(Night Light 2010)
LITTLE SISTER
little sister
where do you belong
you’ve been outside playing much too long
you should come inside
little sister know not what to do
no one laughs at all my jokes but you
you should be brand new
TWISTS AND TURNS AND DANGEROUS TWISTS
let me in
into you
i will look
rearrange
come with me
let me in
see the waves
moving everything
feel the twists and turns
and dangerous twists
turning around you
turning into you
down below
i can see
what you want
me to be
come with me
let me in
feel the ways
feel the twists and turns
and dangerous twists
turning around you
turning into you
NEON SPARKLING SKY
yesterday i was miles away in a neon sparkling sky
you said, “no” that you couldn’t go
but i didn’t understand why
i don’t want to waste your time
or try to find the reason why
i know you can make it
please just let me change your mind
what you see, lying underneath, almost infinite from below
like a flare, floating in the air, in a neon sparkling glow
i dont want to waste your time
or try to find the reason why
i know you can make it
please just let me change your mind
if you turn your back on me then i think i would be
absolutely, positively, losing everything
something light, coming down at night, so you see it shine like a star
you should know, when it sparkles so, you will always see where you are
i dont want to waste your time
or try to find the reason why
i know you can make it
please just let me change your mind
if you turn your back on me then i think i would be
absolutely, positively, losing everything
JIGSAW JITTERS
all around, i’m underground
notice me
here the kid can be himself
walk around the door
they understand
only words in other worlds
vocabulary
it’s so easy
hear the spill
only vowels
talking kills
that much is true
speak to me
beyond the words
and read it slow
speak to me
like you would speak
using the words
from other worlds
down the stairs
and in your prayers
don’t you know
here you’ll be, so incomplete
right beyond the door
it’s left along the wall
hear the spill
only vowels
talking kills
that much is true
BEST BAD SIDE
when i said
when i died
open up your eyes
come the day
when they say
look back at the time
what could have been
i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting
some say snow
others don’t
cant make up your mind
so say no
no you wont
look back at the time
what can i say
i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting
my whole life
i’ve been waiting
to open up my mind
find lines
drawn inside
pulling at your tongue
tell me please
tell me my
process has begun
i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting
my whole life
i’ve been waiting
to open up my mind
ALWAYS BECOMING
we
are a circle
empty inside
round
like a marble
in your eye
look
in the mirror
you will find
a
new reflection
every time
every time
and you
are like magic
changing your habits
you turn
into something
always becoming
again
you
are beginning
time
stretched
like a memory
in your mind
and you
are like magic
changing your habits
you turn
into something
always becoming
again
(night light/ rainbow lantern/i am surrounded when you’re shining bright/ whatever i did to deserve you/ you know i don’t mean to hurt you/ so night light/
sayonara
Data Dog (2009)
COLOR BOMB
take the time you got and put it down
way down into the ground
taste the color yellow green and brown
embrace that quiet sound
please dont hide
sour lemon vibrations
inside your mind
cant hide
sour lemon vibrations
inside your
words are cold when they’re not spoken true
the ice might freeze the air
rays of multicolor blinding light
exploding in the night
please dont hide
sour lemon vibrations
inside your mind
cant hide
sour lemon vibrations
inside your mind
WALL KICKS WILL WORK
we will make it better all the time
keep building until you hit the sky
let us feed the children on the line
we cant stop it
i know i know i know i know i know
(see) (me)
we wont let you ruin everything
i cant let you measure anything
you dont know the trouble you will bring
to the table
dont tell us that you need proof of this
these photos will show you most of it
no record of any kind of exists
many have tried, maybe less, maybe more
coming together with less than before
make me something that will make me believe
towering higher than we can concieve
TODAY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
how many people do you love?
how many people do you know?
who made you mad at everyone?
how many do you love?
who sent you letters in the mail?
what did they say? how did you feel?
why write about us in your book
between the lines it’s understood
do you know the value
we too show a bad side
(i found out about this whole aparatus here one time driving up sixth avenue and i was waiting to back into a parking spot so i waited for him to go by me. and for some reason he didn’t go by me. then BAM outta nowhere. hit me right here. it was an incredible thing, outta nowhere)
To (day) is (un) der (con) struc (tion)
how many people do you love?
MOSTLY EVERYTHING
speak a language
or make up your own
teach it to me (i like to learn)
through the telephone
say it slowly
write it on my hand
cant get the message
weak reception
oh i know
feeling’s not easy
when the feeling’s not
normal
tell me something (i didn’t know)
or jump in a hole (didn’t know)
keep me guessing
cant get the message
weak reception
oh i know
feeling’s not easy
when the feeling’s not
normal
(gibberish)
television (television)
television (TURN IT ON)
television (television)
television
THANK YOU FOR MY LEG
mono phono inventor
auto anglo professor
keep thinking creating
nevermind the time
anti chrono kenesis
meta comma whatever
vibration relation to
lack of motion
stop the hands
success comes with
some circumstance
exo schitzo chromatic
ecto ergo i know
sporatic erratic
wait for static
tell the papers
take your time
read the writing
see the signs
make me an invention
mother of creation
start it over
take your time
FAT KID
i wanted more
when you’re sad
when you’re bored
THEMS THE RULES
i hold my memories
appreciate em
when i’m older
when i’m young
cut out the daughters tongue
so she can’t say that
(i was robbed by two men)
look what the mouse dragged in
to the baby
many flavors
he took one
and now the short man’s tall
touch the ceiling
with your fingers
nothing, nothing
nothing, nothing
mistakes i make, make me
maybe they’ll make you
PROGRESS
looked around to see hours away
where’d you go
you put your furniture on your bed
where’s your head
bought the book that you said you knew, through and through
troubled lives, trouble in disguise, out these lies
picking apples off a broken tree, look at me
keeping low because i’m quiet (quiet)
looking round to see hours away, where’d you go
left the empty room silent, progress
for tonight so you know i will stay right here
quiet dreams keep a man asleep, keep dreaming
holding on to what was ours inside me
keeping on to a watch that has one hand
picking apples off a broken tree, look at me
keeping low because i’m quiet (quiet)
looking round to see hours away, where’d you go
left the empty room silent, progress
finishing what was started here, mind your arms
keeping still because i’m quiet (quiet)
learning now what was taught to me, now i see
SEVER STARS AROUND THE MOON
make a bubble
fill it up with
all your troubles
so you can live
extra happy
with no problems
you don’t have to
try to solve them
uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh
send them up to
constellations
to be seen from
the space station
big malfunction
everything stop
all the bubbles
starting to pop
and it’s true
so why bother
and it’s true
not a thing to do
and it’s you
getting older
and it’s you
not a thing to do
through the ozone
problems falling
they belong to
everybody
still it’s raining
i’m just saying
make it better
stop complaining
and it’s true
so why bother
and it’s true
not a thing to do
and it’s you
getting older
and it’s you
not a thing to do
uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh uh oh
JOULES
try you see what we envision
protons fly into collision
we never ever meant to open up these holes
my miracles
and in the mountains you can see the particles
it’s beautiful
open space to see what’s in there
(look inside there’s something in here)
testing theories math vs magic
(quantum physics, mayhem, tragic)
past colliding with the future
(everything we know collapsing)
close the window and take cover
(count to three and then there’s nothing)
we never ever meant to open up these holes
my miracles
and in the mountains you can see the particles
it’s ending…
CARING CURRENT
(whoosh)
NATIVE FROG
in and out
up and down
there’s lightning and other sounds
stop that dancing around
and put your ears to the ground
look for problems in the dictionary
we’re too heavy to stand
being cautious is just
temporary
things are scary
ships will sink in the sea
islands drift away from me
the ground may crumble and split
don’t fall inside of it
in and out
left and right
up and down
black and brown
rich and poor
tall and small
young and cold
high and low
i don’t care about that…
