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That Dissonant Shriek

from Shriekofafreak! by Cannonball Statman

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This weird world is rewiring me
To speak and think like a human man
To walk the streets like a citizen
And talk about the weather whenever I can

Did I tell ya we found an alien outside of Niagara
On the way to Odessa
She stood outside smoking an e-cigarette
Drilling silence and words into the tip of my head

Don't go anywhere
Stay scared
You can't breathe
Man, you don't even want to
Think about it

I felt a sensation of billions of blood cells magic spells spirit and vibrations of lust
From some four dozen post-death meatball heroes
It was sinister and strange
Drove me to the edge
From a metal to a magnet
And then a black hole

And here comes some asshole in the mouth of the room
With the head of a lion and the heart of a mosquito
Mourning the severing of his gut
With a burp of bourbon and a tragic scream

Don't go anywhere
Stay scared
I can't breathe
Man, I don't even want to
What about you?

Sometimes
I must admit
I hear a voice calling me from afar
I can't comprehend the words but the message is clear
And it penetrates me like a chainsaw

I know what it means
Man
I know what to do
Yet I cower in the temporary warmth of the pack
When will I start running?

When will I run from the pack to that dissonant shriek
Of a freak who howls alone in Riverside Park?
And upon my arrival in that wild uncharted volume
Whatever will I do?

Will I erase these questions from my mind?

You can't break the ground in manic town
But you can smell the suicide
I had somewhere to go
So I went to the TPM show
There's absolutely nothing that stitches can't sew

Dropped all my shit in a puddle of spit in Tompkins Square
Took it back
Bolted off like a poison cat
Straight into the arms of the electric chair

Born in the shadow of Moloch
It was written on my forehead
Taken by the hand of the quicksand
Fell in and never got out

Snakes and spiders in my legs
They're not going away
I hear sirens and screams from the rooftop
And I feel better

Tonight I'm gonna die in front of your eyes
I've got nothing better to do
The train station's closed
And the landlord doesn't know
And I love you

At night in Skyscraper, New York
A bullet rings through the air
Through landscapes of dirt
And panoramas of lazy eyes
There is something else behind these walls and doors
Which lead to breakfast at night
In Skyscraper, New York
A party emerges in Skyscraper, New York
The lonely club singer becomes physically demented
But the man behind the wall was dying
In a room of saturated blues and cigarette smoke
Illuminated by black and white camera flashes
From photgraphers in tuxedoes
At night in Skyscraper, New York

A hospital in Skyscraper, New York is fluorescent greens and whitened walls
A man in a gown loses all character inside of him at the sight of a syringe
But manages to remain calm in front of doctors
Campaigning for the next parade of infants to march in their doors
At night in Skyscraper, New York

He died on the street last night in Skyscraper, New York
Fueled by the messages on the billboards starring signs of the apocalypse
And silver screen dreams of a last chance at the road to fame
Through the back entrance at the theater where the rocket ship went off

And the ashes of Hi8 video tapes of the crash sent everyone back to bed
A memorable moment in the days of looking out the window into a golden sky
He was no more
His soul sinking into the stained cement
The raindrops in the mud
The friends with mouths wide open
The bluest sky from the oceans of his entire life
At nacht in Skyscraper, New York

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from Shriekofafreak!, released July 5, 2015

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