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Ex Vivo

by Neon Cough

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I-5 03:53
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There’s an eggshell frying on my brain I’m trying to remember my own name We've seen this movie, I know how ends So why even bother to pretend? There's a streetlight shining in your eye We’ll measure our power by horse There's a street race on Black Mountain Road We’ll follow the map of the course And settle this tonight, of course I drive On I-5 There’s a fried egg on the windowpane The acid rain is burning a hole Stick your tongue out, sugar in a cube Red flags on your checkered past The telephone wires are the staff The birds perching there are the notes Pedal to the metal driving fast To speed up the music on the go Ready, steady, let’s go I drive On I-5 Is this real or pretend? Ah, and is this the end? Will we come back again? As what we despise? Til we change our minds? This is what as I think about as I… I drive On I-5
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I Saw It First 03:26
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I’ve never seen it I don’t believe it’s living or could even survive I’ve never seen it Where has it been for years and is it even alive? Can I learn it by name? Even yell out the same to a person that is driving by? Can I tell all my friends up and around the bend? Cross my heart on it and hope to die? I saw it first You’d have to wake too early, birdie To get this worm Is there anyone out there listening? Why do they leave us all alone? I’ve got a heart-shaped hole that’s missing I guess I’d really like to know It’s fun, but not that fun Behind the sun, we’ll never know I saw it first You’d have to wake too early, birdie To get this worm
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Triple Vision 03:20
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Double vision, triple vision Face glued to your television Activision, long division Stuck inside your subdivision Supervision, indecision Is it all that you envisioned? Narcissism, nihilism Cure myself with hypnotism Double my vision With double mint gum This television is making me dumb I triple my vision And trip on my head I fall down the stairs then I wake up in bed Love to say da-da Dadaism da-da-da Magnetism, mechanism I think I have astigmatism Communism, darwinism Criticize the criticism Optimism, pessimism Think I’ll have an aneurysm Exorcism, gnosticism Is it all revisionism? Double my vision With double mint gum This television is making me dumb I triple my vision And trip on my head I fall down the stairs then I wake up in bed Love to say da-da Dadaism da-da-da Do I have your attention? Or did I forget to mention? Voiced from another dimension Like a knife to cut through All the tension Double my vision With double mint gum This television is making me dumb I triple my vision And trip on my head I fall down the stairs then I wake up in bed Love to say da-da Dadaism da-da-da
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Ghosties 03:20
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I have a girl that never is around I have a friend who never is in town Brush my habit off; chewing all my nails Walking the streets looking extra pale I have a girl but I'm never around I have a friend who never makes a sound Oh please I’ve always got my ghosty Oh jeez I’ll always want my ghosty Oh me At least I know we’re ghosties At least At least I’ve got my ghosty I have a girl but I'm never around I have a friend who never makes a sound Oh please I’ve always got my ghosty Oh jeez I’ll always want my ghosty Oh me At least I know we’re ghosties At least At least I’ve got my ghosty I see your raccoon eyes in the headlights Anybody can be anyone Our sun-bleached bones in the moonlight Still warm from the afternoon sun Oh please I’ve always got my ghosty Oh jeez I’ll always want my ghosty Oh me At least I know we’re ghosties At least At least I’ve got my ghosty
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My Ninth Life 03:01
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Way down below us I know this to be true Way up above us Enough of this point of view Beat my head up against the wall Staring down at an empty hall I’m on my ninth life Inside by body My blood turns to dust Fish, wine, and bread loaves Yet my skin turns to rust Beat my bones up against the wall Staring down at an empty hall I’m on my ninth life The path to the stairway is paved with all good intentions Oh but it’s still out of order for heaven’s sake The feast and the famine will force you to reexamine This lifelong game of backgammon here that we play I’m on my ninth life
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Let's Get Something to Eat 04:04
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I don’t wanna be wet towel I don’t wanna be a sunburn, man I don’t wanna be a lonely howl I don’t wanna be your spray on tan This might sound crazy but it came out of my head This might seem lazy but how can you not, not nod your head? Let’s get something to eat I don’t wanna be your laundry soap I don’t wanna be a tucked in shirt I don’t wanna be your only hope I don’t wanna seem desperate This might seem weird but it came out in one piece How can you deny a gift as given to thee? Let’s get something to eat I don’t wanna be your pink eye I don’t wanna be your evening look I don’t wanna be that guy Brain out my nose with an Egyptian hook This might sound crazy but it came out of my head This might seem lazy but how can you not lose your head? Let’s get something to eat Rattle my doubts around in my skull Hoping that push won’t come to pull Stuck inside my own head again But I’m still on the outside looking in Let’s get something to eat
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Skirball Center Drive 03:14
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You share a sign with Mulholland Dr. Seems no one is going your way Get off at Sunset Blvd Always seeking fortune and fame You’ll never even be Sepulveda Blvd. But that’s ok My little Skirball Center Dr. Only a detour will send them your way Skirball Center Drive You look just like those other roads with the sun in my eyes You throw me for a left turn but let’s compromise Skirball Center Drive You share a sign with Mulholland Dr They drive the other way in their cars Get off at Sunset Blvd To rub elbows with the stars You’ll never even be Sepulveda Blvd But that’s just fine My little Skirball Center Drive You’re the sore thumb on star-studded sign Skirball Center Drive You look just like those other roads with the sun in my eyes You throw me for a left turn but let’s compromise Skirball Center Drive You’ll always be the middle of the road No one is screaming your name You’ll never have a movie named after you But you’ll make the menu at a sushi restaurant Skirball Center Drive You don’t need the fame that those other names provide You’re looking for the recognition that’s hard to find Skirball Center Drive
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Don't You Never Not Ever Let Me Down Again 04:53
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I was taking a walk by myself It’s not what the meaning is in the book on the shelf It’s metaphysical or metaphorical? Allegorical? Or something else? I’m just taking a walk by myself Don’t you never not ever let me down again Don’t you never not ever let me down again I know you better not ever don’t ever let me down again Don’t you never not ever let me down again I was taking a ride with my best friend It’s not what you think the meaning is in the end It’s metaphysical or metaphorical? Allegorical? Or something else? I just want to take a ride with my best friend Don’t you never not ever let me down again Don’t you never not ever let me down again I know you better not ever don’t ever let me down again Don’t you never not ever let me down again For the first time I can tell you How I really want to feel And I hope it lasts forever If you believe that love is real Don’t you never not ever let me down again Don’t you never not ever let me down again I know you better not ever don’t ever let me down again Don’t you never not ever let me down again
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Pop-O-Matic 03:29
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The world is in trouble It’s invading my personal bubble But with sun in your eyes You’ll see it like is if you squint right In the cardboard sleeve it fits just right Are you leading me on? Are you leading me on and on and on? It’s automatic with your four on the floor It’s copacetic and on the bathroom floor It’s pop-o-matic, bubble about to burst I am ecstatic and now back to the verse This girl is trouble She’s demolishing my walls to rubble But with sun in my eyes You’ll see it like is if I squint right In the cardboard sleeve it fits just right Are you reading ahead? I’ve just lost my head It’s automatic with your four on the floor It’s copacetic and on the bathroom floor It’s pop-o-matic, bubble about to switch The TV is static and now onto the bridge The harder you fall, you’ll fall to pieces The longer you wait, you’ll rest in pieces So now you’re Hindu and you will say ‘namaste’ If that’s what you’re into then I’m sorry that I say I never get out and I’m sorry when I stay home alone It’s automatic with your four on the floor It’s copacetic and on the bathroom floor It’s pop-a-matic, bubble about to pop It’s anticlimactic, so let’s finish this up
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Taco Tuesday Song 02:30
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Til next Tuesday I will be your mean Til next Tuesday I’ll take you by the hand We’ll sit in our booth And drink sweet drinks Then we’ll floss our tooths And dream sweet dreams Taco Tuesday Song Taco Tuesday Song Until the hot sauce is gone I’ll be your Taco Tuesday Song Til next Tuesday I'll make other plans Til next Tuesday I will understand We’ll sit in our booth And drink sweet drinks Then we’ll floss our tooths And dream sweet dreams Taco Tuesday Song Taco Tuesday Song Until the hot sauce is gone I’ll be your Taco Tuesday Song

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released February 14, 2017

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