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Everything’s fine
No worries
It’s all good
But the same token
Says I would if I could
Tear it all up and
Knock down the walls
For one night
For one touch
For one chance to be
What I wanted so much
It doesn’t bear further inspection
It doesn’t bear further inspection
It doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
But it’s a fire-tested memory
It doesn’t submit to scrutiny
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Diorama
00:28
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Tableaux in miniature
The details are the signs
You have to read between the lines
Illuminating theme
Emulating scene
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The Slimes
01:17
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Ronnie Roundhouse
Got tuned up
By Muhammad Alley
So he gave up the street science
Called up his friend
English Vic
They formed a band
They found their sound
They were called The Slimes
And they were the most
Ass-kicking band around
We’re going downtown to see The Slimes
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Dark Masters
01:22
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Boardroom debacles
Foie gras faux pas
The future is gat-elastic
For dark masters
100% de-aggravate
The internet is outside
It’s always man, chin or razor
To dark masters
Hand me that vial, child
I’m losing titles
Self-tilted
I’ll send you rockers
From dark masters
Weaponized immunitease
100% de-aggravate
The internet is outside
It’s always man, chin or razor
To dark masters
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Grave of Leaves
01:46
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Meet me at psychic outpost
In vibrant pathways
To phantomhead
Go to your womb
In a grave of leaves
“Meet me at psychic outpost!
In vibrant pathways
To phantomhead!”
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Philip Hidden Pine
02:17
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Philip Hidden Pine
He does it every time
He’ll do it ’til you’re blind
He’s not ready for his close-up
Until it blew up
Everything was going fine
He’d worn himself a groove
Just from running in a line
O Hidden Pine
Up and at ’em!
They’re sounding the chime
For today’s cabana time
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Slick Liberty
00:47
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Buy me firecrackers
Put ’em down
Yankee scum
Queens of Kingston
Thunder nuggets
Volcanic corruption
The husk of a wasp
Love Is the path
To the light
Of slick
Liberty and silver bells
Remember the future
When we turn to steam
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Only a baker’s dozen worldwide
Are qualified
To comprehend our vegetable formula
But of those 13
Four are partially hydrogenated
Two are a savory medley
Three are on spinach powder
One exhales sprouts
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There’s no tomorrow today
Our brains are God’s DVR
You wanted to fly ...
We record the likeliest
Cognitive mantras
You wanted pilot’s garb
I gave you epaulets
You wanted to fly
I gave you wings
There’s nowhere higher
We left it on the airfield
We max the throttle
I pressurize the cabin
He serves the pretzels
At the cash bar
Downloading skyward
Cruising at croosting altitude
You wanted to fly
I gave you wings
You wanted to rock
I gave you Joseph Airport
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The Agronomist
01:29
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The Acropolis
Pillars support steeds
With tyrants’ plots
That’s what he should know
The Agronomist
Supplants prude seeds
With hero crops
Now he’s good to grow
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You don’t grow on trees
You’re made of great magical things
Your eyes are the dark and the quiet
Your skin is like velour
Let me curate all your heartifacts
Mesopotamians unite!
Mesopotamians unite!
Pawn your kings
Your Genghis cons
And Alexander the averages
Pick up your cold swords
For Liberty is a bitch
And the Atlantic is an open grave
Just ask your simiancestors
Eating headibles in Ego Cave
Mesopotamians unite!
Mesopotamians unite!
Pawn your kings
Your Genghis cons
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The Alchemist
00:31
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He is the alchemist
Reality bender
Magical sciences practitioner
Offers forever elixir to peace wagers
And totem souls to deity pagers
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Write Now
02:04
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He’s a crud
Totem Paul
Vincent’s price
Loaf of bad meat
Glamour Joe is so striking
When the ceiling drips down
The rockers aren’t the hits
You ride the acid horse for me
Sombrero claymore
I’ve got a tromboner
Don’t be impressed I just know how
To do it
Dragonflies are helicopters
Jellyfish are parachutes
Write now
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Fourteen Couches Aflame
01:54
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You’re eminently
Well-positioned
Geographically
To remove the threat
Permanently
Give your account number
When you call me back
But guess what?
Joe’s not here
So I’m paying for it
He’s a phoenix
Ready to rock the nation
Invited by a cloud
To a mini-slam
But guess what?
Joe’s not here so I set
14 couches aflame
I’m the one to blame
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Give Them Viking Burials
01:16
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Find me a propeller
Give them proper wings
Give them Viking burials!
The jury will hang
As coy sirens coo
In an ancient tongue
The farmada ventures north
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An Act of Science
01:24
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I’m Mr. Interesting
I’m all up in
Fredward’s personal business
But he’s obliv
To my test
And my hypothesis
Organic-endorsed
High domus gains
Halyomorpha halys
On the corn blossoms
The last triumvirate
Awaits us in the boardroom
That’s helium dude
It’s what I remember
From my science
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High Standards King
01:30
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Seek ye the choicest cuts
Liberate your fleshly demands
Touch it with the eyes
See it in your hands
Reiterate your fealty
Contemplate temporal concerns
Heavy is the head’s burden
When his asshole brother returns
High standards king
Approach the dais
Kiss the hem of the robe
Of the high standards king
It’s a case of regicide
Better than the corollary
It’s knock off the head
To possess the body
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Chaos Spigot
00:23
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Stray gods fish with vermiculated apples
Strifeforms await the breeding frenzy
Jettisoned futures come
Gushing out of
Chaos spigot
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Murk Lurker
01:33
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Did you hear?
They drew the line
A soil embargo
Retaking Key Largo
1 2 3
I’ve got the guts
Swerving through nerve grass
Choose your own mad venture
Blasé fire
Silver scream
The clutches of the murk lurker
Are you clear?
Are you well Ron?
Over yonder by the tree
Preparing for the hanging
1 2 3
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Chlorophilip
01:10
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Experimental offspring of Chlorophilip:
The residents of your stalk
Are the blade of his advance
He is Chlorophilip
Yeah
Experimental offspring
Dig their way
Out of Chlorophilip
Yeah
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The Big Douchechill
02:42
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Smalltime broheim
Fresh on the scene
Plastic haircut
Glaring at me
The glass
The wreck
The waving of phones
Slipping past unnoticed
Numb to the drone
Gathering speed
Into the west
Fleeing a black hole
Composed of white death
The big douchechill
Wailing of sirens
So far from home
O wild phantom
Where do you roam?
You gave me
The big douchechill
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Secret Broadcaster
04:28
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Happy chemtrails to you
My cuteness pals
The bar is high
But so am I
Every princess has a wart somewhere
Secret broadcaster
In the night
Lop topper
With tattered wings
Your penmanship has sailed
Take it to Delaware
I went there
I’m taking you with me
Be sure you don’t blow yr fanfare
Secret broadcaster
Riding out the storm
Frayed and dismayed
Comfortably dumb
Heaven has an outer space
It’s bright and it’s inviting
If it can be done
Then it can’t be done
Does a succubus ever need light?
Secret broadcaster
Rotating vocal stylings
To the outer edges
Of the sonic sphere
Secret broadcaster
In the night
Lop topper
With tattered wings
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Fire Swimmers
02:06
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Fire swimmers
Elude the Day-Glo cop
They don’t have time for friction
As unapproved masters
Wave wands full of chemicals
At kite walkers cum abracadavers
We’re all made of carbon
But blazers never tell
Blazers never tell ...
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There’s no honor among thieves
There's no honor among thieves
They’ll stab your back
They’ll leave you slack
And put your blood in a tureen
There’s no honor among thieves
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Joseph Airport Cincinnati, Ohio
"Vector 23 is full of driving post-punk ... Bowie-inflected art rock ... and, at least to one listener, shades of Syd
Barrett-era Pink Floyd." —MAGNET Magazine
"... An eccentric, zany little album whose catchy tunes and peculiar lyrics can put a grin on your face." —The Fire Note
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