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Bubbles In My Blood
05:55
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You cried outside so people could see you
Making puddles that birds would dip their heads into
I was a part of the land til water voices got me
Now I'm a floating vessell somewhere out to sea
I heard sirens screeching far beyond the rocks
Now I'm shattered wood, taken my last shot
I waited all night for the Holy Ghost
He never showed He never showed
With blood on my door and a flag on my post
He never showed He never showed
When I gave up, I was finally free
Free from the hold Free from the hold
No concept of time but the changing of leaves
Free from the hold Free from the hold
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2. |
Mette By The Canal
03:25
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Oh the mighty canal
Is gonna get me good
I wouldn't even try to swim it
Even if I could.
Oh the giant bridge
Gonna collapse on me
I wouldn't even try to dodge it
Even if I could.
Oh the lovely lady
Gonna destroy my heart
I wouldn't even try to stop it
Even if I could.
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3. |
Everything Causes Cancer
04:14
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Baby I want to love you
As long as you love me too
Want to give to you what I can’t give to anyone
Baby I don’t want you ever
To think about anyone else
Every time I think you do, well I feel like a failure
But oh this feeling
I hope to forget
When you love someone so much
To the point of regret
Baby I think I'm losing all of my battles with you
It's a war I don't mind losing, if it makes things easier
But oh this feeling
I hope to forget
When you love someone so much
To the point of regret
Everything now causes cancer
Even labels don’t give you the answers
I’m afraid of dying that way
I’m afraid of dying that way
So hard to think about it
and what happens after death
I’m afraid of dying that way
I’m afraid of dying that way
Baby I want you to
Be my cancer
Be with me when I become everything
But oh this feeling
I hope to forget
When you love someone so much
To the point of regret
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4. |
Water Voices
04:14
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Do you wanna run down, do you wanna run down with me?
deep into the light, deep into the light with me
And I feel it
And i fight it
Never comprehend
When can I go inside, when can I go inside again
My skin’s burning off, my skins burning off again
And I feel it
And i fight it
And to never comprehend
Why must you choose me, why must you choose me again?
I don’t wanna do it, don’t wanna do it again
And I feel it
And i fight it
And to never comprehend
Out there, out there is the truth
It may be, it may be that it’s untrue
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5. |
Nervous Breakdown
03:44
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Escalators moving, but the people are not walking
I can't seem to break free their bodies are blocking
It's a breakdown at Ikea
I'm going home
The sky's made of fluorescent
Holding window dressings
People say this place is a church holding holy blessings
It's a breakdown at Ikea
I'm going home
Cassy's saying baby won't you calm down, "Baby, calm down."
I'm holding you tight but your body, it keeps moving
Just a few more items, and then I promise we can be going
There's something in you baby that makes you so damn annoying
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
Calm down baby won't you calm down if only just for me
I said a few more items and then I promise we can leave
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't
calm down
Baby! just calm down, you're neurotic and afraid of consumerism
What is it about spending money that makes you so mad?
Is it the fact that this place is designed just like a maze just to get you lost?
So you can see everything they sell at a premium cost
Or that people come dressed up
all in an attempt to bring someone back to the bed they just got
I'm running, yeah I'm running, yeah I'm running, running, running
It's a breakdown at Ikea
I'm going home
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6. |
Earthy Eyes
04:40
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I see your black eye, and it’s shades of purple
That reminds me, reminds me of the earth
That reminds me, reminds me of the earth
You came to this fire, waving a lighter
And now you'll burn, you'll burn to your knees
You'll burn, you'll burn to your knees
Outside it’s sunny
Inside it’s dark
I just wish I never knew the name of the spark
The name of the spark
I’ve got the water that you’re craving
But it’s too cold, too cold to be used
I said it's too cold, too cold to be used
Outside it’s sunny
Inside it’s dark
I just wish I never knew the name of the spark
The name of the spark
I’ve got lots of thoughts in my mind
And they attack me all of the time
I’ve got teeth inside of my brain
And they bite down, all of the time
Outside it’s sunny
Inside it’s dark
I just wish I never knew the name of the spark
The name of the spark
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7. |
Where I'm Going
02:58
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Do you know where I am going?
‘Cause I’m so bad at directions
I see the map on your forehead
But you keep turning instead of facing me, of facing me
Do you know where I should put this?
Cause I don’t want to keep it in myself
I want to get it out of me
But every time I scream
I don’t say anything, I don’t say anything
I feel it in my body
But I don’t know how to acknowledge it
It fills me with neurosis
And makes me question my belief in everything
In everything
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It’s kinda grim though, to be strolling through these silent parts of town
They all used to be so loud, proud and vociferous
What happened to it’s charm? What happened to this place we used to share?
I can remember the hip cafe I first met you, spaced out and as pretty as can be
We sat amongst the daytime drunks philosophizing as if they knew what they’re doing with themselves
All secretly wished they could philosophize you into their lives, but I won that argument
I don’t quite know what went wrong, or I know too much that’ll just make you mad
But what was there won’t breath again, and if it does it will be through someone else's lungs
Some other mindset or ideas that’ll either build off mine or tear them down
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What’s gone can’t be recessed but I can take what’s gone and use it to build what’s new
and what’s new, well, it’s just going to have to do, till I can no longer see the sky turn blue or I find a new you, or an even newer new
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9. |
The Color Orange
05:46
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I just want someone to be my friend tonight
Just want someone to be my friend tonight
Maybe I can get lucky somehow
Maybe I can get lucky somehow
Maybe I can get lucky somehow
Maybe I can get lucky
I just want someone to lay with at some point tonight
Just want someone to lay with at some point tonight
We can go as far as you want
We can go as far as you need
We can go as far as you want
We can go as far
I just want someone to know I exist beyond what's inside a computer chip
Just want someone to know I exist beyond what's inside a computer chip
I can talk all night if you want
I can listen all day if you need
I can talk all night if you want
I can listen all day
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10. |
Long Drawn
04:31
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I’m getting used to being the lonely guy
Now that I don’t have you by my side
Enjoy my company and my own thoughts
But all I wanted to do was for you to love me like I love you
Do you remember when I wrote you those poems?
Wrote you an album filled with love songs
You never once gave me a present
Looking back I know, you never really loved me the same
Do you remember when I met your family
Your father who is always so cold to you
I could never live up to any of his standards
All I wanted to do, was love you more than he did you
You said that I seemed Bi-Polar at times
One moment happy and the next I’m crying
I was just looking for you to love me
But I could not find it
You just got angry instead
If I could write you the golden poem
That could win back your throne
I purposely fall very short
Because that’s what you’d expect
That’s what you deserve
I wish you all the best and hope that you’re happy
Have your children and name them Jackson
But now it’s time for me to move on myself
Everything is painful when you’re dealing with the human heart
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Whale Belly Brooklyn, New York
Whale Belly - formed in Brooklyn in 2010.
Has been featured in USA Today, The AV Club, CBS News, Daytrotter, BK Vegan and more. They have two albums out!
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