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Everybody come outside, and join the little likenesses
They are there to show the other ones how to feel
Everybody jumps to try and show they are the quickest
Prim blooms bake in the hot noon sun
Looking at the past with perfect 20/20 vision
Against the grain, wrongfully watching me
You want it, it's yours now, don't break it
You want it, it's yours now, don't break it
Vacant stare, vacant room, vacant mind... there is lot a vacancy
Stare at the cracks, he's the special guest we punch on
Destined to repeal the original sin
Ritual resumes, it's the one we all agree on
Dance to the life and the spirit within
You can't get there from here there's an environmental cutoff
Flames branch off where the center had been
Separate in groups by the worth of their containment
dance with your arms tucked in
You want it, it's yours now, don't break it
Precipitating the decline, I present the lucky ones
Do they really have the closer claim to the ideal?
Everybody jumps to try and show they are the quickest
Prim blooms bake in the hot noon sun
Looking at the past with perfect 20/20 vision
Against the grain, wrongfully watching me
You want it, it's yours now, don't break it
You want it, it's yours now, don't break it
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catalog
03:31
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i found you in a catalog now
by reading up on your description
and so i knew i needed you
and summoned you to my location
catalog bring the world right to my door
catalog bring you right up to my door
why should I ever leave my room now
or waste my life in transportation?
i'll be here living my life
waiting for the postal system
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hold on now, no one knows the way back
a chance we took, thinking on our feet
no one mentioned things that you can't try
to accomplish your goals
no one thinks about the aftermath,
or the way home
i'm thinking of your secrets
blinders on, you grasp at the prize
in plain view, of so many eyes,
well the public thirsts for victory
though you've no will to move on,
no one cares for second best,
so you've got to press on
but you're thinking of your secrets
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occupational therapy
02:47
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you always wished there was a different way
but you find yourself right here again
can you hold it together now?
though you smile things are different inside
and the cracks are starting to show
will you hold it together now?
we spend our days dreaming of sleep
and spend our sleep reliving our days
as kids we couldn't wait to grow up
and place our marks on the world
but what did we manage now?
we spend our years paying the rent
and do our jobs until we're spent
health and wellness that is the practice
occupational therapy
inpatient outpatient what is the matter?
occupational therapy
justice or injustice what is the matter?
occupational therapy
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Mass Observation New York
Mass Observation is a remote collaboration from Davis White (Lorelei; We Capillaries; The New Lines) and Hewson Chen (Lake Ruth; The New Lines). The music can be loosely described as post-punk, with a slightly different character from their other bands. Recorded in a VA living room and NYC kitchen cupboard during the COVID-19 quarantine, some themes from current times are certainly in play here. ... more
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Enterprising Sidewalks
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