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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aesop Rock
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Aesop Rock
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Aesop Rock
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
That's impossible
Come on
[Verse 2]
Spoilers, the non bon voyage
Stock weaponry and soylents and whatever stop the voices
Colossal paranoias out to author an abrasive lore
About how war paint won't assure you ain't a painted whore, baby
No ground wires, all jaw froth
Mouth breathing outliers climb out of mothballs
Wrung stones unsung and alone
Known to run up in the unknown, "Honey I'm home"
I push a bucket of bolts, assorted death in his wake
I take the hand off the thief, I take the head off a snake
Approach a pen like revolution's just a sentence away
Till then, he's documenting cops and watching heaven decay
It's not a gentleman's game, it's a generation braced accordingly
Who know the differences between the cozy and the quarantine
Yes, y'all the crestfallen careworn
Air horn, air horn, air horn, air horn
[Verse 3]
These awful winds, those grinding gears
This pile of bones, that's why I'm here
Wild frontier (Come on)
These violent drums, those primal fears
This pool of mud, that's why I'm here
W-w-w-w-wild frontier
[Verse 4]
That's impossible, body still warm
Scavengers already obsessively knocking on his molecules
I'm catatonic, fat, and outta rocket-fuel and ramen
Not a dollar, watching "Rocky II" in Donatello boxers
At some hot as hell motel in what's supposed to be his Shangri-La
More akin to angry mobs with anchor tats and mangey dogs in vacant lots
Traded any semblance of consistency to play the odds
Not even a baby doll to change his gauze
Not even a hideaway to hide up in
A side effect of sliding environment to environment
Driving isn't simply when the tires spin, try again
Departures and arrivals aren't only time and mileage
Try again, again, a raider break off from the phalanx
And never look back, never cook crack, 'kay, thanks, bye
New York in the rear view then peel
Out, till he found New York in the windshield
[Verse 5]
These cursed dogs, those flying spears
This rancid food, that's why I'm here
Wild frontier (Come on)
These fleeting hopes, those vital prayers
This bag of cash, that's why I'm here
W-w-w-w-wild frontier
[Verse 6]
This was never an effective way to rally insurgents
Or really even the occupation of a rational person
When you write about seclusion and some buyers finally tune in
You get frightened finding happiness can drive away the movement
In a jiffy, just eat your food and keep the future iffy
That fruitition's for the viewers who need a loser to pity
Plus an underlying message of a greater disconnection
God forbid he try to live or gain momentum
Mend, or pay his penance
You'd rather see him eat a bowl of mousetraps
Surf a thousand couches
Take a jagged little down the hatch
Chowderheads, I know you love the way the failure flounder
Maybe I could be your daily downer
If his brain left his body and was headed for the door
Would you take it in and help it find it's way into a jar?
No? Fuck it, let him hop around a maze
We can see who's really lost when the schadenfreude fades
[Verse 7]
These churning seas, those quiet sneers
This box of parts, that's why I'm here
Wild frontier (Come on)
These creepy friends, those dicey dares
This perfect dark, that's why I'm here
W-w-w-w-wild frontier
Written by: Aesop Rock