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Gnar Noir

by Step Children

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1.
Nuclear Summer 03:55
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we had it all and gave it away killed the goose and the golden eggs fallout will remain we had it all and gave it away sugar from neighbors just like olden days fallout will remain all the oceans blackened not a ship in sight all the mountains flattened not a tree alive all our bees, all our honey all our cheese all our bread is done all our money’s gone what a year thorny little splinter now we’re in the clear nuclear winter what a bummer waiting for the nuclear summer we had it all and gave it away the dogs are loose and the cats are stray fallout will remain we had it all and gave it away hand-me down favors come with a price to pay fallout will remain hunkered down, haven’t you heard? everybody’s trying to find the password down in the bunkers, mum is the word everybody’s dying to find the password what a year thorny little splinter now we’re in the clear nuclear winter what a bummer waiting for the nuclear summer no, don’t lose it, nah, no way no, nah, nope, don’t give it away
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Sleepwalker 03:29
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wake up, think on your feet Monday, wish you never existed I’m making peace with the empty sheets where my mind and my body are distant make up for the time that’s wasted the people and the planets have drifted I’m making peace with the demons in me but the truth is my confession was scripted lost our stripes, kept the starlight glued to the sky lost our sight, sunlight shanghaied we blew up the moon, we spoke too soon late at night all alone I’m a night owl all alone I’m a night owl now stay up, can't recognize this place Zoe, you’re so futuristic I’m making peace with the empty streets where the signs and the structures are twisted take up a new language and face it— the people and the planets have shifted I’m making peace, but the dreaming has ceased and the medication’s highly addictive I’m not afraid of the dark I don't believe in ghosts flying high on an ether's arc making friends with the shadows deep inside my mind it's neon pink and blue and when I think I can get in a wink I solely dream of you I’m only breathing I’m always leaving wish I knew the reason I keep walking in my sleep
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Curtains 03:48
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feel it in, feeling it out nobody wants to know healing up, dealing it out everything needs to go sealing it in, freeze it out somebody wants to know squeal to win, peeling out everyone needs to go higher than a mountain I think I love you penny for your fountain another dream come true all in all at once all in, all-in-one fall in love again from the ceiling to the floor from the windows to the door we keep dancing until we’re sore feeling it up, kneeling down nobody wants to know ease it in, wheel it down everything needs to go teeing it up, whittling down somebody wants to know squeeze it in, settling down everyone needs to go don’t stop you’re drop dead gorgeous jumping on the bed chain-smoking cigarettes cause no one tells us what to do don’t lie to me I won’t lie to you
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Radio Static 03:33
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we’re always at war love in the trenches they glow in the dark like from another dimension it’s going too far they fly by balloon let’s shoot for the stars and cozy up to the moon take the night back and fade the sky out to black we’re radioactive under attack, we make up the facts as we go it’s radio static the water is bad, but we drink it up fast though we know it’s radioactive now the signal’s dead it’s all radio static we’re red hot to the core testing our weapons we are the reactors we’ll always be threatened they mess with the pressure we’ve all been marooned let’s melt down the sun and sell the gold to the moon everyone’s talking, nobody’s listening everything’s foggy, nothing is glistening spinning the satellite, blowing the mission who wins the fight when you lose the transmission? radio static tuning it out and now it’s radio silent
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Ambush 03:28
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kills like a chemical stunning as an alien hunting you down like an animal with vicious ambition building arms like tentacles punishing barbarians butter you up like a cannibal delicious ambition they take what came for it’s more than they need is that the most you got? now they aim to make you bleed breaks half your bones and it steals all your keys shakes you to your knees in the name of greed still like a sentinel gunned down in the cranium hunting you down like an animal with vicious ambition scammable and flammable ambush position cutting you down like a bird in bramble with wishful ambition hard to guard against friendly fire all up in arms and barbed wire storming up the stairs coming to make you theirs sending feathers in the air and shrapnel everywhere throwing chairs victory’s declared
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Ceasefire 03:42
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all that we want is not all we need it’s not what we’d dreamed it’d be who do you believe? the snapshot’s haunting me give me one more peek it’s not that I want to see it trust me just adore the tease of taunting me call it quits, we’re estranged all that’s left is the change I’m ashamed to admit it but I didn’t want to spare it anyway signature required shake hands on the ceasefire tip toe and retire take a stand and keep climbing higher fake it til we break the ceasefire all that we want is not all we need it’s not how we drew up the scheme now who do you believe? the snapshot’s haunting me give it one more week it’s not that I want to leave you trust me, we’d just get bored eventually it’s daunting call it quits, we’re estranged guess I’m left with the change i’m afraid to admit it but I didn’t want to share it anyway signature required shake hands on the ceasefire tip toe and retire big banging the trip wire negotiate desires take a chance on the ceasefire stand down in compliance make it up and keep flying higher fake it til we break I know it’s hard to kick the shit that’s killing you it’s killing me too it’s so easy to discard the truth in lieu of déjà vu and paying dues feed off the supplier take a glance at the ceasefire stand up and deny it change of plans when the lease expires rake it til it quakes fake it til we break the ceasefire
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One & Only 04:05
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one and only i’m lonely clearly i miss you dearly my one and only lover, can you hear me? i’m calling your name from valley to alley nothing’s the same i’ve always taken the colors for granted but now the landscape’s black and white I’m losing sight, my foundation is slanted i’ve but an hour left of light one and only i’m lonely lately i miss you greatly my one and only lover, can you blame me? i’m calling your name from alley to valley nothing’s the same i’ll carry the torch and bury the money I’m staying the course I still think it’s funny thrill of the chase replacing the space just to touch your face
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Silverfish 03:57
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common as cotton, gunning for silk starving for a confrontation I’m a flunky for love, spoiled as milk carving is my occupation abundantly rotten, hunting for a meal parting for the consolation you’re a junkie for love, losing the feel fiddling with the knob for the combination now we’re sick of this love kicking us out picking every lock in town in it for the money gonna kill everybody wanna thrill everybody people act funny round a whole lot of money been a little scummy gonna pin it on somebody wanna win it for my honey people act funny round a whole lot of money coffee to feed on, sugar to mill ruining the conversation love can’t settle the bills or clean up spills it won’t quell the infestation running out of seasons, jacked up as Jill tripping over constellations still on chapter one in the book of love weathered as leather, it’s an aberration secrets are lies half-life, we’re naked the smell is awry and I still can’t taste it I’d throw it away but I’d hate to waste it though it’s painful to face it
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Disbelievers 03:20
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nuclear spills and cleaning bills we’re nude under hazmat suits you can love anyone and be anyone do whatever you want to do Zoe, you’re the only one now we owe ‘em double we’re still alive and ill advised chill as ice now we stall, feels like nothing at all we’ve survived but sterilized kills the vibe til the writing's on the prison wall scribing our wills and shooting to kill the attitude of combat boots having a little fun with a loaded gun and dragging all the rats out of view under fences, on the run we get ourselves in trouble we’ve got the fever, let us out of here we’re disbelievers, get us out of here now the wind’s acting tough and the limbs like it rough but we all know enough is enough
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Periscope 03:30
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when you hear the siren clear off the mattress jump in the bathtub seal off the fortress lean on your toes and peel off your clothes in a submarine torpedo buzzing alarms, roughing up vessels puffing cigars, racking up missiles decode the contract, exploding on contact click-clack kickback it’s gonna make you sick they wanna take your name it’s fun to run in place they’ve got a carrot of clay on a stick what’s a miracle? we’re still in the hole sobering as Dobermans on patrol it’s satirical we’re playing our role honing our skills gnawing on the bones we stole bluffing hard, thumbing a thistle scuffing up cards, you’re tougher than gristle gear up to ransack, steering the blowback killing all the villains with a buffed-up skipjack huffing the jars, numb it up a little the lookouts are crooked, meet ’em in the middle push back with cognac, load up on knickknacks steel-trap bushwhack you ought to feel their pain they wanna make you pay it’s one and done in haste they’ve got a parrot of clay in a cage what’s a miracle? we’re still in the hole sobering as Dobermans on patrol slit spiracles we swim in the shoals reeling in Jaws meal on a fishing pole what’s empirical and what’s logical? poker faced eels don’t pay their toll it’s satirical we’re playing our role honing our skills gnawing on the bones we stole underwater the reef is begging to stay breathe shallower try to cool down, but it keeps getting hotter and hotter through the periscope the beach is fading away staring harder don’t look now, but the submarine’s full of water

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released December 8, 2022

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Step Children San Francisco, California

Post-apocalyptic electronic rock

Derek Shaw
Daniel Owens

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