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Snafu

by The Deadbees

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1.
wake up push off the cold sheets posh luck live on a blue streak always snowing these days in no direction just like home confessing to be so small in process, in time to be the bouncing ball of all the peaks and valleys cliffs and shorelines up and down, down and up I want what's left of life in shiny falling pieces from above I want impressions of this fleeting spell I mention to console your heart with love
2.
I can’t see straight But I’m starting to see This is miniature you This is miniature me Seeing stars in the sky And the sky is a screen They are starting to fall They are pelting the street And the fabric will flutter Down like the sheet On a childhood fort We will live underneath In the stuttering traffic Gasping to breathe The miniature people Are starting to scream And the Giant Regime Will be gnashing their teeth With their eyes on the ceiling They’re sewing the seams When all hope is gone And there’s nowhere to flee A hero reveals his true identity The Giants all thought There was no one alive Until our hero, Mega Mini Punched a hole in the sky "Forward our footsteps And when we aim, they fall I will stay Mega Mini I will stay true to form You are much more than pretty You are so beautiful” The miniature word for miniature is "mini" The miniature word for beautiful is "pretty" None, or only one of you No miniature word The miniature word for miniature is "mini" No miniature word for beautiful
3.
hey mrs. morningsmile yes, i forgot your name and a handsome many from which to choose when you play it fast and loose waking up next to lovely news perhaps i should recap with you cuz you're so beautiful to me, to me, to me, to me hey mrs. afterwhile this is when we explain who we are and what we do exchange IDs and other proof who we are and what we do i'm a world-class loner i was born to lose who we are and what we do which charity has brought you to my small, dark room? and who would i be to refuse? when you play it fast and loose waking up nekkid with the same tattoo perhaps i can't slow down with you cuz you're so beautiful to me, to me, to me, to me hey mrs. afterdark this is where we remain sparklers swinging searching for the truth our kind play it fast and loose lightning bolts will light the fuse perhaps i'll just explode with you
4.
Zombie Dance 02:25
i wanna know now, baby do you believe in second chances? i'm reaching my hands out, baby do you think you wanna dance? oh, oh, oh i come back to life now, baby when i'm with you i'm moving my feet now, sweetie to keep up with you woo you move so smooth, my darling your blood, it must be pumping every time i see you, my darling my heart almost starts thumping i take your hand in mine we crawl out of our graves the night is ours again it's calling out or names woo i wanna know now, baby do you believe in second chances? i'm reaching my hands out, baby do you think you wanna dance? oh, oh, oh i come back to life now, baby when i'm with you i'm moving my feet now, sweetie to keep up with you woo yes, i wanna know i wanna know i'm reaching my hands out just for you
5.
we'll have dinner soon and i'll pick up the check if i know you you're planning what's next i waited my turn this lineup's a mess if i know you you've got a man on deck tapping his cleats and popping his neck swinging his bat pointing to the fence and all i hear is staticstaticstaticstaticstaticstaticstaticstatic
6.
we're gonna rape this city we're gonna rape this city we're gonna rape this city tonight so bring all your lipstick but not for the cool kids not even for you or me we're gonna rape this city tonight cuz i wanna love you like nobody does and i wanna kiss you just because so bring all your lipstick we'll do all the cool shit i'll tell you what we're gonna do we're gonna rape this city tonight wipe down our fingerprints don't wanna leave that behind well, if you see that the city's animals are acting funny that's just us but we won't be here sunday, oh no and even if you pin us to the scene of the crime you know you can't prove nothing come on, motherfucker so bring all your lipstick but not for the cool kids not even for you and me we're gonna rape this city tonight cuz i wanna love you like nobody does and i wanna kiss you because we're gonna rape this city tonight yes, i wanna love you like nobody does and i wanna kiss you because we're gonna rape this city tonight
7.
i'm the lone sock in the drawer when all the other socks are gone i don't know what i'm for i'm the lone sock in the drawer i lost my partner years ago now i'm all alone said it was a matter of waste we'll pick em, pair em off, and put em on display twist your little lips bend your little will find a pie cooling on a window sill i bet you will, yeah, i bet you will tiny sunken ships rotting in the dark follow the thread you'll find Noah's Arc i bet you will, yeah, i bet you will but you will never, ever find that missing sock
8.
anyone can beat me up anyone can beat me up two little hands, these are my defense i die so easy but i get my revenge see my slow motion? watch me spinning around little puppy at the pound waiting for you so please come and pick me up now anything can fuck me up anything can fuck me up two little eyes, these are my pretense one gives a wink and the other pretends once you go crazy where do you go? are you just going? what is it that you know? i need to say this so please even if you're busy listen up now you have the right to be happy you have the right to be sad you know that you're the light at the end of your tunnel be sure of that anyone can beat me up anyone can beat me up two skinny legs, these are meant for kicks i stand on a thin blade and i jog on a fence jump in slow motion watch me flip to the ground hot lava sucks me down i'm praying for you so please come and pick me now anything can fuck me up anything can fuck me up two little ears for the birds i hear i run through the forest till i'm out in the clear down in the creek bed so quiet and low i drink a magic potion now i'm starting to grow you're free to say this so please i'm a giant baby listening now
9.
don't worry about fucking things up be faithful that you'll find a way to make a mistake all these things you're making up, you're dreaming up i wonder if we're ever really truly awake when every day is so full as it disappears beneath the leaves numbers falling off the wall every day you can't retrieve put a bow on the present won't you give it back to me? put a bow on the present won't you give it back to me? put a bow on the present won't you give it back to me? put a bow on the present won't you give it back to me? put a bow on the present you'll understand the satellite oh, little boy you'll live and die in Illinois you'll understand the satellite split a pack of smokes and sell our souls like dirty jokes you'll understand the satellite and climb or choke they were just throwing you a rope
10.
Pull Me Down 03:52
It’s probably just a phase A new boyish obsession Stay up late with me We’re gonna do what we want We’re gonna never learn our lesson You could teach me all your shades Of your brilliant indiscretion Well it’s killing me that I got nothin prove But don’t get the wrong impression We could draw our names in the sand Or we could just write ‘help’ instead And sit on the dock with our feet in the lake Until the helicopter lands Oh baby, I see me and you On the bright side of the moon Our silhouettes are goin crazy again They’re booty bumpin to this tune Alone, get alone at last Alone, get along at last Alone, get alone at last Alone, get along at last You say we’re already home You say it’s me that you know You can tell me by now Am I doing it right? You can read it aloud In the reach of your light You can sing me a song You can see me a sight Disappear whispering Become clear in the light Walk away, walk around Walk to me, pull me down Pull me out, take it off Pull me in, pull me down Push me off, walk away As I’m hovering round Turn around, not away Grab ahold, pull me down Yeah, pull me down Well tell me bout the time There was a pretty good night To sit beside the lake And drink in the light Tremble like a leaf Then burn like a fire Twist up in embers Disappear in the sky You say we’re already home You might think so But you don’t know These little dreams that we broke You might think so We don’t know You say it’s me that you know You might think so But you don’t know
11.
all set to run, cracked off the alarm no sense is slow, no sense is a horoscope twisting off slopes end sly, end back around again, wise turn back around again twice tapping the glass, daring the Pleistocene moving the nouns, stealing the room I finally found your back to aim my speech patterns gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees of the Mississippippi gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees of the Mississippippi gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees and someday we’ll know somehow that shit matters at the school, writing rehearsed retorts after school, teachers burning our book reports we’ll disfigure and blame our speech patterns after class, you’ll try to be nice to me I’ll pass a letter of bright catastrophes at least you tried to show me that all of this matters when we get old, will you pass it back to me? well, Nigger Jim will always be black to me I guess nobody told them then that shit matters if growing old, you’re turning your back to me if that’s all I find to aim my speech patterns gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees of the Mississippippi gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees of the Mississippippi gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees of the Mississippippi gonna sail straight down to New Orleans through the shadows of the trees of the Mississippippi
12.
Find a Spark 03:12
you see it all around you but you will not give in a sea that swims around you smashing, spilling in cuz what you've seen and what you've heard is what you make out of your words is what you think is what you learn It's what you make out of your words the sky is there to ground you so stand up and resist love looks but has it found you? rise out from the mist these arms have wrapped around you this is for the best cuz what you've seen and what you've heard is what you make out of your words is what you think is what you learn It's what you make out of your words try to be yourself ride the fine line of duplicity try to reinvent electricity find a spark now it's burning all alone in the dark making history you don't need conflict for misery find obstacles to overcome now start because i'm burning all alone in the dark try to be yourself ride the fine line of duplicity try to reinvent electricity find a spark now it's burning all alone in the dark making history you don't need conflict for misery find obstacles to overcome now start because i'm burning all alone in the dark
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure that the world’s about to end. My dog’s afraid of squirrels, they will leave her skeleton in a furry cloud of tails that twirl as black tornadoes spin. Yes, I’m completely certain that the world’s about to end. A man leans on the wrong button in a stupid accident, then we’re all plus-size models, but only as silhouettes. It’s true, I have no doubt the world is ending this weekend. A meteor hits the earth and brings the dinosaurs back again, and the tree house isn’t safe anymore. There’s only one place that is, there, on the merry-go-round. And hey, no one asked you to leave. Oh, what a relief it is to be wrong when sincerity’s replaced with shame. Black hole, eye of storm, eye of animal untamed. I’ve never believed in something so strong the wind wouldn’t blow it away. Black shore, bloody fish staring beautiful and strange. I wanna believe in something so strong smashing waves wouldn’t wash it away. Black eye, bloody sky bleeding freezing drops of rain. I wanna believe in something so strong all the dark couldn’t hide it away. Black teeth, bloody mouth seeking something nice to say. So part your lips, open your mouth. Watch the fireflies come flying out. See swirling lights out in the open. The greatest shame is never hoping. So part your lips, open your mouth, watch the fireflies come flying out. You always thought that they’d be locusts. You always thought the plague. You always kept your focus in the darkest place.
14.
take it all in stride is that why you move? keep up with your youth don't keep it deep inside you may stay still the world still moves don't keep it deep inside the spirit inside of you moves it sits on a swing in your mood the fire that burns deep inside the silence you find in your room the shadows the bend by the moon go to sleep now little baby and if you need a dream i'll sing you one go to sleep now little baby and if you lost your dreams save me one go to sleep now little baby and if you need a dream i'll sing you one you know that you are alive should you need some kind of proof reflecting the world in a spoon? don't keep it deep inside your heart will explode popcorn in the fire don't kiss it all goodbye leave footprints in the snow melt them when you cry don't believe we die leave the hat on the table it will move in time go to sleep now little baby and if you need a dream i'll sing you one go to sleep now little baby and if you lost your dreams save me one go to sleep now little baby and if you need a dream i'll sing you one

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released January 29, 2014

All songs written and played by BB except track #2, which was co-written by Moog Hescock, and C. Bax played on it and helped with knob-twiddling. BB lives in Chicago under a pile of comic books. He is bipolar positive.

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