1. |
Counterfeit Fire
03:22
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dream too loud
of a thousand lights
the knot speaks
not the mouth
counterfeit fire
stand still
greed is a furnace
and the word a flame
tipping over in concrete and black ooze
baptized on a crooked chair
and bitten by a vital tooth
victim! victim!
travesty, blight - fixed stars
the waters of paralysis
smell of mirrors
and flow between the eyes
wash you to
nowhere
not here
never here
victim!
victim!
poisonous love, impossible bait
victim!
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2. |
Wheel Of Stagnation
05:19
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someone show me a waterhole
i need to hide
in my house the only way out
is shame
your laugh means the permanent
damage of my face
the wheel of stagnation
rotates ever faster
moan your banalities in my ear
i am sure
you won’t be smaller
lower, lesser, weaker
oh fuck my mind for good
hey hey please
it’s not your fault
it’s been me all along
i watch and i spoil
you felt my trembling touch
are barely more
than guilt, than dirt
feeble little boy
you must read and memorize:
everyone can see you at all times!
...there is blood on the sidewalk
and a key in the sewer
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3. |
True Language
03:03
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paralyzed and content
in a dream of control
this is laughter on a leash
like a rabid dog in amnesia
obsession makes the knife speak backwards…
blind eyes as narcotics
isn’t it just a laughing matter?
word for word to silence
twitching eyes
lost in fixation to the end
step after step to chance
and still…
i promise to kiss you
with the tongue of burden
just another mute in the sewer
of the promises of the womb
grace in a deadlock circle
tongue-tied holy songs
devout to a summit:
home to a body…
isn’t it just a laughing matter?
one last fix
and then it’s over
what falls through
hides behind
words have holes
and so do you
and still i promise to kiss you
with the tongue of burden
the world stutters the story
from a remote mouth
palsied, drooling
gnashing its teeth:
it’s just the matter of a child
…that needs to dry its cheeks
and deny its guilt
…that is not the reason
and not its end
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4. |
Negative Mirror
02:49
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death twirl - phantom muscle
dance of affirmation
loose feet, endless night
ain’t too proud to laugh
suspect to a sin always
hallelujah!
repent in amnesia
five knuckles
looming when it’s over
before it’s begun
i call for a dance
in the age of reference
let laughter sound from the off
and burn this house right down
trembling hands
writing on the sky
these letters spell out fate
host of the parasite
or crowned boy king?
cut off all the caging cords -
and the sun burns me blind
it nods in splendor -
sweet belief and light
i call for a dance
in the age of reference
let laughter sound from the off
and burn this house right down
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