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Atomize Yr Face
02:57
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Atomize yr face
Do your '80s makeup and put on that wicked crochet that you made
Cos it's OK, you won't disintegrate
You're disguised in a lineup of happy fakes, and Saturdays
It's OK
Cos someday, someone may love you that way
So hustle, honey, and you will be
Raygunned like Oprah into the TV set of your broken family
Where everything's a fucking dream
Disguised as a re-run of happy fake reality, Miss Fancy
Can't you see
You were never loved by anyone but me
And it's a vicious party but you're A-OK
You're a vicious party but you're A-OK
They traded in their rayguns for cocaine and paté
They wouldn't want you any other way
So atomize yr face
Do your '80s makeup and put on that wicked crochet that you made
It's OK, there's nothing left to take
You're disguised in a lineup of happy fakes and Saturdays
It's OK
Cos someday, someone may love you that way
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Everyone is making love
To each other
Head on breast
Hand to lips
Spread out upon the lawn
And the flesh sinks
Like broken ships
In open water
It’s the only way we drown
But I’m floating fine
As I hope to find
All the reasons why
I would just prefer to hide
Anyone can make a drug
Of their lover
Hand me this
Leave your kiss
You know I’ll feast upon
I’d rather starve than swallow you
To discover
A hollow chest
That’s bottomed out
But I’m floating fine
As I hope to find
All the reasons why
I would just prefer to hide
Why I’m taking flight
Sail into the nighttime
I’ll avoid the fight
Hiding at heaven’s height
Behind a nebula of hearts
The distant nebula of love
Belongs to no one here on earth
Behind a nebula of hearts
The distant nebula of love
Exploding slowly over time
The glittered sky will still cascade
Long after
Its reasons why
Its answer, fades
So I’m far away arching in
The ether
There are stars under my eyelids
But still no means to cry
Still I’m floating fine
As I hope to find
All the reasons why
I would just prefer to hide
Why I’m taking flight
Sail into the nighttime
I’ll avoid the fight
Hiding at heaven’s height
Behind a nebula of hearts
The distant nebula of love
Belongs to no one here on earth
Behind a nebula of hearts
The distant nebula of love
Exploding slowly over time
Behind a nebula of hearts; the distant nebula of love
Behind a nebula of hearts; the distant nebula of love
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Guillotine
03:25
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Outside it’s a symphony conducted by a ghost
Choking surreptitiously, sucking on its host
Inside,its philosophy tethered to your wing
The marzipan is cyanide, the poison makes you sing
When I face the guillotine
Or you occur to me
Can you pull the string,deliver clarity?
When I face the guillotine
Or you occur to me
Can you pull the string and set me free?
Underneath the umbrella, sweating in the rain
Your ink has bled the pages of your pain
Suffer what it means, girl, to be aware of dreams
Harbored in the pasture out of reach
When I face the guillotine
Or you occur to me
Can you pull the string, deliver clarity?
When I face the guillotine
Or you occur to me
Can you pull the string and set me free?
When I face the guillotine
Or you occur to me
Can you pull the string, deliver clarity?
Step up to the guillotine
And give your love to me
Can you pull the string?
Standing by the guillotine
It’s hard for me to see
Can you pull the string?
Can you pull the string?
Can you pull the string
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Xmastime
03:09
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Cross your heart and hope to fly, you bear your cross by candlelight
And keeping time with your device, but it’s not mine, there’s no reply
Right beside you I’m alone, with all your friends and all your bones
And this old closet’s not a home; it fastens from the outside
Every time I hear your voice you pull me further from the choices here
Lead on, like girls and boys who still believe in Christmastime
No one sees you when you cry, and all the moments in your life
Have crashed like waves upon the sailboats in your mind
So let me hold you one more time and you can rest your head on mine
And I will comfort you, but only till you climb
Back on the ride
It’s not that I don’t want to know, but somehow it feels like you’re showing off
The bruises and the blows that hold your hopes for ransom
Toll the bell; I’ll drop the line into the well that you’ve contrived
Where I lose more than my mind and life is mere survival
Cross your heart and fly on by into someone else’s sighs,
Because tonight, this is goodbye - for all you care, it’s Christmastime
When no one’s looking you can cry, when all the moments in your life
Have crashed like waves upon the sailboats in your mind
So let me hold you one more time, and you can rest your head on mine
And I will comfort you, but only till you climb back on the ride
Cross your heart and fly on by into someone else’s sighs,
Because tonight, this is goodbye, for all you care, it’s Christmastime
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The Velocet Brooklyn, New York
The Velocet was a Brooklyn-based band in the 2000s , signed to the iconic NJ punk rock label Eyeball Records. They released
1 EP, 1 full-length record, and toured extensively in the regional US. Their single "Chinatown" was featured on the CMJ TV Show "One Tree Hill".
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