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the constant

by Pelican Ossman

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some say 01:35
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real time 02:42
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wait for me 02:12
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no need 03:10

about

don't be wrong

when we together, and you telling me that story
about some guy you used to know
and i'm listening, but i'm not hearing the full story
no matter, let's just go

what i get from you, i would never hide, oh my
why you gotta be so fine
here i am, yeah, staring into your eyes, oh my
why you gotta be so fine, why you gotta be so fine, and so wrong

don't be wrong, my love, wrong
don't be wrong


winter in the hinterlands

nothing more here to mine for material, close up shop, say goodbye
head for the hinterlands
winter with just myself to hug, the daily bread, my brain is drugs
head for the hinterlands

winter hinterlands leaving familiar lands
touched with corrupt, lost some fingers toes
no highs, just lows, growth is not for me
my seat is with the, blank expanse
my blank-eyed dance
made of food and everyone is nude under birthday suits
trudging through this landscape, a block, homogenous
nothing to do here


the constant (featuring Niko Liza)

the car that drives to the church
hangs out smoking in the parking lot
hugs the moms at the funerals
we have different problems
you and i different problems

he misses the pre-sarcastic
in love with her, she's long-dead
we want him to be our father
then, not now
we're all grown up now
then, not now
we're all grown up now

vocoder hook:
i use the correct computer program
i've got the interface
my clothes were bought on the internet
that world is ever inconsistent

glimpsed inside of his underwear
at his balls, dick, and the other thing
is the editor at the water cooler?
i could give birth but why
it won't change anything
i could give birth but why
it won't change anything

a moment of indecision, small car crash
that'll cost me living the dream
i asked her, "what the fuck does that mean?"
we never leave the constant
this was here before we started
we never leave the constant
this was here before we started


mile in the beat

you're bright, shining like a buzz
light me up with a smile looking up
eyes meet there's a mile between us
there's a mile in this beat myswell take a minute pause

this morning sunshine sweet oh my god
i've been away too long allah allah
it's been so sing-song allah allah
put down those thoughts a minute help me move this car

so high i might just float the fuck away
sit staring blankly nothing to say
you and me, effortlessly in space
no amount of effort lets me forget your face

i know you're home but i won't pick up the phone
im not alone and i know you're not alone
time settles some things, others stay at home
the deep corridors where the muscles meet the bone

love songs, what's the fuckin point?
there is no other, singing to the oil
midnight, it often disappoints
the pining old mind, smoking all his joints

go to bed and stare at the stars
gnawing regrets, passing like cars
morning light, no excitement today
sit alone a while as the stomach churns away

if our boding drop, about time they did
get in the minivan and drop off the kids
euphemism, hiding out in this grid
i'm missing you, thinking about this shit


some say

some say, some say
some say that i was born and i will die
that when someone dies that i should cry
that in order to live i have to lie
that to find inner peace i have to try

some say there's no way and you need this
you need that, you need to take a piss
prefer doing something written on a list
over holding something tightly in your fist

but words coming out don't change a thing
blossoming the eternal spring

some say you don't need me and i don't need you
the guy at the bus stop ought to do
planted intentions and nothing grew
except more intentions to pay attention to


drudgery (featuring David Chaparro and Emile Ward on drums)

hard day don't see the light
wish i may or wish i might
don't like your fuckin talk
talk a lot but don't do shot

pea shooter battlefield
this is hell with red devils
chase them, chase them, chase them down
the truth still growing in the ground

part time with bellies full
lost the bet so take my soul
take my goals they're in the back
we once built a hobo shack

it's not crack, that there is meth
lost the ways i count my breath
each one out a little death
take a drink, a little left

drop it all stare at the ceiling
fuck all those thoughts and fuck all those feelings

today gave away, mother's old spinning wheel
today left the play, sat in the back in silent prayer
years pass, nothing's changed, same old dirty tablecloth
inertia in the room, in the junky driveway

fell in love, then fell out, left the peanut butter out
yelled above, so below, watched the young people grow
retire now, emptiness, clear road to the final kiss
but death licks, doesn't kiss, apologies if it doesn't fit


real time

she was born during the winter rains
she died in the floods
she told me don't drink the london water
don't drink the lonely water

but i'm glad i told her, i love her
in real time, in real time
i'm glad i noticed, her number
in real time, in real time

everyone is third person
just bundled cloth
the name we say is an address on church street
the space there is the space over here

but they're glad they took, the train home
they enjoy, the early morn
flirting with, the tigers
downtime between, the holidays

if she's not mistaken
he wakes each day complaining
she won't come up with solutions


wait for me

the road is where, the walls are not
the dark out here, it's all we got
you do your hair, i'll darn my socks
and the cupboards are bare, just wood and rocks
keeping me in where's the light switch off
heavy curtains over there, i don't care if they're soft
let the sky in, tear, tear the curtain rods off
break the door if you have to, we gotta get out

she wait for me, she said wait for me
have me waiting forever playing hide and seek
she said wait for me , she said wait for me
but if i wait, i'll be waiting forever hide and seek

i couldn't wait for the four horseman to arrive
it's been raining for days i'm tired of my life
i'll sell tomorrow for a minute of your laughter
let the neighbors go out, i want these hours
spying through the blinds, i'm fine lying low
i can't think of anything else we need to know
the battle's winding down, come on let's beat a retreat
to the fields, to the hills, to the trees by the beach


storez r closed

meet you at a quarter three
my first born no-showed on me
resist the urge to write emails
strike gold while the iron's cold

don't miss this, late show
it's the feature film
we have all the actors
and the golden handcuffs

parents bought their house cheap
it was on the highway route
it never got demolished
i'm not sure what that's about

don't stay out on the streets
all of the stores are closed
the sun is fallen
like some tired soldiers


no need

the suffering here is our own doing
i wrote the script during the first second act
took a perfectly good day and ran it into the ground
i don't blame you for not fucking around with me anymore

there's no need there's no need, braggadocio
no need to turn the knife like that
everyone'll get theirs it's inevitable
i'll be living in the same house when you get back

i had a dream where i explained everything
and by everything i mean i apologized
i talked to your roommates they said they always liked me
mistakes falling out of me since last night

credits

released April 12, 2023

music by dan in portland oregon 2023 with, as mentioned above, Niko on vocals on "the constant" and David and Emile on drums on "drudgery." thanks y'all! and thank you to Timothy Stollenwerk over at Stereophonic for mastering. and thank you for listening! much love

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