Coffin Dreams

from Evergreen Civil War by Animal Pharma

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Well I really hate them coffin dreams
That prowl me on my pillow
See the coffins of my friends
Stacked like they’re tins inside my wardrobe

For something sweet and supple
In my conscious evening scenes
Splice to frames of fresh set graves
Beneath a carpet in my dreams

I can see them as I liberate
A fistful of balloons
Nickelodeons on lampposts
That succeed the afternoon

I see Milo in the backyard
On vacation from the afterlife
Inside a Holy kennel
Dad dismantled when the dog died

When I sit inside the classroom
That I sat in the first grade
In my canary-yellow uniform
Playing old computer games

Some underwhelming clouds blew in from Hell
Some people that I knew but not too well
Are scaring me and starting to excel
I break away this astral place I dwell

Well I really hate those coffin dreams
Condensing all the dark
Creeping shadows in my bedroom
From the moment I wake up

I don’t want to see those boxes
I don’t want to know its tenants
I don’t want to see those coffins in my skull

And the grasp of what is real
Seems to welter and depart
When I think that I’m not me
And I believe that I’m Descartes

On a goose chase from philosophy
In volumes manifested
I’m recluse into astronomy
And I’m looking for John Lennon

And I’ve witnessed all creation
I’m hungover and bedridden
Have you ever tried for sex
Inside a dream to no sensation?

While Max is in the lounge room
Pointing out my broken teeth
So we stash them in a pillow case
And hand them out for free

I still recall the first
Of all these casket expeditions
My dziadek in his dirt box
Handing out some invitations

I thought he was a thousand years back then
From nineteen ninety nine to ninety ten
When Patti May and me would play pretend
That I'd be something more than just a friend

And I really hate them coffin dreams
Condensing all the dark
Creeping shadows in my bedroom
From the moment I wake up

I don’t want to see those boxes
I don’t want to know its tenants
I don’t want to see those coffins in my skull

I don't want to see those boxes
I don't want to know its tenants
I don't want to see these coffins in my skull

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from Evergreen Civil War, released August 10, 2014

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Animal Pharma Melbourne, Australia

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Studio Albums:

Zygoat – 29 July 2014

Evergreen Civil War – 10 August 2014

Pantomeme – 11 October 2014

Light of a Hard – 28 March 2015

The Vuuz – 10 May 2015

Mazel – 1 November

Joseph Phase – 29 July 2018 ... more

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