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Rabid
03:53
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“Right away, Bethany,”
He’d reply
A glimmer of hope hidden in his misshapen eyes
He’d fetch a paper from her locker
What an honor to be given commands
He asked her then behind the bleachers,
Not a sound
As a furrowed concern covers his sloping brow
And as he snarls over crooked teeth
And her giggles turn to shrieks,
“You’re a monster and a freak,
And your puppy love means nothing to me.”
Oh I heard you, Bethany
You told me to run away, run away
(get away)
But no one’s laughing at the Dogman now,
At the Dogman now, no
And you know I follow what you say, what you say
(whatever you say)
Well no one’s laughing at the Dogman now, at the dog
I ran away and joined the circus
Where we make sure nobody hurts us
Never again
“Right away Casey,”
They reply
All the hope draining from their terrified eyes
He’d squeeze them out a little harder
With his claws all digging into their necks
The ending’s never ever easy
Even now
As his trail of bodies turns him inside out
They’re playing tricks on his mind
And the Dogman starts to cry
And he’s howling at the sky
When they die they all have Bethany’s eyes
But in his broken mind
She tells him to
You never asked me to stay
But here I’d sit
Obedient, every day
You know they let me bark the orders now
It’s nothing personal, I just wanna
Make them proud
And you’re the one who said to run away, run away
(get away)
But no one’s laughing at the Dogman now,
At the Dogman now, no
And you know I follow what you say, what you say
(whatever you say)
Well no one’s laughing at the Dogman now, a rabid dog
Just ran away and joined the circus
The motherfuckers all deserve this
I ran away and joined the circus
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Interstitial (Tethered)
02:37
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Man/Thing
03:41
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I was born on a standpipe
Flopping onto land like
The creature from the Flint lagoon
Michigan she raised me,
A wolf and a baby,
Kill our food and howl at the moon
I’ve been called a body resurrected at the foot of Krakatoa
A tape delay echo of a supernova
A wave of radiation burning shadows into pavement like a…
Like an atom
Like an atom
I used to believe them but that’s all over
What I really am is dislocating my shoulders
Pulling frantically against the straitjacket’s hold
Over a case of undiagnosed claustrophobia
Like an atom
Like an atom
‘Cause I’m smart
But I ain’t rich
I think it’s safe to say you don’t know who you’re messing with
Do you know who you’re messing with?
I’m gonna kill this city
Slit its skyline and bleed its streets
There’s malice in its shadows and its taken all my pride from me
And I’ve been called a lazy hypochondriac who can’t get a real job
An overeducated and potential wasting art snob
Trying to learn to farm while stumbling naked in the garden like I’m
Like I’m Adam
Like I’m Adam
I used to believe them but that’s all over
I used to believe them but that’s all over
I used to believe them but that’s all over
I am everything I am
I’m an atom
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Dalton Deschain New York, New York
Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show are a pulp-punk band from NYC that tell stories loudly. Get ready for a weird-ass tale about circus freaks, nuclear war, and demonic possession that you can sing along to. Visit daltondeschain.com for details.
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