MMGLYRICS

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/the-plastic-bag-and-rubber-band-static-story  ]]

static breaks round 2 am
i'm going sane out on the street

static breaks at 10 am
i'm awake and i take my place.

static breaks as i'm pulling a way
i go my own.

static breaks and i erase my tapes.
and i am fallin up.

only it turned out
i didn't have
to be alone to fuck it up

look now i made an outfit
of my own
the pattern is brick work

turns out i don't have
to be depressed
when you have left my bed

aw hell

static breaks and i knew it would
it always will, it always should.

static breaks and i keep my thirds
and walk away i keep my thirds and walk away.

here in this place everything turns to shit
i don't have to touch it

here in this place i awake and make
my same series of mistakes
throwing myself away.
throwing myself away.
throwing myself away.
they can run on my grave.

here in the story i am always stupid
here in the story i am worth my minimum wage
here in this story i get too weak to throw myself away.

i smoked bags of gold
add new glint to this old story
take to the hills this most unlikely role
take to the hills like a stone and roll

here in the story i am always stupid
here in the story i am worth my minimum ways
here in the story i agree to take my 3rd, take my 3rds away

here in the story i am always destined
here in the story i know what i have left in me

such a strange mistake
this one i always make
& when i climb my pain
it's the sky that i will take

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mute-point/mute-point-02-among-the-pylons  ]]

..till his head was lost
among the pylons
the wandered spaces,
he'd throw a leaf across
till he'd gilded it all.

and as a kernel
atomized
& the electrons
are tempted by dioxide
to cross
that tiny space
point to point
watt to watt
the towel dried out

and new co-
hesions form
across a void
no matter how small

(he could not take
his eyes away
or the lookingglass
from upon his face)
(he still watched
the alchemy transpire
as he caught fire)

how far into that void
can we pick
till we prove that it exists
and it comes for us all?
yeah it comes for us all
it comes for us all

(till) he had lost his head
among the pylons

& writhed in ecsta sy sy sy sy
we writhe in
ecsta sy sy sy sy sy sy
writhe in, writhe in, writhe in,
ecsta sy sy sy sy sy sy sy sy sy sysysysysy

(how far? how far?)

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mute-point/mute-point-07-that-time-in-space  ]]

i remember you were saying
you could never leave me in this life
so i died

the gyppo said six minutes down
would stop you from your feeding
(on my heart)
(the gyppo said it wasn't the first time
she had seen such a demon)
(the gyppo had a book with your picture
and your true name in)

but she was wrong &
I remember that time in space
colder than frozen
so alone it's alright
to feel that you're the chosen one

but then i'm being pulled back to the sun

now i'm pulling out my IV
walking back in to my party but,
 it was long gone

now i'm pulling out my party
walking back into my IV, but
it had gone sharp

but i remember that time in space
and i'm looking for that time in space

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mute-point/tw-atp-101  ]]

he lay on
a tension wire
he lay on
a tension wire.

and braids of veins
heralded by sonic waves
and braids of veins
heralded by sonic waves.

till he lay on
a horizon line

and blades of earth
heralded by wings of nerve
and blades of earth
heralded by wings of nerve.

she traced her finger round his perimeter,
she dropped her pin in the center,
to place the mark
upon her sinner

till he lay on
a gauzy plane
yeah he lay on
a gauzy plane

and iron in every cell
pointed direct to her
and iron in every cell
pointed direct to her

she degaussed him
again
she degaussed him, again
again,
again,
again

...

till his head was lost
among the pylons
the wandered spaces
he'd throw a leaf across

till he gilded it all
yeah he gilded it all
he gilded it all

and as the kernel
does atomize
and the electron,
perenially tempted by dioxide
to cross
that tiny space

point to point
watt to watt
the towel dries out
and new co-
hesions form
across the void
no matter how small

he could not take his eyes away
could not take the lookingglass from upon his face
while he still watched
the alchemy transpire,
as he caught fire.
as he caught fire.

his head was lost,
among the pylons.

yeah he had lost his head
among the pylons.
the wandered spaces,
he'd throw a leaf across.

he writhed in
ecstasy
writhed in ecstasy,
writhed in and writhed in, he writhed in,
ecstasy
ecstasy

(oh, fiend)

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mute-point/layer-head-128  ]]

& all around
the swimmin' pool you
do your dance, change your tune
do you look like a fool
do you look like a fool

then hopefully,
well they won't know it's you
they won't know it's you
they won't know it's you

and all around
the grassy spaces in your hometown
can you find some grass
to lay your head to rest

did they put a
perfect sleeper on your favorite bench?
did they put a
perfect sleeper on your bench?

layer head
layer head
lay your head
to rest
layer head
lay your head
layer head
to rest

you will find a door
when all the windows close
by god open one
layer head
lay your head
lay your head
lay your head
to rest

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mute-point/mute-point-pdm  ]] 

but the simple ride is so full:

the road is straight for miles so he
looks over to me
his eyes make clear that his mind
is angry

he is sweating, and drinking, and driving
but his speed is saving me miles by the hundreds

he says "they fill us with empty
from day one"
says "we work to make it then we buy it
we watch it and live in it,
yeah we watch it and we watch it
and we wash it and we watch it
and we throw the paint in the river that we made"

and then the mad shine in his eyes subsides
and the radio man laughs
and he feeds us more of his little white lies:

he says "if there was a word for punishment
well, it would be fire, it would be fire
and i
i'm looking at the scene
i don't know what he means
no i don't know what he means

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mute-point/layer-head-01  ]]

well all around
the swimmin pool you
do your dance
change your tune
do you look like a fool
do you look like a fool
 
well hopefully
since you know you do
they won't know it's you
they won't know it's you
they won't know it's you
 
and all around
the grassy spaces in your hometown
well, man, can you find some grass
to lay your fuckin' head to rest?
 
did they
put a blowup mattress
on your bench
or some bars
so you can't
so you can't
lay across
lay across
lay across
 
all around
the perfect circle of your hometown
can you find some ass
to lay your head to rest? well..
 
take my hand
i will lead you best.
layer head, layer head
 
take my hand,
i will lay your head to rest.
 
we will find a door
when all the windows close
we will not
when everyone
says "by god man just open one
ooo just open one"
we will find a door with all the windows closed
we will find one with the garage door down
lay your head to rest
lay your head to rest
to rest
to rest

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/canadian-bus-beheading-song  ]] 

then when the devil had me in her hand
..devil had me in her pocket
there was no time, then
so i stuck my finger in the socket

then the devil had me in her box
then the devil had me in her pocket
and then the devil, she can make doors
and the devil, she can lock them

heed the words that i speak
as i know the trails in this
country so bleak but
i'm still afraid that it has gotten to me

as i walk the miles to my seat
clutching my ticket in my hand
i feel the breath of the beast
feel his breath in my heart
as i walk the length of my arc
but i didn't know 'bout my arc

his noise
is cutting me apart
so i begin
& reach for the only part i know
and it may be a sin

to reach for his heart
i hear the noise,
i know where to start

but they'll take my body part
take my body part
take my body part

i can feel the scenery
and it is changing
and changing me

i feel the heat
from the grin of the beast
and i know i'll carry his head
in my arms
on my art
on my arc
on my art.
on my arc, ah

[[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/soup-or-bowl  ]]

he said "i think
i'm born again"
as he raised the vessel wih the water, oh
above his head

i said "you may think
the first time you have been in such a soul
may be your last.
they will say that your skin will crack
and your teeth will crack
and your skin will be shorn and

i hope so
well, i
hope so"

he said "i think
i'm broken."
i said "your eyes have been
solid shut tight
since the last time you and she have spoken"

but it is not her break
and it is not her breaking.
you said i never change.

"broken-
solid shut tight
like my eyelids
a carriage of ice
over my head,
frozen-

eyes closed since we've last spoken."

they say
"the first time
you are broken
you can't see through the cold
to the end of your pain."
they say
"it ain't the first time
you'll be back again
with new scars, from the freezing rain
but better than before"

i only hope so, hope so

[[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/penniesforthoughts  ]]

I have too many books
now I have to fill them all
paper was cheap
writing was easy
and ideas were a menace
it was worth pennies

he ain't worth a dollar
only pennies
pennies for thoughts
and he thought all the fuses out
thought all the fuses out

everybody is sending me stationary
now I have to fill it all
each envelope gapes till it tears
I have no place to send it all

paper was cheap
now I have to fill it all
paper was cheap
now I have to fill it all I have to fill it all

he ain't worth a dollar
only pennies
pennies for thoughts
and he thought all the fuses out

I had a friend
they keep sending him batteries
they keep his fuses working
he thought all his energy out
he has to empty them all
he has to empty them all

he ain't worth a dime
only dollars
but dollars are god
but dollars are god
but dollars are god
& now he has to use them all

[[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/moths01  ]]

she so beautiful
looking at her picture
I dunno what to do
but I can miss her
and her
voice so light
but not the moths
that come to her laughter
let's go down to the water
i bet
if we step light
and walk right
we can make the next town by day and run a-

she so nice to me
she tries to never let me see
that as much as she is free
she is always grieving, grieving for them,
grieving, grieving on-

she still love me
even though i am imaginary
and she
will grow out of me, eventually
she still love me
even though i am imaginary
I know we're all entitled
to one, to one kind of dream and i-

her voice so light
the moths come to her laughter
and say "let's
go down to the water"
"and what?"
"if we walk light we just might
make the town by day"

and even though
she still love me, i-

can't walk
light on the river
can't walk
light on the river

so, son, beware those
who say beautiful things
for they might
promise you that the river ain't deep
(river ain't deep)

she still love me
even though i am imaginary
well, i guess, we all get, well, one type of dream at least

she still love me
even though i am imaginary
and I know that we all get one dream, one dream, one dream

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/live-with-this  ]]

the cliff's notes copied in
fifty-cent quick prints
of the meaning of
existence
then pasted to the blind eyes of children
at the austin city limits
with a flame kiss
grilled into their brains, this:

you're worthless
barely worth the pressure
to unclench my fist
or stretch a stream of piss
to wash the dust off your lips
you're blind
you're friendless
and you cannot live with this

(i was looking forward to joining you finally)

you cannot live with this.

in a few years
we were gone entirely
we knew not how to be
but we believed

people keeping their guns next to the
salt shaker and they
blew their faces off
by mistake
rasps, grasps, rattle, and fall.
the people who take bullets for safety.
and you yourself,
so guilty
you'd take your son up a hill
for the T.V.

the cliff's notes copied in
fifty-cent quick prints
of the meaning
of existence
then pasted to the blind eyes of children
at the austin city limits
with a flame kiss
char-broiled into their brains, this:

you're worthless
barely worth the pressure
to unclench my fist
or stretch a stream of piss
to wash the dust off your lips
you're blind
you're friendless

and you cannot live with this.
you cannot live with this.
you cannot live with this.
cannot live with this.
cannot live with this.

how can you rest
with those micro waves in your head
how can you rest
with those micro waves in your chest

and as for you and me,
i thought i saw you sneaking out a bag
the morning after the party.
the blood was cold and fresh.
you're bleeding me.
so if i laugh dryly
when you're asked under the table,
let me.
you're bleeding me.
now i am gone entirely,
and i can live with this.

  [[  http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/littlebird  ]]

(little bird)

little bird
don't be mad
i'm not the one

i didn't poison your ear
creepin in singin songs while you slept.
there were some sounds around
you didn't wanna hear.

you sewed yourself closed
you sold yourself
so push your papers through hell
push your papers through hell

i remember
how i found you in the coal

you were the color of the snow
your eyes had frozen closed, little bird

and i knew
the reason
for the tears in your eye
& your back on the ground

but I find your spaceship, little bird,
i found
little bird i found..

& how it must've struck you down
seeing all them fireballed stars
"there's millions of them" you screamed
"each alone
each alone
each alone, each alone"

when I knew her life became warm
I played you a march
I sang that our little song
had started and it needed to go on

it had started and it needed to go on
it had started and it needed to go, on
it had started and it needed to go on
(littlebird)

little bird, don't be mad i'm not the one
don't get mad, don't get mad, i'm not the one

young, old, sleeping your days, sick of your days, i won't come
don't get mad i'm not don't get mad i'm not the one i'm not the one

[[   http://soundcloud.com/mmg-1/eterniator   ]]

you're always talking and you say to me:
"try and see the forest through the trees there, dear"
and i starve and i wait for your vision to come to me
but i see nothing

time passed
i awaited in a hollow
i thought that was what you'd wanted
thought that was what you'd needed
so i passed a season

i know you believe
you change the seasons
i know that that conceit keeps you breathing
but it's all but lost on me.

but you're still talking whilst you sado me
and i hear nothing but the living in the leaves
the room of mirrors is in my dream
the fever sets, suddenly

and i look through them all.
i look through all the rooms.
now i look through them all
for the skull that i lost, oh

now things are changing and they're changing me
i'm on the block and the blade, it is swinging, skinning me
everything in this world, this world is a machine
everything in this world is a machine designed to pick me clean.

and the bones are exposed
up on the block.
i'm looking through them
and i find the skull i lost.
then the rain comes and
you start to talk.

with the first drop,
time passed.
i awaited in a hollow
thinking that was what you'd wanted
thinking that was what you needed
so i passed a season.

i know you believe
you change the seasons
i know that that conceit keeps you breathing
but the meaning is lost on me.

uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh oh, oh no.
uh oh, uh oh huh oh, uh oh

the bones are exposed
up on the block
i'm looking through them and i find
the skull that i lost.

and but for the rain coming,
you start to talk
you start to talk
and you say, you say, to me:
"try and see the forest, without your starving, you're waiting, now come to me"