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The Clock Works - An Recounting

by Gear (aka Max "Bruno" Baker)

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1.
Last night I dreamt of Harper's Ferry and I thought about you There were signs on the road that warned me of stop signs The speed limit kept decreasing by ten As we entered a town about halfway there It was almost raining at the train station We put our heads in our hoods at the train station We threw rocks into the river The river underneath the train tracks And when the train came it was so big and powerful When it came into the little station I wanted to put my arms around it But the conductor looked at me funny So we had to say goodbye and leave The monopoly board still in the backseat Took that nightmare left turn to get out of town Ran into the decreasing speed limits again What should I do? (Eat breakfast) What should I do? (Each lunch) What should I do? (Each dinner) What should I do? (Go to bed) Where can I go? (Go to the store) Where can I go? (Apply for jobs) Where can I go? (Go to a friend's) Where can I go? (Go to-Go to- Go to- Go to bed) I note "Beach Death" when I thought you were taken I note "Beach Funeral" when I knew you were taken I wrote "Beach Fagz"—well it wasn't about you But it could've been, well no it couldn't have if you consider the fact that I spent a week in Ocean City And came back to find you were gone I spent a week in Illinois And came back to find you were still gone I pretended I was drunk when I came out to my friends I never came out to my friends We were all on Skype And I laughed and changed the subject She said "what's with this dog motif" I said "do you have something against dogs" (Allowance) I am almost completely soulless I am incapable of being human I am incapable of being inhuman I am living uncontrollably It should be called anti-depression As a friend of mine suggested Because it's not the sadness that hurts you It's the brain's reaction against it (Ah-Ah_AH) It's not enough to love the unreal I am inseparable from the impossible I want gravity to stop for me I’m slowly undoing The laws of nature (I want a cut scene!) I want a cut from your face to my face I want a cut I want The next related video I don't want to go insane I don't want to have schizophrenia The ocean washed over your grave The ocean washed over your grave (The Gear Rotates) Last night I dreamed she was trying to kill me I woke up and I was trying to kill you It's been a year since we first met I don't if we're boyfriends yet Do you have any concepts that We can use to pass the time I am Running out of friends to talk about We said we hated humans We wanted to be humans They said we hated humans They wanted to be human Get eaten I look around at the sloppy art That corrupted me in youth Now I'm trapped inside my youth And you're in love with last-stage youth Thank god for the little things and then Fuck god that they're little things I am Running out of things to say I’m not (The first genuine chuckle) That was my favorite scene I Couldn’t tell you what it means But it meant something to me. And pretty soon you'll find some nice young Satanist with braces and one Capital o significant Other And you can take him home to your mother and Say ma, this ain’t my brother We wanted to be humans We wanted to be humans They said we hated humans We wanted to be humans Get more groceries get eaten Get more groceries get eaten Get more groceries Get eaten by the one you know When they put their lips around you You can feel their smile... Last-night-I-dreamed-she-was-trying-to-kill-me I-woke-up-and-I-was-trying-to-kill-you Your ears perked up I perked up when your ears perked up You were all looking around And I hoped it was for me I hoped you were using your sonar systems for me The ancients saw it coming You can see that they tried to warn them In the tales that they told their children But they fell out of their heads in the morning They said sex can be frightening But the children were not listening And the children cut out everything Except for the kissing and the singing When they finally found their home At Walt Disney studios And then everyone grew up With their fundamental schemas fucked But there are lots of fish left in the sea There are lots of fish in business suits That talk and walk on human feet Go head just tell me how they meet Oh please let me join your cult! I'll paint my face in your colors. You have a real nice face... I had an early death? The ocean washed over your grave The ocean washed open your grave (how's your face? How's your body?) (We're too scared to do shit) (The Gear Turns)
2.
I took my shirt off in the yard No one saw that the skin on my shoulders was golden Now it's not My shirt's back on I forgot my songs The glow is gone My gliding body st- I could not get through September without a battle I faced death, I went in with my arms swinging But I heard my own breath And I had to face that I'm still living I'm still flesh I hold on to awful feelings I'm not dead There's no end My face is red My blood flows harshly My Life Strikes Heartbreak My chest still sketches breath I hold it I'm boiling, ooh ooh There is no end (The Gear Spins)
3.
Bruno, what did you tell that man? He's a clever man, did you know? I bet he works for the government And I know you know I know I can't control thoughts of things I needed I believe everybody needs some alternative I think it's real unfair That you should put me there All we did is talk On my name, I swear Where did you find my shoes? A lock of your hair? All we did is kiss On my name, I swear (Pencil Cushion) Some dull morning we were wearing cleats And he whispered, "I think that they know better than me" See this hand that pushed you into the week? “I'm sorry,” was just fine, and you were laughing We were running towards the street And I wrote my name into the fresh painted yellow line And you wrote your name right there next to the spine We had to dodge a truck He almost fixed a bug I think we had some luck And for two bucks We bought some glue And fed the grey geese And your shoe Everyone will come Everyone will tell I'd think you just the same If you didn't tell My mother says that I will surely go to sell Please be a good plan Please say you will tell (Grid-dance) Did you know that that boy is an armed man? Who came Bearing flowers with two hands Very able to hold my brow (And love me more than anything) Bruno, what happened to your consent? I broke down, that man's through I bet he works for my own interest Did you hear about that mother? Broke her daughter's legs in two Damn shame, It's too dangerous out there to gawk, so I had to chain you! (Shifting Ears) I think it's real unfair That you should put us there All we did is walk On my grave, I swear Where did you find the news A lock and my spare All we did is piss On my grave, I bear Everyone will come Everyone will melt I'd thank you just the same If you didn't shell My mother says that I will surely go to bell Please be a good span Please say you mean well Bruno, did you know that the Greeks in morning would eat oranges? They were firm believers in fruit-cutting fevers And I agree See, they believe that an orange mutes (through the stomach)
4.
You remind me of A worship of myself That never spurred On self respect Passive aggression is your loud of choice I think you like being mad Oh you do, it’s kinda nicked So scold your breath Take a trip on water Count to nine Think of your happy race God i hope you look back at this and laugh half as hard as i am now I really won’t understand But I just passed it now Tag yourself we all know that that was pronounced I’d not expand, but 140 characters isn’t enough to say what i think And i think we should all try to grow the fuck up Spray it to my chase, I know it can be sparred After all i can relate, Bruno is my Middle name But I still arrive I don’t like the taste of home But i learned to ink my tongue You ought to try it But that’s not your style Those words, you like the way they taste when they’re in cursive How they won’t go planned And they’ll get you why you want, you rot every time They’ll get you what you’re not (Is this where we-?)
5.
Warm So warm Screaming in the sand As I was torn Worm Will you return to Meet the robin's beak? I'll be the score Terminal We both know Let the rest of me go See my blood become a nail And the trail leads to a flower I will blossom in your wail Every dreamed and waking, I will Blooming Obscure Hold me in your sheet 'Til I write Don’t fret me Condensate Won’t check me I remember Terminal We both know Let my best, let me show See my cleft become a mark And the lark leads to a flower I will blossom in your stark It’s random, the rolled eyes that stare (Keeping Graves)
6.
The Here 03:10
The beer I had for breakfast was the type that pissed me off And my 20/20 feeling was fifty percent gone You said punch-buggy purple and clocked me right in my left arm I said don't you mean pediddle? and I lit his past on fire I came home with acid marks, It was an empty shotgun I was tending to the lightning in beyond thunder dome He said don't shoot, I said I don't I like you, you're my end I handed him my stock and shot myself in the head Then I stuffed a box of tissues in the cool of my skull I got on my maple and I wrote to the mall I returned everything that the spasm would fit When I pulled out the napkins they were covered with pits And the beer I had for breakfast was expressed through the whine And the boom box on my shoulder was an axe of cleanly rhymes I ate every single one without noticing the mold I said you're gross my darling, I said no I crawl not roll Even though I'd never ever been in a band Unwillingly I bounce back like sheets in my hand And my friends compared comic books as if I would be scared Of burning in hell while I was already there And the beer I had for breakfast silver bullet, much the same And the beer I had for lunch was a ticket all in stride And the beer I had for dinner was my jaded neighbor's fills We had to kick down my skateboard just to make it up the hill Then I peed my pants and you stole the room's Katar And pulled the scissored wench, just to lock me in his car When I got back to the apartment you were face down on the floor I think you said go to bed yet let's remember 64 And the beer I had for breakfast was in spite of my green And a fifth of peach slaps and a warm, runny sneeze And you said bottoms suck just as I bottomed doubt I tried to scream fuck you but blood was pouring out my drought Even plans never stand on telling you the truth And your recliner scratched birthmark is your fountain of youth You can be a teenager for your whole fucking life Just find some pretty sucker and make that script your wife I guess by now you all know my friends, Susie broke her neck She was driving home from flags when she left for the beck First I cried for me and then I justified Haunted by the ghost of the girl that must buy But the rocks with holes are warm in my plan And I buried my towel in the not snot hands And the silver chipped gravestone kisses me and says You've come a long, long way and you deserve exactly what happens
7.
You know what I say? (The Spend) No one is born to hate We learn it somewhere along the way Take your broken arm Turn it into art Can't take it with you But you can embrace me You don't want to You don't wanna go Empty chorus blues Open, Limit, Choose Hardly with sadness, lesser than Outrage You’re just not responding Stronger than it seems I know it's okay, You won’t go slowly I won’t gun for I just wanna know Jack, is this one done? Then you will move along? Can't take it with you Might as well take route You know what he said No one is born, donate I'm getting louder, cope Out of phase spurs the hope (A Shift in Max)
8.
(The Death of Bruno) Baker, what did you tell that max? He's a bitter max, did you know? I bet he works for his betterment And I know you showed I towed I won't control costs of things I needed I believe everybody needs a trail flourishing I think it's real unfair That you should cut it there All I heard was hiss On my grave, I swear There was some sort of clue A lock, then it grew All he did was miss On my name, I swear Dumb, lull, mourner, we were wearing sheets And he whispered, "I think that they’re no better than me" See this hand that pushed you into the brink? I'm worried, was not gone, yet I was laughing I was planning for the rain And I wrote your name into the fresh cut and paste yellow bird And you wrote my name right there next to a thorn I only spent a buck He almost killed a tug I think I had no luck And for two fucks I wound up in That dead sea, maybe With the ducks Every son will slump Every gun will yell I'd yank you just the same If you didn't shell My brother says that I will surely fade one day Breeze, understood, claim Please say you won't stay Did you know that those drops are, a scarred drain? Beautiful Black Flowers into veins Very noble to hold me down (And leave me with less than anyone) Bruno, what happened to your conscious? He choked down, that man's left I bet he lasts for a doubt in the weak Did you hear about that lover? Cloke her, slaughter, halfs make two? Then said, "It's too dangerous out there in plain, so I had to serve you" I don’t believe in wear That you would put me there All I did was exist On your grave, I care Where did you write his shoes? Designing my hair? All you did is lose. Oh! My naive little glare. Everyone, that’s enough I think I have fell I’m Just far, not that tough If you couldn’t tell My nothing wills that I truly find a course Any path will do As long as you won't coerce Just Jack, did you know that my leaked selection would count the accomplice? I’m a firm contiver in boot-conniving fibers And I agree Believe, he will see that a dragon opens a tunnel
9.
Lovely, trust me In your genes, frenzy Another movie that I copied from you Another movie and I'm gonna raft your cove That final terror is in your house somewhere Hiding in closets, behind closed eyelids Out from the campus adjacent to your garage I've seen its marks at the border of your respite Nothing works Nothing works for anyone Goods bore me with bad lives Good stories are bad lies Take your hands off my neck and wave Goodbye to the ghost of your body You know that “Always” makes four gored leafs You address me When punching chalices gets old Don't think it'll always be your say Not comforted by anything I weigh We were next before we crashed into each other Such a moot idea If he turns you on We will breakdown And some lines, they don't have bleak crowns I am near you, going psychic If you're glowing, I know, yet I wanna hear it Every conversation just ends with you screaming Not even words, let alone possibilities. (The Last Dragon) Take your head off your neck and hold On to the rest of existence You will be my lives and my stories You can reach me When punching practices gets old What if it'll always be this way Not controlled by anything you say We are the same, before, we are each other (Dragon Fusion) Don't worry you and me won't be alone no more (Intentional Dissonance… I’m Sorry) Don't worry you and me won't be...

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this is an album about redelivering a new idea through preexisting art. The is the 1st 3rd of the art triangle. A full summary of Max "Bruno" Baker can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1N16wXmzf-CZHjK0mmUdgRSXdHCSGngFxkqdBhOcfrfk/edit?usp=sharing

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released July 28, 2019

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