1. |
The Idea One
03:07
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idle brain
brain and map will code
code your thoughts
thoughts will always drain
drain and block
block the greedy hand
hand of art
art remains our need
instability open up your skull
helpless. you are the idea one
hopeless. you are the idea one
hear this: you are the idea one
idea one
lack of work
work the weary ear
ear and grave
grave? it's not so hard.
hard to run
run away from fear
fear of will
will not keep a score
lift away the veil intellectual
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2. |
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you've reached the turning point
you made your decision
now you're looking back on it
with 20/20 vision
what would you have done if you knew what you would find?
was it worth it for you?
would you change your mind?
i feel the cold chains
extinguish my flames
my dripping entrails
and I'm fading away
do you spend your time
living with regret?
if you think you're hurting now
you ain't seen nothin' yet
you want more than anything
freedom from the curse
but you can never take it back
it's only getting worse
i feel the cold chains
extinguish my flames
my dripping entrails
and I'm fading away
you feel the cold chains
extinguish your flames
your dripping entrails
and you fade away
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3. |
BETA
03:25
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buy each tape again
but I don't care
looking for the sharper picture
but I don't know where
gotta drive outta town
gotta get it now
do whatever it takes
L750
I don't need two windows
one will work for me
I don't need six hours
in front of the TV
gotta drive outta town
gotta get it now
do whatever it takes
tracking
see it in the headlines
about this other place
where people didn't turn their backs
and make the same mistakes
gotta drive outta town
gotta get it now
do whatever it takes
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4. |
Helvetica
05:03
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New York told me you'd be gone
2000 miles away
Palatino played cold and formal
listing off your days
Times came when time was passing
cannot count the weeks
words on paper without feeling
filling up the sheets
finally you've found your muse
passion soaking every word
Helvetica, yeah it's her perfect way
to hold her things to say
tailed "t"s talking to me
tell of tragic thoughts
transition, temptation, titillation
tired of trying trust
"b"s and "d"s sit mirror image
in "bond" and "divided"
"betrayal" and "devotion"
"beloved" and "despised"
finally you've found your muse
passion soaking every word
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5. |
Box Of Nails
04:28
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box of nails
bucket of hinges
always a building to fill up some space
lions and rivers
needing a ceiling
take it all under advisement to place
nothing is worse than a windowless wall
saving the workers some time
print the letters and promise forever
follow a number a dime
a box of nails
box of nails
with silver and steel
developing ground in the heart of the land
figures to add
are written on paper
hope that the houses can shiver and stand
box of nails
on every acre
nearly a series of points on a line
turning the earth
on winter and water
every map has a perfect design
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6. |
Chassel Rut
02:41
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mother warned me not to stray near the rut
once you fall in you may never get out
her good advice was never enough
Chassel rut
I've been in this rut for 25 years
with trucks and boots and bullets and beer
stayed long enough to like it down here
Chassel rut
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my skies are dark as hell, and you in cloudless heaven
no truth that I can tell, and you in cloudless heaven
I look up to my skies, they fall in all around
no I ain't doing well, and you in cloudless heaven
when we were kids we had such fun
we laughed and played the days away
somehow you've held on to that sun
I struggle just to find a ray
you've been blessed with that appeal
I'm damned with shifty eyes
people know that you're for real
and I live lost in lies
you've always had a heart of gold
while mine is made of lead
you've found someone, you'll both grow old
I sit and cry in bed
you have the life I've always dreamed
is mine your worst nightmare?
you have won while I got reamed
it really isn't fair
jealousy is unbecoming
but I have unbecome
I have no strength to find the pieces
whose whole is now less than their sum
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8. |
The Kiln
04:22
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keep on working night and day
working in 100,000 degrees
form another world out of that clay
read these words in Japanese
wonder how it goes
wonder how it stays
wonder how the molecules change
I ain't clay but I wonder how
wonder how it is inside the kiln
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9. |
Chassel Rut (live demo)
02:11
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Jonathan Rundman Minneapolis, Minnesota
"bright, catchy indie pop" NEW YORK TIMES
“clever, intelligent songwriting” PASTE MAGAZINE
“clever phrasing
and fresh rhymes" PERFORMING SONGWRITER
“literate…excellent…a record for anyone who hasn't given up on the idea that good songs, electric/acoustic guitars, and a great drummer are the key to all sorts of epiphanies” CITY PAGES
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