[Verse] The tardigrade can live for years in space in suspended animation Think of all the microscopic paperwork piling up That’s someone who knows how to take days off [Verse] It’s always wild to watch someone drive with no hesitation 70 miles with no thoughts of imminent death Maybe I’m some related species in the genus, like Homo...Learn More

[Verse] Moments of relief are hard to find; This face looks almost real this time Maybe today there’ll be no gasps Or frightened screams, or heart attacks But every footstep on cement Loosens the bolts and frays the threads That keep me together, that keep me together, that keep my head [Verse] Don’t know what makes them so ill at ease: The...Learn More

[Verse] I would join the circus If weren’t for most things about the circus Something about the idea, I guess: Different city every night And the same face to your right In the same vermillion dress [Verse] I would move to Greenland If I didn’t have to "move" to move to Greenland Something about the idea, I guess: There’s lots of space to be...Learn More

[Verse] A ramp-less highway through a wild wood— Your smile, which never looked so good Cuts through the dark; the car is warm Thick and boiling like a growing storm [Verse] You put your failures to the side Kitschy ornaments and kitchen knives You don’t need anything tonight That Snakebite Lake does not provide [Chorus] Aphrodite’s...Learn More

[Verse] Coming home has never felt the same Ever since we came to the conclusion to spring clean After quite a number of years and tearful goodbyes To stuff we don’t use, we’ve darkened the skies With baggy pants and shirts from failed progressive campaigns [Chorus] It was easy to cope till we hung up all our hangups Specters in the bathtub,...Learn More