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Dynamite

from Red Sun by Helen America

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lyrics

Use me for dynamite I’ll get the bats out your chimney
That stuff you use now lights the roof of your mouth oh so dimly
I’ll give you my flowers my little white goat
Just give me that muscle you keep in your throat
You know that it’s never the truth if you say it with envy
Make me a melody out of the lint in your pockets
We’ll eat flaming cakes of black snakes and we’ll drink bottle rockets
Your fuzzy wool coat won’t protect you from carnivores
I’m having congress with your plastic dinosaurs
My favorite kind are the ones that roll back in their sockets
The only thing cold is a promise
The only thing hot is a threat
The only thing worse than the thought of not living is living with only regret
The only thing warm is a whisper
The only thing sweet is your face
So let’s plant a seed of undoing and cultivate just a little disgrace
There’s a merciless trade in the final parade of the salmon
But I’m not your Eponine I’m just your propylene cannon
An anodyne compound requires some friction
My formula here is a better prescription
Than feeding your capons with all of the air you can cram in
The only thing cold is the lightning
The only thing hot is the moon
The only thing better than quenching your thirst is to drown in a sudden monsoon
The only thing warm is the future
The only thing sweet is the past
So let’s play a game of perpetual motion and make the combustion last
Use me for dynamite I’ll get the bats out your chimney
That stuff you use now lights the roof of your mouth oh so dimly
I’ll give you my flowers my little white goat
Just give me that muscle you keep in your throat
You know that it’s never the truth if you say it with envy

credits

from Red Sun, released November 8, 2019
Scott Adams - Accordion
Helen America - Banjo ukulele, vocals
Mitchell Wayne Hysjulien - Percussion, piano, toy piano
Christy Mooers - Bass, violin

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Helen America Seattle, Washington

Helen America is a singer/songwriter, cartoonist, and multimedia visual artist. Her music is deeply personal and passionate avant-garde indie-chamber-pop, with the dense lyricism of Joanna Newsom, the visionary weirdness of Jeff Mangum, and the raw emotional energy of Patti Smith. ... more

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