Lyrics

I’M OFTEN RATHER ENVIOUS OF CATS AND DOGS AND FOXES 
THEY ARE NEVER ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEMSELVES
AND BEARS SNAKES PELICANS AND ALL
THE KINGS MEN’S HORSES
ANIMALS YOU KNOW THEY DON’T DO SHOW AND TELL
PRETENDING TO BE A PERSON
PRETENDING EVERYTHING’S NOT OKAY
PRETENDING TO BE A PERSON
I THINK I GOT AWAY WITH IT TODAY
ALL MY RESPONSES AUTOMATED
I’M AN ACTOR AND A FAKE
I WAS ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE LONG BEFORE YOU KNEW IT

HG3 - Mysterium Tremendum

Hidden Gems Chapter 3 - Mysterium Tremendum

Intro - Pretending to be a Person

Mysterium Tremendum

Lyrics

FAR TOO MUCH OF THAT NOT ENOUGH OF THIS
ALL THE THINGS I DEARLY CARE ABOUT IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION
THE LIKES OF MY KIND ENDANGERED TOO
INTO THE BRUISING BUBBLED SUNSETS
LEAVE NO TRAIL AND MAKE NO SOUND
WE ARE PAPER AEROPLANES NO PURPOSE FEINTEST OF DIRECTIONS
LAND WHERE WE LEAST OF ALL HOPED WE’D DO
REMINDED MORE THAN JUST THE ONCE OR TWICE
THAT WE ARE BEGINNERS ALL OUR LIVES
FOR THE GREATEST PART OF FAILING’S KNOWING THAT YOU’VE TRIED
WE ARE BEGINNERS ALL OUR LIVES
FAR TOO MUCH OF THIS AND NOT ENOUGH OF THAT
THEY SAY THE PRESENT IS A GIFT
BUT THE BEAST UNWRAPPED NO LONGER BREATHING
DEEP SEA DREAM DIVERS ON THE T-REX’S BACK
PAPER AEROPLANES PAPER AEROPLANES
LEAVE NO TRAIL AND MAKE NO SOUND
WITH AN EASTERN HEART AND A WESTERN MIND
YOU FOUND WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR
THEN CLAIM IT CAN’T BE FOUND

Paper Aeroplanes

Lyrics

I DON’T SEE YOU
YOU DON’T SEE ME
BEYOND THE VEIL
OF THE STUBBORN SELF DIVIDED
OH YOU DON’T HEAR ME
WHEN YOU SAY MY WORDS CHOOSE TO BE
BOTH INJURIOUS AND SLIGHTED
FALLING INTO THE SPACE
I AM A THORN OF REASON
IN EVERY SINGLE STEP YOU TAKE
OH YOU DON’T FEEL ME
FOR THOSE PROJECTIONS WE SEE
ARE JUST OUR TERRITORIES DEFENDED
FALLING UPWARDS INTO THE SPACE
YOU ARE A THORN OF REASON
IN EVERY SINGLE STEP I TAKE
LIKE A COLD HEARTED EMPEROR
THAT’S TAKEN ALL CLOUDS BY THE REIGNS
THE SISYPHUS GENE INCITED ALL OVER
WHAT CAN’T BE DIVIDED IS IGNITED AGAIN
WE’VE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH BLIND SPOTS ALL OF OUR DAYS
I DON’T SEE YOU 
YOU DON’T SEE ME

I Don't See You

Lyrics

CURIOSITY BROUGHT YOU THUS THIS FAR
AS THE BANSHEES OF PALE IMITATION PLAY SITARS
YOU’RE A TREE AT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN STOREYS HIGH
WONDERFULLY GLORIOUSLY MEANINGLESS AM I
CRAWL AWAY TO THE SHORELESS BAY
WHERE THE BIRDS OF PREY RIDE A WAVE OF CLARITY
ALL I SEEK BEYOND SURFACE DEEP
MORE THAN THE PLASTIC FLOWERS FOR STONE HEARTS 
I CLAIM AS MY REALITY
UMBRELLA CLOUDS CAST A SHADOW ‘CROSS YOUR FACE
THE FOOTPRINTS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING
WHERE NONE ARE TRACED
YOU’RE A WOLF AT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN STOREYS HIGH
WONDERFULLY GLORIOUSLY MEANINGLESS AM I
CRAWL AWAY TO THE SHORELESS BAY
WHERE THE SLEEPLESS RAIN RIDES THE WAVES OF CLARITY
ALL I SEEK BEYOND SURFACE DEEP
MORE THAN THE PLASTIC FLOWERS FOR STONE HEARTS
I CLAIM AS MY REALITY
THE TRUTH ISN’T ALWAYS PRETTY OR SWEET
THE TRUTH CAN BE UNCOMPROMISINGLY BLEAK
THE TRUTH IS A STRANGER WHO APPEARS AT YOUR DOOR
SAYING “YOU ARE THE DANCER AND THE DANCED FOREVER MORE

Plastic Flowers for Stone Hearts

Lyrics

IN SHARDS OF ULTRAVIOLET
A RED WINGED BLACKBIRD STARTS TO SING
HE SAYS “YOUR SENSE OF CENTRE
IS EVERYWHERE IN EVERYTHING
MY BLIND SPOTS ARE MANY
SO MUCH I CANNOT SEE
WE ARE BEGINNERS ALL OUR LIVES
AND I’M STILL LEARNING
HOW BIG THE SMALL CAN BE
I WALK THROUGH SUNLESS ALLEYS
AS WHAT MUST BE BROKEN STARTS TO BREAK
LIKE A BEFUDDLED MAN WHO YEARNS FOR COFFEE
IN A MOSTLY HYPNAGOGIC STATE

How Big the Small Can Be

Lyrics

THE CROWN IS WORN BY THE IMPOSTER IN EVERYONE A SEEKER
OF PRAISE AND APPLAUSE
 AND BONE VEINY STRANDS LIKE RIVER MAPS ON WITHERED HANDS
HOLDING ALL KEYS TO THE DOORS 
SKINNY BALLERINA WOULD YOU WANT TO BE HER GIVEN THE CHANCE 
CAN YOU PIROUETTE IT AIN’T FOR EVERYBODY SURE YOU CAN DANCE? 
SILENCE ABATED
IF NOT NOW WHEN I GET LOST IN THE NOISE AND AMUSEMENTS OF MEN 
INTO CORNERS WE’RE PAINTED 
DOUBT LOSS AND FEAR SAY “WE’RE THE LOUDEST VOICES HEARD IN HERE 
FOLLOWED BY LUST AND REGRET
AND THE TRUTH HAS NOT MADE IT TO A SINGLE 12 STEP MEETING
SINCE WISDOM WAS REPLACED BY INTELLECT 
SKINNY BALLERINA WOULD YOU WANT TO BE HER GIVEN THE CHANCE 
CAN YOU PIROUETTE IT AIN’T FOR EVERYBODY SURE YOU CAN DANCE? 
SILENCE ABATED
IF NOT NOW WHEN I GET LOST IN THE NOISE AND AMUSEMENTS OF MEN 
INTO CORNERS WE’RE PAINTED 
I NO LONGER SAY IF I ONLY SAY WHEN 
I GET LOST IN THE NOISE AND AMUSEMENTS OF MEN 
INTO THRALLDOM WE’VE FAINTED 
IN A MARRIAGE OF PERIWINKLE SAFFRON AND MALACHITE TOO
LET THE NOISE AND AMUSEMENTS OF MEN PLAY OUT AS THEY DO 
WE’RE ALL BELEAGUERED AND TAINTED

Noise and Amusements

Lyrics

BETWEEN THE LAST BREATH AND EXTINCTION
WHERE DID YOU GO?
THE DEATH OF THE ATTENTION SPAN IT’S EVERYWHERE
IN EVERYONE I KNOW
THE PRIESTESS OF GINNUNGAGAPS AND ALL OUR
SACRIFICIAL CHAMBERS
WHERE A BLURRED CRUSADE OF RAPTORS
LIKE GLITCHING SILHOUETTES THAT MAKE NO SOUND
EPITAPHS ADORN LEANING GRAVESTONES THAT ARE SPELLING
YOUR NAME ATOP THE PEAKS OF A BILLION BURIAL MOUNDS
AS THE SKULLS OF WOLVES ARE JUGGLED BY A CONJUROR
AND RENEGADE
A PURPLE BLUE BRUISED OCTOPUS AT SEA
LIKE A METAPHOR FOR ABSENT BRIDES 
NOT SLIPPING INTO DRESSES A SHADE OF JAUNDICED COTTON IVORY

Death of the Attention Span

Lyrics

YOU AND I CONSTRUCTED BY
THE MOST ALOOF AND DEVIOUS INTENTIONS
WE SEPARATE DIVIDE AND WARP
AND RECOGNISE NOT A SINGLE THING WE SEE
WELL I DO NOT YEARN FOR THEIR MOST EXCLUSIVE OF SUGGESTIONS
OR SUBMIT TO THE MASTERS THAT YOU SERVE
BE NOT SURPRISED BY THE LACK OF YOUR EXPOSURE TO DIVERSIONS
ALL THE WATERS NEVER DIVED IN OR DISTURBED
WE’RE ALL ANIMALS ON AN ISLAND
ALL THOSE BROKEN BRIDGES SUBMERGED FOR MILES
SUFFOCATING IN THESE WIDE AND OPEN PRISONS
OFFERED DREAM TICKETS BY THOSE WITH ALLIGATOR SMILES
THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF UGLY OUT THERE
BEQUEATHED AS BEAUTY ONE MIGHT SAY
BY CURATORS AND CLOSET DICTATORS
NOT A STITCH OF THEIR TAPESTRIES DARE STRAY
WELL I’VE MOST OF ALL EXCELLED AT
PRETENDING TO BE A PERSON
ALL MY LIFE NEARLY EACH AND EVERY DAY
IN THE PHARMACIES AND THE BEHEMOTHS OF THOSE
FACELESS INTERVENTIONS
TWAS THE RED PILL I ONLY EVER CHOSE TO TAKE
EVERYTHING WAS GO UNTIL IT STOPPED
YOU THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT UNTIL IT WAS NOT
I DO NOT STRIVE TO PURPOSELY BE SO OUT OF PLACE
WHILE I PRETEND TO BE A PERSON EACH AND EVERY DAY

Animals on an Island

Lyrics

QUIETER THAN THE GLOVE THAT SITS UPON A DEAD MAN’S HAND
QUIETER THAN THE GHOSTS OF DESERT FATHERS IN THE SAND
QUIETER THAN THE TIGER TWELVE YARDS FROM HER PREY
I’M QUIETER
QUIETER THAN THE PHANTOM PAIN BENEATH THE AMPUTEES RIGHT KNEE 
OR THAN THE MOTHER TONGUE INHABITING THE IN LAWS TERRITORY 
QUIETER THAN THE CIA’S DARKEST SECRET KEEPERS
I’M QUIETER 
QUIETER THAN THE PLANELESS SKIES OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA
OR THE TUMBLEWEED RESPONSE TO THE FRESH FACED
STAND-UP COMEDIANS HUMOUR
QUIETER THAN THE NOISELESS HUM OF BUILDING EIGHTY SEVEN
I’M QUIETER
QUIETER THAN THE TRUTH IN THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
OR THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR NORMAN BATES
HEADING TOWARDS THE SHOWER 
QUIETER THAN THE MONKS AT LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE THEY SAY
I’M QUIETER

Quieter

Lyrics

HAPHAZARD AT MY BEST
THE INTROVERTED EXTROVERTS CONFESS
TALK THROUGH THEIR TEETH IN APOLOGETIC MUMBLES
WHERE PERFECT SKIES ARE DREAMED IN ROUGE AND MAZARINE
ALABASTER CLOUDS POSE AS CHESSBOARD PIECES
ROTHSCHILD SLIPPER ORCHID PRAY WHERE DO YOU GROW
WHAT GIVES BIRTH TO YOUR RAREST FORMS AND FEATURES?
ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT KINABALU
THE DANDELION SHOWN
TIS THERE AT A HEIGHT OF TWELVE HUNDRED METRES
COS WE’RE ALL GETAWAY GETAWAY GETAWAY
GETAWAY DRIVERS IN A STOLEN CAR
NOT BIG ENOUGH THE STAGE
STRUTTING PEACOCKS IN A MACHIAVELLIAN RAGE
HARBINGERS OF AVANT GARDE COERCION
YOU LEFT ME BURNT AND SCARRED
FIGHT NOT THE DRAGONS BUT OURSELVES
TOO HARD TATTOOED STAINS FROM MOLTEN LAVA HANDSHAKES
AN ORGY OF INDIFFERENCE ENVELOPED BY PRIDE
THE LITURGY EXPOSED YOU NOW FIND COMPELLING
IN THE BYZANTINE RELICS AND FRESCOES THEY HIDE
THE LEVIATHANS BREATH SLOW LABOURED AND HEAVING
FOR THIS IS MY MORE SOUR THAN SWEET CONFESSION
DID I CARE TO MENTION
I’VE NEVER BEEN GETTING IT RIGHT
I WILL MUST HAVE MY WAY
A SILVER COIN FROM ANCIENT ROME YOU SAY
DENARIUS ONCE KNOWN AS A PENNY
NO TWISTS OR CURLICUE
IN THE DESIGN OF OUR TRENCHES FEW
BUT MANY MASQUERADE AS PIONEERS
WE ARE LEGION AND NOT SIMPLY ONE THING
PERSONAS IN A BOOK OF MANY PAGES
A MULTIPLICITY OF SELVES TO THIS EXISTENCE WE BRING
BY ALL MEANS HAVE BUT TREASURE NOT YOUR OPINIONS
COS WE’RE ALL GETAWAY DRIVERS IN A STOLEN CAR

Getaway Drivers

Lyrics

IN THE STATION MASTERS HOUSE
LETHARGY AND LIFELESSNESS WERE BREEDING
DEVOID OF ALL SOBRIETY THE WOMB IN WHICH I GREW
IT WAS NOT BREATHING
CHASTITY AND SELF RESTRAINT
THE DEVIL AND THE IDLE SAINT
CLARABELLE SAYS “THEY BOTH WILLINGLY DANCE INSIDE YOU
DISSIPATED CAST ASIDE DECEITFUL GROOMS AND BROKEN BRIDES
THE ANODYNE PLIGHT IN A MARRIAGE IS WHERE I’LL FIND YOU
STUNTED TREE THAT DOES NOT GROW
INFINITELY NINE YEARS OLD AND WEEPING
THE WILLOW SPRAWLS AND SLOUCHES THERE
WHERE NO ONE LOOKS WHERE NO ONE CARES I’M SEEPING
UNAROUSED BLASé COLD I DARE NOT TWIST I ALWAYS FOLD
CLARABELLE COULD ANYONE EVER FIND YOU?
NO SHAMELESS FORMS OF STILTED PLEAS
NO CHUTZPAH OR AUDACITY
CLARABELLE PLEASE DON’T LET THIS DEFINE YOU
WHAT DEFINES YOU DEFINES ME
A SOPORIFIC CHANGE OF GUARD
ABSTINENT AND STILL NOT RIPE FOR STEALING
PERSNICKETY I’M ALWAYS THERE
I DO NOT AGE WHAT DOES NOT CARE REVEALING
THE SWARTHY VEINS THAT LINE HER FACE
BROKEN SPIDER LEGS ARE TRACED
CLARABELLE SAYS “I’M THE STORM NO PLANE WOULD FLY THROUGH
TINY POOLS HER SQUID INK EYES
OBSIDIAN AND OF SCANT DISGUISE
CLARABELLE SAYS “I’M UNREACHABLE AND NO ONE EVER EVEN
DARES TO TRY TO EVER DARES TO TRY TO
WHAT DEFINES YOU WHAT DEFINES ME

Clarabelle

Lyrics

AS WE OPEN TO THE HEAVENS THE CLOUDS INSIDE OURSELVES
REMIND US THAT WE NAVIGATE SOME ROADS WITH LITTLE HELP 
HITCHERS ON A HIGHWAY THUMBS ALOFT AND PROUD 
IT SEEMS YOU'RE GOING MY WAY WHERE THE SILENCE HUMS SO LOUD
FOR SURELY THOSE WHO FEEL IT TOUCH IT TASTE IT TOO
THOSE WHO KNOW WITHOUT KNOWING KNEW THEY SOMEHOW KNEW
THE CLAMOUR FOR ATTENTION THE NEED TO BE OBSERVED 
THE SKINNY APPARITIONS THE SQUAWKING OF A SNOWBIRD
GENIE ON MY SHOULDER THE SKY HAS TURNED TO BLACK 
IT'S TIME NOW THAT YOU TRUST ME FOR THERE IS NO TURNING BACK
THE SHACKLES OF ILLUSION THE PHANTOMS IN YOUR HEAD 
HE RESIDES IN DAYS GONE BY STILL SLEEPS IN YOUR OLD BED
BUT YOU OH LIGHT OF SPLENDOUR TIDES OF GRACE 
YOU WHO WEARS A MILLION LIGHT BULBS 'CROSS YOUR FACE 
SONG OF SOLOMON YOU CAN’T BE TRACED 
YOU WHO WEARS A MILLION LIGHT BULBS 'CROSS YOUR FACE

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