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Achilles
03:32
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Achilles’
I’ve been walking these dark streets
Trying to concede
Waving my white flag like it’s on fire
I’ve been taking my own pulse
Starting to convulse
Laying on the concrete like a bum
I’m looking for a friend
To disappoint again
But everybody knows
About my reputation
Made a mess out of my mind
Always stuck in time
Looking for a taste of relief
I’m terrible in a fight
Too scared to lose my life
I’ve got this weak Achilles’ Heel
I’m looking for a friend
To disappoint again
But everybody knows
About my reputation
There’s blood stains on my hands
I’m not an innocent man
But I’ll never tell you where
I buried bodies
I’m calling you collect
What would you expect
Someone’s setting fire to your son
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2. |
Hold Yourself
02:25
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Hold Yourself
You feel dirty and distended
The scenarios you pretended
Windows open it was snowing
Now regretting and unknowing
Take a picture for your scrapbook
Near the portrait that your mom took
There’s a cardinal in the birch tree
Singing sweetly soft and carefree
And your footsteps falling silent
You’re a penguin on an island
Watch a plane fly through the grey sky
Keep on thinking of this one night
With your hands tucked in your pockets
You remember that old promise
Hold yourself right it’ll happen
You can live like you imagined
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3. |
Fuzzy
04:05
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Fuzzy
Painting these old houses on the coast
Wanna talk about job security
When I walk home it’s almost dark
And you worry me
I know time’s working her old tricks
Moving puzzle pieces in your skull
Maybe when the leaves begin to fall
We’ll realign
There’s always something
Between us wreaking havoc
You say it’s fuzzy like static
Riding our bikes out to the lighthouse
Laughing at the sea lions sunning
Then you sit and get a little quiet
I know what’s coming
Back at the house you take a bath
I grab the bottle count your pills
You start singing Hallelujah
It’s beautiful
There’s always something
Between us wreaking havoc
You say it’s fuzzy like static
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The Pressing Weight of Time
Laying on the carpet Cat curled on my chest
Remembering the candles that you left
Lines of light leaking Through broken blinds
Feeling the pressing weight of time
Peeling plaster ceiling Hands sore from the work
Listening for birds out at the park
Still there’s this sense Something might erupt
Goddamn the world is feeling fucked
These days seem so vague
I’ve been sketchy and afraid
You said nothing ever changes
When did we turn into strangers
Hum of the ceiling fan That we installed
Shadows moving creepy on the wall
Cat growing restless She needs to eat
I haven’t been outside in weeks
All these Polaroids You in the sand
Reaching for me with your hands
Somehow the world Fell far afield
Losing all of its appeal
You said that I was brave
I remember being saved
Lately I’m feeling weightless
Why is it so contagious
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5. |
The Weight of You
03:23
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The Weight of You
Watching at the window
Like I’m your cat
Packing up a suitcase
Hoping you don’t come back
Ever since I met you
Feels like I’m cursed
This rundown cabin
Should burn back to the earth
Putting up the sheetrock
Sanding the floors
I’d be much better
Living alone outdoors
I remember at the shore
You with your polaroid
Holding that umbrella
Acting all annoyed
Your predilections
Your murky past
Long days of silence
The way you clung to your facts
I grab the cactus
Then pet the cat
Race down the driveway
And laugh laugh laugh
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6. |
Inside Your Cells
04:09
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Inside Your Cells
I’ve been telling lies Bold-faced
Holding hands to the fire
Not getting burned
You’ve been making mistakes Sloppy
Shaking loose of the cloth
Tattered and torn
Every strand of DNA tucked inside your cells
Pushes all your everything rings you like a bell
There’s a crack in the moon Sliver
Where the light will leak out
When you’re asleep
I’ve been checking your moves Waiting
I see weakness and flaw
You’re growing vague
Every strand of DNA tucked inside your cells
Pushes all your everything rings you like a bell
Somehow the factory makes the whole night glow
You say that time will take all the things I know
I smell blood in the air Wafting
It’s intoxicating
I’m ready to play
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7. |
Hospital Air
01:43
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Hospital Air
Watching the cars from this 10th story window
Coming and going like ants in a row
Turn on the tv and stare for a while
It makes me feel lonely so I watch the sky
I know you’ve been quiet I’m sure that you’re scared
Wheezing and breathing this hospital air
Talk to the nurses who still hold out hope
I remember your words from the last time we spoke
You said my faith was just naivete
A distraction an innocence a falling away
How can you say you’re the same thing as god
When you wrecked yourself in your father’s old Dodge
How can you point to such beautiful things
And not see design or a forewarning
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8. |
Too Confused
02:45
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Too Confused
Stepping out across the third street bridge
I feel blood in my face
Like I’m standing on a stage
Looking out I see the whole damn town
Distended like a wart
Ready to be scorched
And you tell me that I’m angry
Now I’m worried that it’s true
There’s the way that all this talking
Leaves me more confused
High on Klonopin and Adderall
I’m mushy like oatmeal
Ripe to be revealed
I can see my house from here
The blue roof and chimney
I wonder if it sees me
There’s water in the basement
It’s ruining all my shit
And I don’t know why you ask me
Why we would exist
I’m spinning out I lose control
Stare at the sky to slow my roll
I breathe the air then lick my hands
Trying my best to understand
But it’s no use I’m still confused
I’m too confused
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9. |
Bird by Bird
02:51
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Bird by Bird
Wading through the water
Flashlight in my hand
Moon across the surface
Doing its dance
I can hear the sirens
Muted through the trees
And my own molecules
Buzzing like bees
Thick with disease
We’re always watchful
Waiting bird by bird
The stars are shivering
Holding their breath
I’m tangled naked
As I confess
The cold is creeping
Seeping inside
I’m yelling my name
Into the night
Sliced open wide
We’re always hopeful
Waiting bird by bird
There’s something like a horse
Laying in the field
I clap these hollow hands
And watch as its revealed
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10. |
Bring the Light
02:55
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Bring the Light
Oh these days oh these shitty days
I’m watching people walking alone here and afraid
Oh these times what a freaky time
I remember making plans standing in lines
The radiator’s hissing and I’m catching up on sleep
I feel my body growing weak
Endless year god it’s been so weird
I’m looking straight inside all the things I’ve feared
Maybe snow will sanitize the world
I’m always hoping but never can be sure
Washing these chapped hands I sing that birthday song
I can’t believe it’s been this long
I need to get out of the house
It only heightens all these doubts
I’ll drive to the ocean tonight
But the stars are struggling to bring… the light
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Burst & Bloom is a small, independent record label and book publisher based in Kittery and Bath, ME.
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