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Looking Glass
02:20
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I looked into the water, and much to my chagrin
Saw a face I didn’t recognize drowned in the reflection
I tried to save ‘em, but it slipped between my fingers, and
No matter how hard I try to shake this feeling that’s lingering
Some things are like other things.
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Dante
03:41
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Somewhere below this hell that I call home
There lived a man who turned his hand unto a stone
He said to me, “Friend, this is as easy as it gets.
If there is more to life, I sure haven’t seen it yet.”
But as he spoke his words turned inside out his mouth
“Upstairs God is sleeping, so please don’t wake him up.”
Up there above this hell that I call Earth
There flies a man who made his arms like birds
He said to me, “Friend, this is as high as you can get.
On wax’ed wings burned through I sing of my regrets.”
And as he spoke, the winds threw him to the sea
Down where the Whale’s eating everything
Somewhere between the stars I peer unto the Void
There lived a spirit possessed by brilliant joy
They said to me, “Don’t be afraid of who you are.
The universe inside is endless as the stars.”
But as they spoke I saw the stars fall from the sky
And as they held me there was a sadness in their eye
Everything must end eventually, in time
Try not to hurt anyone
Everything’ll be just fine.
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Jesus Freaks
05:29
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Jesus freaks
Jesus freaks
Jesus speaks to me at night before I go to sleep
He tells me about the goings on under my neighbour’s bed sheets
Jesus weeps
I hear him at night when I’m trying to sleep
I made up my mind, and I wrote it on a sign
And I’m taking it to the streets
With my Jesus freaks
God is good
I ate his body and I drank his blood
Since I was a kid I’ve been doing everything I should
But God is angry
I see it everywhere, I see I see it on the TV
Seen it on TV
There is a war, there is a war, from sea to sea
There is a war, there’s a war on my people and me
All my Jesus freaks
Jesus freaks
I love him like my own, my own daddy
But nobody knows the truth but my people and me
My people and me, we love everybody equally
But disagree
And you’ll burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn for eternity
O, Jesus freaks
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Here Come the Bunnymen
03:23
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O, here come the Bunnymen
They’ll take you where you want to go
I’m not being funny, friend
They’ll climb in the window when nobody’s home
They’ll make themselves comfortable
With their fashionable ties and big pointy ears
And when they open their mouths
They will give voice to your fears
O God, O God, how they sound just like an echo
O God, O God, I think I’m an echo
O, here come the Bunnymen
They’ll take those bad memories away
O, you’ll feel quite wonderful
Their price is well worth it to pay
They’ll tell you just what you want to hear
With their big furry lips to your ear
They’ll show you just what you want to see
They’ll make you the person you always
Dreamed of being
O God, O God, how they sound just like an echo
O God, O God, am I an echo?
Of something you said while you were digging in my head
Or did I make myself forget everything I regret?
Since it’s easier to leave without saying goodbye
But this time, I will remember, or at least I will try
O there go the Bunnymen
There go the Bunnymen
They’ve left you feeling cold
Where you once stood there is only a hole
Better hold on to yourself while there’s still something left to hold
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Famine, Feast
03:51
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Spirit, they’ve come
Quietly, then vanished
Spiders feast
Skyless, and gigantic
I’m sorry, God. I don’t want to hide.
I’m sorry, mom. I’d prefer to stay inside.
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Hour of the Wolf
02:20
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I saw the light going down the horizon
I felt the darkness washing over me
When my spirit climbed up and over the other side
The spiders left my body for the first time
I felt peace finally
I saw the light, Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, O! I saw the light
When the candle grows dim
The hour of the wolf begins
That’s when I saw the light
I saw the light rising up from your eyes then
I felt the light washing over me
When your spirit danced naked in the kitchen, my love
The spiders left my body for the first time
I knew you and I were meant to be
I saw the light, my love, inside your eyes
I saw your light in the cold of the night
When the world grows dim,
There’s vultures circling
That’s when I see your
That’s when I see your
That’s when I see your light
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Harvester
03:49
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There’s a circle on a hill
Laid flat the wheat just like a circle
Called to ritual
There’s a family locked inside
The windows of their house stay locked up every night
Scared of the ritual
We’re calling out your name
We’re calling out your name
We bloody our bodies
‘til the Harvester is tamed
There’s a spider in the grass
His legs grow longer each turn of the hourglass
Praise to the ritual
We change our bodies by their shape
We paint our faces in each and every shade
Chanting ritual
We’re calling out your name
We’re calling out your name
We make magic with our bodies
‘til the Harvester is tamed.
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8. |
(no boy)
03:38
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No boy, no boy
No boy
No boy, no boy
No boy
I have no body
No body of my own
I have no body
No body of my own
No boy, no boy
No boy
No boy, no boy
No boy
I have no body
No body of my own
I have no body
No body of my own
No boy, no boy
No boy
No boy, no boy
No boy
I have no body
No body of my own
I have no body
No body of my own
No teeth no skin no hands no eyes
I, I, I don't
I have no body
No body of my own
No body of my own
No body of my
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Home
06:24
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Born in a small and lonesome town
You left home when you were a kid
Worked like a dog from dusk till dawn
Putting steel bolts through a cow's head
You joined the navy but you fell in love
Writing letters from across the sea
To a woman whose name was a beautiful feeling
You'll build her a kingdom of wood
But the pines they ache and they shiver, they sigh
Ever since you've been gone
Looking for answers in the face of grandfather
Who cut down birch trees and rode horses through water
Those cruel winter nights of whiskey and beer, it's
A taste you inherited, haunted by spirits
But those days are long gone, the horses are harnessed
Come lay by the fire, Lord hold the darkness
It’s like grandmother told me but I don’t listen enough
It’s like my parents showed me with their lessons of love
But the wolves've come calling, they won't let me go
And I fell one too many times, lost in the snow
Looked to the night sky to find the way back
But I’m ten years old again and these fucking attacks,
They play on repeat in all of my nightmares
Heavy as memory but lighter than air
This world costs a lifetime, from ashes to dust
After years starving myself, I'm afraid to be touched
Getting worse before better, for better or for worse,
Though I’ve rehearsed my death a thousand times, I promise
I'll stay here with you, the one I adore cause
You built the fire that keeps me the warmest
So I’ll brace for the wind and steady my pace
I’m on my way home, my compass is straight.
(Remember who you are, remember where you came from)
Well I’m not anyone, and I’m not from anywhere
(Remember who you are, remember where you came from)
Well I’m not anyone, and I’m not from 'round here
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10. |
Angel Band
01:46
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My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are passed
My race is nearly run
O come, angel band
Come and around me stand
O bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
O bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home.
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Plasticine Cowboy Vancouver, British Columbia
Plasticine Cowboy is the solo project of Harman Burns. Born in the Saskatchewan prairies on Treaty 6 land, Harman is a trans
sound artist, filmmaker and writer. She currently resides on the unceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
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