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Live At Centaur Guitar

by The Welfare State

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Donna Summer 03:22
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800 milliamps At 1 to 6 seconds Depression is a threshold You come home To Donna Summer You lose libido You protect your soul Eating at the food court You come home To Donna Summer Trouble - Goodbye Hope - Breath Machinery twitches slightly Low standards - Common sense It’s been years since you noticed What your body used to do It’s not like something’s missing Now you know what to do You howl at intelligence With every setting sun It’s too personal You sleepwalk To Donna Summer They filled you up And altered your stuff I mean - you volunteered You slow down To Donna Summer Trouble - Goodbye Hope - Breath Machinery twitches slightly Low standards - Common sense It’s been years since you noticed What your body used to do It’s not like something’s missing Now you know what to do The stars above us twinkle and wink We’ve got exaggerated time I’d like to talk to you this week I’d like to keep wasting my mind
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Heavy Breathing 04:36
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I'm too rational I ask for nothing Though you want me to Ask for something I breathe heavy But I'm not turned on Once I was young But this feels like living We need quiet roads We need ecstasies For our frozen bodies For our bewildered hearts There are so many parts So many parts That never match I'm not sloppy Well, my tongue can slip On a crystal dance floor Take a ride if I'm not fried I leave early But I'm always looking back I'm not disconnected It's more like a trance. We need beds made of glass We need recuperative sleep For our frozen bodies For our private hearts There are so many parts So many parts That never match I'm too rational I ask for nothing Though you want me to Ask for you Dogs and sorcerers High frequency clips I’ve tasted what’s on tap Give me a potion that rips
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Yes Yes Yes 05:44
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Yes Yes Yes to the disco drive It's as bad as all the rest Let me tell you something - Who doesn't like feeling alive? I'll keep you hot when the fuel runs out Endless mutations; political doubts There's a cock in your hand And a boredom in your mouth But bodies bloat and they still react Stretching for fingers that might decompress Secondhand currents we will to life I taste grim yearnings in the crack of your sweat Taste precious future in the scent of your sweat But bodies collide and they still react Remake the same thing every time we dance Secondhand lusts we command to life I see the same future when you pay your tab I want to do more than dream of distant lands Yes Yes Yes to the disco drive It's as bad as all the rest A spot on the century's lung I knew I couldn't go on and on Yes Yes Yes to the disco drive It's as bad as all the rest Let me ask you something - Don't you like staying alive? But bodies splinter and they still react Stretching for fingers that might recompense Secondhand currents we will to life I taste grim yearnings in the crack of your sweat Taste precious future in the scent of your sweat But bodies collide and they still react Remake the same thing every time we dance Secondhand lusts we command to life I see the same future when you pay your tab I want to do more than dream of distant lands (I tried, I tried) Born to be alive There's a new me coming out Satisfaction came In the chain reaction Nobody can stop the music To lose it would be tragic
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Kill Your Sons (Lou Reed) 04:14
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Vertigo On Demand 03:11
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The mirror offers you a chance Your friends are waiting The veil is there for a purpose Step through--imagine a band It’s a gas until the future-- The future takes command It’s all here— Vertigo on demand. The wig you wear is a tight one Re-routes the blood from your head I saw you looking at yourself I know what happens next. We’re not subjugated knowledge We’re more the corporate left. I saw you reading a rock bio Safely shaking domestic sense. The next chord is in my pocket Tangled in lint & cat hair Do friends know you’re still in a band? Do they even care? I know we’re not so different I’m in a corner too We’re Dionysian statistics We’re mythological glue. Chasing the dragon’s gas It’s difficult to explain. Rock off. You’re divorced--now you’ve got a kid Your money’s your limit and your rule. You never ever practice It practices you Did you burn off all the excess— The fat that made you sad? It came and went— (Might come back again…) Vertigo on remand.
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You're Not Allowed To Like It 04:51
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You’re not allowed to like it. You’re not allowed to like it. This is where my love stops. This is where love stops. I say. You lick your lips You clap your hands You drop your pants You lick your lips You’re occasionally allowed to like it. I’m supposed to keep wanting. This is how my love recharges This is where love enlarges. I say. You lick your lips You clap your hands You drop your pants You lick your lips Your body is a warning Surprised by your calculations Some night when I won’t answer Someone else will. Ooh-Ooh. Hold me down and wonder It was a beautiful sight You haven’t got a right To hold me tight There’s a hole A unique black hole Loose your grip Lose your grip
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After Years In Seclusion 04:22
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After years in seclusion We lost the taste For licking our wounds And licking our asses But something we didn’t see before Is everywhere— Eyes of starshit crossed with eyes of steel Generous and wider One hand scratching head sores Flashing lights & singing voices I move through construction Nights are bright and vice-less I want no woman, I want no man Strange body parts in crooked teeth We own nothing and It’s not a dream After years in seclusion We lost the taste For licking our wounds And licking our asses We wander—nobody’s safe But we never ever were I open my Touch me and I’ll touch you Not like a woman Not like a man Until this moment I would have done anything, I would have obeyed.
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Beneath The College Garage 02:47
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Beneath the college garage I wait Cornered in invisible light My head is clear, uncategorized Body nearly abandoned to flight Sores as maps, attempted escapes Insides collapse, the smile of no restraint Harassment or love, hands cover my face I spell fortunes before I go straight Ya Ya Something had to happen, something had to change Ya Ya The pills, the pills, the performance of the brain He says I made a choice; I think I agree They say delirious, contagious certainties Okays wear me down, my eyes itch and fade I lick my fingers, try to keep the old ways Light-headed feels heavy, I sleep like a dog I wake to a world gone wrong I work for a world long gone Like Van Winkle--can’t believe where I've gone Ya Ya Something had to happen, something had to change Ya Ya The pills, the pills, the performance of the brain The coffee tastes shit on my lips The drive to work stops all by itself I wreck my head but it never sustains The pulverizing gives me new names I’m on and off – and laughing too I’m here and there – and laughing too In a large slug park where the tractors meet By the light of a light I caress my feet I'm something now - something you know and don't know Reborn, reborn, security guard proto I'm on and off - and laughing too I'm here and there - and laughing too I fully intend to see this through

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released February 9, 2017

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The Welfare State Portland, Oregon

Portland OR rock & roll & groove combo that made it's way from the 00s to the 10s. Guitars & reaching for the stars. Anthemic jamz for nowhere generations.

“Moves on from where the Velvet Underground left off at Loaded.”
- Richard Meltzer ... more

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