1. |
The Stooge
04:21
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the devil knows my name
says it extra slow
watches every frame
front and center row
I raise my head up high
hang it in the stars
the troubles in my life
my painted avatar
who am I
to shove your face in humble pie
and not expect the same?
me and larry, curly, moe
sit eating crow
every time I stand up straight
I fall back down
I wrote you a love song
illegible and blurred
the melody was wrong
just didn't fit the words
now we stand
before the judging eyes of man
spit right back at them
spend our love nights
on the minor side of town
every time I stand up straight
I fall back down
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2. |
Year Zero
04:24
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she was counting his lies on her fingers
his truths on her toes
as the night spilled its love on the concrete
blood on his nose
count down the tears
year zero
now he lays in the bathtub
til morning comes
sparks in his eyes
can't sleep when men want
a little taste of your blood
the smoke's in the sky
count down the tears
year zero
brother and sister loved the train
went out one morning walking
take them into your heavenly arms
but I really don't think you are watching
father time with his steel-toe boots
mother nature goes the coat hanger route
almighty with the fire and rain
fire and rain
fire and rain
I want a god with the power to feel pain
count down the tears
year zero
limbs in the ditch
water from the well
earth caught a nasty cold
home became hell
picked up scraps of dead-eyed love
and a child born much too soon
trains crash togther
hammer hits the nail
right through the hands of the man on the moon
right through the hands of the man on the moon
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3. |
Ghost
03:08
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You were the last one to hurt me
You'll always be the last
You've disappeared from my lips
and my view
Please don't say my name in reply
You're not obliged to apologize
Just vanish from the room
I'm walking down a new road
Holding a new hand
Under the same sky as you
So when you think of me
Just stop yourself and dream
Of someone that you never really knew
And give back the thoughts
that you stole from my head
I'm collecting every line
and every word we ever said
And give back the heart
that you ripped from my chest
I'm jumping the line
for the worst things and the best
Cause summer goes away
Soon everything will die
I never say your name
But I think it all the time
When summer goes away
And the wild things go to sleep
You are never in my dreams
But you will always be
A ghost in the machine
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4. |
Your Doorstep
03:24
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Upon your doorstep
Under your feet
Taking my chances
Losing everything I believe
If you ever wonder
What becomes of all those
Little kids that dream
Of circus rings
And venomous stings
They're waiting on your doorstep
But you're never coming home to see
Who are you?
Who am I?
Who is just dust in the sky?
What stories are etched
In the lines on your face?
Did I miss all your adventures
Once upon a time and place
Now the nightmare is alive and real
I went and got forgotten
Now I'm pounding on the floorboard to feel
And under that doorstep
I'm finding my space
Who are you?
Who am I?
Who is just dust in the sky?
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5. |
Fear the Dark
04:34
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while my castle burns
please, do not hassle me
yeah, we're safe on the streets
but we lost everything
all my dogs are dead
my memories are melting
all that's in my head
is my only thing
and as nighttime falls
beauty breaks my tears
skyclad under stars
hiding all my years
if you want to love
don't expect returns
if you want to try
do it til it burns
if you need to laugh
do it til you bleed
if you want to cry
do it til you sleep
cause I'm nobody's fool
but everybody's clown
forever hold my breath
but I will never drown
if you want to breath
you need to open wide
if you want to leave
first you come inside
if you want to fly
you need to fall first
if you want to lie
you need the truth to hurt
if you want to burn
you need a little spark
if you want to learn
you need to fear the dark
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6. |
Cannonball
03:22
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7. |
These Violent Nights
04:01
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you are a tall tale in disguise
your tangents are sterilized
I'm not shocked at all
when the light leaves your eyes
I am a monster with no teeth
paralyzed in my grief
who cares what goes down
when the cops pack up and leave
they're wrestled the angels
messed with fools
promised to kill by the rules
never compromised
now it is absolute rule
take care of me in these violent nights
there's always someone
waiting just out of the light
pressed down by forces of the state
stay the course, close the gate
heaven's upside down
I am late again
course corrections for foolish men
change the trajectory of sin
heaven gets a shakedown
we're abolitionists again
we've wrestled the angels
and fucked the fools
fix the machine
break the tools
now we are king-sized
the saints are burning alive
take care of me in these violent nights
there's always someone waiting just out of the light
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8. |
Powder Keg
04:06
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when the night dies a painful death
when it's walking down the dark paths of regret
there's a killer on every corner
waiting with a little spark
we are just her latest mark
cause you and I are a powder keg
when the party's over we wobble on two legs
and the slightest look
that fuse sparkles in the dark
too much to hold back
the madness in the parking lot
words, like fire, burning through our hearts
we're lost in the inferno
ashes from the start
blanket statements
ad hominem attacks
our faces are blood-red
but the mood is vantablack
so strike a match
light the powder keg
two giant egos
ain't too proud to beg
and all these desires come together at one time
too much evidence to carry away from the crime
gaze upon me, I am your house in flames
a screaming inferno, crying out your name
don't call the fireman, you need to flood the plain
I'm hiding in our bedroom
I'm lost in smoke and haze
every crack spreads
let's keep it together
every joint breaks
let's keep it together
every flame dies
let's light it together
every house falls
let's keep it together
we can keep it together
when the night sinks from memory again
do you write the stories as you wish they'd been
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Joshua McCormack Tucson, Arizona
From the odd acoustic pop of Joshua Mccormack Presents Holiday Girl , to the electronic-tinged rock of The Phantom King , to
the collection of sonic oddities on The Dunce Cap, he’s been restless for years.
His recent album Lights Out 4 Baby Grand, shows a more personal side, while The World, Just For You is a collection of cover songs he recorded to survive the dystopian ambivalence of 2020.
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