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Reading For Pain
01:30
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Unattainable reference work
Scribed by scions of centuries
Collecting odd genealogies
From a venerable and lofty Regensburg family
Whose patriarch was wedded three times
And each of his wives’ descendants would climb
The social ladders of Munich
Before 1848
The year the serfs went surfing
When emetics and leeches
Were all the rage
If only we could read the page
But the grimoires are lost
Consumed in the library fire of 1886
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Hey Joe!
You’re in a coma
You’re in a coma Joe
You’re in a fucking coma
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Leaves
01:11
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We die like leaves
As the wind breathes life
Into the trees
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Caiyungtang Connection
01:42
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SPbook nothing
Caiyungtang connection
Dragon and the ring
The very edge of nothingness
End of the Chinese notebook
SPbook nothing
And we thank you, Margaret
We extend thanks to you, Margaret
As we use up the Chinese notebook
Its leaves all fallen
SPbook nothing
Caiyungtang connection
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Night Light
01:13
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Night light is not the only glow
When I wake and walk
Half-dreaming from your bed
Soles of feet sponge up the cold
Night light is only a halo
Ringing wee hours
Paled by our brilliance
Lending grace until the dawn
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Joe Is In A Coma Tonight
01:13
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Joe is in a coma tonight
Don’t even try to talk to him
Tonight
You won’t get far ’cause
Joe is in a coma tonight
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Zombus Walrie
00:41
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Zombus Walrie
Bring a rhombus for me
Need to feel secure
In your geometry
Compass blade
Ride the circle
For one mol of pi
Motes of mine eyes
Broken like tusk
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Peyote Nightcap
01:23
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Buttons, buttons
Containment of buttons
Dreams of thousands
Funded by young ’uns
Multiplication
Dividing it fast
Timed to the mercy
Chained to the last
Of the buttons
Containment of buttons
Dreams of thousands
Funded by young ’uns
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Instrumental
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If you look
You can see them all around
In the town
And in the country
In throngs they come and bring the bones to me
I bid them come and lay them gently at my feet
Shining white
In heaps
When you’ve seen
Evidence
Approached it with reverence
I’ll lay it at your feet
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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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