1. |
Ditch
02:35
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Ditch
How much longer ‘til it’s gonna end?
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2. |
Trigger
04:20
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Trigger
Left a light on in the hall
For the ghost lost somewhere out in the slipstream of
every dream I can’t remember
Trying to find its way back home
You’ll know me by my silence now
By the spaces between all of the hurts you’ve found
Dotted through these fields of heather
Smeared up this mountainside
You know why…
I just had to relinquish
It wasn’t finished
But the time ran out on you
All the while
I was wrapped round the finger
On the trigger
Trying to make some sense of you
Nobody knows just where he went
Still unsure as to whether he died or left
Or if he should be remembered
And if so then, well, for what?
Took a trip on the desert road
High voltage lines over volcano snow
Stretch into a silky distance
Make me feel like the unborn
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3. |
Killing Child at Zoo
03:39
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Killing Child at Zoo
Come, we’ll go anywhere you want
Out to Raglan or the zoo
Come, we’ll do anything you say
And I’ll be happy when you’ve run me ragged
And we’ll both sleep well tonight
See the sad polar bear waiting
For its fur to be restitched
See the beach buried in black sand
Feel the world slip out of reach at your feet
Falling from your fingertips
And all I promised
Just so many empty words that you’ll repeat
Now no one listens when you sleep
And all you wanted
I’ve wrapped up and clean forgotten all about
We’re in these cages until we die
And I picked mine
You had no choice, but I chose mine
You had no voice, drowned out by mine
We’re in these cages until we die
And I chose yours, and I made mine
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4. |
And All That Follows
02:45
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And All That Follows
I’ve tried to tell you of the future we could find
Those words unspoken lie in silos in my mind
And if you asked me I’d just laugh and then deny
I’m not insane, but I’m insane enough to know I might
If circumstances played into my grand design
I’d take my chances as those chances took my life
If you could see me as a stranger to befriend
If you could free me from the infamy I found instead
And I’ve seen this all before
And all that follows
Are you ten years wiser now
Or the same shit ten times over?
And the window’s closing fast
But the black door’s wedged wide open and night
walks right in and drags you back out
I held your letter in the claws I use for hands
The more I read your words, the less I hoped you’d understand
And I’ve seen this all before
And all that follows
Are you thirty years wiser now
Or the same shit thirty times over?
And the window’s closing fast
But the black door’s wedged wide open and night
walks right in and drags you back out
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5. |
Ghosts of the DMS
04:11
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Ghosts of the DMS
Ghosts of Dunedin’s music scene
Hang your black arches over me
Broken like a rainbow’s light
Fall in love again with life
No thanks, I’ll take the deal tonight
Sign for what is surely ours by right
Ghosts of Dunedin’s music scene
You know your places by degree
Please, stand not on ceremony
We made a deal with you
We made a deal
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6. |
Method Acting
01:43
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Method Acting
Method acting a part in my own life
Maintain situational awareness
Watch my back, check peripheral vision
Take a dim view of public spaces
I felt alive, once
I want to feel alive, want to feel alive
Want to feel alive
But I’m method acting
People like a moral
To make them feel good
To make them feel right
Heard myself proclaimed and found this tree
Take a look at the tragic loading of it
Method acting a part I didn’t write
Method acting a part I never wanted
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7. |
Christlike
01:30
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Christlike
Go complain in your garden to the sky
Now that you’re mine and the kiss is the sign
When I was away from you…
But Christ
You are Christlike
Go complain in your garden to the sky
Tell me that I’m OK when I’m with you
Tell me I’m only OK when I am only with you
Tell me that I’m OK when I’m with you
But Christ
You are Christlike
Now that you’re mine and the kiss is the sign
When I was away from you…
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8. |
Hypothermic
01:29
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Hypothermic
Daylight is a rash behind my eyes
The surprise is that there’s no surprise, not today
What do you want me for?
I’ve misunderstood you still
Shall we go off trail?
Let a blizzard write the sequel
To this sky blue swathe?
Lift your shirt over your ivory
As the towers fall in the hypothermic sun
I was afraid you’d never ask me what I’d done
I was afraid you’d still pretend I was the one
I was afraid
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9. |
New Position
02:46
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New Position
One of those days I could use a minder
The Eclectus mimicking the neighbour’s grinder
Lost my mind in a reflecting pool
Found I was better off without it
In my letterbox found the Milky Way
The Sun and the Earth, my city and my street
My house with its letterbox and I
closed the letterbox, went back inside
But you don’t need me
I defend this new position I have taken
Like it is the last one
Looks like your past has caught up with you
Seems that the future’s off the menu
Gift wrapped Semtex in your lap
You know that’s why they call it the present, don’t you?
But you don’t need me
I defend this new position
Saddle up the horses
Will you ride
At my side?
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10. |
Unwanted Presents
02:59
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Unwanted Presents
You know me sometimes
When I let you see the friend who
you assembled out of these
Body parts and body bags of dead dreams
And when I see you
It’s easy to be who you need me to be
If anything it’s a relief
To be free from what I thought it could be
Unwanted presents
They’re the ones that mean the most now
Not because they’re all you’ve had
Not because they’re all you’ve ever opened
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11. |
It's Now OK to Litter
04:33
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It’s Now OK to Litter
Time has been
Walk a mile
To find a rubbish bin
Well raised as we are
It’s second nature to
me and you
Time has been
Cross the Earth
To find the one you love
Couldn’t bring her back home
Love’s not strong enough
Anymore
It’s now OK to litter
Just throw that can away
What makes this forest floor
So special anyway
Anymore?
It’s now OK to litter
It’s now OK
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