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Emma's Dizzy Spells
03:19
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1.
Emma wrote a letter
To a dissident doctor
To see if he could help
With her trichotillomania
Chorus1.
Emma's having dizzy spells
From lack of perfection
It happens in the mirror
When she sees her reflection
The only cure is making sure
That nobody sees her...
2.
Emma went and met her
Deadbeat brother
To see if he would love her
Even though he has no heart
Chorus2.
Emma's having dizzy spells
Her circles are spinning
It happens all the time
'Cause anxiety's winning
The only cure is making sure
That nobody sees her...
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The Death Drive
03:42
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The Death Drive
Freud called it the death drive
I call it living life
Sex drugs and parasites
Under your skin
Thanatos instinct
Eros opposite
Who gives a shit
About eternal life
Berne called it compulsion
I call it black and white
Love faith and pointless hope
Cover your revulsion
Self destruction
Ego sauna
They screw you and your
Repressed trauma
Primordial masochism
Hell bent on breaking tradition
Involuntary hypnotism leads to
Unconscious repetition
What is your contribution? Are you head first, or do you grow wings?
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3. |
Brainfever Bird
02:29
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Brainfever bird
The rains are coming
Brainfever bird
Your song is numbing
Brainfever bird
Where is my love?
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4. |
Anna Logic
01:39
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Anna Logic
Your consistency means that no theorem of the system contradicts another
And your validity means that the system's rules of proof never allow a false inference from true premises
Anna Logic
Your completeness means that if a formula is true, it can be proven
And your soundness means that if any formula is a theorem of the system, it is true...
Anna Logic
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5. |
Filibuster This
03:18
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Filibuster This
1.
You are corrupt
War monger
Fox hunter
Sociopath
Ch.
You can talk all you like
But it won't erase the truth
2.
You are diseased
Spin merchant
Deadly surgeon
Murderer
Ch.
You can lie all you want
But it won't change the facts
3.
You are twisted
Spitting bile
Crooked smile
Vampire
Ch.
You can reason all day long
But it won't change my mind
Outro.
Endless cover ups
U turns
Bloody hands
Devouring souls
Serpent tongue
Politician.
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Inspired by a painting called Boy With Cats, by Francisco De Goya
Boy with cats
Bird on leash
Tethered with no relief
The caged remains
Of lovers past
Play audience to his grief
I think hes dissociating
He doesn't react to stimuli
The light in his eyes has gone dim
I think he's dissociating
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I thought I never would find it
The perfect way to die
When I dissociate
Can't help but elevate
It's a spiritual high
These are the best drugs I've ever had
It's like an opioid dependence
Mixed with amphetamine stimulation
Sleep with the mirror queen
Release the dopamine
And live with the delectation
These are the best drugs I've ever had
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9. |
Black Dog Rebirth
03:14
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Black Dog Rebirth
V1.
Uphill chase
I remember the gun
The black dog
And an old suitcase.
Ch1.
At the halfway point I regained my youth
And a policeman told me I'd died
Was it a rebirth?
Or just the turning tide?
V2.
Empty space
There was a parapet
A stonewall
And a half familiar face
Ch2.
At the halfway point I regained my youth
And a policeman told me I'd died
Was it a rebirth?
Or just the B-side?
Br.
I looked down
And the floor was falling into the barrel of the gun
I looked up
And the sky was collapsing into the sun
And I was left standing in the middle of nothingness
Ch3.
At the halfway point I regained my youth
And a policeman told me I'd died
Was it a rebirth?
Or the dissolution of my mind?
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10. |
Thelonious
01:50
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Some people say he sounds like a melodious drunk
And some say he was the forefather of punk
I think he's got the funk
Thelonious
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I wouldn't lick your index
But I would take your soul
I sit here counting shipwrecks
And burning paper dolls
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Pete Murphy Birmingham, UK
Pete Murphy, UK songwriter. I make unpopular music in numerous styles... everything recorded, performed, mixed, and mastered by me in a tiny corner of the lounge in my house. Avant pop, experimental, electronic, techno, solo jazzy piano, techno jazz, rock, musicals, sound art, comedy, and more... ... more
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