1. |
intro KEEP AT IT
00:15
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2. |
KEEP AT IT
06:30
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KEEP AT IT
NIGHT IS A PLACEHOLDER
FOR SOMETHING ELSE
THIS IS NOT DEATH
BUT SOMETHING ELSE
BUT WHAT IS MEANT
BEST TO LEAVE IT AT THAT
FOR IT DOESN’T FLY
IT DOESN’T KNOW WHY
IT’S GOT NO NAME YET
NOT EVERY DARKNESS
IS THE SAME
SEE IT AS IT FALLS
SOMETIMES GENTLY SINGS
SOMETIMES IT CAN CLING
STUBBORNLY REFUSING TO YIELD
NOW ADDRESS THE LESIONS
ON YOUR SOUL
TAKE THOSE BITTER PILLS
OF YOUR ILLUSION OF CONTROL
DIG OUT OF YOUR CELL
WITH A BROKEN SPOON
AND BEETLE AWAY
AT THE INSOLUABLE MYSTERY
OF THE LOCKED ROOM
YEA THE VALLEY
OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
IS REALLY JUST A PARKING LOT
WHERE’S THE CAR
IT’S NEVER VERY FAR
EARTHLY WITHOUT THE UN-
TRUE WITHOUT THE UN- TOO
SO MANY WAYS TO SAY
THE SHADOWS ARE IN PLAY
WITHOUT MEANING SOMETHING
IT’S NOT
NOT EVERY DARKNESS
IS THE SAME
SEE IT AS IT FALLS
BAIL THE WATER OUT OF
THE SINKING ROWBOAT
ATONE FOR THOSE CRIMES
YOU UNDERWROTE
TRAVERSE THE UNKNOWABLE MORASS
WITH YOUR FOGGED UP
AND BROKEN
MORAL COMPASS
KEEP AT IT
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3. |
Sign Up
07:06
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SIGN UP
DIM CROWDED
AUDITORIUM
CHURCH BASEMENT
WERE THE LIGHTS OFF
OR WAS POWER OUT
BLUE GREY
WITH POSSIBILITIES
GATHERING IN
AN ENORMITY
ALL ORDINAIRY
GATHERING IN
AN IMMENSITY
ALL ORDINARY
BLUE GREY
WITH POSSIBILITIES
THAT WERE
LAST SEEN
LAST SEEN
IN A MEMORY
OF A BASEMENT
AND MAYBE
AT THE TABLE IN THE BACK
WITH A CLIPBOARD
A PEN AND A SHEET
TO SIGN UP
SIGN UP
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THISTLEDOWN (SAME DIFFERENCE)
THISTLEDOWN FLOATS
RIGHT ACROSS THE SKY
NEVER FASTER THAN THE EYE
CAN CATCH IT
TUMBLEWEED ROLLS
DOWN THE STREET
NEVER TIDY OR NEAT
BUT STRUCTURALLY SOUND
TUFT OF MOUSE FUR
CATCHES THE SUNLIGHT
AND THEN TAKES FLIGHT
DANDELION FLUFF
FLIES OVER THE SIDEWALK
IF IT COULD TALK
IT WOULDN’T SAY A THING
ALL OF THESE THINGS
WHETHER BLOWING
OVER THE GRASS
OR A CLIFF
IT’S THE SAME DIFFERENCE
LIKE ALL THAT CAME
BEFORE THIS
IT’S A FORFEIT
BESPOKE EACH TO EACH
IT’S THE SAME DIFFERENCE
AN ENTITY FULLSTOP
HERE IT GOES
OVER A CLIFF
OVER THE GRASS
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THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN
CARRIED BY EACH THIS VERSION INVISIBLE UNTOLD THE WEIGHT DOGGED SILENT GET UP BEHELD NOT WIDER NO BIGGER NO STATIC FATHOM THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN NOT WIDER NO BIGGER NO STATIC CARRIED FATHOM CURTAIN FATHOM THE MYSTERY SEES INVISBLE VERSION SERMON CERTAIN DETERMINE CARRIED NOT WIDER NO BIGGER NO STATIC TO VIE BY AND BY IT’S THE VERY NEXT WHILE MINUS CARRIED BUT THE MYSTERY THE MYSTERY TO SEE THE BURDEN TO VIE BY AND BY BEHELD THE MYSTERY TO SEE THE BURDEN BY EACH OF ALL WORK NO STATIC PRESENT CARRIED THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN TO VIE BY AND BY IT’S THE VERY NEXT WHILE FATHOM THE CURTAIN THIS NEXT OR THE ONE AFTER IT’S NOT IN AN ECLIPSE THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN NO STATIC LIKE THE VERY NEXT SIGN BY AND BY SHOW THE TIME WHERE BEHELD IT’S VISIBLE NOT IN AN ECLIPSE IN THE VERY NEXT WHILE EYE TO EYE BEHELD TROD ON IT’S CERTAIN BY AND BY A HAND CURTAIN AND A PLAN FATHOM THE MYSTERY LIKE A SIGN FATHOM TO VIE BY AND BY IT’S NOT IN AN ECLIPSE SEES YOUR BURDEN THE CURTAIN THE BURDEN NOT WIDER NO BIGGER NO STATIC FATHOM BEHELD NOT IN AN ECLIPSE NO STATIC THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDON FATHOM BY AND BY VIE FOR THE VERY NEXT TIME IT BEHELD FATHOM THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN FATHOM BUT THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN NO STATIC JUST NO STATIC BEHELD THE MYSTERY SEES THE BURDEN
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6. |
Remittance
05:45
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REMITTANCE
GET THE AIR CIRCULATING AROUND
AN AIRLESS AFTERNOON
AN AIRLESS EPOCH
OPEN A DOOR
OPEN A CALCULATION
FIND IT
THE MISSING AIR
A HUNDRED PENNY CENTS
MANGLED BY EVERYDAY WEAR
FALLING ONTO THE SIDEWALK
WHAT A SOUND
A HUNDRED IS A LOT
LOUDER LOUDER LOUDER
REMITTANCE
THROW OFF YOUR VESTMENTS
THROW OFF GOOD DESIGN
REMITTANCE
MISUNDERSTANDING
NOT THIS TIME
DISAPPEARANCE
NOT THIS TIME
ASSISTANCE
NOT THIS TIME
INTERFERENCE
NOT THIS TIME
HIDE IT HIDE IT HIDE IT HIDE IT
DON’T ACQUIT
REMITTANCE
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7. |
A Lookout
02:35
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A LOOKOUT
MISSING INVISIBLE STAIRS
ROPE
ROPE LADDER
ROPE
LADDER
A CITADEL A TOWER
A LIGHTHOUSE ON THE BANK
A LOOKOUT
INVISIBLE
BUREAU
INSIVIBLE
DRAWER
AND OPENING
THE MISSING
INVISIBLE DOOR
A CITADEL A TOWER
A LIGHTHOUSE ON THE BANK
A LOOKOUT
ROPE
ROPE LADDER
ROPE
LADDER
UNTRACEABLE
THE WINDOW LINES
FAINT GUIDING
THE FIRMAMENT
A CITADEL A TOWER
A LIGHTHOUSE ON THE BANK
A LOOKOUT
A LOOKOUT
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8. |
Blindfold Scales Sword
02:58
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BLINDFOLD SCALES SWORD
GET THE BLINDFOLD
GET THE SCALES
GET THE SWORD
LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN LIKE WATER
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN AN EVERLASTING STREAM
(whistling)
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The Mystery Boston, Massachusetts
Guitar, loop pedal, cheap theatrics, vox.
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