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Bowing to no one, authority's gone ever after
Temptation is guidin' me
Asked me when I would return home but I never answered
Escaped the third degree finally
Fed me some line of how blood and respect intermingle
Maybe back in her own time
Wonderin' what it was like then but I never asked her
My respect's laced within the wine
Flaunting, creative how much one can differ
So individual yet all look the same
Always pretending I'm someone I can't be
Someone who doesn't think life's just a game
Seems like the only ones listenin' are headin' for nowhere
And they're takin' the fastest lane
Seems like the only ones listenin' are headin' for nowhere
As they bleed in the mudded rain
It seems like the only ones listenin' are headin' for nowhere
With instincts of antiquity
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The Wait
04:14
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Searchin' for some way out though try as I might
Sit here and suffer under fluorescent light
The only way to know these years are now behind you...
Met a new girl today and gave her my all
Found I was just another notch on her wall
The only way to know these years are now behind you
Is to bow down under the man and his call
So how was I to know she'd show full of light?
Not too impressed with how she saw without sight
The only way to know these years are now behind you
Is to just settle down and not have a right
I've been waitin' here for so...
Waiting
Stand and pace around the floor
Waiting
'Til that someone offers more
Watching
I'm still waitin' here for so...
Waiting
All that she meant to me now sealed in a jar
Soul-searching journey didn't take her too far
And now you've finally learned these years are not behind you
Sit back, accept the fact you are who you are
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Shitlist
04:44
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Though my intention was never harmful, keep on runnin'
I only wanted to hear some fallin' rain, keep on fallin'
Down to your empty plain
What holds your future gain?
Though my intent was never harmful, keep on runnin'
I only wanted to hear some fuckin' rain, so keep on talkin'
You keep threatening all these changes
But nothin' seems to happen
Except I've nearly lost the urge to call your name out
And after everything how could you wear my ring?
I know the list goes on and on
What is yours is mine and mine is lost
And I can't explain
And though it may not stand to trial
To rectify, pretend it's all worthwhile
My hope has waned
You say the grass is always greener on either side of the fence
So stop sitting on that fence and go build another
Now that your life is new has faith walked out on you?
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Tale of the Kagonesti
03:03
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"Finished with them all!", he said
Set out on unwaking tread
Driftin' past the water
Couldn't help but feel misled
Turned in on himself instead
Burying the trust he once held deep inside
Then comes a key to set free from the rack
Managed by love in an aged Cadillac
But never regard her so
Filled with unexpected light
Fought the source with all his might
Holdin' back the water
Learning to accept his plight
Found she held eternal night
Without a breath in the palm of her hand
Candle of kismet lit free from above
Hard to accept but expecting enough
I'll never regard her so
True to herself yet so hard to unfold
Obstinate mirth but it never grows old
I wish she'd regard her so
And so I turn tomorrow's page
Free of will's unyielding cage
Guided signs of water
Early in a wanton phase
Reminds me of a younger age
And what it's like to feel as your once more alive
Rebirth of passion and prospects revised
To no longer give just enough to get by
I'll never mistreat her so
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Another Day
02:37
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Another day, another dollar
I told myself the day I said that I'd put a bullet in my head
So won't you stand up, scream, and holler
And show the rest of us you care enough to put our fears to bed
Won't you look up here and tell me what you see?
Please be honest man, we're doing this for free
Getting sick of words "good job" is all I hear
Help me to understand that steady work is gear
So one more day, one more dollar
I tell myself that nine to five's not what I want, it's what I need
So won't you stand and scream "blue collar!"
And show the rest of us you care enough to eat the glowing seed
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Curses, Stones, and Rags
05:22
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Can I justify all these things I hide?
Tried to nullify the wounds your promise dealt
I can't describe the awesome pain I felt
And I don't wanna let it go
Won't intercede, oh no
Every now and then I hear you have to bend
Over someone else's desk just to make ends meet
I used to be so proud of all your feats
But not so anymore
(You keep braggin' 'bout the sun so high
without ever havin' taken a walk outside)
Won't intercede
(I guarantee that your man won't lie
because the more we care the less we hide)
Do as you please
(So you brag about the sun so high
never havin' taken a walk outside)
You'll learn to live in curses, stones, and rags but
Who let the cat out of the bag?
Should I compromise? Should I close my eyes?
Or maybe analyze the words I've hear people say?
There comes a time when corporate slime must pay
I don't think that time is now
(You keep braggin' 'bout the sun so high
without ever havin' taken a walk outside)
Won't intercede
(I guarantee that your man won't lie
because the more we care the less we hide)
Do as you please
(So you brag about the sun so high
never havin' taken a walk outside)
Down on your knees
(Guaranteed I know your man won't lie
the more we care the less we hide)
I hope they meet your needs
You'll learn to live in curses, stones, and rags but
Who let the cat out of the bag?
On and on this riddling romance
Rots away like dry October leaves
On and on it trickles down
It trickles down and falls all over me
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The Quivering Palm Minneapolis, Minnesota
A fusion of indie rock and electronic pop with a hint of madness.
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01/23: 1st Runner Up Best Int'l Male at the 2022 Radio WIGWAM Awards
03/23: "Perpetual Motion Vol. 1" released
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