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Fear This Body
03:12
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I will not fear this body; I will not doubt its power.
My soul came straight from space
Plays house behind this face;
It’s only my home for now.
Till I grow weary of
This body like a glove
I’m saving up for summertime.
I will not fear this body; I will not doubt its power.
Was given legs to run
Up mountains toward the sun
‘Cause freedom is what I crave.
And I will reach the day
When my mouth moves to say
“I’ve loved you in all your glory.”
Oh, I will not doubt your power.
I will not fear this body; I will not doubt its power.
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Color/Sweat
02:56
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On the edge of it: wholeness
I fade slowly into my emotions.
The color, the sweat.
The color, the sweat.
The color, the sweat.
Do you read me?
Unnoticed though I speak.
The color, the sweat.
I was on her bed, laid out.
I was spinning like the exorcised.
You’re freaking me out.
You’re freaking me out.
You’re freaking me out.
They stare silent; I am waking.
They stare silent:
Unnoticed though I speak.
You’re not a legend if you have to tell it yourself.
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Slumber Party
03:04
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Sitting at your fancy party
Knowing that you only invited me
‘Cause I look good on paper,
But you know you cannot take her out
(oh you know you can’t)
That is why you cannot take me.
Out to the party
Out with the boys
Out to the place where everyone’s dressed to the nines, and I feel fine.
Whispering with your homies,
Bitch, bet you don’t even know me.
Looking like my mother made me;
that is why you cannot take me.
Out to the party
Out with the boys
Out to the place where everyone’s dressed to the nines and i feel fine.
I’m the faux pas at your fashion party.
All the blue bloods call me brash and gaudy.
Party girl, party girl won’t you take me to your.
Party world, party world, gonna break into your
Party girl, party girl won’t you take me to your.
Party world, party world, gonna break into your party world.
That is why you cannot take me out.
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4. |
That's Why We Dance
03:49
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I prayed for rain, and when it came I
Looked up to the sky and thought how
Can you know what I don’t say out loud?
And what does “how” mean anyway?
This whole earth could be fucking fake,
And I mean that in a funny way.
That’s why we dance
That’s why we give peace a chance
That’s why we keep living in the romance of “everything’s gonna be ok”
As long as you fight through and though
For things that are bigger than you,
Then I say keep living in the romance.
You paid in gold to buy your soul
Life long after you die, but so shocked
when you learned forever can’t be bought.
And when you say God made it all,
Then who made God? Or was it all a big bang, a big bang so they say.
And if she is infinite, then I bet she would understand
the beauty of a curious human mind.
That’s why we dance
That’s why we give peace a chance
That’s why we keep living in the romance of “everything’s gonna be ok”
As long as you fight through and though
For things that are bigger than you,
Then I say keep living in the romance.
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Up To Eleven
03:44
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I got the blood on my hands of a very bad man,
And I’m wondering what to do next.
I see the horizon looking super bright, and
I scream turn it up to eleven.
Highway to heaven
I’m on a highway to heaven.
Turn it up to eleven.
I’m on a highway to heaven.
I don’t need to save a piece of your toupee
Or make a fancy suit out of your skin.
The promise of tomorrow when that house is hollow
Is rewarding enough for me.
Highway to heaven
I’m on a highway to heaven.
Turn it up to eleven.
I’m on a highway to heaven.
Fire is going to burn, but some people never learn
Until it is too late to put them out.
But “stop, drop, and roll” is elementary bullshit
When you have set the world on fire.
Highway to heaven
I’m on a highway to heaven.
Turn it up to eleven.
I’m on a highway to heaven.
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6. |
This Is Not The End
03:20
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Oh I think there’s something wrong here--
Your money is making you think you’re free.
But I can see right through it,
and I think you’re just as scared as me
Blood is all over the streets, and
Lining pockets of the powerful men
And we think that we are safe ‘cause
The sun keeps coming back up again.
I’m not ok with this life that we made,
But I’m afraid that it might be too late.
This is not the end.
There’s a reason for the lying,
There’s a reason that it’s soothing to our ears.
It’s the bottle we were nursed on,
It tastes just like the truth after all these years.
I’m not ok with this life that we made,
But I’m afraid that it might be too late.
This is not the end.
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Cosmic Poison Arrow
05:00
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Slipping through time
where the something meets the nothing.
Where no sunlight touches.
Living here--in the unnatural order.
A spot of life in the undisturbed silence.
Moving to a new dimension.
A natural thing is waking me up letting me know it's ok to let go.
A vision of light shows a silhouette of something strange.
Ripping through time.
A natural thing, just disappearing into your secret place.
Moving to a new dimension.
Hello (hello)
I wish you were a tall drink (cosmic poison arrow)
We should call a doctor.
My fever dreams illuminate.
I loved you at hello (hello)
I wish you were a tall drink (sipping on a heartbreak)
We should call a doctor.
I am melting into space.
A natural thing is waking me up letting me know it's ok to let go.
I loved you at hello (hello)
I wish you were a tall drink (cosmic poison arrow)
We should call a doctor.
My fever dreams illuminate.
I loved you at hello (hello)
I wish you were a tall drink (sipping on a heartbreak)
We should call a doctor.
I am melting into space.
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8. |
Whole Without It
03:45
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No matter what the evidence says,
You’re the one who’s gonna do you the best.
The way you hold your head is frightening,
But when you strike I swear you’re just like lightning.
Whole without it, you are are whole.
You are whole without it. You are whole.
You cut your champagne with a sharp knife,
And sand the edges of your most private life.
Afraid of how the story unfolds
Your fire and lies will only leave you cold.
You’re whole without it. You are are whole.
You are whole without it. You are whole.
Your ego set you up a deathtrap.
You dove right in it and you never looked back.
I wish we coulda took the long way,
But I’ve already begged you to be saved.
You’re whole without it. You are are whole.
You are whole without it. You are whole.
No matter what the evidence says.
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Golden Clouds
03:44
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I see I see the golden clouds. I see the golden clouds.
I know that my way home is written in the golden clouds.
Sky at a forty five degree angle,
Calling on all my sleeping angels.
Even sky at 25?!!
My god, I’m alive,
And there are no more precious moments than these.
I see I see those golden clouds. I see those golden clouds.
I know that my way home is written in the golden clouds.
Twilight resisting all her darkness,
Returning hearts unto the heartless.
Pushing out my wicked doubt
Joy leads me to shout
That there are no more precious moments than these.
Pushing out my wicked doubt
Joy leads me to shout
That there are no more precious moments,
I’m living for these magic moments,
Give me all the moments just like these.
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10. |
Deep End
03:27
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What is good?
Clean like rain.
Mend my mind in forty days.
I’m holding my breath in the deep end.
Holding my breath in the deep end.
What is good?
Clean like rain.
Mend my mind in forty days.
And the grass grows braided between my toes.
These roots keep pulling, pulling me down.
Pulling pulling me down.
Pulling pulling me down.
Pulling pulling me down and
I’m holding my breath in the deep end.
Holding my breath in the deep end.
The sensation that I am man,
That I can live as no one can,
That life and death are in my hands;
I’ll have it all, but I’ll want more
Oh give me more when
I’m holding my breath in the deep end.
Holding my breath in the deep end.
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11. |
Big Paper Cup
04:53
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I’ll pray to what gets me high.
I’ll pray to what gets me high:
Big paper cup of whiskey in the sky.
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Calliope Musicals exist in multiple mind-bending dimensions. The larger-than-life psychedelic pop collective, led by Carrie Fussell, wows concert-goers with a blast of interactive secondhand glam and woos music listeners alike with invigorating avant-garde anthems. Standouts amongst their Austin, TX peers, Calliope Musicals were hailed by NPR as a “perennial SXSW favorite." ... more
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