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Installment Plan

by Saint and Kings

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Nothing makes the past better than disasters Nothing hits cities like transformative instants Something remains fewer gods fewer masters Something more than struggle and resistance She lies besides him as they drift into sleep Time is the only thing between her and harm She wonders how long it'll last and how deep So she contemplates their lives after the bomb Nothing like missiles falling from nighttime sky Nothing left behind not even historical narrative Something in meantime we're left to wonder why Something about attention we only too willingly give
2.
Every name we call yourself or others comes easily because of what we’re told But our sisters and brothers and others are more than our senses of hot or cold All identities are mistaken they camouflage or concede to power And all identities are mistaken be they hard or soft or sweet or sour We tax the universe with taxonomies Latticeworks of language law and limit to glean a bit of profit from economies to take more from a label than we give it
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Bodies 03:16
Physics says nature abhors a vacuum But often that's a city's unnatural state Nothingness fills the space between Bodies in motion bodies lying in wait Bodies often bangles occasionally beads Bodies are means to the ends of needs Thickest of bonds and slimmest of reeds Brightest blooms worth time among the weeds Biology says nature runs its fucking mouth Never keeps cities in check in proper fashion Lives for entropic environments heading south Bodies cruelly killing until bodies lie in state
4.
Choose 03:08
You said one thing #OnHere and then another Then someone responded said they disagreed Massive retaliation may feel more than worth the bother But baby is it really what you want or need? Just because everyone’s fighting a battle doesn’t mean that some don’t deserve to lose You may be called but that don’t make you cattle Remember you get to choose The thing is you're smarter than this specific situation You’re also longer lasting than a mere moment You may be open to others’ forthright frustration but you need not foam at the mouth or foment
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Deadline 04:27
We would call it a daily miracle We could call it a daily planet Not the enemy of the people Learning how best to inhabit Other times and other places Old departures new arrivals Recognitions of stranger faces Strategies surpassing survival I wouldn't make up the body in the street Any more than the body you occupy and fear I wouldn't take time so precious and sweet If it weren't worth your laughter or tears I wouldn't race my deadline to fool or fake it Life's more beautiful than even I could make it We started around campfires We lit stories kept the dark away Not for nothing did we ever aspire Than to cobble together one more day Out of wishes hopes and dreams We might grasp but never quite reach Fueling our whispers and our screams In service to lessons impossible to teach
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Early Spring 04:34
There’s a banner atop the roof two houses over Blue plastic sheeting gently waving in the wind Today I hear no workmen cowering undercover Constructing a palace they’ll never get to live in And the living tell the dead of hotter days ahead But the dead never answer to anything that’s said Should autumn come later and winters grow greater Why shouldn’t there be an early spring? There’s a dude down in Texas an amateur forecaster Who saw old people in cities afraid of the skies And my thoughts turn to him when I hear of disaster and all who would drape long emergencies in lies Picture a woman walking in snow with a loaded long gun at her side Mocking worldly warmth another notch Picture a man in that gun’s chamber begging that warmth back with a wish that will never be answered on his watch
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Elder Game 04:18
I might be willing to live forever Even though you get on my nerves We’ve a bond I'd be sad to see severed as it’s one we’ve grown to deserve We don’t have to be old to play it But sticking around’ll get us there We can pre-game like kids of course Before life’s bartender gets to boot us Shall we position the cart before the horse I think the elder game is what suits us You might be up for a rocket flight Taking me with you for one cool trick Shooting so fast into interstellar night Slowing down until clocks barely tick
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One more going-away event By now they become uneventful Sorry we were unable to attend Understand we do not resent you Once we charged it to the game Knew not to take it personally But your departure changes the same As well as heartily hurtsome to see Well it was fun while it lasted Moments of joy and pleasure Not so much sustained rapture Merely fleeting gently treasured At the start of your tenure Showing initiative and interest An adaptability of demeanor helped you ace many a test Over time your talents led you to pursue other opportunities to purse your lips for other tunes to push off into prettier cities Took your profits in the business All you could be bothered to capture But you’ll no longer be in this since it was fun while it lasted
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I prefer bottles instead of flasks Easy answers over difficult asks I prefer raindrops under lamps No painless deaths give me gasps and cramps Give it to me on the installment plan If you end me man throw your bullet softly Just toss it at me like a stone you skim On a surface whim like it's nothing personal I prefer cans to fancy china plates Skis into trees instead of roller skates Non state actors over nation states Settling for better rather than making great
10.
Language 03:01
She grew up tough with a tender heart in a family finished before it could start from a neighborhood always told no in part By other neighborhoods on maps and charts But she's learning a language letter by letter word by word And anybody who doubts her Can go fuck what they heard She figured out quick how to fight the chill How to leave the table after getting her fill Learned how to woodwork for a cheap thrill Making her own tables and a way out of will And she's learning a language letter by letter word by word Reassembles feather by feather To speak if not like fly like a bird
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Out Of Time 04:11
It’s a little warm out for an apocalypse but it looks like they might just pull it off Big guns get fancy triggers get fancier We all fall down with every germ-laden cough I just hope I’m not out of time today Errands to run and some bills to pay Sleep if I must til I greet a new day a better go-getter way to slay my prey In the meantime I mean time to kill You say you don’t come here for crying I could offer you something to imbibe survive, and it’s next round you’re buying I just hope you're not out of time today Empires to ruin and some thrills to party Don’t crumble to dust before a brand new day don’t miss a better go-getter way to slay
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Reliving 03:54
The ominous siren sounding An alert from the top of the hill Adrenaline flooding resounding Only it's just another monthly drill I dreamed of moments with meaning Purpose instead of clumsily careening I woke up to moments I kept on reliving Missing my chances for taking or giving The phone in the pocket buzzing A message from a lover or a leader Consider either nuzzling or muzzling Then decide not to answer, so neither Not the same life as when I was younger Not the same rent or friends or even hunger Not the same body under not the same clothes Just the same time always ticking towards ends no one ever knows
13.
Ruin 04:37
Once I used to shower in your riches Now you’ve left me covered in my rags Neither of us knew what we were doing Back before I was one of your bitches Now you’re only one of those harpy hags The unpursued the world was once pursuing A reputation destined to end up in I was lowlife hurrying hard after high times You were insecure about securing the bags We bet the better life was ours for the pursuing Missed out on misdemeanors and high crimes Hit up every hiding place go gigging for gags Capitalize for attention with billing and cooing Only sleight of hand if someone’s viewing We scammed until we lost all our charms Pride went before the last of our humble-brags No one in the audience for cheering or booing Even we’re afraid to be in each others’ arms One of us zigs and the other one zags We grimly grip and pitch in hopes of wooing This prestidigitation, baby, who were we fooling? Ruin! That is if it’s a series of nights Ruin! if you rig all the fights if you run all the lights if you’re doing it right
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You Know 04:37
What if I told you that love isn't made-up What if I said care is more than a notion So what if your heart is injured and laid up I bet it's still capable of dreams and devotion I won't lie I've had an eye or two on you That is why I'm hoping I could be yr boo It's important that I know that you know What if I acknowledge I'm no perfect prize What if it appears I've work to do on my health What if I'm afraid you'll rightfully roll your eyes I'll be fine but I still want your love for myself I need to know that you know how I feel I need to know that you know I'm the real deal That it's okay if you don't feel the same

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released February 28, 2019

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Saint and Kings San Pablo, California

I’m a singer-songwriter using guitars and keyboards to craft distinctive dispatches from intimate interiors, vast exteriors and all points in between. Drawing on years of pop, soul, indie, folk and dance-music fandom, I try to turn observations and narratives into succinct sonic snapshots. ... more

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