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Dancehall Narwhal
02:52
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Just a dancehall narwhal listen to my whale call
Just a dancehall narwhal looking through the tank walls
If I could dance with biped limbs and not have to swim with these narwhal fins
I think I’d spin all the dolphins and learn to jive and then I’d truly feel alive
Swimming circles in an aquatic cave everyday
wishing I could feel the sun’s rays
Swimming circles in an aquatic cave everyday
Feeling like a dried out chunk of clay
I wanna be a dancehall narwhal but in the aquarium is where I have to stay
Just a dancehall narwhal listen to my whale call
Just a dancehall narwhal trying to smash the tank walls
I'm cool flopping on the ground with horrified people all around
I’d dance to the sounds make my self proud because I tried
to dance until the day I died
Swimming circles in an aquatic cave everyday
wishing I could feel the sun’s rays
Swimming circles in an aquatic cave everyday
Feeling like a dried out chunk of clay
I wanna be a dancehall narwhal but in the aquarium is where I have to stay
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I’m eating my macdonalds by myself
Im eating my macdonalds in this well,
and I cant tell, if this is heaven or if it’s hell
because they both probably have macdonalds
I’m eating my MacDonalds with my hands
I’m singing about Macdonalds in this band
It wasnt planned, my resistance stronghold’s unmanned
I just gotta get to a Macdonalds
Macdonalds craving, I need someone to save me
If I don’t eat a mcdouble I’m gonna die
Macdonalds craving, I need someone to save me
I can’t get the fillet o’ fish off my mind
Do you want fries with that? (NO)
I want another patty daddy, Oh
Macdonalds craving, I need someone to save me
If I don’t eat a mcdouble I’m gonna die
Macdonalds craving, I need someone to save me
I can’t get the fillet o’ fish off my mind
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I Sold My Seahorse
02:00
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I sold my seahorse today
I didn’t know it would end up this way
My cherub toes fell off
The hot glue I got starts to rot
My shins start to fold and this crease brings me down to my knees
and the pot holes swallow me whole.
Got soft pegs to walk on
I make a better chair than a flair
I try to light these wick limbs anyway
Impotent and blinded by the glare
I’m trying to get my horse to come back here
In the heat my body starts to disappear
You can lead a horse to fire, but you cant make him think.
Sold my first squids today
I didn’t realize I wanted him to stay
I tried calling his name
An old photo fell out of my mouth
I tried to make out what was in it but my head just started spinning
and crayon wax built up around my eyes
Got soft pegs to walk on
I make a better chair than a flair
I try to light these wick limbs anyway
Impotent and blinded by the glare
I’m trying to get my horse to come back here
In the heat my body starts to disappear
You can lead a horse to fire, but you cant make him think.
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The Beach
02:18
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Bats fly to their deaths cause of the hum
Can’t move from this spot cause of all the gum
Need a flood to cleanse this moulded world
Need to find a way to shed this mechanical burden, embrace the earth and drink something verdant
I wanna go to the beach
Ditch the city
Grab some CDs for the drive
I wanna swim with sharks in the dark
Find a cliff and try a dive
I wanna make a raft with sticks float around
with jellyfish
I wanna wash these cuts on my face with salt water
Barracudas go for silver instead of gold
Electric eels make electric blankets if you get cold
The sirens sing and beckon you to te deep
But they take an interest because
They want harmony
Fix the arsonists' dreams
So they sing beautifully
I wanna go to the beach
Ditch the city
Grab some CDs for the drive
I wanna swim with sharks in the dark
Find a cliff and try a dive
I wanna make a raft with sticks float around
with jellyfish
I wanna wash these cuts on my face with salt water
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There were so many fish in my school
There’s a lot of talent in this pacific pool
But most of these fish they don’t get their turn
Because they can’t resist the dangling worms
A trout gets hooked, another squid vicious
Every one is doomed and each one, he wishes
He could resist the worm
We’re golden fish stars, playing coral bars
You see a poster at the dock it’s probably ours
There were more fish punks but they got hooked
not hooked on drugs they just took
the bait, squid vicious on a plate
and they ate him!
I remember going to shows
Jumping up and down with my fish bros
Then my favourite singer came to my reef
And then he played his guitar for me
I wanted to be like this brilliant artist
But then I saw the rise and fall of ziggy starfish
We’re golden fish stars, playing coral bars
You see a poster at the dock it’s probably ours
There were more fish punks but they got hooked
not hooked on drugs they just took
the bait, squid vicious on a plate
and they ate him!
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Wash
02:48
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Walk My Dolphin
03:51
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I haven’t seen a human in days
I live in a utopia, where my dolphin and I can play
We’re content being alone
After all a dolphin’s the smartest pet you can own
We watch TV while we float in the living room
When you live with a dolphin there is a lot you can do
Like look into each other’s eyes and sing
I can't talk I'm trying to walk my dolphin now
Can't you see my dolphin and me are trying to hang out
I'm not into bingo or golfing, just wanna hang with my dolphin
I'll catch you later man
To test my dolphin’s intelligence I quiz him
I really have a dolphin, this is not a metaphor for onanism
I need a faithful pet by my side
I don’t understand why people buy pets they can’t ride
If they take my dolphin away I won’t be able to cope
Hanging out with a dolphin everyday has made me a misanthrope
But they’re getting concerned about the things we do in the dark
Having a dolphin lover is a little weird, but I think my willy should be free to do it wants
I can't talk I'm trying to walk my dolphin now
Can't you see my dolphin and me are trying to hang out
I'm not into bingo or golfing, just wanna hang with my dolphin
I'll catch you later man
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Ten go into the water, one comes back out
Took the plunge as a man, but he’s a zombie now
First sailors feared him but there was no need
This zombie sailor doesn’t wish to feed on men
He wants shark meat
Shark blood
Shark meat
A shark feast!
Captain Quint undead,
rises from his watery bed
To find and kill
Anything with sharp teeth and gills
Great whites and tiger sharks and hammer heads will all be dead
Zombie Quint won’t stop until he makes the big blue red
Bloodthirty Quint wears a nefarious grin
Because tonight he dines on salted shark fin
But then something catches the zombie sailor’s eye (A doll’s eyes)
Giant Megalodon sixty feet long with jaws eleven feet wide
He wants shark meet
Shark blood
Shark meat
Shark Feast
Quint swims after this king of the sea
He’s driven by unquenchable greed
The biggest shark he’s ever seen
Is really a disguised submarine
Now zombie Quint is finally dead
Mecha-Megalodon put a torpedo through his head
Captainn Quint is dead,
He won’t rise from his watery bed
He was killed
But a submarine with sharp teeth and gills
Great whites and tiger sharks and hammer heads will all be fine
The mecha-megalodon’s arsenal literally blew the Zombie’s mind
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Straight Edge Sarks
03:06
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Manatee, Why you mad at me, I am asking for your help
I’m trying to set myself free but from grace I fell
I know I ate your cousin, that wasn’t supposed to happen,
I’ve been trying to use my brain to bend the bars of the cage I’m trapped in
Today I saw a shipwreck and gave a ride to the captain
I’m a straight-edge shark, no more blood for me
I’m a straight-edge shark I only eat veggies
I’m a straight-edge shark no blood for me
I’m a straight-edge shark I don’t want to feed
on fish friends, or on scuba-diving men
I’m even done smoking sea-weed
Mr Killer whale, why you look so pale when I swim past you
I can’t change the past but what’s a shark gotta do
To please the guys whom I wronged in fits of selfish bloodlust
I can smell blood three miles away, but the stench of the past never goes away
look for sunken ships in the sea bowels today
I’m a straight-edge shark, no more blood for me
I’m a straight-edge shark I only eat veggies
I’m a straight-edge shark no blood for me
I’m a straight-edge shark I don’t want to feed
on fish friends, or on scuba-diving men
I’m even done smoking sea-weed
Fish are friends
They’re not food
So what you gonna do when you’re at a party
When the lobster drops her coat you see that body
Yum, I smell chum, Must not succumb!
Because...
I’m a straight-edge shark, no more blood for me
I’m a straight-edge shark I only eat veggies
I’m a straight-edge shark no blood for me
I’m a straight-edge shark I don’t want to feed
on fish friends, or on scuba-diving men
I’m even done smoking sea-weed
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Bubbles
07:10
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There’re bubbles everywhere, they’re in my hair
bubbles dancing around my head
They’re bubbles everywhere I can't help but stare
at the bubbles above my bed
But I don’t have gills
Soon I’ll be still
And the bubbles will carry this final song to no one.
I never really liked standing stil
That’s why I tried to chisel my own gillsl
But when I jumped into the sea
The bubbles evaded me
When there’s no air to breath
do the neutron bounce and enjoy life in the current!
There’re bubbles everywhere, they’re in my hair
bubbles dancing around my head
They’re bubbles everywhere I can't help but stare
at the bubbles above my bed
But I don’t have gills
Soon I’ll be still
And the bubbles will carry this final song to no one.
A goldfish grows to meet the size of the bowl
I always felt like my bowl was trying to swallow me whole
So I swapped my eyes for Xes
Received a toilet exit
The sewer sludge tarnished my shine
But battered scales are part of life in the current
Funny things, Bubbles.
Perfectly rounded manifestations of submerged voice.
Cute little blissful bulbs devoid of intention.
I once tried to have a conversation with a wandering bubble.
The bubble didn’t come across as rude in the same way that a child preoccupied with little blocks doesn’t seem rude
It was merely oblivious-- or totally indifferent to my existence.
Now, I endeavour to interact with this bubble some more.
-- I’m watching ballet dancers performing an eloquent routine on an old Greek scale. They communicate with undulating reciprocal movements, careful to maintain balance and to keep the conversation interesting. These dancers have never met but they fully understand one another.
Their language is brash and prurient but they can never touch, or else the scale will tip. I try to engage with the dancers but a guard turns me into liquid, bottles me up and sends me back to the surf; An unintelligible message in a bottle, liquid divided from other liquid by a thin layer, like a bubble of concealed air floating without a care; an aesthetic jewel for a child.
Bubbles are tiny, jettisoned escape-pods. Indolent units bearing messages with a return address too soaked to make out.
I track this nebulous carrier further, but soon realize neither one of us is allowed to have a plan.
Our journeys are dictated by the rhythms of the deep: An inexorable drum stomp, sewn to a slimy croaking stand-up bass bludgeoning.
Siren songs reign prodigious, immaculate and lewd.
Oh that’s right I came down here in search of food, a mermaid lover to brighten my mood, but all I found was a current in the flowing glue.
Comic book voice bubbles suddenly show a sardonic glow.
The lights flicker on the ride, before dimming fully, but I feel the seemingly evasive bubble cuddle against my ear before popping as if to say “only the hopeless dark brings out the lark with numbing secrets as songs--you hoped for a dove didn’t you?”
(But it wouldn’t be right to divulge the actual message concealed in the bubble.)
All I can say is the bubble reveals a familiar voice harmonizing with the sirens. Then I remember Jeff Buckley was lost in this same river.
Many swan songs of sailors and lost-at-sea singers just come out as bubble escape pods
Last lamentations, lyrical improvisations, vicious desperate squeals for eels, remarks for sharks, riffs of authentic blues lost in the big blue, all trapped in wandering bubbles,
available to doomed people stuck in the current like me and like you.
There’re bubbles everywhere, they’re in my hair
bubbles dancing around my head
They’re bubbles everywhere I can't help but stare
at the bubbles above my bed
But I don’t have gills
Soon I’ll be still
And the bubbles will carry this final song to no one.
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Shark Brilliant York, UK
Folk-Punk Anthems in the Key of Sea. NOT the vacuum cleaner of the same name. Best enjoyed chilled.
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