Boy Eats Drum Machine

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streaming selections from booomboxxx (coming in 08′), two ghosts (2007) and pleasure (2006) with lyrics below:

booomboxxx

booomboxxx
eyes closed knees on the floor
hunched over bells in a row
kneeling, waiting perfectly still
mallets hanging perfectly still
waiting to make a sound

someday somehow
you’ll make a sound

planets + stars
let’s walk this direction as the seconds trickle down
where every step is a destination
how heavy is your foot when it hits the ground
how much earth does it take to make it stop

no more questioning no
don’t you look at me sideways

this time

so we keep this line sliding forward
every step a destination
and I don’t need to turn my face around
just feeling for the weight of the ground

so no more whispering no
don’t you look at me sideways

this time

the crack in the sea
and as you turn while wandering
across the waves somewhere dark and deep
do you see the things you move away to see
or are you troubled by the things
you don’t understand

my life is circling
around a line that wrestles the sea, deep
cuz the more that we find out
the more we wanna know

so let’s not trouble with the things
we don’t understand
and we don’t know

my love
ocean floor was opened long ago
my love
and currant started forming long ago
my love
water began circling long ago
my love
this ship started sinking long ago

so let’s not trouble with the things
we don’t understand
and we don’t know

im alive don’t bury me
and the look on your face I think
that I’ve seen it once before
your silent bullying
gets the memories flooding in

I’m alive don’t bury me
I said without a sound
and in my imagination
my words knock you to the ground

I’m alive don’t bury me
I’m alive under here

so I’m quite prepared by now, you see
my skin thickens all the time
and I will not dwell on anything
no I won’t make that mistake twice

I’m alive don’t bury me
I say without a sound
and in my imagination
my words knock you to the ground

I’m alive don’t bury me
I’m alive under here

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two ghosts

3000FLARES
this is a warning you are losing one of your sons
Ive fallen away from my occupation
cuz when I push the pencil they load the shells
that turn heaven into hell

this is a warning shot across the bow in high and tight
3000 flares didnt do nothin but light up the sky
and fall as limp reflections in your eyes
so this son says goodbye

Ill try to take my mind off of the shells
that turn heaven into hell

from an oregon shore
here at the end of the war where the water meets sand
on an oregon shore we stand where the land cheats the sea
all covered in snow but its not really cold at all
cuz when the sky went crack and temporarily black
it left a poisonous sun
when they shot we shot back again
but theres a place I know and I think we should go

so come with me away from time
we’ll let the road fall behind alone
cuz the world keeps getting worse intentions
and I dont want a piece of it anymore

and so we cross this line in the nick of time
when you work for peace sometimes you find
youre tangled up in the lines to the accessories of the crime
because weve lost our way and sense of touch
now the thought of peace it doesnt mean that much
no I swear Ive never been less blind
its just they redefined the word peace

so lets free these sands of imaginary lines
and what we find we’ll find

into the open spaces of the west
so my love theres nothing left but for us to run
to a distant open space safe from this warming sun
therell be nobody to greet us and no goodbyes
weve got to make this all gone
and leave behind this fading sky
step and step mile by mile through the western gorge
until the river has run gone and the cliffs look down no more

so let the mountains face us and the armies chase us
well stay low to the ground and well make no noises
there comes a time a time of ending
here at the midwests beginning
weve left no signs no trails no holes
well find an open space find an open space to go

asleep
close your eyes my love be still and breathe
feel your mind wandering
see a world opening up for us to dream
sweetly deeply asleep
sleep as the stars fill the sky
each of them wandering by
see a world opening up for us to dream
sweetly deeply asleep

(in) crossing wind
one day we escaped but now Im looking over my shoulder
cuz theres a wind blowing over the grass
is it a sign will it knock us down or will it pass
now my love I have no plan no actions to take when you awake
cuz I’m a fool to try to run when I dont how
Im a fool but sleep for now my love, sleep for now

are we caught in this crossing wind blowing

“we’ll blacken up the sky”
if peace should find a way well find another way
if they should stop the fighting well fight another day
you cannot stop the marching so dont you even try
if sun should find your face well blacken up the sky

rebuttal 1
this is not a hollow trick if I dont stick into your clique
I am not responsible the bones around your brains are thick
one good turn deserves another so I refuse to be defined
by the narrow thoughts inside your mind

slow guns
I hate the war
and that settles things youve said your piece is there nothing more
I hate the war
well what dont you hate you criticize while we restore
youre all confused
no I’m afraid thats you with

the people around on the highest horses
with slow guns and meticulous voices

if you love the war then say you love the war
and I guess well never agree

cuz theres a lot of opinions conflicting emotions
blind optimism and hopeless devotion all round
when all we want is common sense and you dont make no sense

its all a lie
tell me wheres the proof how do you tell the lies from truth
give it time
yes yes time will speak with the battles won in the coming weeks
its all a lie
youre just following

rebuttal 2
will this conflict you make finally take down the sun
cuz theres always more errands for the poor to run
tell me when will it be that you finally make your peace
when will you make your peace

damned
as bars go these are not the worst ones
I can see my hand reach in and through
sometimes it makes a shadow
its like a bird flying across the room at noon

theres too many people not laughing
their smiles just dont any-things grab your attention
theyre gonna take all your attention

your damned if you do and damned if you dont
with all of your dos and all of your donts
damned if you will and damned if you wont
with all of your dos and all of your donts

now its not clear what the bricks in this room mean
and the lines between do they mean what I think
its a map its a plan for a city
and everywhere you go its ninety degrees ninety degrees

theres too much organization and not enough participation
and I think you know what I mean when I say participation

theres too many people making ripples sneaky silent swimmers
incapable incapable this damn pool needs a cannon ball

alliances
Im gonna choose my alliances
not by your face or sound of your voice or quality of speech
but what you can do for me and what I do for you does for me
so here we vultures sit two in a row
which one is the madam and which one the ho
no I dont know anymore
I wanted to be a ringing voice
but the loudest bells are hollow inside cuz they give the greatest ride

with the village bells
Im ready to let go right now my love
time can only heal what it cant find
so thats game that has to be I forget you you forget about me

two ghosts
woke up in time to see you turn into a ghost
from the top of the world
theres a view of sun so clean you can only look once
I see you carried away by the wind now
no matter what we say the things we claim dry out and blow away

its over my love
now were just a piece of the scenery in a painting signed anonymous
over my love
over just out of reach in retrospect I guess I loved you too much
loved you too much
loved you loved you when all I really needed was someone to touch
someone to touch
someone someone coarse enough to resist any powerful force

I hear a sound I think maybe youre here somewhere now
sometimes you hear sometimes you see but youre only imagining
if theres a season theres got to be a reason for it
you make your peace you make your mistakes
sometimes the world gives sometimes it takes

open space (reprise)
I wanna go where the sky lies overhead peacefully peacefully
and well never have to turn from the sun
in an open space tomorrow in an open space tomorrow

I wanna go where we see these certain signs
that we only borrow time
and this place is partly yours and partly mine
in an open space tomorrow in an open space tomorrow

I wanna go to an open space tomorrow

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pleasure

let’s get lost sometime
one more kiss, darling
one more kiss, darling
our last kiss wasn’t good enough
it ended too quick, oh oh oh oh
why don’t we

just slip away
to another side
where greedy winds
glide
darling, why don’t we
just fall asleep
dream the same dream
and only feel
where our bodies meet
darling, why don’t we

get lost sometime
because it is, it is, it is
about time
let’s get lost in the furthest way
where the wind says
‘a a a all of you
is mine to blow over’

let’s slip away
to deepest south
where clouds slide
when you move your mouth
darling, why don’t we
stand still and breathe
to each other’s lips
our lungs a pair
of floating ships
darling, why don’t we

let’s pull the plug
underneath this lake
when the water breaks
we’ll spin away
darling, why don’t we
watch water above
brimming with life
moving in time
with you, honey
darling, why don’t we

eunuch
it’s sweet sometimes
to be alone
writing lines
at the microphone

I’ve got a turntable
and a casio
and a microphone
standing in a room alone
and with the headphones on
my lungs don’t feel a thing
something sweet can happen
when your mouth begins to sing

alone
there’s a place I know
in the basement below
sweetest feeling
floor to ceiling

eunuchs always
feel this way
cry at night
laugh all day

si(x)cuse me
one chance
too say
three words
for all time
five percent of you isn’t enough
it makes me
it makes me
si(x)cuse me