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untitled
03:44
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you finally found
your place in the stars
laid out pieces
of your shattered heart
oh god have mercy on your soul
i let you believe you were going home
i finally left my body behind
my bones my flesh
left to rot like the rest
with you and my friends
who i'll never see again
laid to rest in the cold
i blew myself away
on that cold october day
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dogleg
01:44
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you used to call me
dogleg
and you talked so funny
like you knew
you'd be going away
and you stood so tall
stomping and exhaling
your divine breath
i wish i could
the wind caught your hair
and set your sails
i sat and watched you drift
you used to call me
dogleg
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aphids
02:51
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the scratches on my skin we made together
aphids have taken my husk forever
i'll scratch again
can't bear to look in the mirror
i keep the bugs inside my room
at night they feast
in the dark i dream you call me
your embrace like the aphids crawling
on my skin
plant me somewhere where they can't reach me
i won't bear to dig my nails in again
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down the stairs
the butcher's shop
late at night he cries
old bones lie
down the stairs
a child cries for you
his last gasp of breath
the hands around his neck
down the stairs
your candle burns
its flame signals to leave
i'll touch my hand to the heat
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waste land
02:58
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baby it's a wasteland out there
won't you take my hand
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nite swim
02:03
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take a breath and leap
dive into the deep
your body floats divine
and rescue me from mine
i'm swimming in your shape
your ghostly pale face
you push me in the surf
below the wretched earth
a night devoid of breath
the two of us in death
our bodies wash ashore
we always wanted more
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untitled
02:05
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float still and let the blood flow
goodbye is all too soon
i can feel your pull
your breath is cool now
we're running out of time
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yr love song
04:58
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a mountain rose above your head
hanging over till i'm dead
branches full and breathing wine
couldn't you see my face was red
up on your mountain's head
couldn't you see that i was feeling fine
i wonder if you'll waste tonight
i wonder how you'll taste tonight
we are bruised and battered once again
i know what you need
watch me as i bleed all of your love
take my borrowed heart with you
for all the chances that i blew
i will lay myself in the dust
i swear it on my lips
no more promises
just one more fight
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Josh Carmona recommends:
every album should sound like this. maliciously recorded (i mean that the best way possible).
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one of the most classic records ever. faust invented the language for much of what i love in music.
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Songs About Death and Dying Vol. 3
by OCS
here's where i ripped off all my acoustic stuff from. jpd is god
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