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i drew a bird correctly
like upside down waves in the sea
the blue sky is the water and
the aeroplane is sailing
got back from walking you to work
stood in the corner in the dark
this afternoon the rain came down
and washed the fluids from the street
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bad events lie ahead
03:00
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i had a dream you lived in a really nice house
with books piled up and blossom and stuff
and you didn't even mind me looking around
when i went to school my only real goal
was to become a better person not to get a better job
and i still can't decide if it was worth it or not
translucent baby bird lying in the dirt
about to be consumed by an elderly cat
and she doesn't even care that she's grossing me out
when we were at school sometimes we had to go to church
but it wasn't so bad and at least it wasn't work
and if there really is a god then i think it's me
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we saw bog bodies
05:26
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in the end there was nothing left
but the sun kept everyone alive
and nobody could get at it
or hurt it even if they tried
we felt small
and it felt good to be alive
and the world was large and dangerous
and the forest exhaled a flock of birds
it breathed out like it was the tide
consumed the cars and factories
grimly in bitter white light
in the mirror on a silent night
in the rainy south west of england
i looked into the frowning eyes
of the great ape homo sapiens
and i wondered 'what are we doing here?'
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paper will blunt a knife
02:39
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i told the publisher the story of my life
but they just said the story was uninteresting and shite
i had a dream that the floor was gone
and i fell down into a never ending basement
planet earth, you're rich in what i need
but i just can't handle the way it comes to me
i'm making increasingly ornate paper planes
and dropping them out of the window of a moving train
i really like the way you're dressed
you seem happy now but you always seems sad on the internet
i guess it must be hard
not being happy with the person that you are
planet earth you will scare me to death
i see your birds but i am nothing like them
don't take a pebble from this beach
they are 1,000,000 years old and £100 each
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alive and unafraid
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there are 7,000,000,000 of us
and the number's going up
we make the laws, we govern the lands but sometimes
being alive and unafraid is enough
i like to walk you to work on mondays
i like it when we sleep in late
on sunday life is nothing but coffee and pancakes
and i swear i am not afraid
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polite records was founded in 2005. It is not an example of the best of anything. it is just a catalogue of the projects of, or connected with, the three people who run it: phil dodd, henry ireland and olly watson. if you are looking for a label, we suggest that you start your own. it is easy and you can get in touch and ask us for tips if you want. ... more
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