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Prisoner's Dilemma
04:04
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Curse of knowledge!
Empathy gap!
Projection bias!
Payoff, sap!
Matching pennies!
Zero sum!
Sucker's payoff!
Equilibrium!
While you're waiting for the universe,
It has no memory of past results,
Wipe the slate clean
Horseshoe theory!
The golden mean!
Stupid neutral!
Slate wiped clean!
Gambler's fallacy!
High or low
Chance maturity!
Monte Carlo
Prisoner's dilemma
You make things worse now
Prisoner's dilemma
Co-operate or defect
Wipe the slate clean
Affective forecast!
Naive reals
Contamination
With rubberheels
Pet the kicked dog
Face-heel turn
Kick that pet dog
We can't learn
Turn cheek, don't turn coat
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2. |
Disappearing Act
03:21
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Hopscotch in to the trees without your say-so
I slide in to the breeze no matter where it blows
Half-measures most of the time, that's not my M.O.
Full measures half of the time, that's more the way to go
(Hot shot, sing-along)
Four-legged hop-along
How soon can you bring it on back for the one, two?
Make room, a junket to the city for a fresh mood
Plough through, creating noise to force my absolution
Without you, couldn’t make it work because we know it takes two
Upstanding most of the time, like a flamingo
Stood up, passed in the line, stolen by dingo
Canary on a landmine, the source of my woe
Stood up, passed in the line, a fucking shitshow
(Hot shot, sing-along)
Four-legged hop-along
Shouting. Rerouting.
Slogging. Still Jogging
I was a shitshow, you're a garden-flower show.
I was a shitshow
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3. |
Loggerheads
05:11
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This vessel, this vessel is decrepit
Everything's sinking, yet the water is so tepid
The waves, the tides, the surface currents
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by endurance
Hatching plans, hatching like a horrid hen
All gone awry, these best laid plans of mice and men
The fragile balance of plants and minerals
We'll be the mascots at our own funeral
So when you've made the choice not to be on your own
A different way of life, a black hole
Try not to lose control
It seems like one mistake can turn a lifetime's work to catastrophe
It only takes one time, found crawling on your knees
Trying to find the last of your dignity
You've got to use restraint
You've got to give and take, you've got to work things out and negotiate
Like two crabs, two crabs in a bucket
Our spoons are long, but now they're also rusted
Trying to keep it metaphysical
A "something something" that's apolitical
We've died inside, you're still dyed-in-the-wool
We look distended, you just look like your belly's full
A boring disease, not even tropical
Gimme a sing-song that's not so topical
(At loggerheads)
Rabble-rousing, rising from the rabid rush
Not taking commands, but pissing on the burning bush
These vacant halls, at least they echo (echo)
These crumbling walls become our own jericho
These clumsy smears, smears all on the windowpane
The fingerprints, dislocated, masked by rain
The fragile balance of plants and minerals
We'll be the mascots at our own funeral
(At loggerheads)
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4. |
Tiger's Tail
04:56
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For the first time we couldn’t get in front of it,
If we can’t get in front of it then we must stand apart from it
(Encore, anchor, intense rancour)
For the second time we couldn’t stand apart from it,
If we can’t stand apart from it then we must get on top of it
(Encore, anchor, intense rancour)
For the third time we couldn’t get on top of it,
If we can’t get on top of it then we must get inside of it
Hold on to the tiger’s tail
For the fourth time we couldn’t get inside of it
If we can’t get inside of it we must rip our way out of it
(Once more, sank more, extreme ardour)
For the fifth time we couldn’t rip our way out of it
If we can’t rip our way out of it we must simply destroy it
(Once more, sank more, extreme ardour)
For the sixth time we couldn’t convince ourselves destroy it
If we can’t just destroy it we must get out in front of it
(Round and round, more and more, exact same as before)
If this is all we are...
(Like clockwork, like a cartwheel)
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5. |
Fleeceflower
04:33
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Life is rigged, we’re tested, and measured
fail each time then set some new goals
A better life is out there, so grab it
all it takes is 12 more payments
Check your cash, regret it, regret it
designed to fail, live for the weekend
All your plans have shifted, adjusted
but that’s just how the knotweed takes hold
Bots will replace us, destroying our jobs
what’s left for us but to follow our hearts
Thousands of people living the dream
pursuing pursuits that will fulfill their needs
Thousands of people developing skills
a race to the top where nobody wins
The noise of a thousand being the best
is not the noise that I like best
Leave no open hole
Leave no root of the knotweed so it can't grow
Fleeceflower, borrowed soul
Leave no room for the knotweed so it can't grow
My home, it's where I go
Not to lay down my head but to just lay low
Fleeceflower, borrowed soul
Leave no root of the knotweed so it can't grow
Second guessing my second guess
I'm a sceptical sceptic I must confess
Getting all of my ducks now in a row
Not to cross any path, just to watch them blow
Brace yourself before it takes hold
society’s problems are about to unfold
Advancements mean an easier life
if you’re lucky not to be left by the side
All our lives a struggle, a muddle
pretend we’re fine but not as you know it
All your plans have shifted, adjusted
but that’s just how the knotweed takes hold
We’re all here now and you’re not coming
Safe in our house and we’re not budging
An idiot’s guide to making new friends
That’s just how the knotweed takes hold
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6. |
Vague Unease
05:14
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Crack your lungs
Lose your breath
Not so easy now
That you’re past your best
You don’t give up
Don’t hesitate
You’ve done it all before
Just duplicate
We are dead rock,
Fragmented stone
Then turned to dust
Merged with our bones
Free from all knowledge
Captive's delight
Made good on our threats
We howl all night
How’s it feel?
I’m so impressed
You’re back for more
A noble quest
Fight the fear
Your body aches
Stand up tall
No need to fake
We're dodging coffins
We're dodging cold
We're ill-prepared
To not get old
Waxing and waning
Still sing this song
Have we been milking
This song - for far too long?
We started shrieking
We started strong
But since we've been leaking
Gone on for far too long
We started over
Oh, "quelle surprise"
Now it's infuriating
This sense of vague unease
Can’t keep up
Can’t keep the pace
But if you’re lapped
You might get praise
A sinking ship
But you set sail
Can’t hoist the mast
Can’t navigate
(To have, to hold)
(To break the mold)
We started howling
We howled all night
But since we've been fading
We start to crave daylight
We started over
A "fait accompli"
Now it's so aggrevating
This sense of vague unease
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7. |
Fail Together
03:11
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Why do you keep nagging
Why do you keep spouting on and on
You could soon have nothing
One word and I’m walking out on my own
Why do you keep dragging
Why do you keep dragging me down
My limit’s met and packing
I’m all done with the shouting, I’m moving on
Throwing sentences like knives
Just one sentence could end my life
From the nipple to the noose
There's no excuse
We must get better
If what you sing is what you bring
But what you 'bring' just washes over?
With my whole heart and my whole hole
Let's throw all in
We'll fail together
Seems like we keep fighting
Seems like we keep fighting on and on
The stress levels are mounting
In broad strokes it’s not working it’s off and on
Like earth's plates we’re colliding
It’s our world and we’re striving it won’t take long
But we’ll hold it together
We’re stronger than ever keep moving on
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8. |
Wall of Salt
03:15
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Speak ill then you'll be ill, and it ends up just the same
Sunbathing in traffic, but somehow you're not the one to blame
Racing to the red like this is all some little game
Portions of misfortune lead someone to end up lame
A wall of salt
A lump of dead
A grab of land
A pile of heads
No courage of conviction, but you know you're not the first
Prostrating in public, kowtowing to the worst
A spattering of stammering, you wear it on your sleeve
Said aloud, these airborne shrouds leave no-one to deceive
Are we dead yet?
Everyone calling "shotgun"
Looking for the wrong 'un
Are we dead yet?
Dancing on the knife edge
Clambering for the death pledge
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9. |
Flesh Architecture
05:32
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What’s the use?
There’s no proof
Last resort
Burnt the source
Charred remains
For what gains
Rumours fly
Why’d he die
Lost the plot
Spent the lot
Wounded pride
How time flies
I can’t wait
For the day
Just deserts
For prize boy
Disease before decision
But after denial
But death before all
Let's hope death precedes all!
(Death will prevail)
Spreading fear
Makes you feel
You’re on top
But you’re not
Drop the act
Not all that
Nothing left
Running scared
It's just flesh architecture
It's just spine upholstery
You’ll not stop
Til you’re caught
Facing time
Friends stand by
Watch your back
Not safe yet
Keep an eye
You’ll stand trial
Why did you want me to stay
When it's so clear this just won't go away
This playground stigmata, fake hammers, toy nails
Left walking the halls,
These white halls, white halls
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10. |
Grazes Not Graves
04:48
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Unfair of heart
Half-raised and half-baked
Which is to say
This is easily faked
Taking off a mask to reveal another
This undercoat belongs to my mother
Butterproof
We don't even listen
Left alone
Without a pot to piss in
The unencumbered word, now it's half past dead leg
The door is painted shut, we're in rags on the reg
"A broken pot boils once a day" is a thing no people say
The whistle blows
Apropos of nothing
The bracken crackles
A sure sign of something
A pile of doom and a creeping dread now
Still lilylivered, but with deepening cred now
"A broken pot boils once a day" is a thing no people say
History just thinks it knows
In the end everything snows
Just leave a graze, not a grave
My sword is short but my arm is brave
History just thinks it knows
In the end everything snows
We're sidelined
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