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The Hall of Mirrors :: Demo

The Knifethrower’s Proposal

Give me something sharp, something shiny and new
I got a cool trick that I want to show you
It starts with a bang and it ends in disaster
Love’s a knife trick, go ahead and ask her

Carny barker love sonnet, sequins and heels
Don’t stop smiling while you spin on the wheel
They paid good money on the chance you’ll get hurt
Trust me now darling, I’m a knife expert

I will make you a circus starlet if I don’t cut you first
They’ll chant your name upon the midway
I promise it won’t hurt, no it won’t…

“Feats of dubious sanity!”

This ain’t some old freakshow, ain’t no game of chance
The knives know everything about romance
Turn through the light, baby, end over end
Kissing the air around your head

Outline your figure with the point of my blade
When I untie your wrists you have to smile and wave
Now tie me to the target and give me a spin
If you don’t throw them hard, the knives won’t stick

CHORUS

The Knifethrower's Proposal :: Demo

Ordinella :: Demo

Kennedy kicks the young kids’ asses
Spills them out like a bucket of rain
Soaked on up in the weeds and grasses
Shovel of dirt, it’s a hell of a shame

All the kids with sunken ships for eyes
Swim against the rising tide
Shamble ring around the eulogy
Burning holes in pretty cheeks

Kennedy swings a lot of bad deals
Out the back of his Chevrolet van
Wants to show you his DJ tables
Get you back there if he can

CHORUS

Kennedy’s lost among the oak trees
Can’t find camp so he lays down here
Curled up tight in a bed of dry leaves
Sun comes up, but nothing is clear

Hey burn slow now not too, not too
Hey burn slow now not too, not too
Hey burn slow now not too, not too
Hey burn slow now not too fast.

Kennedy asks a lot of questions
Says, “Hey old man, remember my name.”
Asks me if I ever been there
Different stop on a familiar train

CHORUS (2x)

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Highway 1

Down the trail and out the back
Moonlit waves in sets are stacked
Relic twisted karma pull
Empty ocean, ocean full

And Henry Miller says
he’s gonna live again
if only to have 
a lot more sex
Pass it on Highway 1.

Down the ridge and through the brush
In a cave the hands are hushed
Praying that your spaceman soul
Finds the key and finds the hole

Chorus

Highway 1 :: Demo

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Ryan Masters is a songwriter and musician from the Santa Cruz Mountains. He fronts The Suborbitals (Monterey, California). He was a founding member of Smoke Chaser (Santa Cruz, California), Goatboy Johnson (Fairbanks, Alaska) and Pan (Tainan, Taiwan). He is also the founder of Heroic Dose Records.

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