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Bleach
03:50
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all my friends are trying to kill me
they hate how new age i'm trying to be
hippy podcasts can only go so far on their own
conversations from one side are starting to dissapoint
why don't any of the cute yogis want me
they won't smile when i order their coffee
i think i might be frowning almost all of the time
maybe they can see right past my hare krishna t-shirts
a man that had hair
growing out the side of his face
tried to talk to me
about the stop lights here
i didn't return the conversation
i practice condemnation
just about once a day
what would shakyamuni say
if he saw the phony shit
that i write on my t-shirts
is there anyone in oregon
who'll laugh at my jokes
andy came stayed in our basement apartment
we had 2am candle lit discussion
he had a vision and was finally seeing clearly
but i was too scared to believe
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2. |
Duncan's Vision of God
01:32
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"i have had a vision of god. while i was stoned. happened a long time ago. in traffic actually. driving back from the gym, i had eaten too much marijuana, shouldn't have been driving. i was in my car, and, suddenly i had this vision of this being, that was constantly dying and constantly resurrecting itself and every time it resurrected itself, it was a million times more beautiful, a million times more beautiful, a million times more beautiful, and it was doing this in the moments between moments it was doing it so quickly. it was this constant never ending super spiral moving in the direction of absolute perfection, but the direction it was moving in was also perfecting itself, and so we were looking at this thing, that, to even talk about what it is is to prognosticate. its to talk about the future."
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3. |
Maggie and the Baggie
02:42
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novelty
follows me
when i do
the things that scare me
when the hitchhikers we met in the woods
asked for a ride i wanted to say no
but because a conversation that morning
about saying yes i did
and they gave me a two ounce bag of weed
it speaks to me
through novelty
to teach me things
i think it sent you to me
three weeks after meeting you we were crying
telling ghost stories in judy's apartment
then later drunk dancing in the kitchen
then in paris kissing unexpectedly
there's something in you i thought i'd never
find in someone else and now you're on a
different side of the world than me i don't
know what the novelty's trying to tell me
to believe
see clearly
fear nothing
i don't know, why not all three
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4. |
My Friend Nick
03:23
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spent the summer alone
smoking the hitchhiker's weed
working at safeway
4:30 every
morning no one watched us i
just talked to my friend nick
jesus and marshall mathers
fight over his brain
the choice is too hard
for him so he just talks to me
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5. |
Ally Guide Me
05:20
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a tarot monster's following me
makes me think that i'm made of nothing
so convincingly
when judy read my cards i think she saw too much
i think she might have made a demon it's just a hunch
if i show any fear it will have me for lunch
in my head i know it's not me
but it tries to make me believe
it can help me
if i let it be
ally guide me
show no fear
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6. |
Céline's Vision of God
00:52
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"i believe if there's any kind of god it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. if there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. i know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? the answer must be in the attempt."
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today i missed you in saint pierre's cathedral
i'm mad that i never kissed you in saint pierre's cathedral
had a hard time seeing the stained glass
with you occupying all my mind
are you a distraction from the holy
or the best crucifix i could find
(yes, i am saying that i am effectively jesus)
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8. |
Ally Control Me
03:50
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what if i don't see as clearly
as i thought making myself believe
that the things i think are absolute
can be truly absolute
i can't trust my senses anyway
i can't trust my self to say
all the things that i need to get out
i don't have it anyway
why not give it away
ally control me
oh lavey, why do you fail me
i tried to let myself live freely
but living my life as my own god
is barely better than not living at all
oh maggie, i don't want to fail you
fear is why i do everything i do
maybe even if you leave you're not gone
i guess now i'm alone again
get behind me satan!
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9. |
Andy's Vision of God
01:24
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10. |
Andy Might Be Right
03:23
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i think andy might be right
jesus can fill me up
completely, but what if
he doesn't really like me
rolling his eyes to the wick
he's seen all the times i've been a dick
or the few that i've really
thought of him
if i could see him
if i could feel him in a single bone
(wicked guitar solo)
but i like sleeping on the couch
sacred fucking heart of
my mother's mouth, she told grandma
grandma shook her head in disgust
BUT ANDY ALWAYS THINKS HE'S RIGHT!
he sends drunk prophetic texts at night
why do i need that light?
why's it always a fight?
i've got no love,
i can't get the candle to light
andy came and stayed again
he made me coffee and we talked about our friends
if i could see him
if i could feel him in a single bone
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11. |
lalalalala
03:18
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in the morning i told you all about my theory
of how you were sent to me by something holy
you listened and gave
me a look i've not since stopped remembering
as you pointed out in our last conversation
if i make you a test of faith that's not really fair
you're alive too, more than
the object of my prophecies and album
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12. |
Mt. Salève and Mt. Hood
02:40
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i climbed a mountain with my friend
we barely made it to the end
we rested on a bench halfway
i tried to say something silly
on the top i thought i'd find the Juice
but there was nothing there
going down 26
i see mt. hood in the distance
but it's not there and i'm not here
i think the Juice might be everywhere
cute yogis their coffee and andy
can't give me anything
that i don't already have
i'll climb over every mountain in my path
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