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This Knowledge

by Har Herrar

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1.
Glimpsing strange sights, squinting through lights Of time and of space No hellos or goodbyes, I feel no surprise To see any face Why do past live never seem to die? Will I ever die? Timeless, they fade, and memories evade And moments capsize Felt, never seen, or somewhere in between In the short purple sage Visions in place from all sex and race And Gender and age Find the letters you sent to yourself When you mapped out a path in the sky Trace your footsteps, follow the lines And don't bother ever asking why
2.
Energy 03:25
They say energy cannot be destroyed That it's an endless river in an endless sea But you defy physics, you cynics, you did it You disbelieved, doubted, destroyed energy. I am a light who's beam shines, ever westward Favonian backdrafts toward desert and sea You're a compass that's froze in a single direction Infection injection if it were up to me You've been taught the rules Family tree of fools Rotten fruit that falls to the ground And hits without a sound, rolls away What's that fantasy you've got hanging In your closet? I've never seen you put it on Has it gotten out of style? Have you been told that it's from an era bygone?
3.
Toy Ode Uh 02:50
Eleven-thousand feet From Glenwood Springs in thirteen hours Running on rubber feet Across the desert of Wyoming In the passenger seat A living legend known to no one Pavement and gravel meet Sunset, the Great Divide Basin I'm sorry I'm a murderer, I know This highway is a wild and wicked hell The desert Stretches strange into the night The desert beats upon your body's light The Eastern forests sway Beneath a sky that's always raining A thousand miles away Between the hills of Appalachia And on that fateful day I punched your eye out in Kentucky Then we were on our way To a far-off fate that finally killed you
4.
Jaywalker 03:10
Hands up, eyes down I've been around If you look away then maybe things will disappear I'll take it on myself, scare the fear I hold so dear, so Walk in, run out Trade shit for doubt Consuming another, wanting them to consume you Better hold it tight, it might fade and become untrue Can you see the faces that I said were turning gray? Please, don't be one of them, and don't turn yours the other way, so Come on, come on Take a breather, wash your hands Come on, come on! Aren't you weary? I know I am Come on, come on, come on Jaywalker! Look both ways Slow lane, fast lane High cost small gains If you look away then maybe things will disappear I'll take it on myself, scare the fear I hold so dear Gremlins in the engine, added to the gasoline Gremlins in the engine, added to the gasoline
5.
3 Things 02:37
Freedom defined by a cabinet, By the state or within your own mind A cerebrum clad in shackles Hide and seek with itself, seek to find Not a notion for promotion Not a slogan for banners and signs An abstraction lacking action Adjustments based upon place and time Don't go near, it's a mind trap You'll never make it out alive Don't look under that striped hat And don't be surprised what you find Piece together how you got here Cast your vote so you can be cast out You don't have it but hand it over What you gained is not worth what you gave out Not a notion for promotion Not a tool to raise cash or gain clout But we're stranded on an ocean Where there's none of what we can't live without *Fred Hampton voiceover* "We've got to defend ourselves, we intend to defend ourselves. We did so in the past, and we're gonna do it today and the day after that and the day after that. Because only through this proper example of self defense, and the proper example of retaliation, and by letting these people know: That we move for some basic laws. That anything that goes down on oppressed people, on the part of the oppressor, it should be reciprocal. And in plain, proletarian workers language: It takes two to tango. As soon as these motherfuckers go, we go." and through
6.
Striped Hat 04:50
Freedom defined by a cabinet, by the state, or within your own mind A cerebrum clad in shackles, hide and seek with itself, seek to find Not a notion for promotion, not a slogan for banner and signs An abstraction, lacking action, adjustments based upon place and time Don't go near, it's a mind trap You'll never make it out alive Don't look under that striped hat And don't be surprised what you find Piece together how you got here, cast your vote so you can be cast out You don't have it, but hand it over. What you gained is not worth what you gave out Not a notion for promotion, not a tool to raise cash or gain clout But we're stranded on an ocean where there's none of what we can't Live without *Fred Hampton voiceover* "We've got to defend ourselves, we intend to defend ourselves, We did so in the past, and we're gonna do it today, And the day after that, and the day after that. Because only through the proper example of self-defense And the proper example of retaliation And by letting these people know that we move for some basic laws. That anything that goes down on oppressed people On the part of the oppressor, It should be reciprocal. And in plain, proletarian, workers' language: It takes two to tango. As soon as these motherfuckers go, we go."
7.
Today is just a day that lives inside your head The here and now of now tomorrow will be dead And as the fella said, 'With faith you will be fed' The daily mundane deeds are what fill your day with strife Look ahead to looking back from the last day of your life What matters is how high you climbed into the night And all that matters now is the noise you make when you fall down And what we need is now, and to find somebody to show how Today is just a day you'd rather just forget And those that held you down are the ones you've never met It's something they can bet, one day they will regret The truth is not expressed in screams It hides its face and then falls as a whisper And other than diluted dreams All I have left are the things that I remember The truth is not expressed in screams It hides its face and then falls as a whisper And if you listen hard enough You'll hear the songs our souls sing to each other That's why you're still here with me
8.
I read some pages from your book Closed and placed it on my shelf forever With greedy hands, I reach for you Touch and let go to floating like a feather All I want is everything The queen of crimson loses like a lover This choice contains a multitude Of hells and heavens to lose or discover And knowing this knowledge can't be un-known I don't believe in accidents Every living being has a mother Something pushed me to the ground I bear the scar and soon I'll bear another Logic is illogical And every act is one of affirmation Careening blissfully With a complete and total lack of expectation But wearing such translucent skin Lets every piercing instant in And once the moment is absorbed Can't be forgotten, evermore They coalesce and downward pull With all that's weird and wonderful And hotly dripping off my chin And falling squarely on my pen Fulfillment of a million dreams The universe tears at the seams The blindness of outrageous sight From unthinkable love and light
9.
I'm not living to succeed I'm here to understand I'm not working to make money I'm just strengthening my hands I didn't buy a car I got a rolling periscope I'll be leaving, I'll be leaving I've got everywhere to go Slow down awhile, for now Take what you can from who you've known Collect all of the people for another day When lightening strikes the ground It pulls back out of fear And in the torrent, I tell my terror "Right now, I am right here." Needless to say, I need But I'm walking to be free I'll be leaving, I'll be leaving I've got everywhere to be

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released May 15, 2009

All songs written and performed by Justin Spike, except cello on tracks 1 and 8 performed by Emily Hertz. Upright bass on track 8 performed by Ryan Williams. Viola on track 8 performed by Jamie McCrary. Recorded in Denton, TX by Justin Collins. Mastered in Chicago, IL by Carl Saff. Album art by Matt Gauck. -2009

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