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The Absurd

by Goodnight Gorillas

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1.
Violet 02:44
filthy pigeon playgrounds bread crumbs fall out of the sky all of the old people in a line and the pavements hard to explain when it's stained with black and blue veins violet this is where I was born birthed out of a tunnel slide climbed out of the pebbles and the dirt and the slides were covered in mice maybe rats, I didn't look twice when they marched their way through the town I'm their leader, follow my sound I open doors that shouldn't be opened here at night I close my eyelids when I should be watching my back when after all I'm still outside meet me in the bedroom where your mouth is lying I will buy you flowers but they're probably dry I will tell you stories about life I don't have to go down spiraling out of this life time to sink your feet into the ground I'm searching for a desire that can feed me when I retire from this communistic disease caused by holy societies meet me in the bedroom where your mouth is lying I will buy you flowers but they'll probably die
2.
Prey 04:36
I am here, in your mind I determine everything you've ever done planning your life the mutter of the hungry lambs false profit spits into your dirty hands soak it in, these drinking fountains full of youth what they're selling you holy water by the bottle nineteen ninety nine, just fine do you really want to oversee this? burning buildings, lights that torch the sky heaven was a lie I am fear, in your eyes I hear every single thought and every cry counting your time in this residential motherland this presidential circumstance if you feel like you are rowing in a boat watch where you float wake up, this has no tendency to end this is the sound the city makes this is the shuffling of violence, spread your fingers wider violence in silent movies line up, and beg imaginary men to help you clear your puzzled heads what happens when the choir strangles each and everybody who sings then? I'm screaming! watchtower, he's a watch tower and he'll shoot me down, he'll kill us all if we disobey, there's no thinking straight with an open mind you'll meet the gates of hell light this match, won't you feel your soul, don't you know it's poison, the leaves are poison to me
3.
The Litter 03:43
hey, you left your own design your indecisiveness divine tell me about, how you saw the skyline before you jumped that awful night we were picked up from the litter hangnails and dirty fingernails under the soil, we uncoil ourselves the awful day you jumped the line hold my hand as we jump into the traffic how it was so intimate, and the cars were in a pattern and the horns were bleeding in headlights on, they illuminate our bodies but the sirens didn't begin I am not who I remember, this isn't sinking in hold my hand, as we jump into the traffic how it was so innocent, and the cars were in a pattern and the horns were bleeding in hey, you're waking up again we built an army of dissent fighting about our favorite colors crayola pigment's tough to sell this one was just what time is it when you're on your own everything begins to turn into your home when you're on the ground you're scratching chalkboards cuz you used to love the sound
4.
In and Over 02:51
you used to tell yourself those red balloons looked like a group of moons but then the stars came out and covered all your inhibitions sudden visions in your mind you beg imaginary men to clean your dirty conscious but then you wrote your brain away onto a piece of paper you're leaving all your precious little prisoners, to do your dirty dishes when you cry help us over hiding under fences in the farm you beg imaginary men to clean your dirty conscious but then you wrote your brain a message full of all the culprits you drew a diagram of diaphragms and human stomachs in over, in and over again tell me your secrets, give me a reason give me an appetite, feed me the details promise you won't fail, show me the afterlife you cheeky little devil raise your head, off the pillow fast
5.
Medicine 03:49
you don't always have to be scared there's a light on lately and it's traveling faster around in the end we've been hunting, closing curtains in the backyard running circles bury the evidence into the ground and people popping pills that don't pertain to pleasure don't believe in medicine break down, in the middle of the night I'm an animal, can you hide well I want you to know do you really have to go so crazy, let me open up your mind tell you everything that I find well I want you to know that I really have to go so losing control of your decaying brain time will never truly be dead there's a line out lately and it's shattering, rattling, flattering nurses needing nicotine and never ending don't believe in medicine you're rolling darkness, flying kites, tonight your overcoming sickness is a lie your constant reduction of sight, alright hoping for, your hoping for a sign break down, in the middle of the night I'm an animal, can you hide well I want you to know do you really have to go so crazy, let me open up your mind tell you everything that I find well I want you to know that I really have to go so losing control of your arms and your legs break down, in the middle of the night I'm an animal, can you hide well I want you to know do you really have to go so losing control of your decaying and your brain settle down, as you're harming the waitress but she loves it and she's calling your name blood runs out, and it's staining the carpet but you love it and it's calling your name

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"The Absurd" is the third release from Goodnight Gorillas.

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released February 7, 2014

Joe Graves: Vocals/Guitars
Shun Matsuhashi: Bass
Connor Peck: Drums

All Songs Written and Performed by Goodnight Gorillas ©2015
Recorded by Connor Peck
Mixed and Mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording
Cover Art by Nathan Graves

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Goodnight Gorillas is an Alternative - Indie Rock band from Minneapolis, MN. They write catchy, hard-hitting songs with introspective lyrics and an often sarcastic humor. They formed in 2012 and have released 5 studio projects independently. Their newest album, "Splash!" comes out August 6th, 2019. ... more

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