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1.
On the road 09:39
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Standing in a moving car, with the roof open surrounded by the violet sky left foot up and resting on the back cushion of the front row right foot getting sand all over the leather Cupping his hand tight to his face, the fire illuminates his features intently for one moment, one slow take the wind flies into him eyes welling for no pinnable reason he drops all his nerves and pivots backwards into the rear seat now his left foot dangles over the door rolling his ankle while the speed creeps up a sharp rock corner awning, but no movement out front The car spins through the guardrail, transporting itself on the shelf, on the cliff, on the sharp cliff face sliding down until it lands front up and facing rolling forward over the sand I haven't eaten in weeks I burn effigies to stay warm my throat is closing up my tears are welling up the forest is creeping up the tide is waking up a deep midnight blue sky blending into the ocean the waves pulse is crashing down The wheels are shot, so is the engine So he scavenged the shore, for the skeleton of a long, long-lost wood Pitching the doors wide open and laying a blanket over the car To keep the sun from getting us in the morning so he rests his body on the sand and against the seat The salty ocean lapping at his feet
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Dynamite 04:05
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Dynamite you know that I've been waiting all night Dynamite maybe I can try to put my hands on you to get me through the year Dynamite you gave me such a fright The time I thought I lost you If sparks could fly I know I'd never die We could live on the moon Dynamite I could use a little light I know it's not a pretty sight, but give it a chance and you might See that we make one and two Dynamite I'm not sure if it's right Dynamite since the year is getting shorter like the fuse But if that were true I'd use it to prove Dynamite you and I were not meant to ignite
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Rome 01:40
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We're going on a pilgrimage We won't come back until we conquer Rome We're going on a pilgrimage Who knows when we'll make it home We packed our bags and headed east to the seaboard We took our clothes and threw them to the water We breathed the air from an unrelated fire We're going on a pilgrimage
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Paleontology 05:03
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Wake up in the summer sun Wonder if I'd be cooler drunk Cuff your jeans, and follow me Through the grass And through the weeds Esoteric and very obscene Cannibalize the brand new art scene Stumble through your morning plan Soon it will be June again Attracted to what you never knew Understandably, it's true too Scraping through a sunken ship Working laughter up to it Peering glasses that alter epithets Struggling busker acts, caught with cataracts Cramped into ideas Speed up to lofty goals Hole up in a zone Endure the watershed moments
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The acknowledgement song 06:57
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It's no different from a criminal defence Is it all this window shopping that makes me depressed I feel different like a beast who stalks his nest I feel different like a going-crazy thing I feel sick like I know I shouldn't be I feel bored by something I cannot see It's so different from the open-looking eyes It's so different from the small abandoned vibe I feel different, I could take a couple books Walk down the steps, see the clouds try to speak I feel different like I'm gonna go to the store I feel different like the rain is making me bored I want to live inside of a three year long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream I want to live inside of a three years long dream Let me into my computer screen! Somewhere on the sea I can see a boat It's coming to harbour It's looking for me Somewhere in the ocean, it's waving its flags I know that it's going to come for me Somewhere on the harbour it will land And I will go running I will reach out my hand And I will step on board And see what kind of cargo it holds It's a basket of photographs and each one shows a different part of the world It must be in black and white because I don't think I know a single scene And I can look into my future And I know, that I'm going to do something cool Even though, even though I won't live in those fields or those hills, or that river, or those city buildings, or that sky, or that library, Or ride my bike, push it for you when it gets to heavy I won't do any of those things But i don't care, I don't care
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Heat stroke (or, the last 40 seconds of 'Kid War') 10:24
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When I stand, up I get heat stroke When I speak out, I've got amnesia No rhyme or reason No excitement for the season, the newest one Will go ignored I feel like I've got heat stroke I feel like I've got heat stroke It's a loaded question Absent from direction What's the struggle to lift The blade from its hilt? I've got heat stroke on the brain I've got heat stroke on my face I've got heat stroke, everyone's got heat stroke Hey hey hey, get out of the way Get out of the way Get out of the way Get out of the way I'd like to take a trip in my own mind I would take lots of photographs and bring them with me Cause you need proof for everything I would feel better without proof for anything Get out of my way Get out of the way Breathed too hard when your desire is so far away I almost blacked out because I talked for five minutes too long Where's the justice in that? Where's the justice in that? There's no justice in that . . . I am going to go to bed with 'Kid War' playing in my head I am going to go to bed with 'Kid War' playing in the back of my head I am going to go to bed with 'Kid War' playing in my head I am going to go to bed with 'Kid War' playing in my head I am going to go to bed with 'Kid War' playing in my head I'm gonna go to bed and the ending of 'Kid War' will be ringing in my head I am going to go to bed and 'Kid War' will be playing in my head So get out of my way
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McCaul 02:43
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8.
The storm 03:29
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Lost my money at a local bar Had a train to catch but it caught on fire I could sense the rain was starting to swell So I looked around for a new way out of town The humid began to comb my skin I could see the thunder and I waited for the storm to begin hiding under an overgrown banyan tree Even the birds were trying to fly away from me The churning heartbeat of a summer rain was passing So I stepped out and looked at the stars they were falling down to earth
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Stars (at best, or worst) 12:41
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The apartment lights they are like stars in the sky The closest replacement for stars that I can find Some of them they stay up way too late And I can see their friends dropping back as the hours rise In their illusion of being the cosmic lifeblood, the lights do not cut through the dark Nor do they weave their small bodies, intertwining with the darkness they rest on the building they call home whose frame blends into the night sky When it is just aching past midnight The frame is black, dark as the night The lonely hours grow somber, the blue drips into the sky Does it ever really get so blue? Sometimes it does but its occasions are rare When they do the peaceful moments ascend the world to a glimpse of perfect Not meaning perfect in the sense of the divine or immaculate, or without fault or weakness Not for cynicism or rough edges or great success or some shit like that It's at this time that any concept of love Can make itself apparent to you Love or the existence of yourself That places in such a moment All the other times of anguish which haunt you through the day, they are forgotten now Distanced by the great power through the sky Distanced by the great power through the sky Remembered by the great sky Distanced with a long time And so so you stare Staring out At the stars And then A great big strike of lightning Comes down from the violet heavens And it hits you in the eye And you're never coming back It's never gonna hit you ever again

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These songs were written/made anywhere from January to July of 2023.
Still trying to figure out what sound and direction to go in

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released July 25, 2023

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