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This One's For You
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Well you finally got to me with dinner and a movie
and witty repartee about medieval perspective.
Now I'm up on the battlements in a vestment of rubies
while you suck down complimentary mints I'm waiting for Smaug.
I'm reminded that in confinement, dark alleyways and basements
The bark don't say much about the bite of the dog
You're an aaa...rt history major with a minor in bullying
anyone in contempt of your fearful ambitious grasping.
looking down on the panic in times of pandemic
flying the flag of the new republic singing
Keep off the grass!
I'm not gonna miss your huffing and your sneering
and I surely won't miss your pompous highney ass!
I'd like to go south but I've already missed out
on my bolt-hole mortgage and they're closing the borders -
I'm reminded that in confinement, dark alleyways and basements
The bark don't say much about the bite of the dog.
This one's for you
I hope you get through
I know you'll get through
You always do.
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Domestic Sysiphus
02:42
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there is no ... point
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Mount Joy
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Trying to understand: seismic waves, surface waves or love waves.
Trying to understand: slow slip interface, velocities on seismogram.
The epicentre.
Trying to understand: tectonic rupture, liquefaction, subduction.
Trying to understand: model probabilities, 15% chance, 48% chance.
The epicentre.
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Chateau Tongariro
02:29
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Parallel and synchronized
Remember when we were octopuses?
You wanted milk, well it's in the fridge
Washed the dishes when we should have squidged.
Chateau Tongariro
Halfway up a volcano
Gonna get some honeymoon
We've got a tiny room.
I needed help with my garage band
we started writing songs and we really got along
a regular go-out-to-gigger
I guess things just got rock'n'roll bigger
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Fire & Ice
03:03
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Introverted and almost impossible, you're a little fragile
Happy Days Samuel Beckett, quick! in the rubbish
Introverted and existensual, completely improbable
Especially when we're time-travelling
I love it when we're time-travelling
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In Time (with Dave)
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I got away
went north went south
burned down that bridge
shot off my mouth
mounting sand on sand
making small steps
eroding in time
closed in
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The New Things Paekākāriki, New Zealand
The New Things bring you crush songs, uncanny pop, weird musings, and baseless libel, direct from surf suburb,
Paekākāriki.
Tina and Jason toured Japan in 2019, and returned to glory at the Foxton Fizztival early in 2020. The Pink Chocolate EP is a taster for their first album, in production. The duo DIY produce everything in their living room.
Band photo by Bob Zuur Moments of Light Photography
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