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Greener Where You Are
01:59
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I don't see you, where do you lie?
is it greener where you are?
greener than what I had hoped to find
I don't see you, where do you lie?
is it greener where you are?
greener where you are?
privy to harvest though I am the one who had sunk his blighted mouth into the earth
I've lost the harness, now I can paint the pavement the way I tainted the dirt
if it means that much to you
we can leave the hatches glued
if it means that much to you
cut the string we're hoisted to
I don't see you, where do you lie?
is it greener where you are?
greener than what I had hoped to find
I don't see you, where do you lie?
is it greener where you are?
greener where you are?
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Selfness
04:17
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carry out your shovel when you're trapped among your failings
you're a grey soul sailing through the sound
annihilate what you recognize as selfness
you'll be silent, ever selfless in the ground
digging home, whatever remains now
digging home, is anyone still around?
you can fill your mouth but it won't satiate your hunger
when your shoulders calcify to weigh you down
annihilate the two eyes that you are met with
when the mirror warps around you and you're found
carried home, I've been thrashing too hard
carried home, the dragon roamed too far
carry what you find if that pulls you through tonight
you can strike the stone inside
and you'll find there's nothing more behind
it's as much yours as mine
it's up to a cold way of thinking
we'll never get dug out
I've been trying not to be so frightened
God knows how I'm shaking now
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Clear Body
03:18
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I'll lock you outside for good
clear bodies through the mirror
clear body, I reach my hand through
till I reach you
hunger took your softness from you
clear vermin through your insides
clear vermin poking their heads through
till they reach you
let it fester from your human side
where your faults lie
let it drain from your swollen eyes wide
I will build it from the scraps that I find
our new tower
we'll be sipping tea and honey inside
our new tower
fruitful days and still, quiet nights
our new tower
lay out under what's left of the sky
our new tower
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Dogs of the Sea
03:51
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one more man and we'll be sailing smooth
got my sea legs on but my feet won't move
left my courage on the shore
pearl diving, met another dog of the sea
the kind with doll eyes and two rows of teeth
smiled back as if I knew
I heel when I'm asked to and I don't bite back
dogs of the sea don't swim like that
they swear that siren sings for me alone
you can see the shore when your light snuffs out
one more night and we can anchor the sand
seasick for life, oysters in our hands
enough to crack until we die
saltwater pours from the dog of the sea
even land looks like high water to me
found a pearl between my ribs
I heel when I'm asked to and I don't bite back
dogs of the sea don't swim like that
they swear that siren sings for me alone
you can see the shore when your light snuffs out
deepest coldest reaches
a compass gives no direction
we all know what's left for us
I could have prayed for a siren's tear
but sirens swallow sailors here
chum me up for the dogs of the sea
when the oysters yield no pearls
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New Enemy
03:15
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do you believe in God?
I think I do today
I saw him in the darkness and he scoffed at me
"you've been so bad, they oughta put you down"
"you've been so bad, they oughta put you down"
where our perceptions intersect
I was thrashing like an insect
and I wanna be someone who knows better than that
I leave windows like they're doors
new humans on all fours
and I wanna be someone who walks better than that
please be decent I've been trying to do by you right
disappointment paints your actions and you'll find
no tangible control of the wake you're left in
no damage to the hull but you find you're sinking
I've been trying to be wise
but I need a new enemy
when I stand still I can't breathe
I need a new enemy
lay my pride down beside me
where our perceptions intersect
I was thrashing like an insect
and I wanna be someone who knows better than that
I leave windows like they're doors
new humans on all fours
and I wanna be someone who walks better than that
you've been so bad, they oughta put you down
you've been so bad
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the interstate ends in the ocean
I need you like we need consumption
the longest legs, the broadest frame
could've learned your place
I should have learned long since by now
when your hands are coarse and dirty
how are you sleeping so soundly through the night?
it's the medicine, of course
snuffing out your light
you taught me everything within that moment
but I still found you bloated and white
and if God makes exceptions
I hope that he makes one for you
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Pistol Kisser
02:29
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to the bottom where the grease trap opens
just say the word, pistol kisser
to the gallows where they wave their torches
they cut through the dark, pierced patriarch
your hands chewed up the street
you turned away from the light
you forced your limbs around me
I kissed your pistol goodnight
strip malls cut the old flesh country in half
apartments stretch as far as the city had
they'll cut you open just to drain your sweetness
hanged by your feet, what vultures eat
gave my body to become their portions
just say the word, pistol kisser
your hands chewed up the street
you turned away from the light
you forced your limbs around me
I kissed your pistol goodnight
you wear it well
shots fired in the park
you wear it well
blood spilled in the dark
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8. |
Born a Blond
04:09
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first let's count all the plates scraped
against the sink, the sound swells in my ears
next let's bandage the hands
two devices I meant as a means to an end
towards better things
but spare your disbelief
this can't feed me for long
what's resurrected came back wrong
the cost swallows what's been sunk
doing what your hands should've done
though I'm now well beyond
they tell me I was born a blonde
I got well with God
I glimmer, then I dull, then I'm gone
so you feel you're slighted?
I've got news for you
I go where I'm invited
when I'm told to
third let's count missing ribs pressed
against the skin, the heart swells uncontained
next let's boil the rest
when left open the chest cavity uncompressed
speaks disarming things
but spare your disbelief
though I'm now well beyond
they tell me I was born a blonde
I got well with God
I glimmer, then I dull, then I'm gone
I swear I saw the earth get that much darker when I watched your light go out
if this feeds me a little longer I will concede this doubt
last let's retread the steps
that led us into this trench
and hope that something will change
pray the cycle will break
but spare your disbelief
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Inedia
03:10
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we'll cook our blackened limbs
wince before we sink our teeth in
end the foul stench you're releasing
god won't forgive this feasting
the food has long run out
we'll eat each other now
trembling until we break
apart like offerings we'd take
we'll chew our bones for the fix
gum them up as our jaws hang open
a lesson not ours for the teaching
God won't forgive this feasting
I'd never ask you to forgive
but I pray you'll understand
hands twisting into talons
black feathers break my skin
my lips ache at their ends
growing my butcher's hook in
I've got a hooked beak that I can sink into you
I, I tore my beak out to make it up to you
I, I clawed my eyes out to make it up to you
I, I gouged my throat out to make it up to you
I, I offered my entrails to make it up to you
the food has long run out
we'll eat each other now
trembling until we break
apart like offerings we'd take
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Pony White Whale
03:38
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it tastes like candy and it hurts to touch
did you get the pony that you wanted so much?
take time, alright?
I'm watching you from up here
don't cry, decide
where you are
it's in the water and it's in your flask
did you learn the difference between what's good and what lasts?
take time, alright?
I'm watching you from up here
don't cry, decide
where you are
in panic, my nerves turn choleric
though the wound seeps black bile
I don't expect you to understand
light the fever and it burns high
and if you teach me how to listen
to warnings from the greener side
too stubborn to understand
light the fever and it burns high
and it burns high
somebody loves you and you'll make it to heaven someday
somebody loves you
is it greener where you are?
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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:
Neither Is, Nor Ever Was
by CONSTANT FOLLOWER
Delicately constructed, understatedly intricate, and profoundly moving folk music from Scottish singer-songwriter Stephen McAll.
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Best Wishes - EP
by Best Wishes
This Ontario-based trio make rustic and rapturous shoegazers that drift and wind at a truly glacial pace.
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