Dogmask Demos

September 2019

Tracklist:
1. Godwhistles (2:29)
2. Where Will You Be When It Happens? (1:27)
3. At The End, You Meet Your Audience (1:40)
4. Second Sight (1:58)
5. Ice Cream Truck Ghost (1:41)
6. Watch Dogs (2:33)
7. Fade (2:23)

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Lyrics:

Godwhistles
If only you could see under the bandages you'd know
I swear to dog he can hear god whistles
My dog he's really something he could make you weep
he's the only one worth it, man, I swear to god
He can hear the voice of dog, demigod, demidog
I swear to god, look at him, look at him, look at him
He's the last real one and I'm so gone
I swear to dog he can hear godwhistles
The spiraling irises, the twisted up camera lense
The tracking shot follows him and I bring the paper in
The last real one, beautiful like heaven
Two thousand lonely voices, two lights coming down
Like one of those superstitious pigeons
Gently resistant like gelatin, only better than god
I swear to god I swear to dog I swear to god, I swear to
Swear to dog he can hear godwhistles
Something chemical, something pneumatic
He looked like you, he looked like me
And I'm so lucky and I'm so clean and I'm so clean and I'm so ready
Not quite lifelike but close enough to throw you off
Spit your doubt into a gum wrapper, get it away from me

Where Will You Be When It Happens?
Where will you be when it happens?
All the dogs will be laughing, won't be too long
With their radio minds, experts of disguise, waiting till dawn
You won't believe what I saw last night, I know they're looking for me
Followed the contrail over the corn field, I know they're looking for me
Hear the visitors coming, but you tell me it's nothing, it'll be alright
I kindly disagree, oh, where will you be when they land tonight?

At The End, You Meet Your Audience
At the end you meet your audience, the ones who've seen it all
Nothing can be kept behind the stage
With faces pressed against the glass and flowers in their arms
You'll never be alone another day
All your secrets spilling from your tongue through your spectric crowd
Chasing god's reflection as you tumble down the spire
Praying for a mask to hide your face
All your secrets spilling from your tongue through your spectric crowd
A wish for you, a kiss for you, a million days of bliss for you
Keep your peace of mind

Second Sight
Second sight, for Sophia I've been waiting
Lotus wine to remember all my dreams
just to hold it was enough, until...
We built a tower tall enough to pierce heaven
Dreamt of flowers, and the thought is just divine
Just to hold it was enough, until...
Speechless, maybe that's why it's so lonely down here
There is no sum, just light and ache and ringing
They were wrong, it's subliminal, sublime
Just to hold it was enough, until...

Ice Cream Truck Ghost
Backlit screens and desert scenes in my wallpaper
The evidence will be deleted sometime later
I heard bells out in the street last night, the ghost of an ice cream truck
The street lights looked all galvanized, the moon was like ball lighting
And as I wait for you outside, I'm reminded of the time I thought that
Nothing could be stolen from my mind

Watch Dogs
We ran to escape the watch dogs, we fled to avoid the eyes
We split to dodge the radios, we left to duck the spies
Airplanes carve the silence as they fall across the sky
To you, I mean no violence, I must leave you here behind
In the ditch beneath our sun, in the grey zone, the grey zone
We saw ourselves on the screen for the first time
Can't help but pick at the incision no matter how I try
to leave it be, to let it scab, to let the old skin die
In the ditch beneath our sun, in the grey zone, the grey zone
We saw ourselves on the screen for the first time
When the man outside decides to come in here to say hello
I plan to sleep up on the roof, I'll be the first to know
Machines cradle me, drill a hole in my head
As I finally go to sleep, as I finally go to sleep
As I finally go to sleep for the first time

Fade
You come to pick me up tonight
Collect my body from the station
I see the resignation in your eyes
Though I didn't make it there in time
There were flowers along the path
I used to tread before I sunk my mind
And I can stay home every night
As I watch my reason fade
Into the dust of sense I thought was mine
I'm sorry but I must decline
I don't go out in the rain
I used to roam but now I hardly try