1. |
Bear With Me
04:02
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Ah-ah
There’s a bear in my boat
And I can’t just jump out
I’ve got to stay afloat
There’s a bear in my boat, oh
When I set sail he was just a cub
But this problem ain’t so cute now that it grew up
First thing I did, I tried to hide’im
I gave him clothes and said, “There
You’re no longer bare”
But he don’t get what I am doin’
So who am I really foolin’?
There’s a bear in my boat
And I can’t just jump out
I’ve got to stay afloat
There’s a bear in my boat, oh
Dodge and weavin’ through the rapids
Wet floor slippin’, there’s no stoppin’
Hyper breathin’, feelin’ trapped-in
Next time I won’t let this happen
Could it be? The beast fell I sleep
Sweet mother-rest, holy-relief
The water froze still and the vessel grew feet
I reached out to fly and realized it’s a dream
Woke up to bear hugs, deep, bloody claw marks
I made my hands two fists and started takin’ shots
Yeah I feel better when I fight for
My happy-sailing-time survival, oh, ho-oh
Ah, ah, ho…
Now I’ve made it down to the final round
I admit I was quick to call that the last one
But maybe I should thank my rival
Because our battle keeps my signs vita-al
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2. |
No Babies
03:05
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No babies here
Don’t wanna be a
Premature father
That’s what I’ve gotta tell
My little brother
‘Cause he’s got his first girl
And it’s obvious that they fell
In, in love, ho-oh
Fresh hearts stick together like
Marsh-me-ellows, ho-oh
Too sweet and soft to stop Cupid’s
A-a-a-a-a-a-rrows
Tells me proudly that they get
Phy-si-i-cal, ho-oh
Life’s so chill when you just start your
Fuckin’ career
Brave nude frontier
Kingdom come for the
Leashed up lust in your brain
Let that beast have its way
Let it be free, untamed
Great way to please yourself sane
Through life
Definitions of sweet things change
Especially when you hit that certain stage
You used to crave the chocolate bar I
Did too, but now the sweet tooth
Is for that carnal delight
And you, remember, used to
Be fine if alone at night
Now on rare nights without her
Your bed seems empty and wide
So brother take your older
Sibling's wise, good advice
You ought to treat her great but
Don’t always play Mr. Nice
Tell your true thoughts but if you
Ain’t wrong
Don’t apologize
Love’s a gun, the trigger is
Un-derstanding, not telling lies
Keep aiming, align sights and in
The bedroom it multiplies
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3. |
Wet Dream
04:30
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You’ve seeped into my sublayers, lately when I
Fa-all into-o sleep we meet, sleep assured that
You girl to-o me are a gift, listen to this
Lucid euphony pourin’ out fo-or you from
My heart, it’s what I check for
To really make sure
It gets right in the state of
My art, and I am thankful
That you have made your
Impact on me
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
I’ve been feelin’ so good inside
I’ve been feelin’ so good insi-i-i-i-i-ide
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
Beneath the bruised cloudcast and on the swollen cliff
I get alongside the girl I’ve become one with
Wake wide, I am all rhino-eyed, flashback flooded
All of our escapades now deeply embedded
Into the people we are
Affirmed by fear
Big, brave ideas to take
It to somewhere very far
Hopin’ to reach the
Alluring beyond
We all wanna be loved
We fall quickly in love
Whoa, whoa…
We all wanna be loved, we fall quickly in love
We all wanna be loved, we fall quickly in love
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
I’ve been feelin’ so good inside
I’ve been feelin’ so good insi-i-i-i-i-ide
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
I’ve been dreamin’ of you all night
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4. |
Awesome Pills
03:23
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Got to, got to
Find a wa-ay to make
To make, to make
Time my friend not the e-ne-my but how
How do, how do
I, I make friends with someone
Someone, someone
Who is always runnin’ a-way from me? ah-ooh
Yeah, whoa-ooh
I want the day to
Seem as long as it did
Back when I was a
Tree fort-buildin’ kid
Want life to taste new
With every sloppy bite
Can’t force-feed someone
With monster appetite
Got to, got to
Find a wa-ay to break
To break, to break
Out of this rat race and take things at
My own pace
Yeah, whoa-ooh
There’s no pills so awesome
That make time release you from
It’s thin, tin hands that
Don’t stay still but still grip firm
So I’m not just sittin’
Wastin’ in my sweat pants
Cut-and-pastin’ death threats
To send to the president
But whatever I do
Whatever I get into
Just wanna remember
To enjoy my time
‘Cause there is nothin’ that you
Can pack up to take to
Whatever place you enter
If any after you die
Yeah, oh
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5. |
The Dollar $tore
04:20
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Fresh off the boat in America
First place Father took me was the dollar store
Never seen a place like that before
Somethin’ motherland did not offer
Pretty soon I had a new set of toys
And a new look too, hard to recognize
Loaded cap gun in my Batman fanny pack
Spandex shorts, bow and arrow on my back
The happiest immigrant on the block
I had a thing for shades too, I even got
The ones Arnold rocked in “Terminator 2”
My building’s maintenance crew nicknamed me Hollywood
Ah-ah
Then came a time when I didn’t go
To the dollar store very much at all
Was too busy pretendin’ that I’m not poor
Tryin’ to fit in with the preppy kids at school
And as my bones grew, they grew in shy
And a dark root took hold inside
I dressed up as the Crow three Halloweens in a row
I stashed my drugs in a hollowed-out Bible
Oh-ah, whoa, ho-ah…
Me and my two friends playing on this song
After high school we moved to Montreal
We got a place that needed a makeover-haul
And that’s what made me return to the dollar store
Dust masks, rubber gloves, scrubby pads
Paint rollers, paper towels, garbage bags
Heavy duty brush for the toilet bowl
In two weeks the place was livable
Then we got into gettin’ novelty
Items for our birthdays, shows, and parties
Hand-clappers, streamers, and confetti
Black balloons for when I turned 30
Jesus nightlight for the kitchen wall
A picture frame for “Gremlins” Gizmo
The laundromat is a far-away walk
And sometimes I just need a fresh pair of socks
But now the items at the dollar store
Are priced at a dollar or more
Guess things couldn’t stay the same forever
But they’re still the best deal on toilet paper
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6. |
Rogue Wave
03:34
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Music has been fused with all my bo-ones
Music has been fused with all my bones
And this can induce true bliss in my moves
She is my main cause, not my alibi
Outside of vain laws we go on to thrive
She’s my cryptic shrine, dim lights and symbols
Window through which I see what’s eternal
She’s my new era, paradigm shifter
With her together it all just fits well
She is my rogue wave, a raw miracle
Echos my spontaneous impulse with force
She wants us to go
Somewhere completely new
So we’re travelin’
Way out and within
Searchin’ for a rush
Everywhere we touch
Yeah we’re tappin’ in-to
The promised land
Through a roaring surge
Our true selves emerge
She’s the fine detail that I am into
Pursuit that entails remaining in tune
She is my “Girl With a Pearl Earring”
My Frida Kahlo, a look so daring
She’s my detective, addictive drama
Always we leave it on a cliffhanger
She is the mother of getting gritty
My Sarah Connor, my Ellen Ripley
She wants us to go
Somewhere completely new
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7. |
Bring On Your Mastodon
03:52
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Go on and bri-ing on your ma-a-sto-o-don
All bets against me for me to have my fun
The battles that I pick are far from won
It took more than twenty-four hours to build Rome
‘Ve got nothin’ to veil
Yes I am re-a-dy
Blazin’ my trail
With a mache-e-te
Nature did not ask to be born
Just exists takin’ on new form
Veins on my arms like a lightnin' storm
Face lookin’ kinda neanderthal
My body is a vehicle
And my genes decide where it goes
So I don’t have much of a choice
But to pick fights with mastodons
So I summon all I‘ve got
To keep fightin’ and not
Give in and drop
Every taste of victory
Gets me hooked on feelin’ free
“Na na na, hey, good bye” on repeat
Fist pumpin’ even in my sleep
And wherever this wave leaves me
I’ll swim to land and set back to sea
Every taste of victory
Gets me hooked on feelin’ free
Go on and bring on your ma-a-sto-o-don
It’s been de-ad quiet around here for too long
Set the field, raise the flag
Sound the horn, bang a gong
Set loose the primeval
That lives in everyone
‘Ve got nothin’ to veil
Yes I am re-a-dy
Blazin’ my trail
With a mache-e-te
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8. |
Ricochet
02:52
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I tried to de-ny the
Attraction, oh-oh
I spent two weeks to see
If it’s right or wrong, whoa-oh
Then sudden-ly it hit me
If I’m deba-ting constantly
I must really want this girl
Neurons fireworks for this female, oh
Never have I been this grateful
For what I call the eternal
Rico-rico-rico-ricochet
Oh, whoa, oh
Rico-rico-rico-ricochet
Oh, whoa, oh…
I’m comin’ for you girl
I’m bouncin’ off the walls
I’m comin’ for you girl
Without any more stalls
You dispatched my full pursuit
Gainin’ trust, gainin’ on you
On your tail so far feels good
Then your shields go up high
Won’t let Cupid give you
A-another black eye
Well yes we might go through
Some sweet me-ssy lessons
You know you wanna let me in
I showed up at your house
High beams for eyes, fucked as Moses
With a bloody handful
Of your neighbours garden’s roses
I’ve got magic crowbars
To break into your heart, whoa, oh…
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9. |
Underwater
03:44
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10. |
Dirt Road Warrior
05:15
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Parked the van to sleep, the spot looked low-heat
Still a cop knocked on my window
Said, “You gotta keep movin’, this
Are-a is residential”
I replied back, “Just because
My home rides on wheels
Doesn’t mean you’ve got to go
And kick us out of here”
He says, ”Wait, Iowa plates
You said you’re not from the States”
But in just minutes, he says, “Go,” convinced
By our debut acting performance
My odo-me-ter hits back to zero
I’m a re-gu-lar dirt road warrior
My odo-me-ter hits back to zero
I’m a re-gu-lar dirt road warrior
Ah, ah…
Stuck up for two weeks in Union City
Cheapest Palace Hotel
The van’s down the street, in a shop, it needs
Repairs on the motor
Found a nice size bag of blow
Snoopin’ through the drawers
Watch back-to-back cable shows
Shoot shit ‘till the mornin’
Things feel right when good times find
Their way right into your night
‘Specially when hope appears thin
And I seem to be reapin’ grim
My odo-me-ter hits back to zero
I’m a re-gu-lar dirt road warrior
My odo-me-ter hits back to zero
I’m a re-gu-lar dirt road warrior
On and on
Miles and miles
To go, whoo
Miles of road ahead, miles of road be-hind
Highways don’t have reds, passed the exit sign
Miles of road ahead, miles of road be-hind
Hide behind the sunset, pile up ran-dom up in my mind
So book a trip somewhere that’s unfamiliar
You could learn things about
Yourself through compare
And contrast to the
Local habits around
I bet Dave, you didn’t know
You could drive this rental
Car so fast in reverse from
The loco, as in mental
Dude who spilled lighter fluid
On our windshield, wanted us dead
Tales of the road are said to be told
As hope for more them to un-fold
Ooh, ah, oh…
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11. |
Soldered Grin
03:56
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Severed cables writhin’
Electro-shocked skin
Debris clouds hoverin’
I got floored, soldered grin
And as I brushed off the
New ash, I knew
That this was my cue
From one hazy altitude I came in
For a vicious emergency landin’, oh
Call it a hunch, my chosen mission
My zealous blood flowin’ south of sane
Never had a doubt of any kind
Flyin’ my freak plane across the sky
To see
How high it could go
Against
The pull of the world
The habitat is irritable
But towards the sun
The plants grow
Now I’ve crossed the point of no return
Every creature on board knows my pain
All the radars I had up went blind
Had to wing it to keep dreams alive
In this
Real deadly world
That can
Crush my spirit slow
The habitat is irritable
But towards the sun
The plants grow
Who do I have to thank for this
Strange feeling?
Oh yeah it’s me
Yes I was hit, tail-spun from heaven
My life in panoramic display
Really refined my whole frame of mind
Hi-fivin’ everyone I pass by
In this
Ever-spinin’ world
That can
Leave us in a whirl
The habitat is irritable
But towards the sun
The plants grow
Oh-ah-oh…
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12. |
Seek Shelter
03:53
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I have been keepin’ myself so patient
Workin’ all of these all-day-long shifts
On somethin’ epic, all up in my shed
I’ll be so happy when I finish it
But somehow my heart strings got wound
Up very tight now I’m hearin’ a weird sound
Bunch of glass gettin’ tossed at a wall
Set of knives under rusted land mower
Before I know it I’m pulsing through
The city’s main vein on my way to
Meet up with my girl at her place
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
She listens to the
Things that I say
It means somethin’ to her
Which matters to me
It’s like those strike
Anywhere matches
We just need us
And a surface
But I can’t get obsessed
Because pyros can
Leave an ashy mess
And I want what we build
Here to stand
In case we want to
Seek shelter here again
It’s like those strike
Anywhere matches
We just need us
And a surface
And there’s a few things that she does
That make me feel all blessed because
It’s love served rare, topped with fresh lust
And if you see us it’s obvious
Moody clouds lookin’ to loose pounds
Mean ol’ winds wanna steal your wigs
Lightin’
Bolts
Love to
Get results
So now I’m callin’ her
To see whether
She’d like to
Seek shelter
Together
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13. |
Through the Dark Maze
04:24
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Is mankind inherently
Good or just, just set on evil?
This question’s been urkin’ me
‘Cause I gotta learn how to deal
With piranha-fin-sharp-tooth people
Devourin’ the space around
In this dark maze that I somehow
On my drunken trek home fell into
Now I’m a lover not a fighter
Not a fighter most of the time
Even though I’ve been told by good friends
I’ve been told by good friends of mine
That I dress like I must really wanna
I must really wanna fight crime
As a kid I’d watch Jean-Claude Van Dame
Really kick some ass and cause some harm
There’s something in violence, something in
Violence to, to a male that’s young
I’d get in fights even tripped another
‘Nother kid and the fall broke his arm
Still feel remorse even though
Even though was, it was long ago
‘Cause now I just want my love
I want my love to conquer all
Yes I just want m-y love to conquer all
Sunshine, my girl, and what I call rock ‘n’ roll
Fountain of youth spiked with some smooth alcohol
But in my life that’s just not su-stain-a-ble
Now back through the dark maze
Dark maze where now I know
A few hidden pathways
Pathways and corridors
Where things do move fast pace
Without a pause
Like the creatures that brace
Their catacombes
I’m always so a-amazed
Amazed how they survive
So I shake and twist wh-ile
Twist while I shine a light
I’m done livin’ the dark
Age of my life
I’m getting this room with
No windows bright
But the perpetrators
Traitors, those piranhas
Are buildin’ a mess b-y
Addin, addin’ more walls
I might get pissed but I
I won’t get lost
What’s a man to do but
Grip on his balls
And to continue on
On his, his muddy path
Until “One Dirty Dude”
Will read my epitaph
And the scarier it gets
The more I’ll laugh
I will get through it lookin’
Like a psychopath
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Rock Despot Montreal, Québec
Rock Despot, now solely Peter Jarecki’s project, is a continuation of Ghetto Pony, which also included David Hoult and James Rogers. Since the release of “Overflow,” Jarecki has been creating video content for its various songs, collaborating with other musicians, and formulating a solo approach for future Rock Despot music. ... more
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