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the straw brigade
01:10
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your listerine teeth
our broken-armed love
you, chiseled by facelift
it’s our job to clap when you speak
and complain at every roadside
we’re counting cars
should be angling towards meaning
instead coughing in your exhaust plume
endured rival chants for so long
we finally built a campfire for all the lonely hearts
breathe and you’ll put it out
we’re fanning flames, it’s almost life
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bring on the carcass weather
let's get lost and never leave
flush the poison, rebuild skin
how important the local creek
find me in your drafty attic
dust me off so i can breathe
bathe me in the cool, clear water
how important the local creek
freeze me in your ancient canyon
bruise me with your turning cheek
watch the pieces floating onward
how important the local creek
bring on the carcass weather
let's get lost and never leave
flush the poison, rebuild skin
how important the local creek
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the dancehall atlantic
01:34
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down your darkened corridors who dances?
they await you, they hear your echoed footsteps
and waves from planes destined for
the dancehall atlantic
angel voice in chambers
and who are we but albatross?
my car hits ghosts at intersections
the humidity of a hundred summers is in us
the matchbook crumbles with no fire
and i'm waiting alone without you
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ankle socks
00:37
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i’m feeling pretty out there
i’m waiting for a new pair
but the shoes never fit
when you buy them separately
and you confuse me
with all the dexterity of an opposable thumb
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always stay sweet
02:51
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your summer haze got the best of me again
it's crippling and it takes me by surprise every time
windblown downstate to your city
and i'll be leaving too soon again
we of shakespearean near misses
just meet for dinner and say goodbye
here comes the coda now:
it's been a year since we last spoke
you've probably been everywhere but not with me
wherever you are i hope you always stay sweet
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a forest
02:41
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your kind attention, please
everything plastic wins
when we break apart there is no maybe
the bridge collapses under exodus
we shrink with cold and crack
next year weeds to fill the gaps
when you feel the faint come, push harder
blindfold me, spin me around
start me in some new direction
stop following the same old sounds
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the genius of me
01:46
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i’m in no mood for conversation
so sit there and watch me implode
i’ll turn into some sort of small black hole
and pull in all the things you wish we were
and i’ll stay here, try to figure out
why there’s never any mustard
but there’s always salt to rub in my wounds
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you always looked prettier in oil slicks
but you brought cubic measurement and ruined the mystery
i don’t want your case studies sterile and bone dry
your ven diagram love letters have grown tired
explain your lack of motivation in three sentences or less:
“life ends.”
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come softly to me
you the something missing
you the shard of glass
you the strange angel
pretend we're longtime lovers
haunt me, haunt me do it again
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king of all nosebleeds
02:22
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smalltalk champion
01:13
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the gifted children Rochester, New York
the gifted children is a music collective centered in rochester and buffalo, ny.
since forming in
1995, the gifted children have released 13 albums, over 30 EPs and singles, and a boxed set, with several dozen unfinished albums currently being worked on. stylistically they range from art rock to folk, electronic to indie rock, ambient to shoegaze.
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