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1. |
Hope Is Not A Cope
03:58
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i've never been in love
doesn't mean i've never loved anyone
but soon the Spring will disappear
you're the one i've chosen
but our love's still frozen
and it's too late to thaw it clear
i've gotta work for you
like a honeybee
why did I think you came for free
i will wait for you in the winter freeze
the summer's not for me
my hope is not a cope
why has this tree not grown its leaves?
with stolen shade, a bird will never sing
it doesn't try to find the thieves
but there was one boy who always climbed that tree
he tried to steal honey from the queen
but just like Ambrose, they didn't sting
they just kissed him so he could see
our sweetness is inside
then they buzzed up
beyond the tree
to send a message to the king
tell Samson, “our lion is alive”
then he saw the leaves fall from the sky
the winter will never grow old and gray
so sit tight
while the mead is being made
my hope is not a cope
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2. |
Epithalamion
01:44
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hearers new
hear what I do
don’t worry, Lord
i still love you too
what is a life?
i was born and grew
You gave us this pond
to be swam in twos
singing a song
and i’m singing it just for you
swimming along
there the sun’ll shine just on you
singing a song
as we’re diving into the blue
swimming along
until the waterfall fell in two
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3. |
The Disco Song
04:12
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i'm moving in close but not enough
for you to notice me move
i make an excuse
for our t-shirts to touch
if only our eyes would too
we're walking from school,
my gut's playing games
this feeling inside to love
the same as myself,
the same as the shame
that knows
if i go where lovers go
then he'll maybe strike me dead
but if don't i'll never know
if we both have what should never be said
(I don't know what to do)
so I leave it alone
but then it overflows in you
(am I thinking this through?)
you are my name, made new
my secret abides your blond and blue
if only you had a clue
but to know would be worse
the secret and curse
are glued
and under the tree
you show me art you drew
its colors surrounded you
as our eyes meet but miss
i just want to lean for a kiss
but i know
if i go where lovers go
then he'll maybe strike me dead
but if i don't i'll never know
if we both have what should never be said
if i go where lovers go
you may run and tell all of our friends
but if I grow how others grow
then I might as well make you my end
(I don't know what to do)
I shouldn't leave this alone
I have to find out what you'll say
(am I thinking this through?)
so I lean into you
and you don't lean away
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4. |
Anemone
04:20
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my anemone fell to you
in a truce
other boys don't need an excuse
or disguise
in a garden of lies
you used your knife
of bunny teeth and angel eyes
i'll forever be stuck in these shoes
i was too young to choose
so we fall from the tree
to stop our growing
love and sin both agree
to put a curse on me
we whispered our flutes into their clue
to accuse
i hide myself to hide my bruise
i've got everything to lose
so i run through the leaves
to check the foxglove by the tree
drown it all in your flood
and sprinkle nectar on our blood
i saw Medusa, long ago
too many orchid screams
so i learned to avoid the trap of Calypso on my team
Aphrodite became Lamia
to ice Arcadia
he held her hand on the bus
i'll never be Perseus
my friend will be my end
it was for a girl instead
he buried his teeth and made his bed
for him it's just a try
i saw the devil in his eye
a fire where a lotus sank and died
that's when we fell from the tree
on the anemone
I kissed the bruise on your knee
and then you told me
"oh, don't you dare tell anyone
my life has just begun, and yours will be done"
i fell from what he said
and the fall should've made me dead
but it just stained the flowers red
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5. |
Dummy
04:58
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you had my letter burned
made a tea from the ashes
poured it on the floor
now there's nothing left to hide
our flutes are broken now
i'll shave my head in a vow
to love you all my life
you were the dream i wasn't given time to have
i thought I was taking a nap
but then I woke as a man
with a dream that'll never be you
how to explain i'm just a dummy
i fall onto my face and wake up
with the bruise of you
it's hard to explain
there's nothing to me
i'm just a eunuch
who fell in love again
i float around our town
they built another wine bar
with the darkest bricks
they really turned this town around
i saw a heart of white
graffitied on the wall there
the diners clink their glass
and it echoes through the streets of gray
not even a ghost could stay
there’s no one I know around
no more grass in the ground
i’ll hold you in my head until I’m old
and almost buried in the snow
but i won’t let go
until the deer finds the stream
or i dig my way into another dream
it’s there i’ll explain
i’m just a dummy
i fall onto my face and wake up
with the bruise of you
it’s hard to explain
there’s nothing to me
the servant disappeared
i'm just gonna fall asleep again
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our hearts live between
what the world isn't bringing
our ears exhaust all our steam
from the sirens' noisy singing
they will call and ask
"where are we going"
an unknown place
where trees scrape the sky
but they're still
growing growing growing
with where-are-you texts
still scrolling through
just you and me
the Lord our God set us free
to see the land
hand in hand
but i can't read
the words on the screen
so let's throw our phones into the lake
like the bread on the water
they will tumble and scatter
and wash up on our door
let's throw our phones into the lake
and ignore where the winds blow
climb til the clouds rain below
i dreamt of a sheep
someone silicone was shearing
blinded by the noon
the birds hit the ceiling
you moved to a black brick, all new
mounted a tv
got all your food from Uber
and in the dream
you turn gray and neuter
sent you a dm to meet me only
when the shadows hover over our heads
come under my umbrella from the satellite antenna
won't know where we're running to
just you and me
i wished it true
from the three
we'll hide in the well
can't you tell
again they'll fall from the sea to the shells
so let's throw our phones into the lake
like the bread on the water
they will tumble and scatter
and wash up on our door
let's throw our phones into the lake
hand in hand, terra mater
we watch our star parachute into the water
so the fish can grow their legs and scatter
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7. |
Groundhog Day
04:45
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there’s a rumble in the floor
when you play with your golden curls
there's a boy next door
on the other side of the world
i saw you in the blizzard snow
you weren't wearing a coat
just your summer clothes
but there wasn't any blue in you
what do i do with your sunny hue?
it wasn't til june
you finally threw the ice into the lake
where is the green you grew?
what do i do with your dummy clues?
I thought you could move
the autumn leaves without a rake
weathering boy
i wanna see you peek your head
why are you so coy?
the oceans freeze when you stay in bed
are you dead? are you dead?
i saw a metal dripping from the sky
the floating head balloons perusing by
your weather’s coming true
if you cry a candle will fly
through the ruins of old
Summertime should never be time
to only do what you’re told
and every boy will find a tree to die on
so if i see you ride away on the fawn
i’ll fall in love with you
to leave you be
to put the leaves on the tree
i don’t know if ever i’ll know
what to do with the snow
no more lights
the neighbors just fight
for the igloo below
they dug for miles to find the groundhog
so if i see you in just one more dawn
i’ll fall in love with you
so these snowy plains
will wash away in the rain
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8. |
I'm Done
03:38
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5, 6, 7, GET TO HEAVEN
alright you wretched little shit (yeah?)
listen up
I DIDN'T DO IT.
yes you did
DON'T WANNA DO IT.
yes you do
I DIDN'T DO IT.
yes you did
DON'T WANNA DO IT.
yes you do
I DIDN'T DO IT.
but you think you did
DON'T WANNA DO IT.
but you think you do
I DIDN'T DO IT.
why don't you tell that to the crew
DON'T WANNA DO IT.
Lord have mercy upon you
you're gonna find me dead in a swoon
the lowest of the lowest of the low
(and i’ll know everything that i’ve sown)
i thought it was relief, but it's only escape
(the smell is here to stay)
Minos caught the thief on a videotape, yeah
(third shower of the day)
i thought it was relief, but it's only escape,
(get me out of the way)
i can't hide behind the leaf, i'm forgetting my shape
(caught by the light of the day)
oh no
OH BOY. OH MAN. OH GAWWWWDDDD
i've got a soul when i feel it,
hold me when i feel it
i've got a soul when i feel it,
hold me when i feel it
(i don't wanna go where i please.
i don't wanna go where i please.)
but i remember the time before
the red lizard held
I NEVER WANNA DIY AGAIN.
NO MORE FUN.
I'M NOTHING.
I'M DONE.
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i don't wanna be just inspired by the movies
what i wanna be, i don’t know
but if an angel dropped its stone
and nobody heard but me
i would drop everything i had
and they all keep digging deeper down
but not me
i would climb up the cherry tree
even if there were no leaves
as i wait for a word
like a heartbeat in a spleen
the winter gave its last bird
as an offer to the queen
i saw i was growing old
and forgetting what my prayer means
maybe this is all a dream
and my hands are clean
maybe first the wolf and the lamb
will have to lead the child
back into the wild
til our choirs all align
and sing in time
but every single word i speak
doesn’t even rhyme
as i wait for nothing, i shrug
and call the old wineskins
i'll cut a rug, with a drink and a face
think about how things should've been
but if God is waiting for me
why do i spite Him
by not waiting with Him
to be merely innocent and clean
doesn't mean to Him a thing
...
i made it wrong to give it a name
i drew a dream in the sand
so the serpent is tamed
i felt the stream approach like a tide
but when it came, it fell from my claw
the oasis lied
the desert is the law
if the deer finds the waterbrook
it’ll drown
it must thirst all its life to be found
i can’t believe how long it took
to admit it aloud
to have nothing is the answer
having nothing is the answer
to why nothing ever answers back
congratulations, you won
congratulations, you won
congratulations, you won
congratulations,
you figured out what this is all about
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The Carmelittles Chicago, Illinois
a practical band for normal people
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