1. |
INTRO
03:37
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[seance #1]
what's your name?
i'm dorris
hello dorris
welcome to the party
hello.
hello.
are you enjoying yourself?
yes.
oh that's lovely.
i don't know though.
did you find a nice toy there?
yes
did you like it?
yes.
what did you pick up?
dolly.
oh lovely.
is she pretty?
yes.
what is she like?
dolly.
is she as pretty as you?
i don't know.
i don't know.
what name will you give her?
i don't know.
i don't know.
my mommy is here.
i lost my mommy.
my mommy came with me, and my daddy.
and the baby.
the baby.
he was killed.
yes.
i don't know where i am.
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2. |
LEAVE ALONE
02:55
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(because your home is a very special place)
we come in
and leave alone
and act like this place
is our home
we come in
and leave alone
close the book
on all my friends
they all talk about
an untimely end
close the book
on all my friends
and it'll never
be opened again
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3. |
MORPHINE
02:06
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morphine!
morphine!
morphine!
morphine!
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4. |
TEETH
07:31
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super 8 footage
of the finger of god
it's alright
for tonight
cobwebbed attic
with my friends
and no light
escaping from the outside
i wanna feel love
but stay decidedly cold
condition it to something
i can trust myself to hold without breaking
hanging from my head
and sticking into the floor
wrought with no emotions
empathetically poor left me shaking
lightning cracks the window
and i'm back in my bed
it's alright
i'm still alive
the attic's still locked
their still stuck in their chairs
the film flips endlessly
off of the reel
and now the phone lines
the bulbs all blew out
my eyes are bloodshot
i smell hell in the house
the dog won't stop barking
the water is black
we're all out of money
and fresh out of drugs
so enough is enough
i gave up giving up
when the letters came in
there's blood in my cup
there's blood in my mouth
i cut my teeth
i cut my teeth
i cut my teeth
i cut my teeth
i wanna feel love
but stay decidedly cold
condition it to something
i can trust myself to hold without breaking
i wanna feel love
but stay decidedly cold
train myself to like it
and pray the pieces hold but it's killing me
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5. |
HOSPITAL DRIVER
04:54
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slowly slowly
i'm reaching for the trees
control me control me
i'm hiding in a leaves
blankly blankly
grasping at the clouds
i'm banking banking
into sounds soft and loud
never never see
tears of joy running down
velvet black velvet
box on the ground
dirty dirty knees
and dirty little words
lonely lonely
little sounds
living living
dying and the rest
taking breaking
glass hearts just makes a mess
dirty knees
and dirty little words
lonely lonely
living dead
lonely lonely
lonely lonely
hospital driver!
lonely lonely
lonely lonely
hospital driver!
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6. |
DENIAL
03:30
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(how many of you are in this room with us right now?)
i want it off of my chest
locked up behind my ribs
but i'm unhopeful
and picking up my brains
out of my plaster veins
splattered through the sheets
my fate is concrete
i won't take this
sitting down
i won't take this
sitting down
sitting round
underground
denial
(what's it like being dead?)
death is not a prize
people don't know us
there is a chance you can apply a standard
if only you can.
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7. |
OUTRO
08:53
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sands of time
i have a memory
to share with god
over fire and ice
walls of white
my feet stick to the floor
the air is cold
my blanket is warm
i breathe a final goodbye
it doesn't mean that much
it doesn't work like that
it'll never fill a void
don't wanna live to see
my friends survive
just for them
to forget about me
i have a note to self
in the afterlife
i have a memory
to share with god
i am a child so pure
running through the yard
my cheeks are cold
a ball of snow in my hands
and that is unmatched joy
not to be destroyed
by what eats at me
and the people who i love
pictures and stories
collective social memory
i'm fading away
becoming lost history
sands of time
i have a memory
fading from my head
falling into chaos
somewhere
where there is no pain
and there is nothing to lose
there is a god who would do this to me
[seance #2]
i wish i had more time.
i'd like that very much,
but i don't think somehow
i'll be able to keep that.
i think i'd better leave that.
leave what?
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8. |
TEETH (2)
04:17
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i woke up today
with an extra set
of teeth inside
of my jaw
and they helped me out
with homework
and little chores
around the house
and when i woke up today
i wasn't afraid to go outside
there was a full moon in the sky
the sun's smile stretched fat and wide
the teeth were gone
i had learned so much
my jaw felt lighter
and my bite got stronger
my face grew narrow
and my eyes got pointy
and my face stretched backwards
and i lived to see 20
my face grew narrow
my eyes got wider
and my pupils tighter
my hair white
my face grew narrow
and my eyes got pointy
my face stretched backwards
i lived until the morning again
again
i woke up today
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