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Building Blocks

by File Under Foliage

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1.
step up and take your second chance in the hand of a circumstance step down and turn it inside out what am i talking about? so turn on every machine, see your name in a magazine turn off and step it back again time to pretend all the people (on my god) thinking sideways (my god oh) all the people (god oh my) left behind (oh my god) all the people thinking sideways all the people we'll never find step up and take your second chance in the hand of a circumstance (i've been crawling around on my own) step down and turn it inside out what am i talking about? so turn on every machine, see your name in a magazine (i've been learning to walk all alone) turn off and step it back again time to pretend all the people (on my god) thinking sideways (my god oh) all the people (god oh my) left behind (oh my god) all the people thinking sideways all the people we'll never find your brain sounds a little different figure it out, oh figure me out if we met in a different circumstance i'd be all over you, yes, i know what i'd do all the people (on my god) thinking sideways (my god oh) all the people (god oh my) left behind (oh my god) all the people thinking sideways all the people we'll never find step up and take your second chance in the hand of a circumstance step down and turn it inside out what am i talking about? so turn on every machine, see your name in a magazine turn off and step it back again time to pretend all the people thinking sideways
2.
Foresight 02:44
i'm driving down the road now baby i'm driving down the road i'm driving down the road so bravely just like it showed i've got a lot of foresight baby i carry heavy load i've got a lot of foresight baby here's what it showed time's passing, i can't get away it's not funny anymore time's passing, i can't get away it's not funny anymore in times of uncertainty people will do as they please cause life is short and you cant deny i'm driving down the road at night i won't stop til i see the sunlight in times of unbending will people will do it for thrill cause life is long but it flies right by you reach the end of the road some time time's passing, i can't get away it's not funny anymore time's passing, i can't get away it's not funny anymore i like looking back at where i've been there's a win, and all the rest filed away i'm looking ahead to do it right foresight every night gets me through the day time's passing, i can't get away it's not funny anymore it's not funny anymore
3.
crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home and it's crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home and it's crystalline and it's fine fine cavern and it's fine, fine, find your way home crystalline and it's fine fine cavern and it's fine, fine, find your way home we all hang out there but we all cannot care cause we all cover there whoa-oh-oh-oh crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home and it's (crystalline fine) crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home and it's (crystalline fine) crystalline and it's fine fine cavern and it's fine, fine, find your way home and it's (it's crystalline fine) crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home we all hang out there but we all cannot care cause we all cover there whoa-oh-oh-oh we all hang out there but we all cannot care cause we all cover there whoa-oh-oh-oh crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home and it's (crystalline fine fine fine fine fine) crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home and it's crystalline and it's fine fine cavern and it's fine, fine, find your way home crystalline and it's fine cavern and it's fine, find your way home find your way home whoa-oh-oh find your way home
4.
You Do You 03:18
how do you do they can see right through that space on your face strange in a stranger place they see lowly storied old machine over and over moving much slower now step up step lightly move quick stay tight now no fear no failure moving up and away we go how do you know your own way to go pathway, constrain me in this reality correct reject able to inspect survaillance ample take your free sample now step up step lightly move quick look out below no fear no failure moving up and away we go how do you do they can see right through that space on your face strange in a stranger place they see lowly storied old machine over and over moving much slower now step up step lightly move quick look out below no fear no failure moving up is the way to go
5.
kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down and everything is catching on fire kerry takes a break, a mistake that will make survivor kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down and everything is catching on fire kerry takes a break, a mistake that will make survivor kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down her aunt looks down kerry takes a break while her aunt looks down
6.
locked in the family vault once again i'm looking for a way to spend my time in a better way than pissing off day by day locked in the family vault once again i'm looking for a way to spend my time in a better way than pissing off day by day i'm in the busy i'm in the middle of it don't have time to settle down all i am is sorry please accept my sincere apology for dragging you around i'm in the busy i'm in the middle of it don't have time to take a stand all i am is sorry please accept my sincere apology for messing up your plan and when you're finally out in the clear (take some time, take some time for me now) whoa-oh-oh-oh and when you're finally out in the clear (take some time, take some time for me now) whoa-oh-oh-oh and when you're finally out in the clear (take some time, take some time for me now) whoa-oh-oh and when you're finally out in the clear (now, ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow) whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh i'm in the busy i'm in the middle of it don't have time to settle down all i am is sorry please accept my sincere apology for dragging you around i'm in the busy i'm in the middle of it don't have time to take a stand all i am is sorry please accept my sincere apology for messing up your plan and when it's dark at night find my way by old moonlight i'll take you there one day if we find another way to pay locked in the family vault once again (locked in family) i'm looking for a way to spend (vault again) my time in a better way (looking for a) than pissing off day by day (way to spend) locked in the family vault once again (locked in family) i'm looking for a way to spend (vault again) my time in a better way (looking for a) than pissing off day by day (better way) i'm in the busy (i'm in the busy) i'm in the middle of it (i'm in the middle of it) don't have time to settle down (don't have time to settle down) all i am is sorry (all i am is sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy) please accept my sincere apology for dragging you around i'm in the busy (i'm in the busy!) i'm in the middle of it (i'm in the middle of it!) don't have time to take a stand (don't have time to take a stand!!) all i am is sorry (all i am is sorry) please accept my sincere apology for messing up your plan (all i am is sorry, all i am is sorry)
7.
In Review 01:22
now we're in review i've learned all i can from you now it's clear to see you've learned all you can from me too shivers shivers, i'm so cold i'm so young but i feel so old i just did what everyone told me boxed up myself and sold me if this is what i get i guess i'll get through this regret try to recoup my net losses now i'm in review (i'm in review) i think i've got a lot to do (i've got a lot to do) now if you can see (if you can see) i'm gonna leave it up to me
8.
solid foundation i read it in a book i told you everything that you wanted to know cause you won't take a look analyze a process unravel to the core i told you everything that you needed to hear but you're not hearing more what do you see now? what do you see now? what do you see now? solid foundation i saw it on a show i played you everything that you wanted to see but now you're letting go analyze a process to minimize the pain i told you everything that we're able to lose and everything to gain what do you see now? what do you see now? what do you see now?
9.
don't lock me in the oven or lock me in the fridge i'll want to make it out and i'll want to live don't lock me in the oven don't lock me in the fridge i'll want to make it out and i'll want to live don't lock me in the oven (locked up like a ghost) or lock me in the fridge (tell what i want most) i'll want to make it out and i'll want to live (know from coast to coast) don't lock me in the oven (free is as free does) don't lock me in the fridge (if you heard the buzz) i'll want to make it out and i'll want to live (do it just because) i'm looking around to see where i stand in the grand old scheme of the master plan it takes a lot to take it away i take it out both night and day i'm looking around to see where i sit in the grand old scheme of this bullshit it takes a lot to take it away i take it out both night and day today, i'm looking for a pay raise i'm looking for a lazy way to spend my days in a haze don't lock me in the oven (locked up like a ghost) or lock me in the fridge (tell what i want most) i'll want to make it out and i'll want to live (know from coast to coast) don't lock me in the oven (free is as free does) or lock me in the fridge (if you heard the buzz) i'll want to make it out and i'll want to live (do it just because) i'm looking around to see where i stand in the grand old scheme of the master plan it takes a lot to take it away i take it out both night and day i'm looking around to see where i sit in the grand old scheme of this bullshit it takes a lot to take it away i take it out both night and day
10.
we travel down the road we travel down the only known way we're traveling at night we're traveling to make a light sound i've had enough of all this stuff i've had enough, you know the times are getting rough i've had enough of all these things and all it brings we opened up a book we opened up to take a look see we opened up our minds we helped each other try to find out i've had enough of all this stuff i've had enough, you know the times are getting rough i've had enough of all these things and all it brings i've had enough of all this stuff i've had enough, you know the times are getting rough i've had enough of all these things and all it brings we travel down the road we travel down the only known way we're traveling at night we're traveling to make a light sound
11.
growing a garden on a page of notes you're going upstairs where the garden grows and nobody thought to ask you twice when the television shudders and snaps to life it's a wide wide world, filtered through 65 inches of you it's a wild, wild world, sit back and enjoy the view growing a garden in the bathroom stall you're flushing that garden once and for all and nobody thought to call you up so you better drown your sorrows in a coffee cup it's a wide wide world, filtered through 65 inches of you it's a wild, wild world, sit back and enjoy the view colors of the rainbow showing you another world colors of the rainbow but if that's not enough or something... microscopic spectrum showing you another time microscopic spectrum but if that's not enough or something... cover the windows or i'll fall out, fall out cover the windows or i'll fall cover the windows or i'll fall out, fall out cover the windows now! growing a garden on a page of notes you're leaving the garden with the windows closed and nobody thought to ask you twice when the television shudders and snaps to life it's a wide wide world, filtered through 65 inches of you it's a wild, wild world, sit back and enjoy the view colors of the rainbow showing you another world colors of the rainbow but if that's not enough or something microscopic spectrum it's often not enough for me microscopic spectrum like when it's not my car i'm parking and when the bathroom outlet's sparking and when that goddamn dog keeps barking and when it's getting really dark out and when it's getting really dark
12.
we're driving home in the summer lightning we're on the way as the sun goes down we're driving home in the summer lightning i see the halo surrounding town i know we both put the past behind us and i was hoping you'd stay awhile i know we both put the past behind us but that's not your style that specific circumstance that i'm in that specific circumstance i can't win we're driving home in the summer lightning you know it feels like the air's ablaze we're driving home in the summer lightning i swear it feels like the end of days i know you told me to speak no evil cause heaven knows it's not up to me i know you told me to speak no evil but that's all i see that specific circumstance that i'm in that specific circumstance i can't win that specific circumstance that i'm in that specific circumstance i can't win we're driving home in the summer lightning we're on the way as the sun goes down we're driving home in the summer lightning i see the halo surrounding town i know we both put the past behind us and i was hoping you'd stay awhile i know we both put the past behind us but that's not your style yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
13.
minimize waste keep a straight face keep a steady pace minimize waste my heartbeat's on the rise i'm taking cover it's anybody's guess when this will be over i can't understand the language you're speaking minimize waste left inside that space left in all your ways minimize waste my heartbeat's on the line i'm taking action it's anybody's chance to get a reaction i'm figuring out the language you're speaking minimize waste (money on the telephone it's giving me a) keep a straight face (second home it's giving me another chance to) keep a steady pace (do my special little dance, it) left inside that space (knows my name it knows my face and all my fears it's coming near so) left in all your ways (close my eyes and getting ready close my eyes and) minimize waste (getting ready)
14.
Molly 02:47
molly got into a case of the good stuff better act now or she'll get away molly got into a case of the good stuff better act now or she'll get away molly got into a case of the good stuff better act now or she'll get away better act now or you'll lose her for good better act now or you'll lose her for good haven't been paying attention like you should so you better act now or you'll lose her for good molly got into a case of the good stuff (molly's feeling kinda funny now) better act now or she'll get away (you know that molly likes to get around) molly got into a case of the good stuff (it might be great, she might be gone) better act now or she'll get away (she pulled ahead, she carried on) molly got into a case of the good stuff (it might be great, she might be gone) (molly's feeling kinda funny now) better act now or she'll get away (she pulled ahead, she carried on) (you know that molly likes to get around) better act now or you'll lose her for good (molly's feeling funny now) better act now or you'll lose her for good (molly's gonna go get around) haven't been paying attention like you should (molly's gone into the crowd) so you better act now or you'll lose her for good
15.
Begin Again 03:05
i said to my friend, i said til the end i said to my friend, let's stop and begin again always the same and always ashamed to say i am to blame when everything goes astray i'm waiting in the parking lot for you i'm acutely aware of the things that i just cannot do i said to my head, i said it instead i said to my head, let's clean up and go to bed losing to win with regular interest some of the sin, locked up in house arrest i'm waiting in the parking lot for you i'm acutely aware of the things that i just cannot do i'm locked up inside of a solar cell if you know me then you'll know that i'm doing pretty well oh yeah yeah yeah, let's begin again i'm locked up inside of a solar cell if you know me then you'll know that i'm doing pretty well
16.
Window 03:00
you look out of the window but everything's wrong it hasn't looked like that for so long you look out of the window and tell me is the sky falla- falla- fallin down it hasn't looked like that for so long i look into the kiosk and everything's new i can't predict what you're gonna do i look into the kiosk and ask you when are you come-a come-a comin home i can't predict what you're gonna do i'll ask you one last time hey can you spare a dime i need some change for the machine to buy some melody and rhyme you know i need some space i'm feeling out of place if only windows could see through that sad look on my face
17.
It took a lot of time to get here It took a lot of time to tell It took a lot of time to get here It took a lot of time to tell Ocean spray, take me away I can't pay so I guess I can't play any Mortify, look in my eyes I'm surprised so I guess I'm alive It took a lot of time to tell you It took a lot of time to find It took a lot of time to tell you It took a lot of time to find When life is a mystery and you're not what you're supposed to be Take a look from the other side Take a look from the other side When life is a mystery and you're not what you're supposed to be Take a look from the other side, the other side Power plant, what about that I recant, I regret what I said to the Suit and tie, a commendable lie I can fly but I know that I'll die Ocean spray, take me away I can't pay so I guess I can't play any Mortify, look in my eyes I'm surprised so I guess I'm alive It took a lot of time to find it It took a lot of time to be It took a lot of time to find it It took a lot of time to be When life is a fantasy and you're all that you thought that you would be Take a look from the other side, the other side When life is a fantasy and you're all that you thought that you would be Take a look from the other side Power plant, what about that I recant, I regret what I said to the Suit and tie, a commendable lie I can fly but I know that I'll die
18.
good graces of a lord invented lost to time, yet reaquainted wonder why i'm feeling strained heart is green, darkened, pained heart is green, darkened, pained i'm watching it from the shadows i'm squinting my eyes my patience meticulously applied for the big surprise smoke signals are showing me things i don't want to know and keeping me satisfied outside but where will they blow? captain's orders we're diverting course, for now it'll add a few years to our journey as fate will allow don't forget to take your house key with you you wouldn't want to be trapped in the rain count how many times i've forgotten not always wise to go against the grain things are starting to look bleak and hazy when do i begin to be a shill or a shell as i will because i'm already in hell things are starting to look bleak and hazy when do i begin to be a shill or a shell as i will because i'm already in hell crawled out of my cave to find it it won't get away i've got an accomplice in my shoes my own exposé misled by a false surrender i'm biding my time recalling the path that led us here what we've left behind captain's orders we're diverting course, for now it'll add a few years to our journey as fate will allow don't forget to feed my house plant for me i wouldn't want to see it wilt away count how many of those i've lost ever since the sky started turning grey things are starting to look bleak and hazy when do i begin to be a shill or a shell as i will because i'm already in hell things are starting to look bleak and hazy when do i begin to be a shill or a shell as i will because i'm already in hell don't forget to take your house key with you you wouldn't want to be trapped in the storm count how many times i've forgotten not always wise to go against the norm things are starting to look bleak and hazy when do i begin to be a shill or a shell as i will because i'm already in hell already in hell already in hell already in hell
19.
living in a parking lot gonna go break it down don't you know that's my car lot check the lost and found living in a parking lot gonna go break it down (gonna go and fall) don't you know that's my car lot check the lost and found (check one, check two) check one, check two and it's over check one, check two [muffled speech] living in a parking lot gonna go break it down don't you know that's my car lot check the lost and found living in a parking lot gonna go break it down (gonna go and fall) don't you know that's my car lot check the lost and found (check one, check two) check one, check two and it's over check one, check two
20.
Mistake 02:21
i know i made a mistake but i also know it takes more than that to break your heart i'm being pulled apart take me back to the start i know i made a mistake but i also know it takes more than that to break your heart i'm being pulled apart take me back to the start someone broke the window i think i broke the window there i go, there i am chase me all around the table someone broke the window i think i broke the window there i go, there i am chase me all around the table someone broke the window i think i broke the window there i go, there i am chase me all around the table someone broke the window i think i broke the window there i go, there i am chase me all around the table friend of mine i know i made a mistake but i also know it takes more than that to break your heart i'm being pulled apart take me back to the start i know i made a mistake but i also know it takes more than that to break your heart i'm being pulled apart take me back to the start someone broke the window i think i broke the window there i go, there i am chase me all around the table someone broke the window i think i broke the window there i go, there i am chase me all around the table someone broke the window by accident! there i go, there i am chase me all around the table someone broke the window by accident! there i go, there i am chase me all around the table friend of mine
21.
Lefty One 01:35
i got a little quicker i got a little more left behind i got a little bit sicker i got a little bit of stuff that's on my mind it's a joke, it's not the way to go but how would i know? i've got a lefty one all in good fun i got a little quicker (i've got quicker) i got a little more left behind (left behind) i got a little bit sicker (i've got sicker) i got a little bit of stuff that's on my mind (stuff in mind) it's a joke, it's not the way to go but how would i know? i've got a lefty one all in good fun i've got a lefty one all in good fun i've got a lefty one all in good fun
22.
we're trying hard for a good time i'm trying hard not to change my mind it's not that hard to remember we're heading straight for another kind we're living well in the background i need to know if you're on my side it takes some time to recover it takes some time just to be implied right twisting me up through the night i can't see with all of this light it's twisting me up, holding me tight we're trying hard for a good time i'm trying hard not to lose my mind it's not that fun to remember we're heading straight for another kind we're living well at the forefront of all the things that they left behind it takes some time to recover it takes some time just to be implied right twisting me up through the night i can't see with all of this light, my light it's twisting me up, holding me tight all night and you'll be all alone by yourself now left at home right cause you'll be all alone on your own we're trying hard for a good time i'm trying hard not to change my mind it's not that hard to remember we're heading straight for the same old kind we're living well in the background i need to know if you're on my side it takes some time to recover it takes some time just to be implied right twisting me up through the night i can't see with all of this light i'm trying to put up a damn good fight twisting me up through the night i can't see with all of this light, my light it's twisting me up, holding me tight it's twisting me up, holding me tight it's twisting me up, holding me tight
23.
Landslide 01:05
caught in a landslide, nowhere to run i fear my flesh fried fresh in the sun i feel my flesh fried fresh in the sun but feelings ain't gonna get none of this done! man that landslide, look out wow! it's taking all the countryside out (take me out) we perform our duties in appropriate time (take me out) we perform our duties in appropriate time with a scalpel in one hand, a skip in your step you are wondering when there will be nothing left you're taking the action, you're putting it in your hands
24.
DVD 01:46
oh what is that i see? is it a DVD? it got upgraded from a VHS it means that it holds more data it means that it has more storage it means that it's portable if i could read the code the ones and the zeros i could watch a movie inside my mind i'd play any game i wanted i'd learn all about our planet i'd live in a fantasy and all that data is for me i've got this data all for free so how do I turn into a PC? oh what is that i see? (i see) is it a DVD? (a DVD) it got upgraded from a VHS (a VHS) it means that it holds more data (holds more data) it means that it has more storage (has more storage) it means that it's portable (it's portable) oh what is that i see? (i see it) is it a DVD? (a DVD) it got upgraded from a VHS it means that it holds more data (holds more data) it means that it has more storage (has more storage) it means that it's portable (it's portable, portable, portable...)
25.
i'm in the building, i'm undercover i can't remember if i've taken another i'm in the basement, under the weather i can't remember if i'm getting it together now i'm in the building, i'm undercover i can't remember if i've taken another no time for laughing, or taking action i can't remember if it's getting a reaction cause i only found you reunderground you restore the site to its natural way but did you miss me i'm getting dizzy i'm getting bored of the day by day i'm in the building, i'm undercover i can't remember if i've taken another i'm in the basement, under the weather i can't remember if i'm getting it together now we're watching sunsets all while the world ends we're watching life sublimate away i'm sick of trying undo or dying no sense in lying at the end of the day
26.
Venus 02:36
in 1962, i caught a glimpse of you and now that i've took flight, i see you every night, so what are we to do? complicatedly narrating what's in front of you just to take it apart activate your section eight until you're back in bed again i think i knew from the start so if the party don't stop there's nothing to fear, nothing to fear, no but if you felt a raindrop then why are we here, why are we here, whoa i'm tuned to your frequency, tuned to your frequency colors of the rainbow, show me what's below, and share this night with me a theta wave to soothe your aching brain i must admit that it's a hit when our opinions have been split refuse, deny, and nullify, proposals sent us both sky high i wish that you could mystify me so if the party don't stop there's nothing to fear, nothing to fear, no but if you felt a raindrop then why are we here, why are we here, whoa
27.
Tell Me When 02:40
tell me when you're back again before i let the day begin tell me if you're falling for my style but tell me if you're walking in my mile tell me when you're back again you know i miss my only friend tell me if i need to bring a chair but tell me if you'll stay out of my hair all we are is what we were is all that we will be again for sure surely all we are is what we were (i'm not a definition but i am) is all that we (experience) will be again for sure (i'm not a definition but i am) surely (what i see) tell me when you're back again before i let the day begin tell me if you're falling for my style (you're falling for my style, you're falling for my) but tell me if you're walking in my mile (style, you're falling for my style) tell me when you're back again you know i miss my only friend tell me if i need to bring a chair but tell me if you'll stay out of my hair all we are is what we were is all that we will be again for sure surely all we are is what we were (i'm not a definition but i am) is all that we (experience) will be again for sure (i'm not a definition but i am) surely (what i see) tell me when you're back again before i let the day begin tell me if you're falling for my style (you're falling for my style, you're falling for my) but tell me if you're walking in my mile (style, you're falling for my style) tell me when you're back again you know i miss my only friend tell me if i need to bring a chair but tell me if you'll stay out of my hair tell me when tell me when tell me when tell me when please

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Compilation of assorted vocal demos since 2020.

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