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Room On Pacific

by Pocket Protector

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1.
Blast Friend 01:52
Mornings at 5pm I pick up the bong Recall a dream I had And put it in a song To set the pace in my own race To find a place where I can always be wrong Warning - the gravity is dangerously low Falling back to Earth never felt so slow It's been 18 weeks Will you ever speak to me again? Hold on tight for detonation Tragic blast friend There's something you should know: I flipped through all the photos you gave me Couldn't find a single one that I liked So I threw them in the garbage And burned them out in the snow Hold on tight for detonation Tragic Blast Friend K, this basement's set to blow
2.
I want to choreograph a scene I want a director and a team I want it filmed in Real 3D I want it put up on a screen I want a better game to play I want an easier name to say I want to finally take a break Get through tomorrow today Today Get through tomorrow today Today Cutting room floor Oh, can't it mean something more? I want to choreograph a scene One that the critics all will see Out of ten stars, it will get three So no one watches it but me I want a shot that conveys A power shift, a new day An uphill climb, a getaway I want a studio to pay, and pay, and pay Oh well Cutting room floor Oh, can't it mean something more? Cutting room floor Oh, can't it mean something more? I want to choreograph a scene I want a director and a team I want to finally take a break Get through tomorrow today Today Get through tomorrow today Today (Lost the signal in a fever Was it source, or carrier, or receiver?)
3.
Time's been hanging around Like vultures circle prey on the ground You watch TV To drown yourself in static sound Gotta ignore all the evidence Put your faith in government Tiptoe around the electric fence So you don't wake up anyone Last time I felt at peace We'd dropped three tabs each And headed east to the old playground But some junkie burned it down From the ashes, no phoenix arose But we mapped out the stars and houses In the patterns on our clothes And figured out where to go I could see from the shine in your eyes it was OK When that shifting orb of light Made me feel that I would float away You kept me on the ground And cradled by the tree on the water We let our roots intersect The first son, and only daughter You mended my wand Took a drink from the pond Blew away on a palm frond And I had to take a walk Through the town that I forgot Chasing your aura for a few more blocks When I get home, you've already transformed When I get home, you've already transformed A familiar shade, easily made Existing out of... Time's been hanging around Like vultures circle prey on the ground You watch TV To drown yourself in static sound Gotta ignore all the evidence Put your faith in government Tiptoe around the electric fence So you don't wake up anyone (Anyone) (Anyone)
4.
I've been feeling like Bill Murray In the movie Groundhog Day I can't do anything right-- Anything right first time But I practice ice sculptures Till my hands would not thaw So I missed the snooze And heard that song On the top of a building I could swear I was God, dropping toasters in the bath I never wanted to change (I stayed underground) Poking my head up to see (What's been falling out) I never wanted to change No I never did anything I wasn't dragged into Now I don't know, I don't know Now I don't know, I don't know Now I don't know, I don't know Now I don't know, I don't know That was such an awful sight If I admit you may be right Could you let it go? Would you let it go? Would you let me know when I've got you, babe?
5.
Blue Shell 02:46
All the sums keep adding up 150cc race to the cup Just my luck Last place blue shell Took me to hell I'll hone my powers until I find out just who I was supposed to be And I didn't even have to try It just came natural I can show you the code you need To start spiraling infinitely Each time I lose the lead, I flip out And act the fool in front of virtual crowds And I feel like I've been Stuck in a simulation running minimum capacity No ciphers, no signs to lead You've only got your honor code The lifers retreat And hang their heads in the side of their soft white sheets A coyote in the cemetery Next to my childhood home Hear him cry in the night all alone Exhume the bones that erode away Each time I lose the lead, I flip out And act the fool in front of virtual crowds And I feel like I've been Stuck in a simulation running minimum capacity
6.
Citronella 04:07
Easy pay in a hard work town Rusted keys, so he lays around Get a big knife, uh huh Take a big bite, uh huh Lights go off, and a million eyes Make their plans in the night's disguise Needles enter, uh huh Never better, uh huh When they're chewing And you're losing To the same ghosts And now you're musing These biters fly and bleed you dry But they're too large to be mosquitoes I fell right through the table Like hell it shook you So I put some degrees on this angle We lost the ground, please look down Please look down Who's feeding you information? Relays can distort a sordid rhyme Still water can birth a nation I'm not even trying to waste your time Broken path name in the mainframe Makes the client and host turn insane When biters fly and bleed you dry But they're too large to be mosquitoes And it feels dire, like a vampire Crossing over your holy tire fire When biters fly and bleed you dry But they're too large to be mosquitoes When biters fly and bleed you dry But they're too large to be mosquitoes
7.
Driving back from tour Road is humming Harmonies with the tape deck Skyline's purple promise Clouds accumulate When will we be heading out again? I miss my new friends Will they remember me in the spring? I don't know But I hope so In rotation Tires and friends wear out I need a spare And I'm losing all my hair So I guess I've made my choice For another year But after that it's nice to know I'm not tied down I can roll around Find more even ground I can roll around Find more even ground I can roll around Flashing lights tell me I'd better hurry I'm gonna strip down, embrace New Jersey Or some other state with a livable minimum wage I've got debts to pay, but no promises to keep I could leave it all behind and not lose sleep While the headlights and stressed out deadlines keep me awake Oh flashing lights tell me I'd better hurry I'm gonna strip down, embrace New Jersey Or some other state, with a livable minimum wage I'm way too young to afford to be acting my age Yeah I'm way too young to afford to be acting my age Driving back from tour
8.
Evan killed the bunnies in Spanish class But the bunnies were just made up Evan lost his shit and nearly kicked some ass When he thought there was a hit in his cup He had the right, he had the right He had such a long night I readily concede That you're much smarter than me Dueling never works out in my favor When you've got extra bullets in the chamber You've got the right, you've got the right You've got righteous might Do I want to know why you turned off the light? The reason for your treason Is so deceiving I could never lay you down The reason for your treason Is so misleading I could never pin you down When she saw the world returned from man It was a cracked and oily mess Still she climbs the ladder as high as she can While they're all looking up her dress Well they thought They had the right, they had the right So she started a new life High up above, so all alone She became the silent cyclone Why'd you turn out the light? (You had the right)

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released September 5, 2019

Joe Reichel - Guitar/Bass/Vocals
CAVE DIVER - Drums, Organ on "The Dutch Angle"

All songs written by Joe Reichel
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by CAVE DIVER at Space Jam Studios

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