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The numbers 9, 11 & 7 Things adding to 5 are all 23s Math is Christ, the Devil's in details But everything exists just for me Without time allowing to happen mechanical, blind synchronicities Heart is only flesh (persistent illusion) The dream of the blind is never to see Hold my hand, I'll make you feel nothing We'll make believe in love (sappy telepathy) Screw until we're sore, I don't wanna say goodbye Space only thinks it's not meant to be
2.
You're putting on airs And she's so impressed She'll wear you well You're so pretentious And think she can't tell It doesn't matter to her anyways You'll wear her well And act so cruel to your friends Nonchalantly smoking And taking everyone apart Thinking they're just as empty as you You wear you well You just want what you don't have And nothing's ever enough It doesn't matter to you anyways Cause she wore you well And ended up alone again
3.
Sweetness 02:05
Secrets turn you cold I'm unsafe in your arms Fingers losing hold On heartstrings pulled apart When you thaw, I'll drink your regret like wine Sweetness The summer died so slow Tears stung remembering spring Our mistakes unfold Too numb to feel a thing So, when you thaw, I'll drink your tears this time Sweetness
4.
Dead Friend 04:13
All has changed tonight, no time for "one last dance" Your unlucky circumstance - you skipped each second chance He's already gone You never meant the worst anticipating best Opportunities ignored, exhaled in failing breath With selfishness to blame, those clouded eyes are lost Like a stranger you recognized too late the loveless cost you'll owe now he's gone
5.
All you gave is all you can take from me And all I give is everything I've wanted from you - before today I wondered when we'd see it end, I'd want to watch it all again: Our little trip from lovers to enemies, skipping friends We mouthed a thousand words we swore we said (yet still defend) Knowing they were lies even back then And in your eyes a reflection of a smile I wish I'd meant And in your hands, one last letter that I never sent
6.
Said the straight man to the late man Where have you been? I've been here and I've been there And I've been in between I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear I'm on the outside looking inside What do I see Much confusion, disillusion All around me I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear You don't possess me, don't impress me Just upset my mind Can't instruct me or conduct me Just use up my time I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear
7.
We'll start again when nothing's changed Erase its history from our names Our first collapsed in twilight waves Emotion's no foundation anyways And now we're nowhere Together now, hands shape sand towards the sky In soft, ground earth your fingers trace a moat around its walls so we'll feel safe With salted skin, you smell like sea, but smile without a kiss - you're so much stronger than me Nowhere Feeling nowhere But slowly building moments share promise of everywhere I trust it now Though, clinging fast, we'll watch it crumble With steady breath and loosened grasp, we're grateful for the past
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Augusta 02:30
Together barefoot in the grass it's 4 AM right before the crash I'd Made myself believe I'd stay when Only stars were beyond your eyes and [You] kissed me like when we first met and If we died we wouldn't mind cause Everything was all too perfect Beneath the fluorescent light sunrise Then the sound... Walk with me and see what hopefully will be OK Cut our feet on broken glass and step in gasoline Because we think we're safe from these things They all stood close on the sidewalk With flashing lights and neon signs and One of them got really fucked up Bled a line between his eyes and Everything just brought us closer to Ends that only come to strangers [You] held my hand and said let's go when He came to ask if we're alright
10.
Atlantean 03:44
Take me down underneath So far that tomorrow's all I breathe Cause we've drowned in today, and together grieved For all the dead shells of everyone else's dreams The deeper we go, the more we'll miss home The deeper we go, the less we'll miss home So take me down to where I'll believe That it'll make no difference at all if we leave Kaleidoscoping in blue and green We'll swim together to the end of things And then dive underneath Kissing the waves goodbye as we sink
11.
Ghost Walk 01:26
We'll walk in the skeleton of our city and lose these calendar days that Made us the ghosts we are of ourselves - I'll keep that ghost of you with me And watch the world around us change into what it was before we let go But just for today, let's pretend to be who we were instead of who we are Don't let me forget I don't wanna be here

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released October 14, 2010

All songs written & produced by Boy King Islands (Diaspora Movement, ASCAP and He Heard Himself Say, BMI) except "I Talk to The Wind" by King Crimson (McDonald, Sinfield), published by BMG Music, Inc.

Recorded by Boy King Islands in Chicago and NYC, with engineering assistance from Keith Kreuser, Jordan Lieb and Teren Foggi.

Mixed and mastered by Keith Kreuser at Croatia, Chicago.

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Boy King Islands was a duo comprised of long time collaborators Zachary Mastoon (aka Caural) and Jason Hunt. While their signature sound grew to encompass more psychedelic influences and diverse orchestration over the years, they remained true to their experimental aesthetic, carving out a unique and noisy niche in the ever-evolving non-genre of "rock music". ... more

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