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Hopeful Monster

by Hopeful Monster

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1.
It streams and you latch onto it and off you go And all that you know is half witted Someday when the stereotypes come true I'll surprise you honey One day when the stars are all in line I'll make gospel of the cliches So come on over baby paint my eyes Oh you're illustrious You know every body hurts until it cries And if its everybody it must be us I came up empty Like an open string of pearls You know a line is not a loop It can't contain you It streams and you latch onto it and off you go And all that you know is half witted Believe in everything that you see Know what you know, commit to it It streams and you latch onto it It streams and you latch onto it It streams and you latch onto it It streams and you latch onto it
2.
Dressed daily in electric light, I’m a yellow jacket Don’t pull the plug, but I just might— It keeps me static— Get rectified and quit this racket I woke up late but I’ve got two strong legs for running Chased midnight into the afternoon It’s been a long time coming Gearing up and counting down to something We climb down on the hook and hang together A coronation and the whole town shook But we just shivered Lift the ground and fly off into the river My crown broke through the shell, now I’m a free electron Swinging on a flying trapeze It looks so easy Electrifying, death-defying I dropped the crutch and kept on standing
3.
Pour some water over me, it makes me come alive For every one you owe to me I bet I owe you five Racing candles to the sea in half a walnut shell Just look at where it's gotten me — off like a shotgun How could I know this would come true? Would you surrender even when pursued To the centre of your halo? Cuz baby I've been slow to realize You're not my pillow You make me come alive I shook all the pollen from the tree and like chlorine it stung my eyes The last gift from a honey bee is one kiss and then it dies Anyways I love you deeply and you know it all too well There's too many systems running me and just one saline solution This time it's now or never We're out shopping for a new forever And ever after all we've been through So don't wake me if I'm dreaming You're where I come to You wake me up inside I'm trying not to pass the buck So hand me my take out cup With one last taste of brandy Since I spilled the bottle I don't like to be so melodramatic But I'm wrapped in plastic And I can't feel you
4.
The wind swept the sand dunes We taped up the doors and windows In the dust and the darkness Our footprints were lost In the Garden of Eden Our sins were worth repeatin' Now I'm always pouring water But I missed the cup Now it seems like I spend all my time Mopping up The guard at the mission Lay blind with cyclops vision And I hid on the outside And watched through the glass As he slipped in among them In a flash, his blade had undone them And I just waited Hoping he'd pass Now I'm always pouring water But I missed the cup Now it seems like I spend all my time Mopping up The same old fear resurrected My own blood would be rejected And my love would fade before it flashed So I raised my hand up to heaven Now I wish that I'd never asked Cuz I'm always pouring water But I missed the cup Now it seems like I spend all my time Mopping up
5.
Trilobite 01:49
Don't we mythologize Left and right lobotomized Three daughters in a boat Two will sink but one will float This frozen trilobite Shook its frozen head with all its might But now its set in stone Even though you only crawled across it once A million years ago
6.
Goldmine 05:01
Oh darling why can’t you be mine? I see you all the time And every day you touch me like an angel I want you so bad I damn myself to hell Don’t make me clarify myself Why can’t I take my own advice? Even when I know I’m right I can’t seem to help myself from falling into lies I need you in ways I can’t even hope to recognize But you make me start to fantasize Oh yes you do darling Oh darling bury me alive Cuz baby you’re a goldmine And you make me so happy sometimes But you know I’ll rob you of your wealth And you know, you don’t have to break out Just because the door’s on fire And I’ve taken all I needed for myself Left you an empty shelf I took just what I needed for myself So come on darling, show yourself to me And lift me with your fingers from this well If only my soul and senses could agree You’d make me clarify myself Cuz baby you’re a goldmine And you make me so happy sometimes But you know I’ll rob you of your wealth And you know, you don’t have to break out Just because the door’s on fire And I’ve taken all I needed for myself Left you an empty shelf I took just what I needed for myself
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Stepping In 05:19
If you survive the friction of the sky Your pod will reach the earth with all that it contains If you escape your orbit round the moon Upon reentry you are wrapped in flames So cool off your skin You float beneath the waves And let the change begin With a phosphorescent glow You bring forth the spark you know As you approach the limit of your landing Collect your gyroscope and step in on the fly It's just a dream that flutters on your shoulder So shake it off and hang it out to dry So cool off your skin You float beneath the waves And let the change begin With a phosphorescent glow You bring forth the spark you know If you survive the friction of the sky Upon reentry you are wrapped in flames It's just a dream that flutters on your shoulder So shake it off and hang it out to dry
9.
When glitterbugs are waving from the sky Waves are all around us, everything is rushing by We're canonized, forgetting where we are And stones are leaping up towards photomagnetic stars Everything that's scattered will come home Brand new and unused All the forces will gather in the free zone Unmoved and unknown We're joining bodies, casting webs around Matter's great in difference when light distorts to sound Because we see them we resist the call But one day I'll wake up flying skywards — anchor, ship and all Everything that's scattered will come home Brand new and unused All the forces will gather in the free zone Unmoved and unknown
10.
Cobra Wings 05:49
Cobra wings break my fall and lay me down gently Dream bellows collapse and lie empty I reached out to touch the prize — well where is she? He looked back with spinning eyes, made me dizzy Caroline! Carolina! I threw my balance to the wind — I thought I was flying So let me feed the earth this empty skin cuz I'm dying Cast me off this naked bough — the fruit is rotten And lay me gently in the leaves where all is forgotten In Caroline! Carolina! These cobra wings won't break my fall
11.
Red is what I look for when I'm blue And gold is the only thing that glitters It makes me so lonesome here without you That I'm overcome with shivers I'm sleeping inside a silver lining Colours drifting, the sun is shining The sun is shining Is it what I wished for or just what I found? I see myself in shiny things My head is so heavy I fell to the ground I closed my eyes, woke up weeping I'm sleeping inside a silver lining Stirrups ringing, the sun is shining The sun is shining Now the lights from the street sweep the ceiling And the bells are ringing twenty nine times in the morning Oh in the morning

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released March 22, 2002

produced by Jason Ball
mixed by Brenndan McGuire
mastered by Noah Mintz

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Hopeful Monster Toronto, Ontario

Pyschedelic chamber pop

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