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1. |
Blood
03:21
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She's got a window
It's got a small frame
She's got a view
Of what she always sees
What she believes is there
But there's blood in the basement
Blood in the alley
There's blood on her hands she can't see
He's got mirror
A crack in his door
He peers through to see
The world is ugly
But there's nothing he can do about it
The hole in the roof
These crumbling walls
This house is falling apart
There's nothing we can do
Nothing we can do
If there's blood in the basement
Blood in the alley
There's blood on our hands
We can't see
No I can't see
No it's not safe
And no i'm not proud of this blood
There's heat in my mouth
There's blood in my veins
My love
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They put a shrine for you in Rolling sStone
And sixteen servants weeping at your throne
Yeah and I love you ten times more dead than alive
I want to hold your kid and make love to your wife
I want to be a rock star too yeah
I want to be a rock star just like you
I'm never gonna see you old or see you wise
Forever young as jesus crucified
I want to put my mouth on you and make you breathe
Open up wide and sing for me
I want to be a rock star too yeah
I want to be a rock star just like
I want to be a rock star too yeah
I want to be a rock star just like you
Fame, I'm gonna live forever
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3. |
Lolita
03:32
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Burning
Still faithful
And smoking cigarettes he falters
Yearning
Fr one taste-full
Soft brown skin
Cool water
He said I'll keep you clean
He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita
He said don't ever fear for
I'll be ever near my Lolita
Turning
To danger
And taken in by lovely strangers
My thirsty
Little angel
Are you sleeping in the devil's manger?
He said I'll keep you clean
He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita
He said don't ever fear for
I'll be ever near my Lolita
She's sleeping
So peaceful
She's everything
She's everything,
But she's awaking
And my heart's breaking
She's taking all her pretty things away
He said I'll keep you clean
He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita
He said don't ever fear for
I'll be ever near my Lolita
He said I'll keep you clean
He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita
He said don't ever fear for
I'll be ever near my Lolita
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4. |
Fall Away
04:09
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I fell and felt the wind outside
And I didn't have a thing to say
The moon and the stars released the sky
And I watched them fall away
I called on gods to light my way
And they whispered softly in my mind
And still I praise the dawn of day
When they crawl and fall behind
I heard the warning of the sun
Remember all the days I strayed
I found you
The moon fell down and made no sound
Watch her fall away
Where's my mind I lost it too
And you put my love away
I lifted all my thoughts and flew
And you watched me fall away
And you watched me fall away
I heard the warning of the sun
Remember all the days I strayed
I found you
The moon fell down and made no sound
Watch her fall away
I heard the warning of the sun
Remember all the days I strayed
I found you
The moon fell down and made no sound
Watch her fall away
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5. |
Cold and Gray
02:56
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Silver daisy
Life drawn still
Mister's gone crazy
He's out on the windowsill
Pick for him flowers
Red as blood
Mean as he scowls
He's soft as mud
This is the longest night
And it's dark all day like old cold and gray
Well maybe I'll meet him one day
Peaceful stone-man
You terribly alone man
Were you a bad-to-the-bone man
Or just never quite grown, man
You were no wonderful man to me
Were you ever good?
You were no wonderful man to me
This is the longest night
And it's dark all day like old cold and gray
Well maybe I'll meet him one day
Is it just loss of will that makes it better to me still
And rotten away like old cold and grey?
Well maybe I'll meet him one day
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6. |
Hope You Don't Mind
01:58
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Not so long ago I was a little thing
With dolls and stars and dreams
Not so long ago I didn't know much of anything
But love, love, love
Yeah, mama don't go away and daddy come home
I'll be waiting in the backyard with my high-heels on
Tell me a story about a girl and a shoe
While I'm waiting for my dream to come true
Yeah daddy won't you tell me what it means to be alive
I've got blood and bones and love and guts
And things I can't describe
Daddy always shot it straight
He said girl don't you know?
We've got to try and find ourselves some peace
Before we all go and
I hope you don't mind
The world's fucked up and we're all gonna
I hope you don't mind
The world's fucked up and we're all gonna die
I love the way the sun goes round
And lights up the moon
I love a lazy morning
When I sleep well past noon
I love it when we kiss all day
We roll around all night
I love it when the moon peeks in
And hits your eyes just right
It's just right but
I hope you don't mind
The world's fucked up and we're all gonna
I hope you don't mind
The world's fucked up and we're all gonna die
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7. |
Strange Man
03:13
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The room is spinning
And I feel dizzy like a rat trapped
On one of those things that goes
Round and round and round
All I can see are neon lights
And the silhouette of man
He's sitting to my right
His hand is on my knee
His hand is on my thigh
His hand is on my arm
His hands are covering my eyes
The boom, boom of the bass drum
Is like the thudding of my blood
It's mixing with re wine and nicotine
It's pumping through my heart like mud
His eyes are closed
His mouth is open
His eyes are closed
His mouth is open
I don't remember what he looks like
But he smells like a man and Marlboro reds
His face is coming closer
His fingers on my chin
He smells like whiskey
He smells like sin
And now it's over
And i know exactly where I am
In a familiar bed
With a strange, strange man
I'd seen him around before
And I said
I'll see you around, man
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8. |
Persephone
03:34
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Man walk beside me
In shadows sidelong glance
Never dead-on stare
For your razor tease
My arms are bare
Persephone
Teeth sting sweet and eyes closed
In the love of blood
Stupor of a quaalude dream
Ride tequila acid wave
Hold my hand in powder-stream
To get me through
Mortality alone
Or eternity with you
Mortality alone
Or eternity with you
Persephone
And if you kiss me forever
If you kiss me with your forever lips
If you kiss me forever
I'll be forever yours
Persephone
Man walk beside me
In shadows sidelong glance
Never dead-on stare
For your razor tease
My arms are bare
Persephone
Teeth sting sweet and eyes closed
In the love of blood
And if you kiss me forever
If you kiss me with your forever lips
If you kiss me forever
I'll be forever yours
I'll be forever yours
I'll be forever yours
I'll be forever yours
I'll be forever yours
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9. |
Alive
03:05
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I came in bloody and screaming
I came in bloody and screaming
Not alone
I'm not alone
I fell down dirty and bleeding
I fell down dirty and bleeding
Not alone
I'm not alone
There's something behind my sight
It's keeping me alive
It's drifting behind the light
It's keeping me alive
The devil in me
The devil's in me
I fling him to the ground
And he moans
Like a man
So hey angel
Hey angel
Lift me to your sky
And teach me how to fly
There's something behind my sight
It's keeping me alive
It's drifting behind the light
It's keeping me alive
Oh, my gemini
Oh, I'm a gemini
Oh, my gemini
You know I'm a gemini
They said girl be good
They said girl do what we tell you you should
But I won't hide
I won't hide
I wanna feel alive
There's something behind my sight
It's keeping me alive
It's drifting behind the light
It's keeping me a
There's something behind my sight
It's keeping me alive
It's drifting behind the light
It's keeping me alive
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10. |
The Cannibal Ed
01:47
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The cannibals are out long after good kids are in bed
They're coming through the window
And they're coming for my head
I'm fattened up for killing season
Helping god to find a reason
Just to feed me quickly to
The cannibal named Ed
The wintertime was long
But the warm winds are a-blowin now
And I'm looking to the sky
Like an optimistic summer sow
The walls here aren't sturdy
And songs of freedom fill my head
As I befriend
The cannibal named Ed
Feeding time is dangerous
Don't touch the beast unless you must
He's grinning through his shiny teeth
He's dreaming of his bloody feast
So try to find the safest distance
Or the path of least resistance
Lest you be fed to the cannibal named Ed
The cannibal named Ed
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11. |
Build A Home
04:20
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I need to be alone tonight
This city and her streets
A cardboard sign reads
Help me
And I walk on
And I run
I touch you and you feel me
I'm a river, I'm burning, I'm a thief
I leave you and your skin and your beauty
I leave you and your beauty and your teeth
Can you see this blaze flared up
From the spark of you
Now this trick I've played
Makes me your slave
I'll burn you out
I'll start again
I saw my name in your hand
I turned around and ran
But to you or from you
It's all the same
To you or from you
It's the same thing
He says we're all alone
He builds himself a home
He builds it out of hair and teeth and fingernails and bones
He hides it in his heart
Then tears it all apart
He plasters all the pieces up with glue and calls it art
He's a man with two left shoes
He's a pretty cockatoo
His song is full of sadness
But he's beautiful in blue
And I need to be alone tonight
I need to be alone tonight
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12. |
Ashram Song
04:54
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Swamiji lay your hands on me
That I might be healed
Bring your light up close to me
So that I might see
om shanti om shanti om shanti om
om shanti om shanti om shanti om
Swamiji i'm your devotee
Won't you come to my room
I'll make sacrifices dear
Get me in with God
om shanti om shanti om shanti om
om shanti om shanti om shanti om
Preacher, prophet, deliver me
I'm a sinful girl
Can I buy back my chastity
With these rubies and pearls?
om shanti om shanti om shanti om
om shanti om shanti om shanti om
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Lauren Hoffman Los Angeles, California
music is exceptionally useful for communicating the nuance and complexity of the human experience because it is an emotional language, we process and respond to it in a different way than thoughts, beyond the limits of linguistics. that's why it's special and mysterious and i love it. that's why i write and sing and play instruments and make records. that's why i share my songs with you. ... more
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