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Coup
04:52
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COUP
journalists and terrorists
both spread fear -
what's the difference?
news man's spin:
linguistic knives
leader stabbed
then flayed alive
conspiracies
lead to fever dreams
reptiles and rothschilds,
and sex machines
androgyny;
drag queen story hours
adrenochromatic
torture towers
"et tu, brute?" - even allies fall
would you kill your friend
in the coup d'etat?
what can we do now?
what can we do now -
except love?
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(FAKE) DOUBLE PREDICATION
So, when he came back from Cali
Uh oh! He joined a feminist rally
He volunteered, no pay
He just wanted to get laid
He's creeping closer
His wallet's lacking cash
He spent it all on hash
You can't be sober
When you're an aphasic stoner
Peace signs
On filthy tie-dye shirts
His matted long hair
Smells like lice, sweat, and dirt
He needs someone to state
The positions he should take
He digs your Green Party posters
A lifelong beta-man
Soy-milk smile, no tan
He's an empathic ogre
An anarcho-poseur
words & music by andy witmyer / the returners (c) 2018
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3. |
Rite of Passage
04:55
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RITE OF PASSAGE
Live a life until you can't asleep - I'm always on your mind, that's where I like to creep
CNN, like box wine by design - I cannot be so blind, I will not fall in line
And I watched you fall asleep once more - you've opened up all the doors for those corporate media whores
Live your life, you cannot be its slave - if you want to win this game you can't complain
Live online, until you cannot sleep - information's on my mind - I'm not a fucking sheep
NPR, fine wine of media lies - you say if I'm your friend, we'll get drunk til the end of time
--Words by Andy Witmyer (c) 2016/2018--
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4. |
Annabelle
03:25
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ANNABELLE
Annabelle Dorniden
Where are you?
Annabelle Dorniden
I adored you then (back when)
You were my best friend
In the whole world
Annabelle
Annabelle
Remember the time
When you were lost?
You called out to me
Words cloaked in frost
I should've been there
Lighting the way
But, I was afraid to say
I loved you
Annabelle
Oh, she was just like
Guinevere
I should've traveled far from here
To be near her
The girl in the shadows
Light that shines so brightly
Green was the candle
In her hands, held tightly
Annabelle
Annabelle
So much angst in one song
If only life had given us one last chance
I'd be gone
I'd have flown with the sun
East to west
To your arms
Annabelle
Words & Music by Andy Witmyer / The Returners (c) 2018
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5. |
A Change In The Weather
03:14
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A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER
Right away
I felt the weather change
Through desert gardens
Waiting for the rain
Those constellations
Made of flesh
And bone
With pinpricks of light
We'd lie down
Sun-dried and cold
Just like the ground
Time isn't life's
greatest enemy
Alone in the dark
We'd get high
So lost in my head
Thought I might die
Thought I'd die
That I'd die
Life is life's
greatest enemy
words & music by andy witmyer / the returners (c) 2018
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6. |
A Light at the Last Exit
02:50
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A LIGHT AT THE LAST EXIT
I'm remembering now
How the flames were doused
How I'd drive miles and miles
To the lighthouse
Just to watch the dawn rise
On the ocean
From the ocean.
As the tide and the under toe
Pull me down
They pull me down
Through the ground.
The time when you lived
At your father's home
Rusted awnings of green
Where the mildew grows.
So I'd run
To where you'd run
To the ocean
And find your secrets
All your secrets.
Now that the night's been won
I'll stare into the sun
And I won't
Be afraid anymore
Anymore
Anymore
words & music by andy witmyer / the returners (c)2018
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