id,slug,publish,publish_on,title,description,credits,lyrics,track,release_id,player_code
1,sleeper-agent,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Sleeper Agent (Just Waking Up),,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>a test train rolls through at three in the morning<br />
there are no passengers or stops<br />
my interest level rises and then it drops</p>

<p>my life laid out in dictionary format<br />
I've got a lot of entries under the M's<br />
and they say that Z is not the end</p>

<p>let's all plug in to the telepathic disco<br />
hard up for hand me downs no more<br />
and the Koinos Kosmos gets us through the door</p>

<p>but the rag in the bottle doesn't understand<br />
that the well has a bottom in the other land<br />
brace yourself for some foreign affairs</p>

<p>you could chalk it up but you haven't got a blackboard<br />
you could shrug it off but your shoulder's broke<br />
you could laugh it off but it isn't a joke</p>

<p>and the funeral reminded me to call you<br />
and leave the coordinates for the Bayou<br />
I'm a sleeper agent just waking up</p>

<p>I should have worn a disguise<br />
you should've looked more surprised<br />
you've got me cornered<br />
in color coordinated lake shore drives<br />
ramparts and car parts in an enemy hive<br />
it's intelligence that doesn't come from the mind<br />
but I've got yours on mine</p>

<p>good morning comrade this is good coffee<br />
let's take a walk and peruse the reports<br />
this will look a lot worse than it'll hurt</p>",1,1,
2,wave-backwards,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Wave Backwards To Massachusetts,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>a blizzard<br />
a mallard<br />
a stillborn Chinese baby speaking backwards<br />
my peephole<br />
in the cabin<br />
keep an eye on loggers preparing for battle<br />
and textbooks glow like they know where we're going<br />
but it's just a guess they planted in the pages<br />
and flags unfurl like they know why we're sewing<br />
a certain kind of stars into the fabric</p>

<p>can't keep topping my count's bestsellers<br />
pieced together in damp dark cellars<br />
flipped out fury<br />
it's a wigged out wish<br />
so creep creep crawl your way into the heartland<br />
when the clocks explode<br />
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home</p>

<p>there is no context for this progress<br />
a village epidemic reaches congress<br />
an idea or a light bulb<br />
smashed on concrete outside of the nightclub<br />
a cat with a windchime skeleton<br />
but it's not like he's in charge of city planning<br />
greet the deep sea diver as he dives within<br />
he hides secrets behind all of the paneling</p>

<p>we will find him before<br />
the party resumes<br />
treating cape houses like Egyptian tombs<br />
tricked out tremors in my nervous system<br />
don't sink sink sink sink sink into the pavement<br />
when the clocks explode<br />
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home</p>

<p>wave backwards to Massachusetts<br />
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home</p>",2,1,
3,fight-song,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Hallelujah The Hills,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>trouble comes, the mail arrives<br />
I pick apart a broken watch<br />
I'm on call with astronauts<br />
here's an acrobatic lot<br />
Telemundo is for free<br />
but not something that you could see<br />
everybody falls asleep when oxygen dies</p>

<p>hundred horses, hundred wines<br />
that's a secret, that's a lie<br />
here's a planetoid connection<br />
that they caught and tried to hide<br />
paranoid's a boring game<br />
jealousy is just the same<br />
hit me with the hammer when the light turns green</p>

<p>plaintiff's here, jury's gone<br />
down at the Dairy Mart<br />
absolutely no exception<br />
specially for you<br />
made inventions, broke conventions<br />
raised a glass to new pretensions<br />
meta-meta-meta-and the novel is dead</p>

<p>no more talk of mathmagicians<br />
numbers can't be ever tricked<br />
I propose a superstition<br />
always mumbling, never sick<br />
a way to increase your sales<br />
never question, never fail<br />
I was born in Vermont<br />
she was born in Vermont<br />
and we'll all die in Vermont hallelujah the hills</p>",3,1,
4,house,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,The House Is All Lit Up,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I prepared a tin hour glass<br />
simple instructions<br />
for a man with lion's breath<br />
my feelings are pre-determined tonight</p>

<p>a man so often the best man<br />
he fired a gun<br />
that shot wedding rings on the fingers<br />
of his best friends<br />
of his family<br />
of his enemies</p>

<p>the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up tonight</p>

<p>are you afraid<br />
of the unguided mind,<br />
of free association?<br />
nonsequitors built this nation<br />
please understand<br />
or better yet please take my hand<br />
and look at the shape I'm in<br />
I've been drinking the gin<br />
we found in Evan's mom's basement<br />
my excuses<br />
are so useless<br />
and then the choir sings</p>

<p>the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up tonight</p>

<p>and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on waiting for you<br />
and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on speaking through you<br />
and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on waiting for you<br />
and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on, keep on</p>

<p>The house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up tonight</p>",4,1,
5,raise-the-flag,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Raise The Flag Of Your Sibling's Favorite Daydream,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>hallow down the hall<br />
have you written?<br />
I was gone<br />
wake up my souvenirs<br />
add three and two I spotted you<br />
but who could stand to follow through?</p>

<p>raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
of your sibling's favorite daydream</p>

<p>stupefied again<br />
in the autumn of our father's den<br />
I came to with a canker<br />
drinking from the faucet<br />
trying to save some water and a friend<br />
I knew he'd operate</p>

<p>raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
of your sibling's favorite daydream</p>

<p>I'll shine the light<br />
though it's not flattering<br />
on your wishes as they are<br />
telephone mom, she should be next to me<br />
notify dad, it's common decency</p>

<p>then wash the dishes while your secrets leave home<br />
call the news tell 'em to leave us alone<br />
we all fit on this embarrassing throne<br />
but anyway<br />
listen for the sound of subtle atrophy<br />
while he's tethered to a broken phonograph</p>

<p>back in school again<br />
you didn't think I'd abandon you my friend<br />
here comes a silver bullet<br />
to skim the leaves of poplar leaves<br />
and blessed be the minor keys<br />
I'm so in love with you</p>

<p>raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
of your sibling's favorite daydream</p>",5,1,
6,crux,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,(crux of the camera man),,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>",,6,1,
7,slow-motion-records,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Slow Motion Records Broken At Break Neck Speeds,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>here's the crux of the cameraman<br />
buried deep in his master plan<br />
here's a format becoming defunct<br />
a bunch of tapes on a ship that sunk<br />
electric outlet in a public place<br />
so new rappers get to show their face<br />
if you're human and you're feeling displaced<br />
we've got news for you it's the kind<br />
that makes you shake in your boots<br />
and crumble down to the floor</p>

<p>Tommy Beta with his life on pause<br />
his college thesis stored in his parents garage<br />
are you into the olive branch? (are you, Tommy?)<br />
or shooting arrows in an American trance<br />
list your prescriptions on your resume<br />
and polish bullets saved for our prey<br />
add sinking feelings and we'll call it a day<br />
I wear a mask to sleep and it's old and it's made<br />
of clay and I have no idea why I do that</p>

<p>if you're guilty of some heinous crime<br />
I'll write your defense down in metered rhyme<br />
we'll make believe we got it right this time<br />
I've got news for you and me and him and her and us<br />
and everything's crumbling and rotting away<br />
but I'm content to sit here and watch it all happen<br />
with you</p>",7,1,
8,effie,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Effie's On The Other Side,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>we're stealing bodies<br />
so the doctors can study<br />
and improve their technique<br />
they operate next week<br />
on the girl who's embarrassed<br />
that she melted the chalice<br />
with a thought thrown through the air<br />
but she's only half of a pair</p>

<p>cuz Effie's on the other side<br />
she's laughing and sculpting and washing the filth<br />
off of the devil's hide</p>

<p>we're replacing their bones<br />
with pipes, sticks, and stones<br />
so the grievers don't notice<br />
that their loved ones helped us grow this<br />
translucent creature being housed<br />
by the doubting preacher<br />
reciting the scripture<br />
while the creature paints this picture</p>

<p>of Effie on the other side<br />
she's laughing and sculpting and washing the filth<br />
off of the devil's hide</p>",8,1,
9,trap,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,The Trap,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>the trap can't trap you<br />
if you take it to pieces<br />
stop thinking you're somebody else<br />
stop crying and go get some help<br />
stop trying to solve it your self<br />
and you know what else?</p>

<p>her misfortunes fell upon her<br />
call and response<br />
good morning alchemy<br />
start strumming my super strings<br />
it's a wilderness of mirrors and kings<br />
bespectacled devil with wings</p>

<p>it's hard to imagine<br />
anything more terrifying<br />
than dying in someone else's dream<br />
waking up in a coffin of trees<br />
and your soul getting hauled off by bees<br />
and if you think that's too much to believe</p>

<p>a munitions expert<br />
while disarming a bomb<br />
realizes he left the stove on at home<br />
he imagines his house up in smoke<br />
while he renders explosives a joke</p>

<p>I'm a planet, I'm the moon<br />
I'm barely in this room<br />
won't somebody please shake me awake?<br />
put me in the front yard with a rake<br />
it's the simplest of tasks I can take<br />
if I don't want to break<br />
and I don't want to break</p>

<p>the playwright has stage fright<br />
the doctor is sick<br />
the electrician struck down by lightning<br />
burning candles from more than two ends<br />
is that me? I guess it depends<br />
hell, go ask my friends</p>

<p>I'm a planet, I'm the moon<br />
I'm barely in this room<br />
won't somebody please shake me awake</p>",9,1,
10,teenage-synesthete,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,Teenage Synesthete,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I was born<br />
a teenage synesthete<br />
feeling colors, hearing tastes<br />
and catching my breath<br />
I saw a hawk out by the high school<br />
fly into your brain<br />
I wrote it down<br />
but I won't tell no one<br />
from that I'll refrain</p>

<p>and everything will probably be alright<br />
collective psychosis begone<br />
and everything will probably be okay<br />
collective psychosis begone</p>",10,1,
11,talkies,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,It's All Been Downhill Since The Talkies Started To Sing,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I break things by walking by<br />
I accidentally hypnotize<br />
every single motherfucker<br />
locked inside the Newton branch<br />
worst bank robber known to man<br />
rob the bank, that was my plan<br />
didn't even check to see<br />
where the cameras were at<br />
but I always get away<br />
as if I planned it that way<br />
there must be something radiating from me<br />
and my actions make the money move<br />
though my sounds can't really soothe<br />
it's all been downhill since the talkies started to sing</p>

<p>My grandma was a silent star<br />
no words emerged from her famous jaw<br />
at pre-code party<br />
she brought a pile of printed cards<br />
she's rather hold them up then speak<br />
she feared her voice would crack her teeth<br />
and everybody knows<br />
just what cracking teeth symbolize<br />
but she loved the silver screen<br />
and her face in magazines<br />
when she lost her fame<br />
she ran off with a financial analyst<br />
but her movements made the movies move<br />
though her voice couldn't really soothe<br />
it's all been downhill since the talkies started to sing</p>

<p>odd behavior of poltergeists<br />
insurance salesman killed by knife<br />
everything is game<br />
now that intertitles have bit the dust<br />
the studio system's come and gone<br />
the golden age has turned to bronze<br />
if I could call cut<br />
I'd leave those poor bankers alone<br />
because the logic found in words<br />
quickly becomes absurd<br />
as soon as a light bulb shines<br />
through a celluloid strip<br />
and to equate the two is wrong<br />
but I do it all night long<br />
it's all been downhill since the talkies started to sing<br />
(and then they started singing!)</p>",11,1,
12,scientist-colleagues,1,2007-06-01 00:00:00,To All My Scientist Colleagues I Bid You Farewell,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>to all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell<br />
it's been a long career<br />
of splitting open atoms with government funds<br />
I'll never forget transplanting retinas<br />
and federal agendas that we scorned<br />
dear like minded friends<br />
never forget what you've learned</p>

<p>they've taken my microscope<br />
and my radiation lab pass<br />
I've packed up my pictures<br />
of my dear wife my siblings<br />
and my scientist dad<br />
I'm planning to open a newspaper stand<br />
with a shoe shine chair just for a laugh<br />
while I'm selling the present<br />
my mind will drift back to the past</p>

<p>to all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell<br />
some of us are religious<br />
but most of us think we're just bones, flesh, and cells<br />
I'll guess we'll find out<br />
when our hearts stop ticking<br />
and our brains stop working so well<br />
can't say I'm looking forward<br />
to being the first one to tell<br />
to my scientist colleagues<br />
I bid you farewell</p>

<p>to all my<br />
to all my<br />
to all my</p>",13,1,
13,nurses-5-float-past,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,Nurses 5 Float Past,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>it's the memory you let go<br /> not the stimuli of the ghost<br /> injecting opera, in the corridor<br /> of the queen's latest estate</p>
<p>and so you slip on past the bazaar<br /> troubles d.o.a. thus far<br /> &ldquo;I'm not so criminal<br /> in a cathedral&rdquo;<br /> you remark as the blimps fade away</p>
<p>&ldquo;is this an epilogue?&rdquo; doc asks<br /> while the nurses 5 float past<br /> &ldquo;we'd like to regulate<br /> but not aggravate<br /> and bring this dance to a close&rdquo;</p>
<p>and while you sit and think about that<br /> something invisible falls flat<br /> and we'll not know today<br /> what it had to say<br /> but I'm sure it'll be back</p>",7,9,
14,dont-take-the-law,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,Don't Take The Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>a bell for the brave Armenian waitress<br /> outsourced to the heavies in the Texas sway<br /> something drifts across the soul of September soil<br /> I used to strip there but now I solemnly swear</p>
<p>I'm the one to disintegrate into your dreamscape<br /> pushed into patchwork<br /> with a mask with eyes cut to keyholes<br /> believe me I'm trying</p>
<p>I remember the day machine wept into lakes<br /> and poets made a plea on live TV<br /> a semicolon inked on the governor's wrist<br /> we all claimed we shared but it's worse than we feared</p>
<p>I'm the one to camp out under the flagpole<br /> coiled up and dumb<br /> trashing the haunted mansion<br /> pushed into patchwork<br /> to disintegrate into your dreamscape<br /> with a mask with eyes cut to keyholes<br /> believe she's lying</p>",8,9,
15,let-it-wave,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,Let It Wave,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>when you come again<br /> tryst in the treetop<br /> 8 excuses for the mother hen<br /> I tripped in the hall<br /> it was a miracle stall<br /> bought us time and we<br /> filtered out the feelings again</p>
<p>we schemed at the built in bar<br /> townie authority screaming we shouldn't go far<br /> I copied the key<br /> the way I mimic disease<br /> leaving the locksmith hungry,<br /> debating on his hands and his knees</p>
<p>bankrupt birdhouse the crow got the word out<br /> we've seen this all before<br /> and I am slouching a grown man crouching<br /> thirty armed men at the door</p>
<p>the truth and the tooth came out<br /> one in the paper and the other inside of his mouth<br /> he left with a limp and a cut on his lip<br /> hid the morning paper and never told his wife or his kids</p>
<p>now we're on our own<br /> cutting coupons 10 dollars off<br /> a crown and a thrown<br /> discount royalty<br /> high horse novelties<br /> we'll pay full price cuz it's better<br /> than being alone</p>
<p>let it wave<br /> oh let it wave<br /> let it wave<br /> oh let it wave</p>",9,9,
16,cataloging-candys-demise,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,Cataloging Candy's Demise,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>built by science &ldquo;the dysphemic alliance&rdquo;<br /> we're pumping iron down by the pier<br /> and we're trimming the fuses on these daily abuses<br /> there's nobody sober left to steer<br /> we went down with intentions to climb<br /> the eighty foot memorial pine<br /> hey who blew the roof off?<br /> c'mon get your boots on<br /> we're cataloging Candy's demise</p>
<p>the concierge signals it seems we have a single<br /> are you decent with a map and a flask?<br /> I found my room and then hallucinated you<br /> it's so useless if you have to ask<br /> where I got this punch in the mouth<br /> he tells the joke about the pole in the south<br /> we were perfect and passed out when she<br /> finally got her shout out<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise</p>
<p>asleep at the spiel we tried so hard to feel<br /> until amnesia caught us unawares<br /> we were pulling from a pill box<br /> when we ran into the Statie<br /> and he brought us all in on a whim<br /> fingerprinted but not afraid<br /> we told the guys we were back from the grave<br /> every moment in my life<br /> is crawling back tonight<br /> cataloging candy's demise</p>
<p>sawed off sneakers<br /> my lifeblood in a beaker<br /> it's so groovy when you use ESP<br /> but frankly Rudy your brother's out of juvie<br /> so you gotta go buy him some weed<br /> we were absolutely upside down<br /> when candy's sister rolled back into town<br /> c'mon with the sportscoat<br /> polish up the row boat<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise<br /> hey who blew the roof off?<br /> c'mon get your boots on<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise<br /> we were perfect and passed out when she<br /> finally got her shout out<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise</p>",17,9,
17,when-night-falls,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,When Night Falls,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>outside nature beats the tar out of nature<br /> an intelligent disease inside a healthy plant<br /> I heard you were one of those homewrecking truckers, well ain't ya?<br /> &ldquo;18 wheels of terror&rdquo;: the driver's union chant<br /> turn it up on the vamp</p>
<p>when night falls<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?</p>
<p>stitched on the inside of his jacket is a note for the doctor:<br /> &ldquo;send my remains to a stranger picked out of a hat&rdquo;<br /> he's adept at piano but he never claimed to have rocked her<br /> then the band took a break and went to get high in the back<br /> but it's enough if we ask</p>
<p>when night falls<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?</p>
<p>a hand comes down and turns the airplane around<br /> an alarm clock sounds and shakes the unconscious down<br /> and then the playground hounds sniff out every drug in town<br /> on a Friday night<br /> in the middle of the month<br /> in the preacher's house<br /> at the mayor's house<br /> in the policeman's car<br /> in the teacher's bag<br /> in the doctor's lab<br /> it's enough if we ask</p>
<p>when night falls<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?</p>",18,9,
18,monster-eyes,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,Monster Eyes,,"<p>Lyrics by Jonathan Lethem, music by Hallelujah The Hills</p>","<p>get you out of range<br /> of my monster eyes<br /> best thing I ever did for you<br /> was get you out of range<br /> of my monster eyes</p>
<p>before my eyes destroy you<br /> you better run</p>",19,9,
19,die-before-me,1,2008-04-08 00:00:00,(You Better Hope You) Die Before Me [Live January 2008],,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP) <br />Recorded at the Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA</p>","<p>the phone line is broken<br /> the tapes are all erased<br /> someone's at the door you know his wares have all been laced<br /> you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>if you take it as a compliment<br /> you're out of your tree<br /> the horses all are ready<br /> and they know as well as me<br /> that you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>everybody knows you climb a ladder so well<br /> impressive demonstrations of your speech and your spells<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>dress me up in wires<br /> I'll plug into the feed<br /> of blasted out basement shows<br /> bursting at the seams<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>the house is infested<br /> with pests of every kind<br /> but at least they had the courtesy<br /> to stay of my mind<br /> you're broken, alone, down, and undreamed</p>
<p>so you can bang on every windchime<br /> or light a torch for me<br /> or magnify your tiny soul<br /> with a microscope from me<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>",10,9,
26,guide-to-monsters,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,A Guide To The World's Most Fantastic Monsters,,"Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)","<p>the king rounded up all the insurgents<br /> listened closely to their gibberish<br /> for some sign of an omen or portent<br /> all night &mdash; all week</p>
<p>soon he had collected all of their wisdom<br /> into a book he titled so<br /> A Guide To The World&rsquo;s Most Fantastic Monsters<br /> and I read it searching for some new feeling but<br /> the monster that you run from doesn&rsquo;t exist</p>",1,3,
27,might-come-back-club,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,The Might Come Back Club,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>collect your cobwebs<br /> saw off your antlers<br /> between blizzards we are free<br /> the front lawn&rsquo;s hosting the strangest vine growth<br /> that will in time entangle all we see</p>
<p>devastating news-hype hand delivered<br /> via secret hymns<br /> the might come back club&rsquo;s<br /> rites of recall are etched out on the bones of these limbs</p>
<p>open your kimono you hassle magnet<br /> let me see what all the kids are killing for<br /> consulting the Fates from far northern states<br /> with escape routes scrawled on their back doors</p>
<p>fanatics follow the freedom of fandom<br /> hitting straw men with plastic swords<br /> rip up the floor boards<br /> find what you&rsquo;ve come for<br /> you&rsquo;re a guest they&rsquo;ll begrudgingly endure</p>
<p>I was in the kitchen with the grieving uncle<br /> and a drinking game that only he played<br /> so in tender spirits he went up on the rooftop<br /> to chant for the flying chariot brigade</p>
<p>To our amazement<br /> out came the horses<br /> who&rsquo;s commanding? hell if I know<br /> the might come back club&rsquo;s rules of order<br /> tell us in this case we must row<br /> so start rowing</p>",2,3,
28,gurus,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Put The Gurus In Charge,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>here we are where we thought we began<br /> lost and high and burnt out with no back up plan<br /> and it&rsquo;s such a disgrace to leave all these kids weeping in the van</p>
<p>so we&rsquo;re traversing North Dakota<br /> using only cartoon commerce maps to navigate<br /> but there&rsquo;s always an unlabeled tape<br /> lying in an unmarked box<br /> in an ill-kept archive<br /> and can you guess who that tape is keeping alive?</p>
<p>the first thing to know is that you can never go back there<br /> the second thing to know is that I&rsquo;m the one who sent you the dream<br /> in the basement of your house oh sunny Jean<br /> where you writhed and you coughed up and you screamed</p>
<p>call the cops<br /> put the gurus in charge<br /> cuz here comes an instructing hand<br /> to place upon your lack of plans<br /> and lead you to the tapes in the garage<br /> can you guess which false prophet is still at large?</p>
<p>you fell in love with the woman sent here to kill you<br /> and now you&rsquo;ll kill the people that sent her to you<br /> she&rsquo;s the sweetest assassin in the states<br /> has a tattoo of the motto of The Fates</p>
<p>you were brought here by design and now you&rsquo;ll live until you die<br /> you were brought here by design and now you&rsquo;ll live until you die<br /> you were brought here by design but don&rsquo;t take that as a sign<br /> you were brought here by design and now you&rsquo;ll live until you die</p>
<p>you&rsquo;ll spend the next year always looking over your shoulder<br /> and combing through the paper for some elusive clue<br /> you press rewind, and then you press play, then you pause<br /> it&rsquo;s time to hear what you thought you lost</p>",3,3,
29,blank-passports,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Blank Passports,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>if he&rsquo;s the singer then I&rsquo;m okay<br /> let&rsquo;s walk him out in awkward rain<br /> and shed the vials and catch the corpse<br /> it comes again through stain glass doors</p>
<p>can it spread out? To the street?<br /> blank passports in the Pennsylvania heat<br /> well I&rsquo;m the one who made you that way<br /> here it comes again unchained and unchanged</p>
<p>but then serious American composers<br /> drift into the room<br /> the world had not heard of them<br /> said they arrived too soon</p>
<p>now we&rsquo;re making a mess of the mountain<br /> and trashing our rooms<br /> they call us heirs to the emptiness<br /> still we whistle their tune</p>
<p>I heart the great lakes<br /> I shot the son<br /> I wore the blindfold<br /> I fled at dawn<br /> and caught the visions<br /> while they&rsquo;re inert<br /> it dignifies your bold cohorts</p>
<p>does it commute? the sentence steep?<br /> 22 years on the Massachusetts street<br /> well neither pill nor poison control<br /> can prop up a lifetime dig us out this hole</p>
<p>but then serious American composers<br /> drift into the room<br /> the world had not heard of them<br /> said they arrived too soon</p>
<p>now we&rsquo;re making a mess of the mountain<br /> and trashing our rooms<br /> they call us heirs to the emptiness<br /> still we whistle their tune<br /> so you&rsquo;re living like a classical code word<br /> spoken as one heard<br /> it uttered from the podium<br /> and brought down to herd<br /> and what you should have known in the beginning<br /> you won&rsquo;t know till the end<br /> that the way to the exodus<br /> is back from where we came</p>",4,3,
30,allied-lions,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Allied Lions,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>keys to the house<br /> a map of your room<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing left to kill<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing more than bring my body home</p>
<p>deliberate sons brace for the storm<br /> redact the sinful word<br /> reduce the thought and bring your body home</p>
<p>Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> everything&rsquo;s a dream, except for this moment we&rsquo;re in now</p>
<p>let&rsquo;s examine our pov&rsquo;s<br /> that might keep us from doa<br /> to pulse out sos<br /> it&rsquo;s not enough to count on tba</p>
<p>turn a tanker on ten<br /> treat the girlfriend&rsquo;s friends as friends<br /> reduce this patriot<br /> I can&rsquo;t seem to keep my focus clean</p>
<p>Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> everything&rsquo;s a dream, except for this moment we&rsquo;re in now</p>
<p>keys to the house<br /> a map of your room<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing left to kill<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing more than bring my body home</p>
<p>Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> everything&rsquo;s a dream, except for this moment we&rsquo;re in now</p>
<p>you&rsquo;ve got to know where you come from<br /> you&rsquo;ve got to know where you&rsquo;re going</p>",5,3,
31,oxus-pagoda,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Oxus Pagoda,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>it&rsquo;s true, the signal implodes<br /> it goes where she goes<br /> the cogs all march along in perfect single file<br /> from beyond the grave where dead men relay<br /> synchronistic poems that call for civil unrest</p>
<p>and here are the plans that you tied into knots<br /> and here are the props that were everything but<br /> so dancing with statues you sweetened the plot<br /> and this I bring to you<br /> and this I bring through you</p>
<p>for days we replayed the play<br /> on stage after stage<br /> but never could decide on an intended meaning<br /> the town was corrupt, demanded of us<br /> a semi private showing for the master&rsquo;s daughter</p>
<p>and here is the scene where I kill every god<br /> and bury them nameless in cemetery plots<br /> deliver the news to the public at large<br /> and this I bring to you<br /> and this I bring through you</p>
<p>we walked up to wind chime mountain<br /> to bury our old postcards<br /> she said: &ldquo;I need to tell you<br /> about the 322 people you meet in purgatory<br /> and how I got sick of all these guardian angels<br /> with more problems than me.&rdquo;</p>
<p>years before we lived in the hotel we both worked within<br /> where she attempted to write the great Canadian review<br /> of the great American novel<br /> a request from the 1st edition&rsquo;s introduction:<br /> the playwright wishes that you harangue the actors<br /> with pyramid scheme pitches during the encore.<br /> also a real gun will be randomly fired into the audience<br /> during intermission.<br /> please enjoy.</p>
<p>the curtain came down and the crowd rushed the stage<br /> we fled towards the airport through gunsmoke and haze<br /> our passports revoked, the embassy razed<br /> and this they brought to me, and this they brought through me</p>",6,3,
32,grand-national-championships,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Variations On The Grand National Championships,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I can see you in my telescope<br /> that punctures time like a needle through paper<br /> you&rsquo;re washing dishes during the civil war<br /> as your husband&rsquo;s stabbing your dad<br /> they never met so it&rsquo;s not even realized<br /> how heavy truly the moment<br /> and in the present in a shopping line<br /> my sugar refuses to scan</p>
<p>oh, the time has come<br /> to crash right through the gates of ivory towers<br /> we must find a way<br /> to topple all the thrones</p>
<p>you were right this light it comes from the night<br /> and takes the shame out of being so latent<br /> everything that&rsquo;s been scheduled for you<br /> you call random and sleep through the days<br /> so you invest in every angle and hinge<br /> hoping there&rsquo;s something to swing from or hide in<br /> but now there&rsquo;s nothing but a precipice<br /> and an old song to sing through the night</p>
<p>oh, the time has come<br /> to crash right through the gates of ivory towers<br /> we must find a way<br /> to topple all the thrones</p>
<p>oh the time has come!<br /> oh the time has come!</p>
<p>can we quake these tectonic plates?<br /> would it shake the street that you live on?<br /> portraits tumble to the hardwood floor<br /> leaving dents and impressions of me</p>
<p>I fall asleep on an empty highway<br /> as my truck crashes into the woodlands<br /> my feet are caught but I reach the flare gun<br /> shoot it off but it&rsquo;s the 4th of July</p>",7,3,
33,station,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,Station,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>the subpoenas always came in unmarked cruisers<br /> the fonts were bold and told us what to do<br /> the schematics we stole were impossible to decipher<br /> so let&rsquo;s go downtown and see this whole thing through</p>
<p>I would feel much better if this day had narration<br /> as we&rsquo;re living out some archetype clean and blue<br /> there are moments here that don&rsquo;t come from this station<br /> there are lifetimes here repeated &lsquo;til they&rsquo;re true</p>",8,3,
34,echo-sequence,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,The Echo Sequence,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>casually break my fingers so I can&rsquo;t work the key<br /> the master painters all look ashamed<br /> they don&rsquo;t know the thrill of a jukebox fade<br /> church bells ringing out commercials for Jesus<br /> the future ex-girlfriends all promise to leave us</p>
<p>I dreamt of this well<br /> bringing you back to live in burnt out motels<br /> it&rsquo;s my junk mail dream to turn this car around<br /> and drive back down to where my body was found<br /> they say I was focused on slowing down time<br /> hands inside the clock when I was hit from behind</p>
<p>there&rsquo;s a possibility<br /> this predictability<br /> will eventually grow wild and bend<br /> then I&rsquo;ll know<br /> I never meant to meet you<br /> but that&rsquo;s what the sequence puts you through</p>
<p>curse this mind control<br /> making me leak these ideas so very slow<br /> I&rsquo;m an excerpt of an abridged serial<br /> you never had a job so menial<br /> to keep track of track of distractions that impede my path<br /> and pinpoint their origin and slice them in half</p>
<p>but there&rsquo;s a possibility<br /> this predictability<br /> will eventually grow wild and bend<br /> for better or worse<br /> I never called the cab a hearse<br /> I answered questions with a pause<br /> and tried to break what you defend<br /> but ended up drifting far from shore<br /> washed up in some foreign land<br /> and tried to find a way back home<br /> but when I did you shrugged and said<br /> here&rsquo;s where the echo sequence ends</p>",9,3,
35,classic-tapes,1,2009-09-09 00:00:00,Classic Tapes,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>oh we crashed in the ash<br /> and then the cash of the titans blew out to sea<br /> but you, you broke out the map<br /> lead us out of the country<br /> through the haunted hallway</p>
<p>I strayed during the ticker tape parade<br /> you were gathering blank tape<br /> for the never ceasing project of the documentarian</p>
<p>my dear, I could drift into backyards<br /> during nights of no moonlight<br /> and never reappear<br /> you know that something<br /> would grab a hold of me slowly<br /> make love to me only<br /> and pull me deep underground</p>
<p>forever is incomprehensible<br /> but still attainable<br /> with a little luck, a lawyer, and a fine tuned radio</p>
<p>the stop light changes but nothing else does<br /> it kept me waiting just because<br /> so delete all your dead friends from you cell phone<br /> it keeps you inside that certain zone: home<br /> Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha</p>
<p>I feel it / I feel it / I feel it / I feel it<br /> a devil / a devil / a devil / a devil<br /> or an angel / an angel / an angel / an angel<br /> nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer</p>",10,3,
36,you-better-hope-you,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,You Better Hope You (Die Before Me),,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>the phone line is broken<br /> the tapes are all erased<br /> someone&rsquo;s at the door<br /> you know his wares have all been laced<br /> you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>if you take it as a compliment<br /> you&rsquo;re out of your tree<br /> the horses are all ready<br /> and they know as well as me<br /> that you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>everybody knows you climb a ladder so well<br /> impressive demonstrations of your speech and spells<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>so dress me up in wires<br /> I&rsquo;ll plug into the feed<br /> of blasted out basement shows<br /> bursting at the seams<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>the house is infested with<br /> with pests of every kind<br /> but at least they have the courtesy<br /> to stay out of my mind<br /> you&rsquo;re broken, alone, down, and undreamed</p>
<p>you can bang on every wind chime<br /> or light a torch for me<br /> or magnify your tiny soul<br /> with a microscope from me<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>",11,3,
37,it-carries-back,1,2009-07-01 00:00:00,It Carries Back,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I miss so many people<br /> it carries back<br /> there is no re-arrival<br /> no loophole trap</p>
<p>explain it backwards for me<br /> and I&rsquo;ll be your sweetheart<br /> without deceit<br /> no more wars<br /> I&rsquo;m a big fan<br /> it&rsquo;s a sinking house<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun</p>
<p>the fog was lifting out of her mouth<br /> when I awoke<br /> a fire escape<br /> or a water arrival<br /> we&rsquo;re just bicycle spokes</p>
<p>churning away the time<br /> shooting it off to deep space<br /> well goodbye time<br /> we loved you well<br /> you&rsquo;re still alive<br /> in the videotape<br /> and the child&rsquo;s poem<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun</p>
<p>take off your jacket<br /> and black tie<br /> collapse into a dream<br /> where the house lifts up<br /> to the tree tops<br /> and the clouds begin</p>
<p>then I make a parachute<br /> out of the bedding<br /> and make my stance<br /> by falling down<br /> without deceit<br /> no more wars<br /> it&rsquo;s a sinking house<br /> well goodbye time<br /> we loved you well<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun</p>",12,3,
38,paper-pilots,1,2009-09-30 00:00:00,Flight Of The Paper Pilots,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>jammed by these satellite signals<br /> our path now encumbered by clouds<br /> our secret plans spoken out loud<br /> the devil&rsquo;s in the details but<br /> no one really knew that till now</p>
<p>you&rsquo;ve got Everett wearing x-ray glasses<br /> trying to get off in the sand<br /> while Casey makes a map of the land<br /> we get beat up and punched out<br /> beat up and punched out<br /> beat up and punched out<br /> yeah, we almost get gone</p>
<p>all I need are 8 cups of coffee<br /> some beer and my cigarettes<br /> we&rsquo;ll steer the ship towards the rocky inlets<br /> behold the cargo in the water &mdash; an ocean full of country duets</p>
<p>&ldquo;kill me, Captain Courage, I love you<br /> but my paper pilots are caught in a trap&rdquo;<br /> and nothing&rsquo;s gonna bring them back<br /> so the obits in the paper detail everything<br /> that slips through the cracks</p>
<p>treat me like the probation officer you never had<br /> i&rsquo;ll get you work in a book-binding warehouse<br /> but if you fall across the wayside I really can&rsquo;t<br /> be called to repeat what I once screamed</p>
<p>all these pilots becoming part of my life<br /> as my old self goes under the knife<br /> the doctor says, &ldquo;don&rsquo;t worry, cuz<br /> I know this procedure like I know the back of my wife.&rdquo;<br /> And that&rsquo;s pretty damn well</p>
<p>jammed by these satellite signals<br /> our path now encumbered by clouds<br /> our secret plans spoken out loud<br /> the devil&rsquo;s in the details but<br /> no one really knew that till now</p>",13,3,
39,ticking-sound,1,2010-06-16 08:11:10,That Ticking Sound You Hear,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2010 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>I saw your name<br />on a blacklist in the city<br />assembled outright by committee<br />they play to win, they play to win<br />I've come around</p>
<p>out of my mind<br />out of context, on a substance<br />in the bathroom of your apartment<br />I've got a note from a doctor<br />that this is allowed</p>
<p>and all of these unbelievable villains<br />come my way<br />they hold up photos<br />they say they know you<br />you and I</p>
<p>and that ticking sound hear<br />let's pay it no mind<br />let's pay it no mind&nbsp;</p>",14,9,
40,introductory-saints,1,2010-06-16 08:14:07,Introductory Saints,,"<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2010 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>","<p>gentlemen<br /> he said forever<br /> so we can talk about it, talk about it<br /> talk about it 'till it's all akimbo</p>
<p>and if it's true that we've all forgotten something<br /> you can take a potent memory pill<br /> and we can reconstruct the past with a sail and a mast<br /> and we'll float on into the sunset</p>
<p>our phones our wide open<br /> introductory saints<br /> you are the secretary of my security<br /> and I'm the czar of whatever it takes<br /> and darlin' one of us,&nbsp;one of us<br /> one of us is one of them</p>
<p>watch your weapons<br /> there are those who do covet<br /> and the last thing we need is an obituary feed<br /> that scrolls with names that we all know</p>
<p>and if it's true that we've all forgotten something<br /> you can take a potent memory pill<br /> and you'll remember why you're hear and you'll cry in your beer<br /> 'cause the next week is gonna be rough</p>
<p>our phones our wide open<br /> introductory saints<br /> you are the secretary of my security<br /> and I'm the czar of whatever it takes<br /> and darlin' one of us,&nbsp;one of us<br /> one of us&nbsp;is one of them</p>",12,9,
42,country-before-kings,1,2013-05-07 20:00:00,Country Before Kings,,,"<p>Knock, knock here I am a civilian outpost <br /> I&rsquo;ve been dreaming for two <br /> We look out for quicksand <br /> Cuz we bottle and rebrand <br /> and return nightly home to you <br /> C&rsquo;mon Ghost-o, is this your card? <br /> I&rsquo;ve been rehearsing this trick for weeks <br /> Summoned and sunburned, enormously ticked off <br /> I&rsquo;d fade away if this wasn&rsquo;t sweet</p>
<p>Last night I figured out how this will work <br /> And it&rsquo;s not some slight of hand <br /> It&rsquo;s a different way not to die <br /> You could trust me and try it for awhile</p>
<p>Country Before Kings! And kings after: <br /> 1) This most pleasant evening <br /> 2) Your horoscope&rsquo;s meaning <br /> I finally figured it out</p>
<p>For Christ&rsquo;s sake knock it off <br /> The cameras are rolling <br /> Let&rsquo;s explore the least we could be  Two tandem sleepers <br /> Like twin engine heaters <br /> Hold a light &amp; carry this through <br /> There is no song, there is no guide <br /> To lend a clue where we ought to be <br /> Exalted and poised to type out a paean <br /> This isn&rsquo;t for the king it&rsquo;s for me</p>
<p>Country Before Kings! And kings after: <br /> 1) This most pleasant evening <br /> 2) Your horoscope&rsquo;s meaning <br /> I finally figured it out</p>",2,9,
43,some-of-them-we-lost,1,2011-03-22 21:18:58,Some Of Them We Lost,,,"<p>For the kids, at the time <br /> These decisions all seemed right <br /> When the militant party lines <br /> Said, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re coming with us and we&rsquo;ll show you how to shine a light&rdquo; <br /> So some went ahead with a certain look in their eyes</p>
<p>Was it me or was it you <br /> That convinced us that we knew <br /> Which parts we made up on the spot <br /> Now the translator has some interesting words for the press <br /> I&rsquo;ll explain it again though I think that you all know the rest</p>
<p>And some of them we lost when the city turned its lights out <br /> But all of them were still screaming &ldquo;yeah! yeah! yeah!&rdquo; <br /> Hey Man, you&rsquo;re alive</p>",6,9,
44,amateurs,1,2011-11-16 09:05:00,Amateurs,,,"<p>Big time issues in air tight jars <br /> There&rsquo;s a furnace fuel that can outpace cars <br /> We all made the cut so let&rsquo;s break some laws <br /> Can you turn me up in the speakers?</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re amateurs but we speak like pros <br /> If you leave by dusk can you leave me a note? <br /> We both know the score but keep hitting the ropes <br /> Can you deal with unconditional clauses?</p>
<p>No more light sources from the to and the fro <br /> We&rsquo;re coming out loud &amp; clean <br /> Making the most of the moves, oh</p>
<p>A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S</p>
<p>Later on we killed some time <br /> Kicking down some doors on the company&rsquo;s dime <br /> The mystery&rsquo;s here to be thrashed and mined <br /> Can we almost hit the edge of the pulse point?</p>
<p>Make like millions &amp; speak with care <br /> There&rsquo;s a suit laid out for a formal affair <br /> They can&rsquo;t spot a novice if he acts like an heir <br /> And an heir only acts as he pleases</p>
<p>No more short cuts through the halls of the king <br /> We&rsquo;re coming out loud &amp; clean <br /> Making the most of the moves, oh</p>
<p>A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S</p>
<p>Amateurs! Amateurs! We wish you well, we wish you well</p>
<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re Amateurs&rdquo;</p>
<p>A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S</p>",11,9,
45,girls-are-here,1,2011-11-16 09:06:00,The Girls Are Here,,,"<p>The girls are here <br /> The rules have changed <br /> To the streets, up the hill, over plains <br /> Come on team <br /> So I can feel <br /> Lost, harassed, and new</p>
<p>There&rsquo;s nothing <br /> They&rsquo;ve shown us <br /> We&rsquo;d kill to have <br /> There&rsquo;s nothing like this at all</p>
<p>Come on team <br /> So I can feel <br /> Lost, harassed, and new</p>
<p>To the trustees of a verified nation <br /> Where have you been, what have we done? <br /> To the old friends who scavenge for an anecdote <br /> Rummage no more, we&rsquo;ve got one for you <br /> And here&rsquo;s to the predictions of amateurs <br /> Their net cast so wide, their Hail Mary moves <br /> And what creeps in the dark resides in all of us <br /> Keep transcripts and notes and meet me out back</p>
<p>Ooooooooh <br /> Caress me now <br /> And I&rsquo;ll come back again</p>
<p>The girls are here <br /> The rules have changed <br /> To the streets, up the hill, over plains</p>
<p>Come on team <br /> So I can feel <br /> Lost, harassed, and new</p>
<p>Whatever it is in the way <br /> Tear it down - make the time <br /> Come on out for the week <br /> Bring the wife - no regrets</p>",15,9,
46,get-me-in-a-room,1,2012-04-01 21:10:26,Get Me In A Room,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - string synth, piano, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - moog </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Noell Dorsey, Katie Von Schleicher, Leah Hennessy - backing vocals</li>
</ul>","<p>It would be wrong for me to sing the blues <br /> All of my bad dies proportionately kind <br /> So if I must lose, lemme lose, spectacularly <br /> Wrap up my wounds and just turn out the lights</p>
<p>It would be fine to hum some overture <br /> A classical song to get us in on the plot <br /> I&rsquo;ve been to these towns, where the sounds <br /> Of the disaffected youth <br /> Will get you to drop down and count out your days <br /> So count out your days</p>
<p>Nice Tries On Some Borderline <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room</p>
<p>I told you before about my run-in with hymns <br /> Collectively stoned in the Sunday dawn <br /> But I came to see <br /> Even thee <br /> Would welcome an enemy <br /> If it arrived in the form of a song <br /> So arrive in a song</p>
<p>Nice Tries On Some Borderline <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room</p>
<p>You see I thought I had it figured out but I guess that I was wrong <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A</p>",1,7,
47,nightingale-lightning,1,2012-04-01 21:11:40,Nightingale Lightning,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, moog, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - tambourine, cuatro </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass</li>
</ul>","<p>Watch as this falls apart <br /> Ballet in reverse <br /> Revival of sins and critics who <br /> You thought had moved on <br /> To pastures of green <br /> Or somewhere just as baroque</p>
<p>Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Hello! Hello! Hello!</p>
<p>This is somewhat unique <br /> For a man of my class <br /> And stance and stature <br /> To stand and smoke down to the bone <br /> My cigarette <br /> And blow the smoke into the</p>
<p>FILMS <br /> THE POPULAR SONGS <br /> THE HEADLINE PARADES <br /> THE STARS OF THE STAGE &amp; TV <br /> SO THAT <br /> WHEN THEY REMEMBER <br /> THEY WILL REMEMBER <br /> IN A HAZE</p>
<p>Hello! Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Hello! Hello!</p>",2,7,
48,care-to-collapse,1,2012-04-01 21:12:14,Care To Collapse,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - wurlitzer,  piano, glockenspiel, percussion </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo, tambourine</li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals</li>
</ul>","<p>You scribbled down these words for me: <br /> &ldquo;take your place in the garden&rdquo; <br /> I took it up with bourbon to decipher in the top of a tree <br /> With boredom comes no more burden <br /> But a price is paid regardless <br /> Nostalgia held hostage in the wings, you know it&rsquo;s just for the show <br /> If you ever <br /> Care to collapse <br /> If you ever come to <br /> You should know <br /> You should know <br /> What I did in LA <br /> Where I lived in Dallas <br /> Why I left New York <br /> &amp; What occurred in Boise <br /> So if you ever care to collapse <br /> And if you ever come to</p>
<p>So keep it all under your hat <br /> Or other appropriate expressions <br /> Cuz winter&rsquo;s like a boxing match <br /> Televised but turned down low <br /> I&rsquo;ve got my finger on your position <br /> Your voice, your keys, and direction <br /> Cuz any old psychic can tell you everything is a sign <br /> So If you ever <br /> Care to collapse <br /> If you ever come to <br /> You should know <br /> You should know <br /> What I did in LA <br /> Where I lived in Dallas <br /> Why I left New York <br /> &amp; What occurred in Boise <br /> I feel like something ghostly <br /> If you were here so would you <br /> So would you</p>",3,7,
49,hungry-ghost-extraordinaire,1,2012-04-01 21:12:53,Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - upright bass, electric bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
<li>Marissa Nadler - backing vocals </li>
</ul>","<p>I was born in the middle of a screaming match <br /> Cleaned up sent to live with monks <br /> Raised up by Arabian wolves <br /> Grew up in the eye of a storm <br /> A gentleman crossed with a fiend <br /> Oh and I do say <br /> Oh and I do say</p>
<p>Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire <br /> I believe we&rsquo;ve been everywhere <br /> We sing so sweetly in the annals of the world <br /> These siren songs for misanthrope ears</p>
<p>I grew old in the shadow of a prison wall <br /> Commemorated then thrown away <br /> Memorialized but wanted alive <br /> Canonized yet despised by all <br /> A cautionary tale for the kids <br /> Oh and I do say <br /> Oh and I do say</p>
<p>Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire <br /> I believe we&rsquo;ve been everywhere <br /> We sing so sweetly in the annals of the world <br /> These siren songs for misanthrope ears</p>
<p>WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME IS TRUE <br /> BUT WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU IS TOO <br /> WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME IS TRUE <br /> BUT WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU IS TOO</p>
<p>Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire <br /> I believe we&rsquo;ve been everywhere <br /> We sing so sweetly in the annals of the world <br /> These siren songs for misanthrope ears <br /> This violent hymn through halcyon tears</p>
<p>And what they say about me is true <br /> But what they say about you is too</p>",4,7,
50,no-one-knows-what-happens-next,1,2012-04-01 21:13:30,No One Knows What Happens Next,,"<ul>
<li>Ryan Walsh - samples, editing </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - organ </li>
<li>Unidentified Woman - vocals </li>
</ul>",,5,7,
51,dead-peoples-music,1,2012-04-01 21:13:49,Dead People's Music,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - rhodes, organ, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
</ul>","<p>There&rsquo;s no use pretending <br /> This life is unending or cruel <br /> The litany is endless <br /> But the feelings behind it have cooled <br /> And I could care less <br /> About a silhouette down by the shore <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more</p>
<p>When the storyline&rsquo;s fractured <br /> And the details of the dream are too much (too much) <br /> I kick out the stage lights <br /> I flick every switch that should remain on <br /> Now I couldn&rsquo;t hear <br /> The sirens through the city&rsquo;s rain veneer <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more</p>
<p>Some Noble Human Motive <br /> You Stick Together Or You Hang Alone <br /> This Is An Adventure <br /> &amp; It Can Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Stop <br /> &amp; It Can Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Stop</p>
<p>So there&rsquo;s no use pretending <br /> This life is unending or cruel <br /> The litany is endless <br /> But the feelings behind it have cooled <br /> I couldn&rsquo;t see <br /> The forest through the dark, twisted trees <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more</p>",6,7,
52,people-breathe-into-other-people,1,2012-04-01 21:14:16,People Breathe Into Other People,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar, backing vocals </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - rhodes, organ, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - backing vocals </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, backing vocals </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass, backing vocals </li>
</ul>","<p>Well I paced for some duration <br /> And the sum of the steps left us scarred <br /> With a trap door heart and an X-Ray head, we depart <br /> Now there&rsquo;s no such thing as sleeping <br /> And there&rsquo;s no such thing as the past <br /> The dares from the crowd <br /> Were spoken out loud <br /> And that&rsquo;s that <br /> What is this world? <br /> What is this world? <br /> Now let&rsquo;s walk through the next few moments <br /> With the caution and care of a fawn <br /> Like paper mache if you&rsquo;re poetic that way <br /> But you&rsquo;re not</p>
<p>What is this world? <br /> What is this world? <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> What is this world?</p>",7,7,
53,game-changes-me,1,2012-04-01 21:15:29,The Game Changes Me,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - wurlitzer, shaker </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
<li>Noell Dorsey, Katie Von Schleicher, Leah Hennessy - backing vocals </li>
</ul>","<p>The night is filled with only three thoughts <br /> And they took two out back and were shot <br /> Now we&rsquo;re left with one <br /> Singular thing <br /> To wrestle into this world <br /> I&rsquo;m gonna change my game <br /> Until the game changes me <br /> And in a book of Child ballads I finally saw what you claimed to see <br /> Infiltrate me some simple way <br /> The night is filled with only one thought</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Hold me steady while I drink this deluge <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>
<p>There used to be a way to get free <br /> Without the use of A, B, or C <br /> But the boilerplate cooled <br /> And broke into shards <br /> The museum put it on display <br /> I&rsquo;m gonna catch some thought <br /> And distill it through you <br /> When the last day of the season comes crawling you&rsquo;ll know just what to do <br /> Infiltrate me some simple way <br /> The night is filled with only one thought</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Kiss me slowly with a curse word come-on <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>
<p>Like a living, breathing tattoo <br /> With the papers for the passing <br /> Some encyclopedic come-on <br /> Comes crashing through a white light <br /> And stays to infiltrate me some simple way!</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Hold me steady while I drink this deluge <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Kiss me slowly with a curse word come on <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>",8,7,
54,hello-my-destroyer,1,2012-04-01 21:16:43,"Hello, My Destroyer",,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, organ, rhodes </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
</ul>","<p>Amidst the canteens and vitamins <br /> Amongst the lit up liturgical themes <br /> There were breaks in the code, yes, I heard: <br /> Spoken cues inside mechanical birds</p>
<p>Clocked in at 7:09 <br /> I took the stenograph out for a spin <br /> You were searching for The Party Within <br /> I was typing out the language of men <br /> And with that we begin</p>
<p>Hello, My Destroyer, Can I Destroy You?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in somebody&rsquo;s dream <br /> I was stabbed in the back constantly <br /> I grew to take it as a compliment <br /> Cuz I can take it if y&rsquo;all have to vent <br /> There were starlit nights in the grove <br /> Where we sucked out the gin from our sleeves <br /> They we took aim at the thoughts in the eaves <br /> Now this next part is hard to believe <br /> But it&rsquo;s true, I reprise</p>
<p>Hello, My Destroyer, Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> And then right on cue <br /> You could destroy me too</p>
<p>Hellhound in the foyer <br /> Fooled again by mannequins <br /> We escape again <br /> From the straight jacket <br /> It&rsquo;s alarming, man <br /> But it&rsquo;s nothing you can&rsquo;t stand <br /> You&rsquo;re a full grown human man</p>
<p>Hello, My Destroyer, Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> And then right on cue <br /> You could destroy me too</p>",9,7,
55,call-off-your-horses,1,2012-04-01 21:17:11,Call Off Your Horses,,"<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, piano, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - cuatro </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass</li>
</ul>","<p>I am the token fiend you read about in the bible <br /> The kind that would come and ruin a miraculous scene <br /> You had the distinct privilege of being my rival <br /> And we took the thrill of a fight and it turned it into a creed</p>
<p>So call all your horses off <br /> Sing out the names of the brave <br /> And rise up from whence you came <br /> And come back to reload rifles in the rain</p>
<p>They say that you could force a field into your vision <br /> And unfurl a banner that reads &ldquo;you are coming with me&rdquo; <br /> Don&rsquo;t think too long, too hard, or ask for permission <br /> But don&rsquo;t buy the myth that nothing&rsquo;s gonna get in the way</p>
<p>So call all your horses off <br /> Sing out the names of the brave <br /> And rise up from whence you came <br /> And come back to reload rifles in the rain</p>",10,7,
56,three-minute-mark,1,2013-02-13 21:54:57,The Three Minute Mark,,,"<p>Pour me a drink <br /> Let me explain the wall paper <br /> It&rsquo;s not impossible to translate this dream <br /> You&rsquo;ve kept it afloat <br /> Tell me about some love affair <br /> It&rsquo;s maybe the case that it won&rsquo;t bother me now</p>
<p>We once had our best interests <br /> Stripped and tied to some American sound</p>
<p>Just press record <br /> We&rsquo;ll cover mistakes with harmonies <br /> It&rsquo;s not impossible to sing what you mean <br /> But it might be the last thing that we need</p>
<p>I caught some heat in the reviews <br /> When I betrayed American sounds <br /> I&rsquo;m calling from the club&rsquo;s phone <br /> In a bad part of some American town <br /> I met the man who played you every song <br /> That some American found <br /> We once had our best interests <br /> Stripped and tied to some American sound</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ll need about 3 minutes to explain just how I feel for you now</p>",5,9,
57,meet-me-car,1,2013-02-13 21:55:29,Meet Me In The Car,,,"<p>Here we go <br /> Sno-Cone baby, I love you in the morning <br /> Sweetest lows <br /> KO, Uncle, I&rsquo;ll meet you in the driveway</p>
<p>Watch this space <br /> unseen terrors crashing into our lives <br /> Boxes check <br /> But no more spark than any average romance</p>
<p>Go ahead and hook me to the polygraph <br /> We got a lot of people hoping for the best</p>
<p>I remember this! <br /> Don&rsquo;t mention the odds <br /> Meet me in the car</p>
<p>I am the setting sun <br /> You are the rising moon</p>",4,9,
58,honey-dont-it-all-seem-so-phony,1,2013-05-07 22:44:20,"Honey, Don't It All Seem So Phony",,,"<p>My twin teleprompters humming in the night <br /> Trying to send a signal I should lose this fight <br /> But I never took a fall and you&rsquo;re probably right <br /> This bout will yield nothing but losers</p>
<p>I saw you breaking down in a magazine <br /> And I never told a soul what it meant to me <br /> Now I&rsquo;m on a mission fueled by LSD <br /> Trying to break these patterns</p>
<p>But I assure you <br /> With a capital A <br /> We&rsquo;re just players in a fake play <br /> Honey, don&rsquo;t it all seem so phony?</p>
<p>Ladies &amp; gentlemen, may I introduce <br /> Some dark side of me that&rsquo;s gotten loose <br /> He&rsquo;s making the rounds, yeah it&rsquo;s probably true <br /> They say he looks exactly like me</p>
<p>While you&rsquo;re back home making real life moves <br /> I&rsquo;m in a motel outside a Baton Rouge <br /> Reading these pages to some local girl <br /> &ldquo;Honey, won&rsquo;t you read my manifesto?&rdquo;</p>
<p>But I assure you <br /> With a capital A <br /> We&rsquo;re just players in a fake play <br /> Honey, don&rsquo;t it all seem so phony?</p>
<p>I been running a marathon <br /> It&rsquo;s me vs. the hangers-on <br /> We keep singing the same song <br /> In the wrong key <br /> I&rsquo;m not here to deliberate <br /> I&rsquo;m not here to associate <br /> I&rsquo;m only trying to escape my fate <br /> Though it&rsquo;s not polite <br /> It could happen tonight</p>
<p>But I assure you <br /> With a capital A <br /> We&rsquo;re just players in a fake play <br /> Honey, don&rsquo;t it all seem so phony?</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m gonna build a world that won&rsquo;t fall apart <br /> Does anybody wanna come with me?</p>",1,9,
59,confessions-ex-ghost,1,2013-05-07 22:45:11,Confessions Of An Ex-Ghost,,,"<p>Well I used to be a ghost <br /> But I&rsquo;m no longer a ghost <br /> There&rsquo;s a way I was told <br /> Now I know it was true <br /> Now I want what I had <br /> So I&rsquo;ll take it from you <br /> On my game and off the clock <br /> What kind of mess turns you on? <br /> Well, I used to be a ghost</p>
<p>You know I can&rsquo;t recall my name (trap door looming in the morning sky) <br /> I guess I threw it all away (split like heaven in the royal night) <br /> I got lost (hit the lights) in the woods (far away) <br /> Sat in capital thrones <br /> I got shot (here&rsquo;s a torch) by the dunes (c&rsquo;mon man) <br /> Walked the streets like a drone <br /> In my prime but nodding off <br /> What kind of wreck do you recall? <br /> You know I can&rsquo;t recall my name</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m coming back not without injuries <br /> I&rsquo;ll make my repairs up on your roof <br /> You lost hope when you read my obituary <br /> I&rsquo;m here to tell you the papers were faked <br /> They threw some mannequin in a lake <br /> If you moved on well you made a mistake</p>
<p>I used to be a ghost <br /> But I&rsquo;m no longer a ghost</p>",3,9,
60,every-has-potency,1,2013-05-07 22:45:51.171000,Every # Has A Potency,,,,13,9,
61,wave-backwards-massachusetts-big-digits-remix,1,2013-05-07 22:46:14.033000,Wave Backwards To Massachusetts (Big Digits Remix),,,,16,9,
62,elementary-zombie,1,2013-05-07 22:46:58.175000,Elementary Zombie,,,,20,9,
63,portrait-artist-young-trashcan,1,2013-05-07 22:47:28,Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trashcan,,,"<p>In the haunted mansion <br /> Where Jefferson Airplane <br /> Use to write their hit songs <br /> I fell in love</p>
<p>The future holds me hostage <br /> The past is slightly less violent <br /> I have issues with the present <br /> Still, I come at it with love</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s neverending <br /> This rule bending <br /> Beat Up, Blissed Out <br /> Bruises On The Brain <br /> They&rsquo;re sending in a team <br /> To try and write a new refrain</p>
<p>In a clapboard palace <br /> Famished for something <br /> But aiming to mingle <br /> I build a makeshift throne</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s like I told you <br /> I&rsquo;m coming for you <br /> With spat out verses <br /> Another bloody nose <br /> The car might not make it <br /> But I can still get us home</p>
<p>Portrait of the artist <br /> As a young trash can <br /> With a na&iuml;ve game plan <br /> Comes to me now</p>",21,9,
64,we-are-what-we-say-we-are,1,2014-05-03 08:21:25,We Are What We Say We Are,,,"<p>nevermind religion we've got other fields to plow<br />the jury's in the bleachers, and the magician's back in town<br />watch out kindly citizens they say the moon will fall<br />it'll smash this town to smithereens and then who you gonna call?</p>
<p>Here comes that old occult feeling<br />we're raising the dead, we're raising the dead</p>
<p>call to order secret cults, their intent still unknown<br />to those who reside within its ranks and to those who walk alone<br />I know that you know I know what other only feel<br />let's lock in some locket and bury it at sea</p>
<p>Here comes that old occult feeling<br />we're raising the dead, we're raising the dead</p>
<p>may I interrupt this dance?<br />are you shattered for the storm?<br />Have you braced for boys gone wild<br />can you convince me we're alive?<br />well, that's a lot of pressure to pin down on the world<br />Here's an introductory class on thinning the herd</p>
<p>We are what we say we are<br />we are what we say we are</p>",1,10,"<iframe style=""border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;"" src=""https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2575058676/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/artwork=none/track=1609842071/transparent=true/"" seamless><a href=""http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever-done-something-evil"">Have You Ever Done Something Evil? by Hallelujah The Hills</a></iframe>"
65,try-instead,1,2014-05-03 08:22:04,Try This Instead,,,"<p>Just read my rights<br />in the cadence we agreed on<br />crush every pill<br />wrap me in love<br />dig all the holes<br />try not to deceive your mind</p>
<p>it's hard to start again<br />in the shadow of malediction<br />rename the moons<br />tune up the bike<br />bust through the door<br />don't forget what's at stake</p>
<p>try this instead<br />i'll be here forever in weekly increments</p>
<p>what's behind the words<br />you've selected for me this evening<br />sing no regret<br />light up the board<br />open your heart<br />don&rsquo;t forget not to die</p>
<p>Let's punch up the storylines<br />we'll show up covered in brine<br />yes, we come from the ocean you see that, we said so<br />we're all dressed up for someone to come home</p>
<p>try this instead<br />i'll be here forever in weekly increments</p>",2,10,
66,destroy-this-poem,1,2014-05-03 08:22:29,Destroy This Poem,,,"<p>Hey alright, we're cherry picking days till we die<br />we're building shapes unknown to the eye<br />we're breathing life into the meteor skies<br />and I can't even sing</p>
<p>hey alright, can you believe we escaped alive?<br />Here honey, get into this disguise<br />they're gonna try and tell us doors have closed<br />but I say fuck that noise</p>
<p>i'm doing ok I guess<br />I'll walk with a limp but I'll try to hide it<br />i'll show up to your party with bandages on<br />covering every part of my head but my eyes<br />you'll see me<br />don't worry<br />you'll see me<br />don't worry</p>
<p>Hey alright, I figured out how to sleep through the night<br />I told you no more revenge but I might<br />We&rsquo;ll reinstate some classic spells from the zone<br />Now let&rsquo;s destroy this poem</p>
<p>Cuz there's a lotta people saying<br />that I got no skin in the game<br />but they're wrong</p>",3,10,
67,do-you-have-romantic-courage,1,2014-05-03 08:22:50,Do You Have Romantic Courage?,,,"<p>Knock me in the head, make it good, lay me out, save my life<br />Trust me, it&rsquo;s for real, shoot a flare, leave a message in the night<br />This life ain&rsquo;t nothing but liquor in a room with firearms<br />Honey, it&rsquo;s shame, clear your head, I turned off all the alarms</p>
<p>Do you have romantic courage?<br />Do you have romantic courage?</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m responsible for edits that removed this line right here<br />It used to be a truth but it&rsquo;s something no one wants to hear</p>
<p>If I had romantic courage<br />If I had a powerful way<br />(then you could)<br />Haunt Your Own House<br />&amp; Make Your Own Movie<br />If you had romantic courage<br />If you had a powerful way</p>
<p>Do you have romantic courage?<br />Do you have a powerful way?<br />Do you have romantic courage?</p>",4,10,
68,i-stand-corrected,1,2014-05-03 08:23:28,I Stand Corrected,,,"<p>You&rsquo;ve been selected to participate<br />In a survey about this call<br />You can press 3 to get on with it<br />Or smash the phone into the wall<br />Cuz when times get rough<br />We can always choose the good ol&rsquo; fight or flight<br />&amp; this informal polling call is just another way to pass the night<br />We used to live like a Two-Part Tribe<br />Now we&rsquo;re struggling to pass by<br />We used to shout names at the dawn<br />If you recall this please press one<br />If you recall this please press one</p>
<p>&amp; if you&rsquo;re all alone when the shit goes down<br />You can always press the star key to see if I&rsquo;m around<br />But I probably won&rsquo;t be around<br />Because the world tends to swallow us whole<br />&amp; I&rsquo;d rather risk oblivion<br />Then wait around to play some phony role<br />I&rsquo;m losing track of who hates who<br />I&rsquo;m an exception to the rule<br />I think somebody&rsquo;s coming around who&rsquo;s gonna tell us the truth</p>
<p>Is everybody wasting your time?<br />I stand corrected</p>",5,10,
69,home-movies,1,2014-05-03 08:24:12,Home Movies,,,"<p>If you feel like your mother please drop to your knees<br />we've been waiting for something to stun us for weeks<br />don't fuck with love<br />and then here's part II<br />don't fall apart</p>
<p>i've been watching home movies trying to stamp out the doubt<br />I play loops of you sleeping til I figure it out<br />it's a strict concentration that's required of me<br />to pinpoint the moment when the dream starts to dream</p>
<p>we came to paint the myths of lead guitarists<br />but the memory attacks us from all sides<br />watch as the nurse doles out the antibiotics<br />and the sun drips down mountain sides</p>
<p>Have you ever done something evil?</p>",6,10,
70,a-domestic-zone,1,2014-05-03 08:24:29,A Domestic Zone,,,"<p>Meet my wife<br />we&rsquo;re as thick as thieves<br />we&rsquo;ve been up for days<br />now we&rsquo;re on our knees</p>
<p>Watch your back<br />we&rsquo;re not alone<br />we&rsquo;re coming to<br />in a domestic zone<br />in a domestic zone</p>
<p>Let&rsquo;s slow down<br />this violent pace<br />put the tv on<br />watch a famous face</p>
<p>Watch your back<br />we&rsquo;re not alone<br />we&rsquo;re coming to<br />in a domestic zone<br />in a domestic zone</p>
<p>Tap the phone<br />break the locks<br />curse this house<br />stop the clocks</p>
<p>Watch your back<br />we&rsquo;re not alone<br />we&rsquo;re coming to<br />in a domestic zone<br />in a domestic zone</p>",7,10,
71,pick-up-an-old-phone,1,2014-05-03 08:24:58,Pick Up An Old Phone,,,"<p>First impressions first<br />I command it<br />The feel of a star map<br />Flat in your hand<br />Cuz nobody knows what<br />you are feeling<br />cuz nobody&rsquo;s psychic<br />unless that&rsquo;s a lie</p>
<p>My most insistent dream<br />Who can name it?<br />easy to be wanted<br />But hard to feel loved<br />Here comes some jokers<br />looking for answers<br />on questions of freedom<br />I&rsquo;ll just decline</p>
<p>The rest is up to us<br />Laying flatly<br />On some gentle incline<br />Near some parade<br />It&rsquo;s a national anthem<br />But I can&rsquo;t place the country<br />on questions of freedom<br />I&rsquo;ll just decline</p>
<p>Pick up an old phone and hear the future coming back for you<br />We&rsquo;ll turn to golden tape recorded versions of the truth</p>
<p>Everything is on it&rsquo;s way</p>
<p>Last impressions last<br />You command it<br />The feel of a blueprint<br />Scrolled in your hand<br />We can&rsquo;t remember<br />The way that we got here<br />Something was uttered<br />And counties were crossed<br />Pick up an old phone and hear the future coming back for you<br />We&rsquo;ll turn to golden tape recorded versions of the truth</p>",8,10,
72,the-posssible-nows,1,2014-05-03 08:25:16,The Posssible Nows,,,"<p>I could pass a polygraph<br />oh oh oh - -<br />there's something we forget when we're born<br />there's something we forget when we're born</p>
<p>Guess which state i'm calling from<br />it's never what you guess to me<br />there's free love in the corridor<br />and no, it's not for charity<br />i'm putting up with false alarms<br />because I'm an enthusiast<br />someone let me my family know when i'm finally through with this</p>
<p>when you think it's gonna stop it just starts again<br />we're cycling through the possible nows</p>
<p>I could build a monument<br />oh oh oh<br />but there's something we forget when we're born</p>
<p>my lawyer calls, the house explodes<br />some rivers flow eternally<br />there's dancing girls out in the wings<br />placed there as a courtesy<br />take exit 10 off of highway 1 &amp; tell me where you land<br />i'd mention more specifics but i'm not your biggest fan</p>
<p>you're gorgeous, like a painting, like some outsider art<br />your eyes askew, your yellow teeth, your arms too far apart<br />but you take me as I am so I'll never stop appearing<br />in visions three, in dreams alike, come here my heir apparent</p>
<p>you can stare down the lanes into makeshift frames<br />I can feel the night just waking up</p>
<p>We could try some ritual<br />oh oh oh<br />but there's something we forget when we're born<br />there's something we forget when we're born</p>",9,10,
73,mcmliv-continuity-error,1,2014-05-03 08:26:14,MCMLIV (Continuity Error),,,"<p>Someone clapped the slate and we all came to sudden life<br />It's not like anything has really changed<br />you're a puzzle all in pieces<br />but there's much more to my thesis<br />it's my &nbsp;turn to invent the story as we proceed</p>
<p>would you believe we've got a problem with continuity?<br />lawyer #2 wears a modern watch<br />all the extras start complaining<br />and the lion tamer's waiting<br />to place the beast high atop the cathedral stairs</p>
<p>i'm the director of this film<br />but that's useless when it comes to you</p>
<p>6 8 24 we're losing light<br />someone load the film in the canister<br />break our hearts bring us back to the valley &amp; plains</p>",10,10,
74,phenomenonology,1,2014-05-03 08:26:29,Phenomenonology,,,"<p>I promise to keep this embarassing<br />I think I'm doing a pretty good job<br />without filters I proceed through the mob<br />telling everyone my every single thought<br />no reservation, hesitation in sight<br />it's a decent way to drift through the night</p>
<p>take this take land<br />the words I use in demand<br />break through the gate and show them why they are wrong<br />look at these strange days &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; the brand new sins are fixing to stay<br />take this take land<br />let's pray it's not too bland</p>
<p>Divine times on the dotted lines<br />Phenomenonolgy!</p>
<p>I came to on the floor<br />There&rsquo;s others there with you too<br />Put yourself in a trance<br />Your automatic writing&rsquo;s the best<br />Dim the lights, enter ghost<br />Somebody give it guitars<br />And do not what you're told<br />just tell us what you're going to do!</p>
<p>Divine times on the dotted lines<br />Phenomenonolgy!</p>",11,10,
75,you-got-fooled,1,2014-05-03 08:26:48.332000,You Got Fooled,,,,12,10,
76,compulsory-champagne,1,2015-04-06 21:20:14,Compulsory Champagne,,,,1,11,
77,devil-level-zero,1,2015-04-06 21:20:50.023000,Devil Level Zero,,,,2,11,
78,boquet-of-omens,1,2015-04-06 21:21:56,Boquet of Omens,,,,3,11,
79,kicked-in-the-feels,1,2015-04-06 21:22:30.247000,Kicked in the Feels,,,,4,11,
80,what-do-the-people-want,1,2016-02-25 06:02:41,What Do The People Want,,,"<p>Say goodbye to home<br>
we're out here all alone<br>
we're starting over<br>
it's year zero<br>
where the night go on and on</p>

<p>I dreamt of a new kind of town<br>
our mayor in her wedding gown<br>
we call out the M's in the dictionary<br>
but they're not gonna save us now</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want</p>

<p>Activate this space<br>
with the remaining human race<br>
we stake our claim in a cemetery that's surrounded by your face</p>

<p>Agree to disagree<br>
on the Q's you hurl at me<br>
as top men search for sanctuary<br>
we're bitching about peace</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
They're waving backwards to Massachusetts<br>
trying to win the &ldquo;World's Best Haunt&rdquo; ©</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
They're telling jokes in the ossuary<br>
but the laughs are weak and gaunt</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want</p>",1,12,
81,we-have-the-perimeter-surrounded,1,2016-02-25 06:03:27,We Have The Perimeter Surrounded,,,"<p>real good<br>
major<br>
plotlines<br>
coasting<br>
building<br>
danger<br>
rescue<br>
homelife<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>

<p>woody<br>
guthrie<br>
once had<br>
a weird dream<br>
he fronted<br>
a punk band<br>
called Exed Out<br>
they were amazing<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>

<p>Twister!<br>
Ouija!<br>
Fault lines<br>
freebies!<br>
Stag films<br>
my maps<br>
bookmarks<br>
&amp; adoration<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>

<p>you see, we were part of the light brigade<br>
dumping wattage on hate parades<br>
getting dusked in the deep<br>
the crew was me and marty and carol two<br>
we didn't do what they told us to<br>
which was part of the deal<br>
but now, when I think back on those days<br>
I can't believe we behaved that way<br>
you know we could've been killed<br>
love, l-o-v-e-y-o-u<br>
could maybe do what it used to do<br>
you wanna give it a chance?</p>

<p>real good<br>
major<br>
plotlines<br>
coasting<br>
building<br>
danger<br>
rescue<br>
homelife<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>",2,12,
82,mountain-wanted-more,1,2016-02-25 06:04:05,The Mountain That Wanted More,,,"<p>i'm halting the mass production<br>
of lonely feelings on my factory floor<br>
i've divvied the sweetest memories<br>
into separate piles by atlantic shores<br>
I drank my way to the top<br>
and then I smoked myself through the door<br>
trying to reach you again<br>
i'm the mountain that wanted more</p>

<p>too wasted to hear the sirens<br>
the far out whinings of some fucked up kid<br>
i'm a beacon for true conspiracy<br>
up front heresy, i'm ok<br>
but I could only be me<br>
but my ways left less to adore<br>
I did the best that I could<br>
i'm the mountain that wanted more</p>

<p>at first I thought I was ocean<br>
at first I thought I was trees<br>
at first I thought I was engine<br>
but something happened to me<br>
I didn't end up a mansion<br>
i'm not some oak heavy door<br>
I couldn't live with a human<br>
i'm the mountain that wanted more</p>",3,12,
83,the-girl-with-electronics-inside,1,2016-02-25 06:04:30,The Girl With Electronics Inside,,,"<p>She never blinks when we're alone<br>
she speaks her private thoughts directly into microphones<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
and I can't seem to look away<br>
but I'd be more adept at passing through a gamma ray<br>
it's something I just wasn't trained foreshadowing<br>
her feelings may be binary<br>
but she's spontaneous<br>
in fact, much more than you or me<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
I feel a spark when we touch<br>
but when we're in the rain<br>
it all becomes a little much</p>

<p>there's an on again off again thing going on, but it's fine<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
the girl with electronics inside</p>",4,12,
84,spin-them-atoms,1,2016-02-25 06:04:53,Spin Them Atoms,,,"<p>I was once blessed with a good idea<br>
and I wrapped it up with caution tape<br>
gave it to my mother on a snowy night<br>
cuz I knew she'd know a way to escape<br>
hot petition in the AM<br>
drunken devils in the PM<br>
an epic funeral in the foyer<br>
a pressing patron in the attic</p>

<p>Singer: &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Band &ldquo;and if we don't have 'em?&rdquo;<br>
Singer: &ldquo;well i got some right here&rdquo;</p>

<p>the inheritance is yours but you'll need to spend the night<br>
in your uncle's haunted mansion<br>
not a bad deal for some dumb ass kid<br>
with his finger on the trigger of a ray gun<br>
doubled down and drowning<br>
fog-machine-cloak-room<br>
my employer on acid<br>
got some &ldquo;Slavic vandalism&rdquo;</p>

<p>Singer: &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Band &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Singer: &ldquo;straight into my heart&rdquo;</p>

<p>I swear to god i was there<br>
i was in the room<br>
the footage proves that it's true<br>
the time marked down in God's edit log<br>
of the moment he turned me into you</p>

<p>Singer: &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Band &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Singer: &ldquo;straight into my heart&rdquo;</p>",5,12,
85,im-in-the-phone-book,1,2016-02-25 06:05:36,"I'm In The Phone Book, I'm On The Planet, I'm Dying Slowly",,,"<p>Don't believe them when they say it's true<br>
it's not remotely a matter of fact<br>
thrashing sweetly down the interstate<br>
there's no way we'll ever be back<br>
pacing potions by the DMV<br>
I looked up and saw you smile</p>

<p>There were times when i called your name<br>
and it echoed like a flip in a mirror<br>
taking mushrooms on Easter Eve<br>
you boiled ginger wearing black Ray-Bans<br>
we made a list of all our enemies<br>
deciding three things were always true:</p>

<p>1) I'm in the phone book<br>
2) I'm on the planet<br>
3) I'm dying slowly</p>

<p>Angel's starlit on the basement stairs<br>
glowing rays beaming out of her eyes<br>
watch her doubled over twice a day<br>
grasping straws til the moment she tries<br>
to spit some verses at the devil dear<br>
ya gotta let him know who's in charge</p>

<p>I'm in the phone book<br>
I'm on the planet<br>
I'm dying slowly</p>

<p>Watch me die!</p>

<p>What's the point of all this noise?<br>
Who can say where it moves you and I?<br>
Cross the country in separate rigs<br>
shouting songs to the kids in the aisle<br>
a ritual in a Motel 6<br>
to make us one, at least for a night</p>

<p>I'm in the phone book<br>
I'm on the planet<br>
I'm dying slowly</p>

<p>Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless light!</p>

<p>I'm in the phone book<br>
I'm on the planet<br>
I'm dying slowly</p>",6,12,
86,play-it-as-it-loops,1,2016-02-25 06:05:55,Play It As It Loops,,,"<p>I should have scattered my private life<br>
like a magazine in the trees</p>

<p>got tangled in telemarketing<br>
dialed homesteads, look at these</p>

<p>it's a wow, i'm on fire, it's amazing so bring it to me</p>

<p>I couldn't suspend my disbelief<br>
or invest in foreshadowing</p>

<p>unreliable narrators in my bed<br>
how will they describe how I sleep?</p>

<p>&ldquo;through the night / he lays bare<br>
in the morning he's not even here&rdquo;</p>

<p>it is what it is but it's not what we thought<br>
I passed through the mirror to see<br>
I passed through the mirror to see<br>
I converted atoms to bees<br>
I pulled on the forces in threes<br>
But I left out that part of the dream</p>

<p>it's a wow, i'm on fire, it's amazing so bring it to me</p>",7,12,
87,hassle-magnet,1,2016-02-25 06:06:26,Hassle Magnet,,,"<p>I made a banquet<br>
of holy ghosties<br>
it was a longshot<br>
I wound it tightly<br>
they call me warlord<br>
on the fucking TV<br>
just like a hassle magnet</p>

<p>I live in bee hive<br>
I tunnel sand box<br>
I breathe the bombers<br>
there's no exception<br>
if you could see me<br>
you'd come to understanding<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet</p>

<p>i walk the tight rope<br>
i hold the lantern<br>
i cracked the code word<br>
i drop pianos<br>
attracting bad news<br>
into existence<br>
like a hassle magnet<br>
can you feel it?<br>
do you hate it?<br>
have you dropped out? do you love me?<br>
cuz i'm a feeling<br>
you find in early AM<br>
cuz i'm a warlock<br>
in janitor's clothing<br>
and you're the trouble<br>
i been trying to pull towards me<br>
just like a hassle magnet</p>",8,12,
88,new-phone-who-dis,1,2016-02-25 06:06:50,New Phone Who Dis,,,"<p>What is this, a funeral?<br>
I drove out to Ed's in the rain with my crew<br>
and the backlash<br>
of the back peddle<br>
got me stabbed right in the back<br>
it was all I could do to keep cool</p>

<p>you were my qualifying event<br>
you pushed the pins into the wall sized map</p>

<p>psychic<br>
rabbit<br>
psychic<br>
rabbit<br>
was my code word for you in the files<br>
now you know<br>
there's a code word for you in the files</p>

<p>it's certainly been awhile<br>
the parts of me you reviled<br>
have all been removed<br>
but I didn't do it for you</p>

<p>new phone who dis?</p>",9,12,
89,the-dangers-are-doubled,1,2016-02-25 06:07:13,The Dangers Are Doubled,,,"<p>With an hour like a flower inside a periscope<br>
i roll the dice on certainty<br>
there's angels in the source code if you know where to look for them<br>
but I ain't gonna hang around</p>

<p>the dangers are double, they told me<br>
but I couldn't hear a single world<br>
the dangers are double, they told me</p>

<p>a kaleidoscope of open fields taped to a phone book<br>
you can't invest in vanity<br>
there's angels in the driveway collecting their bottle caps<br>
I slept too late to set em free</p>

<p>and the dangers were double, like they told you<br>
and the dangers were double in the deep<br>
and the dangers were doubled in the roof top open bar<br>
I was up late with girls<br>
I was up late with girls</p>

<p>and the legacy was better<br>
and heritage was the best<br>
from the truth surrounded me like the rings inside a tree<br>
at least the early visions were kind<br>
at least the early visions were kind</p>

<p>I'm under the lights<br>
I'm over the sea<br>
I'm into the death-defying, killing kindness, best version of me<br>
and the dangers were double, like they told you<br>
and the dangers were double in the deep</p>",10,12,
90,realistic-birthday-music,1,2016-02-25 06:07:37,Realistic Birthday Music,,,"<p>I floated to the rafters<br>
my partial list of disappearing bastards<br>
falling from my person, just like confetti</p>

<p>I tried to throw your party<br>
like a prehistoric king would treat a body<br>
it's not what you think</p>

<p>And i'm coming at you with realistic birthday music<br>
i'm coming at you with my hands above my head</p>

<p>now you're inside forever after<br>
a glass beehive you look through on a ladder<br>
a dialogue bubble hangs above your head</p>

<p>i've seen this in a movie<br>
but never without a soundtrack of folk music<br>
to coax and guide me toward your bed</p>

<p>And i'm coming at you with realistic birthday music<br>
i'm coming at you with my hands above my head<br>
And i'm coming at you with realistic birthday music<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
so break a leg<br>
don't stare<br>
be brave<br>
grow old<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before</p>",11,12,
91,are-we-failing,1,2016-07-04 16:39:28.614000,Are We Failing?,,,,1,13,
92,the-alphabet,1,2016-07-04 16:40:24.312000,The Alphabet,,,,2,13,
93,follow-these-prompts,1,2016-07-04 16:40:10.311000,Follow These Prompts,,,,3,13,
94,i-dont-go-there-anymore,1,2016-07-04 16:41:03.784000,I Don't Go There Anymore,,,,4,13,
95,deluxer-mandatory,1,2016-07-04 16:41:35.263000,Deluxer Mandatory,,,,5,13,
96,speed-dating-iowa-city,1,2016-07-04 16:41:55.313000,"Speed Dating, Iowa City, October Fourth, 2008",,,,6,13,
97,somethings-coming,1,2016-07-04 16:42:10.667000,Something's Coming,,,,7,13,
98,folk-music-is-insane,1,2019-09-24 00:13:55,Folk Music Is Insane,,,"<p>it started with contraband<br/>
wandering<br/>
the poet blinked twice<br/>
she can see<br/>
the deepest impossible sea<br/>
and we&rsquo;re walking together<br/>
singing the songs of<br/>
some SOB stuck in a dream<br/>
with a dancer<br/>
and a praying monster<br/>
don&rsquo;t you know<br/>
there&rsquo;s a killer on the road?</p>

<p>Slam cut to present day<br/>
America<br/>
there&rsquo;s weirdness in the woods<br/>
i&rsquo;m alone<br/>
and I can&rsquo;t stop looking at my phone<br/>
now we&rsquo;re cheering on assassins<br/>
adjusting our glasses<br/>
pretending that a verse would set us free<br/>
or a bad joke<br/>
or a single helix<br/>
it&rsquo;s all the same to a ghost with a guitar</p>

<p>folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane</p>

<p>we&rsquo;re back in a different time<br/>
who knows where<br/>
i&rsquo;ve been here before<br/>
hear those chimes<br/>
of the brand names washed out with the tide<br/>
and you&rsquo;re better than ever<br/>
your mood like the weather<br/>
is overcast with a chance of regret<br/>
prepared piano<br/>
and tape loops<br/>
and the rarest of b-sides have absolutely ruined my life</p>

<p>folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane</p>

<p>it&rsquo;s something to behold<br/>
but it&rsquo;s out of reach<br/>
and you can&rsquo;t explain<br/>
you&rsquo;ll never get close<br/>
folk music is insane</p>

<p>I know it&rsquo;s not nostalgia<br/>
won&rsquo;t you meet me in the parlor<br/>
we can&rsquo;t escape forever<br/>
and there&rsquo;s something in the water<br/>
folk music is insane</p>",2,15,
99,my-name-sounds-sinister,1,2019-10-03 11:46:14,My Name Sounds Sinister,,,"<p>
    Hello I am the person singing this song<br>
    And if you think that might be you well you might not be wrong<br>
    Trying out new points of view<br>
    Just like we used to do<br>
    Hello I am the person singing the song
</p>

<p>
    Good luck if there is such a thing as good luck<br>
    And if doesn’t hurt to say it, then say it until you’re struck<br>
    By all the fortunes gold and soul<br>
    And pass it forward as you grow old<br>
    Good luck if there is such a thing as good luck
</p>

<p>
    Don’t quit, it only makes your enemies glad<br>
    They’d celebrate your decision, then feast on what you had<br>
    The rolling hills of lifer-arcs reflect the light from distant stars<br>
    Don’t quit, it only makes your enemies glad
</p>

<p>
    Hello I am the person singing this song<br>
    And if you need some more specifics<br>
    You might be taking this wrong<br>
    The push and pull of love and hate<br>
    Has stripped away my name today<br>
    Hello I am the person singing this song
</p>

<p>
    Every time you say my name<br>
    Every time you say my name<br>
    Every time you say my name<br>
    It sounds sinister
</p>",1,15,
100,running-hot-with-fate,1,2019-10-03 11:56:18,Running Hot with Fate,,,"<p>
Trisha went to Washington and lit up like a Christmas Tree<br />
Adrian got busted but he‘s always been a friend to me<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
Sarah saw a shooting star but kindly gave her wish away<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
Alice wasn‘t kidding when she said she saw a UFO<br />
Elliot was ripping up his letters out in the snow<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
Nathan‘s finally floating and it happened in the USA<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
Dori’s finally being who she always knew he was inside<br />
It’s hard here without Jay but his memory stays by her side<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
if you think you’re at you’re limit just remember what some folks survive<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
Jamie’s back in rehab & this time he says it ain’t no joke<br />
Zadie said she’d leave him if he ever goes back to dope<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
Met a fortune teller who told me it would turn out this way<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
I’m running hot with it<br />
And you’re avoiding it<br />
We’re both arguing which one attracted it<br />
</p>

<p>
Can u carve a new world<br />
From some old clay?<br />
I keep waking up surprised I get another day<br />
</p>

<p>
Is this free will<br />
Or is it destiny?<br />
It doesn’t matter who the fuck’s in charge of me<br />
</p>

<p>
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
[hot fate! Hot fate!]<br />
</p>

<p>
(I don’t believe in it / but I’m running hot with it)<br />
</p>

<p>
hot fate<br />
</p>",3,15,
101,born-to-blow-it,1,2019-10-03 11:56:27,Born to Blow It,,,"<p>
    You’d think I’d be a doctor by now<br>
    With all this self medicating<br>
    You’d think I was an x-ray machine<br>
    With everything that I been radiating
</p>

<p>
    But I wasn’t born to blow it<br>
    But I wasn’t born to blow it
</p>

<p>
    You’d think I was a master magician<br>
    The way that I keep disappearing<br>
    You’d think I was a bellboy<br>
    For all this baggage that I’m bringing
</p>

<p>
    But I wasn’t born to blow it<br>
    I’m my own great destroyer
</p>

<p>
    You’d think I was a prisoner<br>
    With all these bars that I walked into<br>
    You’d think I was the king james bible<br>
    With all this bullshit I been slinging
</p>

<p>
    I wasn’t born to blow it<br>
    Don’t have a steady employer<br>
    I’m not a doctor or lawyer<br>
    I’m my own great destroyer
</p>

<p>
    Honey, You’d think I was an astronaut<br>
    How I been acting so spacey<br>
    You’d think that I was a diplomat<br>
    With all the conflict I aint been facing<br>
    But I can picture a time and place<br>
    Where I can defeat this defeating side of me<br>
    And bury him out in the plains where the wind blows so wicked and wild
</p>

<p>
    Can’t seem to get it together<br>
    Feel like I’m becomin’ untethered<br>
    And I’m not trying to annoy ya<br>
    but here’s comes the spoiler<br>
    I’m just my own great destroyer
</p>",4,15,
102,transparent-chart-of-the-heavens,1,2019-10-03 11:56:38,Transparent Chart of the Heavens,,,"<p>
  Transparent chart of the heavens<br />
  I see your beauty so bare<br />
  Transparent chart of the heavens<br />
  How you do you get those sunspots, black hole, comets<br />
  Out of your hair?
</p>
<p>
  Indexed map of new England<br />
  I trace your borders with care<br />
  Indexed map of new England<br />
  How do you push those lighthouse beacon ray beams<br />
  Out through the air?
</p>
<p>
  Anthology of American folk songs<br />
  I’m overwhelmed by your weight<br />
  Anthology of American folk songs<br />
  How do you keep those banjo murder love tales<br />
  From becoming your fate?
</p>
<p>
  Nostalgic dream of an old love<br />
  Bringing comfort then waves of regret<br />
  Nostalgic dream of an old love<br />
  How do you come to access feelings once felt<br />
  Without getting caught in its net?
</p>
<p>
  Venn diagram of two people<br />
  The overlap expanding now<br />
  Venn diagram of two people<br />
  Can you be sure that I’m me, you’re you<br />
  And not the other way around?
</p>
<p>
  Once you’re born that’s where it starts<br />
  Once you’re born that’s where it starts
</p>
<p>
  Cuz even inside forever, can’t you feel time running out?<br />
  You know we’ve been here forever, so let’s go home
</p>
<p>Cuz there’s a weird reassessment coming down on top of us</p>",5,15,
103,people-keep-dying,1,2019-10-03 11:56:48,People Keep Dying (And No One Can Stop It),,,"<p>
  By the light of a pinball machine<br />
  In the suburban houses that I dream<br />
  In hospitals and hospices<br />
  In the darkest god damn hearts you’ve ever met
</p>
<p>
  I am exported<br />
  To another dimension
</p>
<p>
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  Their souls break free of their bodies<br />
  We etch their full name on a stone
</p>
<p>
  Ahhhhh<br />
  Ohhhhhh
</p>
<p>
  They shoulda sent a poet if they don’t wanna blow it<br />
  Well honey this time they did
</p>
<p>
  Ahhhhh<br />
  Ohhhhhh
</p>
<p>
  In my car on route 128<br />
  In the offices were I negotiate my fate<br />
  In the pages of these books I’ll never read<br />
  In the corners of a song nobody needs
</p>
<p>
  I am exported<br />
  To another dimension<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it
</p>
<p>
  Are you there god? it’s me.<br />
  Are you there god? it’s me, you.
</p>",6,15,
104,it-still-floors-me,1,2019-10-03 11:56:57,It Still Floors Me,,,"<p>I just now started to take my own advice<br />
I know you sent the message over twice<br />
this is the way the old gods entice</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>Sometimes I did drugs I found on the floor<br />
kept the search on point evermore<br />
pounding out words on a door</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>when you solve the mystery you become one yourself<br />
as you sink into everyone else<br />
you ask, “is this how it feels to be you?”</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>confused by classics / mistaken for miracles<br />
I was trying to read myself my rights<br />
I was trying to embrace endless nights</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me<br />
it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>time travel is real<br />
but there’s a price you pay<br />
I came back to check out<br />
the places you stayed</p>
<p>there’s something in the water that’s driving us out of minds<br />
this only counts if I stay alive<br />
I know that Karen’s on our side</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>you’re only harmless when you’re asleep<br />
and darling you’re never asleep<br />
and darling you’re never asleep<br />
and darling you’re never asleep</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
break light / all night / try to go out of your mind<br />
it still floors me<br />
somebody nobody knew: that’s me<br />
it still floors me</p>",7,15,
105,im-you,1,2019-10-03 11:57:11,I’m You,,,"<p>
  I’m gonna spend the rest of my life telling this story ain’t I?<br />
  Where’s my stability asked the man actively driving himself into a ditch<br />
  Am I crazy or is the world really organized this way?<br />
  Sometimes it’s hard to know precisely who you really are
</p>
<p>
  Play your own music for the end of episode montage you run out in your head<br />
  Show what you’re doing / show what she’s doing / show what we’re doing<br />
  They are both deep in thought wondering “what if”<br />
  So roll the end credits, don’t forget to thank the dolly grip
</p>
<p>
  Change your name / Cut off your hair / but stick to the plan<br />
  I know there’s no guarantees, even Bob Dylan lost his dream girl<br />
  This is our story / this is how we go here<br />
  You can put your hands on the brick and inhale slowly and ask yourself<br />
  Who am I?<br />
  Who am I?<br />
  Who am I?
</p>
<p>
  Nostalgia flooded the room like milk poured over religious figurines<br />
  I didn’t share this simile with my therapist worried she’d get worried and
  write something down<br />
  But then again who’s to say anyone can say something + alter the timeline<br />
  I’m just sick of pretending<br />
  That I don’t believe what I believe
</p>
<p>
  We know the dangers of one person using another person as a muse<br />
  But surely there can’t be nothing wrong if it goes both ways<br />
  Like lightning bolts bouncing between two consciousnesses trapped in jars<br />
  I called it “Dual Muses” and walked down to the corner store
</p>
<p>
  Rock n Roll improved my chemistry<br />
  And prog rock got me out of bed<br />
  And punk rock made me hate the government<br />
  Then heavy metal became my friend<br />
  And R n B let me dance with you<br />
  And Zydeco seemed like a strange dream<br />
  And hip hop made me trust the universe<br />
  And psych rock pushed me past the point<br />
  But the one thing they all taught me is…
</p>
<p>
  I’m you<br />
  Don’t freak out<br />
  I’m you
</p>",8,15,
106,i-went-through-hell,1,2019-10-03 11:57:21,I Went Through Hell (But Now I'm Back [From Hell]),,,"<p>
  Ok pop quiz<br />
  What I’m trying to ask you is<br />
  “how am i like a summer storm?”
</p>
<p>
  You say what’s that mean?<br />
  And I squirm and shift my shoes<br />
  I say, “I got a soul and I’m gonna use it”
</p>
<p>
  I point to my foot<br />
  And say “here’s where my body ends.<br />
  Is that a useful thing to say?”
</p>
<p>
  And when you reply no<br />
  I can’t think of another place to go<br />
  So I say it again but point to my hand
</p>
<p>
  We’re avoiding truth<br />
  Like two detectives who refuse to search &amp; sleuth<br />
  Afraid what we’ll find behind locked doors
</p>
<p>
  The side effects were worse<br />
  Losing you had me running towards the hearse<br />
  Askin’ could you drop me off just down the street?
</p>
<p>
  I was first in line<br />
  For the Solipsistic Sad Guy Seminar<br />
  But inside it just turned out to be another bar
</p>
<p>
  I ordered whiskey neat<br />
  Fifty thousand times in the summer heat<br />
  And figured this is how I’ll defeat my victories
</p>
<p>
  We couldn’t say goodbye<br />
  So we practiced every weekend til we died<br />
  And even then it didn’t seem quite right
</p>
<p>
  I couldn’t play them blues<br />
  or any genre that could fix ol’ me &amp; you<br />
  so I was about to start a song that never ends
</p>
<p>
  But inside the bridge I found a note I left to myself<br />
  Saying, “don’t forget to love yourself<br />
  And don’t forget to come back from hell<br />
  And don’t forget to end the song.”
</p>
<p>
  I went through hell<br />
  But now I’m back from hell<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?
</p>",9,15,
107,the-memory-tree,1,2019-10-03 11:55:42,The Memory Tree,,,"<p>
  This all happens outside the space continuum<br />
  You’re alive in Phoenix wondering what we did to ‘em<br />
  You hear what happened to me?<br />
  I was pronounced lost at sea<br />
  But in truth I’m just hiding out won’t u come look for me?
</p>
<p>
  I was a sleeper agent before you woke me up<br />
  Playing classic tapes for some gurus we rounded up<br />
  But when I got in the room<br />
  I wasn’t sure what to do<br />
  The domestic zones I was used to<br />
  Didn’t prep me for you
</p>
<p>
  Can you make a memory?<br />
  Without choppin’ down the memory tree?
</p>
<p>
  And it’s a transaction, sure<br />
  But don’t it sometimes feel like it’s something more?
</p>
<p>
  I found a timeshare in the unified field<br />
  I lived there with you until forever got peeled<br />
  The neighborhood filled with ghosts<br />
  Was more spooky than most<br />
  With The undead department of dreams and our immaculate hosts
</p>
<p>
  I’m finally a poet but you know that don’t matter now<br />
  Here comes a siren to review them wedding vows<br />
  I may appear rapt with fear<br />
  But Don’t you dare disappear<br />
  When the going gets tougher than nails you know I’ll always be there
</p>",10,15,