Riposta - Nestemate

RIPOSTE - lyrics by Buke & Gase

MEDULLA OBLONGATA
(meddling with my medulla oblongata)
you treat me like a nurse in your arms
sterile in my white paper crown
when will you get better
so i can sew our lips together
seems like it's been forever
since i left you with these broken fingers
broken tongue broken ears from not listening
false hopes and happiness in the barrel of my GOD
get out of the hospitable danger doctor danger doctor!!!
i can't help it hoping for full recovery

MEDICINA
i am aching in my belly and head
acetaminophen
i stayed here hating, aching, weeping, hiding my head in my underarms
o don't tell me that you do when you don't
i know simple recognition
i know how you smile when you lie
just like you do when you say i love you
but you're too smart to let that bother you
you waited too long
those that cry do so alone
you waited too long

YOUR FACE LEFT BEFORE YOU
(getting the most out of your keyhole)
with or without, you decide
we're already up on a level
lean further on your side
it's heavier than mine
fess-up heart-rate, by default
honest-er the closer we walk
one day i'll like the truth
until then i know you'll
heel-toe your way out the back door til there's no more
breaking down my brick wall brain
othing worse than everything to gain
too bad it's not my turn
you've got witches to burn
losing small to something big
bigger than you bigger than me
you choose your battles though
that's surely what they're for
builds strong character if that's what you want, if that's what you're after
(your face is turned to leave the room
your face no longer in the room
your face is leaving you
before you can turn your head
your new disguise
don't you ever think you'll never love another mankind)
face is on the fierce run
too bad you lack the guts
fixing to fight too much

NAKED CITIES
i've gone blind but it's all right
cus my specs give me perfect sight
and in a second i can see it all
everything becomes delightful
i'm not afraid of the dark or noise
i'm not daunted by the bark of boys
i'm with the birds flying in blue skies
feathery free and feeling fine
this city is a golden gate
the kind of gold that i love to hate
how good it gets in the hype and stress
even though it's all a well-lit mess
bury, better plant it in the ground
true or false with the lost and found
hurry, bury me up to my knees
i'll swing my branches better in the breeze
mental mammoth, i know i have a very bad habit
of filling up my cup halfway elephantisizing my eyes
vision still untrained in seeing what i have gained
a simple remedy of walking into trees
mistaking birds as bees
mistaking things i see
bury bury better plant it in the ground
true or false with the lost and found x2
hurry bury me over my head
level with the living, level with the dead
bury bury better plant your feet down
the true and false of your lost and found

SLEEP GETS YOUR GHOST
who says i'm dying in the lack of luck and love
convinced that seeing does a better job believe me
feels so weak it starts to wear out at my feet
don't just whine about the way it works out now
you gave up, how sad
how could you say to me i couldn't wait for you
ghost in my head when i dream
ghost on my tongue in between sleep
i am afraid i'll never wake up
wake up when the stars are high
are you ready for the world

REVEL IN CONTEMPT
two frogs come up to the road
one says to the other, Toad
hesitation is your friend
ot just to get to the end
well i misunderstand
with the bread butter knife
might as well take my life
the decision in my hand
my movements slow
my patience is wide
might as well be a toad
with the bread in my mouth
maybe someday you'll see
how to cross the road
like a grown toad
ohmama won't you blow your load
i can't see what i hide
i can't see what i hide
i don't know that i had
what i left off from before
i can't see what i need
i can't see what i might
i won't see what i don't want
cuz i can't see what i hide
this fire breathes significance on this whole existence
with running eyes and burning feet to the cold distance
they'll never try, they'll never see from your point of reference

RED HOOD CAME HOME
had i saw you got me hind the back and healthy
i suppose you got it made, made it safe for human
mind says, heed and wait for me, they did, all right
hear me, even entity, they did send back
how you heal me,
even disease
i guess you know
you know all there is to say and see and learn and know and feel and do
fancy (dad says) when it comes it's gone again, so on with the giving then
find anything she gave him and throw it away, details
mom says, when i come home i want bread and water
i don't know you, you look like my daughter
i don't know you but i want you closer
i don't know you but i hold on
where's your medication (education) mom?
might find it in the back seat of your mazda car
what did you say your name was?
i can see (feel) your shoulder
i don't know you but i want you closer
i don't know you but i hold on

IMMORAL BUT JUST FINE, OKAY
have patience you'll make it on your own two legs
waiting is hard i know and so precious afterwards
mark my words you'll get it in your own sweet time
pacing is difficult
fill your buttercup full of good luck
plenty bitter plenty better plenty belly rubbing, can't be too hard, can it now?
mauvais canard
plenty selfish and conceded, plenty still repeated, can't be too hard can it now
mauvais canard
plenty bitter plenty better plenty fast receding
mauvais canard
plenty pretty but pretentious, better be delicious
mauvais canard
mark my words you'll get it in your own time
so wait your turn
you'll get it on your own terms

BUNDLETUCK
these days you're waking up in a bundle of orgasm
these days your jism lines all the windows in your kitchen
i found my heaven stocked in a medical waiting room
each patient plastered, sleeveless and leaving before they're called
i know you're searching for something less psychological
those days are gone so long o well son of a gun
was tired, weak and frail in the belly of your whale
we tried suction speak in a vacuum with a leak
get out my guide and on the way i find the best places to stay
waking on the east-bound side and easy feeling overly west
wasting all our time under the gun of ambiguity again
these days you're waking up in a bundle of orgasm
these days your wisdom lines all the windows in your kitchen
i found my heaven stocked in a mating room wedical
i know you're searching for something less psychological

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locked and shut away
maybe in a million years you'd stay
after all the padlock's lost its key and you're still in here with me
breathless on intake
failing all the headstrong fools we make
you should take however long it takes without me
whatever you want
whatever it is you might want
i could let it go but you might want more and my god i am furious

OUTT!
everybody here is out to get you
even the people on the streets
even the woman in your sheets
...
i've got more ways to make you cry
wouldn't it be fun to see how far you'll fly for wings
...
are you ready for the times
when the waking world will wonder where you have gone
are you tired of the sun
is your weakest point the blues
and the weeding through the winters
i had all the worries for what i never could desire by deciding what you are
...
is your weakest point the trues
cuz we know you can't help it