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Time Machine

by RobotMonkeyMadman

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1.
Higher 03:56
You put your weight upon your legs And your legs above your feet But the ground falls away from you In a most unfamiliar way So you shift your weight from leg to leg And the Earth further recedes Away from your footfalls Until you're climbing the sky Higher and higher Higher and higher Higher and higher until you cannot even see the ground And you cannot even see the way from which you came And you'll never retrace those footsteps back down again So you're left without a safe or graceful way to descend So you keep on climbing Keep on climbing higher towards the fall Higher and higher Higher and higher Higher and higher until you cannot even see the ground You put your weight upon your legs And your legs above your feet But the ground now fails to fall away In what has become your accustomed way Now you're left there standing Holding only lonely empty Handfuls of air Instead of a head full of sky Still you know that you will fall from so terribly high And you cannot even see the way from which you came And you'll never retrace those footsteps back down again So you're left without a safe or graceful way to descend So you keep on climbing Keep on climbing higher towards the And you know that some part of yourself Is gonna die on that long way down And the only thing that you have Is which part of your self is gonna land So grab that rudder in your hand And see if you...
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Though we were many, we flowed as one Through the streets of your suburban city Though we were many, we flowed as one Through the streets of your suburban city And, yeah, we all grew up But we were still fucked up And we have always been trying to make it up But the truth is We are all living Living the lives we were born to And the exuberance of youth, to be anything you choose That's the life of freedom we're still looking for But the truth is We are all living Living the lives we were born to But the truth is We are all living Living the lives we were born to
3.
I wish I could climb the world's tallest tree Reach up and touch the moon Bring it down from the sky and put it in my pocket Bring it home to you I wish I could swim the oceans deep Find the world's biggest pearl Into it my life's gift I would breathe To the surface it would float And on the waves to you drift I wish I could hold the world's sharpest knife Up to my breast and plunge it in Cut out this part of my self that keeps me That keeps me from loving you
4.
Orangutan 04:11
Orangutan, orangutan What you walkin' around with under that skirt Orangutan, orangutan Three hundred pounds of dangerous All that you'll see--curly red hair and those crazy lips All that you'll feel--foul breath on your face as you drift away And all that you'll hear are the cries of "I'm sorry" and "It's too late" Orangutan, orangutan What you walkin' around with in that head Orangutan, orangutan A brain about two thirds as big All that you'll see is the vacant expression from an empty face And all that you'll feel are the fear and regret as you realize That all that you'll hear are the cries of "I'm sorry, I didn't know" Orangutan, orangutan Who let that big orange monkey out of her cage Orangutan, orangutan How do those monkey's eyes look in the mirror Orangutan, orangutan Who let that big orange monkey out of her cage Orangutan, orangutan How do those monkey's eyes look in the mirror
5.
Milou 04:21
Well, that bold grey tomcat from next door Came this morning to sit upon our front porch That's when I knew you were gone, gone away Gone away from the house Soyez sage, bonne nuit Bonne cherie, my good girl Raise a glass Raise a cheer for the world's greatest dog Had to chase a squirrel down the fence line All by myself, no footsteps or barks behind Had to curse the air until my choked, sobbed curses Sounded like barks (Woof woof woof woof) Fucking squirrels! Fucking squirrels! Soyez sage, bonne nuit Bonne cherie, my good girl Raise a glass Raise a cheer for the world's greatest dog Back in the house to play guitar, loudly In the corner of the dining room Where you used to hide When I would croon, as I croon now for you Milou Milou That's when I knew you would never be gone from my heart And if I made a promise, a promise to open that heart And share with those I touched The things that I learned only from you That in my greater kindness, you would always live on So everybody raise a glass and everybody sing along Soyez sage, bonne nuit Bonne cherie, my good girl Raise a glass Raise a cheer for the world's greatest dog Soyez sage, bonne nuit Bonne cherie, my good girl Raise a glass Raise a cheer for the world's greatest dog
6.
You see every sight that opens my eyes You hear every sound that enters my head You taste every flavor that passes my lips You feel every sensation You know my thoughts as they are conceived You feel the tug of my emotions You help take the actions that we must endure But you don't know me But it is you that gets me out of the bed each and every morning And it is you who opens my eyes as each new day is dawning
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My mind is no longer fascinated with its own dreams I've stagnated It's true that I cannot remember the last dream that I can remember How am I supposed to relate to my children? I have got to get something back that I lost so long ago I have got to get something back before I leave this world Before I leave this world Before I leave this world Before I leave this world My muscles are no longer saturated with their old speed I've maturated It's true, my body cannot be made to do all the things That it once used to do But I would bend, I would break I would hurt myself for you Because I've got to get something back And I feel I can find it with you Because I've got to get something back before I leave this world I have sleepwalked through parts of my life And it felt like a death on wheels rolling with nowhere to go So I reached out And I sought some pleasure I hoped would make me feel alive Oh, but what I found was pain From which I could not close my eyes Not sleeping, hardly eating, wasting away But feeling every moment of every breath of every day through the pain Oh oh, with no one left to blame Live this life you have made

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released July 3, 2013

Recorded by Matt Ristrom.
Art by Michael Schultz.
All songs copyright 2013 by RobotMonkeyMadman

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RobotMonkeyMadman Kansas City, Missouri

RobotMonkeyMadman is a Kansas City power trio composed of Dylan Hoffman on guitar and lead vocals, his brother Mark Hoffman on bass and backing vocals, and longtime collaborator Dave Handley on drums. They play music that is heavy but not Metal, intricate but not Prog, angry but not Punk.

They have released an e.p., a live single, and in 2013, their first full-length album, Time Machine. Enjoy!
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