Magnetite Beak

from Disrobe The Dead Skin by Better Days

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Magnetite is the black magnetic mineral found in birds that allow to navigate correctly by use the Earth's magnetic poles.

When you know where you are going, you can circumnavigate the blockages.

lyrics

Well I can’t even walk to the store
Without somebody hassling me
For my change, or for my time
Or my ten o’clock dimes
And they can’t even get a decent loiter box
Too many broken eggs nested on my block
So I become a cynic and critique the weak
But I know where I’m going I’ve got a magnetite beak

Chorus:
I'm here
You're just there to interfere
Cos nobody wants nobody
Trying to be a somebody
Like me, like me

Daylight breaks
At the bus stop waste
Wait in line
To go nowhere quick
But where the lizards wish
To get you stacked up like Jenga parts
Just to rip out your heart
Daylight breaks
At the bus stop waste
Wait in line
To go nowhere quick
But where the monsters wish
To get you stuck up like puzzle parts
Just to tear you apart

Chorus

Creative natives told me not me to shoot
Cos we share the scares at our foot roots
Same clan with different strands and glands
Ampersands of you and I and them
Water birds and sky fish all with hands
Do you comprehend my comprehension?
If not you'll never understand this sentence
Locked knees beneath me, under magnetite beaks

credits

from Disrobe The Dead Skin, track released November 11, 2010
Jared Duncan Tharp: MPC 1000, Acoustic Guitar
Ryan Kimmo Randle: MicroKORG XL, Vocals
Steffan Jari Randle: Bass Guitar
Leo Alberto Martinez III: Lead Guitar

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