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Dreamjob

by Uppity

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1.
Been Done 06:01
You can say or do just about anything, it's not as great as way back when Squat so reverently in the shadows of sarcophagi of supermen Learn your place, discern your face among an endless sheet of souls who missed the boat Color wheel spins so fast now there's only gray, the color of that's all she wrote They don’t make them like they used to At least that’s what you believe is true Take a look inside yourself Are you anything more than an NPC When you’re telling me It's all been done, that's what they said when you did It's all been done, who are you trying to kid? Once I asked a child if he finished his test, and he said “Man, I been did it.” Once I paid admission to an afterlife with money that was counterfeit Every single cell is so susceptible to cheap dead-end nostalgia Metastasis option one is Frankenstein, option two is Dracula They don’t make them like they used to At least that’s what you believe is true Take a look inside yourself Are you anything more than an NPC When you’re telling me It's all been done, that's what they said when you did It's all been done, who are you trying to kid?
2.
Don’t pretend you have a say Do not feign naiveté Stop pretending that they care Sugarcoating the despair You have nothing left to lose When every day’s the evening news Stop talking about it You need the light of hopelessness This is for your benefit You need the light of hopelessness Don’t run, cover your ears You need the light of hopelessness You’re living in fear You need the light of hopelessness you see is not so bad after all It’s just the spring before the fall You will never get your share Earth is screwed beyond repair When at max capacity, there’s no room for you and me If one of us has to lose, Which one you think I should choose? Stop talking about it You need the light of hopelessness
3.
Transfixing gaze engorges interest You're naked to me no matter how you're dressed Diminished the minute you met my eyes Now none other nobodies need not apply The more distant I am the more that you adore me Your bridled banter frankly only serves to bore me My power extends as far as your imagination I am the Untouchable One Your stockpile of verve is weighing you down More talk I'll unnerve, one more gem in my crown Distracted by everything except you Now roll over, beg and then go fetch this clue: Don't read too deeply into anything I've said There's absolutely no way to get me in bed But sometimes I'll throw in mixed signals just for fun I am the Untouchable One I'll hover over all your mental masturbation My humility is on permanent vacation Make sure you close the door whenever you are done I am the Untouchable One
4.
Boneheads 05:20
Boneheads come from ‘round the globe Boneheads, rock-hard faggophobes Boneheads, reckless and elite Boneheads knock you off your feet Johnny Chester grips a chain, busts open a water main Kaz Cadenza strokes a pipe, swats your ass ‘cause you’re his type Dude dressed like the Duke of Earl thinks that you punch like a girl Honor code done been reneged Crack your head just like an egg Boneheads come from miles and miles Boneheads, stone-cold phallophiles Boneheads, the force won’t intervene Boneheads want to hear you scream Laughing, crying, all the same Nature calls, no one to blame Denim Menace, high on Raid™, makes some Levi® lemonade Ring the bell before he croaks He’s the punchline, ain’t no joke Foreman James, that big galoot Can’t afford to give a hoot Noggin bone
5.
Dreamjob 03:03
6.
PostCrypt 04:01
I’m supposed to care because you’re no longer there And I’m supposed to cry because you cannot reply They don’t want to know why I speak this way Always knew you’d go, always far away While they cheered for more, you had one foot out the door Tongue was always tied, so fucking preoccupied They don’t want to know why I speak this way Always knew you’d go, saw you couldn’t stay In your heart you knew, every moment you withdrew And when that heart failed, you could finally exhale I will tell you why I no longer care I mourned long ago, when you weren’t there
7.
No, More 06:14
I see you’re afraid to be the only one And wonder if you believe your own opinion Say you’re realistic, and I am so bizarre I say that you’re cystic, and you have gone too far No, more Your tenure in servitude has reduced you The face on the flatscreen so seduced you And I hear your voices coming through the wallboard You’re telling me choice is something we can’t afford No, more
8.
Celebrate the syndrome that touches all I see There's a leaden raincloud hovering over me If you like food and shelter, be prepared to crawl ‘Cause that old Kentucky Zebra, sixty inches tall Now I hear tell of children with heads for telephones And I've seen supermodels poached for pheromones But one thing I've never seen is what I don't recall That old Kentucky Zebra, sixty inches tall Now I've never hopped a turnstile, and I've never skipped a beat And I've never jumped to a conclusion I could not delete Stood up sideways on the Gravitron and I got sick But that old Kentucky Zebra, thirty inches thick So slap a supercilious smile on your face And tell those folks in congress you're happy with this place When I think of all the fractured friendships unresolved That old Kentucky Zebra, sixty inches tall Sometimes life seems so shitty, and oh so meaningless And no one's there to help you, and you barely exist And though those things are often true, the story, that ain't all That old Kentucky Zebra, sixty inches tall That old Kentuck Zebra, sixty inches tall
9.
Dropped out of prison at two weeks old Graduated with an honor parole With a single word and the crimes inferred Walked buck naked out of the human zoo Rode my tricycle to the job interview 'Cause the course is clear: Bioengineer This is countersurvival Petitioning life's arrival Want to live, not stay alive? You'll count on your countersurvival Homeless president on a subway train Asked him why, and he tried to explain: "Even if I knew, I could not tell you." Knocked-up newborn or an in vitro fee Scrape the slave off of the Master's degree With that single word You already heard There is something you should know: This is countersurvival Petitioning life's arrival Want to live, not stay alive? You’ll implement countersurvival This is countersurvival

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released November 27, 2012

All music composed by Dylan Sparrow
©2012 Laser Seizure Music

Steve Honoshowsky - Drum
Dylan Sparrow - Voice, Keyboard, Guitar

Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Mark Ospovat @ Emandee Recording-Rehearsal, Brooklyn, NY

Additional recording by Martin Bisi @ B.C. Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Adam Chimera @ Chimera Music and Sound, Brooklyn, NY

Special thanks: Sam Weisberg (Guitar solo on 6,7), Tom Shad (Bass and slide on 8), Sylvana Joyce-Opris (Voice on 3, 8), Tim Byrnes (Trumpet on 4), Django Gold (Bass on 6).

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