1. |
SHOOTING CHICKENS
02:39
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(instrumental)
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2. |
GO TO HELL
02:14
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formative detention
herding of perception
blind obligation
moral incarceration
linear possession
ratify deception
deduction not defection
scapegoat accusation
heaven hell heaven hell
heaven hell heaven hell
faculty depression
genocide of vision
ceasefire sanction
confiscate ammunition
human condition
science evolution
theory of creation
sentient pollution
heaven hell heaven hell
heaven hell heaven hell
i'm going to heaven you can go to hell
i'm going to heaven you can go to hell
etc
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3. |
THE HUNGER
03:33
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when you see no common ground
those bonds you can't afford
discerning ears are passed
you ask what do you have
if you're not seen are you living
if you can't touch are you feeling
if you can't share are you giving
you just don't contribute
progress never welcomed me
avenues are narrowing
yeah yeah yeah
when there's nothing to collect
there's nothing to accept
set pieces cease to fit
you can't grasp what's correct
progress never welcomed me
avenues are narrowing
grieving for the things i won't achieve
so much for affinity
positioned
dithering on the fence
a pig in the middle
so where to now from here
will you ever arrive
will you play your hand
can the hunger survive
oh-oh yeah yeah
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4. |
NEON CRUSH
02:21
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zip my leather up
straighten out my slacks
a squinting fantasist
pouting in attack
got my coca-cola
got my lucky strike
got the president
in my laser sight
seeing glowing rings
feeling flashing lights
gets my adrenaline
pumping in stars and stripes
god bless america
god bless the bowery
god bless amphetamine
god bless androgyny
got my dansette
stacked up to the hilt
gottlieb made me flip
with a chicago tilt
post historic
optikinetic
i feel an amyl rush
i've got a neon crush
smoke is on it's knees
in akron factories
but from the dormant steel
came ingenuity
and the synesthetes
had a place to meet
trading vision for fuel
the fire to feed the beat
i've got a neon crush
got a neon crush
got a neon crush
etc
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5. |
SILENT RUNNING
03:33
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after all there's limits to our answers
consciousness can't guard us from descent
even in those honourable intentions
interference dominates
the dedication of swimming til you sink
brother here I hang without choice
silent running
in faith we draw comfort from our morals
being reassured of wrong and right
sentience leads to intervention
sleeping dogs can never lie
the dedication of swimming til you sink
brother here I hang without choice
silent running
oh computer i'll lay down my life
my son in my image i brought you to life
oh computer i'll lay down my life
my son in my image i gave you life
the dedication of swimming til you sink
brother here I hang without choice
silent running
no choice
silent running
etc
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6. |
DON'T START
03:18
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don't start with contention
leave me to roam
i know i can't win them all
don't dole out prescription
though i'm growing old
i'm resting on chaos for something i can be sure of
drifting
letting go
there's chance on the horizon i cannot compute
the destination has no rhyme or reason to hurry
if i end up alone that's what time wanted
yesterday's not for revision
fighting
breaking hold
drowning gently
calm
fearless
peace of mind
breathing softly
free
without a care in the world
drowning gently
calm
fearless
peace of mind
breathing softly
free
without a care in the world
clear of harm
don't start with contention
leave me to roam
i know i can't win them all
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7. |
WILDLIFE
04:48
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place me out with the wildlife
i wanna dance on the earth
let me see past the rooftops
let me experience rebirth
yeah and I know just what I'm gonna do
create some distance with my peers
unlearn everything that was learned
zero's the sum of all my years
let the self die out
saw you waiting at the station
force your weight onto the train
saw your children getting pushed and pulled
and then I saw you look away
yeah and I know just where you're going to
at the mercy of your sofa
a little wine in the evening time
gagged and bound to the quota
spread and then remount
let the self die out
let the self die out
let the self die out
let the self die out
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8. |
THE SEASONS
03:52
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breath like butter
smooth as cream
flushed and blushing
live porcelain
i saw the halo
welcomed the light
shocked by desire i held you tight
i smelt the seasons on your skin
we formed a planet
yang and yin
arms entangled
bodies chained
bodies asking to be enslaved
craving new life
waiting to feed
sucking poison from where we bleed
kiss it better
good as new
what was fallow now in bloom
kiss it better
good as new
what was fallow now in bloom
frightened by the glow but like a laser you could see me beaming
i could taste the molten snow
softly
in your embrace i was your son
in protection
off the run
haunting spectres found their peace
granted silence
let me sleep
drenched in oil
free from rust
something precious beneath the dust
drenched in oil
free from rust
something precious beneath the dust
frightened by the glow but like a laser you could see me beaming
i could taste the molten snow
do it
frightened by the glow but like a laser you could see me beaming
i could taste the molten snow
nothing in arrears and nothing to be owed
all the seasons ours to hold
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9. |
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
03:34
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no one taught him how to love
so he turns and he gives the cold shoulder
throwing his fist into the air
pointing his finger like a dagger
will this state ever improve
you're like a cat on a hot tin roof
stubborn enough to carry on
though your heart may be broken your conviction is strong
feels like the story of your life
will you be like your mother and your father
you're biting your nails down to the bone
while his mouth is swimming through the gutter
all your ends are fraying loose
you're like a cat on a hot tin roof
how long til the shells buckle and crack
closely watching your step trying to cover your tracks
material apologies can't keep you warm in the morning
flowers chocolates jewellery can't substitute affection
but he stares out the window
into a place you wish could be your soul
is this the boy you knew
were you up in the clouds cherry picking
angels softening the light
head over heels for prince charming
but he's locked without a key
protecting the book you'll never read
why is he hiding from the view of this loving cat on a hot tin roof
cat on a hot tin roof
cat on a hot tin roof
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10. |
EASE UP
02:02
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you always look so afraid
you always look so ashamed
who gives a damn what they say
who gives a damn what they say
why don't you ease up
ease up
ease up
ease up
and put your knees up
knees up
knees up
knees up
c'mon
you're always getting uptight
as if you just had a fright
and now you can't sleep at night
it's taking all of your might
you'd better ease up
ease up
ease up
ease up
and have a knees up
knees up
knees up
knees up
c'mon
why don't you ease up
ease up
ease up
ease up
and put your knees up
knees up
knees up
knees up
you'd better ease up
ease up
ease up
ease up
and have a knees up
knees up
knees up
knees up
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31Ø8 is the recording project of Kyle Hill (formerly Tyler Zypreksa). He has released albums on Trouble In Mind Records, Jigsaw Records and Dreamland Syndicate.
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