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by Cousin Tom

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traffic cone in my bedroom
feels like a crisis but I'm just concise in
explaining my brain to anyone
expressing the thoughts that've got me me down
swelling oceans in the dark
broken knowledge to remark

i can't sit in the sun
without thinking of the things that need to be done

'i am afraid that wherever you have this dialectical continuity in which nothing new can happen except — you know — that everywhere where you have violence is a kind of marginal phenomenon of power — you know — but still the same as power. the left says: violence is a marginal phenomenon of power. power is behind it. but it's the same. it's one of the most, but the marginal most. the right says: what is behind all power is violence. let's face facts — let's be realists — all power ultimately is violence — you know?'

i can't sit in the sun
without thinking of the things that need to be done

done done done done
ox-dumb, dull tongue
i drip through
swollen sponge
aggravated blue blazes
damp and suspended
who are these faces?

contorted into this sitting position
hips click, I'm an ageing grinding piston
that's why I joined the gym again
monkey sweat, eating egg whites with the mirror men
but my brain still lacks — slacks and mopes through landscapes
i never know the story or basics or the context
how high flown can i be i can't pick up on the subtleties?

practical, ill-adorned, spawning practice, bad dreams, without the feeling underneath, practical, ill-adorned, spawning practice, bad dreams, without the feeling underneath, practical, ill-adorned, spawning practice, bad dreams, without the feeling underneath, practical, ill-adorned, spawning practice, bad dreams, without the feeling underneath, i'm practical, i'm ill-adorned, spawning practice, bad dreams, without the feeling underneath

i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up i'm on the up
i'm up i'm up

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released October 29, 2018
Theo Carroll: Vocals, guitar, keys
Carly Stone: Vocals
Will Lyon: Bass
Hannah Arendt: Knowledge

Written and mixed by Theo Carroll
Mastered by Fergus Nash
Cover design by Carly Stone

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