The Apneist by A Life of Science

	01. The Apneist Arise away Thousands in the light All my bubbles bright, It’s my gift to the sea My bed is made The bottom of the lake Growing closer still I will lie there dreaming of That chandelier That bathed us in velveteen light And also…
	02. Barnacles of Time In time, I’ve come to make decisions Of how I’ve landed in this prison Streams of higher education Collide with explosions and high-end inventions And all the while our hearts sang out Our paths did cross on New Years’ evening With warm words and gazes Future bright as snow For all we could have known And all the while our voices rang out And so we shortly split our separate ways I traveled to fix things Those I’ve called my sons Have burned all the cities down, now you are So far away How are you doing? I hope you survive it I hope you’re alive when I fix the ruined world Skies of green and terrible things All devices looking to feed Clawing at the lands And all I can do is curse how you are So far away How are you doing? I hope you survive it I hope you’re alive when I guide them back into place I'll guide our fate I’ll fix the ruined world
	03. Onward, Submarine! Onward, submarine! Won’t you take us to the ball? Join all the others And celebrate the war Cause its so good for the earth We’re gonna dine with the Dukes Gonna put on our suits, yeah Onward, submarine! Won’t you take us to the ball? Adorned in pearls you Will be adored by all And when we get there We’ll waltz and sing and watch schools of fishes Swim down through the reef, We’re gonna Capture all of the shares Take the enemy Treasure all but your soul Through the jaws of snakes Piggies shovel their cakes They’re all coming gonna capture In gated communities “Do you care for dancing?” “Love to, thanks for asking” “Don’t they do a fancy Shuffle, Shuffle, Shuffle?” Goodnight, Submarine We appreciate the ride Come back at closing And we’ll call it a night Unless we stop for a midnight swim to Settle our nerves, kill the buzz, and settle in, yeah Goodnight, Submarine Little something for yourself We know its good to, It’s good to share the wealth Same time tomorrow, we’ll waltz & sing and watch schools of fishes Swim down through the reef, we’re gonna Capture all of the shares Take the enemy Treasure all but your soul Through the jaws of snakes Piggies shovel their cakes They’re all coming gonna Capture In gated communities Celebration, cakes Shove it all in your face Face it, nothing’s safe Rubies around your neck They’re all coming, gonna capture “Do you care for dancing?” “Love to, thanks for asking” “Don’t they do a fancy Shuffle, Shuffle, Shuffle?”
	04. Text Support Squeeze my hand and follow me Close your eyes no need to see I’ll lead you to the last sanctuary Where hanging off of shelves and walls With pages filled with relics lost Are answers to my darkest inquiries Cause there’s a computer on your shoulders So wrap those teeth with this tongue Take control, rough me up Just hold me down, I know you can If I design An angel’s army Could light rain down? Could evil die then? If you have convinced yourself To lose all of that doubt you felt Then do as all those heroines seem to Excellence from better days Text supported copy page The books they give me hunger craves for you Cause there’s a computer on your shoulders So wrap those teeth with this tongue Take control, rough me up Just hold me down, I know you can If I design An angel’s army Could light rain down? Could evil die then? All doubts aside Zeros and ones And heart and reason
	05. Carving a Canyon Crumple your hypotheses to the ground Tear the pages out Throw all your ideas away Until your next is sound Throw them on the ground Turn them inside out Tear the pages out It’s hater Here comes hater Perception is greater than reality They started prairie fires in the woods And in the cities and the plains They started prairie fires in the woods So put the fire out Plans turn into fire into ash Building broken glass Stop, Look Both Ways These Tyrants are Draped in Robes Awake, Awaken, Awake, Awaken Glass falls on the ground and, until then, It forges in your skin Crumple your hypotheses to the ground Tear the pages out Throw them on the ground Turn them inside out Tear the Pages Out It’s hater Here Comes Hater They’re the sticks in the autumn pile Light them up, light them all on fire
	06. Rebels & Redcoats Racing for airpark hangars Bye farewell Kisses savor Making disconnection possible A pain of head, a black collapsing Dizzy spell, omen lapsing Taking from my source of oxygen Premonition: your life ends tonight Same Vertigo Weightless no more Facing the ceiling, writhing, reeling Wakened by the silent note Things seemed alright, I must have lost sight Maybe if I’d had some more time I’d come back to save you Shaking hands, kissing babies Chewing fat, makes me crazy Making disconnection horrible A pain of head, a black collapsing Dizzy spell, omen lapsing Taking from my source of oxygen There’s blood in the sky The race is over Same Vertigo Weightless no more Facing the ceiling, writhing, reeling Same Vertigo Shaking, Shaking, Shaking, Shaking Reaching for something seedy Feel your touch From undersea Warning of the storm of polymer I dial reaching your machine And say post-beep, “Won’t you come back home?” And hang up the phone The fighting rages Your eyes, they close and I’m all alone Staining crystal snow (Rebels & Redcoats Red is spilling slow) Sparing me alone it seems It’s burning my eyes! My eyes!
	07. Evidence of Lunar Orbit This frame is cold and dead and Stripped of parts except her shell Silently she called to me I polished her metal skin and Wired her from toes to grin Silently she called to me I put her wheels down on the floor And filled her head with circuit boards Still she wouldn’t move or speak Those blinking lights, they just won’t beep Still she wouldn’t move or speak Those blinking lights, they just won’t beep Scoot, scoot, scoot I’m on my way I’m tying up my stick and bag Abandoning the one today The one I really couldn’t save The one I really couldn’t save Soon, soon, soon, I’ll be away This place is more than I can take If only I could find a way I’d get her going right away I’d get her going right away Scoot, Scoot, Scoot I’m coming back I found the part among the scraps I know that I can bring her back I’ll get her going right away I’ll get her going right away …and flip the switch…. ON!
	08. Let's Say Grace Pushpins and thumbtacks keep you on my wall Pushpins and thumbtacks, cushioning my fall One corner is missing It’s soiled, it fades It makes me remember The moment I’d say “Let’s skip the cautionary way If that’s okay And lose ourselves in the mystery Do as we may” Car parts and hardware represent your face Notebooks and journals catalog your days The monuments built here Attempt to replace The warmth of your presence The aura you made “Let’s skip the cautionary way If that’s okay And lose ourselves in the mystery Do as we may” Oh, we'll do as we may We sit down for dinner I bow and say grace My eyes meet the screws and Bolts of your face “Let’s skip the cautionary way If that’s okay And lose ourselves in the mystery Do as we may” So let's say grace Bow your head Clasp your hands Bow your head Let's say grace
	09. SAN-D4000, You are Immortal I first saw SAN-D On her shelf We met in summer Well, she checks her gages She tests herself What does that red mean? SAN-D… don’t leave me Don’t stop beeping I thought her power Source was dead She wasn’t working When I replaced it She cried out And started smoking I checked her circuits They caught fire Tried to diffuse it In code she told me Not to cry I kissed her head plate And screamed aloud and said SAN-D… don’t leave me Don’t stop beeping Don't leave me, SAN-D I need you honey Don't stop beeping
	10. Yacht Life From this puddle of machine fluid From the bodies of the cars A beast staring back at me A wolf of human parts Were these lips ever used for lovers? Can I remember back that far? To the science bureau days And the moonlit yacht life nights When we’d share one jacket You’d warm your hands on mine And show me star-born heroes They’re posing in the sky Was it written in The grid’s origins That all I had would surely go away? As the moonlight strikes and bounces From the surface of my watch A beast staring back at me A wolf of human parts Were these claws ever used for touching? Hard to believe it if they are Oh, Gods! Take me back away To the moonlit yacht life nights When we’d share one jacket You’d warm your hands on mine And show me star-born heroes They’re posing in the sky Was it written in The grid’s origins That all I had would surely go away? I still look to the heavens I’m looking for you I can relate to scientists alike Everyone was right and Now I am to blame Miscalculate To burn the world alive My creations writhe In pleasure as they dim the light On the mess we’ve made To build a new world of their own Without their God, they’re gone

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