1. |
I Blame Apollo
02:09
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I Blame Apollo
Possibly, it's understood
You can say anything
But it seems all that we do is say nothing
It's like a dream and our TV is the dream factory
And our RL folk imitate and we become the dream
It's open air, it's digital but it's a prison
What once was there, an innocence - we live in schism
There's no today, our yesterday is our tomorrow
This Catholic world, remote control - I blame Apollo
Again, again
Again, again
Again, again
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2. |
Enough
01:09
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ENOUGH (YELLOW)
WHAT'S THE POINT OF AN UNDERSTANDING?
I WON'T PRESUME TO KNOW
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE KIND OF POVERTY
WHICH ONE HAVE YOU GOT ON SHOW?
I THINK I BROKE UP IN THE SLIPSTREAM, BABY
OF THE THING I COULD NO LONGER TOW
THERE'S LITTLE USE FOR A MYTHOLOGY
WHEN YOUR REAL LIFE HAS TO GO
I FOUND A FOOTHOLD IN A COLLAPSING WORLD
AND I STARE AT THE FALLING STUFF
I GUESS I'VE HAD MY OWN END OF THE WORLD
WHEN WILL Y'ALL HAVE HAD ENOUGH?
WHEN WILL YOU ALL HAVE HAD ENOUGH?
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3. |
Useless
01:42
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Useless
If your mouse is a cat-toy
for you to google cuteness
than The Man has you as his boy
You'll die as you are useless
If your mouse is not a spade
Then it should be a rifle
Cos I'd like to see you try to rise
Before I fall.
NO MORE MINDLESS CHANTS
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4. |
Cassandra
01:19
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Cassandra
With my sloppiness hey
The style gets in the way
and like that lady huh
I can't get thru to ya
You stand and drink and stare
Cos you are unaware
That you are unaware
That you are unaware
But then my message yeah
What was the message yeah
Did I forget it yeah
Oh well forget it yeah
Ah yeah I remember
I know what's coming yeah
I've always known it yeah
Cos I could feel it yeah
That we will get here yeah
Cos you have brought us here
The snake licks my ears
And this is the end of the world
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5. |
Identity
01:35
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Identity
The sculpture of the tragedy
Of my life is my face
The lines round my eyes
The attrition of the days
Yet the tale is eventless
And if you chase it back
The essence of its sadness
Is that which it lacks.
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6. |
Grow To Her
01:11
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GROW TO HER
AND I
STARE AT HER
CANDID EYES
A CHAMELEON-ER
WORDS LIE
IN HER EARS
SO TIRED
CAN'T BE WITH HER
OOH WHY
AM ME I
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH HER
I'M JUST A BROKEN CHILD
NEED TO GROW TO HER
NEED TO GO TO HER
NEED TO GROW IN HER
NEED TO GO TO HER
NEED TO GROW TO HER
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7. |
Waste
01:17
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Waste
My eyes cast about
My hands reach out
It's all smoke and I touch my face
There's nothing here
Within or without
We are ghosts in a land of fear
I feel like the joker in a house of cards
With my stillborn twin in the pack
I dubbed out my soul
I can't get it back
I'm a teacher on the supply
O the burden is mine
The burden it is to be wasted
The burdens drown in the wine
And what the hell is the use
Drinking wine, all the time.
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8. |
New Old Man
01:06
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New Old Man
The holy war
Of all your scores
Are all closed doors
(no room here,
no space for this face,
no grace,
or maybe just a taste)
Spring sprang
I'm a new old man
And the 7 son's
Mind ain't done.
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9. |
Machine State
01:35
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Machine State
Like a curate
Inside
Like a headache
For a while
Like a trapdoor
That waits
Like a machine
In a machine state
In your sunsuit
And smile
With your grapefruit
And guile
Of your workings
You're blind
Inconsiderate
But kind.
Where the hell are we going to live?
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10. |
Yr Dope
01:15
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Yr Dope
Like a dreary-eyed memory
Of a thing that I once knew
I bit into the henry
And one became a two
My dopey days went on for days
The days turned into years
The smoke can sure de-motivate
But it don't affect your ears
So take this little piece of soap
It's a sacred bunch of shit
You can wash your mind almost any time
But you have to keep a kind of grip
On your self, on your health
On your wealth, on your hopes
On your folks
On yr dope
On yr dope.
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11. |
Testudine Guitarist
03:52
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12. |
Hullo Music System
01:39
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13. |
Think
01:54
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THINK
WHERE YOU CAN LIVE
YOU CAN LIVE WELL
GIVE ME A SIEVE
FOR THE WELL
GIVE ME SALT
FOR MY FOOD
BRING ME FINE WINE
FOR MY BAD MOODS
LET ME HAVE MOODS
AND LESS OF THIS
THIS SAME SAME OLD
RIDES ME ROUND THE TWIST
I CALL IT EVIL
IT MAKES ME DRINK
IT MAKES ME THIRSTY, I THINK
WHY DON'TCHA THINK?
THINK THINK
THINK THINK THINK
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14. |
Hello Democracy
01:43
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Democracy
You may be mighty
you may be small
you may be nothing in this damn world at all
You may be crippled
On the inside
You may be 6 feet tall
Or 6 feet wide
You may honest
Or corrupt
When the shit goes down we all are fucked
You might have wisdom
Or be insane
When the shit hits the fan
It's all the same
Hello democracy
Welcome at last
Now armageddon's kicked us in the ass
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15. |
Pride
01:31
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PRIDE
SPASS-GUERILLERO
WITZ ALS WAFFE
WITH THE CARE OF THE STRIPE CARD
THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE BANK
SNIFF THE TRAIL TO THE MONEY GUY
DRIVE YOUR WORDS LIKE A TANK
THROW A BADGE AT HIS LAPEL
AIM YOUR FLOWER FOR HIS CAR KEY FOB
YOU'LL BANG A BULLSEYE ON HIS BELL
BUT IT WON'T MEAN A DAMN DAMN THING
I PUFF UP AND SMELL A WAFT
MULTIPLY A SIGNAL CROSS A GREAT DIVIDE
I THINK MY BRAIN'S GONE SOFT
I THINK I O.D'D ON PRIDE.
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16. |
Out Of Place
01:51
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17. |
His Majesty
01:13
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His Majesty
The rodeo
Of the booze cowpoke
And the slow days goes
Like a cop god's joke
And the girl wins
And your reputation
And your self-esteem
But it's not the same
You're a loyal dog
To your royal blood
And its instinct
To be the pissed king
Who makes true friends
Who makes false starts
Who makes good laws
With a sad heart.
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18. |
The Gee Bees
01:32
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The Gee Bees
In 100 years
Of your strategy
You get bought black beer
From Mr Chatterjee
You know we need restraint
We need to be restrained
You need to check yourself
The will will be contained
We're not average
We lack a mother's touch
We got special brains
From being that fucked up
We're made of opposites
We're like a strip of code
It's a lengthy walk
Along a bumpy road
It's a bumpy road.
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19. |
Phases Of Progression
02:09
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20. |
Mad Shepherd
01:30
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Mad Shepherd
Are you awake?
Are you sleeping?
Are you dead?
You seem dead
This isn't the present
It's a continuum
This is history
If I stay quiet
Will you wake up?
Should I wake you?
I'm wide awake
I've been up too long
I've been up too long
I've been up too long
I've been up too long
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21. |
Joke Teeth
02:19
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JOKE TEETH
WE ANGER THE STRATEGY
THE DEITY PREVAILS
WE RUN OUT ON OUR OWN LEGS
AND A PLACE TO PUT OUR TAILS
WE BICKER LIKE KINDER
IN THE FENCES OF THE SCHOOL
WE LEAVE ALONE LEARNING
TO ARGUE ABOUT THE RULES
BUT IT'S NOT AS THOUGH I'M TALKING
AND IT'S NOT AS LIKE I'M HEARD
I TAKE HIM AS I FIND HIM
THIS PERSON IN THE THIRD
HE'S ALWAYS FUCKING TALKING
BUT HE'S TALKING TO HIMSELF
HE'S CHATTERING LIKE JOKE TEETH
IF HE COULD SEE HIMSELF
JA JA JOKE TEETH
JOKE TEETH JOKE TEETH
JA JA JOKE TEETH
JOKE TEETH JOKE TEETH
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22. |
Time
02:48
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Time
You can't tiptoe down
Through your time
Stranger,
Don't rearrange me
Don't mess around with my time
Glory,
Situation
Can't help but the way I break
You can do it
You can do it
With all your specifications
You must be true
And walk through it
If you want to have my relations
Cos you don't
You never did
You never could, you wont
So you can't,
All the way down
This is a message from your bad self
We don't mind if you take us out
Life is long and you've been more than fair
Even our evil is wounded
And I thought of my beloved
I checked my phone for a message
Worked ex's Nokia from my pocket
And it was 10:27
When we're young they call us children
Tell us we have so much to learn
In a way you could reverse it
We need to become what we once were.
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Pete Um Cambridge, UK
"A master of the miniature electro-acoustic song-poem, a form he has more or less invented and crystallised himself, his
work displays a sardonic wit combined with a healthy misanthropy, in marvellous micro-collages of voice, instruments, samples, and electronics."
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