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The Obelisk
04:48
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THE OBELISK
Out in the world you’ve got to dance it all the time, most of the time
Otherwise, you’re super rude and ostracized, you're ostracized
How the world you supposed to dance it all the time, all the time?
When you got heavy metal guts
Will crush a lot of toes
What do you do?
You say we’re the last alive
I say that the seeds and beasts survive
I say that the least of these will writhe
And suffer ‘till they die
Oh, you and I
Should leave a garden where the seeds can rise
Mark it with an obelisk to remind them of
All the stuff we tried
Go about your life where streams of metal wine forever flow
Blow apart our home to find a ruby hid amid the stone
Baby, shut the blinds those pools of scary blood grow, grow and grow
Throw out all the plastic arms and legs
The kids have strewn
Around the cellar floor
You say we’re the last alive
I say that the seeds and beasts survive
I say that the best of these will thrive
They’ll fight until they fly
Oh, you and I
Should leave a message for the beasts to find
Mark it with an obelisk to remind them of
Something from our lives
You say we’re the last alive
I say that the seeds and beasts survive
I say that the best of these will rise
And build into the sky
Oh, you and I
Should leave a message for the Queen to find
Sing it to the tempest, she’ll combine
All the stuff we tried
And exactly how we died
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Even Then
03:16
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EVEN THEN
We’re fine for now
I can’t imagine how
There’ll be times when we won’t be
Some what you’ve heard
Some all of what I’ve seen
No one tells all it could mean
Even then…
I know your song
It’s a peace in my skin
Oh, a piece of my dry skin
Always been
I never can explain
What your song means in me
Surprise
Your body else could hear
Where they’ve been just where you been
Even then…
These shows still mean more than they ever have
They legislate us back
I got your back
Oh, they cut away
Or in pieces of a human face
Put your slices back
Place them in my messy shack
Or the mantle of my bad bed
My bad bed, my bad bed
Even then…
Even then when no one listens to your song
Or can sing at all… I can sing
Even then
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Sick Boy
02:35
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SICK BOY
One kid threw up in the classroom
While the other kids were laughing
The sick boy’s face got all twisted
As he spun around and yelled it ain’t funny
But I guess that the rest of us thought it was
Yeah, I guess that the rest of us thought it was
First, they murdered the teacher
Next, they butchered the lesson
And then they chewed up the language
And last, they swallowed the world
This one kid threw open the shutters
While the other kids lay gasping
The window kid said, “We should leave here
And escape the choking fumes together!”
But I guess that the rest of us chose to stay
Yeah
First, they’ll cut down a mountain
Next, they’ll churn the wide ocean
And then they’ll brew up a poison
And last, last they’ll probably learn
First, they cut down a mountain
Next, they churned the wide ocean
And then they brewed up a poison
At last, they were ready to learn
At last, they were ready to learn
At last, we were ready to learn
We were ready to learn
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Things To Do With Rage
04:53
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THINGS TO DO WITH RAGE
There’s a lot you can do with rage
There’s a lot you can do with rage
Take it, make it like a game
A small puzzle or toy train
Where the engineer has got
Breezy eyes, all glowing
Many things I have done with rage
Never once has it ever shone bright blue and phosphorus
There’s a guy inside he keeps it low
And then he takes it in himself
There’s a lot you can do with rage
There’s a lot you can do with rage
Take it, make it burn below
Like a furnace or some fuel
There the maintenance man
Will keep it crystalline cool
Many things I have done with rage
Never once has it ever shone bright blue
That guy inside, he keeps it low
And then he takes it in himself
There’s a lot you can do with rage
There’s a lot you can do with rage
Take it, make a few new things
With old scraps and some used springs
You can build a small machine
You can build a factory or two
Many things I have done with rage
Never once has it ever shone bright blue
There’s a guy inside he keeps it low
And then he takes it in himself
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Love Is A Hunter
02:45
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LOVE IS A HUNTER
You won’t see it until it’s too late
Rolling from you in some unnamed way
Love is a hunter
Love is a hunter
Love is a hunter, it’s coming for you
I never told you
But it burned me every day
I didn’t want to risk my imaginary place
Love is a hunter
Love is a hunter
Love is a hunter, it’s coming for you
If meaning is nothing
There’s an ocean of nothing between us
Everyone can see it even if you don’t
Love is a hunter
Love is a hunter
Love is a hunter
And it’s
Coming for you
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Reasons
04:04
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REASONS
Reason your way
Out of the cellar
Reason my way
Down to the river
Reason our way
We can remember
Reason we came
Stick it together
That’s the reason you came
With a devil on your back
Suspicion and blame
You’ll be serving your purpose
Shelter and shame
Cradle what you lack
Here we remain
In the spirit of service
Reason a way
Out of the cellar
Reason a way
Down to the river
Reason away
We will remember
Reason we came
Stick it together
Bloody red sun
Every hundred thousand nights
Sleep of reason
There’s a split in the sidewalk
Citizen sound
Synchronize our might
Shaking that sound
We will wake the leviathan
Reason a way
Out of the shadow
Reason away
Down with the tower
Reason a way
We will remember
Reason we came
Truth up to power
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Wrong About You
02:49
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WRONG ABOUT YOU
Saw the teacher come
And the teacher say
Put your hands away
Spin them down below
You spin all the patterns and pictures
We speak with into your bones
Another warning buzz
Through the fire horn
Keep your hands away
Where’d your body go
There’s a moment to bury your head where your lap
Should be sway to and fro, to and fro
I was wrong about you, I was wrong about you
There’s a message in tinsels and glue
Kid, I was wrong about you
I was wrong about you, I was wrong about you
There’s a second our intellect touched
Kid, they were wrong about…
In a silent home
There’s a model set
Something that you own
Crystal statuette
There are noises you make in the cellar you clatter your metal things
See the lattice work
That’s your consciousness
See it everywhere
That’s the point of it
Careful placement of trinkets and oddities shine
And align with a sacred geometry
I was wrong about you, I was wrong about you
There’s an intricate thing you do
Kid, I was wrong about you
I was wrong about you, I was wrong about you
Got a reason for this calculus
Kid they were wrong about…
In the model home
There’s a model set
Something that you own
Crystal statuette
There’s are noises you make in the cellar
You clatter your metal things
See the lattice work
That’s your consciousness
See it everywhere
That’s the point of this
Careful placement of trinkets and oddities shine
And align with a sacred geometry
I was wrong about you, I was wrong about you
There’s an intricate thing that you do
Kid, I was wrong about you
I was wrong about you, I was wrong about you
Got a reason for this calculus
Kid, they were wrong about us
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Red Brain
07:25
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RED BRAIN
At last you got back home
As the car broke down
In the cold
Noone came around to greet you
Or help
But a Red Mind
Through the clouds above you
Hovered in the night sky then
Swirled around
Around, around
Speaking thought to thought
That shining brain told you stuff
Said your friends and folks and everyone
Were gone
All compressed down into tiny seeds now
dorment for the winter time but the spring comes
Whoah whoah….
Which ones will you water first?
Which ones will you leave to die?
Which ones will corrupt the earth
The plant ones
Or the weedy ones?
Red Brain gonna scorch the earth
Red Brain will consume the sky
Red Brain way before your birth
Made you like your mother did
This one took a wizard curse
This one gave a stifled cry
This one tries to 'scape to run and hide
Speaking mind to mind
That fuckin’ brain gave you stuff
Like a bunch of seeds and plant food…and juice
But as the spring comes
So, so many souls need planting
You got one chance to make it
But you got things to decide...
Like
Which ones will you water first?
Which ones will you leave to die?
Which ones will corrupt the earth
The plant ones
Or the weedy ones?
Which ones would you keep up caged?
Which ones would you set to fly?
Which ones would you bake & save
The fat ones
Or the meaty ones?
Red Brain gonna scorch the earth
Red Brain will corrupt the sky
Red Brain way before your birth
It made you like your daddy did
This one gives a wizard curse
This one gives a stifled cry
This one tries to 'scape and run and hide
Someone's honest work is someone else's lethargy
Brambles wrapped around and scrambled
Your mind
It's hard to know just what they want from you
And who to trust
There is so much silent language gets lost
But that Red Brain
Gonna keep a channel open
Gonna make all your decisions
So just lay back
And let it go (Take it slow)
Red Brain gonna scorch the earth
Red Brain will consume the sky
Red Brain here before birth
It made you like your daddy did
Which ones will you water first?
Which ones will you leave to die?
Which ones will corrupt the earth
The plant ones
Or the weedy ones?
Red Brain gonna scorch the earth
Red Brain will corrupt the sky
Red Brain way before your birth
It made you like your mother did
Which ones will you keep up caged?
Which ones will you set to fly?
Which ones will you bake & save
The cut ones
Or the meaty ones…
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9. |
Not The Worst It Gets
05:57
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NOT THE WORST IT GETS
This is not the worst it gets
Yukon sun rose up a bit
On an icy copper track
It already seems about to set
But at least you got a look
Just hang on that
I'd hang on that
Not the worst it gets
Did not mean to turn my back
This is not the worst it gets
Scrambled up an icy track
Determined to be fine
Never noticed there were other ones
Wouldn't make it back time
They'll be alright
Maybe they’ll be alright
This is not the worst it gets
Fold you palms into a map
Not the worst it gets
Found the key beneath the mat
Same old house strewn with trash
The power's out; the wood is ash
You can pass out on my couch
This is not the worst it gets
Blocked the door secured the latch
Not the worst it gets
You can hear the howls and fingers scratch
When morning comes at last
The quiet's louder than the crash
You can ring it in your mind
Or let it die
Just let it die
This is not the worst it gets
Follow where your money went
Not the worst it gets
Buried deep or gone and spent
On the guilty days in bed
Down the pills and all that cognac
All that borrowed stuff you wrecked
You'll give it back
I'd give it back
This is not the worst it gets
Quietly you've been calling it
Not the worst it gets
Cellar safe room lights a crack
Cause you've done half of the work
And the witching hours are getting short
Maybe you will forget
You're not alright
I wouldn't be
Alright
This is not the worst it gets
An understated jubilance
Not the worst it gets
A long forgiven moral debt
A white moon circles round
An implied or an imagined sound
Echoes every form
Notice this
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Wax Mannequin Hamilton, Ontario
Adeney's music veers from scrappy prog oddness and distressed folk to absurdist stadium metal, all with a dark humour that
borders on outright Dadaism.
Beneath the unsettling imagery and musical left turns there is a steady questioning of life’s inherent strangeness and his own neuro-divergent experience.
He has appeared on thousands of pub, gallery and festival stages worldwide.
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