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I was born
a teenage synesthete
feeling colors, hearing tastes
and catching my breath
I saw a hawk out by the high school
fly into your brain
I wrote it down
but I won't tell no one
from that I'll refrain

and everything will probably be alright
collective psychosis begone
and everything will probably be okay
collective psychosis begone

the phone line is broken
the tapes are all erased
someone's at the door you know his wares have all been laced
you better hope you die before me

if you take it as a compliment
you're out of your tree
the horses all are ready
and they know as well as me
that you better hope you die before me

everybody knows you climb a ladder so well
impressive demonstrations of your speech and your spells
but you better hope you die before me

dress me up in wires
I'll plug into the feed
of blasted out basement shows
bursting at the seams
and you better hope you die before me

the house is infested
with pests of every kind
but at least they had the courtesy
to stay of my mind
you're broken, alone, down, and undreamed

so you can bang on every windchime
or light a torch for me
or magnify your tiny soul
with a microscope from me
but you better hope you die before me

oh we crashed in the ash
and then the cash of the titans blew out to sea
but you, you broke out the map
lead us out of the country
through the haunted hallway

I strayed during the ticker tape parade
you were gathering blank tape
for the never ceasing project of the documentarian

my dear, I could drift into backyards
during nights of no moonlight
and never reappear
you know that something
would grab a hold of me slowly
make love to me only
and pull me deep underground

forever is incomprehensible
but still attainable
with a little luck, a lawyer, and a fine tuned radio

the stop light changes but nothing else does
it kept me waiting just because
so delete all your dead friends from you cell phone
it keeps you inside that certain zone: home
Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha

I feel it / I feel it / I feel it / I feel it
a devil / a devil / a devil / a devil
or an angel / an angel / an angel / an angel
nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer

I am the token fiend you read about in the bible
The kind that would come and ruin a miraculous scene
You had the distinct privilege of being my rival
And we took the thrill of a fight and it turned it into a creed

So call all your horses off
Sing out the names of the brave
And rise up from whence you came
And come back to reload rifles in the rain

They say that you could force a field into your vision
And unfurl a banner that reads “you are coming with me”
Don’t think too long, too hard, or ask for permission
But don’t buy the myth that nothing’s gonna get in the way

So call all your horses off
Sing out the names of the brave
And rise up from whence you came
And come back to reload rifles in the rain

Someone clapped the slate and we all came to sudden life
It's not like anything has really changed
you're a puzzle all in pieces
but there's much more to my thesis
it's my  turn to invent the story as we proceed

would you believe we've got a problem with continuity?
lawyer #2 wears a modern watch
all the extras start complaining
and the lion tamer's waiting
to place the beast high atop the cathedral stairs

i'm the director of this film
but that's useless when it comes to you

6 8 24 we're losing light
someone load the film in the canister
break our hearts bring us back to the valley & plains

With an hour like a flower inside a periscope
i roll the dice on certainty
there's angels in the source code if you know where to look for them
but I ain't gonna hang around

the dangers are double, they told me
but I couldn't hear a single world
the dangers are double, they told me

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

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

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

I'm under the lights
I'm over the sea
I'm into the death-defying, killing kindness, best version of me
and the dangers were double, like they told you
and the dangers were double in the deep

This all happens outside the space continuum
You’re alive in Phoenix wondering what we did to ‘em
You hear what happened to me?
I was pronounced lost at sea
But in truth I’m just hiding out won’t u come look for me?

I was a sleeper agent before you woke me up
Playing classic tapes for some gurus we rounded up
But when I got in the room
I wasn’t sure what to do
The domestic zones I was used to
Didn’t prep me for you

Can you make a memory?
Without choppin’ down the memory tree?

And it’s a transaction, sure
But don’t it sometimes feel like it’s something more?

I found a timeshare in the unified field
I lived there with you until forever got peeled
The neighborhood filled with ghosts
Was more spooky than most
With The undead department of dreams and our immaculate hosts

I’m finally a poet but you know that don’t matter now
Here comes a siren to review them wedding vows
I may appear rapt with fear
But Don’t you dare disappear
When the going gets tougher than nails you know I’ll always be there