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No clown's calligraphy
No humorous headstone
No laffy epitaph
In the scrawl of a child
Oh, when I go
Please do not forward it on
Oh, when I fall
Don't post it on your wall
Play "God Only Knows" when I go
And "Raining in Darling"
Save space, and save my face
Don't bury me lain down
Fire me, by cannon,
Face-first through the ground
Headstone at my feet
Reads in Salut:
"Inspiring Dude, Knew How to Execute"
Oh, when I go
Hand-make the hinges
Hand-carve the marble
Get me into the ground
Oh, when I fall
Oh, when I fall
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Sunstrummer
04:21
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For my first decade on the isle
I figured I'd
stake my claim
and take some time to pick a name
One that reflects this place
just like the sea reflects the sky
I'd tick my time off on the trees
a sharpened stone to mark upon the bark
distracted in the act of counting them
three thousand at a time
like a cubit
only pyramid-sized
My second decade in exile
I took to ruling every grain of sand
I'd clench my fist and watch as
handfuls of my minions sift away
hourglass-like
or a drip in a drain
My third decade upon the isle
I finally
could accurately calculate
how long it'd take
to wait in place
until the world revolved around me
for a change
My final day
I realized I'd named this island after you
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Slow Doe
02:15
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If I call you dear
would you call me, doe?
I could fawn all over you
I know
Look as lovely when you say hello
as when you turn to go
Ah, doe
if I call you dear
would you call me, doe?
Gambol like a sheep
fiendin' on you
I could fill your ears with empty words
and remain unheard
observe:
I could sit inside this empty room
It feels like a tomb
I'll go
If I call you dear
would you call me, doe?
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Spanish Flensing
01:07
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Pigs they lifted up the grates
All over town
to help the water dissipate
and so you spiral
You spiral down
the murky brown
Swallows you away from me
Officers, they stand around
Telling me you'd drown
as though I hadn't noticed
standing waist-deep in their
Idiocy
Boot-clicking pigs,
How'd you like a beating? See,
I've got about half a mind
to pull you right out of the window
of the patrol car
and smash your skull
against the roof
How'd you think you'd like that, pig?
and smash your skull
against the roof
How'd you think you'd like that, pig?
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To Breathe
05:48
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Hold us
so close
we can't breathe
hold us
to thee
please
release
hold us
to thee
to know
oh, to know I can breathe
unless
you say
I won't
and now
and now I can see
oh
I see
if only I had listened
listened when you said
darling, let's just go home
let's go home instead
we could find ourselves
find ourselves at home
holding you,
holding me to you
oh, to hear you say
hear you say just one time
pull me out of these wet things
push your lips to mine
push your lips to mine
push your lips to mine
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