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Japanese Streets
02:58
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Hear me out the sweat stings
I take a breath see what life brings
And it'd be alright if I could kick the stand and get the rubber to road
Another piece of the pie another pissy fuckin mountain to climb and the ayes went East and the rest just stayed in bed
Ended fine this time but don't follow me
I keep missing little bits I take a chainsaw to a corner piece and make it fit and it'd be alright if I could kick the stand and get the rubber to road
Another piece of the pie another day I'm more afraid of heights and the ayes went
East and found a circle to explore
My senses are assaulted dim the lights man same up above years splattered all over the backseat I took a ride in a car with a man down Japanese streets and I was running early
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Bodysurfing
03:12
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I met a friend got stoned and got sick split a tab of acid on the gaza strip pretty colourful
North Korea in the DMZ the DMT went straight to my head who's up for pong?
I wanna live by remote control static on the channel mind body and soul bad signal
40 nights and 40 days about what it takes to make a citizen kane descending
Fly by night feels alright I'm magnetic and full of light
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KPI
04:05
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Piecemeal efforts give me something to resist make your peace feel old
Piecemeal efforts give me something to resist make your peace feel old
Takes three seconds just to feel a little bliss knocking peace out cold
Piecemeal efforts give me something to resist did your feet turn cold?
Straight, straight up, calculated KPI I’m frustrated
Hey what’s that man you’re feeling sick? There must be something going around
Let’s hurry sign these contracts quick, scurry straight back underground
Your hand is shaking like a leaf, and dripping sweat on every clause
Still counts as execution, now run and find a soul cause you sold me yours
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That Winning Feeling
06:02
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Shuffle papers take a bow
Holy hands will wash you now
While pretty ladies two by two
Punch the clock all over you
Ruffle feathers ain't it grand
Sell the beach house steal the sand
While eager sadists through and through
Stub cigars all over you
Avert your eyes count your blessings in disguise little disco boy
Last breath flip the switch and pulverise all you once enjoyed
Carve a line through the wreckage and the lies feel a fucked up joy
Last breath never felt quite so alive I'm a disco boy
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Deep Breaths
00:59
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Optimist
04:24
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Dead rubber freak wind pulls the underdog above
Nobody knew him as a friend
And your expectations make a mockery of love
They’ll spit you out when you are spent
Face down, don’t wanna know
Move so slow, love’s grown cold
Been hoarding miracles like notches in your belt
The IOU brand heaven sent
Can’t hail Mary cause she’s overdosed on god
Seen selling bibles to pay the rent
Face down, don’t wanna know
Move so slow, love’s grown cold
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Cop Song
06:12
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I feel A-OK I'm clocking off at 9
She's not innocent they're all full of shit so let's get out on time
And I'm White enough to know that I can't lose
A little leave without pay heard it on the news
From the age of 12 the world was Black and White now that's the life I lead
Daddy was a cop my mumma raised me mean
Don't ever see my kids I can't be alone my mind begins to dwell
I'm just a puppet with eyes and sets of keys to cells
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Idiotic Assembly
04:05
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Eye for an eye an idiotic assembly
You take the bus man I'll take the Bentley
40 a month with 8 weeks to pay
A strip of flesh to keep the vultures away
Incipient kleptomanic compulsion
You took a stance now your stance is stained
Become the subject of your own revulsion
The years you stole'll wash away in the rain
And hand to mouth became the crime of the century eye for an eye an idiotic assembly
Wouldn't wanna be a wanderer strayed too far from home
Wouldn't wanna be a straight talking humanist with a phd whose own party fed him to the wolves
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Circulating Fire
04:49
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Awake asleep it sort of feels the same
Fork tongued road buried under clay
We march towards circulating fire
Eternity is lingering alone we earn its ire
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Wicked City Melbourne, Australia
Paddy - drums/vox
Nik - guitar
Patt - bass
Paddy and Nik started jamming in 2004 after being inspired
by the almighty Peeping Tom to create riffs. Lineup solidified in 2006. Have released 4 or so albums and a 7 inch. Wicked City's sound has been described by Ray Ahn (Hard ons) as hard driving, unique, super-exciting rock n' roll. Hiatus since 2022 but may return someday...
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