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It Says Its Dead

by samhears

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What do you want from me? I fucked up again I slept in and it ruined all our plans I forgot the briefcase it had all of our bus tickets I forgot to put on shoes now my socks are all stained But none of that matters as long as we always say Everything will be okay we've had our lesson from the day
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Oh a miss-step the dread protect the head As I bleed a broken mess I must agree it says it's dead It's a trip a stumble and fall slipped off the wall cracked to bits As I bleed a crown of rust I do decree it says it's dead Bound from birth a trip back to mother earth I was caught rolling rocks into the sea where they belong Is this the final dream? It would seem the thoughts of the dead As I peer from off the pier it appears the end is near ow Ground to dirt with the help of me a growth spurt The rock with the will of man pulped in the sea Light spreads open the dark I embark only wish to know my part Am I the wheel or the mouse? Am I the outcome or the thirsty louse? Found by her the eye at the core of her girth Is it fair to be punished for moving things along?
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I can't help it I know what you want to say But I must stop you there for I am the defeatist No one wants to be a let down this I'll tell myself for I am the defeatist So run far away far away from me Oh I see you already left You're gonna be a hard one to defeat But don't you know who you're dealing with It's the defeatist he'll do you one better He can turn to stone or travel back in time You'll never have seen him or known his name He'll run far away far away from you You'll never see his wrinkling face his body decay because he's undefeated!
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Clocktower 03:47
I was having one of those dream where a stranger was in love with me and the danger was in all those stairs Well the stranger she wasn't there No She wasn't there I I had another dream where death he had it out for me and the danger was in his empty stairwell Death he was never there No I know that death is still out there waiting for me I know that she is still out there a stranger to me This is why I gotta be so careful going up those stairs I awoke from my sleep to discover life was just a dream well The danger is that when I fall under Is that my tower it will no longer no longer be there
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Human Form 03:03
You lost the eyes on the back of your head You cannot see the train wreck And in your peripheral a shroud of flags Your tunnel vision is all you have What were you before you gained your human form? I can't leave you alone and I can't stand being in the same fucking room If I turn away for a moment Will you cut me in half? And tell me this is how one becomes two If I's agrees does it make true? I can't watch your mouth move because I'll be involved in your bullshit soup Whatever it is that bore you wants to maintain the logic loop I know what I am I know my words from my actions Take into account that the human form Means that you will never be reborn
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Cutthroats 02:18
Animal do you agree? Animal do you agree? You lack focus You lack discipline You’ll never make it in a world of cutthroats You will not fit in Where is the focus? Where is the mechanical hand? The cowards long for a brand new song but the pieces won’t fit in You’re safe for now Tucked away in this house It’s not everyday you can say You escaped your only fate You got away Fate You Escaped
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Foam Castle 03:36
Layer by layer my foam castle fuses together It crackles beneath my toes yes it grows and no one knows I got knights in foam armor they protect my foam honor They guard my foam ideals so I can enjoy foam meals Take one more step towards my foam homestead and I just might loose a volley of my finest foam broad-heads Packing peanuts line my sarcophagus I shove my wife in with the rest of my stuff
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Lunch Break 04:51
You of course will never do not in your current form Find a phone booth that's out of view and change your uniform But wait look there through the crack between the elevator door It's a stair after stair and now we know the change will always be Not enough Oh it must be lunch time again Everyone stop what you were doing Find the nearest needle and thread Remain still your snack will be sewn to you Try and recall the last time you thought you saw a real bear Can you believe they lunch break for an entire winter and it's still Not enough Let's make like bees away from dropping eaves May our eyes shine like thieves slide out of those work greaves I can't wait on an empty stomach Can no longer stand on tired feet My back is sore my heart empty My eyes are ready to see Yet I must profess I got the call to come back in to work again and my suit freshly pressed I'm ready for our time together to be Not enough Not enough Never enough Not enough
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Kerplunker 02:47
I feel a sharp pang I've ruptured my ancestral vein Gasses flood dormant chambers inducing artificial labor What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? It's weird how the days go by I'd stay the tide if I were stable I guess it's just my time I'd pay the bill If I were able I guess I lacked the foresight could not afford that birthright Now I'm ready for the slow and steady my body torn like confetti What more could I have done? What more could I have done? Now I'm done Oh now I’m done
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I've got neighbors on top That don't know when to stop I don't have time for this Have they forgotten how to quit So I over-produce a song about it until they stop that goddamn racket I need to go to sleep But they don't know when's enough Maybe I'll just read Or down some black coffee They won't quit then they cry about it In the shower they fuck I can show them what noise means They called the cops on me Can you believe their insanity Now they're barking at my front door They're pulling at my sleeve But I can't pull away From the screen They started this mess I'll show them what noise means
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Here I will stand watch for your return for your return Will you have changed or stayed the same? I ask these things only to stay sane Here I remain in the abandoned tower I await your return at your most convenient hour Now my friend death he grows bored He pulls the wings from flies and asks if they're still flies I don't listen to his lies or meet him in the eyes I know that you'll come back I need no other fact So have no fear I will remain here come sun or cloud I have no doubt in your return In your return The consuming cloud it draws near It swallows mountains whole Sucks in the stars and the air But why should I fear? I know soon you'll be here I ignore death's sneers his jabs and jeers And we'll rebuild the abandoned tower it's former glory returns it'll be our finest hour
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Play Ded 03:38
I vow to never recoil or wince To proud to ever lather and rinse Don't forget to play dead To get out of the liar's den Lie down slow your pulse decompose Allow the monsters to get in close Let go of you mind then your soul let it leave you behind There you go the feint of your life good bye Catch me next time If I can’t see you then you can’t hear me If I can’t hear you then you can’t smell me If I can’t smell you then you can’t see me If I can’t see you then you can’t hear me Now unhinge my jaw swallow you whole I sit around let it dissolve get back on patrol Don't forget to play dead To get out of the liar's den
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Hurrrricane 02:41
A hurricane came and it It rained rain for days Someday I'll look after you and Remember when we were young and we used to play out in the storms forget When the levys come crashing down all we can do is sink and drown

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An Ode to all things living, post-living, pre-living.

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released January 29, 2017

Samuel Michael Christopher Luke

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