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the way you treat me
so sweet and easy
hold me so peacefully
i’m like a kid again
so many vibes
so much confusion
hold me so peacefully
i’m like a kid again
spend days and nights
shift left and right
hold me so peaceful
let’s go ahead and die
the way you see me
so sweet and free, yeah
so sweet, so sweet
so sweet
i’m tired of dying again
and again and again
and again and again
i’m tired of dying again
and again and again
and again and again
so sweet and free, yeah
the way you treat me
so sweet and easy
hold me so peacefully
i’m like a kid again
through the day
through the night
through the days
and through the nights
hold me until it ends
so many vibes
so much confusion
the way you treat me
so sweet, so easy
hold me peacefully
the vibration’s no more confusion
through the day
through the night
through the days
and through the nights
hold me until it ends
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2. |
Let Go
04:31
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warm night sweat with humidity
smells of some sort no longer there
and i go on remembering
Avril Lavigne’s Let Go running on repeat
you’ve got the world at the tip of your finger
so go ahead, go on through with it
get me on over
you’ve got the world at the tip of your finger
so go ahead, go through with it, call me on over
warm nights wet with humidity
i go on remembering
songs of some sort linger there
Avril Lavigne, Let Go running on a loop
and what way was i gone
but the world’s already finished
so go ahead through with it
and call me on over
baby you know i’d try anything
to give you just a better day
baby you know i’d drop anything
to give you a better day
look at you, Liz Taylor
up on the wall; Boom!,
Reflections in a Golden Eye
fuck you Richard Burton
for giving that queen her time
you’ve got the world at the tip of your finger
so go ahead, go through with it, call me on over
warm nights wet with humidity
i go on remembering
songs of some sort linger there
Avril Lavigne, Let Go running on a loop
and what way was i gone
but the world’s already finished
so go ahead through with it
and call me on over
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3. |
PNW Transplant
03:55
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walking with you is such a lovely thing
let’s leave the room for a while
let’s go look at all the gorgeous things
let’s leave the room for a while
let’s go look at all the gorgeous things
i saw trash piling up on the s--
did you give me anything
to wonder i’m tired of the
same things i don’t like
surfing through the wires
through the air
it’s everywhere
oh my fucking god
why don’t we care
and i’m boring here with my man
it’s a chore how to stick with the man
it’s a chore how to stick with the man
it’s a chore how to stick with the man
you, who are you
who are you
no longer know
who you are, velvet boy
you done got a hole in your yard
and i’ll sing you a spell
take you to hell, cuz...
we’re no longer young
no longer young
Jandek here i am in the uncanny valley
Jandek here i am in the uncanny valley
Jandek here i am in the uncanny valley
walking with you is such a lovely thing
let’s leave the room for a while
let’s go look at all the gorgeous things
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4. |
Uncanny Valley
04:34
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getting a buzz
in the faded home run
through the field
of smashed pills
that caked to the
bottom of my feet
distortion and fuzz
screaming and pulling
the shots
for the white mochas
for the ladies
from the gated hill uptown
bangs from the sky
name that tune
the fireworks again
or tomorrow’s news
Jandek here i am
in the uncanny valley again
taking you places that
make us the heart
Jandek here i am
in the uncanny valley again
taking you places that
make us the heart of art
score of Skyrim
and MacGyver
entered my dreams
as they echo
through the living room
taken from the pages
of a magazine
on the lowest rung
of the lowest
of the suburbs
in a city
in a world
that’s changing
bangs from the sky
name that tune
the fireworks again
or tomorrow’s news
Jandek here i am
in the uncanny valley again
taking you places that
make us the heart of art
Jandek in the uncanny valley again
taking you places that
make us the heart of art
i need sunshine eternal
i need more time to waste
waltz off the highest of clouds
and fall into the abyss
i need sunshine eternal
i need more time to waste
waltz off the highest of clouds
a loneliness of rainbows
bangs from the sky
name that tune
fireworks again
or tomorrow’s news
Jandek here i am
in the uncanny valley again
taking you places that
make us the heart
Jandek here i am
in the uncanny valley again
taking you places that
make us the heart of art
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5. |
Fever Swamp Madness
02:04
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goodwill coffee mugs
videocassettes at 50 cents a pop
and goosebumps, werewolf of fever swamp
anything i can do to shut this brain off
spirit guide they try to fix me
every time i’m calm now
but my heart attack vibes
try to chillax; ASMR
two or three melotonin
and i’m up on a throne
in the sky
in a diamond
but i’m living my life
baby, i’m living my life
and this world is gonna put you down so much
it will fucking hurt so much and you’ll wonder
what you could ever do to make it okay
because it’s a madness
spirit guide they try to fix me
every time i’m calm now
but my heart attack vibes
try to chillax; ASMR
two or three melotonin
and i’m up on a throne
in the sky
in a diamond
but i’m living my life
baby, i’m living my life
a madness
a madness
a madness
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Cute af
02:11
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man you’re cute as fuck
i wanna be your candy you want
sweetness is contagious
and with you i got my mask off
and i pray to you like my golden god
off the roof of my mind
we’re free, with you, i got my mask off with you
you’re cute as fuck, you’re cute as fuck
you’re cute as fuck, you’re cute as fuck
you’re cute as fuck, you’re cute as fuck
man you’re so cute as fuck
man you’re so cute as fuck
man you’re cute as fuck
i wanna be the candy you want
sweetness is contagious
and with you i’ve got my mask off
i’ll pray to you like my golden god
on the roof of my mind
with you i’ve got my mask off
man you’re cute as fuck
i wanna be the candy you want
sweetness is contagious
and with you i’ve got my mask off
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7. |
New Record
02:48
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arrived forty minutes early
knocked on the door
between docks three and four
told to walk around to the other side
to the office; the dude with the glasses
i strive for the optimism
ultimate optimism
knocked on all wood
from Nasti to the PNW
and i was old
when i was young
on the other side of a fraction
not just a dude with a passion
it’s the passion that’s let me go
they offered me a full time position
and to do this for however long
even though i’d only been there
for two hours, two hours, two
two hours, two hours, two hours
his name tag said Isaac
they didn’t just call him Isaac
and then Isaac told me to go
to the other side back to the door
between docks three and four
between docks three and four
i strive for the optimism
ultimate optimism
knocked on all wood
from Nasti to the PNW
and i was old
when i was young
on the other side of a fraction
not just a dude with a passion
they offered me a full time position
and to do this for however long
even though i’d only been there
for two hours, two hours, two
two hours, i lasted two hours
new record, interview on Tuesday
two hours, two goddam hours
is a new record, probably do another
next Tuesday
lean into me my sweet thing
i know that you’ve been sprinting for so long
you don’t have to worry, you’ll get there
you don’t have to worry, you’ll get there
you’ll get there
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8. |
Mother Evangelion
02:39
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mother, mother evangelion
she’s a ticking time bomb
poisoned soil down to the bone
and her heart can’t take no more
mother evangelion
she’s got so many songs
poised to make a change
mother evangelion
she’s a ticking time bomb
poisoned down to the bone
so easy to be sad
so easy to be so sad
i’m sad so often anymore
that i’m not even sure if
i’m sad no more
i’m sad so often anymore
that i’m not even sure if
i’m sad no more
so easy
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9. |
Thank You, Marilyn Roxie
03:10
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i’m unphased at the conservative cafe i sit in
by the fireplace, listen to what they say
fucking hell...
upper eastside, it’s like a giallo
living in fear is for the weak
stressed out from the clock
living in fear is for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak....
unimpressed at the Sounders game
sitting next to a dude with a man bun
slipped me a pill, it’s backward, backward
splitting me into my next loop for my rawr
stressed out from the clock
living in fear is for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak....
she don’t bring the check
but she does keep shit in check
balancing me on a moon beam
sifting through the worst for the best
currency unreal, upper eastside
it’s like a giallo
living in fear is for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak, for the weak
for the weak....
stressed out from the clock
running backwards
fuck fuck fuck fuck
stressed out from the clock
it’s backward, backwards
next loop for my few RYMers
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10. |
Holy Ghost People
04:32
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holy ghost people
they speak in tongues of their own
nobody on the other end
oscar-calibar performance
sad to the bone, they’re mad but they have lived
sad to the bone, sad to the bone
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
you could be less sad, less mad
you can be born again
you could be less sad, less mad
you can be born again
we’re fucking stallions
fucking hair
fucking flowing
we’ll cut ourselves
from this belly
of this belly
of this belly of the whale
holy ghost people
down the alley upper westside
walking from the other end
sad to their bones
they’re sad they never lived
they’re sad that their god is dead
they’re sad that they never lived
they’re sad that their god is dead
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
you can be less sad
you can be less mad
you can be born again
holy ghost people
they speak in tongues of their own
oscar-caliber
we’re fucking stallions
fucking hair
fucking flowing
we’ll cut ourselves
from this belly
of this belly
of this belly
of the whale
hand onto the tracks
with the cities of their own
hand onto the tracks
with the cities of their own
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
they could feel like they’re at home
hand onto the tracks with the cities of their own
hand onto the tracks with the cities of their own
we’d rather drench in the penchant for feeling
there they go, there they go they know more than you know
there they go, blindness that’s a hefty price
if they only they saw how beautiful they could be
they’d be glad under twilight
they could feel like they’re---
---fucking stallions
fucking hair
fucking flowing
we’ll cut ourselves
from this belly
of this belly
of this belly
of the whale
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11. |
Melodramatic Fool
03:47
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i was sitting up in a tree
considering the poetics of me falling
i’ve been told that i like to self-sabotage
that’s often, i do it often, look how inconsistent i can be
but i’m trying, i’m seeing my doctor
i’ve been writing just to feel safer
cuz...
everybody’s faces looking like
they’re gonna be ripping off
and underneath is a motherfucking
robot or something, i don’t know
anything to make sense of this shit
just know that i’m okay
i don’t have any shit to say
but i do feel lots of things
know that you’re okay
even if it doesn’t feel like its okay
everything’s gonna be okay
i was so young to be thinking about to end the..
i was so young but i was thinking these things
but i’m trying, i’m seeing my doctor
i’ve been writing just to feel safer
cuz...
everybody’s faces looking like
they’re gonna be ripping off
and underneath is a motherfucking
robot or something, i don’t know
anything to make sense of this shit
just know that i’m okay
i don’t have any shit to say
but i do feel lots of things
know that you’re okay
even if it doesn’t feel like its okay
everything’s gonna be okay
i want you to make sure that i’m okay
that’s all i need from you, to be okay
can you see through me
do i look like i walked in from a different movie
off-set
i’m actually way on my shit to the point
where i’m losing it...
just know that i’m okay
just know that i’m okay
know that you’re okay
even if it doesn’t feel like its okay
everything’s gonna be okay
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three in the morning
fuck the sun
cup of espresso
where have you been
holy shit, i might actually
want to live after all
and i hope this has been the best life
breath of vodka switch the mood
you are rather peculiar but so am i
persona with the hysteria but hey, that’s life
four in the afternoon
and i just woke up
ice melting in the cup
she put Elizabeth Taylor up
cut from magazines, piece by piece
rolling bankrolls of tape
funneling through the tornado
incoming like a bomb
you’re rather peculiar, but so am i
wistful hysteria, but hey that’s life
what does that say about you
what does that say about you
there was a Van Gogh rainbow
in the top right corner of the screen
don’t you see, don’t you see it
there was a Van Gogh rainbow
in the top right corner of the screen
don’t you see, don’t you see it
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13. |
The Tin Drum
03:54
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rain on the sunroof
becoming you
your applause of thunder
rolling through
hungry for peace
barely any dough to eat
your applause of thunder
fucking yeah, that’s
pain in the heart
melodramatic fool
you’re not on your game
need to loosen the screw
rain on the sunroof
becoming you
your applause of thunder
rolling through
rain on the tin drum
becoming used
your makeup of wonder, baby
rolling through...
the Virginia Hills
to the Great Lakes
where Lake Superior
so clear, wish I could
take you there
hungry for peace
barely any dough to eat
applause of thunder
for the end, divine
fuck yeah, divine
fuck yeah, divine
oh fuck yeah, divine
hungry for peace
rain on the sunroof
becoming youth
your applause of thunder, baby
rolling through...
the Virginia Hills
to the Great Lakes
where Lake Superior
so clear, wish I could
take you there
hungry for peace
barely any dough to eat
applause of thunder
for the end, divine
hungry for peace
barely any dough to eat
applause of thunder
for the end, divine
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