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Achilles and the Blues
02:56
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You haven't called me but you should
I read your sister's poems and they're good!
Good enough for the fires at dawn
Good enough for this song
They made me wonder, then choose
Between Achilles and the blues
You have dogma, I have views
While your sister is walking with the muse
I tried to see you at the duel
I saw the face you wore, it was cruel
It's a beast being thirty-nine
Growing vain on the vine
You made me wonder, then choose
Between Achilles and the blues
But I have poems I can use
That your sister wrote in Santa Cruz
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Moon Chariot
02:08
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I rejoiced at seeing the giantess
And the world and its cruelties
And the serpent that sings:
"Now, for the moon, Noreen!"
"Now, for the moon, Noreen!"
I want to be inexhaustible
10 stories high, I'll never die
Invincible
All my dreaming brings me
Two winged horses to return me to the sea
Evil can't teach me a thing anymore
Come on Noreen, it's you I adore
To the moon, the serpent sings
At this moment, you mean everything
And I'm gonna try
To storm the palace before I die
To touch the water and feel the tide
And get a look at the eyes inside
All my dreaming brings me
Two winged horses to return me to the sea
I rejoiced at seeing the giantess
And the world and its cruelties
And the serpent that sings:
"Now, for the moon, Noreen!"
"Now, for the moon, Noreen!"
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Viper Summer
04:29
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When your friends descend, you must let them
When the party ends it's a blessing
Kill the lights, clear the floor, pay the drummer
Hollow tones, Roman roads, viper summer
And the nymphs never showed when we needed them to know
That the fever and the magic might be worth it
Look back, look now, start revealing
No one said that this dread would be healing
But we both know
You'll be doing this alone
But we both know
You'll be doing this alone
By the time that you find what you’re after
You’ll declare everywhere a disaster
What feels hard right now will get harder
But the blade that you made won’t be sharper
If your ears hear the hymns that I'm trying to keep in
Then you know where I go when I'm dreaming
When the end creeps in, it's a bummer
Hollow tones, Roman roads, viper summer
But we both know
You'll be doing this alone
But we both know
You'll be doing this alone
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Let's blame Mars, up in the stars
with Saturn returning
I'll stay home, not go to Rome
That town is burning
In Avignon, we're hanging on
Our spirits are churning
That Black Plague is vicious and vague
and so undiscerning
Which is why, if anyone dies
No matter who you are
I forgive all of your sins
wherever you have been
Out in the bars or alcazars
Your ship is coming in
Your ship is coming in
Your ship is coming in
Your ship is coming in
Your ship is coming in
Your ship is coming in
Your ship is coming in
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Bring to Me My Mermaid
02:24
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Bring to me my mermaid
or just let her be
the singing isn’t meant for you
the singing’s meant for me
For me, because
I know the sorceress
Take me to Mallorca
Help me get away
the cortisol is killing me
but maybe that’s ok
Because
When you’re dead you’re dreaming
When you’re dead you’re dreaming
When you’re dead you’re dreaming
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Virgin of the Birds San Francisco, California
Named after a poor English translation of a Salvador Dali painting, Virgin of the Birds treads a line between intimate, lo fi folk and the occasional grandeur of early art rock.
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