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Synonyms For Masturbation

by Ted's Approval

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1.
Hardwood 02:27
Set: warm fire, shot of whiskey. Enter daughter, stepping briskly. Father asks why she’s not sleeping. Daughter stammers, eyes still bleeding: “I know now just why she left you. You think only God can judge you; but I’m here and I’m still breathing –– You’re a coward, a drunk, beyond believing.” Six pretty little circles carved in metal, cold and dark, butthere’s One empty, empty hole still smoking, pointing to herho__opeless Beady little eyes with all the claw-marks and the bloodstill dripping Deeper in the grooves of hardwood floor. Curtains close on act one’s ending. Father grows pale, plot ascending. Rising themes of feigned contrition, His heartbeat slows to intermission. [lets all go to the lobby to get ourselves a treat] Six pretty little circles carved in metal, cold and dark butthere’s One empty, empty holes still smoking, pointing to hisho__opeless Pockets full of lies with all the tan-lines and the cumstill dripping Deeper in the grooves of hardwood floooor.... FloOOOOooor... FLLOOOORRrrr..... fffffllllllllllLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH-OOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR [FFFFLLLLLLAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
2.
Italian Boy 03:29
Deuteronomy 22:5 Leviticus 22:18 June 28, 1969 October 12, 1998 They're always trying to eat you alive They're always trying to eat you, Honey June 28, 1969 October 12, 1998 Tall woman, unafraid, surviving Tall woman: Is this your breath on glass? Your loaded past? Your slow release? I've watched you from afar you bitter star, you space between I feel the guilt within my stable skin, my mirrored relief. No need for band-aids on the dark days when your colors bleed. No origin. (Noise in your head) No finish line. No definition. (Shadows on the wall) Sacrifice for blue skies. Sacrifice for fruit flies. Wash away your gender. Give up, start a new life.
3.
We wait, desperately in wanting You, bleeding into me We the wanting, we the wanting, needing... Masturbate the senses tongue-tied intervention melting like wax cold catalyst slow heart attack Numb to assumptions now, we'll gather in some August afternoon depression and let our former selves hash things out: Nostalgic suicide for you, and I'll let the medication fuck around. Try to take pictures while the Sun's still out. Nostalgic suicide for you. Loose ends to sentences that once held us to one another. We're free in failure, reborn in rot The grandkids learning to speak Frank Sinatra, The kids becoming doctors on the side. ...We wait, bleeding out, wait in want, wait in want.
4.
Trigger 03:24
You dont really wanna go home Understand Those days stuck on repeat Break yourself mentally Taking cover in The City Burning down The stories you can't tell By gnawing off the bone that feeds Why don't you deserve a second chance? The stories on Market Street should tell you why And you said And you said "I'll be back around the third or fourth" Index on The trigger Dead the second you walked out the door Grains of sand are in your retinas Look at me Pistols or magazines Power and dopamine Taking cover in The City Burning down People you'd never meet Scar yourself physically Try to justify your fucked. up. life. Just run away using what. was. mine. And you said And you said "I'll be back around the third or fourth" Index on The trigger Dead the second you walked out the door "Everybody down!" Surprise attack 20 years ago Or 20 years from now
5.
4PM Forever 03:25
Tiny baby we found you sleeping or dying alone in a shopping cart, lost in the heart of American flesh. We were scared that you might scream with violent life, or that your simmering skin might slowly begin to yellow in time. Daisy in pavement, you'll yellow in time. Asphalt abstraction, you'll yellow in time. Cold faceless soldier, you'll yellow in time. Brave little number you will Grow up in a parking lot where it's always summer, And you'll ask plastic bags to be your mothers. And all the oil streams you find in puddles will pose themselves to be potential lovers. Fuck under parked cars- Dark wet heat. God of the dumpster- Starve in peace. Tiny baby we found you sleeping or dying alone in a shopping cart, lost in the heart of American flesh. We were scared that you might scream with violent life, or that your simmering skin would slowly begin to yellow in time. Daisy in pavement, you'll yellow in time. Asphalt abstraction, you'll yellow in time. Cold faceless soldier, you'll yellow in time. Brave little number, you.
6.
Moonsong 04:50
Feel anxious; Force patience: Four letter Doorframe. I woke up Breathless On all fours With soft rain. Feeling anxious; Forcing patience: Four letter Doorframe. I woke up Breathless On all fours In soft rain. This ape looks rather human, don't you think? And this Christ is born again above an early morning sink And we find ourselves still circling a reason And our sons will die in little ways to forgive us And this mirrored image tends to realize and then recede And we find ourselves still circling a reason. I'll love you when the leader gives the order. Quería pasar mi vida contigo. I'll love you when the panic settles in. Quería pasar mi vida contigo. I closed my eyes only to find a pale face staring into mine asking me to stay and anticipate the miracle of sunrise ...wait, and waste away... I'll love you when we writhe and melt in daylight. Quería pasar mi vida contigo. I'll love you when we sleep in radiation. Quería pasar mi vida contigo.

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Recorded throughout April 2013 in Lafayette, CA

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released November 24, 2013

Mitchell: Main vocals
Jeremy: Bass
Nick: Guitar
Mason: Drums
Okeefe: Guitar

Mixed, recorded, and produced by Ryan Ellery
Mastered by Jack Shirley
Graphic design by Ted

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