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by Previous Tenants

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We're taking calls We're taking requests Broadcasting from a remote shed Safe from the bomb threats Locked in my control room Nothing gets through to me but Radio waves they go out Put me in harm's way I've been protected for too long Radio waves they go out Preventative measures Giving me a bad back From the weight of every ounce Blocked calls on behalf of our sponsors Blocked calls from long time listeners Nothing gets through to me but Radio waves they go out Put me in harm's way I've been protected for too long We're opening up the lines between you and me And I'll risk being inappropriate over guaranteed inactivity Zero days accident free
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All Along 01:21
When we were young We used to cut ourselves At least enough to prove That our arteries were full of blood And when we got older We needed to cover up To hide the veins That lead straight back to the heart And the valves are filling with competition But I've given up the ghost That kept the heart beating A physical heart raging in a phantom chest Oh my body is disappearing In everything that I never needed And all the things that I wanted I had forgotten For I could only bear to lose them once And you were right all along
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Ex City Girl 03:14
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I'm told that i’m a guest here In this passing abode Those these thoughts will form The memories won’t hold The radio is on and you’re talking always talking Words they come to rest in pigment nests as we’re getting closer We approach the valley and you're pushing me out of the car Before we collide with the warning signs and you're pushing me out with Your mannequin hands Are the next best thing When you keep it cool Your blood runs cold You fill my empty thoughts with your small talk
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Particles 04:22
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Hibachi 03:17
Hello my name is Joel And though I've been living here for six years We haven't been formerly introduced Yet there's still so much that I know about you When it's nice out you like to barbecue fish Though it smells like you left it in the plastic On a hot night I could leave my windows open And let your cigarette stains brand my ceiling I'll smile and wave on my way through to the store He'll bag his dog when she goes on the rampage And I'll put up with your smells and your barks Because you put up with our sounds and our bites When it's dark out you seem to like to go to sleep Though we burn the midnight oil to a beat On the right night you can feel your windows rattling So call the police send them to Windsor and our apologies In this summer something is changing I met you when I was trimming the yard You had never used a weed whacker before So there you were in the wilds of twelfth avenue Cutting the grass down to your size Now we nod a little bit harder in passing Though I learned it I was hesitant to use your name Because when you wrote it down it spelled dung And I wonder if my name in Vietnamese has a similar meaning It doesn't keep me awake at night Like a hundred watt amp pointed at your bedroom
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Hot Summers 02:54
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On Pyramids 03:04
Hey Jesse What's that Joel? Here we are Where's that? In Vancouver That's right Hey Barry Oh yeah Is this what we wanted? Yeah why the hell not? To dissolve in changing frequencies To lose ourselves How do you feel about being marginalised and conscripted Into fighting the good fight for the rest of our lives? Can remain humble and agree that this is important To counter the weight of getting to higher and drier ground? And it's getting hard to breathe So we're crawling for a breath under burning bridges Tune the voices soothing your youth Smooth the strokes from the canvas You don't want to know what you consumed You don't want to know where it came from You don't want to know what your meal does in its spare time You only want to know that it make should feel good You're expecting another brick to fall into place With a structure that breaks with the norm And our hearts are an anomaly that you claim to appreciate But balk at the hand when it pours you a drink Over the ashes above the smog On pyramids
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Old Timers 03:50
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Headlights 03:04
At the end of the street At the end of the road They're putting up parking And they're driving us out Where there used to be a lawn We get withering curfews And you're talking about homes You start talking about ceilings The lights are coming through Where there used to be a sound You can scarcely breathe a word And we're living on through The ringing in your ears The lights are coming through Coming through your windows Where there used to be a sound You can scarcely breathe a word And we're living on through The ringing in your ears The lights are coming through Coming through your windows Through the half drawn shades Dirtying up the air The lights are coming through Colouring in the streets And it's safe and it's clean and it's meant to be Meant to be a better time Let the stains self absorb And clean themselves out
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Olde Towne 03:10
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Excess Fat 04:18
Run away dream Run on high kicks Stay light of burdens That disprove flight I'll drift on purpose And I'll take a trip Keep your eyes wild Even when the view is clear Hidden visions They favour spinning heads And I'll drift on purpose And I'll take a trip Set a destination for something more than indifference Aboard a ship fronted by a figurehead A false prow followers of an unfaithful steer Leadership surrendered in an unwanted fight Returning warships delight in sinking prospects The whale it takes all in a match of hands on deck Discarding on redraws like you've been dealt as good as it gets A head in my hands Free from the body that it used to command Goodbye to old hosts They say we need to be heard Or become nothing more than sore sights for fading eyes Long waves left behind Shut it out And let your imagination fill in blank mouths Suddenly waves come short Suddenly I don't feel like fighting gravity I'm swinging back into orbit And I'm getting back to where I belong I left here when I was young And I return like nothing has changed I'm swinging back into orbit And I'm getting back to where I belong

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released October 18, 2012

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