The Fisherman & The Sea

Botify The People 

Don’t share the wealth 
You’ll share health 
Keep ‘em crawling, crawling further 
Up the ladder ’til the murder 

All of those lines 
Fine printed lines 
Keep ‘em happy not reading 
All the bullshit that we’re feeding 

Yes you are 
A star 
On a chart 
In a machine heart 

Lie after lie 
Time after time 
Make it look like we’re caring 
Your objective: get them sharing 

Big Data dumps 
Subscriber bumps 
We’re a business, not a pre-school 
Just tell them what I told you 

Yes you are 
A star 
On a chart 
In a machine heart 

We need to spotify all of the artists 
And shopify all of their guest lists 
No need to amplify our reasons 
When we can botify all of the people 

Kick up upstairs 
Like someone cares 
What we do with all the money 
Keep it close to, to you honey 

Yes you are 
A star 
On a chart 
In a machine heart 

We need to spotify all of the artists 
And shopify all of their guest lists 
No need to amplify our reasons 
When we can botify all of the people 

Don’t give me truth 
This is post-you 
Swear I’ll cut off all the branches 
Throw you back into the trenches 

And there you ‘ll be 
Just without me 
Back to crawing, crawling further 
Up the ladder til you murder

Scream into the Void 

I’m a guilty soul 
I though on my own 
I’d change where we’re going 

But here I still am 
Feeling all scammed 
Broke and still paying 

(Whistling) 

No Instagram Reels 
Or Facebook Lives 
Will get things rolling 

So I’m wondering 
If this is my thing 
And who am I fooling? 

I scream into the void 
I scream into the void 
Nobody answers 
Beholden to their masters 
The algorithms changing faster 
Another stillborn beauty voided again 
I scream into that void 

It’s not people I reach 
Just gatekeeper code 
Love with a price tag 

It’s funny and sad 
A code makes me mad 
And I forget what I came here for 

I scream into the void 
I scream into the void 
Nobody answers 
Beholden to their masters 
The algorithms changing faster 
Another stillborn beauty voided again 
I scream into that void 

Marketing tools 
For all of us foold 
Look at my trajectory 
It might be reversed 
At least I rehearsed 
And nail it later 

I scream into the void 
I scream into the void 
Nobody answers 
Beholden to their masters 
The algorithms changing faster 
Another stillborn beauty voided again 
I scream into that void 

Nobody answers 
Beholden to their masters 
The algorithms changing faster 
Another stillborn beauty voided again

Plastic 

I’m floating like a piece of plastic 
Floating through the air 
I don’t belong, I’m a pollutant 
Welcome nowhere 

I never knew how to make it 
I never knew how to take all of those turns 
In their world 

That’s why I’m turning 
My inside in now 
That’s why I’m burning 
My prison down now 

I wish I was as useful to myself as 
To machines 
I’m plastic like the most of us 
That never get seen 

I never knew how to make it 
I never knew how to take all of those turns 
In their world 

That’s why I’m turning 
My inside in now 
That’s why I’m burning 
My prison down now 

I never knew how to make it 
I never knew how to take all of those turns 
In their world 

I never knew how to fake it 
I never knew how to fake it, taking turns 
With all the world 

That’s why I’m turning 
My inside in now 
That’s why I’m burning 
My prison down now

Light the Liars on Fire 

Lately been feeling kind of vaguely 
Like I should start to say things 
Although I have no way in 

Bubbles causing all my troubles 
They burst not from my squabbles 
Just when I pay them double 

Now I can’t help to be 
The things they need from me 
I’m always one step off trend 

I’m never ahead of time 
No matter how early I’m 
Collateral, expendable 

Light the liars on fire 
Let them burn on the pyre 
All their promises made 
Vanish once they get paid 
After that it’s just me 
And the heaps of money 
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet 
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet 

I hope that all you are 
Is a glitch between our stars 
I hope that all you’ll be 
Is a fleeting memory 

But sadly there’s no way that time-traveling 
Is any way of answering what here and now are asking 

I’m tired of trying to topple giants 
A faceless mob of tyrants but honestly just liars 

Let them burn on the pyre 
All their promises made 
Vanish once they get paid 
After that it’s just me 
And the heaps of money 
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet 
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet 

I hope that all you are 
Is a glitch between our stars 
I hope that all you’ll be 
Is a fleeting memory 
I hope that all I am 
Is a strike right through your plans

Conversations with an Algorithm 

All day locked up in my home 
Staring down my endless phone 
Trying to crack that secret code 
Trying to squeeze into that, into that, into that mold 

We’re searching for life 
On our mobile device 
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation 
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm 
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation 
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm 

All night wide awake in bed 
Lettting the world into my head 
Trying so hard ot let things slide 
Knowing full well it’ll cut me, it’ll cut me, cut me of this life 

We’re searching for life 
On our mobile device 
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation 
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm 
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation 
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm 

You change your song 
And I try changing along 

We’re searching for life 
On our mobile device 
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation 
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm 
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation 
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm 

Oh lo and behold 
That’s how we go 
Oh lo and behold 
That’s how we go

Faith in the System 

I can not love 
What I can not touch 

I can not feel 
Something pre-meditated 

Why am I here? 
Am I only to please? 

Faith, faith 
Why don’t I have a little faith, faith 
In the system and it’s ways? 
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape 
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes 
Why can’t I be a litle slave 
To the system and it’s perfect ways? 

I can not see 
A person by watching their feed 

I can not talk 
Through someone’s business mind warp 

Is it just me? 
Should I bow to the machine? 

Faith, faith 
Why don’t I have a little faith, faith 
In the system and it’s ways? 
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape 
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes 
Why can’t I be a litle slave 
To the system and it’s perfect ways? 

My need to feel 
Just a dying scream here 

Faith, faith 
Why don’t I have an ounce of faith, faith 
In the system and it’s ways? 
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape 
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes 
Why can’t I be a litle slave 
To the system and it’s perfect ways?

But the Boy is Dead! 

I feel so strung out on my own 
No pulse, no vital signs to show 
All my tax returns I’m ready to burn 
Of the universe I’m trying to learn 
Just got this inkling in my head 

Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 

I feel my fuse is about to blow 
Got all this love that needs to grow 
You look at me weird all because of my beard 
Let out a sigh, take out the pruning shears 
While I lay naked on my bed 

Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Snip-snip-snip, chip away at the life of me 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Snip-snip-snip, get a line inside of me 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Snip-snip-snip, get that clickbait into me 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Snip-snip-snip, suck the life right out of me 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 

I feel so strung out on my own 
No pulse, no vital signs to show 
Oh my CEO are you ready to dance? 
You flash some bling, I soil my pants 
Don’t be a stiff is what you said 

Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
That sure don’t mean that he don’t dance 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
That sure don’t mean that he can’t dance 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Everybody’s gotta do the dance 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
So don’t give me attitude, just dance 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 

KIA 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Do it my way 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
Spotify-a 
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead! 
You are… 
Oh, my word, but the boy is… dead!

I Owe an Explanation to Myself Now 

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now 
To myself now 
All the years I pleased myself by clicking all the likes 
While I was barely half-alive 

Signed out still I know I tried 
Clicked like like a hundred times 
Always replied 
To boost my profile 

Feel lost when I go outside 
Where’s the sex, where’s the sunny side? 
What’s this cold life? 
I wanna be inside 

Oooh, come back to me 
Who’s whispering? 
Oooh, come back to me 
Obey the screen 

Feel anxious when you’re far away 
The next room like the Milky Way 
I can not put you down 
I will not put you down 

But then I cracked like a twig in the cold 
For a minute felt a hundred years old 
I put my phone down 
I let myself down 

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now 
To myself now 
All the years I pleased myself by clicking all the likes 
While I was barely half-alive 

Surface, surface! 
I need to re-surface, surface 
I can see the surface 
Don’t let it drag me down 
Don’t leave me to drown 

Surface, surface! 
I need to re-surface, surface 
I can see the surface 
And sunlight 
Daylight 
Wild life 
My lost time 

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now 
To myself now 
All the years I pleased myself by clicking all the likes 
While I was barely half-alive 

Oooh, come back to me 
Who’s whispering? 
Oooh, come back to me 
Obey the screen 

Oooh, come back to me 
Who’s whispering? 
Oooh, come back to me 
Obey the screen 

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now 
To myself now

Beggar Princess 

Hey to you my darling 
Have you looked into a mirror lately 
’Cause I’ve been seeing things 
You’ve grown up so much 
I can’t see the end of you 
You’re head in the clouds and your toes dug in the sand 

I want to steal this 
From you, my beggar princess 
And yes, it’s just a moment 
Of truth with you and me in it 

Hey to you my darling 
I’ve woken up to a morning sun 
That draws a halo ’round your head 
Innocence I’ve mocked 
I’ve laughed in scorn 
But now a look at you is like a slap in my old face 

I want to steal this 
From you, my beggar princess 
And yes, it’s just a moment 
Of truth with you and me in it 

So why should we die? 
So why should we die? 
We’re special, you and I 

We got this far 
To fall apart 
Oh, but no 

Hey to you my darling 
Have you seen me lately 
Ready for tomorrow, with a light in my eyes 

I want to feel this 
Like you do my beggar princess 
And yes, it’s just a moment 
Of truth with you and me in it 

So why should we die? 
So why should we die? 
We’re special, you and I

Trail Of Lies 

Hello 
From a mind hell-bent and lost 
A ripple of pretty soothing words 
Always at someone else’s cost 

Yeah, I’ll do this right 
Think I’ll tear myself apart 
Right down to my treacherous heart 
See if it’s something you still want a part of 

Hello, I’m here 
And I’m sick and tired 
Leaving a trail of lies 
Yeah, my heart it cries 
And my tear-stained face 
Can’t wash away those lies 

Hush now heart 
You can never take it back 
Once it’s out there in the cracks 
It’ll fester and maybe break your back 

Hello, I’m here 
And I’m sick and tired 
Leaving a trail of lies 
Yeah, my heart it cries 
And my tear-stained face 
Can’t wash away those lies 

Have I a soul 
You can bring yourself to 
Love as a whole 
With all my queer exceptions 
I’m not the rule 
So will you just sit down and breathe 
With me 

Hello, I’m here tonight 
And I’m sick and tired 
Leaving a trail of lies 
Yeah, my heart it cries 
And if I don’t come clean 
No, this can’t be my life 

This can’t be my life

Sea Of Pleasantries 

I’m floating on a sea of hubris 
And the servile few keep growing 
Into a school of mini-mes 
I’m living like I always wanted 
My words are people’s gospel 
And it affects my mind, my friend 

I can not keep things to myself 

Dearie me 
I’m floating on a sea of pleasantries 
’Cause no-one tells me no 
And I don’t say please 
Or any of those other niceties 
’Cause that shit’s just weak 

The other day I felt like sharing 
So I handed my wisdom down 
And it caused a pretty scene 
Some shout at me, but I’m not worried 
I’m protected by laws I loathe 
And therefor disregard 

I find myself the perfect man 

Dearie me 
I’m floating on a sea of pleasantries 
’Cause no-one tells me no 
And I don’t say please 
Or any of those other niceties 
’Cause that shit’s just weak 
That shit is just weak 

There were shots from some poor dummy 
I never said to take my meaning by the word 
Dear listener, don’t worry about me 
I’m up here safe and sound 
In my precious ivory tower 

From a great big height 
I see your plight 
Now fight

Sick Song 

You pull me out this godforsaken jungle 
Of imposing on all my misery 
I’m leaving behind a life faded to grey tone 
Flushing red with a lovesong 

You’re holding up my light again 
A light I thought I’d lost 
How easily it burns again 
Without drugs, creed or cost 
You have passed across that line 
A line I thought stood firm 
You will prove me wrong again 
My lines don’t pose a halt for you 

I’m sick on the floor 
I hate all that I’m writing 
The birds outside seem to be mocking me 
There’s too much white noise 
Too much words that only mean half-things 
But here I stand with a lovesong 

You’re holding up my light again 
A light I thought I’d lost 
How easily it burns again 
Without drugs, creed or cost 
You have passed across that line 
A line I thought stood firm 
You will prove me wrong again 
My lines don’t pose a halt for you 
For you 
For you 
For you

Stuck With A Rhyme 

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme 
Want to but I can not seem to combine it 
With anything of might 

I want to stick, stick, stick, stick to a plan 
But to conjure up a working one takes a better man 
Than most self-help software tells me I am 

Shush, shush, shush, shush it to death 
Keep ideas from leaving my head 
Collect all my thoughts and put them back to bed 

But then I turn to face a world 

It crossed my mind tonight 
It’s pencil to paper time 
All of this, all of this leaves 
If I get to, I get to be 

Take, take, take all that you can 
I may not be around to blow up this scam 
I wish I had clarity but I’m damned 

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with it all 
Want to but I can not seem to recall what I want 
Or what I’m here for 

And so I turn to face the world 

It crossed my mind tonight 
It’s pencil to paper time 
All of this, all of this leaves 
If I get to, I get to be 

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme 
Want to but I can not seem to combine 
Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme 
Want to but I can not seem to combine it ahead 

You crossed my mind tonight 
Now it’s pencil to paper time 
All of this, all of this leaves 
If I get to, I get to be 
Someone 
Someone 
Someone

The Funny One 

Shame on you 
For speaking the truth 
You fill a room with laughter 
And then someone quotes you wrong 
It’s you that they’re now after 
The papers scream your magic’s gone 

A war on thought 
The lines have been drawn 
You apologize profoundly 
But no-one wants to hear 
Their minds made up completely 
Don’t confuse them with reality 

’Cause son you are the one 
We’re all laughing quietly into our drinks 
But we’re with you son 

We’re the lucky ones 
We’re the lucky ones 
We’re the lucky ones 
’Cause you’re just the funny one 
She’s a lucky one 
He’s a lucky one 
I’m a lucky one 
’Cause you’re still the only one 

So shame on us 
We push but not enough 
You kill a hall with laughter 
You speak our very minds 
Pupil turns to master 
And we hope we’re not left behind 

’Cause son you are the one 
We’re all waiting for someone 
To join our hearts in a song 

We’re the lucky ones 
We’re the lucky ones 
We’re the lucky ones 
’Cause you’re still the funny one 
She’s a lucky one 
He’s a lucky one 
I’m a lucky one 
’Cause you’re still the lonely one, so… 

(Don’t want to save me)
(Go on and save me) 

You’re still the only one standing now

Marina 

I smell pinewood and salmon 
I trot on salt of the Earth 
A thick black smoke is stinging my eyes 
And it’s decidedly silent 
Mmm, my unfurnished home 

I shake hands with every last one 
Be it grandma or baby 
They’ll join hands when I’ve gone 
It makes no difference to me 

Shards of glass 
Now your cup lay broken 

When we meet you may find a sound 
Slowly creeping out of your mouth 
Saying please please let me do this alone 
But I was always there through it all 
Through the storm 
Marina 
Marina 
Marina 
Marina 

I did not come to dwell in this place 
Just to pick up a package 
I did not come to fall from grace 
No, I’m long lost and past it 
Marina 
Marina 
Now your cup lay broken 
Marina 
Marina 
Now your cup lay broken

Dancing With Daisies 

I’ve been laying down so long 
The only feeling’s in my bones 
My eyes have sunk into my skull 
But hey, tomorrow’s the day I get 

Paid for all my services 
I have done my worst to ditch 
I am like an altar boy 
Sweet, humble and destroyed 

Church, yeah that’s where I got to go 
Those priests they have got know 
How to escape that impending doom 
I call my nine to five 
A time-traveled suicide 
And I’m dancing with daisies 

Oh my world you’ve grown so small 
Everybody’s in on it all 
There is no song and no parade 
Just a life, two thirds gone all the time 

Scientists, they gotta make sense of this 
They’ll know how to handle this rift in my continuum 
But wait, what if I’m alien? 
Would that go towards explaning things? 
Or is that just a backdoor? 

I feel fired up 
Quite often enough 
But subject to change I am 
Like any other man 

Oh world of great opportunity 
When accidentally 
Will you exactly be tripping over me? 
It’s not like I find myself 
With all of my time on Earth 
Doing more than dancing with daisies 
Dancing with daisies

Skinny Dip 

I’m told that I look younger 
Than I did a few weeks ago 
That I’ve changed from someone sombre 
To someone next to intolerable 

I smile for no good reason 
Yeah, I laugh at the stupidest jokes 
My friends they tell me to cool it 
You’re still recovering from the last Joe 

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in 
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering 
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in 
I want your love but I know you’re lingering 
I want it all, I want it all right now 
I want the truth to take your shape right now 
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in 
I want us to fall in love like children 

Word to the wiseass 
I’ve never felt this way before 
So jeer at me if it helps you 
I’m sure you’ve never felt such a fool 

Yeah, all the shit I stuck through 
All of the hope I clung to 
Leave me now 
I’ve never seen so clearly 
Or sounded this damn cheesy 
Take me now 

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in  
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering  
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in  
I want your love but I know you’re lingering  
I want it all, I want it all right now  
I want the truth to take your shape right now  
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in  
I want us to fall in love like children 

Naive 

So I’m here again 
Like an honest man 
Working hard all day 
Bringing home my pay 

But you spent your share 
On your friends and hair 
You thought I wouldn’t care 
Since I’m never there 

But it feels like you’re making me go 
And it feels like I’m pushed to move on 
I just feel like a puppet in your show 
When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying no 

So now here we are 
With our lonely hearts 
Under the same stars 
Already worlds apart 

And it feels like you’re making me go  
And it feels like I’m pushed to move on  
I just feel like a puppet in your show  
When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying no 

When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying go

A Man With No Dance 

I’m building a grand wall 
To keep all you lovely people in 
You can not leave me here 
Once the wolves start creeping in 

I might build a tower 
To see the horizon and beyond 
I’m building a fortress of love 
But I can’t alone 

Ooh 
Oh no man no 
I’m just a man with no dance 
Ooh 
Oh no God no 
I’m just a boy for romance 

I’m just a man 
With a real good plan 
To save the world 
Make it a better place for Man 
It’s a simple plan 
But all the love it would take 
Just drifted some place... 
Else 

You curse me a dreamer 
You curse me a many evil things 
But you’re welcome to join us here 
’Cause you’re just like me 

Ooh  
Oh no man no  
I’m just a man with no dance  
Ooh  
Oh no God no  
I’m just a boy for romance  

I’m just a man  
With a real good plan  
To save the world  
Make it a better place for Man  
It’s a simple plan  
But all the love it would take  
Just drifted some place...  
Else 

Ugly 

I’m ugly to look at 
I’m ugly to listen to 
Dear God, there’s always something awry 

The machinery kills me 
The days of killing machinery 
Are way in perpetual tomorrow 

I’ve been trying hard 
To just let this go 
I should be trying harder 

’Cause there’s always someone with a smile 
That’ll shiv you 
And there’s always someone that you trust 
That’ll stiff you 
And it’s always someone you love 
Yeah, it’s always someone you love 
And live for 

In your arms I die lying 
Yeah the truth eludes me lately 
Wish I kept it together 

And how I wish I had answers 
But the only answer I can get is 
”Yeah man, maybe tomorrow...” 

I’ve been trying hard  
To just let this go  
I should be trying harder  

’Cause there’s always someone with a smile  
That’ll shiv you  
And there’s always someone that you trust  
That’ll stiff you  
And it’s always someone you love  
Yeah, it’s always someone you love  
And live for 

Reptile I 

Once in a while I’ll get lost 
In the woods where I played as a child 
Clear as today I can see 
All the places I went in my mind 

All my heartache and pain 
Were no baggage that day 

Fighting for something 
Fighting all foul things 
I’ve never felt so alive 
Like I did when I was a child 
Fighting my battles as 
Reptile I 

Seems like today I can find 
All the wars I want to wage in my mind 
So message to you, Reptile I 
It seems that I’ve run out of time 

With this heartache and pain 
Who’s got time to explain 

Fighting for something  
Fighting all foul things  
I’ve never felt so alive  
Like I did when I was a child  
Fighting my battles as  
Reptile I 

Once in a while I’ll sit down 
Pout like a baby and cry 
Shed my skins ’til I’m clear 
Find my way back to Reptile I 

All that heartache and pain 
Will just peel away