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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 8:51am

lyrics from “the great satisfactory”:

“Drunk and Smiling at Heaven”
The crows are filing in/ one by one over graves
Getting drunk off decay/ I’d join in with their laughter
But I’ve never been that good/ at smiling

“Results and Demands”
My friends they all steal/ but only from me
I probably would’ve drowned/ in all of my riches
I would write more/ but my hand became sore
From writing all the thank you’s/ to those who keep me afoat…
By pulling me down
My brain grew tired of the hesitation/ I fell in line for the registration
They said leave your opinions at the door/ and discard your feelings forevermore
If your feeling sad/ please feel free/ to not inform me of/ your present situation
For I must keep my attention/ on the rise and fall of the stats
You were my emotions as stern as concrete/ I lay down you head/ we’d talk of defeat
I’d go to extremes to have you/ within reason (bitter & alone/ married to my room)

“Mature”
The innocence/ and tiny thoughts that topple and fall below you
Have formed a bridge
Now I’ve worn my shoes down to dirt/ I hold fondly the memories of this past freedom
So I can feel
The pain that cures/ it’s a solution that eats at your contours/ it ages you
I’m so mature
Still time wont let me roam/ from city lights or drunken forms
I could take this moment or share/ the reoccurring point is I just don’t care
Time molds youth
The sounds and wires/ the way they dance together in the walls/ frightens me
I’m so damn close to all these people I wish I never saw/ they are a metaphor
For a factory/ a condition we all seem to be diagnosed with/ that makes us ill
I’m so mature/ time molds youth/ this advice will progress your age

“Everybody Knows”
Everybody knows who you are and thoughts that shows/ through the cracks and space between/ is it your life or a machine? Am I mistaken/ the lines you’ve taken/ are by an actor/ that everybody knows.

“Simple”
Well I woke up and decided/ to sleep in the whole damn day
Gotta get drunk/ gotta attend church/ all we’ve got is a ways to drive to cleanse our soul
But we made it so far/ until we forgot about those sins
We simply drowned/ in the best of intentions/ and ambitions and wine
Night swallows and digests/ in this atmosphere/ is it liquid or air?
I’m the alien swimming/ through oceans and stars
I’m the alien swimming/ through plastacine cars
But it doesn’t matter/ what we inhale
We’ll defy all laws to be simple and free
Poor but in luxury
Where nothing could go wrong/ mend your soul with song

“Of God and Science”
Emotions and bodies pile/ where death is justified
Force me into the army and/or your ideals
Where death is justified
14 years ago/ I found an angel in my yard
She whispered in her haste/ ‘control is an ideal heaven’
Which they explain through science yeah/ an overly optimistic point of view
Are they weak attempts to give meaning to our lives
While we all cling to a sinking raft of hope
I think hell will probably be/ in the form of a dark city
With cancer scratching at your throat
You can still talk but the residents wont

“I Throw Away Pennies”
We’re on our way and darling it will be o.k
Its you and me and silence makes three
Silence makes three
The elder folk/ frown upon/ throwing away pennies
Because of this/ all I own is my/ ragged book of ideas
Now we’re on our way/ with the CIA on our backs/ oh no
They are so close/ that we cant even see/ where they’re at
Whatever makes you feel
Whatever makes you feel safe
Keep locking all your doors
With monsters in mind/ illusive
Geniuses drown in fools/ a conclusion
While I throw away pennies
Wisdom rains down/ on everything I’ve found
Pressed against a thought/ in a cold dark room
I-I-I I’m fat/ filled with common sense
With Styrofoam/ strapped to my soul
I call it bullet proof/ and I’m ready for the world

“A Funeral will Follow Carnivals”
Instruments play here

“The Dog”
I saw a dog get hit today/ and the driver simply sped away
Leaving the creature crippled and contorted/ the image in my mind became neatly sorted
Once in a while I may brush through the files/ and see the dog in a wounded pile
Until my mind falls too/ the images and files that no one ever knew
Now I’m up with the moon/ and down when the sun wakes
Once in a while/ the ghost lets me sleep/ all day long
The dog in my mind is sure/ the words are scrambled and obscure
The dog in my mind cant walk/ the wheels of life hunt and stalk
Those who chase us down/ as we sulk and frown
Our defense is quickly peeled/ I’m inspired by this
Someday it will come

“At Least I’m Alive”
Hit the switch/ no we’re stuck on fire
Hit the switch/ never find our way out
We’d burn our bodies to light the blackened path
We’ve got our riches trapped inside as well
We’re isolated but viewed
From the outside of the room
“darling wake up!”
“very funny/ this never happened/ this cant be happening to me!”
Now we’re grown up/ as pure as a mutt
Sterile and friendly/ who’s at the door?
“Sorry sir but you cant stay/ the doctors stayed up all night long
The night she couldn’t make it through/ but hey, at least you’re alive”
A long drive despite the weather/ a long drive I hope we find our way home
I’ve got this feeling that someone is on our tale
Is it just me or is this city rearranged?
I feel as if I’m stapled and glued
To the back side of the tube
Where did she go? I really need you
I swore I saw her/ everything keeps reminding me.

“Encore”
I met a doctor who loved his wine
I met a doctor who’d smoke a pack a day
I met an electrician who’d touch live wires
I met a lawyer who’d balance truth with lies/ so effectively
We hardly knew he was there
He seemed to cancel his presence/ should we shed a care?
The city devours another tree/ that would’ve loved to create food for you and me
We’ve added up all the numbers and the stats
And in conclusion this all means shit.

lyrics from “cheer up~its raining”:

“Celebrate youth (over and over again)”
Ahhhhhhhhhhnstramental.

“Tales of Stagefright”
Lost amongst the lost from where we were to where we are.
Pain it did creep in through the door settle the score.
Oh well I was lonely anyways. Give a friend, take a friend.
We could see the light burn from our town as we escaped up the hill.
I remember ashes fallin’ all night long as I held you close to me.
Then we simply found we could go anywhere and discovered that the reminder hurt.
Now we try to find ourselves amongst this crowd while everyone is looking too.
I would be lying if I said/ time made it easier so instead/ I crawled my way towards a light/ got up on stage then turned white.
Ok fine you win.

“Producing Emotions”
People can’t stand to go/ can’t stand going slow.
They’ll do anything to pass gotta overcome the slower one.
Chorus: And I feel as if all the doctors have left.
I’m the patient with patience in an empty room/ with blinking lights and you’ve left me too.
It appears you’ve left me too.
Gotta make the team gotta make the cut you’ve got to all the time.
We love to run around like ants I do declare/ I’m the lazy one.
Chorus----
Love aint for me. Love is a fallacy. You make love so predictable. You make love so unoriginal. You make love a cliché.

“Mistakes”
Well if mother figures out what we’ve done we’ll pay no doubt.
Because we’re raised in times like these we can’t be blamed for all the mistakes that we’ve made.
My mind drifts back to better days where you’d just float and wait for me. Why couldn’t you have been here when I needed you so much more?
A rift lies between us.
The conversation is getting dryer the dust below is in my mouth.
The time has come for you to wonder/ is time spent with me with the pain? A stalemate between us.
I love the way you drive my mistakes into me like nails.
It makes me wonder at that distance how you manage.

“Age of Automatics”
We’re not afraid, we’re not afraid of danger. We keep it close, we welcome in a stranger.
Couldn’t laugh I couldn’t force myself to think about. I wouldn’t try, I wouldn’t try my luck to state the truth yeah.
We should’ve known.
We’ve got it made, we’ve got it made in the shade. We’re always warm, we’d sell our souls for comfort
I tried to try, I tried to think outside of the box. Could not recall, could not recall ever being outside.
We should’ve known.
Skeleton crawls into skin, skin into clothes. Everyday starts the same, its all that we’ve known. Your flowers bloom in my room, its nice to see life. In this age of automatics, its nice to see life.
There’s a city somewhere. There’s a city somewhere, with a ferocious appetite. For your peaceful country road. For your peaceful little town.

“Mexican apartment”
You’ve got to wash away the weather/ fallin’ on your back
Oh the rain on rain/ should negate the attack.
In the middle of a catastrophic childhood/ that was not my own
Yet we’re all rapped up in it/ a street runs through my home.
You are just another needle/ in a/ needle machine
Seesaw/ cuts right through/ couldn’t/ wouldn’t design it to kill
Paint from the ceiling/ every layer is peeling
Baby on the floor/ we are expecting one more
Their evil intentions are too much for us/ a cruel Cheshire smile
their strategy is simple/ give an inch take a mile

“Soaked”
Yesterday we could fly/ but now it looks as though we are grounded.
Today she says ‘I’d rather die/ then to be stuck down here’.
Dreams come and steal you. Fade one by one.
Oh I’m soaked down to the bone oh I’m soaked. Woke up screaming your name.
As time ticks on so does the bomb that is tied to our future. That’s alright it won’t hurt me a secret island is all we need.
Dreams come and steal you. Fade one by one.

“Bigger and Stronger”
We could drown rats like mafia.
We could take them down/ where they deserve to go.
Yes we are bigger/ and stronger then you/ we created currency too.
While our gods/ illuminate/ all you need to know.

“Kiwi perfume”
I took a second from my day/ and wrote down some words to say
Get away and don’t look
Preserved forever in a book.
Now we don’t have to be sad anymore/ we can quit our jobs and travel door to door.
The kiwi perfume that you wore will linger round for days.
Call me crazy. Call me heartless. Call me what you will just/ call/ me/ back.
As this song just falls apart/ I’ll pick up the pieces and call it art/ the intellectuals gather round/ look at each other and begin to frown.
The only reason why I’m here/ is because of hard liquor and beer.
Thanks mom and dad.

“Electric Angel”
…then time finally killed the 80’s/ the decade of the great drought.
The owners of the city sparkled/ in their shadows lived fear and doubt.
One day we woke and realized that we outnumbered them.
Turned out the greed consumed/ the man into machines.
Stop trying/ stop trying
Stop trying to process me
Your making/ us all scared your making/ us feel old.
Take all the sickly elders and boil their spirits down.
As a result of their sacrifice our cars are still running ‘round.
From my bed I looked out the window and saw a heavenly glow. Went outside and released the angel imprisoned/ lost in my yard.
Keep flying/ keep flying
Keep flying away from here.
I’m paralyzed from the sudden cold/ paralyzed from the lack of air.

“Violent Dreams”
Last night I dreamt I kicked your face in.
I’m not usually a violent man yet it seems/ with my day-to-day life where I just smile and agree/ it makes them go away faster.
It makes them go away faster.
In my dreams I’m fighting all the time.

“Another”
Here is another song/ about love mixed with loneliness.
You wouldn’t even care/ and I’d expect nothing more.
Your body is a smooth talker/ so naturally synthetic.
You couldn’t even speak/ you could hardly walk (find your way back home) Cheer up its raining, cheer up its raining, cheer up its raining for you.

*by the way, i’ve got this all under a copyright so dont get any wise ideas buster.*