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Battle Royale
03:19
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Money come
More money go
Wheel of life turn ‘round
Honey say
Honey gotta go
Honey gotta work in the morning
Every other day was a battle royale
When the honey was oh so discerning
Just the other night up at Greene and Canal
She said, “In some ways, I’m richly deserving.”
Heart stop
Heart start again
Me and honey hit the town
Honey say
Honey wanna dance
Honey wanna mess around
Flippin’ through the books on the side of the bed
As if the pages contain the solutions
Stickin’ to the script that she wrote in her head
I wonder how long it’ll take her to ask me
“Have you had enough
Tug of war
To force your
surrender?”
Money come
More money go
Wheel of life turn ‘round
Honey say
Honey wanna stay
Honey wanna work it out
Every other day was a battle royale
(Every other day)
With a view of the bed or the ceiling
Just the other night sitting stalled at DeKalb
(Every other night)
She said “It helps if you care that I’m healing”
(Reports of a waving white flag on a battlefield)
Don’t tell me the war isn’t over
(Sources say a truce is imminent)
It’s over when we say it’s over
(Parties involved could not be reached for comment, yeah)
Don’t tell me we still need to fight
(If precedent holds, this won’t be permanent)
It’s over when we say it’s over
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The Beast Had Horns
04:03
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I could have sworn I wasn’t dreaming
The beast had horns I woke up screaming
It spoke in tongues of ancient suns
From Sumer, Tyre and Babylon
Get it away from me
Get it away from me
And when I woke to find that Brooklyn was asleep
I needed something to keep me on my feet
A new regret, an unpaid debt, a call I hadn’t answered yet
Keep it away from me
Keep it away from me
But as quickly as it comes it fades away
Even nightmares have telomeres
that fade and fade and fade and fade
And when I think of you Manhattan comes alive
The beast was just a hologram
The horns were hollow inside
I’ve haven’t this felt this good in six long years
I didn’t mean to fan the flames of your fears
The future’s here, we’re off the hook
Postmodernist pedestrians
I wanna stay with you
I wanna stay with you
But as much as we could try to stay awake
Even daydreams have denouements
that fade and fade and fade and fade
Can you see the Riviera come to life
You look directly at the sun
You turn away and close your eyes
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The Origin Victoria, British Columbia
Formed by members Tom Hayward, and Sean Allan and Curtis Duggan, The Origin began making music together in the late-aughts as a five-piece BC act. During the downtime of 2020, three founding members came back together. The result is brand new music!
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