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Paradigm Shift
02:54
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INSTRUMENTAL
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Caffeine
04:34
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You look like a zombie
That just came up for air
How long have you been down there?
I miss sleeping
And I'm only 19
Can somebody help me
I just need my caffeine
The sun came out today
And the rain showed up too
But you know there's not a thing wrong with you
I miss breathing
And I miss my dreams
Can somebody help me
I just need my caffeine
INSTRUMENTAL
My heart keeps beating
Tell me, what does this mean?
Can't someone help me
I've had too much caffeine
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My Cool Whip
02:02
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Went down to the grocery store
To get myself some mix
Opened up the cooler
Grabbed me some Cool Whip
Took it home and spread it on
Some uncooked pancakes
Got so high I couldn't fly
And had to take a break
From my cool whip
My cool whip
My cool whip
My cool whip
Rolled into town
Feelin' pretty brave
Got fucked up/Went downtown and lost my MP3 player
At a rave
Tried to play guitar when I
Wasn't high on life
Got lost in a parking lot
And couldn't find my wife
My cool whip
My cool whip
My cool whip
My cool whip
My cool whip
My cool whip
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I tried it once, I tried it twice
But that didn't help me win the fight
Didn't mean I was wrong, but I sure wasn't right
So I'm gonna do it all differently, next time
She didn't see what I was trying to say
I should've just been me on that day
And played the same old song, but changed the rhyme
But I'm gonna do it all differently, next time
I'm gonna do it all differently, next time
Won't do it the same way again
I could try to but that'd just be a crime
So I'm gonna do it all differently, next time
I tried it once, I tried it twice
I tried being mean, I tried being nice
Didn't mean that I was wrong, but I sure wasn't right
So I'm gonna do it all differently, next time
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Medicine
02:54
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Stayed in the straw too long
Got brought home in a box
Slept through the apocalypse
Slept through the apocalypse, yeah
I slept right through
My alarm clock too
Now how 'bout you?
Did you sleep too?
Drove straight thru the corn
Burned to keep warm
Tried to rise overhead
Felt better than dead
The medicine has gone to your head
Oh, the medicine has gone to your head
The medicine has gone to your head
Oh, the medicine has gone to your head
The medicine
The medicine
The medicine
Gone to your head
Stayed in the straw too long
Got brought home in a box
Slept through the apocalypse
Slept through the apocalypse
Oh yeah
I slept right through
Those violent blues
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6. |
This Is Antarctica
02:12
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INSTRUMENTAL
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7. |
Night Shift
02:21
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This morning smells like citrus
And the conveyor belts in my brain
Have taken me from this factory
And put me where I can't complain
To these cleaning products for the modern home
Passing me by in a line
And while drones speak on phones and the machinery groans
I slip further into my mind
On the night shift
Yeah
I'm on the night shift
Tonight
INSTRUMENTAL
Well, this corporate slave labour camp
Can't touch me with a ten-foot pole
And I'm free to let my hair down
And play my rock & roll
I can read a book, I can write a song
I can do whatever I want
I'm not here right now & the lights are out
So I can't see what you're gonna flaunt
On the night shift
Tonight
I'm on the night shift
Tonight
I'm on the night shift
I'm on the night shift
I'm on the night shift
I'm on the night shift
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8. |
Lost for Words
04:36
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I've got no songs to sing
Can't think of anything to say tonight
To say tonight
I wish I could but I'm
Stumped for ideas and I don't know why
I don't know why
I'm staring at the floor
There's no one at the door on this cold night
Not on this cold night
The wind it freezes me
No one believes in me or the things I do
The things I do out here
Lost for Words, Lost in Sounds
No one's heard what I've put down
Lost for Words, Lost in Sounds
I wish I was in another town
The state of things today
Would make most people say that we've gone wrong
Yeah, we've gone wrong
I try hard not to think
Like Beck said once I think
And that's OK, that's OK
I wish I could be there
Not that I'm wanted but I'd feel alright
Like someone cared
This paper's begun to rust
My pen's the only one I trust right now
Trust right now
My mind keeps drawing blanks
I'm ripping up the planks that I stand on
That I stand on
I'm just a basement case
Recording everything that comes my way
Comes my way
I think I've gone too far
Not that I drive a car legally
Legally
Yeah, I'm still underground
A horseless rider in a one-horse town
A one-horse town
The words keep pouring out
Like water from a tap and I'll turn it off
Turn you off always
Lost in Sounds, Lost for Words
Fucked up the order of the chorus but not the verse
Lost for Words, Lost in Sounds
I need to get out of this town
Before I drown
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9. |
Talking Stoned Blues
05:19
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I'm a talking head, my mouth won't stay closed
I woke up early this morning, took an extra dose
Now I'm hiding underwater and I'm feeling pretty low
I walked over to the drugstore, piled my cart up high
Stocked up on some new pills, thought I'd give them a try
But when I got to the counter, I had no cash to pay the guy
So I brought back some empties, got a handful of change
Picked up some crimson nectar, felt like going insane
The lady who sold me it looked at me pretty strange
INSTRUMENTAL
Now I'm riding the waves, surfing on the inner web
I've been talking to an old friend but I don't know what he's said
And I try hard as I can to see what's in his head
INSTRUMENTAL
I'm a talking head, I carry a heavy load
I'm a pretty quiet person, I try to not let it show
When I'm hiding underwater, I keep my eyes closed
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10. |
Lucky Thirteen
05:52
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I wanna do what's never been done
I wanna sing a song that's never been sung
My mind is zooming but I just can't go
Away from these things that I've come to show
Because I know I'm in control
Because I got soul
Because I'm lying on the ground
I found a wayward gaze
Looking thru the haze
At least that's one thing I wish I'd found
I brought in something new
A new bone to chew
I'm just fueled off the past
Wrote a new song today
Nothing new, I can say
I'll find a way to make it last
My computer lies at rest
While I plan out my rest
In a single-sized bed
If I found you tonight
Please don't be like the light
Breaking the black with the blue
See, even you can see
I can't really be me
When my thoughts are lost in time
Lucky Thirteen
Whatever that means
Just 'round 3AM today
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11. |
Tripping in My Sleep
02:34
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I've been looking for something that I lost a long time ago
Asking endless questions to people on the street
Things they're sure not to know
Coming straight out of a bat cave, it's easy to lose your way
Cos coming straight out of a bat cave
You can't tell the night from day
I've been gone a while, tripping in my sleep
Trying to force a smile through my gritted teeth
My brain is on a freight train
The ashes blow away and nothing else remains
INSTRUMENTAL
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Tired of hearing of your master plans
Just pressed play and got no chance
To take another stab at life
With your supersized ideas
I feel lighter, I feel bright
I'm walking in the sunshine tonight
Meeting you under the sky
With the satellites around your knees
No blood spilt, no not right now
I'm leaving town tonight, though I don't know how
Soon my shades will be drawn
And I will see for free
INSTRUMENTAL
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Liam King Ontario
I want to be Buckaroo Banzai when I grow up.
In the meantime, I make a variety of
weirdly personal & experimental music, and enjoy doing so. I hope you enjoy it too! :)
NEW LP! Anomalous Materials available NOW!! Also available thru Spotify and other online retailers.
Don't forget to keep an eye on my Soundcloud for work-in-progress tracks.
"Where art is love is science...."
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