First night in Louisville
The grad school wanted me
Drove through the bluegrass
I swear it all looked green
4th street live
After the check in
Bourbon in the mudslide
Goddamn it pulled me back in
Hey slugger, least you tried
Gonna be a playwright
I’m gonna rule the stage
Louisville was waiting
To make me MFA
Words came faster
Than perfection
And I was just a master
Of liquor and distraction
Some sluggers never last
Last night in Louisville
And first night of the end
Never made it inside
I’m outside looking in
4th street live
It was a warning
All your dreams at sunrise
Caught fire in the morning
And smoke will make you blind
Hey slugger, least you tried
But it’s not enough to try
With darkness at your side
clusters of cars at the stoplight on Franklin Boulevard
this ain't the rush hour but we're listening to Rush
buddy it's Friday night and the walks are cocking hard
Aquanet girls all covered in lipstick and blush
yeah man, gunning the engine at 25 miles an hour
not enough just to be seen, man, we got to be heard
Camels and Winstons and dashboards covered in powder
is that fucking Randy? someone flip him the bird
in the procession
we don't need protection
take your position
your mullet is bitching
don't keep me waiting, man
put on some Maiden
Franklin Boulevard belongs to the teenage believers
the teenage believers
Russell is wild tonight - hear he's been huffing some cleaner
his daddy's the preacher, so maybe cut him some slack
they're saying that Sandra's been giving out hand jobs to seniors
I know she's your sister, but man, we got some room in the back
Clay has a mustache - it's making his mullet hella pop
he's gonna stay young like Dracula, he's got it made
and dude, if my mom calls, I've been studying at your house
she don't understand the Franklin Boulevard parade
join the procession
we don't need protection
take your position
your mullet is bitching
don't keep me waiting, man
throw on some Maiden
Franklin Boulevard belongs to the teenage believers
the teenage believers
farmer takes a bullet
plants it deep
in the loam down by the lake
never has to water
all the bullet needs
is some time down in the dark
649814160
grabs some chicken wire
stretches it wide
round the loam down by the lake
raising up an army
maybe takes time
but not as much as you'd expect
35917211
army on the water
water on fire
rip the loam up from the lake
burning down the acres
doesn't matter whose
generations down the drain
28917050
in the devastation
drag that lake
you can see the pretty shells
farmers in the cellar
scared to move
still wants someone to blame
still wants someone to blame
11111111 11111110
Highlighter
You only see the sun rise up
You never seen the moon fall down
Into the dark water
And I know
You only want to lift me up
Because you see me sinking fast
Into the dark matter
But if the good
Becomes the hook you hang me on
There’s better things to hang me from
I’ll never touch the ground
Save your breath
It’s just a temporary death
It’s okay
There’s no need for your sunny ways
So go to sleep, my satellite
Stay in the lowlights …
Hierophant
Watcher for the lost and found
Keeper of my ups and downs
Don’t send me home again
Sit with me
Here inside the cave tonight
Hypnotized by candlelight
Just touch me silently
Blur your mind
I do not need a ghostwriter
The dark side of a highlighter
Catches the eye
Save your breath
It’s just a temporary death
It’s okay
There’s no need for your sunny ways
So go to sleep, my satellite
Stay in the lowlights …
stuck googly eyes on the front of an old trash can
we had robot sex in the back of a cartoon van
left the thing in gear, now we're rolling down hwy 6
got a ticket just for getting my mechanical kicks
back it up slick take it from the beginning
I took you to church just to keep you from sinning
the future is bleak, but I still want you in it
settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
I took a Ouija board to my best friend's birthday bash
I read his future for $11 cash
we fed the demon a bowl full of devilled ham
now we're trapped in this eternal pentagram
slow it down slick 'cause you're getting too manic
I'm spiking your tea with a handful of xanax
the future is bleak but I still want you in it
so settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
she's just the middle child
no wonder she went wild
she's just the middle child
she just wants you to know who's boss
I've got razor blades on sale for $1.03
but safety 1st, so I'll need to see some ID
I smoke and drink and fight on stage all night
I'm living on black beans, poutine, and rice
don't go upstairs just in case you've forgotten
there's a body up there, and it stinks 'cause it's rotten
the future is bleak but I still want you in it
so settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
she's just the middle child
no wonder she went wild
she's just the middle child
she just wants you to know who's boss
what you got man sticking in your craw
I carved my headstone out of a whalebone jaw
there's a bed and breakfast deep under the sea
they poach their eggs in cage-free gasoline
destiny's calling but fate can be fickle
living is easy but dying can tickle
the future is bleak but I still want you in it
so settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
she's just the middle child
no wonder she went wild
she's just the middle child
she just wants you to know who's boss
Seeing you sick in the bed
Got used to you being bald
But you grew it back
When it didn't matter at all
Driving down Fairview alone
I'm just a dream of myself
I can't believe
You've taken your spirit and left
Dragging your foot like a child
Headstrong and angry and wild
Your mind which was second to none
Finally turned on itself
You joked through the strokes
But now only laughter is left
Carry me off with the tide
Let it throw me at the moon
The ocean's alive
And it gives me salt for the wound
You gave me my only break
Helped me to fail on my own
Directed my play
We chilled all those eyes to the bone
Words came out harder than bone
Now they are written in stone
Let's bow our heads at the stage
For you and with you tonight
It's cold in the wings
And there's now a ghost in the light
there's a party of peers in the city
and my friend made me tag along
I was sure, I was clear there'd be no one
here Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
if love makes the world go round
it's a world where I don't belong
it was plain to see there's no one for me
Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
now an axe is hung by a string
and my paranoia is strong
I was sure you'd been led into someone's bed
Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
I've got all your letters from him
yeah, you took my heart for a song
kept me up every night that I'd seen some light
Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
The city of my birth can’t keep me in tether
The mountains have called the oceans have sung
I’ll ask your forgiveness but I won’t wait forever
I need the new air to fill up my lung
The best of all places
Is the place we haven’t been yet
The best of all places
Just a dream on down the road
And if-and-when we get there
Let’s enjoy it for a minute
But the best of all places
Only leads us back home
Leads back home
The earth is a maze but I’m learning the language
I live the pure life it’s written on my side
And I’m not alone my friends are an army
What you call your world I call confined
The best of all places
Is the place we haven’t been yet
The best of all places
Just a dream on down the road
And if-and-when we get there
Let’s enjoy it for a minute
But the best of all places
Only leads us back home
Leads back home
If you tell me every dream must end
I’ll be living while you play pretend my friend
The best of all places
Is the place we haven’t been yet
The best of all places
Just a dream on down the road
And if-and-when we get there
Let’s enjoy it for a minute
But the best of all places
Only leads us back home
Leads back home
there's a statue in the garden
where the guests have gone to play
the statue's heart is beating
but she stays still anyway
the guests are busy chatting
like they did throughout the feast
it's a blanket of opinions
from the ones who know the least
and it's a strange behavior
but she's making no demands
she doesn't want a savior
just someone to touch her hand
her mother and her father
were a traumatizing sort
they took her better angels
and they're breeding them for sport
she forced herself to come out
and white-knuckled all the drive
she needs someone to see her
so she'll know she's still alive
listen
the loudest words are usually a whisper
the softest word?
it's a scream
some guy here is talking
and he offers her his cup
he tells her everything is fine
so maybe lighten up
she moves very discreetly
to the bathroom for a cry
and hears the hallways telling someone
'yeah, she's really shy'
and it's a strange behavior
but she's making no demands
she doesn't want a savior
just someone to touch her hand
the statue makes a sudden move
and flies without remark
she leaves the light for all of us
and goes back to the dark
she feels the eyes of everyone
like lasers on her skin
but only has to make it home
to TV and to gin
listen
the loudest words are usually a whisper
the softest word - it's a scream
Strung out on Silver Avenue
The night of the party
The music is humming
The hot dogs are hearty
But nobody’s coming
Come see us on Silver Avenue
We’ve got some great weather
And chicken with ponzu
You can stay here forever
But nobody wants to
Klugh has said she’d be here
To sit by my side
So how come I’m lonely
And the couch is so wide
I cleaned up on Silver Avenue
The bed and the pillows
Are smelling like daisies
They’re open for business
After two or three hazies
What’s the matter, child
With Silver Avenue
Everybody’s lost
Why can’t I be, too?
You promised me, Silver Avenue
Somebody’d see me
And want to get closer
My love is a freebie
You can leave when it’s over
So lights out on Silver Avenue
Your pity’s a token
If coming’s a hassle
The spell has been broken
And I’m just an asshole …
Clay is brewing beer
He says it’s not ready yet
Jodi’s staying home because
The streets are still wet
What’s the matter child
Why must I be blue
Give me just a minute
And I’ll give the world to you
What’s the matter, child
With Silver Avenue
Everybody’s lost
Why can’t I be, too?
do you know the time fly
at the end of your days?
interdimensional tie-dye
and all the eggs that she lays
don't tempt the time fly
she feeds on your hours
starts from your death bed
and heads back to now
everything is fodder for the winged one
shiny black beast larger than the sun
mystical powerful still unseen
can't just swat it with a magazine
the time fly
listen to what I say
I was once like you
trying to live forever
I didn't have a clue
can't escape the time fly
with diet or sport
disappearing lifeline
grown brutish and short
once there was a man who tracked it down
living in a galaxy of some renown
pried it from his life with a single try
now he still ages but he cannot die
the time fly
Everything is better
So why should I feel so low?
I've got to let you know
But I don't wanna send this letter
Limerence drags you down slow
Like the undertow
Maybe I was hoping
The horse would be behind the cart
I'll own my part
Or maybe this is coping
Attaching & detaching my heart
Til it falls apart
Bombs away
Bombs away
I can't stay
One more day
Bombs away
You were just a paper doll I made
Forty seven lashes
Fall on the carpet face down
When I'm down I'm down
Now I'm barely ashes
Spread me all over this town
When you come around
Bombs away
Bombs away
I can't stay
One more day
Bombs away
You were just a paper doll I made
Girl it's been a minute
They tell you distraction is key
At least it seems to be
It's the end of the beginning
And I got a sense that I'm free
And who the hell was 'we'
Bombs away
Bombs away
I can't stay
One more day
Bombs away
You were just a paper doll I made
First night in Louisville
The grad school wanted me
Drove through the bluegrass
I swear it all looked green
4th street live
After the check in
Bourbon in the mudslide
Goddamn it pulled me back in
Hey slugger, least you tried
Gonna be a playwright
I’m gonna rule the stage
Louisville was waiting
To make me MFA
Words came faster
Than perfection
And I was just a master
Of liquor and distraction
Some sluggers never last
Last night in Louisville
And first night of the end
Never made it inside
I’m outside looking in
4th street live
It was a warning
All your dreams at sunrise
Caught fire in the morning
And smoke will make you blind
Hey slugger, least you tried
But it’s not enough to try
With darkness at your side
clusters of cars at the stoplight on Franklin Boulevard
this ain't the rush hour but we're listening to Rush
buddy it's Friday night and the walks are cocking hard
Aquanet girls all covered in lipstick and blush
yeah man, gunning the engine at 25 miles an hour
not enough just to be seen, man, we got to be heard
Camels and Winstons and dashboards covered in powder
is that fucking Randy? someone flip him the bird
in the procession
we don't need protection
take your position
your mullet is bitching
don't keep me waiting, man
put on some Maiden
Franklin Boulevard belongs to the teenage believers
the teenage believers
Russell is wild tonight - hear he's been huffing some cleaner
his daddy's the preacher, so maybe cut him some slack
they're saying that Sandra's been giving out hand jobs to seniors
I know she's your sister, but man, we got some room in the back
Clay has a mustache - it's making his mullet hella pop
he's gonna stay young like Dracula, he's got it made
and dude, if my mom calls, I've been studying at your house
she don't understand the Franklin Boulevard parade
join the procession
we don't need protection
take your position
your mullet is bitching
don't keep me waiting, man
throw on some Maiden
Franklin Boulevard belongs to the teenage believers
the teenage believers
farmer takes a bullet
plants it deep
in the loam down by the lake
never has to water
all the bullet needs
is some time down in the dark
649814160
grabs some chicken wire
stretches it wide
round the loam down by the lake
raising up an army
maybe takes time
but not as much as you'd expect
35917211
army on the water
water on fire
rip the loam up from the lake
burning down the acres
doesn't matter whose
generations down the drain
28917050
in the devastation
drag that lake
you can see the pretty shells
farmers in the cellar
scared to move
still wants someone to blame
still wants someone to blame
11111111 11111110
Highlighter
You only see the sun rise up
You never seen the moon fall down
Into the dark water
And I know
You only want to lift me up
Because you see me sinking fast
Into the dark matter
But if the good
Becomes the hook you hang me on
There’s better things to hang me from
I’ll never touch the ground
Save your breath
It’s just a temporary death
It’s okay
There’s no need for your sunny ways
So go to sleep, my satellite
Stay in the lowlights …
Hierophant
Watcher for the lost and found
Keeper of my ups and downs
Don’t send me home again
Sit with me
Here inside the cave tonight
Hypnotized by candlelight
Just touch me silently
Blur your mind
I do not need a ghostwriter
The dark side of a highlighter
Catches the eye
Save your breath
It’s just a temporary death
It’s okay
There’s no need for your sunny ways
So go to sleep, my satellite
Stay in the lowlights …
stuck googly eyes on the front of an old trash can
we had robot sex in the back of a cartoon van
left the thing in gear, now we're rolling down hwy 6
got a ticket just for getting my mechanical kicks
back it up slick take it from the beginning
I took you to church just to keep you from sinning
the future is bleak, but I still want you in it
settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
I took a Ouija board to my best friend's birthday bash
I read his future for $11 cash
we fed the demon a bowl full of devilled ham
now we're trapped in this eternal pentagram
slow it down slick 'cause you're getting too manic
I'm spiking your tea with a handful of xanax
the future is bleak but I still want you in it
so settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
she's just the middle child
no wonder she went wild
she's just the middle child
she just wants you to know who's boss
I've got razor blades on sale for $1.03
but safety 1st, so I'll need to see some ID
I smoke and drink and fight on stage all night
I'm living on black beans, poutine, and rice
don't go upstairs just in case you've forgotten
there's a body up there, and it stinks 'cause it's rotten
the future is bleak but I still want you in it
so settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
she's just the middle child
no wonder she went wild
she's just the middle child
she just wants you to know who's boss
what you got man sticking in your craw
I carved my headstone out of a whalebone jaw
there's a bed and breakfast deep under the sea
they poach their eggs in cage-free gasoline
destiny's calling but fate can be fickle
living is easy but dying can tickle
the future is bleak but I still want you in it
so settle down sister, whyn'tcha give it a minute
she's just the middle child
no wonder she went wild
she's just the middle child
she just wants you to know who's boss
Seeing you sick in the bed
Got used to you being bald
But you grew it back
When it didn't matter at all
Driving down Fairview alone
I'm just a dream of myself
I can't believe
You've taken your spirit and left
Dragging your foot like a child
Headstrong and angry and wild
Your mind which was second to none
Finally turned on itself
You joked through the strokes
But now only laughter is left
Carry me off with the tide
Let it throw me at the moon
The ocean's alive
And it gives me salt for the wound
You gave me my only break
Helped me to fail on my own
Directed my play
We chilled all those eyes to the bone
Words came out harder than bone
Now they are written in stone
Let's bow our heads at the stage
For you and with you tonight
It's cold in the wings
And there's now a ghost in the light
there's a party of peers in the city
and my friend made me tag along
I was sure, I was clear there'd be no one
here Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
if love makes the world go round
it's a world where I don't belong
it was plain to see there's no one for me
Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
now an axe is hung by a string
and my paranoia is strong
I was sure you'd been led into someone's bed
Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
I've got all your letters from him
yeah, you took my heart for a song
kept me up every night that I'd seen some light
Jesus Christ, it's nice to be wrong
The city of my birth can’t keep me in tether
The mountains have called the oceans have sung
I’ll ask your forgiveness but I won’t wait forever
I need the new air to fill up my lung
The best of all places
Is the place we haven’t been yet
The best of all places
Just a dream on down the road
And if-and-when we get there
Let’s enjoy it for a minute
But the best of all places
Only leads us back home
Leads back home
The earth is a maze but I’m learning the language
I live the pure life it’s written on my side
And I’m not alone my friends are an army
What you call your world I call confined
The best of all places
Is the place we haven’t been yet
The best of all places
Just a dream on down the road
And if-and-when we get there
Let’s enjoy it for a minute
But the best of all places
Only leads us back home
Leads back home
If you tell me every dream must end
I’ll be living while you play pretend my friend
The best of all places
Is the place we haven’t been yet
The best of all places
Just a dream on down the road
And if-and-when we get there
Let’s enjoy it for a minute
But the best of all places
Only leads us back home
Leads back home
there's a statue in the garden
where the guests have gone to play
the statue's heart is beating
but she stays still anyway
the guests are busy chatting
like they did throughout the feast
it's a blanket of opinions
from the ones who know the least
and it's a strange behavior
but she's making no demands
she doesn't want a savior
just someone to touch her hand
her mother and her father
were a traumatizing sort
they took her better angels
and they're breeding them for sport
she forced herself to come out
and white-knuckled all the drive
she needs someone to see her
so she'll know she's still alive
listen
the loudest words are usually a whisper
the softest word?
it's a scream
some guy here is talking
and he offers her his cup
he tells her everything is fine
so maybe lighten up
she moves very discreetly
to the bathroom for a cry
and hears the hallways telling someone
'yeah, she's really shy'
and it's a strange behavior
but she's making no demands
she doesn't want a savior
just someone to touch her hand
the statue makes a sudden move
and flies without remark
she leaves the light for all of us
and goes back to the dark
she feels the eyes of everyone
like lasers on her skin
but only has to make it home
to TV and to gin
listen
the loudest words are usually a whisper
the softest word - it's a scream
Strung out on Silver Avenue
The night of the party
The music is humming
The hot dogs are hearty
But nobody’s coming
Come see us on Silver Avenue
We’ve got some great weather
And chicken with ponzu
You can stay here forever
But nobody wants to
Klugh has said she’d be here
To sit by my side
So how come I’m lonely
And the couch is so wide
I cleaned up on Silver Avenue
The bed and the pillows
Are smelling like daisies
They’re open for business
After two or three hazies
What’s the matter, child
With Silver Avenue
Everybody’s lost
Why can’t I be, too?
You promised me, Silver Avenue
Somebody’d see me
And want to get closer
My love is a freebie
You can leave when it’s over
So lights out on Silver Avenue
Your pity’s a token
If coming’s a hassle
The spell has been broken
And I’m just an asshole …
Clay is brewing beer
He says it’s not ready yet
Jodi’s staying home because
The streets are still wet
What’s the matter child
Why must I be blue
Give me just a minute
And I’ll give the world to you
What’s the matter, child
With Silver Avenue
Everybody’s lost
Why can’t I be, too?
do you know the time fly
at the end of your days?
interdimensional tie-dye
and all the eggs that she lays
don't tempt the time fly
she feeds on your hours
starts from your death bed
and heads back to now
everything is fodder for the winged one
shiny black beast larger than the sun
mystical powerful still unseen
can't just swat it with a magazine
the time fly
listen to what I say
I was once like you
trying to live forever
I didn't have a clue
can't escape the time fly
with diet or sport
disappearing lifeline
grown brutish and short
once there was a man who tracked it down
living in a galaxy of some renown
pried it from his life with a single try
now he still ages but he cannot die
the time fly
Everything is better
So why should I feel so low?
I've got to let you know
But I don't wanna send this letter
Limerence drags you down slow
Like the undertow
Maybe I was hoping
The horse would be behind the cart
I'll own my part
Or maybe this is coping
Attaching & detaching my heart
Til it falls apart
Bombs away
Bombs away
I can't stay
One more day
Bombs away
You were just a paper doll I made
Forty seven lashes
Fall on the carpet face down
When I'm down I'm down
Now I'm barely ashes
Spread me all over this town
When you come around
Bombs away
Bombs away
I can't stay
One more day
Bombs away
You were just a paper doll I made
Girl it's been a minute
They tell you distraction is key
At least it seems to be
It's the end of the beginning
And I got a sense that I'm free
And who the hell was 'we'
Bombs away
Bombs away
I can't stay
One more day
Bombs away
You were just a paper doll I made
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