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Something's Got to Give
03:08
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Something's got to give (x4)
Avoid another almost hit
It feels like ya’ll dont miss
Thoughts bouncing like a pinball
Stomachin' the pitfalls
Trippin’ while the wall close in
Been banging at the same old thang
And it’s looking like there ain’t no change
While the gray haze hangs low,
Seek a little rainbow
Before it can fade away
No sorrow for the sedentary self
Get up, get out, do like the legendary tale
I hum a human hymn to the cemetery bells
Until I’m dead and buried, I’ll remember every L
Well dweller to rope climber, miner of jewels
Fighting a duel, stab ripples at the sight in the pool
Hope hanging by a thread, unwinding the spool
Said I roll like I’m hunting for a fire to fuel
I speak spells, them guttural chants is anthemic
To cure the ailments and enhance the aesthetics
Might take me a minute, or maybe a whole eon
Eras all end, but my autumn is so neon
My howling canine day’s coming
So far I’ve fallen at many a fake summits
But every time down, I take a bit with me cause
I build on it and lifts me up, I said
Something warm and bright been seeping through the tunnel cracks
No stone unturned til I get me some of that
Sacrifice the blue ribbons and the tiny ducat stash
Best foot forward, even if I gotta double back
It’s a beautiful process, a dutiful conquest
To overcome immovable objects
Push til we ache, punch til we scab
Dig til we’re dirty, jump til we collapse
So, I laugh like I done cried a couple of times
Drew the blinds, sank deep in the puddle of mine
I sniffle like I done chuckled til my sides cramped
And I couldn’t count the reasons to raise the wine glass
We got thangs that beat us to the point we can’t mention ‘em
Out of fear that we might dive back into ‘em
Might’ve won the war, Might’ve lost the day
I might’ve broke on through, I might’ve walked away, I said
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Machines and the Gods
02:53
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Bout to see some vines growing into every cineplex
And villains climb to power from the ditches of the internet
That’s prolly why I throw a some sticky in the cigarette
And hit the armory to cop a blicky with the stimmy check
Living heck, give ‘em hell, this world is a Winterfell
I’m intercepting signal sent from limits of a different realm
Decoding the message is a bit unnerving
Every translation has been disconcerting
End is now. End of what? End is so subjective, bruh
Could it mean the worst is over and the best is yet to come
Maybe it means literally that this is the end of us
Either way, I’m tipping toes, shifting with antennas up
Anyone can get it, and it is dependent on whether
You’re healing, helping or hurting the communal endeavors
I’m sweating through the seconds, getting data to render
Pushing every button, pulling all the tabs and the levers (let’s go)
Against all odds, the machines and the gods, we gon probably find a way
It is what it is, and it ain’t what it’s not, that’s the mantra at my old age
It’s right on time, but the time don’t stop, so we plot and we grind and play
From the meadows and the moss to the big city blocks, I’ma rock til we find a way
Ain’t sure what happened, the clapping is all confusing
It’s bombs over benefits, tenements brought to ruins
I’m walking through the awful while others applaud the movement
And talk congruent to helping their fellow without the thought to prove it
I’m watching mutants, hobbets, wizards, and demigods
Imagining saving the world with scissors and dental floss
Pentecost, spirit with me, speaking to the hero in me
That resides in the same place that my fear is living
We making mini-moves, swooping like a school of tuna
Building up the scaffolding and filling in a few lacuna
Super duper normal Johnny Regular (regular)
In the here and now pulling people out the metaverse
Ready player? I was on that out of sight out of mind
Dipping toes in lake water hidden on the mountainside
I’m down to ride into the wild beneath sunset
As long as I come back ‘cause the mission isn’t done yet
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Delphi Has Spoken
03:28
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Jellyfish Brigade Portland, Oregon
Machines and the Gods
03.24.2023
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