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Levitate This

by VOLUME prod. by Dr B

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Well it's a nightmarish landscape mandate to eviscerate neon hate flash back splash down sewer grate with gas mask eyelash burned by the spark of escape the brass tacks wade in the rivers below population stacks decompose flesh from the best now at best stings the nose underground rebel just goin' with the flow those in the know meet me in the light Earth core illumination soul glow nothin's not right double dose negative sight beyond sight toes alight I am the Night Walker Welcome to the deer dance, fear glance crack a beer, loosen up you already took your chance no romance, glanced by automatic dogmatic blast entranced bullshit happenstance, moon shadow prance you and I unified behind a Guy Fawkes mask and top hat slap-back stance hazmat tit for tat had it up to here with the lab rat crap first order corporation throat slash news flash little kitty cat: Cerberus has my back WHOA Underground initiative overworld overthrow ohh ........ Run for cover bomb blast intuition smother please sir may I have another? goodbye lover Death becomes her casket and soldier draped in wolf fur with a pack til at least one lung burst chainsmoke runner we ain't never gonna make it to cancer what's worse? The civilized slaughter of innocence by a militant government up for offer to the highest bid or a group of terrified kids trying to live within a structure that ruptures the carotid? They are the heart breakers dream takers but we the awakened are the death shakin, earth quakin liberation heartspace occupation levitatin mindscape saviors 32, 34, 36 flavors chromosomal capers chew a now and later burn official papers I for one will rise above and climb into the Aether evapotranspiration into vapor Eyes glued shut for a thousand years gummed up by countless tears innumerable empty beer bottle fears drowned I can hear the sound pound on corrugated tin rooftops rustbelt gears stop heartbeat felt then casually dropped to the ground Dust yourself off Deep lung cough, irritated trees shake moss Irrigated mass blood loss Dug trough walk Last time Macross transform and blast off Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? analog battle fought animator hand caught pencil stripped Buddha palm man is not lost but bought onward onslaught eyes cross when tees dot public squares throw change make it hail Mary's in the air offer up a prayer ensnare the coagulated masses and declare: WE WILL NO LONGER PLACE A HAND OVER THE HEART UNTIL THE FLAME OF HUMANITY IS SPARKED
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"Heyy uhh, Hey Tophat..." "What is it this time?" "Y..Ya got anything ta eat?" "Do I have anything ta...how's about a knuckle sandwich?" "Does it have mayonnaise? Cause I hate mayonnaise..." ........... There were once two dudes They were sittin' just out of clear view ala Blue's Clues Ooh Dusty dirty gritty bad news flickin' matches from a telephone booth Who? Gumshoes, bloodshot eyes hidden by a pair of cigar plumes You Better hope you never ever come to know these sons of bitches like I do One short and simple minded haiku words few other blast through rather than ask to move Somethin' to prove nothin' to lose one underside city park bench spearmint chew, ew Bubble lead rolls heads all the way to Timbuktu Leave 'em stuck like glue other trash talk pew til the talk trash you "That didn't even make any sense" psshhh, how rude Bad mood with a shitty attitude glued to the boob tube hand in the pants lewd lube Channel 2 feud with the fate of the free world in the hands of these rubes we're so screwed .......... "I was just sayin' I'm hungry! Could use a little recharge" "Shut ya trap and chew ya gum, we got capers" .......... It's the Adventuuurrrres of Tooophat and Monocle! The Adventuuurrrres of Tooophat and Monocle! Saving the world one crime at a time unless there's something better to do Any of a myriad of things A tasty snack An amusing show of the tele An old wooden fence to paint Anything really, I don't fuckin' know .......... Sirens blare over here over there Who cares, anyone care? I don't care Fair is fair in a city of unfair cab fare dag where's a comfortable chair? Kick back Things fall to crap Who laughs last? The hearing impaired Tophat lecherously lurking JUMP! Two apathetic dicks in the air Monocle manufactures manicured knuckle drag Macintosh kick to the snare Tits and a player trump chicks in despair what a twisted affair this pair I swear By the son and the moon in the stars fellas rather leave Charles in charge act like we've come so far but the villains are the one's livin' large ........ "Is he talkin' about us? (who?)" "Is he disparaging our names? (who are you talkin' about?")" "I'm a Goddamn hero!" You don't really do anything heroic "(oh him) That's it! Knuckle up Monocle! (He seems like a nice guy)" Look I'm just sayin' you don't really do anything...well, you kinda make things worse... ......... It's the Adventuuurrrres of Tooophat and Monocle! The Adventuuurrrres of Tooophat and Monocle! Saving the world one crime at a time unless there's something better to do Any of a myriad of things A tasty snack An amusing show of the tele An old wooden fence to paint Anything really, I don't fuckin' know
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Never knew it could be like this called it quits then you took me by the wrist now we're livin' in perpetual bliss no second guess stagger heart's all up in the mix You're my Planeteer I wanna be your Captain save the Earth with the sound of our laughin' by my side holdin' mittens while I'm rappin' back in the boat for a movie maybe action Brace for satisfaction cat nappin' cook your favorite meal girl you provide the napkins If you want you can use my shirt while I'm distracted lips brush my arm and it hurts sooo good I could eat you up buttercup and my insides flutter cause I know you wish I would How'd we get it so good? (I dunno) ....... It's the big one I can feel it in my chest Blow an EKG up when I get a text Next level phone call yes yes y'all I'm all in head spins gotta lay down Toes curl when I hear your sounds pure poetry in motion wheel from ground to sky shy around ya and I swear that's far from my everyday character no lie Lost in beautiful eyes you're my sea and my sky Wind blow, land here by the fire can't hold a candle hands shakin', sweat drips, thigh quakin' Bed breakin', breath takin', back rakin' every Goddamn muscle in our bodies achin', love makin' What's time? What space? All boundaries break away, taste the day sweet nights blur into what looks to be an incredible life Some contrived line bout makin' you my wife but we both know: this is deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deeper than labels baskin' in my own modern day fable Smile bright day glo, radiant angel Two flames from a single soul Love grows we been searchin' for eachother since a day old...now we're never lettin' go
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F.E.A.R. 03:32
See if ya know ya enemies ya know yaself so ya sew ya lips hang ya britches on a shelf and uh...press rewind, hesitate, step back drag ya feet to ya dungeon lights out black and I against I, I drop my eye accept the lie, no question demise and I...guess I'd wonder why but I've wondered why and I'm tired been burned by my internal fire one too many times guzzle fuel now I'm dyin' Surprise, fear's creepin' in bastardize my heart, my mind, my sense of time my better senses tell my light to shine and claim what's rightfully mine but I'm back alley broken and I can't feel my spine Now everything blurs as I slip into something more comfortably numb... What the fuck have I done?! ....... Life hits so hard, my God How will I survive with these scars? Fear grips, takes charge Crippled by the bullshit now we're livin' on pause Somehow, someway Gotta push through rise up and face the day Don't go, please stay Cause I'm lost inside slippin' so far away ....... Once upon a time I was cryin' Last night I was crying' Goddamn I am so sick of cryin' but it's better than dyin' slowly while I'm lyin' to myself holding onto what was or what could be Buyin' time cryogenic lonely roaming vagabond gone ta seed Grown then blown ta sea I see the world and it bleeds me Staunch the wound go back to womb or forth to tomb "DOOM" reads the prophesy only thing stoppin' me is me makin' mockery of me like "I'm too big and my ball's too small I'm a loser baby watch me fall" Kill me. Unplug me from the wall. Can't take the voices. Wont take the call. Cell phone's dead. I'm goin' back to bed. "Wake me never." Last words he said. ....... Life hits so hard, my God How will I survive with these scars? Fear grips, takes charge Crippled by the bullshit now we're livin' on pause Somehow, someway Gotta push through rise up and face the day Don't go, please stay Cause I'm lost inside slippin' so far away (x3)
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Keep ya eye on the prize, son war been fought many battles been won more caught in the crosshairs oil drum gun tongues by the ton cut 'em out and compress lungs just for fun Propaganda pundit plunged, come come try and spin this one gonna get spun, stung hypodermic furnace earned it get learned now go ahead and tell us how it's really being done Pulpit to podium market the maximum impact axiom claxon politicians wave pretty flags while the people steady axin' em "When you gonna get the axe so truth can go platinum?" What have we become when the ones that care are the ones on the run and the parson's prayers are replacements for wisdom? Take a look around enough to make you wanna stare into the sun ....... I can levitate this (I can levitate this) I can levitate that (I can levitate that) Watch me levitate this (watch me levitate this) Watch me levitate that (watch me levitate that) We gon' levitate this (we gon' levitate this) We gon' levitate that (we gon' levitate that) We gon' levitate the world (levitate the world) I'ma levitate the track ....... See the world is a vampire sent to drain but the world herself she knows who's to blame now enter the Ghost Rider Head aflame, set ablaze try to rid us of a little bit of pain But a chain is still a chain infamous is still fame an' no matter how ya toss the dice a game is still a game how you gonna maintain and keep the cards in play even when the definition of sane is insane? Freeze frame Pause, take a look Rewind now reference the hook So heavy and it's only gettin' worse Youngin's in a row yellin' "me first" so childish so vile this stylus spread virus to papyrus snap ya eyelids wide open optics smokin' hash it out, flash fire, now who's chokin'? Roped in, we've all been roped in Taught from birth there's nothin' left to hope in pile lies 'til we're bent and broken sweat to pay the rent and keep our kids in clothin' better represent your kin and dig your toes in but the price of isolation is a soul that's frozen The strong survive? Well, that's an antiquated notion Y'all don't even know what real strength is! ....... I can levitate this (I can levitate this) I can levitate that (I can levitate that) Watch me levitate this (watch me levitate this) Watch me levitate that (watch me levitate that) We gon' levitate this (we gon' levitate this) We gon' levitate that (we gon' levitate that) We gon' levitate the world (levitate the world) I'ma levitate the track (x2)
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Just wanna (just you, just live, just be) I just wanna (just you, just live, just be) Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be ....... Beautiful daytime lays a haze amazed that it's taken so much, so little time Particulates sparkle in the sun vampiric leaching of time we arrive Time to go and stay meeting on a rainbow of serendipity-doo-dah boom ba yay peace escalate, may we all pray to eachother reflections of our Earth mother and Heaven is here and now father Why bother with less than all that I am, you are, we are? Just be Ripe to eat: the apple tree lives, dies, lives again an infinite loop of ruby red delectability picket fences splashed with pantone madness Bliss is in this, this manual all around us Ikea assembly required life Betrothed I do take thee lover, fellow lover and dance in this light... ........ Kick your feet up, just chill Listen: So fast, we all move so fast Lay back, open your eyes, your ears, your mind In grassy meadow wisdom whispers "take my hand" and Love would have your other Love would have your other Just be...just be ........ Into the realm of infinite potentiality we quantum leap From sheer painted rock face into swirling eddies and undertow I know: There is so much more and it is all stored right in here: This chest box hollow echo telegraph messages of love decoded and carved into park benches everywhere Grand canyons of miniscule scale seen only as the runner stops to tie a shoe Why bother with less than I am, you are, we are? Just be, ripe to eat the apple tree lives, dies, lives again an infinite loop of ruby red delectability Chill...lay back...decompress we all move so fast Electric stop signs blink from on high close your eyes, your ears, open your mind maybe it's been in us all along As the lotus may we all unfold Peace was in us all along Peace was in us all along Just be
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Level Up 03:25
Level Up! Increase the disk speed, digital line feed, transcribed from loose leaf Level Up! Boost to the MP, voluminous and plenty, crank it like a ten speed ........ Mind pattern the rhyme scattered reorganized in time Hatter the Mad splatter of brain matter redefine chatter and climb ladder the sign reached, achieve the peace, believe - release, please crease and unfold Flatter than 17th century planetary models, origami gunsmoke / Lungs of gold alchemical pull / Internal ocean HOOO, stop this NO! *Scratchy scratchy* I flow transmutational primal, mind hybrid zygote, flyer than levitational dust mote, recreational float, 5 fingers of death stroke, sith choke, wrist broke, social poke to the throat, provoke quote: "The cosmos is all that it ever is and ever was and ever will be" - Carl Sagan Unquote Go for broke, rise from ashes, master classes, backspin tactics, rap delights, flashkicks / A breath of fresh air for the auditory asthmatics / Break the habit, chase the white rabit Steady, slow to the terrapin burst break through red tape dispurse the suburbanite wordsmith curse I flirt with diaphragm hurts rhyme first...nurse when aftermath hits / Mischief manuscripts ain't no lunar landin' myth must be sniffin' space dust / Echoing eternity whisperin' "wake up" / Push through the sidewalk lung petal thrust / Diagram rhyme justice, I bust this, tilt axis with adrenaline rush! *Scratchity scratchy* Now move, soul flower groove, sho improve, third eye drops for the soothe / Super Sleuth sharp tooth, land of the photo booth, pictures of me and you, mustache and frames without lenses disguise / Eye on the prize captivated by lies the size of Sizemore thighs / Retina fried and I will do my best to hold off on the I told you so sew threads then kick it / Pushed to the limit this is serious business, no room for childish Christmas wishes GROW UP / Tore up from the floor upside down k-kick in fishnets wand out Riddikulus stalled Odysseus from reaching Ithaca Icarus get me out of here this is madness appropriated from dark ages, so tragic, break the habit, chase the white rabbit / Sage hits mage witness face-lift / Zoroastrian clavicle slap reverberate through time and space / Abstract elaborate matchstick equestrian castle invasion piss equate to: Who the fuck needs to have a personal blacksmith? Cried so many tears over the fears I am passed this. Corporations don't give a fuck about your asses / Jurassic tyrannosaurus problematic masturbation fascists SO: I propose that you stop what you are doing and bla bla bla bla bla bla bla ........ Level Up! Increase the disk speed, digital line feed, transcribed from looseleaf Level Up! Boost to the MP, voluminous and plenty, crank it like a ten speed Level Up! Hit the basic function, blood starts pumpin', I bleed art Level Up! Hit you with the meteor, push limit break and illuminate dark Level Up! Here's to the people unified and equal, inner soul spark Level Up! Foolishness and wisdom, both sides of the brain from the same heart

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released May 22, 2012

Production, mixing, mastering - Dr. B
Lyrics, vocals, arrangements - VOLUME
Vocal recording - Michael Swain
Cover art - Chris Bliss

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