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VIRGIN MARY FAN FIC
05:21
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NO GREEN THUMB ON MY UNCAUGHT RED HAND
ALL MY PLANTS ARE DEAD I'M NOT YOUR CANDIDATE
YOU SAY YOU WANT SOMETHING FROM ME
IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPLIMENT?
I DONT RECALL AUDITIONING FOR 'RENTAL PROPERTY'
'NO ROOM,' CAN'T YOU SEE THE INN KEEPER I WAS BORN TO BE PLAYING?
RELUCTANT CARETAKER VESSEL FOR A CREATOR
PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR A SAVIOR
BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, WHAT IF IT KILLS ME?
EVERYBODY IS A BIG BLACK HOLE OF NEEDS
EVERYBODY'S WAITING FOR ME TO SCREAM
BUT I WON'T GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION YOU WON'T GIVE ME
RELUCTANT CARETAKER VESSEL FOR A CREATOR
PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR A SAVIOR
BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, WHAT IF IT KILLS ME?
HEAR, HEAR, THREE CHEERS, NUMBER ONE MOMMY
I KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD AGREES BUT I'M PISSED ABOUT HISTORY
YOU KNOW, ETYMOLOGICALLY
AN IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IS HOW I CAME TO BE
BUT THIS ONE WON'T BE FREE, PAY UP G-O-D
OR YOU CAN MISS ME WITH THAT BULLSHIT BURNT OFFERING
RELUCTANT CARETAKER VESSEL FOR A CREATOR
PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR A SAVIOR
BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, WHAT IF IT KILLS ME?
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RARE PINK ASH
02:29
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HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOUR GOD HAS SACRIFICED,
VOLCANO IN THE HEADLINES?
PATIENTLY YOU'VE BEEN WAITING LONG FOR YOUR TIME
AND NEVER COULD UNWIND
BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WRITE
RARE PINK ASH UP IN THE SKY
IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFYING
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN BOTH MINDS, IT'S JUSTIFIED
SWITCH SIDES DURING THE HALFTIME
FEAR OF GOD FOR WHAT RED SKY, IT SIGNIFIES
DELIGHT IN CARNAGE OF THE SUBLIME
I'M HIGH UP IN THE SKY
BE CAREFUL THE SURPRISE
THE FAULT IT WAS ALL MINE
WAS IT JUSTIFIED?
WE LIVE IN THE SAME MIND WE LIVE IN THE SAME MIND
ELECTRICAL YOU'RE ALL MINE
ELECTRICAL IT'S SUBLIME
CHAOS SUBLIME YOU'RE ALL MINE
CHAOS SUBLIME YOU'RE ALL MINE
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOUR GOD HAS SACRIFICED
VOLCANO IN THE HEADLINES?
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3 COLORS
03:27
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I USED TO THINK THAT IF I MADE IT THROUGH THE WAR I'D BUY A BUNGALOW OPEN MYSELF A COUNTRY STORE MY WIFE SWEET MARY SHE'D WAIT FOR ME SO PATIENTLY SHE'D MIND THE CHILDREN WHILE I TENDED TO THE GROCERIES BUT THE LAST TIME I SAW MARY HER FACE WAS DIFFERENT I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS - THE LINES OF AGE? A DARKENED GAZE? BUT WHAT I SAW TOLD ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW THE WAR'S NOT ENDING OH NO OH NO IT'S COMING HOME
THREE COLORS IN MY HEART AND IN MY BONES
INEVITABLY COLORS START TO SHOW
THEY FORM A ROUNDED CIRCLE IN MY SOUL
A BLACKENED GLOBE
IT'S GOT A WICK
AND IT'S BEEN LIT
AND IT GOES
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SO NOW WHEN I DAYDREAM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS EVENTUALLY I TRY TO KEEP IN MIND MY AMBITION'S A FANTASY I TOLD MY MARY DON'T WAIT FOR ME I CANNOT BE THE FAMILY MAN YOU WANT I AM AN ATOM BOMB OF PEACE
I SAW UP IN THE SKY WHAT I SHOULD KNOW
THE FIRECRACKERS ALL THE STICKS AND STONES
THREE COLORS IN MY HEART AND IN MY BONES
INEVITABLY COLORS START TO SHOW
THEY FORM A ROUNDED CIRCLE IN MY SOUL
A BLACKENED GLOBE
IT'S GOT A WICK
AND IT'S BEEN LIT
AND IT GOES
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Rare Pink Ash (demo)
01:52
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3 Colors (demo)
02:22
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Katie Alice Greer Los Angeles, California
"Rainy day dream pop [...[ like Elliott Smith playing with Throbbing Gristle in a bad dream" - All Music
"Trippy, radical, weirdly life-affirming music" - Rolling Stone
photo by Kathryn Vetter Miller
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