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Form of Matter/Stage
03:27
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Give me doom
Give me gloom
Give me every dour face in the room
I'm not a shade
I'm a blade
I'm a pinpoint of rage passing through
If it means anything
If it means anything
You will share the stage and sing
Give me blame
Give me shame
At the end of the day it's the same
I am not hate
I'm a state
I'm a form of matter to tame
If it means anything
If it means anything
You will share the stage and sing
Give me a shove
Give me love
Any little feeling is enough
Iced over care
Melts to air
The potential for change always there
If it means anything
If it means anything
You will share the stage and sing
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2. |
Alpha Boys
05:37
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Alpha boys trophy boys
The morning light has teeth and shines on skin so tan
Alpha bares his fangs alpha has a plan
Nature oh he wants it naked in its arms
And he'll tear right through using all his charm
But the unknown factor the tragedy displayed
Is what nature gives nature takes away
Keep your engine clean
Methamphetamine
Posing with a weapon cock a gun to kill
Sex is offered like a threat but alpha never will
Veins run through the meat then down into the land
He'll try to control but he'll never understand
Alpha is a trophy boy locked in his golden age
Apollo marching blindly off the mythic stage
He has a hundred names
He doesn't feel pain
No matter what you do
The little boy will not be tamed
What will he do to keep it false hope of his station
Alpha has a plan but no imagination
Smell it on his clothes desperate for class
Gather up the golden stags decaying en masse
Severed head upon the wall brutality on view
Domination on display do you wish it was you
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Little Tyrant
07:01
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How great for you
How fabulous
This world's for you
The rest of us
Are witnesses
You share your crusts
Of knowledge
With the rest of us
How great for you
How tremendous
How lucky too
You are as such
These air kisses
Cause such a fuss
Inside the hearts
Of the rest of us
Could you just for a moment consider
Your considerable power
And try to hold it with grace
How hard for you
How labourious
Remember when
You were glorious
But promises
Take a toll on us
And they bring you down
With the rest of us
You're such a little tyrant
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4. |
The Prince
04:47
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Another precipice of change
The prince of unrequited love
Is on the streets again
A thirst for knowledge is not enough
To make a solid decision
He's in a state of flux
A one way attraction mistakes lust for love
He's not the one he's thinking of
Be a delicate boy be an elegant boy
Another principle has changed
The prince of unrequited love
Reviews the words again
When did this push become a shove
When did the rules change
The need is not enough
If he had his way he would stay the same
He's the only one he's thinking of
Be a delicate boy be an elegant boy
Invention
Invitation
Incantation
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5. |
Queen Dream
04:33
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Queen Dream
On the scene
Makes a move
Is everything
Everything you want a
Queen to be
Queen Dream
Queen Dream
On the scene
Purple prose from
Movie screens
Thighs that butter
Wouldn't melt between
Queen Dream
Oh what a privilege to be
The most glamourous leaf
On the family tree
Moving through life like mercury
Queen Dream
Queen Dream
Queen Dream
On the scene
A shower of glitter
Fantastic debris
A false eyelash of
A fantasy
Queen Dream
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6. |
Bones of a King
02:44
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The bones of a king in the trunk of a car
Picture now
A life in relief
A curvature
A disbelief
A wind through a tree a discarded leaf
That wind could carry you far
What makes a man
Is it a body
A remainder
An idea
Of a leader
She has these bones
And they discuss
Some say truth
Some in disgust
Reject her findings
And now mistrust
So much mistrust
What makes a man
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Threat
04:11
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Every kiss a threat
Every hit a kiss
Every man an enemy
For this girl on a list
Eventually
She will come to see
An end to the pain that leads to the length of an arm tied off
An end to the pain that leads to the length of a life cut off
Every kiss a threat
Every hit a kiss
Every girl must be a razorwire
Throughout all of this
Eventually
She will come to see
An end to the pain that leads to the length of an arm tied off
An end to the pain that leads to the length of a life cut off
And every man will understand
If you tear her down into the land
Another thorn grows in the whip of her furies
Within the bones an echo aches
And when they're found it resonates
Another thorn grows on the whip of her furies
And this world's not his
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Dragon
06:21
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He wrapped around you like a dragon
And held the bones of the past
Away from your family tree
Prayed for your victory
So you bake those bones in a loaf of bread
And you swallow them all down instead
You weren't forcefed
Truth that grows old under the heat of his breath
He has smothered your tale to death
He wrapped around you like a dragon
And held a wing against
The wind that cut his teeth
And holds your sweet relief
But you know that yours
Is a brief respite
And you keep that secret tight
To stay in all night
He'll take you under his wing
And you'll forget everything
You're gold
You're gold
You're gold
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9. |
The Way That We Left It
04:52
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Words as whispers
MEN
Took all the choice
From their sisters'
Thin wire of a voice
Hands that blister
Digging for a resolution
But I can't mine
What I can't find
The glass of a chill
The ghost of a thrill
And the way that we left it
Open ended
One's perdition
Hides beneath the clothes
Some suspicion
But nobody knows
Brothers listen
Please take off your robes
You can't mine
What you can't find
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10. |
High Heels in Heaven
05:57
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You wonder if the old boys
Allow high heels in heaven
They're wearing golden gowns
They've passed down and down forever
And you wonder if the old boys
Know you're watching out your window
You're taking it all in again
Taking it all in again
Their horrors aren't so clever
If we could just remember
The secrets of the bedroom
Are the sacred vows you keep
Recording in your diary
The thoughts are going deep
There's a certain something
That keeps running through your head
The golden light is fading
And your heroes are all dead
Maybe you're an angel
Rutting here upon the earth
A savage entertainment
For the refined and their works
Gathered in the round
Delivered on a train
A swirl of skirts undignified
Are spinning in your brain
You grant forgiveness
For every sin more or less
But who guards the gates my dear
When you're the perpetrator
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Craig H Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta.
Independent artist.
'Eaworm-ridden electro-pop'
'Dirge pop'
'Music to do
drugs and wear tights to'
'woozy, lurching, and impressionistic shards of sound.'
I'm no good at describing my own work, but I do hope you find a way in. They're all doorways.
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