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A Guide To Live By
03:54
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Oh what a glorious hour to be obscured by a mask
The blind and shallow confidence has a schedule one effect
While you were down you came around and you introduced yourself
You did your job and did it well, gave your name and took your vows
And if it feels cheap that’s because it is
To construct and illusion and to live in it
But if you do it right, you’ll be hard to catch
And maybe never ever even noticed
Oh what a fantastic game to play within yourself-
Keeping all the hard to swallow bits inside your mouth
You will be so likable and it will never end itself
Don’t let the oxygen run out, or else you’ll burden everyone else
And if it feels cheap that’s because it is
To construct and illusion and to live in it
But if you do it right, you’ll be hard to catch
And maybe never ever even noticed
I can’t remember who I am
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Star Worship
02:50
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah I’m in love with every man who wears a guitar on his chest, hallelujah
Are you my god?
Are you my maker?
If I fail to live in your image will my soul be damned to earth?
I’m a child standing in your shoes
I’m imitating all of your moves
Should you look away, I’d steal your everything and try to sell it back to you
I’d get away with it too
Oh I wander, oh I wander from man to man
Searching for myself in their written word so I can abuse it
I’m a Skeksis, I’m a Skeksis near death
But I could save myself if I could only taste that sweet essence
Often I’m naked posing in the mirror
Trying to look unlike myself
I’m a child standing in your shoes
I’m imitating all of your moves
Should you look away, I’d steal your everything and try to sell it back to you
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3. |
Dead Man
04:28
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Shame rolls its tongue up my back and kisses my neck
It wants to get me in bed but I know who it is I’m dealing with
Shame plays the long game- it wants me to break down
It sings a siren song for me, but I don’t fall so helplessly now
It was pitchy anyhow
Well if I’m already a dead man
I may as well get naked and dance in the crosshairs
Well if I’m already a dead man
Why not just go ahead and paint a target on my chest
Fate has a chisel and is etching my name into some granite
The man without a new has asked Piripero for my casket
So naturally I wonder- why is it I hide?
In here I prolong suffering when there’s no way I’m leaving with my life
So simmer down and dry your eyes
Well if I’m already a dead man
I may as well get naked and dance in the crosshairs
Well if I’m already a dead man
Why not just go ahead and paint a target on my chest
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These crickets are driving me insane tonight
Despite all my efforts to pollute the air their babble is branded in my mind
The ceaseless and grotesque rumblings of the naked night
Accent and underline all the horrors I’ve been working so hard to deny
Don’t ever you worry dear as long as I’m amused
I’ll be too busy for my writhing, doom, and gloom
So if I ever seem to be too deep in thought
Perhaps to numb the pain we turn the TV on
What’s that love? You don’t like to just sit there and watch
While I retreat into the depths of hell when there's a single second off?
I know it probably doesn’t seem like much- but here’s a quick smile to let you know I haven’t completely fallen off
Don’t ever you worry dear as long as I’m amused
I’ll be too busy for my writhing, doom, and gloom
So if I ever seem to be too deep in thought
Perhaps to numb the pain we turn the TV on
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The Ugly Man Sings
04:26
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Of all the children I’ve tamed who must bear this weight you have always been one of most resistance
I can’t comb your hair or eat your bread without being bitten
You’re too big for my breast but too small to pay rent and I don’t want to be your second mother
When you writhe and twist in your spasmodic fits I feel nothing other than bothered
Often I ponder how to send you back into your mother
I think you would benefit from more time in there for development
How hard could it really be
How hard could it really be
For you to behave for me
This could be easy
I’ve seen every seam, every fold, and every crease in the fabric of the world you inhabit
I am unimpressed by the will you possess, and the way you exercise it
Just like any pest who has overstepped, there will certainly be some repercussions
I will poison the well in the place which you dwell and leave without hesitation
Often I ponder how to send you back into your mother.
I think you would benefit from more time in there for development
How hard could it really be
How hard could it really be
For you to behave for me
This could be easy
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True Romance Lives
04:18
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Darling, if you want to get me in the mood for loving, you’ll have to stop the world from turning as it does
There is money to be made in every second I spend waking, and unfortunately, you are just a cost
Between drinks, entrees, deserts, and that service charge
It feels so hard for me to really turn it on
Take me now
I’m not sure how long we have before I’m down
Honey, if you want to make me crumble at your touch, you’ll have to dress up like an apple and take me to the Genius Bar The ones and zeros are so phallic, and the prices are just wrong
It feels so dirty- I just shivered
Siri please play bang a gong
Don’t you think the new model looks so awesome?
It could be mine for only one thousand dollars
Take me now
I’m not sure how long we have before I’m down
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7. |
Ode to Joy 2
03:46
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Friday night, the open window breathes life
And I detect New Amsterdam upon its breath
It’s laughing uninhibited
I hear it’s clumsy footsteps on the pavement, stumbling to bed
Friday night, may I suggest the cooking wine?
It’s salty in a tasteless way and young in age- it pairs well with the mood today
So pucker up and take a drink now quickly
Oh what fun it is laughing at nothing
By this age we all have it down
A half full glass spills so easily
But fear not, theres always next round
Friday night, tired neon slithers through a sign. It stalks the wanderers of the night within plain sight
And offers them a juicy bite of fruit aged long enough to be a very special kind of ripe.
And in those bites you’ll be amused
Your lips will smack until they bruise
Your appetite will be profuse
Your tongue will clean your dishes too
And when your make-out session ends
The next one will quickly begin
But this time from the other end
As bile kisses your inner lips
Oh what fun it is laughing at nothing
By this age we all have it down
A half full glass spills so easily
But fear not, theres always next round
Oh what fun it is drowning big nothing
By this age we all have it down
A half full glass spills so easily
But fear not, theres always next round
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Erik and I are the best of friends
Though I’m not sure if he knows that yet
Lately he’s been making some questionable decisions
But I’m pretty sure I can talk some sense back into him
Just relax struggling will only give you rope burn
You know my terms they’re simple yet you disobey my orders
I’d hate to see you hurt but how else will I ever get through to you?
All I want, yes all I want is what is the very best for you.
Come on you’re killing me
Come on you’re killing me
Just as the ancient proverb says
It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again
I have this theory that you wouldn’t really like that
But if you betray me I’m happy to test it
Just relax struggling will only give you rope burn
You know my terms they’re simple yet you disobey my orders
I’d hate to see you hurt but how else will I ever get through to you?
All I want, yes all I want is what is the very best for you.
Come on you’re killing me
Come on you’re killing me
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9. |
A Flower and a Weed
03:22
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I’ve been up every night this week
On my knees, begging please please please
To any hand within my reach
Won’t you pick me from among the weeds?
I’ve heard the fruit is so much sweeter
When there’s no sweat upon your brow
I would be basking in the rays of my own sunshine
Were I just given it, I could be content with myself
Until then I’ll go through hell
Please make my dream come true, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do.
I am a person who’s in need
Don’t be deceived by my perfect teeth
There is a hunger deep in me
One I can’t feed without you watching me
I’ve heard the grass is so much greener
When strangers offer it to you
I would be high and nobody would ever stop me
Were I just offered it, I could be content with myself
Until then I’ll go through hell
Please make my dream come true, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do.
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10. |
Easy as That
04:15
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For someone with more convictions than most books bound in leather
I’ve found it pretty easy to amend one of my chapters
With this amazing trick I can make any distance jump
Logical or otherwise if I get a running start
I just lie to myself
It’s just as easy as that
Down at the western bar I studied the wood grain
And through each glass the detail in the counter lost its shape
Now that I’ve got this truth serum all pumping through my veins-
I can tell you very honestly that my vice and I aren’t chained
I just lied to myself
It’s just as easy as that
And if this lying has a consequence I’m sure I could say something that could change its tune
I didn’t know it- “I’m so sorry” is a personal favorite, that I’d really love to use
If all that goes up must come down how long do I have before I hit the ground.
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