SELF DEFENSE FAMILY Heaven Is Earth LYRICS
album: "Heaven Is Earth" (2015)
In My Defense Self Me Defend
The Earth is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Dispute is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Closure is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Your day is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Your word is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Your kid is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Climate is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Shortage is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Heat death is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Your job is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Your meal is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Greatness is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
To compete is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Church is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
State is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
State is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
She is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Notes are not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
Your joy is not my concern
Burned out. It leaked out. I learned
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Talia
Nothing nice in there
I drive fast and you just stare
Nothing kind inside
You snarl, and spit, and writhe
The lab explodes
Showers crowd with tin and rubber hose
Lunch in the park
Ruined for you by nagging thoughts
A bug crawled deep
it chirps, and clicks, and limits sleep
A plume of smoke ruins the town
with pipe and specks of stone
A sense you're called
Healthy thoughts sputter and stall
Day out, in, then
Out again, it pricks the skin
The lab explodes
Showers crowd with tin and rubber hose
Your eyes chipped plates
White and wide and webbed with veins
Your smile broad
Tongue exposed when you're turned on
To see you thrilled
And that swell of joy lasts until
You catch a glance
Of this sad fucked world at its best
A plume of smoke ruins the town
with pipe and specks of stone
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Prison Ring
A note you sent
It's five months
Since you left
Pinched my throat
Stole my breath
Stepped on my
Pigeon chest
I miss it but I'm glad it's over
Got one less mess I'm forced to shoulder
I miss it but I'm glad it' over
Got one less stress hanging over me
A trace amount
Of that warmth
I fouled
Keeps me from
Freezing over
I still find it
All throughout
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Ditko
Someone watches your laptop
While you use the john
Someone holds your bag
While you tie your shoe
Someone lets you cut to the front of the line
Someone asks so you let him take a bite
That's not ownership, is it?
It's simply not his
Someone writes his name on your things
A man pisses on your little plot
A man eats from your plate in the hall
A man says something you know to be untrue
That's not ownership, is it?
It's simply not his
Picked me up a tea at the grocer
Wrong flavor, but how can I complain?
From the car I leer at your tan legs
Hardest part of ownership I swear
How best to good give rest to persistent
thoughts that won't relent:
To possess and appreciate
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Everybody Wants A Prize For Feeling
I'm not good with depression
So I put my mind to other things
I'm not one for dark thoughts
So I've already pawned our rings
I'm not built to stay jealous
So I'm happy that you're his
I'm not much for bitter
So I'll leave right after this
I feel I stand no chance to win on appeal
I'm not standing on ceremony
So I'll keep it very plain
I'm not keen to lose composure
So I'll choke back any rage
I'm easy to convince
So I'm cutting off my ears
I'm not trying to be told
So I'll send you home in tears
I feel I stand no chance to win on appeal
I'm rather quick to trust
So I'm choosing not to listen
I'm one for second chances
So 1.5 is all you're ever getting
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Heaven Is Earth
Like couples in their twilight years
Hold out hope death pulls in pairs
Time spent here matched over there
Or that's the desperate thought at least
Car crash, plane, monoxide leak
Christians explain hell is easy:
Distance from god
Like farm dog caught in leg trap
Gnaws until his bones pop
Small bites until his tendons shred
No desperate thoughts, a calm head
Whole redefined, down one piece
Animals best define heaven:
Distance from pain
Like a vineyard in high fire season
A decade's work soon deleted
Family runs headlong to heat
Desperate thoughts lost to flame
Father burns with his plants
Helicopter watches overhead:
Distance from ground
Like your longtime sad artist friend
The one who always talks
but he never ends it
Repeats repeats bad behavior
Operating model of depression
Moves to Boston cries on command
Happy to see him gone
Distance from all
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Basic Skills
Fed up
Old lady left me
Can't claim "long story"
Boils down to, "I'm shifty
And full of ugly feelings"
Peer review
Peer review
I handled that poorly
Hook guides me offstage
Cashed out
The spirit left me
An unoriginal story
Full of tropes, near-parody
Full-on ugly feelings
Peer review
Peer review
I handled that poorly
Hook guides me offstage
Line in
Voice left me
Belabored irony
Clown chokes on popcorn
Circus closes early
Peer review
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Dave Sim
That paracosm where old dogs
they live forever
Prester John meets the Great Khan
for lunch around the pool
A place where you talk
but your merit's never measured
Says, "I feel made up."
Reply, "I feel that sometimes too."
Obstructionist party all invited
Spinning bomb dropped on a highway
Can't get here from there
Chatter form chatter void always crying
Fill my grave with their list of complaints
That old chestnut that some topics are haram
Arthur and King Lot
arrive separately to lunch
Plates uneaten
But a nagging question eats their calm
Says, "Are we real?"
Reply, "Not sure, but I have a hunch."
Obstructionist party all invited
Spinning bomb dropped on a highway
Can't get here from there
Chatter form chatter void always crying
