Shake it off, little boyWe never meant to hurt you, little boyCreate your name, remember you’re the bestYou’ll always keep it close to the vest Keep your enemies closeKeep your bed cleanShape your life just like my ownCus my own is your ownAnd that’s how it should stay There’s three […]
Take a seat on the ChesterfieldTake a dive in the mental wastelandLet me know just the way you feelCus you know that I just won’t listen To heroes and villains and looking up to anyoneSky in his eyesWhen the sure hand of winter grips your bonesJust let it ride Let’s […]
I’ve got a place to goI belong in the rocks and the riversBout 50 miles thoughMake connections like stones after fish Above the rising tide of the waterEven the highest bridge is a lieAnd you’re lying to me babyBut you lie And the cold ones are coming aliveAnd they knowAll […]
Here is a parable to drink about I fearIn the year of the wolfGot my head growing darkAt the fair In the eyes of the wizardOnly knives for the strangerUnder skies she’s arrivingStars and stripes for the candy girlsIn the loudest of hours waiting Dig your grave with a matchstickHeld […]
And if you see what you wantGet out and take itShe said with the conviction of a 12-year-old childWhat do you want?I don’t knowWhat do you get?Nothing Far behind the second sunGuests arriving one by oneBut there is so much to talk about Fucking prophets stumble inWearing badges for their […]
Hands in coat pocketsFumbling belongingThe rolling stone inside meIn a world that won’t invite me She’s gotta wait she’s gonna stayShe’s got away from meThe fact remains we’re part of thisShivering industry The rolling stone inside meIn a world that won’t invite me The travel man is sighing it’s a […]
“Let’s keep it clean”Said the old paper bag refereeFrom his new and bold podium And in the personal spaceA line of sight on a giggly girl in a wiggling worldShe doesn’t seem to recognizeAll the portraits stained with everyday lifeShe’ll find the proper lies and I will follow He got […]
I’m over the holiday breaks and cold receptionsI posed with the oxygen tanks todayBut I’ve come alive againAnd I think they all will noticeThis time I aim to prove itLanding now His feet on the virgin groundPigtails pacing, pirouetting around the mobBehold the busy men and the tired old tattoosThis […]
In the eveningShe is sulkingEating breakfast with the beesIn bed Holding out on wordsIroning in anger Where did you goWhen all your friends gone soft on you But you can try to change the devil’s gameIf you want to Cus you can hide awayLooking through black centuriesSuddenly break out And […]
In between the final waveBrooding men with half discoveredFalling short to sweep asideImposter monks in their filthy monastery Alabaster can’t you breatheYour suffocated vulturesAre bending the waves of seaYou need to believe Stumbling through the…Oh come on inWalls without windowsThe creamy skin96 senses cannot begin the dayOh well Interpretation fails […]
Girl ceasefireShe looks so niceWhen she reads me my rightsAnd it’s our timeIt’s a beautiful thing I know It was a long way in the darkest hellIt’s been a bad day and my head’s not wellCus what’s the right way and I never can tellWhich means there’s no way out […]
Gather the scrapsWe’ll trap this thingThey’re burning the maps“What’s happening?”Goes Monica Ross(The saddest thing) Out of the booksCome closet beastsJingling coins and whiter teethDrawing their swords from slippery sheathsOh Monica, Sylvia… In the night they arriveBearing wives with colicky babiesSee that they need medicineTo cure the diseasesNow I know their […]
Becky come on, let’s goThe money is getting lowAnd all of our friends went missingKissing in kitchensLearning their lines The lying doorman takes his planThe bruiser bounce makes his standThe hussies in black are blinkingWith fluttering eyelids drinking Home of the scenester boysJelly head bitches making bad noiseDrinking their soda […]
Been changing the angelsTo six white wolvesBeen mixing the whiskey with chemicalsBlind and bleeding sea salt on the starry snowI said god damn I’m sick of this flavorYour crazy behaviorI need a reaction nowIt’ll be four belowBefore we goFuck it At the lighthouse we murderedThe blacks and redsThere’s a bevy […]
Tiger striped fish on aquarium grassSeasoned friendly sluts are awaiting the catchToss aside the lonely ones refusing to hatchAnd breed another dollarThen you’ll know how to waste your lifeThen you’ll know Perfect evolution and the changing of paceTravel with a murderer to see what they sayBlast another coward up and […]
Come on! Gentle goes the Blackhawk slowWe demand our wayA new day growsThe whistle blowsWe just cannot stay We’ll be out by the calling bellTo greet the sunrise Take the sun and make it yoursHold up half the skyGet it out of the wayYou’re killing the dayBut we could still […]
Wait up, we cannot keep this paceNo one is getting awayWake up and put on your brand new face Locked out the garden beyond these gatesClimb down the tower a waysLook down on the kingdom we will replace With shapes of our own designWith clothes of exotic texturesWe’ll rewrite the […]
Father is underground, waitingOrphan and the time bombCrawl from colored curtainsDirecting sailing shipsFrom the edges where we slip down The grieving mother breaks downAnother brandy waterWatch the pictures circle aroundI’m never gonna be the same, ma…The boy is just to feel the shame Directing sailing shipsFrom the edges where we […]
Starlight spilling out in barrelsA great night out with Twisted CarolOut with Twisted Carol Took me to the fine lineThat I can never crossIn your mindTransmission getting lostIn my decision It’s way to late for themDigging up troubleAlways in troubleOut past curfew Citrus fields and open windowsWallowing through house wife […]
Transmitter downFrom brisk beginningsWe come to this impasse Transmitter downNo communicationComing from this satellite Commander, I’m afraid that we’ve gone dark Transmitter downI told you my wayWould make you come to sensible Transmitter downNo communicationComing from this satellite Commander, I’m afraid that we’ve gone darkWe’ve gone dark I’ve gotta know […]
Flickering eyes of endless potentialSeasalt disguise she wears a lotExpensive excuses directing the trafficAnd plastic explosives are left to rot Time in a bagTime in the bagTime in a bagTime in the bag that she dragsAlways changing Look outAbbey on the black boardwalkShe fades to black on Saturday Sparkling streets […]
The new press and the old frontiersNever need a reason to stay hereJezebel, you oughta knowI’ve been away for so long Patiently we skin the killHolding back the water stillMaybe we should dig another holeAnd find out where the other rivers go Looking through the papersYou see what I mean?It’s […]
In come the hawksLives on the line and hangingBehind rabid wallsDial me in as a substitute Substandard livesBreathe me in and fuck me out of itSays she tonight‘Dial me in as a substitute’ Under crumbling skiesI think you did itA noble vagrant surpriseKeep it hidden and generateClones in the homesAllright […]
I had a dreamIt wasn’t safe where I had to goThere was a birdIn violent wind and rain and snow And a band played in the skyTo the pterodactyl mothersWho keep their babies dry And a man told meFor a price I could live foreverThen he opened up his breifcase […]
They’re leaving the cityThey’re bleeding the robots dryThe tiptoeing childrenWith cameras behind their eyes We buried our fathersWith dirt of abandoned wivesWe ordered reportersTo cover our mother’s cries These days of dirt and reckoningOf search and seizure And move away the second we are ableSo come on.. These days of […]
And that’s a horrible dragThe bedtime princeIs caught up in the machineA drunken castaway Collapsing now into your own wastelandTake them shake them out in the water I see themThe wedding machinesIn old gold photographs With a glass in your handAnd the life in your headThey just don’t know youLike […]
Day by day to get your fillTo feed the need that nobody willTo stand in line pass the timeAnd wait When I get some lightI’m wound up way to tightWell I know you’re rightI’ll get to the bread lineWhen I get to the bread line Shannon January triesHe shows the […]
Expose the skylineReveal it to meSparrows and red tailsWith tall tales of full sailsAnd moneyFrom the fertile lands beyondThe new expanse Have you ever seen the Quarryman’s hands?Of dust and notoriety The frozen officialsCarelessly working by starlight and keroseneLike statuesTheir faces will not witherAnd the saddest coldest eyesYou’ve ever seen […]
Critical timingIt’s a pendulum situationA swing in zero gravityIt’s a carrot on a stick And do you rememberThe super heroCome inside and bend their liesTo just find you out It’s desperationSlippery rocksIt’s desperationClinical dropsCritical timingYeah Once we passed all the wheat fieldsIt’s the colorful plantationsA swing in zero gravityIt’s a […]
Out in numbersCrowded in and movingLet out leftovers from the movies It’s wearing thin on everythingWearing hats and hollering“This is the land of no one can stand up on their own”In the land of no one can stand up on their own Are you astral projecting in coachWere you dead […]
I’m perfectly adjustedTo life inside this landI’m baking pies with drunken eyesShaking with winter’s hands Do you believe me now?What do you believe? I thought this would be easyI don’t need to know whyThis would not be simple with you Running from the windowsHidingSomeone light a fire The chaplain’s never […]
Just before the breaking pointThe evidence was clearAnd everyone’s to blame hereWe’re only playing games here Wait in the fieldHold your flashlight tightAnd move me around slowly The seven decades are overWe’re blowing all of the candles outNow and army of children on the gold coastAre calling it quits I’m […]
We’re chasing the minionsIf it please the magistrateWith opinions out of placeKeep it undergroundSafe from neophytes with milky eyesSo tender Release them now! I told you of the secret lifeBut you had to tellWas there any question on your mind?And is this really nowhere? Though the path remainsClean from both […]
Are you lost or just pretending?And there’s no Asian girls bargainingYou speak for no oneThe patron saint of complicatorsIt’s complicated Signal the captains we’re getting drunkJust like you lose when you rely on someoneNow the pipes will humJust like you lose when you rely on someone You’re born naked, alcoholicIdiotic […]
Spies all sound like your friendsDied you were revivedWord of mouth is not written down But were you the championMethodone and oatmealWent running out on your whim Do you think that answers the question?I’m not selling down right now Been through frozen oceansCrossed through six dimensionsVastly oversaturated uglyWith your medicine […]
So get your troops to dry landAnd open upFly in the friendly dealer Plans change There’s a meeting at the back houseYou know we’re upWading knee-deepIn the fanatical kayman estuary Sharing magnets and energySad sloppy drunk are weDirty horses grazingIn back forty savingsSoundbytes of the still life Moments lying thereWere […]
Breathe and believe meYou don’t need themFrom the high riseCome the expertsIn the dark suitsCome the men Illegitimate low livesWith no livesSurround you again He’s cast away from the outpostHe’s cast away from the shit shack When she asks youJust tell her it’s no big dealThat it’s no big deal […]
Falling, falling through the rabbit holeAnd the timing’s unbelievableYou can show me the wayI can do want I wantYou could teach me todayKeep me earthbound Human crutches always leave usTo fall apart againIs it worth it believeThat we’re made to fall apart Now are the boats are in the headlightsAnd […]
All these consequencesThey won’t add up to the sizeOf my bottle All you sitting fencesYou cannot decide to decideYour battles When old men count their moneyTell stories of missing days gone as wellAnd while you sleep can youRevive them Disappearing in and coming out of conciousnessHolding on, I’ll figure out […]
All these birds flySlow and go competing for skyWay way outIn the heavy skiesDo shadows get high? Low and broken groundWaits now competing for sky And I don’t wanna directToo many hands in the deck All these birds flySlow and go competing for skyWay way outIn the heavy skiesDo shadows […]
Of course there was moreIn spite of all the recent sufferingsIt’s blurred, we’ll go out Machine operatorCan you swing the weightAcross the concrete lakeYou’re holding onThe ball that wrecks this industryIgnoring private capital And you’re quite a boreHanging out in tavernsThick with all who ignore you Clean operatorCan you swing […]
She’s cunning with her bag of artShe’s out there writing something about meDon’t add to your darlingsMornings are dark, dear Replacing cogsFilled dim bulbsSwitched out carried over dirt The sound of your chainsGives you awayWhen she cries only numbers come outAnd she screams it’s only numbers Your house going overDay […]
Feel the curve of the EarthAnd I’ll draw conclusionsAnd you can draw me dyingSketch in a city cluster Die-cast and crushingWith digital jitterPopping and fryingOver cold chimneys Headlights on are distant warmOutside the standardsWith folded dealsBaited and waiting for you To break a brick houseWith one hand foldedAnd knock on […]
Scatter all the propsDo you see through all the fucking snakesAnd the obvious static? It’s waiting to redefine your acronymClimb into your bastard skinCalculate, it’s not too late And all the cats and childrenWho see you believe you Summer suns have split in twoDo you feel the fucking quakesWith the […]
Where we gonna go, St’ Paul?And how we gonna stop this fall?Whoa, as evolution goes Is the entry half the way closedAnd did you see that?You really mean thatElaborate illusions showThe following Inconclusive gaps between your mapsIn which you fall Complicated caught in a lieWithin a visitBut did you miss […]
It’s great to be backIn the lawn gnome predicamentOh noA once tepid signatureAnd I’m right back in the thick of it In your cold beer stanceRight hand juggles left hand’s vicePost work pantsYou’re standingYou don’t know what day it isAnd the bubbling smoke lifts my head Around these people saySurrounding, […]
But wait, we’re starting up againOut standing stark in the A.M.And gray boy walks and whitey bitesAnd Scout may never see sunlightAnd no one’s ever coming home to you You on film and I’m on the tapeChi-Town too would kick you away Alone we go home againIn the arms of […]
Twisted beads and shapes to wearFrozen sticks no time to careLeave me on the docksSimple colors twist in linesFondle stop the fast rewind Olive on top I’ll fucking kill youMidnight comes eight waysSloppity drunks more dirt than weedAnd we’re offWearing boots and happy deadWelcome all the overfedIntertwined in frozen something […]
And we’ve got the toolsFor scaling the fishAnd there’s much less time to react I’ve got my bearings straightDo you have yours too?Is there enough time?And the bumbling idiot party goes on A line has formed behind the kegA four leaf doorA broken neck against the girdersWhere do we go […]
Freedom with dignityFree The choking giraffeHas finished her bathShe’s herding the calves awayFrom staffers with pensWith intentions to cleanseAnd lenses to saveBrave new world void of mysteryAnd full of shitHuman nature’s unnaturalIn the de-evolution chroniclesVoyeurs make lawyers tycoons Free in a world ©Copyright Secret Life of PaintersWords & music by […]