Beat: school rooftop - hisohkah
https://soundcloud.com/hisohkah/schoo...

hisohkah
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https://hisohkah.bandcamp.com/releases

cover art by vivian ly
https://www.instagram.com/vlyart/

pragmatist
https://www.instagram.com/schwanlake/
https://twitter.com/iamericschwan

audio engingeer
zach pincus
https://www.instagram.com/zachpincus/


lyrics:
(verse 1)
running out of parts to pay bills with
dark alley devils see my heart and start pilfering
see my life laid out in leafage
every black eye and every sky in a sequence
tell me is it peeking?
seasons change, now my bloomage rearranged
fountain of youth is a cistern
bowing to a toilet that washes away the missed turns
neck sunburned, this still water runs like a kiddy pool
that i could dip into
half my torso in a tv
i wonder if my mirror image wants to be me
i know existence is a game of word of mouth
and that i can keep on living if i'm talking to myself
don't know if it's a tragedy or travesty 
but i can tell by your fingernails that you're mad at me
even though you'll never say a word i can hear you in my head like
i hear you in my head like...

scream

(verse 2)
you scream and i scream
we all scream for nice things
although i trust the day she doesn't tell me what the night brings
reality's aloof strayer
illegally a soothsayer
never had enough control to play with two players
could be crucified on to the 5
look alive
i been all dressed up but got nowhere to drive
two steps forward, one step back
destination is a mystery i never do the math
relax
tell myself the meanings in the journey
i don't think i heard me
who should i be cursing
who should i then worship
how can you be certain 
with a single look behind the curtain
i'm discerning everything is everything
it's all said and done
sort of like a setting sun
it will run, it will run
with the consistency of sums
you can turn a blind eye but that will heighten other senses
there will always be an infinite of other consequences

(outro)
there's no telling which direction we are going
we are rowing, we are rowing, we aren't slowing

Modern American Mythology is Me

Gower Gulch (prod. hisohkah)

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cover art by vivian ly
www.instagram.com/vlyart/

pragmatist
www.instagram.com/schwanlake/
twitter.com/iamericschwan

audio engingeer
zach pincus
www.instagram.com/zachpincus/

lyrics:
saints have the best secrets
i heard that from a deacon
as he's speaking from the pulpit
makeshift judge stand, who's the culprit
gotta 
squeeze the blood from stone
turn the waves to bone
hanging by a phone
redefine alone
wash the feet of foes
while they in repose
sparing with a linguist who parries all the blows
all my neighbors cloak and dagger
cutting through the dark matter
and i am face down on a mattress
eating catfish
every stone thrown from a blasphemist
but this little light
dims when its bright
purity in white
never seemed right
nothing seems right
my kingdom and yours to recognize life




old men run when i'm speaking in tongues
rank every with the same stats for fun
i go to war against the classist bastards
see if they're still calling me a scum faggot
shouting matches till my insides hit the pavement
teach me to preexist without a from of payment
i got dragon skin
my scale rots to the next of kin
the pseudonyms keep moving in
there's no telling which is you again
standing on an alter that you can't defend
swear you'll be the only one to hear the bells right?
they toll for me.
let it ring.

church (prod. j^p^n)

Pragmatist

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Co-produced by Jordan Buckelew
https://soundcloud.com/ontheplayground
https://soundcloud.com/jordanbuckelew

and Artistic Propaganda
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Album Artwork by Vivian Ly:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vlyart/?hl=en

Lyrics:

(Verse 1)

Getting jerked off by the hand of fate
I guess I’ll plan a second date
Fortuna fickle and she never wanna fuck
So I’m stealing sweet saliva off the lips of lady luck
I’m a mouse trapped in a rat race
You know, the type to win a bout with the gas face
Penny for a thought but a nickel for a closed mouth
Another dollar in the deal if it go south
Blink out a sorry starry eye
In a parking lot, dark night, fury in the sky
When the demon of a past life
Flicker in a match strike
Something’s gotta give
Yeah, something’s gotta give
I’m cutting skin off my teeth
I got the feeling that there’s something beneath
Just leave it up to the dealer’s choice
But you know you got a problem when the chips down
And you never heard the fucking dealer’s voice

(Chorus)

I’m all in
I’m just going all in
I’m all in
Yeah, I’m always going all in
I’m all in
I’m just going all in
I’m all in
Yeah, I’m always fucking all in

(Verse 2)

Kids are watching from a culdesac
Serious, they’ve been staring like a heart attack
Line running cold voices calling a bluff
You try to barter with the words, it’s a matter of guts
Just
Second guess a second answer
While searching for some candor in the blessing of a standard
The sugar’s looking black and the coffee’s looking white
See those shadows dirty dancing when I haven’t hit the light
Tight fist just to get a grip
Send a message in a bottle couldn’t afford a lid
Thanking heaven every moment for the hell of it
But what’s a minute when the seconds are irrelevant
Try to roll a lucky seven on a six side
Average man up and taking aim when a pig fly
Burn out an Icarus wing with a cigarette
Don’t know the half of it don’t even know the silhouette
Looking for the right side of a mattress
Practice, going through the motions but its tactless
Passive, karma up the sleeve as a fallback
Ace up the other probably drop it on a sadsack
Hazmat leaking in a bucket 
hit the brim soon
Sun up and sun down 
Eyes open high noon
Laying back and try to bum another summer
Got my head in the clouds and got my mind in the gutter

(Chorus)


(Verse 3)

Is the power in the flesh or is the power in the bone? 
And whats it really matter to the sticks and stones?
Stepping on a crack? Better do it back to back.
Double negatives always coming after the fact
Hallelujah, Amen, Always feeling fake
Kinda like the separation of church and state
From a front seat confession to a backseat penance
Turn Lemons to lemonade then the lemonade to lemons
When it’s so good it’s bad
The best thing to do is blindfold mix and match
Still got the hindsight 20/20 never looking forward
Keeping one foot on either side of the border
Double down never folding now I’m flat broke
And I can play it off as a bad joke
Time is money profits frozen cuz I’m stalling
So I’m playing loose change and going all in

Mine! All Mine!!

No Such Luck (All In)

Pragmatist

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Produced by Artistic Propaganda
https://soundcloud.com/artisticpropaganda
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/artisticpropaganda/?hl=en

Audio Engineer - Jordan Buckelew
https://soundcloud.com/ontheplayground
https://soundcloud.com/jordanbuckelew

Album Artwork by Vivian Ly:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vlyart/?hl=en


Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
Bang bang
My baby shot me down in cloud city
I hit the ground, safe and sound
Looking damn pretty
And speak with sounds that rattle demons to their core
Yo, shut the door
I talk the talk
I’ll show you what those words are for
Mama has a degree in Arthurian Mythology
The Once and Future King without a name
Come follow me
And maybe bend the knee when I ask for an apology
And while you’re down there a quick lesson in biology

(Female Narration:
What?)

I could kiss a pair of lies
Out of a pair of thighs
Watch a pair of flies
Circling a light bulb
That’s not insightful
But even in my triteness
You’ll still likely cite this
In dissertations on tightness
I guess
I’d be bad at The Bachelor
Trying to deflower
Each and every maiden who’s playing
Like each and every hour
Talk about me like a bad dream 
Because I do devour
Counted Sheep
Wool runs red with the dying bleet

(Chorus)
The Prince of Longing never loses in his battles of will
The only one who challenges him is the King of the Hill
A showdown of the most proud
Armor full of inhibition watch that sucker go down (say again)
The Prince of Longing never loses in his battles of will
The only one who challenges him is the King of the Hill
A showdown of the most proud
Whats the use in retribution?
Watch that fucker kiss ground


Rocking these sacrificial superstitions
I’m a rap magician
Employing track attrition
I could make the rubble glisten
I’m a fiend in show and tell
Yes, I’m a scourge with a smile
Poach your playthings for awhile
And yet I still evade a trial
Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum
If that mother fucker bite his thumb
We got a problem
Eviscerate a fuck boi goblin
Every morning in your lover’s inbox
Like “Carpe DM”
Yes, I’m the reason that you hardly see em’
And being I’m the sort of fellow
Who’s more than a beau to most
It’s a tragic joke
Yo, you’re lover’s lovers gotta go
But don’t fret your little head
I’ll hit the light when I exit
Even though you lay awake
Because I’m just so fucking vexing
I bet you I’m gonna sleep good tonight (repeated x5)
That’s damn right boy

(CHORUS)

Carpe DM

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Lyrics:

This the inversion of a hollow cross
That’s hanging from the gullet of an albatross
Umbrellas hit the ground and start to fill with unconnected thoughts
To top it off you’re drenched in it
Never quenching it
Sitting sogged, watter logged
In a fucking fog
You should have brought a slicker
Thinking that you’re blood was ichor
Now you got a case of the quitters
You should reconsider everything that you know
Because the rain can help you grow
Unless you’re caught in the throws of someone who say they’re snow
Just for show

Cuddling, coddling up a valetudinarian
Be wary, cuz the spirits that I’m channeling
They ain’t possessed of self pity
You still explain yourself silly
Not aware you’re barely pressuring the surface like a water lily
What if the clouds storm in?
What if the ground can’t swim?
What if we fill the marble with some droplets up to the brim?
There’s tears spilling out a stone effigy
You try to plug it with some levity
The eyes closed tightly
Bite me

Catching cued actors rehearsing
Like—
C’mon, are you a fucking good person?!
Spouting such certain assertions
Yeah my truth make me sad 
but your truth make me nervous
A typhoon of lip service
Somehow managing to still be wordless
The cloud was bursting for a solid 15
Until the calming of the storm
Or the changing of the scene
Every neck raised to a nimbus
Try to decipher who’s to blame
I don’t even sweat it
I’m just tryna get out of the rain

The Rain Song (Pragmatist x Mountaineer! Remix)

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Pretty Boy

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Summerfine (feat. YØN)

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Two-Player

Apocrypha

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Holy Wood (feat. YØN)

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