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Fall Start

from The Conqueror Worm by X-tal

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Child typing on a gramophone
Unaccustomed to the speed at which the ribbon flows
A little something for the foreign son
Translated from the native tongue
A package deal at a higher price
A guaranteed facsimile of something nice
Look at everything staying up
Said the juggler as another dropped
Fall start run it into the ground

See the woman with the tired hand
Catch the only seat on an empty train and hide away
A message written on steamed up glass
Condensation from a struggle that became a fray
Tear away West Portal green
If only sleep then you will never dream
Buried deep in domestic bliss
It's only dark from the sound of it
Fall start run it into the ground

Goodbye.

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from The Conqueror Worm, released September 1, 1996

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X-tal San Francisco, California

Here, for the first time, the entire recorded output of X-tal in one place.

X-tal (1983-1996) were a San Francisco post-punk band fronted by J Neo Marvin. Greil Marcus of the Village Voice described them as a “small-time San Francisco combo that wears their defeated leftist politics on their sleeves and can open for the Mekons without letting you forget them when the headliners come on.” ... more

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