MAXEL TOFT


18 (Grant)

Mixed and mastered by Eric Hagen at Blackwater Studios

Drivel
Buried
Aimlessness
Like A Cubic Zirconia
Geographical Midpoint
The Tinkerer Turns
When Steelbridge Got A Sister
Old Men Still See You


 

Drivel

 

Buried

Coins
Loads of lost coins
Buried
Everything is buried

Gold
Hoards of hidden gold
Buried
Everything is buried

How many treasures
Do I have to discover
To recover the deposit
For this metal detector

Jewelry, Lordy
Fancy forgotten jewelry
Buried
Everything is buried

How many treasures . . .

Cans, damn it
Tons of tin cans
Buried
Everything is buried

How many treasures . . .

How many treasures
Do I have to discover
To recover the deposit
For this metal

Aimlessness

After an attack
Agitate
Everything is fine
Hold on

Rational revenge
Ruminate
Everything is fine
Good night

Research repartee
Rote relief
Everything is fine
Hold on

Multiple mistakes
Meek motif
Everything is fine
Hold on

Doubtful disrespect
Don't digress
Everything is fine
Hold on

Critically acclaimed
Aimlessness
Everything is fine
Good

It happens all day, every day, everywhere, to every one
All day, every day, everywhere, to every one

Like a Cubic Zirconia

That wishing star was actually a planet
Accidentally used up all my precious secret wishes on it

Those shooting stars were twinkling satellites
Lost another batch of hopes and dreams again last night

The flight path of an airplane stole a couple more
Searching for a magically empowered meteor

Geographical Midpoint

Meridian Park on the 45th Parallel North
Not quite 87 West
Could be renamed in respect to the latitude
But don't write a letter to The County to request

The "Parallel Park" nearly halfway to the Northern Pole
North Highway 57 West
45 degrees on your way to Polaris (yeah)
But don't write a letter to The County to request

Don't write a letter, write a letter to the editor, don't write a letter

The Tinkerer Turns

Harness the addict
Focus the meds
Fuse ‘em together
And hoist up the dead

Muster the fragments
Smother the guilt
A library of lovers
Awaits to be built

The tinkerer turns the crank
The tinkerer turns the crank
The tinkerer turns the crank
The tinkerer turns the crank

Harness the addict . . .

The tinkerer turns the crank easy
The tinkerer turns the crank easy
The tinkerer turns the crank easy
The tinkerer turns the crank

The tinkerer turns the crank lively

When Steelbridge Got A Sister

Bayview Bridge
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge
You're 57, 42
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge

The Ahnapee and Western's gone
It's Michigan and Madison
Now there's Maple, Oregon
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge

Bayview Bridge
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge
You're 57, 42
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge

The Western and the Ahnapee
Madi, Michi, Bay of Green
Oregon and Maple, three
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge

Bayview Bridge
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge
You're 57, 42
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge

Bayview Bridge
I'm sorry, Bayview Bridge
You're 57, 42
I'm sorry, Bayview

Old Men Still See You

Way back when I was a youngun
I liked to look at older women
But then gradually turned to chasing
Girls of my own generation
Until further in the progression
I engaged in procreation
That resulted in some children
Now their mother ain't good looking
Anymore, anyway, so I look the other way

You see that
I am looking forward to the softness of old age
The loss of the urge
To take action on an image
And that's why I'm so uncertain
How is anyone attracted
To a certain sort of symmetry
Where shape has an advantage

If I make to the age of eighty
I will complement young ladies
Without treating them as objects
Because I'll cease to be a prospect
Yes, an elder is respected
Claims the young at heart perspective
When you're young it's misogynistic
Then grow old it's optimistic
Every time, anyway, so I look the other way

You see that
I am looking forward to the softness of old age
The loss of the urge
To take action on an image
And that's why I'm so uncertain
How is anyone attracted
To a certain sort of symmetry
Where shape has an advantage
Anymore, anyway, so I look the other way