon the dead skin will start peeling
I can see Your daemon
Goats are bleating
Pigs are squealing
Both are bleeding from the throat
I can see Your daemon
Emperor, sweet prince, bastard, half-breed; You hate Your fleshy progenitors
But we all need trees; so, spinning gold into straw and with that another world I’ll start weaving
I can see Your daemon
When full-spectrum spectacular Gods’ eyes appear, opening
Like lanterns behind Your eyelids, You’ll shriek in fear
You're gonna be screaming
You're gonna be screaming
Shove Your claws into the earth like plugs or roots to start the healing
I can see Your daemon
La Chiva is the daemon in me and I am La Chiva
Wisdom smuggled inside of You, a prickly stash
La Chiva is the root cause of insight
And internal bleeding
And internal bleeding
I can see Your daemon
I can see Your daemon
I can see Your daemon
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3. |
Partners Shove
04:55
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Explanation and understanding
Horror and love
Partners but not analogies
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
Why do we desire to see dead bodies
Fascinated to watch them fall from above
When You see it firsthand it’s more than biomorphic biographies
Explanation and understanding
Horror and love
Horror and love
It likes Your noise
Go on, shoot the dove
Then fashion it into an idol
Skilled practices of sacred taxidermologies
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
Before the institution enters You, enters You, it puts on a glove
We have to submit to the clinical strictures of the ruling patriarchal gyno-proctologies
Explanation and understanding
Horror and love
Horror and love
It’s more of a head thing
An entity enters from below or an angelic possession from above
These manitou daemon spirits can inhabit - I’m warning You! - multiple morphologies
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
Under Your feet in the bowels of the underworld, I scrape and grub
As vermin I identify with the sacred tenets and practices of profane garbologies
Explanation and understanding
Horror and love
Horror and love
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
In spite of each other, raw meanings push and shove
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4. |
Planning Phase
03:35
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I see You sitting there on the wall
Next to the institution, staring hard down at the ground
Are You daydreaming, or planning the revolution?
Sometimes I see You singing, praying out loud for restitution
That face on You now is worse than a frown
Sitting on that wall next to the institution
It all started (or ended) with my 44th or 45th New Year’s resolution
Come on man, wake up!
Are You daydreaming? Are You planning the revolution?
You don’t seem to find joy today in the late midsummer sun
You once picked flowers and made them into a fragile crown
Now You're sitting on the wall next to the institution
Sometimes muttering, sometimes crying, sometimes howling long and loud!
But Your cries
And all Your shouts
And howls are drowned
By folks laughing
She’s daydreaming, she’s planning the revolution! Now!
Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!
All over town
You're my dog or my clown, mine to pity or put down
So just sit there and wait
on the wall next to the
Institution
And just daydream
or maybe You can
plan the
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution!
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5. |
We Never Had A Ball
04:53
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We used to dress up in dresses
And I felt secure with him and dirt, and tea
Playing with our figures him and, me playing with him and me
And we danced around and sang show tunes really really proud
It was fun, It was fun!
And it felt, felt so good!
So loud!
We dressed up and it was more than pretend
To be royalty
We never had a ball, no
We never had a ball
That’s true
That’s true
That’s true
That’s true!
We just had me and You
And the balls that bounced and pretended to be
You and me
There were three
We had to be really quiet
Because Your mother and brothers were downstairs
And we were watching their pornos
Playing showtunes and him and me, and
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
And we sang showtunes, dancing
Really, Really
Loud! Loud! Loud! Loud!
I had fun with it all, sticking my tongue in Your mouth
We pretended to be things from the books we read, but it was only fairy tales
We never had a ball, no
We never had a ball
I’m not free, free, free, still, still
We just had You and we just had me, still
And the balls that orbited around the Christmas tree
There were three
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6. |
Big Hands
06:33
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Your big hands, are so huge
That they protected me
I made You do it
I know, but forgive me
Your nails have these grooves in them
I see my name in them
The striations are small, the grooves long
Your big hands, are so huge
That they protected me
I made You do it
I know, but forgive me
When You spake other languages
I admit I felt small
I want You to see the connections
I make, how strong!
Your big hands, are so huge
That they protected me
I made You do it
I know, but forgive me
I made You do it
I know, but forgive me
When someone takes an interest, it’s something
For me, at least; I was wandering on Jane street
That afternoon, that’s where You found me, wasn’t it?
Next to the bin that contained the things that You already knew everything about
It’s my sin
It’s my sin
It’s my sin
It’s my sin
That I didn’t write everything down, that I didn’t write everything down, that I didn’t write everything down, that I didn’t write everything down, that…
I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down, I didn’t write everything down!
Your big hands, are so huge
That they protected me
I made You do it
I know, but forgive me
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7. |
Masada
09:59
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Masada, it’s a family saga
Masada, it’s the death by love
Masada, it’s a sordid drama
Masada, I’ll kill You with my love!
2 or 3 lives ago I was a soldier
Marching over the blood soaked hills
Now we’re not just talking old wounds
We’re talking lifetimes of grudge
Maybe hate’s the only love I’ll ever know
Can hate be love?
That’s what I need to know
Masada, it’s a family saga
Masada, it’s the death by love
Masada, it’s a sordid drama
Masada, I’ll kill You with my love
3 or 4 lives ago, I was a seer
In the amphitheatre o’er the Grecian hills
Dramatis personae, my voice carried far
To the far side of Your Star!
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
But no one believed Cassandra, so there You are Cassandra
It’s always a soft refrain
When Your hope goes down the drain
Whispers lost
Run Your fingers across the windowpane
When the sun begins to rise in the ice I’ll write Your name
That fireball of pride will blow You sky high
Watch as Your desire turns to shame
Watch as Your desire turns to shame
Watch as Your desire turns to shame
Watch as Your desire turns to shame
Watch as Your desire turns to shame
Watch as Your desire turns to shame
And it’s a long way down
It’s not the fall that kills You
It’s the sudden stop
When Your body hits the ground
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
Masada, it’s a family saga
Masada, it’s the death by love
Masada, it’s a sordid drama
Masada, I’ll kill You with my love
A few years ago my mother went to see a psychic
To ask her why I’m her favourite child
That fortune teller’s eyes went wild
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
You’ve got a devil for a child
Sacrificed
Sacrificed at dawn
On the fields, the fields of Masada
Masada, it’s a family saga
Masada, it’s the death by love
Masada, it’s a sordid drama
Masada, I’ll kill You with my love!
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8. |
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I sat alone all day today
Well, with the dogs
I closed all the shutters so they don’t stare at me
At me, at me, at me
Masturbating, well
Masturbating whilst
Meditating, Meditating, Meditating
Let’s get it all out into the light
Can my naked body withstand the glare
Today I sat all day alone
With the dogs
One can of course, stimulate oneself all day with all one’s might
Do it on a dare
Go on, mad-turbating whilst
Masturbating and
Meditating, meditating
I keep saying I’m sorry, it’s all that I got when we fight
It’s Your dragon that lures me, reiter-atingly into Your lair
I sat alone all day today
With the dogs
My cuddles will never protect You
My hugs will never be enough tight
Are we a pair? Are we a pair?
Today I sat all day alone
With the dogs, as I lay…
Meditating whilst definitively
Mad-turbating
Mad-turbating
My love for You’s dizzying and I can’t stand the heights
You're the only one who can rip my electronics
Emotions whatever they are!
It’s those crumbly interlope-terpreters that our souls tear apart, apart
From the meditating and the masturbating I’ve been fine
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9. |
Ambi-Valent
04:27
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I am I
I am I
And I am
I am of two minds
There’s Yours and there is mine
I am mature now
I am ambi-valent now
Insecure now
Secure now
Frightened, and not
It was a big town
Not where You could walk and get lost
Ok, but spread out
And it was lovely
It was lonely, all on my lonely
This is maturity, insecurity
Security
Not really enough, and a lot
It is a waste of rage if the words stay on the page
I stomped through this town
Drank ale from my crown
Get off the fence!
All You ever do is cry out loud!
Loud!
I am I
I am I
And I am
I am of two minds
There’s Yours and there is mine
I am mature now
I am ambi-valent now
Insecure now
Secure now
Frightened, and not
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10. |
Your Star
05:53
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This is her water, she is our daughter
I’m a, a mother
As sure as, as I saw Your Star, Your Star
I think I’ll have a day off
I think I can quit
This day shift shifts, twists
Count the number of words in this sentence
That’s how infinite You are
This is her thunder, she is our mother
I’m a, a father
As sure as, as I saw Your Star, Your Star
This is my fairy tale explanation
Explanation
Explanation
Explanation
After so many years of asking: how did I end up here?
Life used to be lived in the moment, now it’s lived in the epoch-sphere
Vertical infinity
Divinity cuts into me
Quiet, it’s night and the light shifts
This is her fire, she is our desire
I’m a daemon, as sure as I saw Your Star, Your Star
And this is Your shining Star
Mountains, rivers, valleys beyond
We are just the same as free
We are just the same as You are
And I know I’ll be a wise one
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
As soon as I see
Your Star
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11. |
The Chosen
04:40
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Now I see, I never was the chosen, not the chosen You supposed me to be
A trick on both of us and a stubborn little cuss
It took me more than half, half my life to see the truth of it
In a manner of speaking it is all about etiquette
It’s a long grass and we can’t see what’s in front of us; it’s a mystery
I know You were there to watch me fly
It’s a shame I won’t be there in turn, there in turn to watch You die
You made Your choice, You blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
It was Your choice, You blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
I ran into the scrum
And You bludgeoned me with crooked thumbs
Blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
This time I sorta hope a twister hits
Stuck inside this house with You would be the very pits
Passive aggressive death ray, and yet I definitively desire to stay
But the oxygen that makes me breath will poison, will poison both of us
So it’s MY choice if choice is blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
I made the choice of choosing blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
I am the chosen after all, and I’ll lead us to the final fall
Blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
Tell me when, when You see the edge of it
Yes, and then please drive us to the very edge
Emmanuel is straining to see the goal posts ‘cause it’s raining
I’m driving us in circles through the storm and I, I admit I’m lost a bit
It’s Your choice, blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
Yes, it’s Your choice blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
I am the chosen after all, and I’m here to watch Your empire fall
If You’d like I can watch from the room across the hall
You made Your choice long ago
Blahdey blahdey blah
Long ago You made Your choice
Blahdey blahdey blah
Blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
You stand against the wall and fall
I shot You down and now You crawl to me
Blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah
I am the chosen after all, and I’m here to watch Your empire fall
Blahdey blahdey blahdey blahdey blah Ah Ah!
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12. |
Birdsong
03:53
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It’s in the what’s going to happen
When will the end of the world come?
Where do I place my outrage?
From whence do I replace my outrage?
From where and towards, whom does it come ooze out of, and into and why?
Am I spending my life like this?
Things that I’m never going to do again, ever!
Pacing, internally staging a coup
You just smile at me because we’re all in this soup together
Like a little sparrow in a teacup, fluttering around
It’s ok little bird, every new moment’s a memory for You
That’s why little birds are given the gift to forget
Because they don’t like to wait
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13. |
Claw It Back
08:56
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It’s always the same line
And when we’re strung into it
Come one, come all into it, we try to claw it back
I don’t know where I got the idea, I had responsibility
It’s not my current life, it’s theirs after all, I’m a sad sack
You're healthy, You're beautiful!
Does that mean fat?
I don’t know why I feel I have the right to understandability
It’s the same line, mind-blowey repetition in ad-infinition
Better claw it back!
You feel that Your body is laid on the slab
And Your soul is on the rack
What can we ask of dissecting of clinically recovered objectivities
We’ll help find You, You my darling
When You try to come back
If we’re all out in the wilderness, boots and cash strapped
That’s some place, some place to start
With somebody else’s spark of subjectivity
But it’s like the same like we all do: Love!
It’s like she keeps saying: claw it back, claw it back, claw it back, claw it back!
Claw it back
Claw it back
Claw it back
Claw it back!
I just want to hear You moving in there in the other room
Trying, trying to claw it back
Someday we will all disentangle with the flesh that clings to our
Personalit-abilities
Personalit-abilities
Personalit-abilities
Personalit-abilities
My darling, I-will-me-You meet me, again
Behind the, the story
In the little shack out back
Some things disappear forever, like liquid running into cracks
Trying hard to catch it all is Your life’s special capital ‘R’ Responsibility
You're thinking
I won’t
Despite You
Claw it back
You're wrong my darling, because I’ve met You be…
You're wrong my darling, because I’ve met You be…
You're wrong my darling, because I’ve met You be…
You're wrong my darling, because I’ve met You before!
And I know, You ain’t ever going back
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14. |
Fish Story
05:26
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The truth ain’t holy
Facts are boring
I want You to tell me a Fish Story
It’s gonna get gory
I want to bore a hole in it
You ain’t my bossy sissy city
There’s not a death I don’t know
Not a death toll I don’t need
It’s a breeze
I’m hooked to a tube to breathe, that’s me
I wanted it to be like childhood affinity, it lasts forever
Ok, You're gay!
I’m not boring and it’s a too-long, gory story
This is my adolescent fantasy
You're a bitch!
Are You proud of me?
The truth ain’t holy
Facts are boring
I want You to tell me a Fish Story
What can I say about fishes?
They are like slippery stories
They can be a bit boring
But it’s romantic, their idolatrous idiocy
I don’t want to hold it, You say
Keep the slime from Your mother at bay
There’s no conspiracy, just an overabundance of dance hall music!
Chicks and clicks and the start!
Chicks and clicks and the start!
Chicks and clicks and the start!
Chicks and clicks and the start!
Of it all and I’m sad, and specific and ok
Ok is all kids need, it’s not whole wheat toast or David, but still
And Jesus didn’t factor into it until way later
That’s fortified with factual data now
We’re getting into the long clouds
When You tell me truths that aren’t holy
Facts that are boring
What I want You to, what I want You to tell me
Is a Fish Story!
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Matthew Lee Knowles London, UK
Composer, based in London, writes a lot of music.
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