Troy Von Balthazar
Took Some $$
Took some money from you, I crossed the line. I come home from working all fucked up on wine, and I pause on the piano like a real man. Courage mon amour, in this blood red world. Sometimes when you're sleeping you look just like a little girl, I'll furnish you with money like a real man. One day I'll make money like a real man. Took some money from you, told you it was mine. Let's just stay home this evening and get all fucked up on wine. And I'll pause on the piano like a real man. I pause on the piano like a real man.
I block the sunlight out
Oh impossible, oh improbable, oh impractical, I block the sunlight out. Oh incredible, oh our body's full, oh improbable, I block the sunlight out. I block the sunlight out. Oh invisible, oh our hands are full, oh impossible, I block the sunlight out. Oh impressionable, oh I'm almost full, oh impossible, I block the sunlight out. I block the sunlight out. Someone out there somewhere else is eating something sweet; they all seem so beautiful, we are incomplete.
Magnified
The world is so big that we can't find each other. Soon it will be too late we won't be young together. I want everything perfectly aligned in my life. I want everything magnified. I hold you like a butterfly and squeeze with all my might. You make me want to multiply, the warm exploding light. Danger, danger, there you go. I thought that you know I wanted everything perfectly aligned in my life; I want everything magnified. I want everything magnified.
Dogs
Bad people happen to things like me. I broke across the room in waves and drown you in your dress. Bad people happen to things like me. Dogs appear and disappear. It's push, push but we don't kiss. Everything I say to you is code for something else. Why do you make love like this? I can see the subtlety, the rising sea, suddenly. It's push, push but we don't kiss. Everything I say to you is code for something else. Sleep master, sleep. Erase something, erase something, erase something sweet. Bad people happen to things like me. Bad people happen to things like me. I broke across the room in waves and drown you in your dress. Bad people happen to things like me.
Bad Controller
With big brown eyes like broken fruit, I look into you; I look into you. With big brown eyes like broken fruit I look into you, I look into you. Through big brown eyes like broken fruit everything's renewed, everything's renewed. Then you became surreal, a tiny girl, a vegetable, a chilly wind, an easy kill, and no one else would ever have to know, we should not deny ourselves. With big brown eyes like broken fruit, I look into you, I look into you. With big brown eyes like broken fruit everything's renewed, everything's renewed. Then you became surreal, a tiny girl, a vegetable, a chilly wind, an easy kill, and no one else would ever have to know, we should deny ourselves.
Real Strong Love
Hold your tongue out enemy let's break-in the carpet, let's break-in the bed. We can find out finally the world of the body is all in the head. Your anatomy real strong loving, exploding under me, real strong. We just want it constantly. The flush of the body, the purr of the cat. I can taste the quality; I tell you sincerely I'm thankful for that. Your anatomy real strong loving, exploding under me, real strong love. Your anatomy real strong loving, exploding under me real strong. We don't come so close; we come so much. We don't come so close; we come so much. We don't come so close; we come so much. Real strong loving. Your anatomy real strong loving, exploding under me real strong. We could use up all our love when nobody else is home.
Numbers
I reached down to touch your fin, and see how faithful you have been. And even if you're innocent, we're numbers. We're numbers. Some of us are even brave, wondering who Jesus saved when they lay us in our graves, we're numbers. We're numbers. We're numbers.
Perfect
I know we're fading, we're already gone. I'm tired of starving I tell you that something is wrong. But your hair fell down in front your face, like rain, like rain, like rain. But your hair fell down in front your face, like rain, like rain, like rain. Oh it's perfect. You always told me my music was just like a dream so open your jacket and show me, let's see what you mean. But your hair fell down in front your face, like rain, like rain, like rain. But your hair fell down in front you're face, like rain, like rain, like rain. Oh it's perfect...
Old Black Joe
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay. Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away. Gone from this earth to a better land I know. I hear their gentle voices calling old black Joe. I'm coming, I'm coming but my head is bending low. I hear their gentle voices calling old black Joe.
You, When You're Drunk
Once when you were younger, you could make things move. Now that you're older, you're resting. You used to have a special touch that covered over all of us. Now we only see you when you're drunk. Oh fuck it put your guitar away and go upstairs to rest, tomorrow we will see you if you want. Once when you were younger, you could make things move. Now that you're older you're resting. Your music does impressive things and holds you quiet with its wings (tired, tired, it's over, it's over). Your music does impressive things and holds me quiet with its wings (tired, tired, it's over).
Rainbow
I like your eyes they see me twice, they reflect me perfectly. Everyone surrounding you is gray into their bones. All around us everyone is closed. So when I see some light it's like a bright rainbow. I like your eyes they see me twice, they reflect me perfectly. Little girls on windowsills, they know how the pressure kills. I like your eyes they see me twice. Even when the color comes and breaks against your chest. Finally when you think you have control. You're just like the rest of us you're colorless. I like your eyes they see me twice.
Cover Us
Before it's all over I'd love to sleep with you and criticize your art. The pigeons applaud you, a ghost of a woman. I opened you up hard and covered you to the eyes. Keeping you safe. You're so right. You're so light. It's all bright. A forest of fingers with everything burning and all the windows closed. We're folded together, let go of our bodies and find out where this goes. Then while you were sleeping, with feathers bent backwards you spread out like a bird and all of the others, they circle above us, waiting for the word. Cover us to the eyes keeping us safe. You're so right. You're so light. It's all bright. You're so right. You're so light. It's all bright.
Playground
You're so right, a body's like a playground. I feel so evil, I feel so evil. You're so right, a body's like a playground. You're so right, I thought I'd never break down. I feel so evil, I feel so evil. It's all right a house with three children, a house with two children, a house with no children. I don't have children or a house. I feel so evil. I feel so evil.
Heroic Little Sisters
We begot like horses. Put your arms around us. We still have voices. Promise me you won't forget. The government don't own us yet. The government don't own us yet. We're so lucky. Push your wings into me. We fuck like horses. Shouldn't we always be free. The government don't own us yet. Heroic little sisters, cannot not be broken.
Sweet Receiver EP
Enemies
They want all our energy, they've become the enemy. The voice is soft, it's not enough. You've become impressionable, when you're impressed you're so becoming... become. {I'm predicting everyone in streams, but you expected your worst enemy} You're so smooth you're without seams, I finally know what that means but it's not enough to fracture us. You've become expandable when you expand you're so delicious... delicious. {I'm predicting everyone in streams, but you expected your worst enemy - I'm predicting everyone in streams, but you expected your worst enemy} I keep all your energy and store it up inside of me, it's nice and soft, it's just enough. You've become impressionable... You're nice and soft, you're just enough.
One Last Happiness
You move so beautifully, my best memory. I can see you like to photograph... One last happiness, one last happiness. You were built with a natural gait, in itself it's cause to celebrate, rigth now I can hardly wait. I can see you like to photograph... One last happiness, one last happiness {I miss you in a truly illegal way, wouldn't you guess... One flew away} You move so beautifully, I wish that you could stay with me. Just imagine the possibillities, I was hoping we could try... One last happiness, one last happiness {I miss you in a truly illegal way. Wouldn't you guess I was too late. Wouldn't you guess one flew away} I miss you in a truly illegal way... One flew away.
Sweet Receiver
Darling I don't hear anything, I hope you can understand. Forgiveness from the people who loved you then... They want to carry you soul away, they want to carry your soul away. {My sweet receiver} Before we leave try to understand, use your memory to picture all of them. Forgiveness from the people who loved you then... I want to carry your soul away, I want to carry your soul away. {My sweet receiver}
Red Spider EP
You Could Ice Skate to This
Don't just stand there give me your hand and make it all go away, make it all go away oh baby. You sincerely glow despite me. We stand out at the tip of our lives and suddenly we are gone, suddenly we are gone... suddenly. You sincerely glow despite me. Don't just stand there give me your hand and make it all go away. You could ice skate to this just to spite me.
I Want You to Want Me
Sweetheart don't you want me to help you, help you home? It's cold tonight you're all alone. My car is warm I could take you home, it's too far to walk get in. Meeting you there am beautiful what more could I ask from you? Meeting you there am beautiful what more could I ask from you, something soaring and beautiful, what more could I ask from you? It's late tonight the moon is cold it penetrates our very clothes it's too far to walk get in... Sweetheart don't you want me to want you just like that old Cheap Trick song?
Red Spider
The lights inside have broken through, what a life. I like your style and where your ankles meet, for you I'm always, always free, always. The sky outside is perfect too, what a light always blue, always.
words by Troy Von Balthazar