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North South Pt. I

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by Absofacto

 

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Books About Nothing 03:26
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Fish Eyes 04:46
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Give Blood Save a Life 04:14
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The Stupidest Things 04:27
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i started it in winter 2006, shelved it due to massive activity with mason proper, and then finished it winter 2007. well, finished half of it anyway. some of the part ii songs have become mason proper tunes. someday i may finish a part ii though. time will tell!!
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released 01 February 2008
all songs written, performed, recorded, arranged, produced, mixed, mastered by jonathan visger. artwork by the silent giants.
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Track Name: Books About Nothing
i got a job at a meat shop
only thing they think i'm qualified for
i read a famous book about nothing
it was incredibly thick

i live a long long long long way from where i was born
that's just a paper cut
i got some food in my house
i think it's going bad.

my bad faith's been flaring up
but whatcha really need your good faith for?
only two days, but long days, until i go
farther away.

that's all the more i figure i can take
weighing the rows
before i snap and do something somebody somewhere...

that's all the more i figure i can take
weighing the rows

before i snap and do something somebody somewhere
a long long long way from where i was born
it's just a matter of time
before i snap do something somebody somewhere
will regret

i want to read more books about nothing
i want to read more books about nothing
you can't own your friend like an iron nail
but you can keep a bone if you don't tell
Track Name: Fish Eyes
i feel the same as the very first day i came
and i hang my head in shame to think of how it came to this
those ancient rules they got written in the glowing pools
that my greatest granddad pulled his wretched body outta
a long time ago

only if your gills suck fern exhaust
only if you grow two hearts
pumping out red and blue through
the causeways and the avenues

some film got lifted from the back of a cargo bay,
smuggled up to penthouse A of a 13 story nest
the landlord cranked all night and projected future woes
out two west-facing windows, kept his ears to the north and south.

kept his ears to the north and south
they're guiding you back
to a glowing pool where your fish eyes work
they're guiding you back

the foundation cracked and the birds all left the nest
looking out for second best cause it's only july.
someone got crushed and her legs curled into candy canes
but she didn't feel a spot of pain she'd lost some limbs before.
a long time ago

a tenant below suffocated just a little
yes, a tenant below poured an extra glass
a tenant below cracked the spine of a feng shui guide

my supper crashed to the floor
as fish eyes dragged herself
back to the glowing pool
my greatest granddad said
i'll see you soon
back in the glowing pool

a tenant below started boiling some water
yes, a tenant below rang a sympathetic ear
a tenant below put a magnet in a pillowcase

pumping out red and blue
through the causeways and avenues

kept his ears to the north and south.
they're guiding you back
to a glowing pool where your fish eyes work
they're guiding you back
Track Name: Give Blood Save a Life
This has been a long day
this has been a long, long, horrible, horrible day
it's not right, it's not right
how we give our times to those two bit hacks
mine haven't seemed quite right
since they gave em back

he put the pen the paper, a finger to the switch
passed out, and when he comes to
he's got some bullshit
my silent neighbor, he never even waved once

it's not right, it's not right
how we give our times to those two bit hacks
mine haven't seemed quite right
since they gave em back

give blood... give blood...

i'm just, i'm just angrier than i've ever been
there's only one more letter to write
we got fakes, phonies, running the press
we got crooks in suits at offices
we got forms
we spend eighteen years
apparently learning nothing

gonna give blood, gonna save a life
gonna give blood, gonna save a life
Track Name: The Stupidest Things
fell out a window accidentally
i often get distracted
and do the stupidest things

making the best of it
i twist up my spine
trying to see into my neighbor's window
as i pass by
they do the stupidest things i ever saw

shoulda just let those goddamn plants wilt
but i don't want to get mad

804's thinking hard about death
cause he knows how not to blow it
he got distracted when we locked eyes
and he blew it
over and over and over
went the song on the radio
in 704
but nobody was home

lost my head through 604
trying to wish away the ground floor
every atom stayed stuck
my streak of bad luck
rubbed off on 504
only coming up one number short
404, 304, 204
they're all watching the same television show
all wearing the same blank stare

oh god, don't let this be the last sight i see
don't let this be the last sight i see