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This Place
03:52
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I thought I had fallen down
But I was mistaken
But we all make mistakes
Sooner or later
I found this place
It’s got to be real, it’s got to be fake
I made my home in this place
It’s got to be real, it’s got to save face, oh
I am just a man, just like we all are
Unless you’re not one
I’m not saying that it makes you any better
But it’s not impossible
I found this place
It’s got to be real, it’s got to be fake
I made my home in this place
It’s got to be real, it’s got to save face
I‘ve been here before and I won’t be knocked down
And I won’t be hurt, and I won’t be around
You’ve got this insane way of seeing everything
And I won’t be hurt, no I won’t be listening, oh
I won’t be oppressed by the masses
I won’t be that palatable
No I won’t be that kind of bull
I think I’ll be invisible
I found this place
It’s got to be real, it’s got to be fake
I made my home in this place
It’s got to be real, it’s got to save face
I‘ve been here before and I won’t be knocked down
And I won’t be hurt, and I won’t be around
You’ve got this insane way of seeing everything
And I won’t be hurt, no I won’t be listening
Oh
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Like Leather
03:49
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So you try to tell me that you’re not afraid
But every time I’m close your turn your head away
I think that you’re fantastic, love like elastic
But you can’t betray what you feel with what you say
Oh you chew me up like leather (leather)
Leaving me so soft and weak
On the floor and restless, ‘fraid I must confess this
Say just what you want, you shake it and you flaunt it
How can I commit to every word you say
I’m frothing at the bit, abuse me, I’m your slave
Oh you chew me up like leather (leather)
Leaving me so soft and weak
I want to understand the weather (weather) between your ears, so I
Can get between your knees
You polarize my eyes with lick-me-luscious thighs
Just one look and then, snap! I fall into your trap
You grab me by the hair and shove me down below
I’m shaking like a freak, twitching to and fro
Oh you chew me up like leather (leather)
Leaving me so soft and weak
I want to understand the weather (weather) between your ears, so I
Can get between your knees, oh oh oh oh
I say now, baby, please, I’m crumbling at the knees
You push me on the floor and go right back for more
You leave nothing to waste, you say it’s just a taste
Come back one more time, I’ll blow your fucking mind
Oh you chew me up like leather (leather)
Leaving me so soft and weak
I want to understand the weather (weather) between your ears, so I
Can get between your knees
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So [intro]
00:41
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Ahem, mmm, mmm… [scribbling noises] [ridiculous accent]
Very well, Mr. Aelus, the last time we talked about your increasing infatuation with porpoises, and some sort of small fainting blue goat from Galbitamin, a planet in a universe you refer to as [pause to check notes] “imaginary.” Excellent. Very well. So, Mr. Aelus, what would you like to talk about today?
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4. |
Aelus Is Da Bomb
03:19
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You know, whatever, the weather, I tickle your nose with a feather
I can make a cool bustle out of tin, gold, copper, and leather
Use my raw animal magnetism to stick a dog and cat together, yeah
I’ve got six hands so I can easily demonstrate
When Sephora’s not looking I use her stockings to masticate
When I roll on these heels I use marble-sized ball bearings
When hangin’ out with me, priests and nuns start swearing
I’m tired of everybody always telling me something’s wrong
How can they deny, Aelus is da bomb
I got nickel-lined trousers, just in case of radiation
When we’re talking about porpoises, it’s like, pure infatuation
And so what if they say I’m all inappropriate on a porpoise
You know me, Gear-G, you know they can’t touch this!
I’ve got steampunk eyeballs, separate light in seventy layers
I’ve got eleventy-seven coats, though I’m not quite sure where
So what if my mind is hazy sometimes all up in a fog
You know this shit’s crazy, Aelus is da bomb
Tick, tick, tick - Doc! Look what time it is – Marty!
Get the plutonium, absinthe, and opium - Yeah, we’re gonna have a party
I’ve got a date with a playmate in 1914
In an alternate reality with a view of Saturn’s rings
So just sit tight, Sprocket, take a word from your master
We hanging tight at Milliway’s drinking pan galactic gargle blasters
And whilst I sit sipping, cold peepin’ the end of the verse
I laughin’ to myself, ‘cause man I caused this shit first
Yeah, I come equipped with criminy, for all you Jiminy Cricket bastards
Spit in a cup, elope with a duck, use a dull spoon to shave my chest hair
I’m a cannibalistic, relativistic, give me some lipstick and I’ll go ballistic
Come-lately sniper, epic pied piper, you sleep on a bed, I sleep on a live bear!
Yeah, there’s just no pointing fighting it, no you can’t last long
Just take it like a Fremen - cool, quiet and strong
And while you’re at it, gimme some spice, and put it a bong
Each & every way you look at it, Aelus is da bomb
Just in case you were wondering, bastards!
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5. |
Under The Weather
03:43
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She said her name was Elizabeth
I don’t know for sure that it is
But that's okay for now I've just got to, got to try to make her
Feel so good somehow and look deep into her eyes
Oh, I don't care what you think of me at all, I just do what I must do
And I’ll just hope that it pleases who I’m with, because that’s my only wish
She said her name was Jennifer
I don’t know if it is or not
But we don’t care about that sort of thing
Look at all the trouble it’s gotten us
That it’s got us
Well, I don’t know and I don’t care to, it just don’t make a damn
If you’re feeling under the weather, let me see if I can make you feel better
Oh, make you feel better
She walked in in this short white thing
The most beautiful I’ve ever seen
She said her name was Pamela
I said hey la la la la la la
I said, What can I do for you miss
And she said, Sit back and enjoy this
Alright, I will
I don’t know and I don’t care to, it just don’t make a damn
If you’re feeling under the weather, let me see if I can make you feel better
Oh, make you feel better
Let me see if I can make you feel the way that I do
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6. |
Forfeit
03:23
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You said you would meet me behind the fair
You said you would listen, though you didn’t care to hear
I wouldn’t cheat you out on the truth
I would be perfect, bring you the proof
All the words I’ve raised, come a rain
I want you
I need you, oh, I bleed you
And the price you say is fair
You said you would rule with an iron fist, keeping your cool,
You said you would tell me when I had done well
You said you would beat me, put me through hell
I could be perfect, you smile with a sneer
All the sacrifice, with none brought back to life
Voice shrill
I warned you, oh I told you
That the pain was just too much
Under a moon I can see your eyes
Reflecting the light, and underlying lies
I was a fool, I can see it now
The power you’d had was a prophecy of vows
And despite your devilish feint, you’ve brought me up
But not the way you’d like
I taunt you
I feed you, oh, I bleed you
And the price is more than fair
You said you would meet me in the deep beyond
Now that I’ve set you there I’m not sure I’d want to come
My soul is forfeit, yeah, you’ve seen to that
A life lived in torture, a rapture painted all in black
All the sacrifice, come together now
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This Game
01:36
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Must we play this game
You push all my buttons the wrong way
Call me a fool, kiss me and run away
If I didn’t know better I’d say you were fine
Spend all my time trying to make you mine
While you spend yours flying
Must you treat me so?
Surely by now you must know
A girl can only give so much before she fades
You’re treating my love like you’ve got it in spades
I try so hard to make it clear
I’ve got all you need right here
I can see quite plainly, someone broke your heart
But you can’t give up on me baby, before you even start
Must it it be like this?
Poor thing, to deny such bliss
Just allow me the chance to bestow one kiss
I can surely give you all you need
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Rollin' Along
02:47
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“I love you in my way,” he says, and slaps her with the back of his hand
“You with the way you’re treating me, oh, you’re lucky you ain’t dead.”
Her shiner gleaming brightly now, she thinks about the truth in what he says
Wears down and bites her pride, and gives him every bit of her soul
She bears down, with every bit of her weight
He only smiles and laughs, he never hesitates:
“You don’t love me and I don’t need you here anymore”
“It’s all a matter of opinion,” he says, “and the way you hold your head,”
“And you with your hair combed like that, baby, don’t need to read minds to know what they’re thinkin’.”
“And you know that, when they look at you, they look at me, and
“And I simply won’t have them think of me that way.”
She bears down, with every bit of her weight
But he only smiles and laughs, he never hesitates:
“You don’t love me and I don’t need you here,”
“Baby, I need you to know I don’t need you here,” he says,
“If you can’t take the weight go back from whence you came.”
“And that’s alright-” she says.
“Yeah, that’s alright,” she says, “I know your kind and I understand,”
“You need someone timid like me to push around, make you feel like a man.”
“Just so you know, I don’t need this abuse, and I won’t take it long,
“Put your two bits in, and pack up your toothy grin, and get, get gone.”
He bears down, with every bit of his hate
She only shakes her fist and says: “Don’t you even hesitate.
“You don’t need me, and I don’t love you here
“Anymore.”
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9. |
When She Goes Down
03:35
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She's got this metallic look in her eyes
As though she were made of something different than you and I
It's this edge that makes her different
It's this edge that gets her into trouble and makes her feel so vulnerable
When she gets down, hey
There's nothing you or I can do, yeah
I try so hard to take care of her and find she's taking care of me instead
Now what do you say about that
Still I find there's something unpredictable, she's got me on my toes
Oh, she's got me on the edge of my seat
When she gets down, hey
There's nothing you or I can do, yeah
She's got me under her spell, I'm readily admitting this now, ooh
I don't need to be abused and I don't need amusement
I only need her fantastic way to smile -
She's so perfect, and it's so obvious
But I don't know what I'm supposed to do
Should I try to change her, can I even affect her
I'm not sure that I fit in my own shoes
When she gets down, hey
There's nothing you and I can do, yeah
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10. |
His Name Is Teddy Bash
01:45
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The demon spits and walks away whenever T walks in
The pastors cough and chat away about his many sins
A mixer and a maker and a mod behind the scenes
He makes a fool of those who think his methods are obscene
He won't accept the detriment of those considered less
And shuns the ladies aid brigade and their left-righteousness
He leaves a trail behind him filled with flame and smoke and ash
And when he leaves a calling card it spells out TEDDY BASH!
He agitates the constables when he arrives in town
With customary notices to clear out by sundown
But he ignores their rhetoric till he gets his repast
And leaves on many lady lips the taste of Teddy Bash
Over this wide creation, he creates a sensation when he appears
Thorngauge can't escape desecration, or inebriation, when the chemist is near
The ladies love his intellect and post-hypnotic ways
The gentlemen respect him for his bold and steely gaze
With elixirs that'll fix ya from your head down to your gash
The intoxicated toxicologist, his name is Teddy Bash
Don Juan with a drink in hand, his name is Teddy Bash
Drummer for the drink brigade, his name is TEDDY BASH!
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Pretty Song
03:57
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I've been missing you
Call upon the wind to carry my kisses to you
Your silky skin is in my brain
Crumbling my thoughts like a holy stain
I've been missing you so long I
Can't help but indulge myself
In thoughts of you all night long
And all the live long day through
I've been missing you
Pretty baby, do you still love me?
Oh pretty baby, do you still love me?
I've been missing you so long I
Can't help but indulge myself
In thoughts of you all night long
And all the live long day through
I've been missing you, you -
Been missing you
I've been missing you
Call upon the wind to carry my kisses to you
I've been missing you so long I
Can't help but indulge myself
In thoughts of you all night long
And all the live long day through
I've been missing you
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12. |
Feel
03:26
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I had to go, I had,
I had no other choice
Things went bad, left a bad taste
In my mouth
I’ve been praying all night, all night long
For something a little better
Seems god’s tuned to another station
He knows I’m stuck on that same old song and dance
Please believe me when I say I care
Even if the record doesn’t show it
Trust me when I say I’ll be there
Even if I’ve never been there
See I’m going through hard times
Paying for crimes I committed so long ago
What I need now is some understanding
Or maybe just somebody who understands me
Oh, oh, la la la la la la
Cover me in warm hemp blankets until I can no longer see the sun
Make it cold and dark outside
Could you do me, could you do me the favor
Of reaching through, reaching to me so I can reach you
Could you do me the favor of touching me so I know you love me
Oh, I’ve been trying so hard
Trying so hard
I’ve been trying hard
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13. |
Literally, Actually
03:07
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I go for a drive, but I don’t know what I’m doing
(What the fuck I’m doing)
Haphazardly moving my arms in a circle
(What are you, stoned?)
Actually, I’m sitting here at home all alone
(It’s okay, it’s okay)
Actually, actually, actually!
I sit here at home, but I’m bored ‘cause there’s nothing to do
(Dammit to hell!)
Actually nothing to lay my hands on
(What are you, blind?)
Oh, literally, I’m sitting here inside a void
(It’s okay, it’s okay)
Literally, literally, literally!
I wish I had someone to argue with
‘Cause I’m feeling so alone
I might be boring, but I’m accurate
‘Cause besides me there’s no one else home!
(Literally!)
My lungs hurt and I can’t breathe
(Literally!)
‘Cause there’s no air in space
(Actually!)
There’s air but none I can breathe
(Literally!)
The air gets sucked from my face -
Am I alive, I wonder, ‘cause who knows?
(Is there a god?)
Actually, logic would dictate I’m dead
(My body is gone!)
Literally, I think I get the point now
(Flashes of light! Flashes of light!)
Literally, literally, literally!
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Part lover's caress, part pugilist’s fist, songs of THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRAPTIONS are sonic space-time adventures. This patent-medicine man, time-traveler, gentleman explorer, and madman advance the steampunk rock movement with 2012 album The Time Traveler's Constant, employing danceable prog rock and Victorian aesthetics in genre-bending, aggressive-waltzing stories of steam and strife. ... more
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