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1. |
Everywhere All the Time
03:00
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Lost in your delusion
The illusion of the week
All alone in your confusion
Where you find it so hard to speak
Just look around, look around
Mass confusion abounds, it is clear
If time is an illusion
Then there is no time to waste
Once you receive this transfusion
All you want is another taste
Let me in, let me in
It’s about to begin again
Keep looking to the right
Cuz every night a revolution will be near
You're living in a time, do you ever find
That it might be true
Everyone counts on you
To not even think
You’re living in a place with another face
And it might be mine
You’re everywhere all the time
But nobody sees you there
Rid me of this poison that was fed me
That I take
Let me listen through the noise
To what is real and what is fake
Free me now, free me now
From the shackles of memory
You're living in a time, do you ever find
That it might be true
Everyone counts on you
To not even think
You’re living in a place with another face
And it might be mine
You’re everywhere all the time
But nobody sees
You're living in a time, do you ever find
That it might be true
Everyone counts on you
To not even speak
You’re living in a place with another face
And it might be mine
You’re everywhere all the time
But nobody sees you there
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2. |
Do You Remember
01:40
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Do you remember how breathing flows?
Up through your neck into your head
When there’s anything you need
You come off to find your seed
Do you remember how bleeding goes?
Cut in a straight line down your spine
Could you ever come to be
Something that you’ve never seen?
Because
Cause I
In your own reality you are everything you see
Because
Cause why?
Because
Cause why?
Because
Cause why?
Because
Cause I
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3. |
Amazed
01:57
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I don’t wanna know your name
But the rest of you I’d like to tame
Let your crippled wings be free
Take me in your frequency
All we are is amazed
All we are is amazed
All we are is amazed
Tonight you can believe your lies
And the mysteries of dreams and thighs
You’re heaven to the meek and uninspired
Who told you told you told you
All we are is amazed
All we are is amazed
All we are is amazed
All we are is amazed
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4. |
Let Me In
03:30
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They took away all of my favorite toys, mama
They fill my head with a constant noise, mama
They said they’ll take me but they don’t say when, mama
They went away but now they’re back again
I can hear them in the night
See the way their tongues untie
And if I never do nothing again
I’m on the outside
Won’t you let me in?
I ask them nightly if they’ll let me go, Mother
I ask them “please” but they still said “NO!", Mother
Now I don’t know when you will see me again, Mother
Why don’t the angels pick me for their friend?
I can hear them in the night
See the way their tongues untie
And if I never do nothing again
I’m on the outside, won’t you let me in?
And now I’m swimming through sea of wire
Like when you wake up with your head on fire
No sense in hiding cuz they know where you’ve been
I’m on the outside won’t you let me in?
They tell me stories but I don’t remember anything
You can’t control the tiny forces that the darkness brings
And now it’s over even before it begins
I’m on the outside, won’t you let me in?
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5. |
Round Around the Mouth
02:12
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Daddy’s little girl
Likes a different kind of world
“You wanna take a ride?
I wanna take you deep inside”
I hide
And it strains to refrain
Woke up to catch in time
The scent of sweetened juice of lime
She said “You flood my burning house
I’ll lick you round around the mouth”
I doubt
That it strains to refrain
Does it strain to refrain?
And it strains to refrain
Is it strange to refrain?
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6. |
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There’s no way to describe what I feel right now
I’m awake, I’m asleep, I’m a dream, I’m doubt
And I don’t want to leave
But I hear the mourners speak
And I want to believe
That there’s more to life than grief
But they’re saying saying saying saying
“We thought them all was asleep”
Yeah they’re saying saying saying saying
“We thought them all looked sweet”
And I went to decide what I wanted for a prize
They gave me a hand and then took my eyes
And still much to my and their surprise I could weep
It occurred to me then what a wonderful way to die
I’m a pinball machine but there’s no balls left
And I’m in between the bereaved and bereft
And I don’t want to leave
But I hear the voices speak
And I want to believe
That there’s more to life than grief
But they’re saying saying saying saying
“We thought them all was asleep”
Yeah they’re saying saying saying saying
“We thought them all looked sweet”
And I went to decide what I wanted for a prize
They gave me a hand and then took my eyes
And still much to my and their surprise I could weep
It occurred to me then what a wonderful way to die
It occurred to me then what a wonderful way to die
It occurred to me then what a wonderful way to die
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7. |
The Same Song
03:06
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We sing the same song
It’s the same song
We sing the same song
It’s the same song
Can you feel the strain?
Tell me what’s your name
In the end we won’t remember anyway
I like your sense of style
Stay here just for awhile
Here because
Now it really doesn’t matter, darlin, who you are tonight
We sing the same song
It’s the same song
We sing the same song
It’s the same song
Before the final round
Before we hit the ground
Before the morning comes and shows
Exactly what we’ve found
Now I can’t see your face
My memory’s erased of all thought
But it really doesn’t matter, darlin, who you are tonight
Cuz in the moonlight.....
We sing the same song
It’s the it's the same song
It’s the it's the same song
It’s the it's the same song
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8. |
Wiser
05:15
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Once I was alive
And realized
How far I grew
How far I grew
Once exorcised
You realize
You fall in, too
You fall into my love
You’re wrong
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
Once I was alive
And realized
You fall in, too
You fall into my love
You’re wrong
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
You could be, too
Could be wiser
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9. |
Black Rainbow
04:12
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We started out
With the sunlight in the roofs of our mouths
We slowly died in pain
And never bothered once to wonder why
Another night alone
Oneohtrix Point Never on the stereo
The solar storms and swirls
I bathe in waves and undulations
Now I don’t even know
Sorrow from the face of jubilation
You wanna buy me out
But there’s no price for what you’re asking
No longer live in doubt
The black rainbow of intuition guides me down
And now I’m out of range
And I can’t find my feet
And nobody needs to know
How you mutilated your personality
I had to break apart
Had to get myself free
You said things got too strange
But it never got weird enough for me
Another night alone
Oneohtrix Point Never on the stereo
The solar storms and swirls
I bathe in waves and undulations
Now I don’t even know
Sorrow from the face of jubilation
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10. |
The History of Numbers
01:19
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One is the number of the greatest place
So free, so fortified
Two is the number that is full of grace
So ponder sacrifice
When your head feels full of lies
You’re on again
On again
On
Three is a number that the lumber found
To splinter, break and splice
Four is the number that is so much more
Than three or two or one
And when all is said and done
You’re on again
On again
On again
On again
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11. |
Your Shattered World
04:00
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The daylight has broken into subtle lines that cross
As the winter turns its frost into green
Now some words unspoken may not be forever lost
They awaken like the way I awoke in you
If it’s not true
It’s your innocence that’s lost in your shattered world
All the best
Even cannot change the past of their shattered world
Are you somewhat uncertain, do you fear the great surprise
Where you open up your eyes and find no one?
Well let me lift the curtain on what you are imagining
You are loved beyond all measurement
If you’re not free
It’s the bitterness that lasts in your shattered world
All the best
Even cannot change the past of their shattered world
Oh confess
You love to wallow in the mess of your shattered world
Here’s the task
Let the past become the past in your shattered world
Fall all the way where your life is safe and grey
You won’t leave but you can’t stay inside this sorrow
Time to erase the gaps, let the images relax
As they wash up on the tracks you cross tomorrow
Everything you ridicule, belittle and despise
Wash up on the tracks you cross tomorrow
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12. |
Two Dimes
03:42
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I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
When you fall I fall
When you call I roll over
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
Lift your head and shine
I am on your side
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
I want you to know we are two dimes
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13. |
See You Around
03:57
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I’ve got a dangerous feeling
That you and I, we’re on our own
And in the end, my lovers or my friends
Who will be left behind?
After the fight comes new beginnings
Everyone’s afraid what they will find
But in between the lies, your sunset or sunrise
Doesn’t matter when you’re living blind
If I don’t see you tonight
If I don't see you tonight
I’ll see you around
See you around
See you around
I’ve got a dangerous feeling
That you and I, we’re on our own
And in between the lies, your sunset or sunrise
Doesn’t matter when you’re living blind
If I don’t see you tonight
If I don't see you tonight
I’ll see you around
If you’re holding on tonight
Won’t you let me be your light?
Or see you around
See you around
See you around
Round
If I don’t see you tonight
If I don't see you tonight
See you around
I'll see you around
See you around
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14. |
Behind the Mask
04:48
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Show me not your bravest face tonight
Sing me not the sweetest song I could hear
Cool me not before the flame of your heart
Leave me in the wake of you
Something beautiful and everlasting
Ooh the thoughts I feel you never hear
Oh how I want for you to hear
Take to me to your secret place with you
Give me but one night to die with you
The thoughts I feel you never hear
Oh how I want you here
Behind the mask
An underworld of pain
But I can laugh like you do
And if you ask
Prepare to be deceived
But let me feel like you do
Behind the mask
An underworld of pain
But I can laugh like you do
And if you ask
Prepare to be deceived
But let me feel like you do
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15. |
On the Wire
02:57
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Come along now, way back
Losing sight of the sun as it sets the day
Come on now, way back
Looking for what’s right in your hand
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Let your memories fade
And show me wheels that roll on
Here comes the payback
Look before you dive if you can
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
I got it on the wire
Listen to me
Listen to me
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16. |
I'm Not Telling
04:30
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I'm not telling
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
Get back Candy, you're sick
Got a 15th Ave trick
You're wasting time
You got no time at all
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
Speedball said to Lorraine
"It's coming back down again"
You pay for a time
You get any time you hate
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
I'm not telling
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17. |
If You Don't Love Me
03:54
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Why do I endure this painful suffering
When the only thing you do is bring me down?
And when I look I see a black cloud is hovering
And I know that only pain is coming round
If you don't love me, set me free
If you do, take care of me
From now on I can see into the distance
And the only thing is fear that keeps me hear
It's too dangerous to know of your existence
So the sky is mine until I reappear
If you don't love me, set me free
If you do, take care of me
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18. |
Guns
02:57
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You don't know the moon fell down
Missed the mark before the sound of
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Every young boy's midnight dream
Shave the horses, mix the cream with
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Long ago and far away
A shadow came to me to say
"We've watched you now for quite some time
Your body's well and doing fine
We've watched you from below, above
Your soul, it needs a good, true love to fire its guns"
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
You don't know the moon fell down
Missed the mark and broke its crown of
Guns
Guns
Guns
Wet your bed, wouldn't it be fun?
And I swear that I don't have a
Gun
Gun
Gun
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
Guns
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19. |
The Auctioneer
03:26
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Take a walk into the void terrain
Under a sky of electric stars before your eyes
Just pretend that some things are possible
Amaze me
Cuz I’m lazy
I’m dazed and dumb
I’m familiar with the old refrain
It’s been playing for years and years inside my skull
You love as if it’s unnatural
All locked out with nowhere to go
Amaze me
Cuz I’m lazy
You’re dazed and dumb
Now the rains may never come
And I mean lies said or I’ll say in a moment
They were born to make you weep
Hundred thousand tears a day that they own
But if they fail to make us see what they see
Then we’re free
Amaze me
Cuz I’m lazy
You’re dazed and dumb
Now the rains may never come
And I mean lies said or I’ll say in a moment
They were born to make you weep
Hundred thousand tears a day that they own
You sell your soul through salesman speak
If it makes you feel less horrible
That if they fail to make us see what they see
Then we’re free to believe
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20. |
Too Long
01:54
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Every night
And every day
I know
That I can’t stay away
Too long from you
I’d go mad
Every time
You go away
I hope
But I can’t sit and wait
Too long for you
It’s too long
You try to please me
You try to please me
Every time
You go away
I hope
But I can’t sit and wait
Too long for you
I'd go mad
Every night
And every day
I know
That I can’t stay away
Too long from you
It's too long
It's too long
It's too long
It's too long
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21. |
Want Ya
04:29
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You never understand
What you hold in your hand
Too late to not react
Separate feeling from fact
Now somebody said
It’s all in your head
Go watch your mind
The same song
It won’t be long
Before we say goodbye goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
Want ya
You never let me in
When did the ending begin?
Didn’t I rely on you?
At what cost I don’t know
Now somebody said
It’s all in your head
Go watch your mind
The same song
It won’t be long
Before we say goodbye goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
Want ya
Goodbye goodbye
Want ya
Say it’s so
And it’s alive
Let go
And it dies
Now somebody said
You’re lost in your head
Go watch your mind
The same song
It won’t be long
We turn into the sky
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
Want ya
Goodbye goodbye
Want ya
Goodbye goodbye
Want ya
Want ya
Want ya
I want ya
I want ya
You set my soul on fire
Make me come alive
You set my soul on fire
Make me come alive
Let it down down now
Let it all come down now
Let it down down down
Let it all come down now
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Jonny Polonsky New York, New York
Chicago born, NYC based musician
profile photo by Jason Robinette
photo with guitar by Julia Sinelnikova
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