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The Apologies
04:14
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THE APOLOGIES
I messed it up.
I was a jerk.
The friendship the tragedy the abandoning the child the selfishness the person the actions the years the things the explanation the text the tantrum the words the anger the year the karma the branch the feet the consequences.
The apologies the entreaties the remorse the hope the little the sorrow the decades.
The words the trash the nothing the hope the situation the child the blundering.
The blundering the sense the child the world the desire the situation the sake the destiny the heel the life the life the entitlement the twenties the fact the love the life the abandonment the thing the outcome the actions.
The item the things the text the bringing the text the background the kind the frustration the situation the insult the womanhood the intention the woman.
The woman the woman the woman the woman.
The nothing the pain the situation the pain the right the mercy the respect the appealing the case the liking the note the suffering the fear the little the hope the understanding the selfishness the best the husband.
The thing is, I really don’t know why, I don't know why.
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2. |
The Sea
02:54
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THE SEA
Measuring the heads in the sand speaking of the women between waves spotting the seagull on the wire which evokes a geometry of darkness beneath clouds which gather like gods and goddesses over the Atlantic sea
Erasing finally the figures of ghosts speaking of the measurements of gull wings stretched between buildings where women calculate the geometry of wires that buzz like tongues rolling on the waves of the Atlantic sea
Figuring to interpret the ghosts which devise the paths through past measurements of grains of sand in which the heads of gulls speak of the geometrical women who loved through the difficult years outside of all measurements according to the rhythms of the girls living near the Atlantic sea
Erasing all memories of the dalliances of love, survived only by the emanations of love’s eternally geometric darkness as it spreads across the dithyrambunctious, arhythmic heart of the Atlantic sea
The clouds the sun the sand the moon the sea
The glass the ghost the tongues the waves the sea
The girls the grains the gulls the waves the sea
The sea the sea the sea the sea the sea the sea the sea
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3. |
The Slap
03:05
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THE SLAP
We sat beneath the wind that blew as strong as a blasting cap. It was then that the end had come, as quick as a sudden slap.
The shadows of tombstones declare that this day is a wrap. Time will tell you with its Hand, we all must feel its slap.
No man can slap me down, when I know… what I know.
The slap is glorious, the slap is wretched. We are victorious. We are not lechers!
The man down on the street, he knows he's wiretapped! He turns to dole out punishment. It sounds too much like a slap.
Let’s rise, let’s dance, let’s dance the SHIT out of this show! No man can slap me down, when I know what I know!
Opening my fly beneath the sky I heard the crazy thunderclap. My ears grew like Pinnochio’s nose, it sounded like a slap.
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4. |
The Kiss
02:41
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THE KISS
the gasp the kiss the eyes the hair the skin the bell the hand the seed the show the lake the rush the feel the heel the palm the moan the moon the lure the lute the beat the want the wait the flow the ooze the high the sigh the bone the bend the curl the ache the tear the silk the slip the wave the pull the rise the gift the arch the kiss the veil the hand the moon the lake the mute the song the knot the need the ache the skin the dirt the mate the want the wait the rise the pull the size the flux the ache the hips the chin the rise the kiss the flow the slip the feet the kiss the nose the skin the tear the beat the bend the silk the pump the balm the grip the rest the lull the daze the well the part the song the core the care the cove the face the fist the purr the ball the fold the push the ache the will the bite the play the dare the face the roll the walk the move the gift the song the grip the nude the bust the veil the urge the rain the maja the seer the hero the lady the moxy the mojo the ruby the kiss the rush the kiss the skin the kiss the moan the hand the rush the skin the skin the need the kiss the need the kiss the rush the skin the kiss the ache the hand the kiss the lobe the rush the hand the skin the ache the kiss the lick the hair the need the skin the home the skin the skin the lips the skin the need the kiss
the kiss and the kiss and the kiss and the kiss
the the the the
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5. |
The Jobs
02:05
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THE JOBS
She works hard for the money.
Show me the money.
the buff carpenter
the curt bartender
the hale designer
the sick marketer
the dense sharpshooter
the bold housekeeper
the stuck astronaut
the dull headmaster
the slow producer
the crass conductor
the shrill pharmacist
the green gigolo
the plain pickpocket
the sore prostitute
the meek engineer
the hep hygenist
the sweet janitor
the blunt busdriver
the stoned garbageman
the sly dishwasher
the scared programmer
the bad fisherman
the popular goon
the ponderous hack
the adequate chef
the innocent cop
the indolent guide
the robotic wonk
the contentious maid
the penitent pimp
the suitable rep
the confident nurse
the intimate thief
the impulsive nun
the affable prince
the meaningless clown
the lecherous clerk
the rodeo monk
the suffering wife
the juvenile judge
the crapulous shrink
the honest loanshark
the hapless stripper
the playful boxer
the tender gambler
the thrifty trainer
the crazy bailiff
the lazy mayor
the willful rocker
the droning lawyer
the boastful chauffeur
the petite masseuse
the shifty preistess
the cranky diver
the pockmarked hustler
the pallid bookie
the minor miner
the tearful jockey
the joyful chemist
the snotty swimmer
the scornful dancer
the lucid agent
the bashful porter
the scabrous cabbie
the singing model
the model singer
the upbeat actor
the downbeat trader
the skillful roadie
the caustic dentist
the urbane bouncer
the mournful teacher
the hyper dealer
the shallow pilot
the bitter farmer
the rowdy shaman
the maligned mother
I feel love, I feel love, I feel love, I feel love.
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THE TALKING (PLEASE STOP)
[includes conversation between Ivan Nahem and Helen Nulty]
That would be lovely. Don’t you think? Wouldn’t you love that right now?
Please stop. Please stop talking.
What? What?
Hey asshole…
The talkin’, the talkin’, the talkin’.
The talkin’, the talkin’, talkin’ and talkin’, the talkin’, the talkin’, the talkin’.
The talking the talking.
More talkin’, more talkin’, more talkin’.
Hey asshole, I’m gonna be in New York, I’m gonna find your fuckin’ ass.
End of message.
.ustified.
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7. |
The Clown
02:52
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THE CLOWN
The smile the face the public the subject the expression the impression the clown the things the man the tears the clown the sadness the pride the hurt the gladness the show the show the things the man the tears the clown the sadness the eye the room the tears the clown the smile the face the public the subject the expression the impression the clown the things the man the tears the clown
Don’t want your lovin’ anymore. Don’t want your kisses, that’s for sure. I cry each time I hear this sound. Here he comes, that’s Cathy’s clown.
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8. |
The Renunciations
07:08
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THE RENUNCIATIONS
The wind the wine the cigarettes.
The wind the rain the regrets.
You don’t want the rain, the rain
To drive you down
You jump up on your horse
To hide inside the sound
Something might come up
You might feel all shot down
Still you gotta return
To your godforsaken town
Oh no, oh no no no.
Man oh man oh man oh man oh.
There ain’t no easy way,
No way to pay and pay.
Hey, there ain’t no easy way.
No way to pay and pay.
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9. |
The Thrust
07:28
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THE THRUST
The lust the rush the thrust and the stardust
The lust the brush the bust the stardust
The lust the thrush the thrust and the stardust
The lust the flush the thrust the stardust
“Well, well.”
“Cazzo… fica.”
“I’d like to kiss ya but I just washed my hair.”
“You’ve never gotten over me and you never will. You’d like to put your arms around me, wouldn’t you?”
“Oh really, well well.”
“Uh ha, am I?”
“Oh really, did she like it?”
“I’ve been thinkin’ about you baby.”
“I wish you wouldn’t, Jimmy.”
“What?”
“Think about me!”
Sing the song!
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ex->tension New York, New York
ex->tension is an ongoing project by Ivan Nahem, vocalist in Carnival Crash and Ritual Tension, along with Gregg Bielski. The first release in 2017, The Kiss, was a collaboration with Gregg and Ritual Tension members Marc Sloan, Andrew Nahem and Michael Shockley. Pieces from the album were performed at various venues in the Northeast in 2017-2019. A second album is scheduled for release in 2021. ... more
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