AWE SOOTH
by Esos Picos
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Side A
1. Expiration Dates
I have taken all I can
all I will from you
I have learned every lesson that I'm going to
I have licked every one of these walls
Pitched a tent and thought I was home
But the voices kept telling me
I had to go
How long will it be?
Until you're not a memory
Couldn’t you have waited just another year
Make the transition just a little less severe
Give me time to find another dead end
And if I'm lucky, I will see you again
Hoping things turn up, before they put me down
How long will it be?
Until you're not a memory
In the sun
Clothes are drying
Everyone
Knows you're trying
Wouldn’t mind to spend a little time on my own
Free from seeing the surrender of those fucking drones
Evidence of sweet release runs down the crack
The way you’re raised determines what's a vulgar act
But there's no holding progress, no holding it back
How long will it be?
Until you're not a memory
In the sun
Clothes are drying
Everyone
Knows you're dying alone
Dying
Trying
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2. Barka
It's a dream now
The eruption is gone and it's safe to walk outside my door
And the wreckage that’s behind you
Leaves a trail for all the hungry girls
In a city of love
On a rooftop above
Where you wonder if it really could get better than this
Where there’s nothing to remind you of any woeful place you visited
Remembering
The memory
Remembering
The memory
The memory
Remembering
The memory
Remember me!
What is it you want this to be
I don't babysit misery for free
Often, it's a simple yes, or no
or I go
I don't need anybody stealing bits of joy
from my soul
It's a dream now an eruption of light so bright
it's marking up my walls
And there's nothing in this world you can do
that could really make me want you more
In a city of love
On a rooftop above
Where you wonder if it really could get better than this?
Where there's nothing
To remind you of any woeful place you visited
Remembering
The memory
Remembering
The memory
The memory
Remembering
The memory
Remember me!
What is it you want this to be
I don't babysit misery for free
Often, it's a simple yes, or no
or I go
I don't need anybody stealing bits of joy
from my soul
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3. N.W.R.
I don't want it to get to know me
I wish I could erase every memory
They don't deserve to see a happy man
Led by love and light and in demand
And I know that you'll agree with me
When I say that it can bring you down
It's eating me up
The morons that surround us
The last remaining White Rhinoceros
Is all but gone, because
because of you
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Cutting trees that keep us breathing
You must really know you’re way around the dark
Do you honestly feel nothing
Swept underneath your own hearts rug
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And I know that you'll agree with me
When I say that it can bring you down
It's eatin’ me up
The morons that surround us
The last remaining White Rhinoceros
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Is all but gone
But you carry on
Without a thought
for the lottery won
We'll always have your back
They'll be dumb but we'll react
I just need, wish and I hope that you know
You are not alone
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4. Defense Pose V2
I ain’t trying to stay
in no near loveless charade
Always hurts when I’m brave enough
To say it, the truth
In a hopeless embrace
this liquid love vapes away
Until I notice the stains
the planes have left on my roof
No you’re not like me
You’re not a sworn enemy
If this is loving you
No, I can’t keep loving you
Get
Get away from me
Get away
Get away from me
Are you full of complaints
psychosomatic pains
Always looking for rain
just to blame your blues on
Instead of running away
You might just finally say
This is why it's so wrong
No you’re not like me
You’re not a sworn enemy
If this is loving you
No, I can’t keep loving you
Get
Get away from me
Get away
Get away from me
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Side B
5. F&P
Fear and then, pretend
The layers around your heart
are strong enough to keep you awake
And that, some peace
will come to you tenderly
Maybe as you fall back asleep
into, dreams of her
It pulls me like the tides to the moon
As the waves start washing over my view
of you, of you
and then it's through
The best years of your love
and how it all turns to dust
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When will you find
Will you come to realize
This was important
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Sigh, with sad eyes
Just like you lived your life
You're so disappointing
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Fear and then, pretend
The layers around your heart
are strong enough to keep you awake
And that, some peace
Will come to you tenderly
Maybe as you fall back asleep
Into, dreams of her
Remembering that smell of perfume
As the waves start washing over my view
of you, of you
and then it's through
The best years of your love
and how it all turns to dust
When will you find
Will you come to realize
This was important
Sigh, with sad eyes
Just like you lived your life
You're so disappointing
Go if you want me to be well
You shouldn't be bleeding for anyone else
Time slips behind you
I won't regret what I can do
anymore
6. For Don V
“How are you?”
I told you I'd come through
It just took a lifetime
Of not having had you around
And I miss you
And we miss you
I remember
playing a piano, In My Life
With that thumb joke
The joy of seeing you at my Communion
Cause we loved you
And we miss you
You know what I mean
Even though I can't see you
You lie in my heart