Cognitive Dissonance - Near Deaf Experience

Cognitive Dissonance is the 3rd album in the Near Deaf Experience catalog and the first as a duo. Josh Mitchell’s unique vocals and upbeat musical compositions create a unique mix when combined with Jeff Hill’s darker sounds, heavy beats, and productions methods.

Lyrics:

Glitter
The sun bleeds its final life beat red
Like my own eyelids but a wakening washes over me
I know
The night calls, and a hunger’s deep inside me
Thirsty for a fire and a far, far, ways from home

And as we grow older we will never be the same, again
Your little innocent smile has turned into a chesire moon
And it’s waning too fast
You gotta keep your enemies close
But not as close, as your lovers since they fade away
They glitter then they’re gone

Some will say that we’re only known through our sins
But the forefront of sin-cerity gives the devil its due
I lost control, or control just ran away
I can’t remember but we’re better long distance friends
Or at least he tells me

Now I see you, and I’m won-der-ing if he lost you too
Don’t you worry, take my hand and I’ll keep you safe
For now
‘Cause from yourself, with me, you might be in danger
But just like glitter, we’ll shine and then we’ll fade away
As we fall together

Tides
We wake up each day, start walkin’ our ways
Heads down not looking where we’re goin’
But maybe this time, your eyes will meet mine
And we can finally meet

I’ve been around here, many times this year
Hoping to cross your path
And now I see you, one on one rendezvous
I’ll let you do the math

One is one, and two is two, babe
More is merrier for me
We’ll rise and fall with rhythm just as
Tides do, across the sea

You complete my soul, make my own self whole
How many lives got us here
This is our one chance, make lasting romance
Don’t cross the stars baby

Impulse is my pulse –what gets us results
So go and close your eyes
You’ve been dreaming, and I’ve been stealin’
Your love, so I surmise

One is one, and two is two, babe
More is merrier for me
We’ll rise and fall with rhythm just as
Tides do, across the sea.
Steel Magnolia
White flower
Metallic dress
But where’s the copper in your sick green face?
Brown with touch, rust with time
So why did you ask to get picked in the first place?
Did I pollute your pollinated mind?
Maybe it’s your nature
No pitcher plant, but a picture perfect lie
I was the six legged sucker

She’s a witch
I’m at the stake
But she can’t help it cause she’s a victim
She says I made her take the broom and hat in hand, but—
It’s kind of funny
That broom’s a spear
And she cast it directly at my heart
You can call her a delicate flower if you dare—a steel magnolia

Adam once called Eve the Apple of his eye
Temptation’s deadly
Bullets in hand—daughter of Sam
White little flower but more like razor ivy
Do you think he shuddered to hear her say—
That fatal question
Lean in close
Whispered in ear
Take a little bite of that baby tell me how’s it taste

Chutes and Ladders
Lend me your name, I’ll give you mine
Or better yet we could play kiss and tell
I don’t know much about you
But that look just told me all I need
I’m not religious, unless you need me to be
But if that’s the case, how forgiving is He?
I got a feeling that we’ll be on our knees
For more than prayin’ tonight

I beg you darlin’ please

Ready your shot and fire
That little arrow, is flying awfully fast
Tell me your desires
Say that you want it now
A lie that you could believe

You used to talk of a relationship
But the ship seems to’ve run aground
Safe and sound
No more worries of you lost at sea; but
What about that rotting wood?

Did I, take the wind out of your sail?
When I, mistook your love as being for sale?
An easy mistake, call me cannon fodder
I guess my heart was for free

You brought me to my knees

So ready your shot and fire
Better make it quick; You’re sinking awfully fast
Or find you some guns for hire
Not that you need them now
You already broke my heart

I don’t get how
How we play this game
Tell me, Chutes and Ladders to where?

I won’t help you now
Help you climb back up
When you’ll just slide down again.

You gotta find better rungs next time
You gotta save your breath for your lungs next time
You gotta find better rungs next time
But chutes’ll getcha and they’re always gonna make you fall

You brought me to my knees

So ready your shot and fire
Better make it quick; You’re sinking awfully fast
Or find you some guns for hire
Not that you need them now, you already broke my heart

Close to Heart
The pale moon laughs
The devil is free
Naked and proud
Like we’re supposed to be
You stand there still, but your eyes—they’re dancing
And if this means the end of the road then I guess I’ll be alone

We ain’t got to tell nobody
I won’t even if you do
Let’s just keep this ‘tween our bodies
Close—to heart

Like ships passing into the night
Nothing can save us now
Hush, dear
Your silence deafens my ears
Warm was Spring, but we’ve fallen to Winter
Our summer seemed like years ago
Aged, I’m alone

I don’t lead
I follow
With your hand in mine

We ain’t got to tell nobody
I won’t even if you do
Let’s just keep this ‘tween our bodies
Close—to heart

Rabbit Chase
Come with me, my child
I will show the world as you never seen it before
The burning bush sheds skin
Wrapped in white
Prometheus’ kiss has more in store
Exhale won’t you now
The winds have changed and back draft voodoo sends enlightenment

Inhale what you will
And will it that kaleidoscopes can color more than dreams
But rest easy now—
And in your head keep chasing Colossus’ scaling stairwell

Until I Hold You Again
And all my woes
They stem from me
Old friend, your sorrows
My blasphemy
If I recall
Our promises
Till death departs us
Or so we said

It’s the sun’s fault
For making me yellow
The moon’s paleness colored my soul
The stars aligned to say that
I wasn’t made for you
And now, we are, so many worlds apart

What if God could
Turn back time?
Would he save us, or Keep you
From being mine?
And it’s my fault
Your gonna leave me
Until I hold—you
Hold you again
In my dreams
My old friend
I’m sorry I hurt you
Hurt you again

Maybe it’s better this way?
Does he—
Make you smile every day?
Cause it’s my fault
That you left me
Until I hold—you
Hold you again
In my dreams
My old friend
I’m sorry I hurt you
Hurt you again

Moth
The air is thick and your sweat is sickly sweet
This is the ride of your life, dear
have a seat
Tattered and torn, we burrow through
Despicable as it may seem
Cut from the same cloth are both you and I
And now we’re ready to burn

Your passion is my poison
And it glows inside, to me it flickers fire
Hypnotized, my eyes, enticed by grasping visions

Your fire is my poison
And I’m drawn, the Siren’s sound oh no, it quickens
Towards the rocks, I flutter into my demise

Your fire is my poison
And I’m drawn
Drawn like a moth

Beautiful tragedy
We flutter into our doom

I hate to love you
Love to hate you
Mate you
Bate you
Desecrate you
Words you tell me, they respell the animosity
I don’t mind manipulation
Or emotive immolation
Just be sure you snuff it so the mirror’s smoke will just simply—stop

You believe my resolve is yours to defeat
But I hold the key that controls your heat
I’m nothing more than swine you say
If pigs could fly then I guess I may
be pretty enough to be a butterfly
But now I’m ready to burn

Your passion is my poison
And it glows inside, to me it flickers fire
Hypnotized my eyes, enticed by grasping visions

Your fire is my poison
And I’m drawn, the Siren’s sound oh no, it quickens
Towards the rocks, I flutter into my demise

Your fire is my poison
And I’m drawn
Drawn like a moth

Dear, come join me
In this furnace I’ll burn with you

Crazy Love
Watashi no won’t let you go

I thought I might have lost you back then
As we arrived in our new life

Two young lovers in a foreign place
Thousands of miles from home

Each of us on separate journeys
But still travelling together

I look back at the faded memories now
And can’t believe how lucky I was and am

Getting lost was our gift
We found ourselves and each other

A couple of kids who didn’t speak the language
Boarding trains with no destination

Getting lost in the mountains and the city
Like nomads on a quest for love

I wouldn’t trade these memories for anything
I’ll always hold them close

Someday I’ll take you back there
To see the memories come back to life

I want to see you bundled up
With the reflection of Lake Hakone in your eyes

And when they look across to Fuji-san
We’ll catch a glimpse of two lost kids from long ago

Queens
Some girls look pretty when they cry
But you don’t
It suits you so well
The irony about our downfall
Untimely
But misery is timeless
You haven’t aged in all these years
Your coldness preserves you
And so too it does precede you
Proceeds from you
And I lost my coat

You don’t notice
When I’m around
But I promise that she will
When you’re out of town
You can call me a liar
You can call me dirt
But it’s better than being
The Queen of hurt

Lay your head back down to rest.
Your white cotton pillows and your deep blue sheets
You say just hope for the best
But there’s miles and worlds between you and me
Your tongue stings me for the last time
Now we’ll drown in my tears
Please don’t be mad
It’s just my nature to scuttle myself

You don’t notice
When I’m around
But I promise that she will
When you’re out of town
You can call me a liar
You can call me dirt
But it’s better than being-
The queen of hurt

Are we outta time?
Just stand fast
Should we get outta line?
Just stand fast
Step out that door?
Not so fast
Not so fast
This time