1. |
Exactly What To Do
03:59
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I wake up and stretch my hands in bed
hum a few lines for the day ahead
boot up my drive, what a lovely whir
I’ve stumbled on a life I can fully endure
I’m out of work, it’s an incredible high
all day creating my own musical ride
wake up each morning loving living the dream
I know exactly what to do
patchwork demo building on my screen
stacking up waves is the greatest thing
guitar on my lap, mic is in the air
hours slip away and I'm so unaware
I’m out of work, it’s an incredible high
all day creating my own musical ride
wake up each morning loving living the dream
I know exactly what to do
I’m out of work, it’s an incredible high
all day creating my own musical ride
wake up each morning loving living the dream
I know exactly what to do
I spend my day adrift in song
to a desk I’m chained, but moving along
five pm flat out on my bed
coming back down, heavy spirit fed
I got up so high, thought I might transcend
I’m hoping that tomorrow I’ll do it again
I know exactly what to do
(I’m living the dream, I’m living the dream)
I know exactly what to do
I know exactly what to do
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2. |
Hyperslump
04:10
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pissin’ around, been just pissin’ around
going in each room and coming out again
there’s nothing today to envelop the mind
and onward goes the search for captivation
nothing to show
high energy is burning (it won’t stay inside)
I’m pacing all around
rutting with motivation (it begs me to try)
but I’m in a hyper kinda slump (a hyper kinda slump)
it’s been a half a day (a hyper kinda slump)
I just want to hit upon something
but I can’t engage
I don’t hear music when I play guitar
for drop dead beauty I have no desire
there’s not one being up among the stars
who can help me fill a minute of my time
pissin’ around, sweet pissin’ around
it’s not even a case of indecision
nothing to show
high energy is burning (it won’t stay inside)
I’m pacing all around
rutting with motivation (it begs me to try)
but I’m in a hyper kinda slump (a hyper kinda slump)
it isn’t going away (a hyper kinda slump)
I just want to hit upon something
but I can’t engage
I don’t hear music when I play guitar
for drop dead beauty I have no desire
there’s not one being up among the stars
who can help me to fill my time
I tell myself it’s only temporary
another hour it’ll all be fine
the body doing a recalibration
and soon I’ll tap into a juicy line
to escape from this, to escape in bliss
(I need some fuckin’ bliss)
I wanna dive where a passion thrives
but it’s elusive
I don’t hear music when I play guitar
for drop dead beauty I have no desire
there’s not one being up among the stars
who can help me to fill my time
today, nothing seems to click (I’m in a hyper kinda slump)
I wanna dive where a passion thrives, but it’s elusive (a hyper kinda slump)
I don’t hear music when I play guitar (a hyper kinda slump)
for drop dead beauty I have no desire (a hyper kinda slump)
there’s not one being up among the stars
who can help me to fill my time
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3. |
Let Some Light
04:21
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been trying to let some light
creep out and make its way to the world
I have so much more contained
been living with love a long long time
but keeping my face the way it hung before
I have so much more within
but it’s waiting underneath this mighty stone
that I dragged inside many years ago
I was young then, imagination wrapped in thorns
what light I had wished it was never born
for too long I’ve let myself
twist up in darkness all of the shine
as if happiness were shame
a halloween joke is what I’ll be
if I carry on dressing myself in illusions of tragedy
when there’s so much light within
but it’s waiting underneath this mighty stone
that I dragged inside many years ago
I was young then, imagination wrapped in thorns
what light I had wished it was never born
feeling sick of the dark, sick of this heavy cloak
got to undo the black, the pressure isn’t going away
I’ve been living with love, feeling so glowingly wonderful much of the time
the burden of this light must be exposed
been trying to let some light
creep out and make its way to the world
I have so much more contained
been living with love a long long time
but keeping my face the way it hung before
I have so much more within
but it’s waiting underneath this mighty stone
that I dragged inside many years ago
I was young then, imagination wrapped in thorns
what light I had wished it was never born
but it’s waiting underneath this mighty stone
that I dragged inside many years ago
I was young then, imagination wrapped in thorns
what light I had wished it was never born
underneath this mighty stone
waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting
wrapped in thorns
wrapped in thorns
waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting
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4. |
Fine With It
03:54
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I have relented in negotiating
let the other ones have their way
I have lost any sense of devotion
I am walking alone, as they say
a decision in the guts below me
has overturned the shit in my head
I was up many nights wondering how we'd survive
but I've let that all go
and I'm fine with it
I'm fine, dealing so far
I've gathered up a little momentum
it's easier with no one to blame
when it's time to accuse or abandon
in the dark I'll be hearing my name
and I'm fine with it
I'm fine with it this way
I'm fully engaged
I'm fine with it
alone at this stage
I am tending to my inspiration
a nervous little clutch of songs
among them I have found some communion
and pride for how they're coming along
still I toss in the night when a change isn't quite
to the specs that I had planned
there are days though I try out a thousand variations
I get nowhere but where I began
and I'm fine with it
I'm fine with it
I'm fine with it
I'm fine with it
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5. |
Thoughts
04:58
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huddled in the ocean, people boil alive
to escape the rising flames in the sky
when the planet’s nothing but a morsel of char
see the moon drift in the darkness
kind of lonely but alright with it
(kind of lonely but alright with it)
(kind of lonely but alright with it)
armageddon fantasies help me unwind
a little stress won’t matter at the end of time
let the secret service fear I’m hatching plans
yes I dwell on our extinction
but I’m harmless as a kitten most of the time
I get along with those around me
at my job they like me well
in the realm of normal conversation
certain thoughts I know not to tell
certain thoughts I know not to tell
and they’re here right now
I got a yearning for annihilation
I got a hankering to cross the wires
an introvert in overstimulation
solitude will come after the fire
wanna be a wanderer of ghostly shores
tallying the bodies like they do in wars
wanna feel emotionless, removed as I can
a post-apocalyptic nomad, empty-eyed
and without a memory of the crime
I get along with those around me
at my job they like me well
in the realm of normal conversation
certain thoughts I know not to tell
certain thoughts I know not to tell
and they’re here right now
I got a yearning for annihilation
I got a hankering to cross the wires
an introvert in overstimulation
solitude will come after the world has burned away
(I’ve got the yearning)
(I’ve got the yearning)
well you can hide in the mountains or crawl underground
buildings are melting, it’s all coming down
molten sidewalks, a vision surreal
when it’s all over I wonder how better I’ll feel
yes I dwell on our extinction
but I’m harmless as a kitten most of the time
I get along with those around me
at my job they like me well
in the realm of normal conversation
certain thoughts I know not to tell
and they’re here right now
and they’re here right now
they’re here right now
they’re here
I got a yearning for annihilation
I got a hankering to cross the wires
an introvert in overstimulation
solitude will come after the fire
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6. |
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when you were living here
in the attic room none of us would bear
the house went into a state of pure wonder
at night you’d sit on the floor
in a mess of wires and old motherboards
once I woke in a dream to strange bleeping
and climbed up the stairs
I followed the sound half asleep
I saw you composed
you held out your hands
between them a radiant ovoid was floating
when you were living here
all the neighbourhood saw the light upstairs
it hung like a muted star until morning
you’d sleep half the day, your skin almost grey
and mystery swirled all around you
a painter of lands that no one has seen
the natives looked well in purples and greens
and sometimes their oval-shaped heads would remind me
after you were gone, the house lost the wavelength it was on
we hoped you would return
but forces unknown, they took from you one night alone
the globe I had seen
I climbed up the stairs
I followed the sound half asleep
I saw you composed
you held out your hands
between them a radiant ovoid was floating
a painter of lands that no one has seen
the natives looked well in purples and greens
and sometimes their oval-shaped heads would remind me
I climbed up the stairs
I followed the sound half asleep
I saw you composed
you held out your hands
between them a radiant ovoid was floating
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7. |
Becoming
03:43
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when I try to sleep it takes so long
and I’ve been losing hair and finding them around
you would think that change would make me strong
guess I’m proving that the wisdom isn’t sound
I had hoped my stomach would leave me alone
but it’s taunting me still, months on
haven’t learned to deny the nerves that give rise
to all these feelings of dread
I will break or I will grow
but in this state I don’t know
how long I can force myself to go
there were days when I could rest my mind
got along with life and hoped it carried on
there were evenings when I felt just fine
didn’t feel the need to slow my breathing down
but now I’m contemplating yoga or some coloured pill
never grasped at either one of them before
it’s a struggle each night to put brooding aside
every worst case locked in my head
I will break or I will grow
but in this state I don’t know, day to day
do I abandon this or dig in to stay
trembling heart, guts opposed, it’s a mystery
how long I can force myself to go
(force myself to go, force myself to go)
(force myself to go, force myself to go)
(force myself to go, force myself to go)
I will break or I will grow
but in this state I don’t know
let me break or let me grow
one good day is almost cruel in a way
giving hope that anxiety will fade
trembling heart, guts opposed, it’s a mystery
how long I can force myself to go
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8. |
So Ya Got A Great Guitar
03:38
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so ya got a great guitar
and you’re tryin’ to learn to play
every chord you make a buzz
but your friend is so amazed
says he knows a shitty bar
where you’ll blow the house away
be a crazy fucking star
so you practice everyday
you will be the center of the stage, the focus of the crowd
and you’ll hear’em screaming out
(you’re the greatest thing in my life)
you’ll solo to the sky, open channels to the gods
once you’ve done your time
so you’re shreddin’ Zeppelin
think you’re better than Page
and your mom’s been nagging
to get your own place
one night a cutie waitress
fuckin’ knows your name
it makes you wonder how you’ll handle all the fame
you will be the center of the stage, the focus of the crowd
and you’ll hear’em screaming out
(you’re the greatest thing in my life)
you’ll solo to the sky, open channels to the gods
once you’ve done your time
your friends no longer show
your wife says let it go
you’re undiscovered
clubs want covers
no band for the road
have I been wasting my life
have I been wasting my life
have I been wasting my life
have I been wasting my life
you play your songs for three old men
at a pub that’s not too far
they raise their beers and one comes up
he says you got yourself a great guitar
it’s the greatest thing in my life
(it’s the greatest thing in my life)
so ya got a great guitar
a fuckin’ great guitar
so ya got a great guitar
you got a great guitar
so ya got a great guitar
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9. |
Hold Of You
04:31
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rolling over, blankets gone
sunlight streaming
the day has begun
and I’m still drifting
shower going, distant song
it feels like hours
and when you return I’m pretending
I haven’t woken yet
your knees up on the bed
still I play at playing dead
in the glow there’s a changing surface
kaleidoscope turning around, I watch it
in the flow there’s a mutual tension
with eyes still closed I take hold of you
in our bed
a shadow on me ebbs and flows
there’s a rhythm to the day
we are quietly at play
there’s a rhythm to the day
we are quietly at play
in the glow there’s a changing surface
kaleidoscope turning around, I watch it
in the flow there’s a mutual tension
with eyes still closed I have hold
in the glow (I hold you in my life)
there’s a changing surface (you hold me down to the bed)
kaleidoscope (you hold me in your life)
turning around I watch it (we hold each other there)
in the flow (I hold you in my life)
there’s a mutual tension (you hold me down to the bed)
with eyes still closed (you hold me in your life)
I have hold (we hold each other there)
I have hold
I have hold of you
(with you I’m drifting)
(with you I’m drifting)
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10. |
Beings Far Away
05:47
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beings far away used their static and their rays
they told him to come, said his post here was done
and he messaged back, okay
and left behind a strange new time
his alien mind was a wondrous kind
beings far away drew his vessel around the blaze
the state of his room and the ends we presume
just vapour on his way
left behind in a strange new time
his alien mind was a wondrous kind
true, he never learned to make this home
true, he bore the scars of a wanderer
kept awake at night by an alien light
that was glowing under his skin
true, he never learned to make this home
true, he bore the scars of a wanderer
kept awake at night by an alien light
that was glowing under his skin
left behind (beings far away)
in a strange new time (used their static and their rays)
his alien mind (they told him to come, said his post here was done)
was a wondrous kind (and he messaged back, okay)
left behind (beings far away)
in a strange new time (drew his vessel around the blaze)
his alien mind (the state of his room and the ends we presume)
was a wondrous kind (just vapour on his way)
(beings far away) he walked among us, blew smoke into our skies
(beings far away) his stories crippled us with laughter and incredulity
they say he danced alone in his attic room
the night he left us
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11. |
Purple Monkey
03:06
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purple monkey’s lost in your bed
from your arms she must have fled
now she’s somewhere in your jungle sheets
somewhere cold, past your little feet
home again, home again
she’s thinking about how it feels to be held
in the arms of a girl with such heart
she needs you
mama hears you groaning in your sleep
and straightens out your twisted sheets
purple monkey falls from within
mama puts her underneath your chin
home again, home again
she’s dreaming about how it feels to be held
in the arms of a girl with such heart
she loves you
home again, home again
she’s dreaming about how it feels to be held
in the arms of a girl with such heart
home again, home again
home again, home again
she loves you
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12. |
One More Step
04:23
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one more step to help this creation
for when it’s time to move on
a good set of words to carry emotion
that others might understand
with love it is made it is all that I gave
through the hours and the trials, the unknown
there was something alive I remember the cry
when it first was born
make me proud, make me a million
daddy’d love to retire
but if you return with tales of rejection
that won’t matter, sweet one
with love you are made, you are all that I gave
through the hours and the trials, the unknown
such will to survive, you were destined to thrive
you have grown so strong
with love you were made, you are all that I gave
through the hours and the trials, the unknown
though we fought, you and I always settled and sighed
you challenged me right to the end
and now I hear you just flowing along
nothing I could improve
yeah, I hear you just flowing along
nothing more I could do
(flowing along)
through the waves of creation you’ve come out a pearl
a treasure that no one should hide
it’s time that I sent you off into the world
let the other creations decide
with love it is made it is all that I gave
through the hours and the trials, the unknown
there was something alive I remember the cry
when it first was born
with love you are made, you are all that I gave
through the hours and the trials, the unknown
such will to survive, you were destined to thrive
you have grown so strong
(with love, with love, with love)
it’s time that I sent you off into the world
let the other creations decide
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13. |
Slug Comparison Victoria, British Columbia
After five albums with Canadian progressive rock band Fen, vocalist/guitarist Doug Harrison launched a solo project called Slug Comparison. So far the project has released two full-length albums, featuring members of The Devin Townsend Band, Bif Naked, and Fen. ... more
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