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Mimicking the Moths

by Quinn Decker

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Utopian Drivel 03:35
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Working all night to breathe a sigh of relief While every passing stranger's busy cutting their teeth Always in the fold a little out of the loop I'm a smiling nihilist speaking far from the truth Don't wanna think about it Don't wanna talk about it Just take a bite of this apple, take a sip of this wine Come on and get down Grim visions of the future Self destructive utopian drivel Blood visions and revolution Some constructive dystopian filth Recycle my opinion through an ironic lens Break in to the bank just to borrow a pen I know what's broken but don't know how to fix it So I stare at the walls until it's time to wash the dishes I'm burning every bridge I find too sentimental I replaced the lenses on my glasses with rose pedals Don't wanna think about it Don't wanna talk about it Just take a bite of this apple, take a sip of this wine Come on and get down Grim visions of the future Self destructive utopian drivel Blood visions and revolution Some constructive dystopian filth Recycle my opinion through an ironic lens Break in to the bank just to borrow a pen
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No Mystery 03:34
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Man made horrors beyond all comprehension Available on demand provided adequate reception Everything we see, everything we ought to be I can see circling down the drain I got nothing to say, At least nothing you haven't heard before There's no mystery anymore I got nothing to say, At least nothing you haven't heard before There's no mystery anymore Man, I think there's someone at the door Maybe it's a killer or a creep Maybe I just watch too much TV Maybe I'm just being paranoid Maybe I should slip into the void I got nothing to say, At least nothing you haven't heard before There's no mystery anymore I got nothing to say, At least nothing you haven't heard before There's no mystery anymore Everything that I see takes a toll on my health I'm gonna scroll myself to death Everything that I see takes a toll on my health I'm gonna scroll myself to death Everything that I see takes a toll on my health I'm gonna scroll myself to death
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Bastard Child of a Tent Revival Preacher 04:04
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Outside, stuck dreaming Face to face with a real sleep demon Inside, no feeling Bored to death but at least I'm healing Then Mother Mary comes to me Says "Child you're much too stubborn to ever ever let it be" Out walking through the desert Looking for some alien presence Feels like I'm in a western Squaring up for a duel with the sheriff All I found was a tent revival They fear God so they burnt every bible My new diet is bread and acid Woke up at home on a bed made of plastic Then Mother Mary comes to me Says "Child you're much too stubborn to ever ever let it be" Then Mother Mary comes to me Says "Child you're much too stubborn to ever ever let it be"
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Mimicking the Moths 08:24
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She spoke in a dead language Diction bleak, musique concrete The streetlights seem to twist and turn As if they're hanging on her every word There's no one around to hear And yet, we're overcome with fear Staring at the screen, looking for something beautiful Mimicking the moths, buzzing in the light Call it a sixth sense, call it what you will A secret look, a silent joke, a dollar from the till Call it a delusion, or whatever you see fit A handshake deal, wet cement, things better left unsaid His eyes begin to water Crocodile tears that we can all see through Accountability, in absentia The perfect cover for the fragile ego Sweet Icarus carry me into the sun I wanna see something, see something beautiful Mimicking the moths, beating themselves to death against the lights Mimicking the moths Run run run Run run rabbit, run Run run run Run run rabbit, run Run run run Run pig, run Run run run Run pig Call it a sixth sense, call it what you will A secret look, a silent joke, a dollar from the till Call it a delusion, or whatever you see fit A handshake deal, wet cement, things better left unsaid
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The Hill 03:30
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Everyone is falling over and over themselves Just to get a little bit ahead Keeping up with Mr. and Mrs. Jones Is gonna be the death of us all Climbing up this mountain just to find a hill to die on We're all just racing to the grave Climbing up this mountain just to find a hill to die on There's got to be a better way Guided meditation in a trance like state Lying on the kitchen floor for an hour Burning down the world just for the sake Of piles of money stuffed in off shore banks Climbing up this mountain just to find a hill to die on We're all just racing to the grave Climbing up this mountain just to find a hill to die on There's got to be a better way
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Christine's Tune II 04:14
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I just wanna spend My boring little life with you I just wanna spend My boring little life hanging with you I know that I come off so cold, and I'm grumpy in the morning But my baby's love is feral and it's rabid and it's true And I wish that I could slow down time, so we didn't always have to hurry But what's part of me is part of you is part of me is a part of you I just wanna spend My boring little life with you I just wanna spend My boring little life hanging with you You say the funniest things, when you're talking in your sleep Like how you want to eat me or the ghosts are running late It might not last forever, but then again it could If there's one thing that I know for sure this love could never turn to hate I just wanna spend My boring little life with you I just wanna spend My boring little life hanging with you
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Psychic Damage 04:24
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The mirror is clean A modern scream queen A nightmare, obscene Featuring religious iconography You're giving me the creeps I can feel it in my bones I can feel it in my knees, I can feel it in my teeth Sitting around doing nothing for days Throw the TV out the window to enjoy the rain I'll board up all the doors in a frantic haze The father, the son, the holy ghost with the most I'm receiving psychic damage from a poorly told joke Karma, she ain't a bitch just maybe, A loan shark baby, a loan shark I can feel it in my bones I can feel it in my knees, I can feel it in my teeth Sitting around doing nothing for days Throw the TV out the window to enjoy the rain I'll board up all the doors in a frantic haze
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California Sleeves 03:10
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Finding God in the parking lot Not quite subtle, but not so on the nose Some conversations, we have them in reverse No room for error and no time to rehearse What's the point man is there a through line or a theme Or is there just something stuck between my teeth All together now, we're on our own Looking for something a little less bleak Time isn't on your side and neither am I Time isn't on your side and neither am I Fold your arms in the driver's seat You've got your foot on the gas but you couldn't find the keys People like to talk man, does word sure get around This ship is sinking, but no one made a sound Constant comedy of errors it seems that Recurring nightmare's in the house of your dreams Fooled again by California sleeves I'm saying "that's showbiz baby!" Instead of going to therapy Time isn't on your side and neither am I Time isn't on your side and neither am I
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Everything all at Once 04:17
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You can find me in the morning Falling over myself still yawning For a while in the afternoon It's my apartment that I'll be haunting You can find me most every night, At the hotel where I spend half my life And later on when I'm back at home, I'm failing to sleep and staring at the ceiling I don't wanna go back to where it all began No, I wouldn't wanna go back and do it all over again Everything all at once Everything all at once Everything all at once Everything all at once Self referential performance art Imitating life imitating art Ironic post irony Never really felt that sincere to me Every seven years you're a whole new person Ship of Theseus the human condition If change really is the only constant, Then why does stasis always feel so urgent I don't wanna go back to where it all began No, I wouldn't wanna go back and do it all over again Everything all at once Everything all at once Everything all at once Everything all at once

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released May 12, 2023

All songs written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Quinn Decker.

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Quinn Decker Austin, Texas

Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist in Austin, TX. I make psych-soaked, garage-dwelling glam rock.
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