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1969 Camaro
03:29
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1969 CAMARO
1969 Camaro with The Cars 8-track stuck inside
and I'm in the backseat lost in a
quarter note beat I sink
deeper than deep and see the
guitar bounce and twang inside my mind
don't cha stop at the
stop and shop just to
see who's not
underneath the raw fluorescent light
good times roll for the
young and old pass your
hand to hold
you are all that I have got tonight
1969 Camaro with The Cars 8-track stuck inside
your best friend's girl is in
touch with her world as the
headlights swirl
I'm feeling loose but man this band is tight
crazed and amused
dazed and confused
praise the blown fuse
we all move in stereo tonight
years interrupt
mountains erupt
cars burn up
fire leapt and set our house alight
1969 Camaro with The Cars 8-track stuck inside
1969 Camaro
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2. |
Nowstalgia
03:42
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NOWSTALGIA
hold on tight it's razor sharp
hold on while it falls apart
such a strange and constant separation
what if time is not a line?
what if I could shut my eyes?
what if time is like a conversation?
heavy crackle of the air
1985 is where
I slide into this hallucination
shake it off and where am I?
passing through a brand new time
feeling eyes upon my new reflection
nowstalgia for the nowstalgia for the
nowstalgia for the now now
nowstalgia for the nowstalgia for the
nowstalgia for the now now
time is not like shedding skin
brand new body again and again
memory resists that amputation
in the end it is not right
time is finite time is tight
all becomes a missing invitation
back away and see the scene
hover high and split the screen
pick and choose the happy simulation
holding one and holding two
zero sums are hard to prove
it's a teetering syncopation
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3. |
Polyphonic
03:26
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POLYPHONIC
she comes she goes she strikes a pose
I fall she stares I fall down stairs
I thought a girl could rule my world
the first mistake is words are fake
I found big love it seemed to come
from this one source a glowing force
turns out it is a switch that's hit
turns out that high is here inside
and I hear it now so clear
I pull the sand out of my ear
all the shapes and names and smoke
distract me from the joke
it's funny how time can fly
and a solo note will die
a creshendo overtone
can look and feel like home
and a a love like a laser beam
will evaporate the sea
and a love like a laser beam
will burn a hole in me
and a single singularity
will never see what we can see
and a single singularity
will never see
my love has gone polyphonic
it was monophonic all those years
my love has gone polyphonic
it was monophonic all those years
my love has gone polyphonic
it was monophonic all those years
and years and years and years and years and years and years and years
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SOUL UNFOLDED
hand me your soul unfolded
hand me your soul I'll hold it
hand me the story you've been sold
hand me your heart to keep it
do it quickly while it's sleepin'
I can hold it better than I hold my own
hand me today I'll take it
slowly my body's breaking
hand me your hand and we'll grow old
show me the brightness dimming
show me the light that's thinning
show me the sunset growing cold
should your soul unfold
should your soul unfold
should your soul unfold
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5. |
Out Of A Hole
03:24
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OUT OF A HOLE
I might feel like I can't
climb or breath like I'm gonna
co lapse fold up and stay that way
fall down get stuck and like it like that
this is the job if you want it
find light find sight and climb a little
just a baby when suddenly
everything breaks and shines like a supernova
there's only one way out of a hole
lost time living like a dead man
ten years living on the medicine
lost time clawing at the muddy side
ten years laughing in the black light
every day was paper thin
every time i'd begin again
every breath was totally shallow
every step left one more to follow
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MY HEART IS ON LOAN TO YOU
this isolation makes a living thing go hungry
makes a living thing slide underneath and wait for a clue
misinformation tells a story of a powerful
decision everybody has to look up high and split in two
my heart is on loan to you my
heart is on loan to you my heart
is on loan to you my heart is
ion loan to you
I know the feeling like you're stealing every atom in the
universe and using them to light up the gloom
I can not give the thing away I have to hold it
with a long and thin connection made of extra sticky super glue
I'll take the risk and make a rescue cause I hear you in the
darkness humming something and I know that tune
light as a feather but it can not last forever
I will let you have a sliver of this infinite solitude
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7. |
Dive In The Darkness
03:16
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DIVE IN THE DARKESS
dive in the darkness dive in the dark
dive in the night time dive in the the void
dive in the blankness we all avoid
dive in the ocean dive in the deep
dive under pressure until you're free
dive in the velvet underground
dive in the pulsing of the sound
dive in with nothing in your way
dive in because it is unsafe
dive in the darkness dive in the dark
dive in the twilight dive in and swim
dive in and do not breathe and then begin again
dive in a bottomless hole dive in until you loose control
dive in and shatter in the black as if you're never coming back
as if you're never coming back
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TONIGHT
I'm gonna grab a planet with my tiny hands
I'm gonna be a monkey in a funky band
tonight tonight tonight tonight
I'm gonna shrink down to a smaller size
I'm gonna concentrate and leave the ground and fly
tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
I'll take a tiger and I'll put him in my shoe
I'll take the flaming sun and swallow it for you
tonight tonight tonight tonight
we're gonna tun on all the lights and go to bed
we're gonna turn on all the lights in our heads
tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
yeah yeah yeah yeah
tonight I'll be dreamin'
tonight I'll be dreamin' dreamin'
you're gonna fall in love with every living thing
you're gonna celebrate and grow a pair of wings
tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
you're gonna dream a dream of other peoples thoughts
you're gonna give away everything you've got
tonight tonight tonight tonight
you'll slide around in time and watch that river flow
you're see the truth that no one else but you can know
tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
we're gonna wake you up and make you go to bed (c'mon c'mon now)
we're gonna turn on all the lights in your heads
tonight tonight tonight tonight
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9. |
Here Come The Fears
03:54
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HERE COME THE FEARS
without warning
dark wave forming
up from in me
don't run stay please
here come the fears
that will drag me down
drag me down (drag me down)
come in come home
you are welcome
don't leave tonight
relax stay tight
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10. |
Loop On The Moon
03:43
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LOOP ON THE MOON
stuck in a loop on the moon
on the moon stuck in a loop
I feel like the days are coming undone and falling apart
I feel isolated uninflated in my heart
this tattered pattern shatters if I shake my head
so I keep it still and let the show roll on instead
on the one hand I can be contented in this loop
it's the odd sensation that I'm doing it on a moon
not even our moon that we see from home at night
any moon will do as long as the dark side has no light
stuck in a loop on the moon
on the moon stuck in a loop
even when you hold me I feel lonely and that's OK
I'll just choose a loop and quietly start to drift away
on a cellular level nothing changes day to day
that's just not true but I choose to believe it anyway
stuck in a loop on the moon
on the moon stuck in a loop
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11. |
Numb
03:53
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NUMB
irritation comes with a certain glow
pain makes awareness want to flow
cut it off and the body crumbles down
cut it off and I'll never find the now
numb numb numb I'm so numb I'm so numb
break the barrier break the waiting skin
drop a crumb so I know where I've been
losing out on the power of real sensation
losing out on the power of the seperation
numb numb numb I'm so numb I'm so numb
there are so many memories to erase
disconnect my eyes my mouth my face
breathing is easy if you do not mind the sting
living is easy if you turn off everything
numb numb numb I'm so numb I'm so numb
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12. |
Solo Satellite
03:46
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SOLO SATELLITE
you came from out of nowhere
that's the only thing I know for sure
you could not help but send out
love on radio waves so clean and pure
you let me know just by existing
that I'd never be alone
you hijacked all the frequencies
then cut the sound on the microphone
my solo satellite you still orbit inside
you came and went and stayed away
depending on the chemistry
you broadcast everything at once
somehow your signal got to me
you made cassettes covered is stars
full of psychotic lullabies
you were grounded cloud surrounded
forcing us to abort your flight
my solo satellite you still orbit inside
(solo solo satellite)
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13. |
They Mutate
04:03
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THEY MUTATE
my memories all crowd around
transmitting sentimental sounds
I grab a ghost and watch it change
and I don't know why don't know why they mutate
this broken record skips all day
I can not keep my story straight
nostalgia pulls me out of phase
and I don't know why don't know why they mutate
I don't know why don't know why they mutate
trillions of moments swirl around
photographs turn me inside out
I see the scene disintegrate
and I don't know why don't know why they mutate
I don't know why don't know why they mutate
I don't know why don't know why they mutate
don't know why
mutate
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Chris Ballew Seattle, Washington
Chris Ballew is the songwriter and lead singer of the Seattle rock 'n' roll band The Presidents of the United States of America. For 10 years Chris made music for 0 to 5-year-olds and their parents as Caspar Babypants. Now chris makes fuzzy psychedelic meditative fun loopy music for grown-up brains to chill out and do tiny dances and take naps to. ... more
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