1. |
Rabbit Hole
03:29
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You priced yourself out of a good time
The wrong moment for my name to chime
But I'm taking you down the rabbit hole
I wanna paint your rose
I got two smells I wanna live for
Her own Chanel, and then my flowers
I'm in the eden of old
I been dreaming, crying in my sleep
What's been keeping, seeping into me
Because you left so recently I don't know anymore
Just how to carry on now
Just how to carry on
You were burning all night
I'm along for the ride
Never said goodbye to me
You were burning all night
I'm along for the ride
Never said goodbye to you
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2. |
Soft Exit
02:06
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Fade out, your exit softened
It's not the same out, withholding comment
Just how it is
Awakened often
Just how it is
You had a Cinderella story
Now that it's in the past it's boring
You're growing tired and getting weary
And you don't feel so ordinary
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3. |
And Lost
04:04
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To ask twice
Given all the things you know
So act right
To redeem your soul
We backslide
In the god forsaking of
The worldwide
Through the reign of blood
My love's indiscriminate, just who are you?
Parading around multivarious rooms
No one truth that you oughta believe
Just like you, so you leave it to me
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4. |
Microwave Safe
02:38
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All their deserted tanks under suburban lofts
A man-made hell down any shady lane
You pace the bunker, any agency stalled
Caught in a crisis of conscience
It's humid in the fatigues you wear like a green habit
Behaving more like a fog machine of late
Been hoping their minds will change and I still know that they haven't
And inaction until it just can't wait
But you're microwave safe
Got a new set of legs
And you're froggering to work each day
And you're microwave safe
Learning to walk again
And you're froggering to work, my baby
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5. |
Career Low
03:32
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The winner's circle makes it hard to get outside
Though you know much better than I
All the Hollywood squares
Playing musical chairs
Little more than appearances
When it's your career low
You don't wanna behave
And you're at the grindstone
It's a new thing to hate
Wanna be approached
'Til the caller they came
By a telephone pole
In a coppery haze of
I still don't know
I still don't know
I still don't know
I still don't know
Doesn't matter what you choose to do with your life
Now that you've given up caring
Doesn't matter what you choose to spend your time on
When nobody's paying attention
When nobody's paying attention
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6. |
Inherent Value
02:42
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In a balance book
They're crossing out the lives
It's all dispassion
No surprises
When you understood
And slapping down the lies
There's no reaction
No survivors
You're gonna sit there tallying
Some inherent value
Another made up algorithm
For the wounds of god
You're gonna sit there tallying
Our inherent value
Another made up algorithm
For the wounds of god
Maybe we'll climb our way back just like a stubborn vine
When it's time for their payback, give 'em every dime
Maybe we'll climb our way back just like a stubborn vine
When it's time for their payback, give 'em every dime
On god
No cause
On god
No cause
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7. |
No Connection
02:35
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When will man learn to own mistakes
After mastering the walk of shame
We're holding pinkies
To go get tested
Like future blackmail
There's no connection
I know we're sinking
By any metric
We'll get there somehow
Beyond correction
Dash my pen to your arm and blade
Got the harem to entertain
We're holding pinkies
To go get tested
Like future blackmail
There's no connection
I know we're sinking
By any metric
We'll get there somehow
Beyond correction
Now you're getting warmer
And I'm burning up
Now you're getting colder
You're not even close
Now you're getting warmer
And I'm burning up
Hell has frozen over
You're not even close
We're holding pinkies
To go get tested
Like future blackmail
There's no connection
I know we're sinking
By any metric
We'll get there somehow
Beyond correction
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8. |
Imagined Hills
02:41
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Got a whole new place
For you to feel ignored
In the ghostly fields
Of all the bud I torched
Is it rude to say
that I still love you, girl?
The imagined hills
And many-edged sword
For the right of refusal
Couldn't tell you my mind
You're the foil of my duel
You were wise to withdraw
For the right of refusal
Couldn't tell you my mind
You're the foil of my duel
You were wise to withdraw
For the right of refusal
Couldn't tell you my mind
You're the foil of my duel
You were wise to withdraw
You were wise to withdraw
You were wise to withdraw
You were wise to withdraw
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9. |
Mad Streets
02:27
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Just when it seemed like
They're running out of all room on the mad streets
You put one foot right
Back in your fantasy
I held on too tight
Began to suffocate all of the trustees
Of your brand, a dull knife
Is more exacting
You've burned the bridge of rational
But did they even notice?
When they're mangled up inside
With their beautiful eyes
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10. |
Perfect Mark
02:52
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The perfect mark
You try to pin
A throwing dart
Another split
Your dented luck
You had an in
The cooling off...
The perfect mark
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
I could've stayed with you just for the money
(Two for the show)
I could've stayed with you just for the money
(Two for the show)
I could've stayed with you just for the money
(Two for the show)
I could've stayed with you just for the money
(Two for the show)
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11. |
Battle Bots
01:31
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That application
Still untested
That new synth you
Don't know quite how to use
It's fine in theory but
It's where you aim the fucks
They'll go along to do the wrong
Writ by us
Your lead foot
Will tread light
'Cause you been keeping tabs
On the long metal spikes
It's fine in theory but
It's where you aim the fucks
They'll go along to do the wrong
Writ by us
The fight song
The first slight
Getting stabbed
With a mercury knife
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Darien Shields Portland, Oregon
Portland-based Vaporwave artist.
All sample material intended for educational and demonstrative purposes.
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