Braid Album

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be little
for now
your time will come before
the earth rotates winter
capricorn


he said
i feel like this licorice
and she sticks so well
oh well


i'm not in your stars
but it's still early


you lie because you're in the bed


be little
for now
your time will come before
the flat earth december
remember


she said
he's so hard to hear
so will i outgrow
well if he says so


you can't look at the sky
without looking right through it


i'm not in your stars

dulcet earful
i dance
loud lull and
my chance
i took the reigns and
resustained but
lost my eyes in
victorian hazel
forget it
calibrate
and red tag
said he had
one in the bag
i've got it
insatiable
hunger
anger hides
two in the eyes
never will forget minuet
never had a reason to

the anatomy of
this dual town building
is a wide open structure
with no foundation

get out of jail free
it said sunk in my head
but all i've learned to do is cry
all night for the two
who sent me on a stupid quest


for a new rag dollar building
i've built a monster


dream don't die on me please
when i find my future
i'll lock it in a locket
ground it in the ground
pocket in a pocket
until now is over
get it?

punch me in right there

in your bed we play
we use your pillows
and security blankets


here's your ballot
now punch me out
thank you
again very much


crybabies
should cry for babies
in a crib i'm dangling
and the rope is ending


please
can i come in
thank you
again very much


am i mistaken?
i was invited
and this is so conditional
you say don't give up
but there's no one that makes
me want to except for you


now i'm screaming
because i can't talk to you
i nod my head yes
i shut my mouth and
savor my bridges and
suck it all up but
what was my lake michigan
is now a dismal holev

wax wings
on mine fearful flier
unalarmed in gravity's charm
and starter motors hum
ballads of ballasts
am i reaching?
wax wins i surrender

and this makeshift design
will ground me
and without the air's arms
around me
i'll surrender the sky
to your dumb machine


wax wings
prepare for takeoff
with the engine beneath the ribs
and the wind sings
ballads of balance
can you hear me?
wax wins i surrender


and i know that icarus
loves me
and there are no stars
above me
i melt into the sun

1
close windows and drapes
to avoid flying glass and
water damage

2
close room door and
evacuate to the nearest
designated shelter area


3
do not use the elevator


4
seek protection from window areas
do not go outside the building
this is not a test


in the event of an emergency
don't forget to salvage the scene
a laundry list of spitfire items
and the ring you never wear


hall walls are painted planted
hall walls never sweat
hall walls can manage damage
but we never forget


5
assume seated position in a
shelter area and await notification
that the danger has passed


hall walls are cornered in corners
hall walls stay staked
hall walls can contact coroners
hall walls don't break

never did much to restore
my self-confidence
and you said i should have more


i was only kidding when i said
blind date
sitting in your car
you got angry and hit my arm


dashboard hugs from drunk boys


got angry and hit the dashboard
i didn't want to talk about it
you didn't want to hear about it


stare at the road i'm honored
there on the road my solemn word
stare at the road i'm honored
stay in my blood too long
i'm there on the road and honored
fear of the road my solemn word
it stayed in my blood your honor
too long


said you liked hugs from boys
but i never saw them
i never saw them
but i knew they were there

three point turn
watch and learn
grab the neck
shake and burn
sweetheart sigh
blueing sky
one fourteen
goodbye

three point turn
quick to serve
grab the neck
comes the curve
sweetheart choke
in the smoke
hard to steer
leave me here
to drive

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you were born to be an actor
you ease like a somersault
sicky happy go lucky
set this sacristy
with saccharin

slick as a whistle
haircurl bonafide
green as a waterslide
set this suit and tie
attention
tension


deny the obvious
but keep up the spirit


you look so big but now
you feel so small


if you say it then feel it
spirit points

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piston unhappy
pistoning
you just lost me everything


easy on
easy money
i just need everything


mood swings
personality has always been everything


stupid people say stupid words
and i hate myself
when you want to look like everyone else does


can't take the wheel
i've wrecked the car
we are days long


that one
was such a one


temperature is fever

some great
anti-action
keeps me
moving faster
eyes like
steak knives
turn me on
look down
to the side
i'm not
on her mind
she's
crying

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i hold you are sleeping like a nightmare
and asking what time is it and answer but
you are dreaming so sweetly i love you
completely

featherweight
she's a champion shake


staring and facing your face and thinking
we've too much on our minds i'm leaving
please meet me i love you
completely


featherweight
she's a champion shake


57 broken wings
home i'm coming queen
angel 18
home i'm coming queen

in a mother's arms
she cradled me
she's a match
and here's a reason
to fear ignition:
ten to seven
left him waiting


this is control
my little ornament


spinning webs together
ripping them apart

i am a windmill


kissy wind apartment
swingers applaud the sails
2 am and dusty
brandy blocks of hail
i need this hardly heavy
wooden whirly bird
my fair pictures
are wind words
of air in motion


i am a windmill
paint this pretty postcard
im in love with
2 am and dusty
im in love with
this hardly heavy
im in love with
oh beautiful framework
im in love with
air in motion


motion moves the motor
im moving again
im coming again

john
you have an uncompromising way
of making everything i say sound
sexual


i sometimes laugh
i guess it's funny
but it scares me


john
you have a quite uncanny way
of feeling no pain and everyday actions
sexual


does it hurt to be hurt?


painkiller
against
a
monster

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you lead
and i followed
precisely asleep


you sly hypnotist
take me home


you lead
and i followed
broke down with a blowout


just relax with the help
of a yellow pill
"keep your eyes on the road"


you are getting sleepy
easy z's

resolve
the wavelength tiredplane
am I doing something wrong?
it's not enough
right
the windows are
the darklight mirror
sentiments
are jet sized
when we get
london-eyed
the pilot lied

surprise
the clouds invoke our actions
and we're yawning back the chair
almost there
miles high
let's ignore the others
blankets blue
and so are you
here we come
london soon
ninety two


and the engine and tonic didn't help
the rocking of the relation boat I
spilled my drink on ryan effgen's head
that's just fine
twelve a.m.
london time

i'm dressed in peppermintand i'm ready to twistred white and blue paper macheand an interesting vest
you gotta dance the besttwo drinks and i'll forget the rest
i'm dressed in classy gasolinei think i need a lighteryou seem to be my perfect match, eh?i can't remember the pass i test
you gotta swing the besttwo drinks and i'll forget the rest

you can't buy your time backyou've got a vest of interest on you

fixing up the broken door
a fresh collage of wood and oil
once a stately iron gate
pressure's on to renovate
too late

water makes the hinges swing
water hinges everything
i was once immovable
eager to stay comfortable
growing up getting tall
trust in not a thing at all
i was taught to never hate
but it's too late


i can taste it
not a drop is wasted
lets synchronize our watches baby
i'm afraid of the dark
when in pain you cry
from the most sensitive part of your eye


is this a come on? come on
shake me like a bad sun
till i'm cool

zero frisco
pero hecho con carino
I guess it never meant as much as zero

I didn't mean to be mean
little boy tetracycline
one side clean


zero frisco
el primero de marzo
you took it all left me zero


marry me baby some things are crazy
this whole thing never meant as much as zero