LYRICS TO OUR FIRST EP

THE FIRST EP

I. LIVING IN TONGUES

II. HARLEM, WAIT YOUR TURN

(UNTIL THE DEVELOPERS ARE FINISHED WITH BROOKLYN)

III. (A CALL & RESPONSE) OF LIGHT BULBS & EXPECTANCY

IV. "WAIT, WHAT'S THAT FROM?"

LYRICS

I. direct transcription: LIVING IN TONGUES: We re drowning in Personal Histories / And it s all boiling down on me / We re speaking in monologue and I m suffering / I m an ex-pat who s been stuck at home for years / “There was a story that began: / There was a story that began: / There was a story that began… “ / How can we remember it? / We are a swindled dishonesty / And it s all boiling down on me / We re living in a slanted dichotomy / Between things we accept and those we should be / “There was a story that began: / There was a story that began: / There was a story that began… “ / How can we remember it? / “There was a story that began: / There was a story that began… ” / There was a story, there was a story it begins again and again / We can make, make up the ending

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II. DIRECT TRANSCRIPTION: HARLEM, WAIT YOUR TURN (UNTIL THE DEVELOPERS ARE FINISHED WITH BROOKLYN): All our maps will get wider / All our maps will get wider / We will draw those lines ever heavier / We will build up new Towers of Babel / All our maps will get wider / We will draw those lines ever heavier / We will build up new Towers of Babel / And our windowpanes will cover oceans / All our maps (All our maps, all our maps, all our maps) will get wider (Ever wider, ever wider) / All our maps (All our maps, all our maps, all our maps) will get wider (Ever wider, ever wider) / All our maps (All our maps, all our maps, all our maps) will get wider (Ever wider, ever wider) / All our maps (All our maps, all our maps, all our maps) will get wider! (Wider!) Wider! (Wider!) Wider! (Wider!) Wider! (Wider!)

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III. DIRECT TRANSCRIPTION: (A CALL & RESPONSE) OF LIGHT BULBS & EXPECTANCY: She said “Show yourself.” Oh what a commotion! / “How many lives do you live?” / She said “You re living with skeletons” / The closets are filling with the bones of ex s / Taped to the underside of a medicine cabinet / An old-key answer to the smoke-filled questions / It s never just one word / It s never just one word / It s never just one word / I d love to say those words / But it feels what brings them has just been broken down / Into all these guarded, caustic, impassive pieces / Into all these backwards, debased up-turned, straight-faced pieces / I want to write about hair, teeth and eyes / I want to write about hair, teeth and eyes / I want to write about hair, hair, teeth and eyes / What s left for us? / Is this just another thing I ll never get to see: / Two people who will never leave / Two people who will never, never leave / I want to write about hair, teeth and eyes / I want to write about hair, teeth and eyes / I want to write about hair, hair, teeth and eyes

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IV. DIRECT TRANSCRIPTION: “WAIT WHAT S THAT FROM?”: And the TV / Is more dangerous than / Never turning it On / Because it s burning off / All our discussion / And we re speaking / Little more than quotations / Because we re bending from / Sixty years of / Sweeps Week Simulacrum / We speak with used-up tongues / We speak with second-hand lungs / We speak with used-up tongues / We speak with second-hand lungs / We speak with used-up tongues / We speak with second-hand lungs / We speak with used-up tongues / We speak with second-hand lungs / Oh second-hand lungs / Oh second-hand lungs / We re going to change the channel / And we re going to / Broadcast all their returns / Just to show you / What we re in it for / And we ll never / Air a thing with / All their signals / On our air / We ll cast the loudest anger / We re speaking with used-up tongues / We re speaking with second-hand lungs / We re speaking with used-up tongues / We re speaking with second-hand lungs / We re speaking with used-up tongues / We re speaking with second-hand lungs / We re speaking with used-up tongues / We re speaking with second-hand lungs / OH SECOND-HAND LUNGS / OH SECOND-HAND LUNGS / Because we ll repeat it / Our conversations / From the TV set / From the TV set / From the TV set / From the TV set

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EXCEPT #II COPYRIGHT2009DANGALLO

&JAREDTHOMPSON