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contact hitter
04:33
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and if you want it
you can come and get it
i’ve got the yips
but i call myself a contact hitter
he likes to have something to call himself
he’s got a favorite brand of cigarettes
if he did something god or google couldn’t predict
then we’d all just fall to the floor
but he knows
it’s okay
he knows that we know
and he says
don’t think
fuck off
you’ll make it
sorry, staredown
don’t fake it
i’ve got this skin
and you know i’ve gotta shed it
i’ve got the yips
but i call myself a contact hitter
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pinnacle
03:03
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i walked out once into a plane
and i said to myself
‘i wouldn’t be surprised if this all meant something else’
there shouted down no holy voice
i was met with icy stares
so i just noted down what was there
i lie in bed awake at night
abreast the rocky plain
shouting the eternal
and i look for your new name
i saw a man besides me once
and reached out for his wares
and then i realized he wasn’t there
and i
have reached the pinnacle
every time i lie awake
and i hope
that you’re not
and if you are kept from sleep
by some ghastly parable
did you learn the truth of it?
or are you just counting stars?
and if i ever fall asleep
please promise not to tell
how i never dream
i never see
my glassy eyes can’t smell
there’s hardly time enough to think
it isn’t really fair
so i’ll keep noting down just what was there
i’ll move out to the landfill strewn with such familiar waste
and some day soon i’ll greet you with an unfamiliar face
i’ll rhapsodize and prophesy about the world that we all share
and hope you realize that it’s not there
and i
have reached the pinnacle
every time i fall asleep
and i hope
that you’re not
and if you ever learn the truth
about that stupid parable
it’s only in your head
so i hope
you don’t feel that smart
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heatsick
05:41
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you can be heatsick if you wanna
you can drive around with no a/c
just to prove you can
just to sweat a little
you can drive all night if you wanna
turn the music up so loud
the neighbors cuss you out
you can run away if you wanna
if it’s only for a day
you can go real far away
where the gas pumps are still quiet
slack-jawed
at a pallet of bricks
in the sweet summer heat
wouldn’t this be great weather to die in?
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4. |
spotsylvania filmmaker
05:36
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he’s got a knack for navigating
just watch him echolocate
floats around the party
without bouncing off the walls
he often thinks he has a lot to say
but these days he’s changed his mind
lie around and try to figure out
how best to waste her time
no better way to feel like a kid
than to have one thing bothering you all the time
try to find the shape of yourself
but know it’s never right
it’s hard for him to feel dynamic these days
he’s like a kid with a tripod at the train tracks
if i’m the one doing the watching
who on earth will be watching me?
he’s got a habit of keeping habits
and sleeping in on weekdays
tells us all he’ll move to south dakota
but we know he’ll just get cold and come back
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5. |
mug night
01:57
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don’t say my name
i’ll come around
i’ll pay and pay
don’t let me down
i’ll lift that weight
i’ll think too hard
i’ll soar away
i’ll fall back down
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6. |
linkedin hate song
03:20
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never been one for self-control
don’t you think that’s fine?
self-improvement is a fucking hack
and it isn’t worth my time
so i’m lying around just chasing a high
that i know i’ll never get
everybody’s yelling at me through the phone
and this is what they said
‘if you don’t wanna live on top of the world
you might as well drop dead
if you only wanna live so you can scream and shout
then you’re not trying to get ahead’
you’re in an office at a standing desk
with an abundance of spreadsheets and a keurig machine
i’m in my fourth bedroom this month
there’s a wooden fish
it’s staring at me but i know it’s not real
i know
there’s a doe in my backyard
i’ve got a fever of one hundred and two
she’s lying in the tall grass
and i don’t know how this ends
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lithium ion batteries
04:05
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i stood up
and was angered by perspective
there’s only one point of view
and it’s right between my eyes
i sat down
and i wondered what you’re thinking
lately i’m not thinking anything
unless i’m going for a drive
i went out
and i stumbled ‘cross your yard waste
we know so much of how life goes
so why should we even try
i wanna live alone and not know anything outside my home
i wanna live outside and not know anything about my bones
i woke up and saw him move into the corner
mirages of selflessness made me happy once again
so you can have my curated ramblings
you can have the things i want you to have
you can have me for the totality of a moment
you can have the things that i want you to have
i’ll be there
and i’ll bring handfuls of useless shit
like rotted leaves and my collection of lithium ion batteries
promo CDs and frozen meals
i’ll be there
swirl me in out of your dreams
i’m plasticine
i’m mercury
i’m right there
so make believe
that i believe in anything
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northeast regional
05:00
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i took a train the other day
i’m not quite sure where i was bound
i’ll take it back tomorrow
but i’m not sure that i’ll be around
and on that train i met a man
we barely said a single word
thank god i never caught his name
it’s way too much
it’s too obscured
she sits around and talks all day
but she’s won’t say that much at all
when he left i stared outside
while listening to who knows what
i knew the trees meant nothing cause
my eyes were cold
my mouth was shut
you do the disembarkment dance
and try your best to look real cool
but you stumble
not quite falling
it’s terrible
the world’s so cruel
she sits around and talks all day
but she’s won’t say that much at all
you’ve got a home that’s done enough
it’s just a place
it’s just a place
you’ve got a home that’s done enough
it’s not your face
it’s not your face
she sits around and talks all day
but she’s won’t say that much at all
she sits around and talks all day
but when they go quiet she hits the wall
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9. |
swinging bridge
03:40
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there’s a bike that’s toppled over
in the field behind your house
and i say, ‘you gotta pick it up at some point,’
and you say, ‘i’ll get to it at some point.’
and when you came over yesterday,
i had to prove what i could do
there’s nothing that i wanted more
than a chance to see it through
and you’ll say nothing
and i’ll say nothing
all the clothes are puddles now
in piles at your feet
and i say, ‘you gotta pick it up at some point,’
and you say, ‘i’ll get to it at some point.’
everything that’s hard enough
is something i can do
but all the little things i keep putting off
i just can’t get through
and you’ll say nothing
and i’ll say nothing
and i walked
down across the riverbank
to see if anything was new
i felt numb
and you said i’d be a fool
to think of anyone but you
and i walked -
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10. |
birch beer
02:24
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they’re mowing the vacant lot
right across from the law school again
and the stop light’s broke
and the sewer’s repaired
and they’re paving our street
maybe after i’m dead
the a/c just ate shit
inflatable pool again
cold running hose
cold soda cat
sweat through the sheets
not coming back
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dietz Williamsburg, Virginia
dietz is the music project of john dietz.
sometimes they play their songs with a band called dietz & the dilemmas
dietz recommends:
There Aren't Any More Stars (DELUXE EDITION)
by space cadet
fantastic album and one of my favorites of the year. also i sing a verse on 'libidinal spaces.'
go to album
spectratio, vol 1
by spectratio
@spectratio lol get it
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Cowlick Village Only
by Souhaiter
brilliant songwriting and really awesome production
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The Woman You Want
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