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Oh my oh my
Something’s missing from the world
Oh why oh why
Something’s missing from the world
Oh my oh my
We live and we die and we revolt
Oh why oh why
We live and we die and we revolt
Oh my oh my
Monddari ggiato ddefroyay miaro bbeyoa
Oh why oh why
Monddari ggiato ddefroyay miaro bbeyoa
Oh my oh my
J’addoray ddona joh ccattcu ddona j'efloro
Oh why oh why
J’addoray ddona joh ccattcu ddona j'efloro
J’addoray ddona joh ccattcu ddona j'efloro
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Dear shoe shiner
I’ve read your latest letter
And I’m sure I’ll read it again
When I think of you
And need a reminder
Of the lessons of your life
I was saddened to hear of your sentence
And how brutal it is
You just wanted a better life
Yet you’ll be pressed up against the wall
Dear grave digger
I’ve read your polemic
Your criticisms are harsh but fair
Though sometimes hard to translate
I worry that most will not see it the way you do
Uniformed men
Might knock on your door
Oh how frightening that would be
I’m sure you know the risks already
I wish you luck in your endeavors
I’m certain many will find your writings inspiring
I just hope it’s worth it
Dear prime minister
I read a transcript of your speech
I write to implore you
Stop the violence
Certainly they have done wrong
But prison is a fair enough punishment
They need not die for it
Think practically
Who will clean the gutters when they’re gone
Our country will collapse
They simply need to be reminded of their place
Nothing more
I write to all of you
To find a solution
To stop the revolution
To save their little nation
To save myself
I know it’s impossible
Because I’m too late
I wasn’t there when this happened
A lifetime ago
A lifetime ago
A lifetime ago
A lifetime ago
A lifetime ago
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Strawberries
05:35
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Strawberries tasted sweeter
Back in spring
When we were younger
And a little more free
Now they’re so bitter
Reds lost its luster
Now afraid of yellow and blue
My little friends and lovers
Where did you go?
Please come back to me
Let me eat just one yummy strawberry
One last time
Tomorrow
If you want me to be your mother
Show me where it hurts
I didn’t think I’d ever be this tired
You feel like some type of sinner?
Then hurry away to hell
He thinks that he’s some kind of hero
Put him in his place
She’s not afraid of the specters
Inside of her head
The specters are my comfort
We don’t need any masters
The space between us need not exist
They say let the flies wander
And swallow and swallow
And cry and cry
And swallow and swallow
And cry and cry
And swallow and swallow
And cry and cry
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Bebop In Yajoro
05:00
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Takes 9 hours to fly there
Beautiful country they say
Shimmering lights
Nice music
Faultless snow
How peaceful
You want to stay forever
But you won’t
You can’t
‘Cause your pain is immortal
You’re at the nadir
You’ll see what I mean
If you just take a step off the end of the pier
Water’s cold as the war
As dark as the chloroform
The moon turns the mermaids into killers
Monk’s harmony makes sirens cry
Coltrane died pathetically
Tragic they say
Kids with paper planes
Friendly locals
Fish on the coins
Excellent cuisine
All the others are lonelier than you
Dizzy’s cheeks make you laugh
Bird’s on the taxi stereo
But you can’t feel it the same way
Ever again
You’ll never know why
Takes 9 hours to fly back
Takes 9 hours to fly back
Takes 9 hours to fly back
Takes 9 hours to fly back
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Ttijioa Jea
06:04
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Athazagoraphile
05:50
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Do you want to be lazy
Do you need to be crazy
Not afraid of legacy
Anymore
Pick up your prescription
Enjoy indecision
Don’t lock your door at night
Anymore
Telling lies to friends
But it’s ok they are too
Ignore your fragility
Forevermore
Be lonely with a sense of humor
Simple philosophy
Not afraid of forgetting
Anymore
Athazagoraphile
Athazagoraphiliac
Athazagoraphile
Athazagoraphiliac
Athazagoraphile
Athazagoraphiliac
Athazagoraphile
Athazagoraphiliac
Athazagoraphile
Athazagoraphiliac
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Graffiti Vitamins
04:58
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She smells your cigarette
You’re low fidelity
Nothing like how I wanted to sing the silver melody
She touched your lips
They decayed
It’s ok was
Just another life
Of soldiers in love
In a basement round the corner
Pigs sit in the gloom
Tryna resurrect the soul of the blues
Sad attempt
Missing focus and clarity
On monsters and hilarity
Flowers blooming in the gutter
They’re dead already
Lights through the window
Dripping towards her fingertips
Worms grow the herbs
I read the script and wait
White robes learn the words
Gets beaten soaked in blue
Passersby lick pig soles
Think it’s true
With a lens overhead
Piggies watching you
I make my move
From the empty lot across the street
I see you keep your grips
I wanna see you lose
Wanna see you lose
Wanna see you lose
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Miaro Gguyaggfa
03:56
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Earn a trip to the morgue
Empty maw and void
Fall on the sword
Made of little lost and bled out toys
Sloshed on formaldehyde
No bone saw
Toe tag
Nor bourgeois news rag
Fissures on fingernails
Sign of struggle
Shoveling coal
Under influence of a bolt action rifle
Tragedy for cartographers
Romance for arsonists
Comedy for pianists
Plants cure the ill
But leave them lying still
Moon dangles overhead
By a thread of shimmering
They toss a coin
“For the ferryman” with a wink
Awaken on that shore soon enough
For now speak of living
Overly medicated as it may be
Orafoh yatticco feney efacaya
Yio hoattia
Ccuddrioa ttoa bbecttea naggori elroa
M’iddanu cciddiau ddona pparah
Ddefroay olotti ddona afiddu
Orttorea bbolecciocey
Orttorea bbolecciocey
Orttorea bbolecciocey
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Spring, 1918
05:58
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Miaro ppojana ceco joh
They drool at the thought
Miaro ccricttoppi bbeyoa ddefroay accorah
The soil erupts with foliage of our skin
J’oyala joh ddufocca ttoa iriay ddona tomiay
We raise our blades and scream
All my favorite moments
Where did they go
If a minute passes
I remember now
I was never real
A carnivorous flower in a human disguise
Sharing a smile on a lark
And a pint of gorgeous poison
I’ll see you all again and again
One day
Maybe yesterday
Can’t remember now
N’iriay yio
Ddona y’iriay niu
Niu ceco tounucca
Ppayddu feney elettiddo
Coni oyala ddona jatafey
Cattya huccoja
Yebbeo ccattcu ucajiey
Ggeyittao ddefroay feney moroh
Miaro jaynoto mayudda jorattcu miaro icitta
Miaro neyttira inculodah joh bbiggadeh
Joh cceocuay yatticco accorah
Noite ijayio
Ggeyittao ddefroay niu ddona yio
Uddantta
Fly kites along sight lines
In the spring of 1918
A clear sky drops bombs
Every weekend
Knives finds no purchase
In blurry bodies made of silk
Otuley huafeya ccattcu
Ceco joh tomiay
Tounucca yio tufay
Feney ppeyurio orttorea
Tufay elroa Iriay
Bboaggi fijani ppoggaiu ddona reggojio
Bboaggi fijani ppoggaiu ddona reggojio
Bboaggi fijani ppoggaiu ddona reggojio
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Max McCargar Portland, Oregon
Weirdo
Guitarist for Portland avant garde band, LDY BTTRFLY
One half of Stigmærgy
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