no doctrine
sex on a tarp in an empty house
long dinner with a bigot
new crisis of self

someone show me how

peace among us lost and softer equals
if we can

sun-yellowed plastic on a dashboard
moonlight on yellow teeth
some sedan in a business park
i can never seem to leave

someone show me how to do this

peace among us lost and softer equals
peace upon the bed of sharing peoples
peace among us lost and softer equals
peace surround the sound we make in town

Other lyrics by Baths:

American Mythos

babe, i’m not going, not if you ask me nice i don’t feel social, i don’t feel welcome at all where’s it at, where are you taking us who is that, i don’t know anyone …

Cedar Stairwell

the dream isn’t wild, it isn’t new men who haven’t met in a motel room we’re in some better off relative’s lakeside home it’s own sunset and time zone our folks off on …

Chaos

i have friends my age that are married or live together, and will forever and every man i’ve kissed i’ve never spent more than a night with how does anybody …

Eden

baby you come down, baby you come down strain my neck from looking up and baby you come down, baby you come down i have an even better love and baby you come down, baby …

Eyewall

the bedroom where you held me in the morning, it was sanctioned now you’re always doing some other thing and i idle, anxious could you find the patience to listen to me …