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Next to Nothing

by White Noise Maker

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1.
Don't They Shoot Horses 03:29
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When did I stop sleepwalking on the hotel ledge Stitched the wound in my side I removed the thorn from my godhead When was the last time I woke up under the bed There’s a box spring and linen sheets I’m pretty far from the primitive Still getting used to these Lemon scented incentives Disregarded fact and figures When you take the measure of man Will I keep coming up short Don’t they shoot horses When they can’t run anymore What do you do when it’s all you’ve been good for? Don’t you know everything eats everything out there From the apple that ruined Paris To the mirror that thinks you’re the fairest I hear electric lady razor’s singing blades Over a cold bowl of corn flakes I’m just a feast for the corn snakes Still getting used to this burnished metal fridge How trivial the burning bridge Clear the rats from the rose bush Until there’s nothing but thorns Don’t they shoot horses When they can’t run anymore And you, with your blue swimming pool And your wrap around porch Don’t they shoot horses When they can’t run anymore Logic puzzles, masks, and muzzles Have another baker’s dozen There’s a bun burning the oven Two drunks still in love Disregard the facts and figures Down the drain with shadow pictures Permanent ink, pull the trigger Like I know what to do You probably don’t mean what you say But I shiver the words Don’t they shoot horses When they can’t run anymore So what, I cleaned out the stables There’s no good into the chores Don’t they shoot horses When they can’t run anymore Don’t they shoot horses When they can’t run anymore What do you do when it’s all you were good for?
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Next to Nothing 03:53
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I’m done for in this diving bell I’m running out of breath I thought if I went deeper I might find that promised buried treasure But in your junk aquarium Where there’s hardly water left I’m drowning in mere inches But somehow I’m still way out of my depth Look what you’ve done to me, baby Look what you’ve done Look what you’ve done to me, baby Shatter and fracture, fragments, fractions I beg for more, you bat your lashes It’s all you’re gonna give So I‘ve learned to live with next to nothing You left me next to nothing You left me next to nothing If you’re gonna leave me Why leave the door ajar Just shut it and be done with It’s not that hard to change the locks I’m right outside your candy house Where the breadcrumb trail was lost The little you gave I saved and savored But eventually I’m gonna starve Look what you’ve done to me, baby Look what you’ve done Look what you’ve done to me, baby Hints and whispers, dirt and dust Only shreds of evidence of us But it’s all you’re gonna give And I’ll learn to live with next to nothing What’s the use? You left me next to nothing What’s the use? You left me next to nothing Waiting for a handout Hoping that there’s extra Shrinking like Russian doll No one understands Your Cold War architecture You’re another Berlin Wall I’ve practiced the act, but I’m still at the back Of a California cattle call Was this cathedral always such a dive bar A shooting gallery where you hang your fine art Diamonds from a glue gun A parliament of doll parts Look what you’ve done to me You left me next to nothing Look what you’ve done Look what you’ve done to me You left me next to nothing What’s this? You left me next to nothing Look what you’ve done What’s this? You left me next to nothing
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Glass Piano 03:35
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Said she gonna shatter to a million bits Said the magic mirror don't know half of it Madam Iron Butterfly you're fragile business Falling down them London bridges Something gonna trip you up eventually Someone gonna criticize your masterpiece Suddenly you find you're in the minor key And beauty becomes altered beast She thinks she must have swallowed a glass piano The pregnant pause the fatal flaws compound And maybe love is settling on someone that can stand you Your unpaid debts your damages This argument of doubt It's you and your glass piano It's you and your glass... I get pretty taken with sonata form I don't mind the faking if the body's warm I can feel you shaking in a thunderstorm Scared the sound might do you harm Leave you as a busted pile of cluster chords Caught in the percussion of the closing door Hunger is the wolf that finally eats itself You tremble towards the treble clef She thinks she must have swallowed a glass piano The sunset clause that falls upon the concert grand And maybe love is settling on someone that can handle Your house of straw, your voodoo doll, your leaning tower And the weight gets unbearable And the tear becomes terrible It's the thousand common shocks That make this see-through music box begin to grow It's you and your glass piano It's you and your glass piano It's you and your glass piano It's you and your glass piano
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The Speed of Darkness 03:46
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Moving at the speed of darkness Light can’t keep up with me Silence starts an argument There will be no apology A crowd of voices Making noise it’s Rhyme without a scheme Pitch and timbre Split and splintered There’s no harmony The more I know, the less I know The more I know nothing That’s me Moving at the speed of darkness Night hits, eyes wide open Mountains, madmen At it again Moving at the speed of darkness What’s next? Angels, insects? There’s no difference Where does it end? Maybe this doesn’t end Maybe when the sun goes down The fools like me rush in Moving at the speed of darkness Ruining a concept that I thought was constant Now I can’t sleep, strung out like an anarchist Running out of options, pacing the apartment Pull the closet door off the hinges Night becomes carnivore, tearing at the fringes Subtle whisper, revving engine Double tunnel vision, I’m on a collision With the black dog scratching at the window I should let the beast in, I should call a chemist Mother help me, this must be the deep-end Wonder when I went off, wonder how long it’s been Lucid now but in a blink I’m underground, under the sink That’s me Maybe this doesn’t end Moving at the speed of darkness Faster than a breath of light Shadows are growing black ivy Right up the walls that I climb Seems like the clocks crawling backwards Seems like the sandman is gone Feels like a film that’s on repeat Like there’s no end to the song I’ve been moving at the speed of darkness Just a little too long
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Heavy Weight 03:19
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Falling like a boxer Who’s been asked to take a dive Maybe this time when I hit the ground I’ll finally step aside It’s a crooked bone, a bruised ego It’s a missing exit sign In a walk out bout For a thinning crowd Put your head down kid You’re not paid to win You’re just trying to stay alive And it’s a hard burden to shoulder It’s been a heavy weight And I can’t hold on any longer I wish that I was stronger But I’m breaking Breaking underneath this heavy weight It’s been a heavy, heavy weight It’s been a heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy Tedious, this business Trading violent swings The round bell rings It’s a stay of execution, love It’s a brief reprieve Collapsing in the corner Call the cut man quick, so I can see Life keep hitting like a sucker punch ‘Til they draw some blood ‘Til there’s damage done ‘Til you fall down on your knees How am I supposed to beg for mercy When I can barely breathe It’s not a fair fight any longer There’s no rules, no code of conduct Look how low these high hopes brought us Down to the sweat and spit and sawdust I can’t go the distance No one's listening We should call this thing It used to be a rush Now it’s just crushing heavy weight It’s been a heavy, heavy weight (I’ll take the dive) It’s been a heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy weight

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released October 22, 2021

Written, performed, and produced by White Noise Maker

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White Noise Maker Seattle, Washington

The producer / artist / songwriter, White Noise Maker, is a veteran of many different facets of the music industry. He’s founded and fronted bands that have opened for indie-alternative rock luminaries like Dinosaur Jr. and Guided By Voices, composed theme songs and music for television shows, and used his talents to create background songs for nationally recognized brands. ... more

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