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opened and shut

by Counterfeit Madison

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1.
riddle 01:42
----- i've got a hint for a riddle and it's little, but it's key it's a two letter word: it begins with an m and it ends with an e it resembles an i, and it's certainly not you what can you do? ha, ha! oh, good! you're laughing! i've been laughing for a while! -----
2.
----- i don’t see the purpose the method to the madness the rhyming or the reason in this or any season oh if i was an ordinary individual i would be just (fine) (find) me anybody a candidate for surgery i’d gladly give my heartbeats my fingers and my feet and nevermore the nights of all the novels and the nuisance and nobody would know my name i wanna be your neighbor with no name ha! i’m only kidding well, i’m only sort of kidding it’s all imaginary and really quite contrary but oh the relief of all the ruckus and the ruses the reluctance and the rub and the greatest relief of all is that nobody would know my name i wanna be your neighbor with no name -----
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----- don't gotta be the canary in my coal mine rather you be the dove for my flood there are other stephens for the chosen don't be so masochistic, child we won't believe you if you keep crying wolf and when it comes, i'll take it on, and so will you, i know it i don't need another father my skin, it isn't made of plastic, my son no need for sirens, i saw the smoke silence your trumpet, the wind has come and gone everybody sees we aren't so necessary don't gotta be my canary i wish you'd be my dove we won't believe you if you keep crying wolf i'm not scared i don't need another father my skin, it isn't made of plastic, my son if there's a hole in your bucket i've got another one in the shed forget about the stones and straw and axes and all don't be my canary i wish you'd be my dove don't cry wolf i've got two eyes of my own and i can them coming and i'm not scared -----
4.
cast 02:47
----- whoever says they have no fault can cast the first stone at their will what miracle, if these same ones cannot relate to sadness my pillows, filled with discontent my blankets, lined with grief i rise, the sun seems to prepare to cast heavy noon shadows wise men have written many words for purposes of comfort i’m grateful merely for their efforts to all who wish to cast your stones may blessing fall upon your head may sorrow vanish from your tread may peace cling to the posts of your bed -----
5.
caterpillar 04:12
----- going through the motion sipping the ninth potion something fishy's cooking i can feel it like a caterpillar turns into a butterfly like a tadpole to a frog like a vice to an advantage social innovation genetic mutation in any situation i can see it like a caterpillar turns into a butterfly like a tadpole to a frog like a vice to an advantage loneliness and sorrow hoping for a better tomorrow comfort's in your arms, babe i can feel it like a caterpillar turns into a butterfly like a tadpole to a frog like a vice to an advantage like the morning turns to noontime and the noontime turns to this like a brother to a rival like a lover to a fighter like the morning turns to noontime and the noontime turns to this like a rival to a brother like a fighter to a lover -----
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----- you've got a sh*t-eating grin, and i know what it's all about girl you're so bad at concealing you've got a burden on your heart wouldn't you rather put it down or let it out? brother, 'cause i know the feeling oh practice makes perfect and temperature changes with time so let's take patience as our partner, babe oh -----
7.
----- oh what a tragedy, certainly if i left you in my world how can i attempt to let it be when you drag along this crazy little girl and a fraction of your efforts could relieve the both of us for what it's worth, for what it's worth some say i'm little, some look up to me but most people pay no mind but i bet you couldn't hear me scream since you're almost deaf and completely blind who would have known you'd be the one to bring my sunset to the dark and now the day is done, the day is done but for you, i am grateful yes, for you, my love, i am graciously thankful who would have known you would be the one to make a house into a home and now i'm not alone, i'm not alone -----
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impossible 02:59
----- you sit on your throne so high and mighty so high you can barely see the world down here you can't hear my pleas, no you ignore them all instead you state your case without compromise my God i cannot take anymore of your agonizing presence every cursed day Lord Jesus tell me what kind of penance is this horrible abominable swamp of hell i swear you are so impossible you are so impossible i swear you can't empathize, you can't sympathize you can't recognize, but you do traumatize you point and abuse, you lure and accuse you set me up to lose and you won't let me choose oh God i cannot take anymore of your agonizing presence every cursed day Lord Jesus tell me what kind of penance is this horrible abominable swamp of hell i swear you are so impossible you are so impossible i swear -----
9.
light 02:27
----- what would i do without (you) (you) never ever fail to make my burden light you make my burden light why should i do without (you) (you) never ever cease to sing my melody we sing in harmony -----
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leaving 05:06
----- you keep all your promises i break all of mine all my greatest intentions leave me standing here can you honor my attempts? sometimes i should shut my mouth and listen to your voice temperance runs far away, leaving this regret would to God my lesson stayed! all my failures weigh me down can you lift me up? and as if to worsen it, no one ever leaves may i have a second chance? clouds hovering by day fire blazing in the evening rainbows to cover flood rainbows and no more flooding -----
11.
warm and old 02:34
----- you're like a warm blanket you're like an old sweater when you're around i feel the warmth of springtime sun and when not, i feel naked and chilly i wish to stop the clock, lengthen our time together your presence is so timeless -----

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released August 12, 2013

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