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Icons Abstract Thee

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Du Og Meg 02:21
She fell in love with a boy Who spoke a second language And who lived across the ocean In the evil empire He awoke her sleeping heart And swept away the darkness An acute fear of flying couldn't keep her away She landed on her feet And joined his fledgling rock group As they toured the evil empire Selling t-shirts at the shows She taught him what was real She taught him he was okay That his thoughts were not just rubbish That he had something good to give Still his heart was so ambivalent And homesick of her He wasn't ever sure. But she gave in so sweetly That the spirit said, "Well you better go run to her" So when she split, he hopped on a plane With his parents and his brother He told her that he loved her They were married in the summer
2.
I write a thousand songs for you a day But I never run out of things to say You're my Ulysses that I'll never end Now that I fucked up, lost you, sweet friend Everything is in the trash And it's my fault I destroyed us, I know It's unrecoverable If there's a God, he will repair your heart If there's a God, send her an angel Make him handsome and clever and not crazy And you notice something wonderful Someone to love her volcanically And please, please, please God, don't be a bastard Christ knows she deserves something nice for a change Christ knows she deserves something nice for a change I am a flaw, I'm a mistake I am faulty, I always break I tried, you don't believe me, but I did I tried to mature, be responsible, dot dot dot But my heart is juvenile And my character's not so hot You gave me your hand, I gave you a fist Please don't lose any sleep over me, baby, I hardly exist You gave me your hand, I gave you a fist Please don't lose any sleep over me, baby, I hardly exist You gave me everything, still I resist Please don't lose any sleep over me, baby, I hardly exist I hardly exist
3.
So she's depressed And I am losing my mind It's so difficult now Yes, everything has changed As we struggle against an impossible current How can we make things light again How can we win Is happiness even possible Don't say you don't believe anymore Don't say that you are lost to me now It's a free fucking world, you can go where you want How can we make things light again How can we win How can we make things light again How can we win It's a mad free fucking world You can do what, go where you want Leave me, don't leave me alone Leave me, don't leave me alone It's a free fucking world, you can go where you want
4.
Little friend, whatever happened You should know that I went down so hard Trying to keep the family together The family together Sweet friend, know I love you And I've been struggling so hard, so hard Trying to keep the family together The family together The family together When I look in your eyes I see me looking back It's kind of creepy how you own my heart Yeah, you own my heart Yeah, you own my heart Let's stay together Sweet friend, was I born to give You a name and then be erased All because I couldn't keep it together Couldn't keep it together Little friend, I know I've made it so So much harder on us and lost you Because I couldn't keep it together Couldn't keep it together Couldn't keep it together When I look in your eyes I see me looking back It's kind of creepy how you own my heart Yeah, you own my heart Yeah, you own my heart Let's stay together
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Tonight I feel like I should just destroy myself Tonight I feel like I should just explode myself Myself Tonight I feel like I should just destroy myself Tonight I feel like I should just explode myself Myself There's someone calling my name But there's nothing to respond I lost so much in our collapse Man, what little hope is gone The voice said, "Don't worry friend The darkness is just a suggestion No, don't worry, kid The darkness is just a suggestion No, don't worry Kevin" Tonight I feel like I should just destroy myself Tonight I feel like I should just explode myself Myself There's someone calling my name But there's nothing to respond I lost so much in our collapse Oh, what little hope is gone The voice said, "Don't worry friend This darkness is just a suggestion No, don't worry, kid This darkness is just a suggestion No, don't worry kid" Tonight I feel like I should just destroy myself

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of Montrealoriginally intended to make its critically acclaimed Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? a double album, but ultimately decided to pare down the tracklist to a more traditional 12 songs.

Icons, Abstract Thee features five tracks that were recorded at the same time as Hissing Fauna, but did not make it onto the album.

Musically and lyrically similar to the full-length, Icons, Abstract Thee is an essential companion piece to Hissing Fauna.

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released January 23, 2007

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