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Help Stop Decay

by The Peekaboos

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HELP STOP DECAY People of this era have forgotten how to listen to the Language of the past, of the things that really last They think that we have broken through into an era that is new But there’s just a single pattern from which variations grew So look Into the face of god and see exactly how it is Laplace’s demon works in ways that will still stay mysterious But if you can accept reality without any chagrin You can help stop decay before the sickness sets in
2.
Microcosm 04:00
MICROCOSM Every time you say to me the world is gunna die I just smile to myself and put it gently on the shelf Because the world will keep on turning long after we are gone When a parasite dies, the host moves on so I’ll keep Studying, and studying, and studying, and studying, And searching for the truth, for every little scrap of truth You step backwards, forwards, always scanning centrally Just searching for the image Of a thing that you might find to be a Caustic microcosm of the microcosmic World in which you live in with me And there’s a pattern to the puzzle But the product never turns the way you want it to be So I say hum-de-lolly hum-de-lay, what’s it matter anyways You’ll never find the answer, and death will find you anyways But I believe in truth, I believe in observation and I know it’s all flawed, This dirty lense to view the shape of my world They say you can be your own provider If you find the patterns in the salt and the sand, And in the process of the man the one Gives you your directions, tells you when to sit and stand, When to lick his boots, when not to lick his boots so you keep Studying, and studying, and studying, and studying, And searching for the truth, for every little scrap of truth You step backwards, forwards, always scanning centrally Just searching for the image Of a thing that you might find to be a Caustic microcosm of the microcosmic World in which you live in with me And there’s a pattern to the puzzle But the product never turns the way you want it to be So I say hum-de-lolly hum-de-lay, what’s it matter anyways You’ll never find the answer, and death will find you anyways But I believe in truth, I believe in observation and I know it’s all flawed, This dirty lense to view the shape of my world
3.
CAPTAIN CHUCKLES VS. THE MULTIVERSE I’m getting older everyday; I’ll bet a dollar to my dingus that you are too But our lives change in similar ways It’s kinda funny how my need and all it’s faces Just change over time as they slip into the places That my body has meant for them to be 27 and it seems to me that all the birthdays that I used to see Are just an arbitrary measurement of the passage of time A single black dot on a spherical line Once you realize what the world is: A single living organism Everything you thought important well it doesn't really matter But the truth about the world Can never make it any sadder Keep on in the same direction Life’ll take you round to where you need to be eventually Keep your eyes on a distant future Craft it up and hold it there within your mind’s eye for me The fickle fate of a fearful nation The heads of state and their machinations There’s a deficit to the effect of liberty Death and decay in the windy city I feel a force inside of me: divine geometry ‘cause Everything you thought important well it doesn’t really matter But the truth about the world Can make the bounty so much fatter
4.
PHYSICS PHARM My breath smells like cigarettes, your breath smells like cheese Because I spend all day at the physics farm While you let the sweet dairy dissolve in your cheeks But I’m scared as hell, with just one foot in the physical realm The other one is pushing up daisies, My knees are up on the helm She helps keep my brain in check, I keep her body safe I’m not a balanced man when you’re not around, But I’m sick of all the little lies that should and could make you Scared as hell with just one foot in the physical realm The other one is pushing up daisies, My knees are up on the helm These are the animal noises that I make when I am satisfied These are the animal noises that I make when I’m not satisfied
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HANDIBLES / MANDIBLES Well, this is my Mandible, These are my Handibles; This one’s for talking, These are the handyman’s Tools in the physical realm, ‘Cause I’m a fool in the physical realm But they say the business of the fool Is the business of the king as well So coarse wood is sand-able, Latex: expandable, The rules are always changing But the game is understandable Presenting what is automatic: Problematic mathematics Understanding oh so much But still being so concerned about The physics of the physical realm As they wind on down So AK’s: affordable, Mini-nukes they’re portable The rules are always changing But the game is crisp and quotable You’ll never get through all of it You’ll die under the weight of it so Give up now, And find your brain a surrogate and Get fucked up with me in the physical realm
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WHITE LINE FEVER White lines pass me by As they hypnotize So don’t give me no static Bright lights I can handle it I’ve got the white line fever She’s got the white line fever So come on baby and take me for a ride I’m in another city By the time you see the sun I’m already over the county line By the time you know the deal is done I’ve got the white line fever She’s got the white line fever You vagabonds and you non-believers Come on you fuckers and take me for a ride
8.
Volim 04:01
VOLIM How does your skin glow? Why do the walls bow? The way I am inside that no one knows It’s what I’ve got to show So hey baby maybe we can build a life Try and survive the days Follow you into the stormy weather Protect you from the rain No matter what we do No matter what we say I want to speak the language of No matter where we go No matter what we face I’ll speak the language of your love We make our own rules We make our choices We’re standing hand in hand Using our outside voices With the strength to vibrate to your wavelength Hold you as you fall asleep We’ll escape like refugees on airplanes Settle somewhere by the sea No matter what we do No matter what we say I want to speak the language of No matter where we go No matter what we face I’ll speak the language of your love
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SAD SONGS AND EX-FRIENDS Sitting at home, alone with the bends thinking “What happened? Where did it go wrong?” Do you regret it? Are you writing a similar song? You don’t love me, you think I’m insane It sucks opinions are like people; helpless when it comes to change In your life, in your head In the opinions that you hold, the people you caress It’s like a brand new lover with sweeter breath It’s like a different life, it’s like a much more satisfying death So now you’re saddled up high, and riding out west With your biggest balls, your hairiest chest Thinking you’re going to bury me with all your lies But deception is an art that always fades in the sands of time They say the people that you know are the ones you deserve Reflections of yourself, it’s like the class on a curve So you are where you belong even if it is not with them Time moves on you can always find another friend
10.
THE QUANTIFIABLE SONG Everything you know is quantifiable, If you’re a young American like me And yes perspective is a veil, that’s undeniable, But I believe that everything can be, a thing, a singularity, And underneath it all be measured by Amalgamate response of what we see So now you’re eking out a life that is responsible, you’ll find real fast nothing comes for free. In the perception of yourself there is a lesson there, Where you would see one person I’d see three, The first is what you think of me, the second what I think of me The third is what I think you think of me So everything you know is quantifiable….
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Kelley Green 01:05
12.
Baby Steps 02:22
BABY STEPS Whadja wanna be when you grew up? Before you were told that you just weren’t good enough Did you wanna be the astronaut exploring outer space? Or did you wanna take people’s homes ‘Cause you work for the bank? Where can you sell your soul in a city called Chicago Where your hopes and dreams count for shit Where everybody knows you gotta step on toes Because there’s no roast beef in the piggy market So it’s baby steps up the ladder (Who said life isn't fair?) Just to kick out every peg (Who said life isn't fair?) Me, I empty out my bladder (Who said life isn't fair?) On those things that make you On those things that make you beg Yea when I grow up I wanna fight crime But there’s no Bruce Wayne in the unemployment line So why do we play the game When we know we’ll always lose I used to play outside But now I just turn screws Where can you sell your soul in a city called Chicago Where your hopes and dreams count for shit Where everybody knows you gotta step on toes Because there’s no roast beef in the piggy market So it’s baby steps up the ladder (Who said life isn't fair?) Just to kick out every peg (Who said life isn't fair?) Me, I empty out my bladder (Who said life isn't fair?) On those things that make you On those things that make you beg
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Disconnector 04:50
DISCONNECTER Sweet and sour disconnector All my life I’ve been the collector Over the lips and past the gums If I’m asleep I can’t come undone it’s true So I’ll act the clown And try to be funny I don’t want that crown But I could use the money Sweet and sour disconnector The money god’s electric specter Over the lips and past the gums The man asleep won’t overcome it’s true The way to say a thousand things Float gently into me But who controls the T.V. lense? The man who says he is your friend, but he’s not So if I die before I wake Bury me down by the lake Wrap me up in my best suit I’ll be the twisted tree that bore Barren fruit for you

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released September 17, 2016

Recorded/Mixed by Ben Arguelles at DZ Records
Mastered by Carl Saff
Physical copies available through DARK CIRCLES RECORDS
Cover Artwork by Kasia Gierczynska

Guitar - Matthew Muffin
Guitar - Hoagie Baby
Bass - Bryan Child
Drums - Michael Sunnycide

Lyrics by Matthew Muffin and Michael Sunnycide

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