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She was an angel in the fluorescent lights
Stood atop a waterfall of stairs
Some nights she cries her weight in loneliness
Still other nights she hardly even cares
I think I saw her in a crowded dream
With a barbed wire crucifix draped around her neck
She said "could you tell me where the dumpsters are
Then could you direct me to where the party went?"

And she said, "you might think it's not quite right
The way it make me smile
But the chemistry still gets me high
So I feel it's worth my while."

Neon signs light the road to heaven
Its bone-faced travelers breach the corner of her eye
The steel and glass an urban graveyard
Shaping the contours of a cold indifferent sky
For fleeting seconds she recalls those dreams
That filled her head with big ideas and sweet untruths
But then the sidewalk caves beneath her
And the shame grips around her throat just like a noose.

And she said, "you might think it's not quite right
The way it make me smile
But the chemistry still gets me high
So I feel it's worth my while."

Sensations start to flow
Weightless conscience and heavy toes
Lips dry like desert stone
Sensations overload

And she said, "you might think it's not quite right
The way it make me smile
But the chemistry still gets me high
So I feel it's worth my while."

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from Isolation Masquerade, released August 16, 2019

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Elmer and the Ceramic Trees Janesville, Wisconsin

Conceived in the summer of 2012 by Janesville, Wisconsin singer-songwriter Robbie Haas, Elmer and the Ceramic Trees blend the lush melodies of bands like The Beatles and Big Star with the doom-and-gloom pop of The Cure and Echo and The Bunny Men, the driving rhythms of New Order, and the big choruses of Bowie and Arcade Fire to form a style of indie pop that is at once harrowing and gorgeous. ... more

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