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Cleanup Duty
09:19
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What happened here
You reek of beer
And someone’s scrawled ''dickhead'' on your forehead
Crumbs across the floor
And groggy bodies in sleeping bags
You must have had fun last night
But now it’s day
This is no state
To leave the place you call home in
Fellow partygoers might help you
But their help might not be enough
Mucking in a little won’t kill you
Better get a dustpan and brush
Serve no masters
Rep no creeds
Beyond what your lifestyle needs
Make some sense of what you could be
You’re on cleanup duty
The country views were nothing short of sublime
And even sloshed Arcadia still came to mind
You fantasised of life not ransomed to flame
Because you feared you’d see the day that we’d pay for Rizlas on blоckchain
But why pretend
That it’s the end
When there’s still chapters yet to be written
Smiles can save the day
And words can shape what comes down the line
You’ve got potential within you
Just all it needs
A little squeeze
To get it out where it matters
So if you dance will you jig merrily
Or will you just put a different skirt on
Not changing the steps
Left foot first then back again
And if you sing will you wail threnodies
Or will you join in the dawn chorus
Hark the morning light
Keep the haunters out of sight
I was once a wonderer
But now I know that wonder walks all around us
Are you still a wonderer
Or has the grip of wonder slipped away from us
Throwing different kinds of parties up in the trees
Building different kinds of cities on conquered worlds
Burning different kinds of fuels up in the skies
Walking different kinds of naked in new empires
Pushing, pulling
Pushing, pulling
Pushing, pulling
Planting, razing
Planting, razing
Searing, freezing
Searing, freezing
Screaming, crying
Screaming, crying
Screaming, crying
Screaming, crying
And just like that the dream was washed out to sea
And on the pier the arcade padlocked its shutters
And when the news defended brigands and thieves
You made a vow to have some fun with the toys you saved from this clutter
And before your last great regression
Ready to descend somewhere new
You were baited by one last question
Was there any more you could do
Serve no masters
Rep no creeds
’Til your last breath walk this Earth free
Find the truth in all you will be
Call that cleanup duty
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2. |
Acid or Alkali
08:07
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Who is the true neutral arbiter of everything
You thought you’d suss it out one day
How to find the true neutral arbiter of everything
To guide you to a sublime state
Where are the true neutral arbiters of anything
Acid or alkali
A meaningless distinction in the face of what’s out there
And yet to cross it for some reason makes the squares go spare
With spice beneath our fake façades we don’t have to stay mild
Hold kindness and compassion close but beyond that go wild
Acid or alkali
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath
And take a deep dive
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath
And take a deep dive
What will you find down there
A treasure or a trove
If you don’t dip beyond a toe test you might never know
What will you learn down there
A night class from the sea
If you don’t seek out hadal teachings landlub’s all you’ll be
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath
And take a deep dive
Go get weird with it, weird with it
Go get weird with it, weird with it
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath
And take a deep dive
Go get weird with it, weird with it
Go get weird with it, weird with it
What will you make down there
A masterpiece in brine
If you forget to pack your pencils octopus ink’s fine
What will you sing down there
An opabinian tune
If seabeds don’t have central heating thermal vents will do
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
TAKE A DEEP DIVE
TAKE A DEEP DIVE
TAKE A DEEP BREATH (do a good deed)
TAKE A DEEP BREATH (and throw it in the water)
TAKE A DEEP BREATH (let it come back and tell you where it’s been)
ACID OR ALKALI
One, two, jump right in
Feel your hands turn into fins
Watch out, take it slow
Your body now produces roe
Three, four, ready set
Shake those hips and pirouette
Go wild, wiggle about
Do the Mariana twist and shout
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath
And take a deep dive
Now you’re weird with it
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath
And take a deep dive
Now you’re weird with it
Shrinking violet nevermore
Shrinking violet nevermore
There is no true neutral arbiter of anything
There is no true neutral arbiter of anything
I knew you’d suss it out one day
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3. |
The Drumbeat of Success
05:12
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Karellen has been here for fifty years already
He’s the one behind it
This steaming tide of effluent
A singularity of half-corrupted stories
Stretched beyond the wishes
Of what their long-gone tellers meant
IPs pudding is not so hard to make
But spoiling it is easy and those in charge can’t bake
Now there’s rumblings beneath conglomerate feet
A sampled pastry that tastes ten times as sweet
Mix it up
Mash it up
Toss it into the pot
I’d trust your soupstress skills much more than focus-tested snot
‘Cos this is just bogey film
Plain and simple
Bright lights and big shapes on the screen
A measly-minded capeshit dream
Mix it up
Mash it up
Keep esculence in mind
I’d trust your collage cred much more than subcontracted grind
‘Cos how will you pledge your love
When the fire comes
Shoutouts to what got you through hell
Or what the boardrooms think will sell
Mix it up
Mash it up
Concoct a tasty treat
I’d trust your fresh baked flams much more than bumbling mogul beats
‘Cos this tattoo never ends
Always marching
From script to sap and there and back
Regurgitated reference crap
‘Cos this tattoo never ends
Always marching
But every drum line dies one day
Not long now
Not long now
Not long now
But every drum line dies one day
Not long now
Not long now
Not long now
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4. |
St. Pancras
04:29
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Noxious fumes on red sandstone
Where am I
Surely this can’t be my parish
Vestments strange on suntanned legs
Who are they
Surely they don’t speak God’s Englisc
Misplaced fealty
Abject cruelty
When I was young
A pilgrim came
From York and laid her hands
On my front door
And there’s her name
On red tankards
How sweet the sweep of years
Has eulogised
Miss Diot Coke
Still today the nave remains
Holdout of bygone days
Sheltered from the newfound ways
Is your nave the same
Ordained succour
Ossified shelter
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5. |
Softness is a Virtue
02:14
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Softness is a kind eye
Brightening your face
Softness is a skylight
Brightening your space
Softness is a kind word
Written on your shirt
Softness is a plaster
Tending to your hurt
Helping hands help you to find out who you’d like to be
Helping hands point you to land if you’re lost at sea
Softness is a virtue
It’s how we progress
Epic gender moment
Suits you that there dress
Hard to keep it up when hardness seems to
Hail down
From unforgiving towers
Hard to keep it up when hardness tells you
Hail me
I am your master now
Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up
Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up
Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up
Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up
Softness is a virtue
But don’t get confused
Passiveness helps no one
Paucity of use
Softness is a virtue
It’s how we move on
Ponter Boddit moment
Two becoming One
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6. |
Cycling
04:03
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Because supply chains have rusted before
And they will rust again
Because supply chains have rusted before
And they will rust again
Because supply chains have rusted before
And they will rust again
Because supply chains have rusted before
And they will rust again
Because this is just another loop
And disorder is part of it too
Wouldn’t let it get you down
Because this is how the circuit swings
And it’s precious to you and to me
Wouldn’t miss it for the world
Because history looks like itself
Round and round the sacks of Romes a hundredfold
Some have markets some have neural sense arrays
Round and round the great thinkers a thousandfold
Some heard worldwide some heard only by their rooms
Round and round the sorrowed cries a trillionfold
Some from hangnails some from losing everything
Round and round the ionic bonds alwaysfold
All in glory all fighting to beat their loop
Round and round and round and round and round and round
Round and round and round and round and round and round
Round and round forever turning round
Because supply chains have broken before
And they will break again
Because supply chains have broken before
And they will break again
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7. |
Hedge Maze
13:52
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Hedge maze
Hedge maze
Hedge maze (hedge maze)
Hedge maze (hedge maze)
Whoever heard of a maze with stairs
Or nine floors on top of each other
Walls that go up
Walls that go down
Walls that burrow deep underground
Come out of the ceiling
Many different paths and yet there’s only one way out
Contestant four fifty five went mad
Tried to pull out her nostrils’ tonsils
On level six
Quadrant eighteen
There’s a cult that worships the leaves
Thinks God is a green man
Twenty men passed through last week and none returned
One day I swear on my life it moved
Sections shifted now maps are useless
There in the sky
Richie Benauds
Laugh about a waitress who died
Legs stuck in a gearwell
Up in their glass box they’ll never know the meaning of fear
A life spent
Trapped inside a never ending hedge maze
Never thought it was a game to play
Never thought there’d be another way
Trapped inside a never ending hedge maze
Never thought you’d get to have your say
Never thought you’d see the light of day
Trapped inside a never ending hedge maze
Trapped inside a never ending hedge maze
Trapped inside a never ending hedge maze
Hoggey Struzan, fifty seven
She’s gone but not to heaven
Thinks the bramble dome is home
But wishes she was back in Devon
Jerrick Furze of Wolverhampton
Friends said he looked like Spamton
Rictus smile been there a while
A raging flame but where’s the lantern
Teesside Teenaugh, mathematician
Thinks they should try attrition
Routes brute forced ’til break of dawn
Strike twenty three of ninety million
Bramble Bob, assimilated
Skin green, flesh foliated
Pando man without a plan
Became the very thing he hated
Out of the maze
Out of the maze
Out of the maze
Finally found my way
Out of the maze
Out of the maze
Out of the maze
Finally found my way
So suddenly the clues unravelled
They came from ancient wounds
And pointed to roads less travelled
Feedback loop
One fell swoop
Hedge maze
Just a phase
Can’t you see
You’ve only grown this complex
Because you made it complex
And got yourself perplexed
Can’t you see
You’ve only wound up lost
Because you said you’d get lost
And shouldered all the cost
So all along there was no hedge maze
And if there ever was
Its architect shared your face
Self-fulfilled
Far from thrilled
Hedge maze
Wasted days
Time to play
Time to play
Time to play
Time to play
A new day dawned and dappled verdant walls
And you emerged from Tenpole-wardened halls
A smile, a tear, and you were on your way
Not going back
Not going back
And then you heard a thousand plaintive cries
Youth’s pantheon pleading ''don’t leave us behind''
But they’ve got no more comfort, just malaise
You will not fade
No, not today
Not going back
Not going back
This is the best day I’ve had in a while and I can tell you I’ve had many whiles
And I still hope there’s many whiles I get to spend with you
Making my way down cobbled streets got places to go and people to meet
And if you wanna join in that’s sweet this life’s got room for two
This is the best day I’ve had in a while and I can tell you I’ve had many whiles
And I still hope there’s many whiles I get to spend with you
Making my way down cobbled streets got places to go and people to meet
And if you wanna join in that’s sweet this life’s got room for two
This is the best day I’ve had in a while and I can tell you I’ve had many whiles
And I still hope there’s many whiles I get to spend with you
Making my way down cobbled streets got places to go and people to meet
And if you wanna join in that’s sweet this life’s got room for two
This life’s got room for two
This life’s got room for two
This life’s got room for two
No more escaping barefoot in the night
No more reliving dark and lonely days
And to the ones still fighting woodwose fights
You’ll find your way
Out of your maze
Not going back
Not going back
Life is not a never ending hedge maze
Life is not a never ending hedge maze
Life is not a never ending hedge maze
Life is not a never ending
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8. |
Daguerreotype Eyes
07:11
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Sometimes progress seems so very pointless
When the paths you take all lead back to the start
When the fields you tend are being burned up
And the smoke chokes up your heart
But the truth is there was nothing missing
All along the love you sought was there inside
Maybe change’s tears feel more like dying
But don’t newborns also cry
Something beautiful
Something wonderful
Something coming to life
See it plough through artifice and recontextualise strife
How it’s blossoming
How it’s flourishing
Making work of the lies
There behind your daguerreotype eyes
Sometimes reconstruction seems so frightening
Like you don’t know how your pieces fit together
Like it would be easier to start clean
And just let them go forever
But the truth is you can find your best self
Without giving up the joys of selves so old
Maybe you can’t hide the obvious cracks
But they’ve been filled in with gold
Something beautiful
Something wonderful
Something coming to life
See it plough through artifice and recontextualise strife
How it’s blossoming
How it’s flourishing
Making work of the lies
There behind your daguerreotype eyes
What’s enlightenment
When you’re adamant
That you can’t find
Strength for the soul
Courage to keep you whole
Or some peace of mind
Overcoming trials
Always takes a while
Don’t rush this time
It’s always dawning
Venerable morning
The first day of the rest of your life
It’s a miracle
It’s a pinnacle
It’s a place to call home
Always there to welcome you no matter how far you roam
Unbelievable
Undefeatable
It’s a glorious sight
Oh it is the inner light
Something beautiful
Something wonderful
Something coming to life
See it plough through artifice and recontextualise strife
How it’s blossoming
How it’s flourishing
Making work of the lies
There behind your daguerreotype eyes
Sleep easy now
Sleep easy now
Sleep easy now
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