In episode 4 we drop all kinds of ancient knowledge and talk about our least-favorite airport
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----Bug's Song-----
Title: How to Build a House
Prompt Page: Deep Sea Exploration -> Quenching -> Magia Naturalis
Lyrics:
I'm at the grocery store thumpin' every watermelon in the bin
Dunno what I'm listenin' for but I saw my father do it when I was a kid
He never taught me his tricks so its been hard
cause guess and check only goes so far
And now I have a watermelon of my own
So I'm gonna teach it everything I know
Like how to build a house, how to tie your sneakers
how to walk and talk, and when you gettem, how to brush your little teeth
and when you're wrong, how to say you're sorry
but this list is getting long so we can start it in the morning
when you're old enough to know it, your dad'll show you how
I'll teach you everything you need to know
How to Build A House
But I dunno how to build a house but I can teach ya
when ya need to lean on people and just ask someone for help
the best lesson, while you're malleable, is teaching you how valuable
it is to say: "I don't have to do everything myself"
Because the ancient books of wisdom we're full of men who didn't listen
but they claimed to know how everything worked
they'd say the roof bones connected to the wall bones connected
to the floor bones connected to the Earth, and that's
[Chorus]
Cause you don't know shit kid!
But I can help ya with it
We should start with shapes and colors, how to recognize your mother
but I'm waiting and impatient and I really wanna skip to
How to Grow a Garden
I got some seeds to get you started
We can grow some watermelons, teach each other how to tell when
they are ready or be patient when they're still a bit too hard, and
I can't build a house, unless it is for birds
But I can try to build a home and get you ready for the world
And when you are, I hope you'll do it too
Because you wanna be like me and that is something I would do
When you're old enough to do it, you're gonna show 'em how
Teach 'em what I did and didn't know
How to Build a House
---- Matt's Song -----
Title: Four Stop Signs
Prompt Page: Whippits -> Biomaterial -> Structural Integrity and Failure
Lyrics:
there's a tree growing out of the gutter
in the house across from here
there are cracks in the brick of the big smoke stacks at the ironworks museum
there are bodies in this building's foundations, prophets sick with weather pains
press your ear to the doors or the hardwood floors that swell up when it rains
You are living in the arhythmical heart of the empire
And it's four stop signs at each intersection
And it's all uphill in every direction
Hear the groaning of the city, count the rings around its eyes
Find out how big animals like this can grow before they die
Harvest ivy from the ceiling, drink the damp right off the wall
Become a vessel for whatever's growing in the laundry pile
Scrawl your debut novel longhand on the hulls of subway trains
Serve single malts and double shots for half minimum wage
Get married in the basement, get tetanus for the high
Get sexy new infections just before they go worldwide
You are living in the arrhythmical heart of the empire
And it's four stop signs at each intersection
And it's all uphill in every direction
Kiss yourself goodnight and sneak out
When you're fast asleep and don't come back
Kiss yourself goodnight and sneak out