1. |
Eyewall
05:08
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the bedroom where you held me
in the morning, it was sanctioned
now you’re always doing some other thing
and i idle, anxious
could you find the patience
to listen to me
i’m asking, i’m asking
some shit to say about everything
you’re pedantic, it’s sanctioned
i never act like its anything
go get the sun on me, get anxious
could you find the patience
to listen to me
i’m asking, i’m asking
could you find the patience
to listen to me
i’m asking, i’m asking
i think we’re on fire
but still want to try
the talking is good
the talking takes time
i think we’re on fire
but still want to try
and our bodies don’t rhyme
but our bodies don’t lie
we are held in the eye
we are held in the eye
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2. |
Sea of Men
04:06
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muddy down the mountainside
aging wolf in rotting hide
glaring at the feral tide
a human being borderline
carnal is a normal mode (that’s that)
fucking all the men in droves (that’s that)
son of god is never home
when i come knocking on that door
the awful volume
the stink of the sea
in soiled sails crusted over
it hurts me when i breathe
howdy to all of the morning light
and the hair that has solidified
carnal is a normal mode (that’s that)
fucking all the men in droves (that’s that)
son of god is never home
so i stopped knocking, i never knock anymore
the awful volume
the stink of the sea
in soiled sails crusted over
it hurts when i breathe
the awful volume
the stink of the sea
love that circles drains and reason
and hurts me when i breathe
everybody’s on their knees
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3. |
Peacocking
03:42
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i could sleep with you now, i could sleep with a crowd
why would i be subtle with all that sound
i’m a thing of the woods, of the beach, of the clouds
you are see-through
you know i am too
i try to stare different
i speak lace and golden flakes
and lilac pacing, i’m a thing of the space
let me into your home, let you into my mode
you are see-through
you know i am too
i’ve been boring long enough
wanna know the things you think are fun
obvious how much i want
all the newness that i know you’ve got
peacocking all afternoon
my crossed leg in the drawing room
i can’t get any more see-through
why be subtle when i’m with you
you are see-through
you know i am too
i’ve been boring long enough
wanna know the things you think are fun
obvious how much i want
all the newness that i know you’ve got
i’ve been horny long enough
wanna feel the things you think are fun
make it obvious how much i want
all the goodness that i know you’ve got
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4. |
Eden
04:56
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baby you come down, baby you come down
strain my neck from looking up
and baby you come down, baby you come down
i have an even better love
and baby you come down, baby you come down
ditch your immortality
and baby you come down, baby you come down
eden’s what you make of me
and baby you come down,
baby you come down to eden now
i am what he’ll be drinking
i‘m a spring
cupped to his lips
slip into my ellipsis
i am for him to swim in
i‘m the sweat
pressed on his tits
slip into my ellipsis
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5. |
Homosexuals
05:10
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i know men in equal urge
where you would not
brunettes are sharp
on an isle of blondes
we all know each other
right when we do not
brunettes are sharp
on an isle of blondes
toss a flock of lovers all my effort
and see who comes to eat
know that none of how i’ve loved is working
please devour me
might the mass of all of us digested
be camaraderie
know that none of how i’ve loved is working
but i guess i’m free
my love is a dog barking
and dogs barking far off
brunettes are sharp
on an isle of blondes
toss a flock of lovers all my effort
and see who comes to eat
know that none of how i’ve loved is working
please devour me
might the mass of all of us digested
be camaraderie
know that none of how i’ve loved is working
but i guess i’m free
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6. |
Cedar Stairwell
04:16
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the dream isn’t wild, it isn’t new
men who haven’t met in a motel room
we’re in some better off relative’s lakeside home
it’s own sunset and time zone
our folks off on their own
we could mingle just below
the cedar stairwell if we so chose
just beyond the threshold
but for now it’s low lamplight
and eyes glued
that mood i feared i’d always have to refuse
blooms
like it was meant to
the dream isn’t wild, it isn’t new
it soothes and alludes to being
two american grooms
toasting to travel and awe
to health and to youth
below the cedar stairwell in the living room
flaunt you on my lap like I’m joking
our parents pause to see us through the glassware
they want us like this
and life is fair
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7. |
American Mythos
04:07
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babe, i’m not going, not if you ask me nice
i don’t feel social, i don’t feel welcome at all
where’s it at, where are you taking us
who is that, i don’t know anyone
better half, where are you taking us
who is that, why did i come
babe you’re not thinking, and you’re not at all that fun
your group of friends like saying nothing and saying it twice
out all night, sweetheart i hate this, you’re
acting, i don’t know, like a fucking american
every time, i have regretted it
i feel like a marionette
god, i don’t trust you, not after all these years
butter me up so you can roast me alive
better half, or total embarrassment
better off being alone again
better half, or total embarrassment
we’re better off separated
babe you’re not thinking, babe you’re not thinking
acting like fucking americans
can you tell, i hate who i play in this
you and i, fucking americans
you and i, is this all there is
god, i don’t trust you, god i don’t trust you
why would i trust you, why would i trust you
acting like anyone benefits
you and i, rot in our sunday best
acting like a beacon of relevance
you and i, are fucking american
and i hate us
i hate it all
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8. |
Chaos
05:10
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i have friends my age that are married
or live together, and will forever
and every man i've kissed
i've never spent more than a night with
how does anybody do it
how do you hold onto someone
If you've lost your grip
i’ll just let it slip again
oral sex weightless on a haunted lake
my mischief is immortal and this is just a saturday
every time i try it, all of my violins
can’t contain his smile or his bright red iris
how does anybody do it
how does anybody do it
get a love to grow, find a love to claim
the spells incanted, and all there is
is to wait for them to take
my mischief is immortal and it’s always in the way
how does anybody do it
oral sex weightless on a haunted lake
my mischief is immortal and this is just a saturday
every time i try it, all of my violins
can’t contain his smile and his bright red iris
how does anybody do it
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9. |
Governed
05:05
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charmer of the century
float from landing to mezzanine
my genetic disparity
is a prison of scenery
i’ll have had less friends in my bed than most gay men
i’ll only ever live in ground floor units or backhouses
i make a great show of benevolence
i will die waiting, i will die governed
some crucial move i never discovered
i will be quiet, i will be othered
i will die waiting, i will die governed
i make a great show of sincerity
i fuck without honesty
actor, acting, chronically
i fuck without honesty
i’ll have had less friends in my bed than most gay men
i’ll only ever live in ground floor units or backhouses
i make a great show of benevolence
and that’s it
i will die waiting, i will die governed
some crucial move i never discovered
i will be quiet, i will be othered
i will die waiting, i will die governed
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10. |
Verity
04:05
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no doctrine
sex on a tarp in an empty house
long dinner with a bigot
new crisis of self
someone show me how
peace among us lost and softer equals
if we can
sun-yellowed plastic on a dashboard
moonlight on yellow teeth
some sedan in a business park
i can never seem to leave
someone show me how to do this
peace among us lost and softer equals
peace upon the bed of sharing peoples
peace among us lost and softer equals
peace surround the sound we make in town
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11. |
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some beauty just annihilates entirely
spent a year pining on somebody blind to me
behaving like, inhabiting, some kind of monstrosity
superimpose him while courting men idly
i play myself a vision, i’m in his sweater on some ferry
i fill the space between his chest and the railing
it’s loud but feels quiet, in sync with his inhaling
and i’m calm in that loop, does he do the same thing
some beauty just annihilates
an overgrowth in the brain
some beauty just annihilates
all the idle hours it takes
some beauty just annihilates
an abject failure of the brain
some beauty just annihilates
do i make do
in his wake
i come from anger, suppression and festering
a childhood structured by god, and defined by what i’m not
now past it i grasp him, all talons and wingspan
the sky and the sunlight are mine
in bed i’m pedestrian, i’m rosy and water-eyed
calm in our loss of disguise, but something isn’t right
his gaze is too much, ankle struck in a double dutch
he cannot toss the same childhood aside
i’m not in his life
i am made juvenile
he’s not gonna love me
gotta hear myself say it
gotta hear myself say
some beauty just annihilates
say it
some beauty just annihilates
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