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rapture for real - ep

by the primitive shine

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1.
this is strange, we’re immortal safe behind the gilded wall on your knees, stumble and fall the closest thing to blessed in this post- modern mess yet you turn to dirt just like the rest so many words somebody was hers somebody was his now we’ve become this flawless faces fade away films and photos, shades of grey six feet down, encased in clay flowers set on polished stone left by someone you don’t know how’s it feel to be this cold dig a hole and find a grave all your work archived and saved scattered in pieces across the waves the grass grows in the wind adrift searchlights give essence a lift the trees asleep, the branches shift 
 resting beneath Hollywood
2.
flickergods 03:16
static snow screens What does this mean These beings, these teens These gaudy machines Golden wings melt in the sun Judgment day is yet to come the life I led, the clothes I wore The screaming face behind the door Sanctimonious claims in mainstream rags is what the youth crave Attention’s a plague is this the garden of the new world frolic in all these shining kingdoms they’ll strike you blind and they’ll strike you dumb where you stand I am God and you are not And people need gods they can see I’m not like them Glimpse of heaven Sweet perfection Glimpse of heaven
3.
With only the instruments you can afford Conquer the world using only three chords I finished my breakthrough in just a few days refusing to smile when it finally got played Run around ‘em, run around them, hey There’s no way you could get along without me Self absorbed sinners, you know how we feel Look really cool standing in someone’s field Insightful and spiteful we all fall apart Doing our best to suffer for our art Ted said comparison pilfers your joy Dark secret love does thy life destroy Get all you want cause no one wants to be poor Confirm that my thoughts are more complex than yours
4.
tv pretty 01:40
I know it turns our brains to rocks What is it about the folks in the box? We all win in plastic skin When the microphone woman talks Nobody’s perfect, but it helps They feel more than you’ve ever felt All that’s behind the velvet rope We’ll lift the veil and live to hope then again with lucky grins we’ll dance upon that slippery slope Diet Coke and isotopes Rinse my mouth with liquid soap Sell your soul to rock and roll Restless hearts’ best way to cope Nobody’s perfect, but it helps They feel more than you’ve ever felt
5.
blessed be 02:49
I was born Pathetic observance My Tv Processed existence Might not get good But it’ll get different Get yourself out there and make your name worth something God hates fakes And you’re getting faker Get a job Start getting fatter Hold it tight Hail to the starstruck if you fail you can always blame it on bad luck Blessed be the industry I need an idol to reach out and touch me Blessed be celebrity Now we can spend our way to immortality Fell for the electric night Amateur who can make it right We’re losing fours and high-fives will it, wish it, had it, lost it A staggering Machine of desire Get a cross Put your soul in a wire Give a coin To the empire And for fifteen minutes get a place at the fire I’m taking the long way there Perfect bodies and perfect squares Polished lips and thoughts to share Lifted, crafted, forget, paycheck Can’t wait till this gig is over
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I have a razor and I’ll use it I have some power And you can bet that I’ll abuse it I can’t help but be corrupted I’m only human I wish I had the courage to die/live God loves to see you miserable Wasn’t this supposed to be beautiful I hope you’re happy now It just gets worse and worse

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released January 15, 2012

Alex Bergslei- Guitar/Vocals
Matt Justice- Guitar
Mike St. Antoine- Bass
Steve McMahon- Drums

Recorded by Ben Blau at the Church and some lady's garage studio on 6 Mile, Fall 2011

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