Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Hope Lexicon
Track 1: First Words
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released September 17, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in August 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
FIRST WORDS
from her first words it was manifest 
passion for life so eloquently conveyed
she becomes smarter and stronger
as we get older and sharper
with every passing every day.
the future is a jagged puzzle 
of unmatching pieces
such a curious dilemma 
wishing for them to fit.
and the deepest, most painful regrets
that we’ve grown to forget
return with a hope that
we can make up for what we lost.
this overwhelming silence records her breath
these old worn pillows record our dreams
so clear in our slices of sleep
the pictures don't turn out
but we'll search all our lives.
(for my daughter Kieran and her mother Anna)

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First Words

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Hope Lexicon
Track 2: The Art Of Killing Dreams
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released September 17, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in August 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
THE ART OF KILLING DREAMS
your rhetoric is obsolete
too oblivious to admit defeat
just the same, we’re gonna 
kill all of your dreams.
its time i sharpen my tongue
and stab you with the unavoidable truth
this crusade of yours is based on fear.
and you didn't bury your victims deep enough.
to believe in your conceited lie
is to feed poison to one's mind
you're a vanguardist hypocrite
and this cop-out will be your demise.
if one were to skim our resumes
a subtle yet serious contrast
might go unnoticed.
you hand your heart over to authority
in a cheap attempt
to clear yourself of responsibility.
but equality is void in the absence of liberty.
those who thrive on uncurbed power
must someday die of starvation.
there are no profits to be made 
in the business of anarchy, 
only a better future.

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The Art Of Killing Dreams

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Hope Lexicon
Track 3: Scenester Antiseptic
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released September 17, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in August 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
SCENESTER ANTISEPTIC (June, 2011)
welcome to this ironic 
elitist social clique
call me jaded but I'm
simply sick of this shit.
rewarded for repetition of
ingenuine, cliché slogans.
action is imperative but
you're just here to get laid.
I'd rather go back to 
fist fights with rednecks. 
at least back then it was 
clear who my enemies were.
our scene is now a 
game show of popularity.
and i'm pleading for 
some sign of sincerity.
insipid spiteful intentions
and a heart made of shit
these actions are flacid and 
that bullet belt is full of blanks.
these are the rituals of true pop culture
self absorbent self propagated hype
is like a flat tire on your fixed gear bike
i'm glad i'll never be cool enough 
to meet your fucked up standards.

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Scenester Antiseptic

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Hope Lexicon
Track 4: A Predisposition For Self Destruction
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released September 17, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in August 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
A PREDISPOSITION FOR SELF DESTRUCTION
our species has the know-how,
the resources and materials
we need to build machines 
and necessary institutions
to provide everyone on earth
with food, shelter, healthcare, 
clothing and education.
the only thing we lack is the will.
the prognosis is quite simple
the one ingredient is greed
implemented by the corruption
that capitalism breeds.
now our country marches
on towards a police state.
the national defense act slides in
on a wave of distrust and hate.
this is what our 
species has to offer
a hierarchy of 
repression and murder.

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A Predisposition For Self Destruction

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Hope Lexicon
Track 5: Hope Lexicon
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released September 17, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in August 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
HOPE LEXICON
some call it extinction; 
i call it execution! 
we must say with them: 
"hope is our profession"!*
if they are to succeed or even survive 
i fear they will need to grow some wings 
to escape the damage of neo liberal betrayal. 
when we sleep at night their dead dream with us.
generations of indigenous 
families are forcefully evicted. 
their life, culture and dignity 
still on the verge of destruction.
some call it extinction; 
i call it execution! 
we must stand up with them, 
we must say with them: 
“everything for everyone, 
for ourselves nothing!"*
if they are to succeed or even survive 
i fear they will need to grow some wings. 
when we sleep at night 
their dead dream with us.
(Quotes * by Marcos, EZLN)

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Hope Lexicon

Band: SQUALORA
Album: Hell Is Other People
Track 8: Frozen Parallax
Written by Squalora
CD Released in May 2010 by Poisoned Candy Records
LP Released by Minor Bird Records in 2011
Recorded in June 2009 by Stan Wright at Buzz or Howl Studios in Portland, OR 
Mixed by Billy Anderson in March 2010
Mastered by Mammoth Sound
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - guitar, vocals
Dan Lawlor - drums
Tom Elston - bass

Lyrics:
FROZEN PARALLAX
subzero wind burns the life 
from our frozen faces 
and you know i never needed any help 
getting knocked this far off my feet.
the grass is always greener? 
yea, well sometimes it is. 
when spit turns to ice 
before hitting the snow, 
any warmth is bliss.
all i ever longed for was some 
camaraderie to kill the fear. 
the isolating mountains seem more 
like prison walls from down here.
endless years of this social abuse. 
i’m turning my back on this desolate place. 
my hands have lost their circulation 
but no one would shake them anyways.
at night i dream of escaping… 
at night i dream of escaping 
this perpetual winter.
(fuck montana)

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SQUALORA: Frozen Parallax

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Veins Of Oil
Track 1: Veins Of Oil
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released May 12, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in March/ April 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
VEINS OF OIL 
it's a serious addiction. 
always seem to need a fix. 
true motives so carefully concealed. 
playing the terror card again. 
and the thirst is never satisfied. 
the solution: it's transfusion time. 
we'll bomb your pretty city 
just so we can get high. 
choking straight to our deaths 
on our own carbon monoxide. 
and the thirst is never satisfied. 
the solution: it's transfusion time. 
shaking bloody hands 
with fellow murderers 
is not the slightest problem 
as long as we acquire 
our precious black drug 
for the needed injection. 
the thirst is never satisfied.
it’s transfusion time.

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BLEEDING TONGUES - Veins Of Oil

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Veins Of Oil
Track 2: Hello To Oblivion
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released May 12, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in March/ April 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
HELLO TO OBLIVION
immaculate conception in your 
brain. label yourself insane. 
where is your cure? label 
yourself so pure. how about 
insecure? how about obscure?
your life is an abstract blur. like 
sweet dragon-tails of fire, a truth 
you must inspire. because to feed 
that perpetual lie, such solutions 
are problems in disguise adding 
to that fucking fire. these lives are 
covered with a painting different 
from all others. their delicacy: a 
grey old photo of crimson lips 
arguing over a death. let’s spend 
our entire lives contemplating our 
own demise. hello to oblivion. our
days are finally done. hello to
oblivion. our days are finally dead
and gone. what a painful eulogy. 
never in our lives have we owed 
ourselves such a great apology. the 
furnished sin brought out through 
our lives is a symbol of endurance 
against religious hierarchy. goodbye 
to the liars, hello to the truth. now 
we shake hands with the bloody. 
and say hello to oblivion. our days 
are finally done. when I am asked 
if i believe in god i reply “no, and 
it’s for his own good”.

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BLEEDING TONGUES - Hello To Oblivion

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Blood In The Clouds
Track 1: Blood In The Clouds
Written by Matt Svendsen
Released May 27, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in April 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

Lyrics:
BLOOD IN THE CLOUDS (2011)
my heart is in a coma
waiting to be extinguished
in withdrawal from the soma
please wake me from this life
i can feel her breath
under my dying skin
while they inject me
with their version of sin.
there's blood in the clouds
and i'm on my way down
there's blood in the clouds
and it's raining now
she vows we'll live forever
if i devour my own heart
dweller on the threshold
with fervent knife in hand.
and i can feel the earth 
everywhere I walk
under my infected feet
as it dies and rots
there's blood in the clouds
and i'm on my way down
there's blood in the clouds
and it's raining now.

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BLEEDING TONGUES - Blood In The Clouds

Band: BLEEDING TONGUES
Album: Blood In The Clouds
Track 2: I'd Rather Die Young
Made popular by Johnny Cash; written by Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn, Randy Wood
Released May 27, 2013 by Poisoned Candy Records
Recorded in April 2013 by Matt Svendsen in Portland, OR 
Cover art, design and layout by Matt Svendsen
Matt Svendsen - All instruments, vocals.

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BLEEDING TONGUES - I'd Rather Die Young

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