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In my dream I could walk on
A dusty cloud, I’d sleep on
Your shoulder, I’ve been wasting
And you’ve been out of town
We used to sleep in houses,
Up and down like smoke trails,
But me I’m up till six am
Coming down
And I’m sleeping on the phone
But she’s never coming home
I just need a bed for weeks
--
In the car I see a
Storm climb up the mountains
Endless geometric shapes
Just like the road
And my vision’s blurred like
Shadows on a microphone
I need a vacation
I’ll up and go
And the shuttle busses run
To the planes where there’s no one
Like a ghost, I only see
--
I can drive for miles
The desert is a turnstile
The concrete’s incandescent
Infinitely long
And the dark is constant
So I can almost taste it
Feel some heat under my skin
Before it’s gone
And the lightning strikes the sand
Like a needle through my hand
And the radio is on
--
In my dream I can walk on
A dusty cloud, I wake on
Your shoulder in the sunlight
Naked in your room
We used to sleep in houses
TVs in the bedrooms
But we forgot our names, oh,
Where did the time get to?
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2. |
She Calls My Name
04:25
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Hello demon,
Are you the one I’ve been talking to in my sleep?
Because my mind is a prison,
Made up of factual language and cowboy death scenes
Treat my wounds with a crucifix burning, I cannot be left alone
Only static plays on my phone
And I cannot be left alone
I looked inside
A crystal of amethyst burning through carpet, I
Took a page from your book,
Cold as an aryan winter, I stepped inside
Where is the daylight?
I remember it shone from your skin;
Where is the sunshine?
I imagine how good it is
But save your tears for the light
Come step into the night
Salutations from the scene
I read your books but they never meant much to me
Is Jane Austin a close confidante
Buried near in the low light of dreams?
There were pictures on your TV
But I could not see anything
No I could not see anything,
Anything
But save your tears for the light
Come step into the night
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On the eve of our death we went on
Into the dark
Our bodies were mostly stars
We played games in the gravestones
Our blood like champagne
We passed over our bodies,
Covered in stardust
We carried them into your womb
And the west was the sun
In the west there is love
I kissed your face in the night on the beach
And your face was the sun
And your mouth was a tomb
And your teeth were the cuts on my lips
They were barely in bloom
She cries on the river
She cries on the bay
She cries in the sunshine
She cries in the rain
She cries when she dances
But she never dances
She cries on the plains
She cries on the plains
And her tears are the stuff of my dreams
I could walk on those plains;
I could strangle you there
And then forget your name
I could free you from pain
In the east there is sin;
In the east there is blood on a silvery pin
And your heart on a string
Other beautiful things
On the eve of our death we went on
Into the dark
I put your name on a tombstone
Took your name from a plaque
And on the eve of our death
We went on
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You were under the illusion
Of a bastard or a criminal,
And he liked the way you looked in your legs
And your dress was like a ribbon,
Blowing loose in the wind
And your sister was a whore—that’s all you’d say
The house was empty when we found it
Crooked pictures in the hallway
Of a man looking positively wasted
There were voices in your room
The room we took and made into
A sarcophagus for hiding all our days away
You were under the shadow
Of a man wearing your lipstick
Or was he just feasting on our bodies in the night?
And our dreams were filled with envy
You were near enough to hold me
We took our shoes off and danced under the parlor light
But it was dark,
In the room,
And the basement’s where the devil keeps his dues
And all the ashes of a hundred-million house fires
Made of sinners and their girlfriends,
They were murdered with machetes
By a man
And his mistress
They had guns
And when she kissed him
All the stars took a knee
Bowed and prayed to the holy queen
Of oblivion and heaven,
Satan’s criminal army,
And all his guns
Cause he has many
Many guns
The house was empty when we found it
You couldn’t wait to tell me about it
We’ll put candles in the basement
And we’ll both take off our clothes
All our clothes
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Show Mercy
04:37
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Wide awake at home,
I feel you in my soul
Faster than you know,
My fingers are cold
To be crushed by
A tidal wave of friends,
To show mercy
When every fling ends
--
And when I’m unprepared,
The devil takes my soul
Disconnect my wounds,
Don’t let the heartbreak show
To be cut by
A pendulum of snow,
It is kinder than
Growing old with you
Well I’m not a soldier
I’m just your boyfriend
I’ll cut you open
And reach inside you
I’m just your boyfriend
I’ll cut you open
I’ll cut you open
I’m just your boyfriend
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Saw An Angel
06:24
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I was looking for the chord
To the hearts of all the dead boys
Their hands still clutching razor blades—
Bleeding on the floor
Which was covered in their blood
Though there wasn’t quite enough
To spill out all of their organs
And then spell out the word love
And though I can’t because I’m golden
I could try and spell it for them
Dip my fingers in like ink
Wash my hands out in a sink
After scattering their body parts,
Their insides looked like strings
There were markers in the dirt
Now their souls are in the earth
Now their souls belong to god
And I can’t kill him in return
Because love is an object
And I don’t cry because I’m golden
I destroy, never protect
And our love is an object
Dig a bed for me in dirt
Put my body in the earth
Cry a river for the worms
Then deliver me from birth
Dig a bed for me in dirt
Put my body in the earth
Wash my hands with all the worms
Then deliver me from birth
Cut a hole into the sky
Pull me in and make me die
In my dreams where I’m alive
Please destroy me in the sky
Oh destroyer in the sky
Pull me in and make me die
In my dreams where I’m alive
Please destroy me in the sky
Dig a bed for me in dirt
Put my body in the earth
Cry a river for the worms
Then deliver me from birth
Oh destroyer in the sky
Please destroy me in the sky
In my dreams I’m still alive
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I always thought you were a fool,
Spent six weeks on a plane—off of your head again
And you were definitely cool,
A couple days in the rain a week, oh
You were mine, I was not there—
I was in your room,
Drinking your poetry in
Oh your poems, oh I hated that shit
Now you’re off in the fucking garden again
We dreamed of Barcelona Nights,
You with homemade perfume--oh what a thing to do
And you were definitely right,
Not a day after June we lost that one too
Don’t you look, she get’s older
And she gets colder
And the night stands at the gate,
It shuts her mouth
All of the desert is a fire
I woke to smoke in the air—too cold to even care
My eyes were empty with desire
Stuck in the car, say your prayers if you must, I don’t care
I was right—you were unfair,
May I say once more?
With your republican accent and schoolbooks
You were such a bore
Looking out at the fucking skyline for more
And a plane’s like a monster
Eating us longer
And longer as the blinds close down
I kissed your teeth—I kissed the night,
Waiting under the storm
In a house on the edge of town
Where the kids eat their hearts,
In the dark where they swarm,
Searching only for stars,
Gone to sleep in the morgue,
See the sepulcher lights,
Standing watch in the night,
See the sepulcher lights
The sepulcher lights
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Together
09:35
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Catching up, we make good time
With you hands on my fingers
I can tell you’re still alive
Shaking off all the bad dreams,
We pass out on the floor
And forget that they mean anything
Slipping up on your goodbyes
I can reach out and touch
Your heart lifeless next to mine
Keep in touch with the daylight
Never mind all the exits
As we step into the night
To the night
And she walked out of the room,
Dragging the dead weight she’d been holding onto
Her hands covered in alcohol,
Her mouth filled with perfume
And we danced under the dead light,
The devil took our picture too
And we walked into that good night,
Silent—me and you
* * *
With the same heart
At the same speed
You’re awake now
Looking through me
With the same mind
And the same dream
Every candle
Refracting
In the basement
In the bedroom
In the windows
Where the sun shines through
In the daytime
When the sky’s blue
In the garden
Where I love you
--
Every hour
Disappearing
On the blankets
When we’re talking
When you get dressed
In the morning
And I’m breathing
Still sleeping
When you walk out
Into sunlight
When you lie still
On the floor at night
In the darkness
Where I feel you
When our hands close
And I love you
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