Collected Animals

First thing I see when I got on this site was the jump in pages. I thought it was a single release (Boys Latin?) so I clicked the last page. The only thing I've seen was someone complaining about the Tropic of Cancer vocals. First off, it's debatable whether listening to the freebird at this point in time is disrespectful to the people that have worked so hard on this record and those that are actively doing a phenomenal job promoting it. But I'm not one to judge that since I listened to the album last night. However, actually COMPLAINING about the freebird on a forum where the producer of said album has been frequenting for the last year plus, while keeping us all entertained and informed along the way is very disrespectful in my eyes. Say what you will about the album, but don't create negativity on top of negativity. Plus it just aint true that Tropic of Cancer vocals are bad, they are wonderful.

I haven't read any other posts other than the one saying there's a freebird and another person complaining. Let me just say that this album is Jesus. After having a so-so experience with Mr Noah EP (sorry) and not really liking Tomboy (lord knows I tried), I was having my doubts about the album. But after listening to the album last night stoned out of my gourd I must say that this is the most visual and most uplifting music I have ever heard that just twinkles and creates a universe of its own (something only AC records have done for me previously). Now, I seriously had my doubts about listening to it this early, but I couldn't ask for a better experience than last night. Usually after smoking I am very critical of EVERYTHING (I had this problem with the albums You're Dead and Syro) so much that I have to avoid listening to new stuff. But this feels like the perfected form of the live versions (hearing them previously only enhanced the experience for me) and I have zero complaints. I let the music flow through me and the images and colors coalesce in my mind. Also I had never heard CTYS before and that was nuts and I swear to god I felt like I was gonna have a heart attack when Tropic of Cancer followed byShadow of the Colossus and Lonely Wanderer came on.

All you people that haven't listened to the freebird (if there are any out there), choose for yourself whether to listen early and don't listen to what other people say (but again BUY THE ALBUM, otherwise you are scum). I would stay away from this thread for a while. I know I'm going to. I don't dare read what others are saying about this because every little opinion makes this music stop being a dialogue with two kindred souls and prematurely invites analysis into something sacred that should be FELT, not judged. Don't have any doubts in your mind about its quality going into it. But buy the album for God's sake. PBvsGR is beautiful and has so many layers and surprises in it that I want everyone to have the experience I had, with or without the help of mind altering drugs. Don't wait for reviews or other people (on this forum or otherwise) to tell you what to feel (that goes for everything).

Anyway, I'm sorry to Pete and Noah and everyone else if it is offensive to listen to this album so early. But I don't regret what I felt last night and I'm so glad I preordered the deluxe ver. It's gonna be a while before I listen to it again because it just feels too special to make it a regular thing just yet. Sorry for clogging up the tubes with this ramble but just give it some thought.

Thank you guys for this gift! I look forward to the coming months of fun. You and the AC crew are my inspiration for creating music and I wish you the best.

The lack of "toOOOOoooooo DAAAY DAY AFTER DAY" the way he sings it really high with all of that energy live. I mean, it's sorta there, but it didn't hit me as hard as I thought it would.

Get just what you need
Just what
Want more than you need
Want more
Dread follows that lead
Follow the lead

Near as far from
A ship as the oar
(Come on)

More than you can see
See more
Seeds become a tree
Because you can't
Be a growth
And the same as before
(Come on)

Get just what you need
Just what
Want more than you need
Follow the lead
Near as far from
A balm as the cut
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This dog got bit on a leg
He got a really big chip on a leg
Don't want to get out of bed
Less he feel like it justified

Here comes the loaf again
Drip a lot, drop a lot
Become an oaf again
Trip a lot, trip a lot
So wide to the other side
Shuts an eye
But he stays like a stump inside
Hey hey hey

Upon the gusts he glide
Brittle mind, gentle mind
Toward a bigger sign
Every time, every time
So much for the safest vibe
Tossed aside
But he burns like a blaze inside
Hey hey hey

You're so cool
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Ain't fate
Just me
Come a cropper for the weak stuff that you stew
Ain't fate
Just me
A cripple on his feet again you say

Stay there
While I move
Stay scared
While I improve

But it don't mean I'll do it like you want me to
But it do mean I'll do it like you need me to
But it don't mean I'll do it like you want me to

So good
So good
You got it so good
So good
So good
Damn it so good
So good it's so good
So good

Get it day to day
Day after day
So good
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God my god
My dog has a broken leg
Grip this grab that have that
An empty bag
Grip this grab that have that
An empty plug in

And one's a friend of mine
And one's a Gemini
And one's a friend of mine
O wait I'll wait a while

Really shouldn't bring that other guy

Dig begin
This pad has a bigger grid
Grip this grab that have that
An empty bag
Grip this grab that have that
An empty plug in

At once a bend of mind
And one gets left behind
At once a bend of mind
O wait I'll wait a while

Really shouldn't bring that other guy
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Beasts don't have a second to think
But we don't appreciate our things

Dark cloud
Descended again
Has a dark cloud descended again
And a shadow moves in the darkness

Dark cloud
Descended again
Has a dark cloud descended again
And a shadow moves in the darkness

Beasts don't have a second to think
But we don't appreciate our things
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Are you mad?

Yeah I'm mad
With a treat
You made a bunch you bet
And you'll make more
Go on make some more
But you won't
Nope you won't
Ever make that one again
You don't make that one again
Don't make that again
This the last time
It's inside the one and all

Are you mad?

Yeah I'm mad
With a treat
And you made a bunch you bet
And you'll make more
Go on make some more
But you won't
Nope you won't
Ever make that one again

You dont make that one again
Don't make that again
This the last time
It's inside the one and all

Are you mad?
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It's all in the family
And then
You sneak it all away

When they said he's ill
Laughed it off as if it's no big deal
What a joke to joke no joke

It's all in the family
And then
You sneak it all away
Sick has to eat well too
And dumb it on down

And you can't get back
You won't come back to it
You can't come back to it
And you can't get back
You won't come back
You can't come back to it
And you can't get back
You won't come back to it
You can't come back to it
And you can't get back
You won't come back
You can't come back to it

Its all in the family
And then
You sneak it all away
Sick has to eat well too

Got to like it all
Got to like what kills
It kills just to like what kills
Got to like it all

So it goes to show what
All things know just
One thing keep it live
Keep it live
Dead or alive
These guys kill to live on
And you give up on the upside
Give it up on the other side
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If you
If you
If you
Look back

Would you
Would you
Would you
Look back

What have you done?
Have you done
Have you he said

What did you do?
Did you do
Did you he said

How do you feel?
Do you feel
Do you he said

Was it
Was it
Was it worthwhile?

Was it
Was it
Was it worthwhile?
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Sheep dog
Been nipping at your heels all day
Sheep dog

Tsk tsk tsk

Leapfrog
Don't have a way to stay in line
And so you're mine

So close
As gentle as a sleeping baby boy

You can see a sheep where she lay
You can keep a temptress at bay
To break what's in the DNA
You should lead them to a new place
Cocoon a space to say so simply
Fool these ugly thoughts what are they

So you're mine

Sheep dog
Been nipping at your heels all day
Sheep dog

Tsk tsk tsk

Good guy
Don't know you when you hide away
You stay inside

So close
As gentle as a sleeping baby boy

You can see a sheep where she lay
You can keep a temptress at bay
To break what's in the DNA
You should lead them to a new place
Cocoon a space to say so simply
Fool these ugly thoughts what are they

So you're mine
.........................

Just now I see it so clear
Total shift in the unconscious

When at times it seems like fates
Have set it up like so much magic
Just a ruse to get you in there

Seems like a spell
And all they talk as if it's come to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean

That ain't it

If it comes to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean

That ain't it
Touch a hand
That ain't it
It's a promise from some lips
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
Making noise not making songs
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
It might seem they making songs
Now they really making noise

Total shift in the unconscious

When at times it seems like fates
Have set it up like so much magic
Just a ruse to get you in there

Seems like a spell
And all they talk as if it's come to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean
That ain't it

If it's come to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean

That ain't it
Touch a hand
That ain't it
It's a promise from some lips
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
Making noise not making songs
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
It might seem they making songs
Now they really making noise

Total shift in the unconscious

You'll trip up again
Go get up again
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On a rope
Strung a crossing
The gulf

As a ship
On a sea
Cuts the froth

With a yell
As you've won against
The deep

Laugh (into) the chasm

From afar
For a frame changes course

As a flame
Gives a ruin a new name

With a yell
As you've won against
The dark

Graph the spasm
I'm past
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To my guy
'Til I die

If it's real good or it's lame
It's you
Still you looking back

Look into the mirror
It's a game
You like it or you don't

Go ask why
No reply
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There is a song
You're on it for so long

There is a sound if you listen in
There is a sound if you listen in to it

Now you know
What it is you should forget
Now you must know
What it is you should forget

Time for a new one
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Every fish that swim in the sea, don't eat it
See what you can and you can't do

Give the road a good look over
Then make it golden with your common sense
Sold
Give your boy a grip on the shoulder
Build up a totem like a common sense
Mold

Like a sinking ship on the ocean