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Uploaded on Apr 7, 2008

From the album Alopecia.

at your house the smell of our still living human bodies and oven gas
you pray to nothing out loud
two first names and an ampersand
embroidered proudly on a kitchen towel
you're a beautiful and violent work
with a skinny neck of a chinese bird
in a fading ancient painting
and if you're in heaven waiting
you made it there fighting
the tightest kite string
in a bad storm with lightning

and now these few presidents
frowning in my pocket
can persuade no god
to let me let you talk, oh
these few presidents
frowning in my pocket
can persuade no god
to let me let you off

even though i haven't seen you in years
yours is a funeral i'd fly to from anywhere

i thought i had a peble in my sock
i pulled it off and shook out a wasp
it stumbled out lost, and without a pause
i'm stung as i was, still i stomped it
i thought, there is no paved street worth
of your perfect scandanavian feet
my crooked chinese fingers groped
the machinery of your throat

and now these few presidents
frowning in my pocket
can persuade no god
to let me let you talk, oh
these few presidents
drowning in my pocket
can persuade no god
to let me let you off

even though i haven't seen you in years
yours is a funeral i'd fly to from anywhere

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  • FireFlySunsets

    FireFlySunsets 1 year ago

    nine people don't have the same musical taste as me and that's okay.

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    Jeff Tuzik 1 year ago

    BELLFLOWER

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  • FireFlySunsets

    FireFlySunsets 2 weeks ago

    i count two more nigga

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    workhorsee Roger Waters 1 month ago

    MOTHER MEDUSA!

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  • LifeHacksIMMEDIATELY

    LifeHacksIMMEDIATELY 1 month ago

    Check out Why? or Yoni's tumblrs, or the Why? facebook page. The due date is April 26th.

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    MissAngelika090 1 month ago

    seriously?! where can you submit it?!

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    LifeHacksIMMEDIATELY 1 month ago

    They're having a fan video contest and I'm making one for this song!

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    ov3er9000 1 month ago

    17*

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  • TheSolidSet

    TheSolidSet 2 months ago

    their music is way different than any other bands i have ever heard. but the music is way better than any other band i have heard, no matter what, why is my favorite band :)

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  • albefort

    albefort 2 months ago

    i count 15 nigga

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  • MissAngelika090

    MissAngelika090 3 months ago

    I wonder what the music video to this song would look like.. O.o

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  • crazylegsbill

    crazylegsbill 3 months ago

    Saw them last night fucking amazing!

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