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 Released November of 2001 Label: Monkey Boy Records
Produced by: Blackmail, Inc.
All tracks written by Blackmail, Inc.
except tracks 13 & 16 written by C. Steele
and track 5 written by C. Steele, D. Turpin & J. Youngblood
1. Transactions
2. Proud Transgression
3. The Devil's Disco
4. Black & White
5. Frigate Bird
6. Gravity Pills
7. The Breeze & the Echo
8. The Ground's Too High
9. Hits
10. Lucky View
11. Mud
12. Fish Monger
13. Soup
14. War Queen
15. What You Want
16. The Rat's Raindance
TRANSACTIONS
my mind is feeling full again
like four nights before the winter came
my winter came
your grace came
behind the lines of memory
hope
darkness shades my fears today
impressions of my faded world
my jaded world
my faded world
hope is what i fear
brings the daylight near
brings me to your door
brings me begging at your door
its a twisted fact
that i'm at your door
don't believe the big lie inside of you
PROUD TRANSGRESSION
i know you're changing fast
i know you've been blue
someone said we're living
but baby that's just not true
i finally found
my sacred ground
i finally found
my sacred ground
i'll sell you what you want
and what you want is you
i'll give you what you need
and what you need is me
talking to an ego
is like a head against the wall
self-pity is your savior
it could be your only friend
it motivates your wishes
it generates your end
you need to find
your peace of mind
you need to find
your peace of mind
i'll sell you what you want
and what you want is you
i'll give you what you need
and what you need is me
talking to an ego
is like a head against the wall
THE DEVIL'S DISCO
here's the trick
the trade of the train
lips are tight
and a fresh made stain
caffeine and crisco
dancing to the devil's disco
get into the flow
all of the time we're dancing
dancing to the devil's disco
she's been bought
she's been sold
i've been left out in the cold
manic screams
teach me things
pushed high
where angels sing
she's all alone
but she can dance
drinking dinner
and cheating chance
she can't check it
switch the switch
eyes locked
left in the ditch
prosaic and crisco
dancing to the devil's disco
dance dance dance
get into the flow
all of the time we're dancing
dancing to the devil's disco
dance the flames
to singing songs
nobody says that its been too long
missing water
with a crazy beat
all she sees
is stepping feet
she's all alone
but she can dance
drinking dinner
and cheating chance
take the wheel
cause we're off the road
mouth open
in thinking mode
prosaic and crisco
dancing to the devil's disco
get into the flow
get into the flow
BLACK & WHITE
and i don't know why
the girl can't keep me away
i keep holding my breathe
waiting for a new sunny day
and i don't know why
the girl can't keep me away
but whatever she says
you know i gotta take it in stride
because every time that she's near
you know i nearly want to die
i keep holding my breathe
waiting for a new sunny day
dream in black & white
dream in black & white
i dream in black & white
and i don't know why
the girl can't keep me away
i keep holding my breathe
waiting for a new sunny day
and i don't know why
the girl can't keep me away
but whatever she says
you know i gotta take it in stride
because overtime that she's near
you know i nearly want to die
i keep holding my breathe
waiting for a new sunny day
dream in black & white
dream in black & white
i dream in black & white
FRIGATE BIRD
"methylate" said the wind
verbalized in silence
gleaming the remaining of the souls
left by the erinyes violence
semisweet taste of dew
left in the purple morning
household gods cried "vengeance" (the perches)
but none would heed the warning
fly frigate bird fly
fly until you find the fruit sky
fly frigate bird fly
fly until the day you die
changing by the fig tree wall
i think i dream of me
watching the false mistakes
can only help me see
the house has gone away
the branches all are broken
so i set him free
and no words will ever be spoken
fly frigate bird fly
fly until you find the fruit sky
fly frigate bird fly
fly until the day you die
"take me" was an answer
without an end
wings that carry shame
come like a tattooed friend
fly frigate bird fly
fly until you find the fruit sky
fly frigate bird fly
fly until the day you die
GRAVITY PILLS
and you would think
that she takes gravity pills
and you would think
she wouldn't know how it feels
but she's not the girl
that you used to know
not the girl from the puppet show
and you would think
she has a million lines
and you would think
she walks on land mines
but she's not the girl
you used to hold
not the girl
with a soul of gold
and you might say
she gets what she steals
and you might say
she hurts when she feels
but she's not that deep
you know what i mean
she's just a girl
trying to make a scene
and you can see
that she's fragile and weak
and you can see
she's scared to speak
but she's just a girl
with an angel's look
just a girl
like in a paperback book
THE BREEZE & THE ECHO
fly away
you can feel
the breeze & the echo
a sin
a need of want and desire
she comes like an angel
she flies like an angel
you can feel the breeze & the echo
fly away
she'll dream the dreams
she wants to dream tonight
you can feel
the breeze & the echo
a sin
a need of want and desire
she comes like an angel
she flies like an angel
you can feel the breeze & the echo
and you would think
that she takes gravity pills
and you would think
she wouldn't know how it feels
fly away
she'll dream the dreams
she wants to dream tonight
THE GROUND'S TOO HIGH
she's an orange dream
from beyond my reach
a whisper in the night
a new rule to teach
content with failure
secure with a wish
she's a full grown enigma
sealed with a kiss
steel eyed motion queen
dropping the beat
she left my world
when she left her feet
ground's too high
when you hate the sky
ground's too high
when you trust a lie
she can find her way
when she can't see
she's a light in a storm
flashing out for me
she knows the reasons
she can't escape
she's only a mystery
in an angel's shape
steel eyed motion queen
dropping the beat
she left my world
when she left her feet
ground's too high
when you hate the sky
ground's too high
when you trust a lie
and the days go by
changing the memories
and the days go by
changing how she remembers me
and the days go by
changing the memories
and the days go by
changing how she remembers me
warm eyed laughter princess
save my life
she grips the future
like jack with a knife
steel eyed motion queen
dropping the beat
she left my world
when she left her feet
ground's too high
when you hate the sky
ground's too high
when you trust a lie
HITS
master of trash
i've wrecked the flash
seer of dreams
and schemer of schemes
back to back
of the soul i lack
mover and taker
i'm a tragedy maker
when the feeling hits
move it when you feel it
when the timing hits
want it when you need it
when the needle hits
feel it when you want it
i can slip the side
when i duck and hide
creature of habit
when i can grab it
push and pull
the biggest fool
lucky in thought
but forget me not
when the feeling hits
move it when you feel it
when the timing hits
want it when you need it
when the needle hits
feel it when you want it
ride the stars
to broken bars
fishing for need
when my hands bleed
i'm the undenied, redefined
twister of minds
priest of tech
i'm a musical wreck
when the feeling hits
move it when you feel it
when the timing hits
want it when you need it
when the needle hits
feel it when you want it
LUCKY VIEW
she drinks vision from a glass
to fill up weekdays
and makes time pass
she gave up trying
when she took up crying
now she spends all her time
living the life sublime
tokens and smiles
trivialize the trials
and she thinks just maybe she's better that way
now the days are faster
pushing her down
time won't outlast her
she's lost and found
looking for the reason
for the ultimate treason
she can't trade the smiles
for all the traveled miles
and she says maybe she's better that way
but every night it seems
she's wasting dreams
content to stay
locked away
she drinks her vision from a glass
it fills up her days and makes time pass
she gave up trying
when she took up crying
now she spends all her time
living the life sublime
and she thinks, yeah she thinks
just maybe she's better off that way
she's a lonely girl in a lonely world
and you can't believe all the things she says
she never showed me the gun
i was there that day
and i could tell by her eyes
she's a lonely girl in a lonely world
and you can't believe all the things she says
but she had it in her purse
when she walked in the room
and you can't believe all the things she says
she never showed me the gun
she never showed me the gun
she never showed me the gun
MUD
muzak swing through recycled air
lose your thoughts
like a priest in confession
with your tongue in knots
a drop of humanity
lost in the flood
tripping thirty years ago
when the dust turned to mud
well its not a sacrifice
but it ain't rolling the dice
we all say we're leaving
but that's only dreaming
missouri ties, the public buys, monkey eyes
i'm sure she tries
its not a stretch
but there's a catch
you gotta bore yourself
with your own thoughts
you gotta save yourself
with your own thoughts
dirty secrets in the filthy light
we got traders in the mists
and nobody cares
about stolen glances and kisses
don't touch my head with it
i'm surviving the flood
looking through the books to find
how to get out of the mud
FISH MONGER
wish the fall of spider legs
living off beauty and scrambled eggs
jell-o hope with a can of fun
the party's over and lunch is done
she has her friends who like to sneeze
they make locks but forget the keys
serves her master the bread and wine
sends electric whispers up and down my spine
homophobic laughter just to make sure
she finds the medicine but lost the cure
ice cube words and a donkeys meal
thieves and robbers who forget to steal
the fish ate the answers when he bit the hook
pulled from the ocean with a backwards look
took from his home a genocidal crook
dropped in a tank so he wrote a book
and the book says
"waste the days and the waves away"
"waste the waves and your life away"
smooth the hope with a wet desire
punish the water with a burning fire
mushroom dinner burnt to taste
friday cooked thursday into waste
she told the captain to get into line
he decided to leave and he took the wine
mix the butter and a garlic wish
use the grease to baptize the fish
she's a minx who unfurls her flag
hits the street running like a priest in drag
vigilante whispers carve the steak
they'll remember her name long after the wake
the fish ate the answers when he bit the hook
pulled from the ocean with a backwards look
took from his home a genocidal crook
dropped in a tank so he wrote a book
and the book says
"waste the days and the waves away"
"waste the waves and your life away"
SOUP
see the animals in my soup
lions & tigers jumping through a flesh made hoop
living like there's nothing left to live for
crying 'cause the homeless aren't the only poor
and just when you think your soup is hot
you turn around and see she's not
you know you have to know
why it is and where you go
'cause she won't give in
and you need it again
but then you come alive
how does she want it hot or cold
keeping it tight then losing hold
it makes you wonder if she loves you
or does she just want your stew
then you decide that you can play it safe
but too many cooks and the soup's a disgrace
you know you have to know
why it is and where you go
'cause she won't give in
and you need it again
but then you come alive
WAR QUEEN
here comes the war queen
coming down like death
taking all that she can take
stealing your last breath
war queen gonna win now
war queen coming down
war queen gonna do it
war queen coming down
here comes the peace whore
selling it like a treat
touching everybody's heart
unwilling to accept defeat
you can try to measure, fool
you can say "no way"
you don't have a conscious
you don't have nothing to say
here comes the war queen
coming down like death
taking all that she can take
stealing your last breath
war queen gonna win now
war queen coming down
war queen gonna do it
war queen coming down
here comes the peace whore
selling it like a treat
touching everybody's heart
unwilling to accept defeat
WHAT YOU WANT
i'll sell you what you want
and what you want is you
i'll give you what you need
and what you need is me
i'll sell you what you want
and what you want is you
i'll give you what you need
and what you need is me
i know i'm turning white
i know i've been blue
someone said we're living
baby, that's just not true
i've finally found my sacred ground
i've finally found my sacred ground
self-pity is your savior
it could be your only friend
it motivates your wishes
it generates your end
you need to find
your peace of mind
you need to find
your peace of mind
your peace of mind
your peace of mind
your peace of mind
and what you need is me
THE RAT'S RAINDANCE
shoulder to shoulder
in the doors of the church
puddles of rain flooding the streets
we didn't dare leave for the angel's crying
didn't dare leave or risk our dry feet
desert sand blows
the wind is high
grandpa in the sultan's tent
talking on the telephone
tells them 'bout the rat's raindance
tells them why he doesn't want to be alone
desert rat
sketches circles in the sand
grandpa seemed so tired
he just shut his eyes
i watched the rat drop his stick
i watched the rat drop his stick with no surprise
in through the tent door
out through my mind's door
in through the tent door
out through my mind's door
in through the tent door
out through my mind's door
in through the tent door
out through my mind's door
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