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[pp interlude 1]
00:25
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Parasites (17 in 2099)
04:29
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mosquitoes whine
and black flies bite.
leeches prowl in the slime.
so seal your home and seal it tight.
this place is crawling with parasites.
mama’s sad.
she cries all day.
says, “it was not always this way,”
moaning, “son, your poor face,”
but earth is no place for the vain.
you get used to things trying to drain your blood.
to drain your blood.
the old:
they are carriers of the disease
of memory.
the young:
we steer clear.
we won’t be digging our graves here.
mosquitoes whine
and black flies bite.
leeches prowl in the slime.
so seal your home and seal it tight.
this place is crawling with parasites:
they pray the earth will be remade,
but they’re the ones who destroyed this place.
experts say our future’s great
but i can’t wait to evacuate.
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Pollen Poisoning
02:22
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4. |
Learning
00:51
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Go + Stay
02:29
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when i said: “let’s go,”
you said: “stay.”
when i went to go,
you said: “wait.”
when i begged: “let’s go,”
you liked me tame.
now that i just go,
you think i’m strange.
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breezin
00:57
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[pp interlude 7]
00:42
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i see a spotlight in the forest.
i see a tunnel through that mountain.
planetaria of my visions.
and crushed hearts laying where i pass.
yes, i realize i’m on fire.
i’m blowing smoke and making embers.
i see treasures.
i collect ‘em.
welcome aboard the starship elation.
the starship elation.
this country,
i’m speechless.
[…]
brainwashed fearlings kiss their pistols,
while the rich sell bleached bibles.
those who see through
drink for blindness.
we’re going down now but it’s good for business.
it’s just business.
what if i’m right?
what did you do?
these 34-year cicadas
crawl out huge and take over.
singing loud at all hours.
i guess i’ll fuck and then i’ll scatter.
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9. |
[springtime]
02:26
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10. |
Halls
05:43
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you wake up,
tuck your nightmares back in.
morning light slides ‘round your curtains.
don’t you rise til you get that feeling:
you are free
to get lost in between.
to get lost in between.
you are free.
now thank the ground with your feet.
the hall is golden.
thank the ground with your--
the hall is golden.
between dark chambers you wake.
between dark chambers.
you wake up,
tuck your nightmares back in.
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(thrum)
00:13
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12. |
Strange Transformations
02:56
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[pp interlude 6]
00:15
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14. |
Paradise
05:16
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the new leaves are spreading out.
the old ones are getting round.
break of day, before you wake,
eggs rock in their nests
and night creatures, they undress.
break of day, before you and i wake.
a cold shape curled in the grass.
a mother who’s lost her last.
ancient pain, old as the rain.
the roots lace into the ground,
clinging onto the home they found.
we’re begging to stay,
but time won’t wait.
so sinewy trunks slide upward
and fleshy pink petals proffer:
sink your ache into my ache.
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western wilds
06:49
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western wilds crush my eyes.
i been going blind.
western wilds crush my eyes.
i regain my sight.
western wilds crush my eyes.
left to my own device, i been going blind.
something stirs from the slime.
western wilds crush my eyes.
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Matted Grass Winston Salem, North Carolina
Matted Grass is the project of multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Ezra Noble.
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