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Sun Limina
02:15
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the day the storm came the air rang static thick
and the skull buzz drone of life swung on its hinge
i wet stared into the glare and called to it
then waited soft and scared to tell my sister
then everyone who loves us starts to sing
i'm sorry, i'm sorry, my condolences
and in a buzzing Pilsen loft I took the hit
because there's no right way to grieve
or how to live
the pain's a concatenated shape of little things
i'm livin in the John Prine songs he used to sing
and searching for those circling hawks he used to see
staring out the gray-blue eyes he gave to me
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Slept In
02:07
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gold dusk, you wake, hide in low light
these dusted lungs got bored and tired
what'd we expect, to grow our health?
sleep days in the pitch black room you built
i'll own, i know i slept in too
gazed up at clouds of that smoke you blew
smilin up in your crowd and i bought in on
that big warm wave come brought us down
ride slow in the van like we're the same kind
sit up, crack wise, opine all night
you saw where i come from's hard to find
still ripped your red-eyed hooks out mine
i'll own, i know i slept in too
lost days that waned in the room with you
sweet drunk in your crowd and i bought in on
that big warm wave come brought us down
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Slow Sundays
03:31
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i still daydream ways to burn our empty house
slow sundays chase a face to blow a ring of smoke around
i still slip out after dark to ride the curves
then skip walk home alone to breath the scene, and hear it burn
in the easy dream i drift into the street
they drive slow there, live stoned
left side you die, on the right you won't
i still slip all of the strays into my purse
hiss prank calls through the walls and fake it sane within the curse
i still sell new ways to shake an old machine
left broke down cold and aged and faded blank as anything
in the easy dream i slip out through the floor
i dream slow there, live high
cold swaths of sun that sift inside
flames lick up slow, take down the whole sky
some sick solipsistic joyride of mine
you're out, you lose them cards you show
nothin got me off like sayin no
you're out, you lose them cards you show
nothin got me off like going home alone
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Sandstone / Magnolia
03:35
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came in from outside, around
can't seem to bleed, or scream
i can't quite figure why
came in from outside, around
can't move to crawl, or cry
i can't quite figure why
i've not yet worked it out
lets ride out, life's a dirty trial
get tried, decided, iced out
i can't quite figure why
i won't be moved to try
like, what's time?
born lived had me died, how?
i can't quite work it out, why?
i won't quite drink it down
i can't quite piece it out
i won't be moved to try
just slide down the sandstone canyons
white, wild, formed curved born and died, how?
i won't quite drink it down
i can't quite piece it out
i won't quite drink it down
i won't be moved to try
that love's magnolia
that love's magnolia under sunset contrail
that love's a ghost you met there
that love's a ghost you left there
that love's a ghost
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he made it in a lab, palace of glass
a pitch shifter, dissociator
a magic act of flasks and cables
the heavy heads tilt back and take it
then, oh no a bad surprise, some hijacked high
by fate or choice, circuit bent body lost its shine
a fiber wire snakes up my spine
and i ride the wreck until it scratches, harsh and fine
aren't we all, aren't we all?
aren't we all that chained up?
aren't we all that chained up?
aren't we all that chained up dog?
til my good lonely days come back i'll take the bath
let Emmett's voice roll out like velvet on the track
painkiller sound fills up my mouth
and I spin that record til it scratches, harsh and loud
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Low Life Corridor
04:01
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i saw, i caught, i saw, i caught
a snake wrapped round the mouth
she's all i have, i'll take you down
i caught a snake wrapped round the mouth
she's all i have, i'll take you out
she's all i have
bled white, a blight, a broken hand
what's worse, the death or what I had?
crawled home, some stolen, aching hound
what's learned, to blank or black this out?
cold rips the low life corridor
what's less, the debt or what I was?
i saw you try to live without
i saw you try, i saw you
whole time you tried inside ya knew
it won't be killed what hunts for you
held it high and tight, rode it high and low
turned the wheel toward the low life corridor
fought it high, a kite, took you heart and soul
rode the wreck to the low life corridor
there find a snake wrapped round the mouth
she's all i have, now
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Kate Has
02:50
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Kate has dolls eyes, a lion's heart, and a smile
it's everything, everything
they don't get about our great Midwest
the news came down, she picks me up
we drive downtown or down south
Kate, I said, my chest is knit
so tight, from rib to rib, is this like dying?
Kate, I said, my chest is knit
like up so tight from rib across to rib
and everyday i wake up sick
Kate, I said my chest is knit
up so tight from rib to rib
and everyday i wake up sick
the weight it sits so high and tight
a cinderblock, like every night
to fly a plane, but try to crash
all the things i burned to ash
faces blank and fade away
a nation state in chronic pain
your love's a lucky thing I get to take
since he died, i'll always hurt
still wake up and go to work
mind goes up, a burning house
to stand outside with cottonmouth
the world's a bear, i'm a mouse
still scared they'll flush me out
Kate, I said, my chest is knit
like up so tight from rib across to rib
she says, why don't we get some groceries?
and what are we gonna wear on New Years?
she says, why don't we get some groceries?
what are we gonna wear on New Years Eve?
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Desert Liminal Chicago, Illinois
♫ ☾ Desert Liminal is an experimental pop trio and fixture in the deep field of Chicago D.I.Y. Their unique sound combines elements of melodic dream pop, shoegaze, and noise.
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