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Decline of the West
07:20
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What have we been up to are we getting anywhere
Staying up three days and nights wild-eyed and desperate for
A basic human connection put aside understanding
We are yelling at each other sometimes
Earlier I was crying
Our friends all came and went dropping off supplies
Underlining relevant passages
Ice cream and mescaline
I get to choose my brothers, I get to choose
This isn’t hedonism
I wouldn’t call this fun
It’s absolute
I found you in the kitchen legs akimbo screaming, "damn you cosmos"
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City River
01:48
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It’s lonely in sunshine
Dirt-faced I’m in my cups
Chicken scratch get me pills
Drive past the light pollution
I’m in a state now
Headlights are burnt out
Too skinny I know how
Runny nose sad girl smile
In trunks of drunk drivers
Creep down the creaky hallway
Your parents weren’t angry
No, just disappointed
It’s getting early
Dew soft and goosebumps
We rule the pre-dawn
City river, take us home
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Pass the Open Windows
06:58
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And all that hasn’t happened yet will, it will
We’re 20 floors up it’s no fire drill
Keep passing all the open windows
We can’t escape this way it’s certain death
I guess what the hell did we expect?
Our lives so many unfinished cigarettes, still burning
It’s not our fault there’s just no ashtrays anywhere
In the age of hypocrites the moralists are on a tear
They’re sucking up the beauty and blowing back stale air
They can fuck the whole world up, the kids just won’t go there.
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The City Streets Edmonton, Alberta
Rick Reid, Matt Leddy, Mark Chmilar. 2005-2013. Edmonton/Montreal.
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