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Smell Smoke

by Vundabar

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1.
Acetone 02:30
Now that this suit’s Taken shape Wonder will it bend or break Oh yeah, I know how that one goes Oh yeah, will it burn off all my clothes I don’t want you to see the way I’ve been Doled out a bleached persona No, no monochrome deliverance Burns off like acetone Either way it would mar skin beneath An heirloom to our pedigree Oh yeah, I know how that one goes Oh yeah, will it burn off all my clothes I don’t want you to see the way I’ve been Doled out a bleached persona No, no monochrome deliverance Burns off like acetone (I heed stainless steel boots, Need a stainless steel suit, live a stainless steel life, in a stainless steel room, I got stainless steel time, this is a stainless steel mind, stared up at a stainless steel sky. Hello up there!)
2.
Harvest 04:08
There’s nothing that’s poetic about a bedsore When stasis is damage I cleaned the bowl of fruit I brought It sat till it turned to food for flies See how they dine on trials awry But later I came over The house smelt heavy You said to me I don’t ever wanna be Contest Harvest Let me rot in the field, set the seed I don’t ever wanna be Contest Harvest Let the moss, let it grow over me You brought that dog up, could you put it down? You found out Too much to hear so ear gave in Then on the following sunday the devil rose out But he came back He dresses like a business man Like you were When you were younger Did you find what you were offered? I don’t ever wanna be Contest Harvest Let me rot in the field, set the seed I don’t ever wanna be Contest Harvest Let the moss, let it grow over me
3.
Tar Tongue 06:19
It never take so long It never take Walked myself into the black woods Everything’s too dark in this light Need some shade to obscure the tar ball Leaves to weave an unending night Black tar bubbled right out of my mouth Made a road wherever I’d gone Highrise, franchise all to my surprise Paved the way and they had come I wait Pacing at the gate With one coin under my tongue It never take so long It never take I’m a moth, you are a porchlight Head smashed in against your glow Left some dust to tarnish the outside Sighed, said it’d suffice and go If I knew the rock would not reach the top I would want to be a useless machine But even then I’m still one of them A thought; a box; a long walk Aw gee, what’ve you done to me I chose a path of three
4.
That’s when I reach for my dissolver That’s when I feel dystopia That’s when I reach for my resolver That’s when I think I get the joke Beat my head against the wall and I pray for a crack But nobody told me that the wall hits back Mother pariah come and rescue me Somebody tell me how it ought to be A big star, Hollywood! I’ll be the tower of ivory It’s made of human teeth But that just doesn’t bother me That’s when I reach for my dissolver That’s when I feel dystopia That’s when I reach for my resolver That’s when I think I get the joke I would swallow any stone it takes to trade the day away What route to choose just to delude Vacation homes and tanqueray The pedigree of piety but mister if you disagree How will you miss your two front teeth Tonight I’m wearing silk Spray on tan Silk on hand Sam I Am Have I been here before? Spray on tan Silk on hand Sam I Am I’m wearing silk
5.
There is no person to people this vehicle There’s not a soul to fill the tank The engine idled for a while then died No one left to know it not a rock Who could the owner be I wonder Of this American machine I think they seeked a drink They found not enough to drink but to drown
6.
Big Funny 03:01
Hospital receipts They make a coffin seem so cheap You listen to that old hen speak It’s almost like he knew what I mean But you don’t know how it feels No you don’t know how that feels Consecrate the shrink that sat on the machine that mangled this one's body Can you give a vessel what it needs But you don’t know how it feels No you don’t know how that feels Government job, he followed us around the block To see if we were feigning loss, what a discerning eye he’s got
7.
Diver 04:00
And I am a deep sea diver And I’ve been underwater a long time I can’t remember which side, which one’s wetter Papa what are you lookin for down there? “I am a diver cuz I couldn’t take the air” And I’ve been thinking about my sinker Is it lead or silver? I can’t remember which one’s better Papa what are you lookin for down there? “I am a diver cuz I couldn’t take the air”
8.
$$$ 06:02
Do you know how money talks Honey money doesn’t talk Money screams Godbless the frankness of Franklin the thief At least he is honest in his dishonesty
9.
Hold A Light 01:21
There’s a fire on the road There’s a fire I’ve been told And that flame will never cease It was fueled by gasoline You lit it long before I And that’s why it makes me cry You got to die But I will burn in your old flame
10.
I was a man in a hat But then I lost the hat Where does that leave me at? I know I am only what I show Only am what I sow So why did you have to go? So who will be my own? Will block the sun? Now that you’re gone And who will shield my eyes From those bright lights they put outside Oh oh oh Now I’m too torn up to be seen No more bill concealing The fissure proceeds to leak Then I ran to everyone I’d seen In a hat just like mine But they declined to give me the time due a contingency on their hat’s lifetime warranty Only then did I wonder why one would take pride in having hindered eyes But just as I passed that thought I passed that Shop My Hat In Stock (so I bought it) Yeah You will be my own Will block the sun Now that you’re home Yeah you will shield my eyes From those bright lights They put outside
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released February 23, 2018

Releases 2/23/2018
Recorded by Keith Abrams at The Head Room, except for "$$$", "Diver" and "Glass Hand" which were recorded at Sonelab by Justin Pizzoferato. Artwork by Jaime Knoth. Mastered by Carl Saff.
Drums and percussion by Drew McDonald
Bass by Grayson Kirtland on "$$$", "Diver" and "Glass Hand"
Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, synth and percussion by Brandon Hagen

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