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The Falling
02:10
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She looked down and I fell
She looked down and I fell
I cried in advance
I cried in advance
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Afterthought
06:05
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Discarded again
The blocks are all gone
Chipped away
The real one is back
Like the universe
Cold and indifferent
Circling 'round the drain
Faster than the spinning stars
You were my friend
And I never asked for more
I've had enough space to last a million years..
I'm just an afterthought
After all this time
Just an afterthought
After all this time
I'm just an afterthought
The corpse keeps tapping me on the shoulder
Just to say "HEY"
"I'm still dead"
Circling 'round the drain
Faster than the spinning stars
"As the corpse of relationship past shambles by,
I take solace in that, there are no more sharp jabs of pain and
sorrow anymore. Just an overlying sense of disappointment.
A vague presence on the edge of my conscience.
A dull wash of impressions..."
A24 ending
A24 ending
I'm just an afterthought
After all this time
Just an afterthought
After all this time
Afterthought, etc...
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Erica's Tulpa
02:42
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Erica's tulpa - I willed her to be
Erica's tulpa - spun from my own mind
Erica's tulpa - beautiful thought-form, yeah
Erica's tulpa- spark and a sample now
Erica's tulpa- there's fire where you are
Which one was the real one?
Erica's tulpa- I opened the zone
Erica's tulpa - Limbo alone now
Erica's tulpa- the rose went from red to blue
Which one was the real one?
Erica's tulpa- she couldn't be real
Erica's tulpa- Red galaxy 33
I made her to love
Which one is the real one?
I guess we'll never know
Erica...
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Synchronicity III
03:59
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Do you remember Bohemian Grove?
In the sky the energy flows
Isn't if funny how we connect
Coincidence or..
Synchronicity
Effortless interaction makes time disappear
Is that a component of love?
Or should I just chalk it up to wishful thinking?
No
Not coincidence
Synchronicity
Not just skewed perception
Hours of deep connection
Become one with the field
Become one with the field
(repeat)
Flying along the baseboard
Yeah
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I smell the stepping stone that I am (x4)
Tentacles grew out her back
The barbs - they're flaying my flesh
No, not again...
You were only a means to an end
Again
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Taking the easy way out
No harm no foul, right?
Stay true your policy
Free and (get) clear
Waiting in the wings
To fell a victim
Grenade
Tap tap tap tapping the words
Poised over the pin
Grenade
Only way out is through
Dragging my guts on the ground
One smooth motion
One jagged tear
The clone went under the car
The real one came out
Bus tire tracks
All across my back
I guess you had your fun
Grenade
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8. |
Vampyr
02:04
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She's a vampire
Stares right through me
She's a vampire
Her bite sends shivers through me
Vampire
What a lovely profile
She's a vampire
Stares right through me
She's a vampire
Her bite sends shivers through me
Vampire
If I only had a cameo likeness of her
Vampire
Then all would be right with the world
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Gone With Melinda
03:24
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I should've gone with Melinda
Then I wouldn't have been shocked when the knife slid in
She was an agent of chaos
Erratic but erotic bloody count to ten
I really liked Melinda
The future was hazy
Didn't care at all
She had my brains in a blender
Turned right around
Walked into a wall
(Chorus)
I should've gone with Melinda
Gone with Melinda
Gone with Melinda
It's too late
It's too late
When I'm with Melinda
I could see the bus rolling a mile away
I'll take my time, and leisurely lay myself down
See, I liked Melinda
But as it is I can choose two fates
Be a substitute soul mate
Or just another notch on a smart phone case
(Chorus)
(Solo)
Last time I saw Mindy
I was deep in the zone
I failed to see
The damage was done
Face down in the grass
I really like Melinda
I'll never know what's behind her pain
She hugged me tight
And faded away
It's too late
Too late
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Vampyre's Kiss
03:10
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Moving through life
Like a ghost
Phantom of memory LAME
But there you are
And I awaken from a living death
The good was too good to forget
I don't have time
For hate
Your companionship was like a drug
One that kept the toxins at bay
One that kept the toxins at bay
One that kept the toxins at bay
Now it's like you're dead
Only artifacts of love to prove
I was there
You get credit for time served
You get credit for time served
Psychogenic fugue
-turned it around
Psychogenic fugue
- turned it around
Now I'm a ghost.
Now join me for the last feast of Harlequin
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11. |
The Fading
09:35
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I suppose we should keep trying
But there is no human race
We're just puppets
Slaves to our neurons
The last kiss was a cold fish
Seems I had known deep down
But I was lying to myself
I'm always lying to myself
It really doesn't matter anyway
We're all bones to ash
Goodbye
Goodbye
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Lyrics available on R. Stevie Moore's website
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Nobody's ever turned me on the way you did.
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Bo Ratliff Knoxville, Tennessee
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