1. |
Red 40 Heart
02:18
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doing shots of mercury, laying our heads upon the bar
smearing, gliding liquid steel, a mellow siren calls out to the stars
it's a longing I can't place telling a story old as dirt
failed romance in cars cooler than we'll ever deserve
solder the chambers of my heart, sideways sleepwalk
peeling of chrome and verdigris to burnish the day
wood panel holds memory and smell, a time trying to persist
colors are all poison, let it slide though, only for their richness
saint in pomade/leather swirl now says a bit of beauty's here
like a hunter opens doors in skies and screams who goes there
melted guitar flooding my heart, sideways sleepwalk
it sings, hard world for little things, accept your lot
and now the scraping strings all yank out my red 40 heart
bathing in violet light, the lines tangle and part
traveling back and forth in time, falling sideways
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2. |
Fixed Explosion
02:04
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spilling your ration doing the pogo
a firing pin against the spine
there's no exit now from this compulsion
to put your lips on mine
the horizon is our home and there's never enough here
cerulean tracks appear before me
a debt forever outstanding
it's enough to belly laugh about
the spilled ration never landing
a void inside black sclerae
maybe they never, ever knew me
but like a fixed explosion
the parts and whole, the you and me, exist aloofly
the horizon is our home and there's never enough here
running on and we're back to our love
cared for by the broken, on the lonely shore, in man we trust,
when the water circles the drain, there'll be no tribute
any hole could whistle
the horizon is our home and there's never enough here
so now we steel ourselves against the strange
and fashion finer masks
we may never like the answers
but the questions we will always ask
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3. |
Epitaph Song
03:41
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in ten words or less, I guarantee
I'll answer your question
and maintain the illusion that we'll be
free to live, not just free to work
and die so slowly
or you could just stay away
I aim for the knees
when you're not looking
my sullen stare takes the gold
but make the first move, and I fold
try throwing a tantrum
without crying
if you take insults well, son
aren't you the fortunate one
cry in my house shaped like a frown
wearing my ego down
you'll find my epitaph
reads "born: who knows"
and when I die, who cares
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4. |
In the Field
02:55
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you've got stitches in your teeth
from keeping the peace
and every time you hold your tongue
you think you've won
but if I've fallen in the field
don't reach for my hand
'cause I'll only drag you
down with me
sleep is tugging at my eyes
I answer you
but what's on the other side
is no escape
your expectations all demand
the reason I need
and if we're trying to move on
don't follow my lead
the trigger's missing from
the gun I need
I'll get by throwing bullets
and if you find you've lost your way
don't call out my name
I'll still be running
from the sign
disarm, dismantle, and delay
just keep me talking
I sigh and when you turn away
I sink
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5. |
Shipwrecked Cello
02:46
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6. |
Gravity is a Ghost
03:30
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7. |
Dear Deep Feeler
04:36
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when you first came to me
I knew that you could be
my chance to start anew in
this mess life put me through
you've got a special gift
and I was wondering if
together, we might find a way
to stretch out this time
time and texture
under pressure
can't feel anything, anything
except a hunger
in the bunker
feed the monster
dragonfly daughter
there is no winter
you know that we are blessed
escaped the fate of the rest
no one outside to worry us
steel doors and ice will bury us
here in a land of wonder
in spacesuits we'll travel this tundra
and show you, I'll bring back the beauty
only I can see
to the bunker
feed the monster
can't feel anything, anything
except a hunger
time and texture
under pressure
dragonfly daughter
this is the winter
you're blueblood, blue-eyed, and black-haired
I understand that you're scared
but you know, I thought I told you
ignore that screaming soldier
now were you the quarry or the lure?
I guess we'll never know for sure
time and texture
under pressure
can't feel anything, anything
except a hunger
in the bunker
feed the monster
dragonfly daughter
this is the winter
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8. |
Filing Song
02:38
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for years, I shoved my past
into a sack
and cinched it tight
taught myself to walk
and not look back, like Lot
with an aversion to salt
then you came along and tipped me out
now all my cast-off moments and lost doubts
come home
to roost around me
like a parliament of rooks
their stares insist
on some excuse
for my misuse
of every almost-empty book
each page of chances
I only nearly took
you came along and tipped me out
now all my cast-off moments and lost doubts
come home
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9. |
Six Miles
04:56
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swallow, sink, repeat
can't hear a thing, down here you can't hear a thing
they say misery loves company
don't make many friends
when you're six miles underneath
whirlpools and sinkholes
reward you for
crushing the day, in pressurized pathways
a shattered lens judging your every mistake
assembling a face
the pieces always get misplaced
you've censored yourself
new blisters can speak for you now
swallow, sink, repeat
tides built on lies, and truth is all capsized
hairlining shell, gone-missing tissue beneath
the rules getting changed
it's not enough to call it strange
and if I lose a limb
don't promise regrowth I'm not built for
so follow the air bubbling up from everywhere
without the light it's only invisible
and under the weight
of those abyssal seasick smiles
each mouthful I find
is heavier than the last
swallow, sink, repeat
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10. |
Second Sight
06:02
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how do you know my night?
outside the window a light with no source
cuts off looping hours
a pinhole selfie across decades
my daily terror
a backyard birth
a mother mirror
were they doctors that delivered
one from the other?
you can't be real
yet I know my words
are whispers to your glance
just as I've always known
my face is not
a part of me
through smoke and glass
I ask honestly
if it's too much to ask
just to be
may I ask how much
you paid for your second sight?
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NOION Cities Chicago, Illinois
NOION Cities is Jackie and Andy, IL band by way of VA. For fans of Creation, 4AD, Merge, Matador indie, 60s and 70s Baroque pop. Thanks for checking us out :)
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