Fruit Fly

Left some food wrapped up
In a plastic bag
On the kitchen table
Way too long
I sat down to eat
Next to the bag
I was too tired
To throw it out
I saw a swarm of fruit flies.
I took the bag downstairs.
When I came back
They were still there.
Flying jerky patterns
Like snowflakes in the air.
Im sorry
Youve got nowhere to go
Im sorry
Youve got nowhere to go
Left straight right straight
I cant find a reason

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River Phoenix

Born to hippie parents
Given a different name
Which he caught much flak for
The world was his oyster
And hollywood the clam
When he grew up
He joined a hippie band
He was directed by gus van zandt
We'd like to think he'd have joined the smartipantz
Co-starred with flea and keanu
We didn't know jackie O
She was one of the people that we did not know
Nor did we care about her hair
Her pillbox hat and her savoir faire
But still we thought we knew
Maybe you did too
River phoenix
River phoenix
Ian curtis
And river phoenix

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Neither Heaven Nor Space

So Quiet
It's neither heaven nor space
It's just high
And the ring around the moon
Looks like light and life
Neither of which I
Get enough of down there
Where a lot of people lie in a deep sleep
And months on end go by
In a single week
Down there
But Much too slow
Can't you see im trying so hard
To plug up this hole
The areas running outwards
Sinking much too low
And if you sit long enough
You can hear ghost trains
As if the citys speed
Is just in our brains

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Slow Down

you see yourself sitting on top
so self assured - happy,
but when your parents bail you out
you somehow feel not free.
you're bored to tears in school,
it's not like what you thought at all.
trouble is not the answer.
i know what you want to know:
slow down;
why you wanna move so fast?
why you wanna walk so far?
i think i know what you want.
your father toys with you
hoping his evil game will win.
in order not to loose,
the trick is not to play with him.
anything good you do
is added to your past - your wealth.
you'll need it all the day you finally choose
to ask yourself:

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Mother's Day

I wanna know, do you have the balls to ask?
what do you see when you look at a girl?
is she a game you wanna win?
if no-one was looking what would you do to get in?
do you have friends who would be proud if you went in for the kill?
do you have friends who would do it even against her will?
what if they did that to your sister?
what if they did that to your mother?
why are we so slow?
i bet you think you're such a hottie, but a body afraid is not a sexual body.
everybody's been laughed at and everybody's been left out but
that's no excuse to turn it around, no boy has the right to hold a girl down.
on your star wars sheets when you set the scene,
was she seducing you, or did she want to scream?
it's you versus you.
i can't forget that tomorrow's mother's day.
i'm talking to you, you know who you are, going too far.
you'll feel good for ten seconds, she'll be screwed up for life.
blue balls and all of that bullshit

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Hi-Speed Soul

Do you ever feel like you just landed
On this earth?
You see the creatures all do their dances
Back and forth
You get restless and then you join them
On the floor
Suddenly it is tomorrow
Its not today anymore
Its not today anymore
You talk to the ceiling every day
The speakers are shaking
Why do i hear you okay?
Theyre playing soul at the wrong speed
It sounds right now
What are you doing to me?
Dyou ever feel like what we call real life
Is not so real?
Tripping up on the same old problems
You had last year
Well well pretend its another planet

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Treading Water

Movies like zoos
try another me
And I will try another you
Or put my arms around you
Like I think you want me to
But tell me what youre thinking
I so often misconstrue
Treading water treading white wine
Seeing borders seeing straight lines
I get these feelings that I dont
Have much time
Always rushing always late
Movies like zoos
I talk to missionaries when theyre
Standing at my door
They tell me what i should be reading
I still cant see what for
We both stand there politely trying
To change each others core
When other angels float by

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If You Leave

If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
We always had time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second every moment
We've gotta make it last
I touch you once, I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday
If you leave, I won't cry
I won't waste a single day
But if you leave, don't look back
I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You've gotta say you will

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Inside Of Love

Watching terrible TV
It kills all thought
Getting spacier than
An astronaut.
Making out with people
I hardly know or like.
I cant believe what I do
Late at night.
I wanna know what its like
On the inside of love.
Im standing at the gates
I see the beauty above
Only when we get to see
The aerial view
Will the patterns show
Well know what to do
I know the last page so well
I cant read the first
So I just dont start
Its getting worse

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Paper Boats

Sit on a train, reading a book
Same damn planet every time I look
Try to relax and slow my heartbeat
Only works when im dead asleep
Been thinking and drinking all over the town
Must be gearing up for some kind of melt-down
All I am is
A body floating down-wind
All I am is
A body floating down-wind
Whats wrong?
Nothing
Are you sure nothings wrong?
Yeah
But youre sad about something
Yeah
So tell me what
I dont know
I cant tell you
I cant tell you

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