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20 Foot Megalomaniac
03:50
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Down!
Who's that knocking on my door?
Who's that walking in my house?
Who's that sleeping on my floor?
Who's that stealing away my couch?
People talk a lot and they say what they want.
People walk inside and they take what they want.
Spice it up with an adjective.
Put you down with an expletive.
Build your image 20 foot tall.
and break you down with a wrecking ball.
10 foot, 12 foot, 15 foot, 17 foot, 20 foot megalomaniac.
Down!
Down!
Who's that knocking on my door?
Who's that walking in my house?
Who's that sleeping on my floor?
Who's that stealing away my couch?
People talk a lot and they say what they want.
People walk inside and they take what they want.
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What's Happenin'
03:17
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What's happening in the White House?
People moving in and out
And none of them seem to know
What I care about.
Do you know where I'm coming from
And do you know where it's at?
I've been there a million times
And I don't know for sure.
What's happening in the black house?
A lot of folks are fighting back.
Kicking down the walls that keep them in
Who wants to own a shack?
Fly on.
What's happening in your house?
Is it built on shallow ground?
Is it white on white or kaleidoscope
No fences to be found.
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3. |
And The Days Go On
04:17
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Well I've tasted all the bad things long enough
And my baby brother's life has just been snuffed
And a man kills a man who killed my brother
With a chair that's hooked up to a generator.
Some people's jobs never get finished.
While other's lives just diminish.
Well I've trampled through the flower garden
And I've crushed a bug beneath my toe
But the lives that I've taken to my knowledge
Never hurt my karma for a moment.
And the days go on...
And the day goes on...
Now you close the curtain
But you can't stop the sun.
And you can drown your sorrows
And try to have some fun
Or you can just go out
And buy yourself a gun
And blow it all away.
And the days go on...
And the day goes on...
I ought to hurt somebody.
There's a grey-faced lady with a burden
And her back is breaking from the weight
She falls to the ground without silence
And she never ever leaves this place.
Is it all just the same day?
Is my year like a minute to your hour?
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Cataclyptic
02:31
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Sitting at the table the brain loss is cataclyptic.
Will it be different this time?
I don't think so.
Sucking on bottled space
Hitting me inside my head
Harder than a slap to my face
But twice as damaging
Lying down in my bed
Waking hours are less alert
Am I killing time with joy
Or hiding my own hurt?
We are in a desperate situation
All around the world
And all around the nation
Lost the art of communication
But laughing more and more
Tomorrow I'll play the fool again
To tally up another score.
Spending all of my dough
To make me feel this way.
I guess I might have something to show
But I burned it with a flame
All the hours that I've spent
On these fun and games
Do they add up to a winning
Or just go down the drain
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Skeleton Tree
01:48
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Passed a hill with tumbleweed on the right side
Barbed wire fence split the land in two
Cut away section to a flat field
In a snow covered paradise.
Dug a hole to the depths of the Skeleton Tree
Cultivation of reality
Arms are shooting through the wind
Roots are digging in.
Hey brother can you spare a dime cause you see I'm kind of broke.
Been squatting here for quite a while and I got no better place to go.
No home to call my own, no one to cook my food,
No place to call my love. so won't you spare a dime?
I reached in my pocket and I scrounged around
And I found that guy and I gave it to that clown.
I felt sort of good helping out that guy.
Next time you see a hobo don't just pass on by
Give dough!
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Picked A Bone
04:51
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The sound of the city, as you probably know, is comforting sometimes.
The normal sights just blend right in with your mind.
Green grass island sandwiched in concrete paths
Entice my eyes to reality
Motorslap
On the road, feeling the load, losing time
Nowhere to go, pardon my show, feeling fine
Picked a bone.
Skipping down a flowered lane with daisies on both sides
I passed by a window pane and grabbed an apple pie
Whistled a tune so very fine went on my merry path
Saw an elf and I rolled the dice
Motorslap
On the road, feeling the load, losing time
Nowhere to go, pardon my show, feeling fine
Picked a bone.
Tension building standing tall
Burst my bubble I've worked on
Selfish greed turned purple
Picked a bone out of your shellfish
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Shane de Leon Billings, montana
This page collects the artistic output of Shane de Leon. His drawings, paintings, printwork and different musical projects.
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