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Topy
01:05
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Aurelia hides inside the hills
Take the boxcar to the peak
If you walk in a circle long enough you’re going to find peace
Globes of light defined, pointing to the north
With figurines that laugh while calling out to George
We were the last to go
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I'm Tired
02:37
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Passed out in the strangest haze
Left out of the latest craze
Limped off with the faintest praise
Slipped out of his second skin
Stomped out every beck and whim
Laughed at the mess we’re in
A funny thing, this bleeding of deceiving calm
That washes up between us –
It wasn’t even close
Standing down, the burning wake
Dream – they might come true again
Suddenly the sea is calm and blue surrounds us
Vampires are coast to coast
Expired dreams are ghosts
And this one I love the most
Almost music; there’s a breeze?
Stretched out on an empty beach
But everything’s out of reach
I’ve blotted out the reach-ins and, feeling like a whore,
I disappear into the night
Meaningless and sore
Standing down, the burning wake
Dream – they might come true again
Suddenly the sea is calm and blue surrounds us
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Sly Gravy
02:14
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Leave them to cry
Let the fear in
The will licked you
Heaven to show
Burn it to glow
Lead them to faint light
And laughter
And tongues slapping
Heaven to show
Burn it to glow
Leave them to strange light
And strange tongues and cocks
Have you run from the glow?
Lean in to blow
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Come and get me
I’ll be so good to you now
Roll the window
It feels so strange and alive
Don’t make us wait
At Heaven’s Gate
The shadows there won’t take their place
Around my eyes
It took you by surprise
Because it’s killing me
The light that lurks in front of me
Crush the baby
Or see the good in his eyes
Cold and naked
Just staring into the night
And kept within
The flesh and skin
You won’t face the depths of sin
Around my eyes
It took you by surprise
Because it’s killing me
The light that lurks in front of me
Only lonely
It feels so real to me now
What you told me – it could be everything
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Poof (Poffo)
01:43
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Tell yourself a story you can eat
Forgive the rattled soul you couldn’t keep
Plans to shit; snakes in pits regrow
Hold this boy close; let the other go
Gone too soon
Gone too late
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Zamp
04:15
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Do you want to run and hide?
Do you want to hide and seek?
Do you want to burn the hive?
Do you want to cross the streams?
Idle. Wind and wait ...
So slow to congratulate
Oh no! I fail to regard rebellion dogs
Do you want to bump and run?
Do you want to slice the cheek?
Idle. Wind and wait ...
Let’s go to the gilded gates
I know, I failed to regard rebellion dogs
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Down in flames, big bake
Make fake fun
Lies standing
Blank takes
Thanks, pigs
Trace
Deny
Now to bed
Cold as the water runs
From hand to empty hand
And always
Down in flames
Sink, shake, take pain flakes, cry
Night is strange, pink waif
Tempt fate's gaze?
Die
Now to bed
Cold as the water runs
From hand to empty hand
And always
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No Title #11
02:07
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Girl – good or not?
Finding out it’s true
Girl – realer now?
Finding out it’s you
Ran from the ghost that holds the mirror
Tried to let go
Girl – good or not?
Finding out it’s true
We felt it up brick by brick
They come and go
Ran from the ghost that hangs its shadow
Tried to let go
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Quarantine Dreams
02:39
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Couldn’t even be here where you are
Cold and empty as I was
Saw you, and you were beautiful
In the sand, in the summer
Couldn’t even see you when you wanted to come out and play
Couldn’t even see you where you are
Where the truth was laid
Couldn’t even be here where you are
So alive once, now alone
Eternity between us where we lie
Masks of ice, masks of our own
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Decades In The Breaking
04:15
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Sometimes I dream I’m in ’50s California
In a Country Squire rolling down the Miracle Mile
Motor on to the safety of the driveway
Falling down near the rocks by the fire’s warmth
And I wasn’t back there
But I’ve always been there
Sometimes I dream I’m in ’19 California
In the quiet place looking down on the city lights
Where the wheel blaze comes beaming down upon you
Or in the desert space where the light gives way to orange
In the sunny haze where the trees will turn to sawdust
Or in Laguna’s waves bringing life to a sea of doom
And I want to go back
But it will never be the same again
Sometimes I dream I’m in ’50s California with a heart that’s old
Sometimes I dream I’m in ’19 California, and I’m growing cold
Sometimes I dream I’m in ’50s California, and I’m growing gold
Sometimes I dream I’m in ’19
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Weed Noise
01:13
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Bags sway
The truth zeroes out there
Eyes slit, head trips
I don’t care
Give our tongues to baby Grace
Then kid ourselves and wait
Teeth click
This cheap tape
These old toys
I split the truth
From the weed noise
Give our tongues to baby Grace
Then turn us off
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Build a rocket, bust through the gates
Fly as high as the laws will allow
Scout around for hearts in astral oceans
Tiny cities wait for the signs
Sublimely simple codes for the crowd
The template’s set now hand it over slowly
With clothes full of rips
The blood on the lips
A succession of slips
Did you see my star explode with flashes from far away?
Did you see the open door buried deep in the lake?
Pick a quasar, see if it’s cool
Point your ship at the tip of the seed
Chandrasekar at light of speed
Sleeping, dreaming, wander along
Constellations crawl at your feet
Rest your head: The pad is clear for landing
A collection of wits
The sun blown to bits
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Von Hayes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lo-fi legends since 2006. All albums recorded on cassette tape in Philadelphia and Newark, Delaware.
For fans of The Replacements, Cheap Trick, Nirvana, Archers of Loaf, Guided By Voices, Daniel Johnston, The Shaggs, etc.
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