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open up and swallow
02:41
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low to the floor
i don't wanna live this anymore
i don't wanna do more than i've done
how could i have killed your only son?
i'm getting old
i can't stand the mirror anymore
i can't stand to graze the field i'm on
decimated under a see-saw
open up and swallow whole
no more cars to follow home
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oreko
06:21
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come on, five seasons
they'll break you in two
gun to my temple, how about you?
with naked eye, i used to see you all the time
some life
i won't see you tonight
i can't see in low
low flight
this doesn't feel right
fuck, my chest is tight
oreko, i thought i lost you in the snow
some awful place i hope you never go
i hope you're home next year
i hope you're somewhere near
i saw your ghost appear
i think you left your shoes here
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coyote
03:09
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steady heart, steady hands, steady eyes
the skin i hide behind as a disguise
there is no relief in short of breath
there is no glory in certain death
coyote
are you gonna hurt me?
are you hungry?
are you gonna eat me?
cause i'm open like you wouldn't believe
we could walk into the mouth of the sea
i'm skewered, i am down on my knees
if you walk by will you comfort me
coyote
are you scared of me?
bearing your teeth
are you lonely?
the light has dimmed low
does your pack know?
sad to see you go
dissolving in snow
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jersey devil
02:48
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jersey devil, saw you in the parade
saw you lying down with your father's blade
bastard child of a bastard son
you are vile, but you're not the only one
it's not me, no sir, it's him you're looking for
he was knocking all night long on my door
he don't wanna walk this town no more
son of satan never asked to be born
jersey devil, heard your mother cry out
"what's this ugly demoniac mess about?"
scampered along, barely touching the ground
you and i, trapped in the hateful sound
jersey devil, you were only a child
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flowers for algernon
02:41
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this is good, i am happy
everyone celebrating and clapping to see you off
mr. gazelle, why don't you take me home?
i am feeling well, but i can't be alone
this is good, i am beaming
fish in the ocean are screaming "hey how are you?"
hey rat parade, can you carry me home?
love me in spades i cannot be alone
it came to me in the form of a rock through my window
with a note attached, said "hey, how've you been?"
it wasn't the right time to say "i've missed you"
but you could've climbed on through, let yourself in
i threw a part of myself below me like a javelin
to see what all the clammoring's about
the fibers of my neck began unraveling
you watched me turn my insides inside out
the brightest light you've ever seen
something out of a fever dream
the earth is tearing at it's seams
i think it's real, it seems to be
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moon blood (ghost story)
02:28
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haven't you heard these hills are haunted?
haven't you seen her appear?
haven't you heard of the departed?
somebody else is out here
there's something in the woods, i realized that i could hardly stand
to you, i wonder, where do i draw the line?
this is all wrong, no, this is different, I've become a lesser man
to you, i wonder, where do i draw the line?
my mouth is filling up with moon blood but i think everything is fine
trapped in adjacent time, we have been suspened by our bootstraps
kicking, screaming, dangling our feet over swallowed light
what a life
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the black sound
02:37
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mouth full of coal, i lost all control
and now there's nothing left
i rode a silver ox, i forgot my socks
my feet are cold again
come outside into the black sound
what's been keeping you?
you feigned a sigh into the cold ground
your mouth is bleeding blue
but what's in a name that's worth keeping?
i'm embridled with shame and i wish i were sleeping
but i touched that thorn, i could have sworn
that there was a caveat to all of this teething
what's said has been said, so i guess i really ought to be leaving
can we please get on with this beheading?
the turnout was good before you fell through the bedding
but i touched that urn, i should've learned
that there was no caveat to all of this doubt
what the hell is all this yelling about?
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heaven spit me up
03:07
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give me more weight, you'll find everything was just fine
heavy stones that rain down pressing through your spine
it wasn't right to hold me up in refracted light
heaven spit me up, said something didn't sit with her right
heaven spit me up, i am losing myself
illusion of a choice, i'll see you in hell
so i will poke at embers resting in your mouth
i will pull out the parts that fill your head with doubt
with sabres drawn they'll charge and open up the sky
heaven spit me up and said it's not your night to die
heaven spit me up, i am losing myself
illusion of a choice, i'll see you in hell
there's nowhere to hide, the city is gone
there is so much blood, what have you done?
heaven spit me up, the earth choked me down
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blood city
01:51
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coming up short, you're sick and tired
coming up short yet uninspired
we could have a house by the lakeside
we'll skip some stones in the daylight
coming up short with rubber bracelets
coming up short and feeling tasteless
i'll prick a finger, drop of blood
you'll toss a pebble towards the sun
and it's a blood city and we're choking on our spit
it's a blood city and today's a heap of shit
it's a blood city and we're dying in the road
it's a blood city looks like we're out of a home
we could have a house by the lakeside
we'll skip some stones in the daylight
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aster season
03:48
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don't die on me tonight
wait for me to lie down
i'd drown in your spite
the burden is light
and i hope you'd be proud
if you could see me now
you walk along the sun
could you act like i was
someone to be proud of
emburdened through blood
why don't you stay a while
i was only a child
don't tell me till i'm older
i'm growing out of your shoes
aster season is over, i want you to know
that i look just like you
today was an okay day
i swear i saw you look my way
i really wish you'd stick around
twenty two orchids on the ground
i was clearing through the basement
a polaroid in your youth
my memory was so faceless, but oh my god
i look just like you
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found my head spinning on its axis
there's nothing beautiful at all
these things bear fruit in ideation
you spoke your mind all over the walls
i think this is where you get off
turn around, do you like what you bought?
if i could pull my own face off
turn around, i'd entertain the thought
blood has a way of making me feel strange
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sun is poison Ballston Spa, New York
some songs to listen to
sun is poison recommends:
it's gorgeous and wistful, listen and find out
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Your Ghost In Me
by Desert Trees
crazy underrated, switches between being super catchy and super dense at a moments notice
go to albumIf you like sun is poison, you may also like:
Here in the Pitch
by Jessica Pratt
On her fourth album, Jessica Pratt blends up 60s pop and bossa nova into a spooky mix of soft psychedelia.
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Will I Still Bloom?
by Half Dream
Heartland indie rock that’s like Angel Olsen at her fuzziest fronting a gnarlier Mazzy Star.
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