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There are no Gnomes in Sweden

by King Luan

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There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them No little hats, no jolly beards, or rotted teeth and not one child has ever been reported being eaten Not one child Just like there are no Fins there in Finland Now while at first that may sound grand, it's just because they've all been eaten by the hungry gnomes who aren't aren't in Sweden There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them (They've never seen them) There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them (They've never seen them) Now Viking is as Viking does and Vikings can't be beaten And as that is, it's most unwise to try to eat Norwegians But hungry gnomes they come and go, a belly-full they're feeding Pockets lined with Swedish gold, they nash their broken teeth and scold They lick their bloody lips and cry "we'll eat you up until you die" There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them (They've never seen them) There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them (They've never seen them) No little hats... no jolly beards... So if you're Swedish, rest assured, your bureaucrats have bought them all And logic tells us now that you certainly can't be Finnish So 'fore I finnish this tale of woe, if you're a Viking, maybe you'll take a liking to us and leave us alone now for we are the people laying low the not so tasty Danish if the truth be told. (the not so tasty Danish, the not so tasty Danish if the truth be told) There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them There are no gnomes in Sweden No reports that anybody down there has ever seen them No little hats... no jolly beards...
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DRACULA SPECTACULAR I am not your Dracula spectacular This is not your weekend in Vegas This is not your selfie obscura I am not your tour guide of Paris No vampires remain in Romania No vampires remain in Romania Don’t walk alone in Transylvania No vampires remain in Romania This is not West Hollywood on Thursday I am not your objet d’art I am not your sepia heyday This is not the moment we part No vampires remain in Romania No vampires remain in Romania Don’t donate blood in Transylvania No vampires remain in Romania I am not your pop starlet saviour This is not your reference du jour This is not your sanctioned behaviour I am not the disease or the cure No vampires remain in Romania No vampires remain in Romania Don't sing this song in Transylvania No vampires remain in Romania
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I am the blackbird in the night I am the sun bear in the day I am the monkey in the jungle I am the fish in the fillet I am a tiger trapped inside a small balloon that is floating in the stomach of a large angry baboon I am animal I said I am an animal I am the tame domestic cat I am the raged infected rat I am the mimicking macaw I am wild attacking boar I am a puppy eating up a giant moth that flew all the way from Costa Rica to escape the clutches of a giant sloth I am animal I said I am an animal
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Pantheon 03:18
The game is on The world is a stage Heroes created Beast mode engage Panthéon The idols arise The world is a tomb Rome is burning An entropic boom Panthéon Why is the sky so endless? Why are our towers so small? Build on the shoulders of giants One game to rule them all Panthéon and on and on
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Woolly Mammoth There is nothing quite so large As the Argentinosaurus But with all it's best laid plans It will surely bow down, before us And there is nowhere in the land Anything quite so ferocious As the regal and so grand King of fear, tyrannosaurus But he too will disappear When our future becomes clear Winter is upon us Winter is upon us Hammerheaded herbivores Atopodentatus was But no more the seas shall they Swim in, eat and grow and play Mega-raptorids abound Like the Australovenator But the time has come to say Farewell matey, see you later All of you will disappear When our future becomes clear Winter is upon us Winter is upon us Out in the Gulf of Mexico There lies the secrets we don't know The coming of the asteroid And what will come to fill the void Winter is upon us Winter is upon us
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Personal Guard Llama There will be a night, there will be a night without crying There will be a day, there will be a day without fear One for the many, many with the one, the one with the many is the one who is strong There will be a time, there will be a time and it's near So don't panic There will be a song, there will be a song without lyrics There will be a name, there will be a name that you hear Song is the meaning, meaning of the song, the name that we sing is the one who will come There will be a way, there will be a way and it's near So don't panic There will be a friend, there will be a friend to defend you There be a fight, there will be a fight that you win Lamb with the llama, llama for the lamb, the lamb who is guarded is the one who will stand There will be a life, there will be a life and it's here So don't panic
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Spoonbill 03:48
Spoonbill If you kick a duck right in the head, make sure it’s in a row If you sing a song of fifty cents, make sure you pay the toll If you see my heron buddy out there, tell them what you know For the worm has turned an early bird, get down and ducking go If you see a bill of blackest knight, get buggin’ for the floor If your trains are spotting up a fight, head for the highest knoll If the weeping willows worry you, just show yourself the door For the people are revolting and the kingdom’s shooting poor Attachments area
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Puffed 04:02
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This is what we want This is what you need This is who you are This is where you’ll feed Make sure you dance in time As you recite your lines And you can drive this car We know that you’ll go far Hey You are A star We’ve been searching for your kind You remind us of someone else Hey You are A star And you you shine just like the sun In all it’s brilliance What’s that? You have some thoughts of your own? You’d like to spread some hope? You thought you really mattered to us? And you thought? Hey you aren’t our style So we don’t you to play In our game anymore ha ha ha ha Hey you aren’t a star And we don’t want you to say Or speak Or be here ha ha ha ha I will not disappear I’ll sing forever I will not disappear I’ll sing forever I will not disappear I’ll sing forever
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Vapours 04:22
Vapours All of these obsessions Politics, possessions Stumbleina unaware Blunderina, dancing air All of these illusions  Policy, intrusions Godzilla of Yokocho Kaiju of the Overflow See through See through me and you See through All that we do All of these impressions Property, elections Yoda is as Yoda does Drunken Master, soba loves  All of these explosions Poverty, erosion Barbie of the Underpass Hobo of the Upperclass See through See through me and you See through All that we do All of these perceptions Probably inception Valkyries and langoliers  Devouring forgotten tears All of these contortions Prophecy, distortions Internet of broken things Wave invisibly and sing: See through See through me and you See through All that we do

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released June 1, 2019

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