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Meow Will Keep My Body Safe

by Ben Buchanan

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1.
Sparkleseed 02:38
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the sun has asked a child to play with hay oh do I have what it takes 'cause the memories they shine on me so blindingly like a sparkleseed sparkleseed a sparkleseed oh what will I do with all of this moss? what's the point of cleaning a stone if it's hay day is done oh maybe I'm just beginning I'm just beginning the people in my head are all liars so I'll chew the wires oh I want the very most from all the coasts of islands hosting sparkleseeds sparkleseeds sparkleseeds
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Spider song 02:47
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I have to tell somebody of this spider on my wall he has seen all sorts of things but things I can't recall at least he has a friend, maybe a lover I'm not sure when they die I'll die with them and soon again reborn sometimes there's a moth I find him pretty and benign I wonder what he thinks of me I ask him for a sign I've dressed myself in ribbons, lace and fabrics of all kinds this way I can be assured that one day he'll be mine Oh these spiders seen everything except what I really am These spiders know everything except the the things that I don't talk about These spiders seen everything except what I really am These spiders know everything except the love and trust that comes out on my face, in this place Spider it is easier to stay here on this beach But everything I want in here's a little out of reach There are so many moths, oh it is endless, endless fun Somehow I will miss him and they'll all turn into one Millions of moths are here but he's not one of them Beetles drawing naughts and crosses with a grotty pen I will see him everywhere I will see him everywhere I will see him everywhere Oh I don't think this will end Mr. Spider on the wall I bet these people write about you all the time But I still have to ask you not to repeat what you've seen 'Cause I think if people knew - well then they wouldn't like me anymore These spiders seen everything except what I really am These spiders know everything except the the things that I don't talk about These spiders know everything except what I really am These spiders know everything except the love and trust and happiness The love and trust and happiness The love and trust that comes out on my face, in this place
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Kev the mailman 02:48
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Kev the mailman He was friends with everyone Down these roads Of a town where all its people Had no armour on them He took them Delivered them To their foe not their friend And let the foe spend And let the foe spend And he let the foe spend When the foe was done Kev, he shone Bright like the sun And he moved on To the next road along Leaving gems in the mud For the people to mine And keep in their minds Kev the mailman He was friends with everyone Down these roads Of a town where all its people Had no armour on them He hoist them Shone a light on them Gave them placards And black markers Kev brought his friends Along to send Their grenades of mail in a language the people couldn’t Understand. So the towns people wrote What they thought Might invoke A defence to revoke Kev and his band Their efforts were kind Wounds, no longer blind But the people couldn’t find any caves for hiding Or any gems for mining So they hurried quietly away to a new town with a new mailman
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Fairybones 01:50
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I want his love like it was the last thing coming for me I don’t care who’s love as long as it’s fast and mean And when he wants my body, I’ll surrender my psyche Then I’ll cry, wash my heart alone I don’t care who’s love cause its the last thing coming for me I was his love as long as his love is fast and mean And when he wants my body, I’ll surrender my psyche Then I’ll cry, wash my heart alone Wash my heart alone Wash my heart alone
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Jenny 03:44
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Jenny waits At a bus stop close to home It’s empty But there’s peace enough for her When it's quiet She thinks of all the things to do And well she does them so well Jenny waits For a bus that never comes She’s tired Oh she’s so tired But she waits Cause its all she knows to do To take her away She tells herself That chasing all the stops Won’t make the bus come faster than before So maybe just maybe it arrives By the time she dies One day to her surprise The bus, it arrives And as she looks into the headlights A poison rings inside Cause memories are still alive And she can't get inside Cause memories are still alive And she can't get inside No she can't get inside It's all she really wanted and she can't get inside
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Iridescence 07:51
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Do you remember? Well, You taught me Something that I could never get again There was a sparkle in the pearl of your eye And I oh I oh I oh I oh I Couldn’t shake the feeling Of needing a plot of land to start this yearning My cow leapt across the moon And fed me warm, warm soup Made with stars, moons and stained glass tunes I didn’t know that it was you On cold sand, You told me your escape from the land That held us together So selfishly and untethered I wish we could’ve walked into the sky or the ocean That night And stayed there forever I wish you knew when we sat there on the sand All the pearls I made for you So when the night would turn to day We could see the colours Shimmering in the sun But the day It never came So I sat there and waited While Jupiter and Venus and mars Moved around and around in the sky Over and over and over again The night it came in And I didn’t stand a chance Against the force of the stillness And the lack of waves To move around these pearls It just crept up on me I guess And then I couldn’t confess That you’re the one I can’t forget That makes me so blue on a sunny street in the light of day And maybe you made me feel okay Just once, now I chase the same feeling away Then a dream shall free my seeds And we go for a walk Around the eucalyptus tree Shining golder than glee And there are stones And there is light And there begins a stream life To hold atoms so cold that they must flow alone at night In this stream, and in my dream Walks with you will never end And there is laughter Only after I forget that you are not a friend Doesn’t matter, Wherever I go I will look for you In the eyes of strangers, in the palms of dangers And across the great open sky My oh my, my darling, We have traveled quite far From that eucalyptus tree So sweat me A drop of oil Every year, upon the solstice sea And eventually I will have enough for my pain to heat up And my love can fry You are gone I am done I’ve run out of breath I’ll stay here till death
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Nautilism 02:18
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Knifespeople 02:58
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Beware of the knifespeople They are made of steel glass So be mean knifespeople Cut me clean, use me fast Just not enough to make me bleed where anyone can see Look close for the knifespeople Don't be fooled by disguise So be kind knifespeople Or let the jury be wise About Your lies Find out Who cries At your hands Never mind my pain they don't care Never mind my pain they don't care Never mind my pain they don't care They don't care, they don't care
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Tsunami 02:26
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(A tsunami is coming) (I wanna get hit now)
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Badly hurt 02:21
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You are badly, badly hurt You are badly, badly hurt I don't know what you think you heard But you are badly, badly hurt If you look inside you will find a child A child who cried 'cause they didn't get the love Don't let that child make your decisions You are all grown up now You are badly, badly hurt You are badly, badly hurt I know that these aches do burn But you are badly, badly hurt So what I ask now is you leave me be I'm trying to also be the best me It's not so easy, these things can be hard But now all I ask is that you depart You are badly, badly hurt You are badly, badly hurt I don't know what you think you heard But you are badly, badly hurt
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Meow will keep my body safe 03:21
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Why won't I love me? And tell me I want me to Be in a body? A body It's not a want for me It's just a need to be Someone like Henry Like Henry I am the child who Wants to escape from this Violent, silent life That never waits But I can save me My body kept safely with Meow, meow will keep my body safe Will keep my body safe Will keep my body safe If you live through this Then you will find All the moths who are funny And the wasps who are kind You're looking good kid So please don't cry 'Cause these bug bites Shoot yellow lights Pointed at the reason why You should try
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One piscean night 02:12
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I think that you're quite beautiful I know that you don't exist anymore I know that you don't exist anymore I know there's no point in singing Oh lord, give me one more feeling Just a little feeling To hold, of you To hold of you Hold of you Hold of you Hold of you

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released March 7, 2025

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