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Flat Jambs

by Steady Lean

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1.
Clouds Bled The Rain 03:20
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Out here clawing at the window Like a beagle wanting in Glimpse through glass upon the living room Playing host to fox and hen I’ll make whistles sound like seagulls If that’s not what I intend Though my favorite song’s the flagpole Its cord whipping in the wind As soon as I felt your love hit my veins I disappeared the sun Clouds bled the rain My most trusted advisor You’ve been silent for so long When struck with indecision Always you to whom I’d run No more blanket bound escape routes Through the caverns of my bed Kick those nicotine fit cop-outs Out the back doors of kitchens As soon as I felt your love fill my veins I disappeared the sun clouds bled the rain Clouds bled the rain Oh, nothin’s changed Clouds bled the rain Still feel the same I’d cherish you forever Though that ain’t long enough Know I cannot fare better Than I did high on your love As soon as from my veins your love was drained The storm did as it does Clouds bled the rain You are all four seasons A holiday parade In an endless human body Only God could have made As soon as I felt your love leave my veins I disappeared the sun Clouds bled the rain
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Paso Robles 04:39
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Again you lost your way Jumped on the wrong highway Hidin' out down in Paso Robles No hesitation You cut relations With your presumed one & only You had it made, man The love of a lifetime Just wasn't the right... kind? Vague information Trial & error of patience It'd be nice to know how it's goin Deep breather Oh why'd you leave her? And how do you expect to move on? Heart bandit Is that what a man is? Off & on corruptin' the dawn Sightseer Guess you didn't need her As much as she thought she needed ya Can't stand it Set in the panic It ain't any fun bein' alone But I should know... What's conversation? By now it seems ancient Cruising round the streets of paso robles I desire company Havin' trouble finding any Ain't like i'm not used to that lonely "Doo doo doo etc..." Again i lost my way Jumped on the wrong highway Layin' low out in paso robles Deep breather Oh why'd you leave her? And how do you expect to move on? Heart bandit Is that what a man is? Off & on corruptin' the dawn Sightseer Guess you didn't need her As much as she thought she needed ya Can't stand it Set in the panic It ain't any fun bein' alone But i should know... We'll never know Do I? Did you? It's time to go To find The truth? Deep breather Oh why'd you leave her? And how do you expect to move on? Heart bandit Is that what a man is? Off & on corruptin' the dawn Truth seeker Guess you didn't need her As much as she thought she needed ya
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Batteries, Motors, Cars 05:55
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"Tomorrow, babe, I can strip the bed, we'll put on the cooler sheets" is what she said I stand in circles, I walk in squares My bottle was purple and now my bottle's not there If ya want, I can sift through the fog And investigate the hesitate nature of ya I'm out of luck, I'm hooked on shrugs The absolutely best I try to do is not enough I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up no matter where you are Let's wild around awhile, 'cause water's goin' outta style I missed seeing Pile, was busy shredding my files I've had a long time to mark my make But this bedroom's vacuum, it's busted, it sparks Climbed into a cloud, tried not to look down I wanna explode. Do I really wanna explode? Quietly shouted at myself in the mirror "You can do this, you can do this". But things have never been less clear. I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up no matter where you are Imagine just crashin', and all the debris An unattached attachment of reality Little scraps of plastic float across the breeze If I don't know, can I just go to sleep? "Will you please take a number, please?" In this scene, I escape through the vent "Til I can't find the exit, and there's no room to twist If this song don't make any sense If you don't get what it means, it's 'cause I don't know what I mean I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up batteries, motors, cars I pick up, pick up, pick up no matter where you are
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Completely Terrified 03:21
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i wasn't sure 'til i said i dunno yeah, i said i didn't know and now i know that was a lie that'll grow and'll grow but i can't not hope that it may show i know i left it 'round here somewhere ya think you can help me get it found? that's a keyboard and a pair of my shoes right there it's okay, we don't have to know where it is right now can't be in the same room without wanting closer to you just a little bit closer to you in some way i've been chasing the doom oh so carefully away from you been leading it astray for you it's at bay and afraid i know i left it 'round here somewhere ya think you can, like, help me get it found? that's a hairball and an old record sleeve right there it's ok, we don't have to go lookin' for it right now i wasn't sure 'til i said i dunno yeah i said i dunno but of course I knew that was a lie that i told that'll grow and i can't not hope that it may show i will always show
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Catastroface 03:03
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fingerprints on screens fingerprints on screens interrupting my daydreams hey Valerie hey Valerie, won't you bring me a copy of your new zine cause I unplugged my tv unplugged my tv and I could use something to believe unraveling unraveling bubble wrap sheets, for fifty cents each time I solve it bites back I'm makin' wall bricks don't crack yeah, you sure called it i lack the face to face catastrophe catastrophe only it's nothing but actually but actually the water's still running how flattering how you flatter me and leave me wanting do ya see what I see? see what I see i want ya to love it, you're flying high above it like a wild goose the storm clouds just let loose you've been let down through and through the face to face i placed my bets now I'm torn a shadow is a funny form i ain't done yet reborn to face the face
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Tripwire 03:55
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asphalt movin' on upwards stick your hands out in front of your face who's at fault? we can draw it like a number they say i've got a case last call it's now or never ya got somethin' to say? that fall well don't you remember? it wasn't you whose heart hit the breaks oooo i didn't do nothin' what did i say? oooo musta done somethin' 'cause i set off the tripwire to your brain oooo i keep gettin' sucked in guess i'll play the game oooo i'm gettin' sick of it trapped underneath the riptide of your waves it's your way my door it's got a lock that's broken slip right through without the faintest of trace our war well when will it be over? wipe the paint smudges off of our face oooo i didn't do nothin' what did i say? oooo musta done somethin' 'cause i set off the tripwire to your brain oooo i keep gettin' sucked in guess i'll play the game oooo i'm gettin' sick of it trapped underneath the riptide of your waves it's your way
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Atkins 05:15
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couldn't find a way to be in two places at once well, some things only travel so far kept up the trace through the settling of dust now i'm scraping ya clean off my radar waitin' 'round for something to strike like lightning when do i call it? i've got nothin' left up my sleeve makin' a livin' wrapping plastic 'round carbohydrates never meant for you to be the last thing left in my way play the day to day 'til some tone touch better comes what happens when you lose trust in your insides? well, what is love, but big questions to the gut? i'll water my own brain well in the meantime waitin' 'round for something to strike like lightning when do i call it? i've got nothin' left up my sleeve makin' a livin' wrapping plastic 'round carbohydrates never meant for you to be the last thing left in my way waitin' 'round for something to strike like lightning when do i call it? i've got nothin' left up my sleeve it's eight in the morning, i'm wrapping plastic 'round carbohydrates never meant for you to be the last thing left in my way

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released December 18, 2015

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