Pier 14 Locals
I'll be there in spirit tomorrow like you were here
today searching for a friend in a landscape of fear casting a line in
coldest June city on the west coast I'll be lucky to catch a warm bed
that lasts longer than it takes to heat my cramped cell with an electric
blanket taped to the mattress as the end of this transmission approaches
I've got to find a hole before this shift is over.
Reflecting on Ejection
Wake up in the middle of the night strange apartment naked cold
gonna go for a walk I'm gonna go for a walk down an unfamiliar hallway
Try to look casual as the guarantee to fail settles into position
sleepwalk to the bathroom I am lost don't expect to be found
anytime tomorrow is only gonna bring more of the same A reverse paradise
awaits my aging hands knuckles raw at the cracks from holding onto some
old joke too hard it's too bad who cares I know I don't. Relentless
sloppy archer still haven't called it a night just a little slack for
breakfast is all that I'm aiming for is that too much to ask Try to look
casual as the guarantee to fail settles into position sleepwalk to the
bathroom A reverse paradise awaits my aging hands knuckles raw from
holding onto some old joke
Groundhog
Hate to say it face to face so
I won't but it's been filling me up like an abrupt end to a losing
streak life sentence exchanged for an early release Caught with all
defenses down hadn't given thought to the possibility of such a direct
hit and now that I've been cornered don't know how to handle it Maybe
it's the growing mess that I've been collecting maybe it's the fact that
I can't afford to lose another anchor The only thing keeping this damn
intact is my fear of leaving in reverse cause every room that I settle
my bags down in turns into a fire drill Otherwise I wouldn't be keeping
this distance I'd get wrapped up but instead I'm keeping my mouth shut
Dad's Datsun
Today might just be the greatest day of my life the
peak is approaching weaving it's way up my spine your voice is a harp
we've acquired the phaser Today is the first day of a new life the pod
has arrived let's keep the blood flowing This joyride is what I've
always wanted to believe that we were born we were born to cruise
through the fire unscathed We were born to cruise and that's probably
why this feels right won't land in the same place now that I've seen the
purple sky
I am a Romantic Comedy Dude
Salting every snail casting
off all calls trading open windows for moldy walls stuttered to start
overshot the finish rolled off my back hustle to switch sure I'm gonna
miss Can't tell a story without sounding static lied when I said had it
that was just me hitting panic fucking up giving in That was just me
cropped myself out of every picture just being honest Every trip
neglected to take every friend ignored every chance misplaced every call
I neglected to take Newspaper waits for the yellow I'm watching the future
narrow Cropped myself out of every picture throwing albums to the fire
Wasted every warm bed passing out spoiling the sound letting everyone
bumming everyone out Stuttered to start overshot the finish rolled off
my back hustled to switch Sure I'm gonna miss
Catcher's Mitt
I know
who you used to be This new head isn't fooling me this new face could
never take the place of the mess you left Forging an honest change of
heart might as well be quoting a line from the most pedestrian sitcom
Thought we left that shit in detention guess you failed to mention your
37 year plan It was carved in a desk
Vaccine
Adderall is all that I need to feel complete
68%
I'm the one you always see sound asleep on
the train car shakes the creeps along I'm the one dozing off in line
with my headphones on a tired friend in disguise I'm the drifter the
wound in your scheme the stain that you can't clean I'm the fire in your
sleep invisible mock your facist peace You're the circuit I'm the jammer
a wrench in what you're selling You're the circuit I'm the jammer can't
sell me anything you can't sell me Don't let the threshold plummet every
pile deleted is a step in the direction away from the static momentum
step away from Coming to terms with this back is just as vulnerable as
yours My bearers never said it'd be easy never said it I remember the
porch from the old house where I formed the curve slept on it till the
new owners filled the lot It was you it was them was everyone then
the knife welding pond now
I'm the thief the wound and the blowback
Jokes
Used to be the one needed let the lack of circulation cripple me
Didn't understand just how self destructive a short lens can be It's not
where you sleep that determines your place in the chaos it's the
strength of your resilience that makes the biggest difference
Used to play the victim constantly when they took my parents house I cried my
eyes out It's taken coming up on 3 decades to realize that you can never
push or pull hard enough all positions fixed omnipresent pressure
Best bet is aiming to die laughing
42 Hours to 2073
It's hard to care
about what's happening when everything that I'm missing is at least
8 of the widest states away
42 hours if we don't sleep
Fuck The Party
I'm staying home more often undercover an uneasy truce points in the
direction of me leaving this city Grainy films tell a story that I don't
belong to you don't belong here either And I'm coming to terms with this
empty gut makes me cautious as a viewer Historic facade(i mispronounced it on purpose dude)
postcard perfection scene rotting from the inside out street And the house foreclosed will fill up
with a house party where all the kids can congregate you can catch me in the
corner brooding and disgusted I'm just as bad as everyone else And I'm
coming to terms with this empty gut makes me cautious as a viewer And
when I lay down tonight I'll keep dreaming about what I never cared to
be a part of and the hand I played in it cool.
Full Gainer
You're going to hell I'm going to hell Been slipping through the cracks You've
been diving into the center for as long as I've known you got your bathing suit on and you're ready to jump into the warmest natural body of water with all of your friends We're going to hell.
wishes
