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Always

by Xiu Xiu

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Flynn Cook
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Flynn Cook If you are alone tonight say Hi
Hi, hi
Hi, hi Favorite track: Born to Suffer.
Dinna/Aimee
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Dinna/Aimee One of my fave Xiu Xiu albums. There's a strong melodic component to this one similar to albums like Forget, and even with their trademark dark-as-hell lyrical content, it's honestly kinda uplifting...?
James Loves You
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James Loves You This album is an assault of emotional outpourings. It's unorthodox for sure, but there are a lot of subtle pop sensibilities that give these songs a great boost in quality. This is a cathartic album, truly. Favorite track: Born to Suffer.
amycatass
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amycatass I always say hi Favorite track: Honey-Suckle.
u frickin fricks !!!
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u frickin fricks !!! least "weird" xiuxiu imo, a blissful smorgasbord of exciting dancey numbers staring the shitfulness of this life in the fuckin face; also my favorite in the XX catalogue re:production value Favorite track: Born to Suffer.
Justin
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Justin Always exorcising the most shameful and disgusting sides of myself and releasing the pain, song by song. Favorite track: Honey-Suckle.
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1.
Hi 03:37 video
if you are wasting your life say hi if you are alone tonite say hi if you wish he should die say hi hi, hi if you have a hole in head say hi if you have a stitch in your wrist say hi if when you look at the sky it is black and shredded a sliver of bone could get caught in your throat, well silence is golden a shard of bone sticking out of your arm, well blood is beautiful if your curtain is closed and you are still standing behind it if there is a rag in your mouth broken glass will shine for with the moon if your body is quit and you forgo residing in it rat feces lacing your tongue broken hearts will shine for with the moon if you have eaten it all say hi if your bra is on fire say hi if your bed is a living hell say hi, hi if you don't know what to say say hi if you have poked out your eyes say hi if when you open your arms Ferdinand gores you in the chest have you seen your face as of late, the hippopotamus is beloved half a crocodile hanging out of its mouth, with the village rejoicing if your curtain has closed and you are still standing behind it if there is a bomb in your mouth broken glass will shine for with the moon if your body is wrong and you regret residing in it Jack razor blade at your throat broken hearts will shine for with the moon
2.
Joey's Song 03:36
Joey Joey you have never let anyone down i am sorry that this is happening to you oh what is the point of this collapse you are not crying i know you are only sweating too Joey's song in everything bitterness and jealousy as long as you know i am waiting fever crams the skin of joey's song LA LA LA LA as long you know i am waiting passing out in the joy of Joey's song slayer moon grief is not new, love even less so i am sorry that this is happening to you oh what is the point embrace the boy you are my brother snow will cover your path too Mary Mary listen listen listen listen listen i am sorry that this is happening to you so the light is gone now it is the end i am your brother the snow will cover my path too Joey's song in everything bitterness and jealousy as long as you know i am waiting fever crams the skin of joey's song LA LA LA LA as long you know i am waiting ignorant of the joy (indifferent of joy) of Joey's song
3.
three boys in a burning panzer doing nothing not to shove our throats in the flames we shan't let go oh friend oh foe oh friend oh foe beauty towne how little have we learned beauty towne the fruit that we deserve and we had and we had and we had more than we could take three orcs under plague of darkness and like Egypt, we had it coming all along i won't believe oh fiend oh foe oh fiend folio beauty towne the hair remains the same hanging the rope of shame/hung b and we tried and we failed not to live this way again Chelsea Alvarez, Jherek Bischoff, Scott Goodwin Mike Hadreas, Ruthie Haskell, Keehnan Konyha Caralee McElroy, Sam Mickens, Zac Pennington Jamie Stewart, WIlbert Williams beauty towne the hair remains the same hung by the rope of shame and we tried and we failed not to live this way again
4.
you have tried you are ripped up but nothing has changed they have told you you will be lucky but nothing has changed I can't wait to set it off and it will be the end finally I'm gonna lie back and ask for nothing, nothing I'm gonna throw it back and let it, let it go though i'm not concerned for this how it goes I am ill but it does not hurt I get up get up but my day is ruined again I get up get up but the day is ruined again you can run but what's the point they won't catch you you can love but to what to end they won't leave you yesterday was awful today's discolored
5.
little jizzo little sweetest glob the restrictions is gone the worries is gone when the time is right I will love you like I should when the time is right come back come back come back the rose elf is stabb-ed the rose goblin vacuumed O.U.T. OUT! when I look at my thighs I see death it is great/rad I love abortion you are too good for this life a hyena infected with rabies would give birth to you there are too many important things I can't be for yooooou we will meet again when the time is right or jump head first against the side of an outhouse don''t do it little jizzo don't be as a frog don't be like a crab when I look at my thighs I see death it is great I love abortion (2x) you are too good for this world let all you have lived be as if a dream!
6.
The Oldness 03:25
something wrong will molest you in drug stupor on onslaught constant and dry web of oldness makes creaking timbrel sounds beneath the grass beyond the sky teasing dirty furry abominations will lick you awake and eat your weight before and after the words get down put your arms under your body the oldness I dreamt that I was aloft on beating wing a sound unlike any bird's out of the corner of my eye I saw a great bat's wing oh the oldness
7.
you had to dig hard
to find the cult of arteries
 astride the great gulf sea
 across Dresden kitchen chimney's afire
 the vast deep's surface shines with gore & spermaceti 
an outlook certain oh vanity!
 you are a cutting vessel 
racing with whispered furies 
on hellhounds broken backs chimney's afire
 the vast deep's surface slips with gore & spermaceti
an outlook certain
 draw in the line
don't let it twist or tangle
 bring the beast clear and close
and let your lance drive true chimney's afire chimney's afire
the vast deep's BLAH BLAH BLAH 
on that which could not be forgiven
8.
Gul Mudin 02:25
Gul Mudin, pop pop poppy fantasy, of kill team sgt. gibbs cut off your finger andy holmes put it in a sock bravo company 3rd platoon pool of blood reflecting the sky blowing out savages beating off military corporal/ jeremy open mouthed and idiotic firefly seen by daylight is but a bug close your eyes Mudin you're aglow in the night queer for death pup pup army stoned on hash in porta potty in the dust they pushed your father but you climb into his heart curling up into a ball rest your head upon his hate judgement will never be lifted a crow taps the face of your sons the Virgin might not could clip its wings for hell is hot, hell is hot, satan's cock, hell is hot
9.
now and then you get what you want now and then you get what you want I don't to talk I wish I was dead the reservoir is filling with mold the reservoir is filling with mold I don't want to talk I wish I was dead oh bunny rabbit jaundiced by the bummer of habit is there a plantain big enough to cave your head in? sweet clot you are what you are sweet clot you is what you is you feel it now misplaced but the world I don't want to talk I wish I were dead born to suffer you are embarrassed but this thought and with that all your dreams are gone fall apart try not to cry in public try not to cry in public try not to cry in the shower and try not cry at the clinic Port Au Prince if God won't come I'll go to him born to suffer, born to suffer
10.
Factory Girl 02:21
factory girl, factory girl what will I do for you? nothing, nothing but pull it to LBFM.biz you will not go to heaven you will just go to work and when all the emotions of this burst forth as a spark place your phone on your pillow and pet it like a dead kitten the sheltering hand casts the shadow of cum thrown on the face of your mom if that does not end the world then the world just ends when you're dead it's no mean feat to fuck yourself in the ass yet how often we bring it off there is dignity in serenity and dignity too in a clenched fist dedicated to a monstrous worthlessness thank you for making this purse
11.
slap your cheeks for color and suck your stomach to your spine it's alright, it's alright, you look fine horsewhipped you'll forever be but much as his love runs down your thigh throw your arms around my neck & throw the rest against my chest you woke up with your hands down someone else's stretch-pants held your breath 'til you blacked out wash his taste out of your mouth surprised that i could stomach it led him by the halter put the blinders on your eyes it's time, it's time, you look like mine a man you can never be but just as the horseflies crowd your eyes i tried, i tried so before you change your mind throw your belt around my neck a brick in the small of the back smear the queen they bashed his teeth in with an elbow cast held his throat 'til he passed out count the men inside your mouth surprised that you could stomach it bridle yourself for secret love an armful of charm held up in hotel Golgotha the bridegroom of blood useless & covetous of love it's over & over the pale horse you should be frightened of the horror, the horror a kiss on the forehand a kiss for the lip strap a kiss on the nose band a kiss on the throat latch
12.
it is always night for you here your brother was the first boy inside of you and as locust would eat your father was the first man inside of you now your body is all your own keep it away from mine I love you bill I forgive everything to die and not breathe to arrive desolated to crawl towards colorlessness progress across the urn my father was the second man inside of you the sailor is dead the social worker is dead the software engineer is dead the singer is dead you have always lied to us Richard Brautigan never stuffed his underwear in your mouth I love you Bill you forgive everything I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry let them sing for joy that it was you for whom the Raven called there must somethings for which our God cannot accused there must somethings for which our God cannot accused both feet jammed against your heart both feet jammed against your heart Do you want me to write your name? Do you want me to tear it up? Do you want me to throw it in the garbage?

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released March 6, 2012

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