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Irrational Excavations

by Splendor and Misery

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SHINY WHITE LINES Shiny white lines Fierce cold teeth of summer Glimmering on wet tired streets Like a kind of icy device Flocks of grey flies Taste the flesh of the slummers And, of course, the automobiles Such Babel in appropriate size Ch. Go barefoot, feel the mud If there’s any left in this glass world Flocks of eyes move circling around Chasing puzzles of shiny white lines Shiny white lines Make you feel even dumber Hot Halloween with twisted smiles All you might need is right by your side Chaos of signs Turns into wordless rumor Of you being so great and bright Lost in your own senses inside Ch. Пущи, пущи, па реже Реже, реже, па цака Реже, реже, па цака И така, и вака цака Shiny white lines Fierce cold teeth of summer Glimmering on wet tired streets Like a kind of icy device Sick of goodbyes You just act like a mummer Saying hi to each new grief Swimming in a pool of white lies Ch.
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The Mind Gangsters Here they come, run! Mind gangsters return Watch your brain fail Call yourself insane And the hunger then gives way to the moon And all fairy tales rush in too soon And the partisans shoot all the baboons وعندهم بنادق وهم ينصرفونْ A desperate sultan’s eyes Darken with surprise Skyscrapers ahead Fall right on his head And the mist, the moisture everywhere to be seen And the dark filthy noise gives way to the green And the mothers stare: where have you been? في أيديهن التراب وهن يبكينْ Mind gangsters job Brain grains explode Pyramids madly rise Occupy your mind
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Carnations 03:43
CARNATIONS A red carnation so boring and nice The cheap vase is no work of art Dad’s happy to snore when Mom’s trying to sigh A symbol of a teenager’s wrath ring wrong (2) An orange carnation – cigarette in the dark A night at a small railway station Steps echo, surround this bright shiny spark The train of a young pumping heart King Kong (2) A white carnation in water so mild Pale sisters - the lilies - caress him A marriage – the dream of the happiest child Love sealed in an envelope, stamped sing song (2)
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The umbrella man Has a funny, skinny body Like a metal rod That’s why he needs clothes Not to feel so cold And those clothes Are so beautifully folded ‘Cause he is shy, so shy So he tightens them all up All across his body This withered body Which he wouldn’t want to be exposed But when the sky cries He shows his nakedness in shame Protects the decent people from its sadness Warm and cosy they can stay
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Collages 02:53
Address book full of marks Glossy millionaires send best regards Sunflowers bow smiling politely Red paper hearts stuck so tightly Old school suit down the gutter So pleased to grin growl and flutter Badges and wedges all just in place Epaulettes sniff tied up with white lace Oh what a drama A carnival’s trauma Heavenly bleaches On white heavy stitches Shouting stickers fool of charm I feel like I broke my arm All those colours make me sick Girls fly around on broomsticks I would like to patch the sunspots It means I would wind all the night clocks Signatures laugh right in my face Insist to be put in their appropriate place Oh what a heartache I need some mandrake To calm and relieve me I need you to believe me (I keep turning the pages…) (So what?) (O, my God…) (Is that hygroscopic?) (C’mon stop that) (What a mess...) (A-a-a, a sponge, good for the tears) (You’re a total idiot, my friend) (Pathetic...) (Why do you think it’s so fucking easy?) (Why don’t you clean up instead?) (Incredible..) Oh this is crucial The ultimate bullshit Calendars waving For decent behaviour Total disorder piece next to piece Have you put it down on the guest list? Snapshots covered with mud spots Army of barbies carrying red flags End the blah blah, capture mirages Put them down, make some collages Glue or pitch, use whatever you want Don’t forget descriptions of art! Oh what a drama A carnival’s trauma Heavenly bleaches On white heavy stitches
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The divinity of scraps The revelations of the cracks The reproduction of the worms when being sliced into three into four or five The eternity of mindless acts The sincerity of drags The sentimental tales of rags The daze of making seconds, minutes, hours, months, decades and years of crap The eternity of mindless acts Broken shells of snails Erosion, dust Lost trails of rails Decay and rust Sacrifice the ash and bone To the thunder of the sky fire (2) The deja-vu of certain facts The creation of senseless arts Spontaneous movements, dances, circles, round and round and round The eternity of mindless acts
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Head First 02:26
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Digging For meanings Digging For truth There comes a minute in time There comes a moment in time There comes this unpleasant time When you feel so confused Your tools Are blunt Shovels and picks Are blunt You suddenly don’t know what is right You suddenly don’t know what is wrong You suddenly don’t know who you are Now you are not that strong Bridge: But the sun in the sky seems much the same It seems there are still frost and rain No flower or tree has changed It’s another dull normal day And all of your schemes and all your plans Seems so pointless, you are a bug on the shelf You’re just crawling without knowing yourself All you know is just how to graze Sharpen Your tools Yes, sharpen Your senses, fool Be ready to dig with no tools at all Be ready to dig when everything falls Be ready to dig deep into your soul Be ready to let go

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released April 21, 2016

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Splendor and Misery Sofia, Bulgaria

Splendor and Misery is an electronic indie rock duo from Sofia,Bulgaria, that mixes folk elements and instruments with contemporary soundscapes and beats. Splendor and Misery is Victor Todorov (vocals, synth) and Angela Rodel (vocals, synth, tambura).

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