Tugboat Complex Lyrics Oh my God They've got angels sweatin' like Helots Workin' their little halos to the bone combing them deserts My figure eight knotted Lifeline defined traffic The way my schoolin' end-less-ly defined every day One exquisite fitted crisis rivets an octagon of red To the ceiling above my bed It's not a conversation piece, like public spectacles Unleashed more of a clue So when I wake up to the reigns I'll be one step ahead of you I slide like Kodachrome Wrote a poem for every planet Tracked their mileage from the sun in an envelope Licked it, stamped it Got eight thank yous in the mail, but nine planets means there's one left Only the earth would thank me later with a breath taking sunset (man, I'm just a bum) Zip that waterfall around your skeleton Tell it to boil Loyalties, the shovel in the soil Dig it, I split my lip kissing the winter Nursed the blister in the sun Strung a hammock between spring and where the willows turn to blood Might of worked Sip a little, litter it, love it Without big beetles trying to sell him sunflower seeds by the bucket Might of, tugboat for the boxcutter above those ashes Without hot air balloons floatin' their four passenger baskets And I'm asking you To let a captive lacerate a caption Splash out massive Upholster plastic classes with famine patches I-dentify all saints linked around the fountain's warmth And for a second taste of pain when removing that crown of thorns Anatropic motley clique mockado, born hostile, pacifist huddled in subtle masochist Stamp the blame on following an inkling My fire escape overlooks ghost town market place Martyrs barter passes Then fast themselves to the target's face You're killin' me If I had a hammer, I'd build a city on stilts So my feet would stay dry when God's wine glass tilts If I had a shovel, I'd dig a hole in the dirt And I'll be hiding when his drunken stupor lands upon earth And if your little wing is broken I'll see the poacher in hell I can't afford another anti-burden soldier to cell My carousel mimics the interests of a thousand leaking spigots And a colony of graziers raised to justify the grimace (and yes I read the treaty) I prescribed brevity plus the premise is my pin cushion My limbs pushin' the knitting needle Evils, idle, peddle past the greeting Where the sleepers feed the cycles Stop, watch the eagles board the little engine that could not Ghost in a shell And it fell in my lap Passion posted the bail but the guard had misplaced the key ring (that's wonderful) I lead a fleet of blazing Zaxxons directly into the village Power supply burning the bridge between the magnet and my eye Now how many cadavers satisfy a mad man? And how many crooked samaritans turn plesantville to bad land? I can count my own dusty nickels with you laughing About you'll turn my poor ass ebony and navy with cane lashings (well, you're right) Grip your pointed stick, incite your riot I'll sell your worth in a bottle, let profit explain my bias Atomic box cult, downward spiral rapidly Cast to hell with hate mail, forged Christ's autograph Laughed itself, drastic catastrophe Biting my lip Skin and bones, stringent Bingin' on rancid baits Mummified well inside a muddy New York minute Was it Your remnants my smoke rings have cocooned prior to fading? Well, it wasn't conscious spite but it might have been that m not your friend anymore My arrow head dissertation When narrow bed sleepers occupy the basement And I am not your friend anymore Come the dawning of cerulean, your pity blend that we'll spit in the wind Man, if it were only that simple I'd add a guilt frame to encore I'd board myself inside my room to trace the wilting contour One petal falls to the rug, she loves me not Town crier lugging a boom box with spirit plugs And a red radio flyer Tied to irony like twenty burning igloos with a sailors knot Fiddler crabs build sandcastles while high tide off azalea crops In the icicle field I portray, cats get antsy And ask 'why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?' Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing? Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing? Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing? Well if it ain't finally a question that's worth answering I boogie for the raindrops For the purity, the anger For my childhood recollections For the comic book in my heart The mocked intentions The clarity, passion, seclusion Those cool summer nights For the mark merchant across the street selling me stog's at half price For the mights, the maybes, the nauseating pitfall My girl, my friends For the fact my window opens towards a brick wall For the three legged dog I saw dragged on a leash For the homeless man who walks my block in rainstorms With plastic bags on his feet See I'll throw the weight of ten Earths over one shoulder And walk across broken glass Through every wicked world to kiss tomorrow's morning Not for nothing You'll drown in a pool of your crooked morals Whispering 'maybe Aesop Rock was on to something'
"If I had a hammer, I'd build a city on stilts, so my feet would stay dry when God's wine glass tilts. If I had a shovel, I'd dig a hole in the dirt, and I'll be hiding when his drunken stupor lands upon Earth." Not even exaggerating, these are probably my favorite lines in Art. These transcend mere poetry and music. They're something more.
I think this is the most underrated piece of art I know from the 21st century, those who know it know how fantastic but only so many people know these particular songs, even a majority of Aes’ fanbase are not aware of these songs existence, let alone how lyrical, just crazy
And you are owed a debt of gratitude for putting all three Tugboat Complexes into one vid. Aes basically raised me. Been listening to his music since I was 14, Iam now 31, and each time I listen to a song, I understand different lines from a different perspective.
"Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?" This to me is "Even when everything you know is awful, just find one thing. Literally anything to keep you going. Even if it's just a window that opens towards a brick wall." If it gets you out of bed, or brings you back from the brink, then it's not trivial. For me, it's just being able to feel the sunlight again. Just...warmth, true and complete.
As I continue to listen to more and more of Aesop im liking more and more the older stuff they did. New stuff is good to! Just older stuff I feel more soul being poured into it.
The first one is my favorite. Actually heard the 3rd first and didn't love it but after hearing and falling in love with this one I love the 3rd. I throw this on the playlist with the rest of Appleseed EP.
At why is every light is dark to I continue dancing I tried it. In a messy house covering my eyes in the dark. It's religious if you go from trying to keep up with Aesop and shift to trying to trying to keep your mind clear.
We have pt 3 and pt 2 on Spotify now.. maybe we'll get pt. 1 soon. Yeah probably not, just as likely as Music for Earthworms on Spotify or getting rereleased.
Not hate at all, this is the best video I think I've ever found on TH-cam, but aren't the songs in the order 2, 1, 3 in this? Just curious, as I've always known the first song ("Oh my gooood...") as Part 2 and had never heard the second song until now. Just looking to get my facts straight. Again, DOPE video.
Heart attack Can't count back my pulse Lover left me ignorant Diligent, I left her hovering Halo locked into the atmosphere the moment I took a bite Turned upside down I drop the record in the office, take steps towards my goals and arrived suddenly deaf Death dances dinner and a movie Homie, you ain't got breath Her breast, my babes booty, and I'm out the sore to sweat the stocker down the street, a round the corner, in my seat. Crashing, cracked under pressure, cry screaming. I know what we did last summer, dumbass. Jab Bad addition to my choice less My idea Maybe it would have been there in the beginning had I had my hand on the tuner Newborn down the block Lying through my handsome grin, frightening my family and my neighbors 'know what you're up to and I don't give a damn I'm a do me' And then came the baptism and a spanking Applause, 'take a deep breath' lost
He said he wont be doing a tugboat 4, and that all songs now have their own Tugboat complex within them. at least thats what the uploader of this video said
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I'll never get sick of Aesop Rock. just so many layers, so much to hear. ..one of the greatest lyricists alive
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Tugboat Complex Lyrics
Oh my God
They've got angels sweatin' like Helots
Workin' their little halos to the bone combing them deserts
My figure eight knotted
Lifeline defined traffic
The way my schoolin' end-less-ly defined every day
One exquisite fitted crisis rivets an octagon of red
To the ceiling above my bed
It's not a conversation piece, like public spectacles
Unleashed more of a clue
So when I wake up to the reigns I'll be one step ahead of you
I slide like Kodachrome
Wrote a poem for every planet
Tracked their mileage from the sun in an envelope
Licked it, stamped it
Got eight thank yous in the mail, but nine planets means there's one left
Only the earth would thank me later with a breath taking sunset
(man, I'm just a bum)
Zip that waterfall around your skeleton
Tell it to boil
Loyalties, the shovel in the soil
Dig it, I split my lip kissing the winter
Nursed the blister in the sun
Strung a hammock between spring and where the willows turn to blood
Might of worked
Sip a little, litter it, love it
Without big beetles trying to sell him sunflower seeds by the bucket
Might of, tugboat for the boxcutter above those ashes
Without hot air balloons floatin' their four passenger baskets
And I'm asking you
To let a captive lacerate a caption
Splash out massive
Upholster plastic classes with famine patches
I-dentify all saints linked around the fountain's warmth
And for a second taste of pain when removing that crown of thorns
Anatropic motley clique mockado, born hostile, pacifist huddled in subtle masochist
Stamp the blame on following an inkling
My fire escape overlooks ghost town market place
Martyrs barter passes
Then fast themselves to the target's face
You're killin' me
If I had a hammer, I'd build a city on stilts
So my feet would stay dry when God's wine glass tilts
If I had a shovel, I'd dig a hole in the dirt
And I'll be hiding when his drunken stupor lands upon earth
And if your little wing is broken
I'll see the poacher in hell
I can't afford another anti-burden soldier to cell
My carousel mimics the interests of a thousand leaking spigots
And a colony of graziers raised to justify the grimace
(and yes I read the treaty)
I prescribed brevity plus the premise is my pin cushion
My limbs pushin' the knitting needle
Evils, idle, peddle past the greeting
Where the sleepers feed the cycles
Stop, watch the eagles board the little engine that could not
Ghost in a shell
And it fell in my lap
Passion posted the bail but the guard had misplaced the key ring (that's wonderful)
I lead a fleet of blazing Zaxxons directly into the village
Power supply burning the bridge between the magnet and my eye
Now how many cadavers satisfy a mad man?
And how many crooked samaritans turn plesantville to bad land?
I can count my own dusty nickels with you laughing
About you'll turn my poor ass ebony and navy with cane lashings
(well, you're right)
Grip your pointed stick, incite your riot
I'll sell your worth in a bottle, let profit explain my bias
Atomic box cult, downward spiral rapidly
Cast to hell with hate mail, forged Christ's autograph
Laughed itself, drastic catastrophe
Biting my lip
Skin and bones, stringent
Bingin' on rancid baits
Mummified well inside a muddy New York minute
Was it
Your remnants my smoke rings have cocooned prior to fading?
Well, it wasn't conscious spite but it might have been that
m not your friend anymore
My arrow head dissertation
When narrow bed sleepers occupy the basement
And I am not your friend anymore
Come the dawning of cerulean, your pity blend that we'll spit in the wind
Man, if it were only that simple
I'd add a guilt frame to encore
I'd board myself inside my room to trace the wilting contour
One petal falls to the rug, she loves me not
Town crier lugging a boom box with spirit plugs
And a red radio flyer
Tied to irony like twenty burning igloos with a sailors knot
Fiddler crabs build sandcastles while high tide off azalea crops
In the icicle field I portray, cats get antsy
And ask 'why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?'
Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?
Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?
Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?
Well if it ain't finally a question that's worth answering
I boogie for the raindrops
For the purity, the anger
For my childhood recollections
For the comic book in my heart
The mocked intentions
The clarity, passion, seclusion
Those cool summer nights
For the mark merchant across the street selling me stog's at half price
For the mights, the maybes, the nauseating pitfall
My girl, my friends
For the fact my window opens towards a brick wall
For the three legged dog I saw dragged on a leash
For the homeless man who walks my block in rainstorms
With plastic bags on his feet
See I'll throw the weight of ten Earths over one shoulder
And walk across broken glass
Through every wicked world to kiss tomorrow's morning
Not for nothing
You'll drown in a pool of your crooked morals
Whispering 'maybe Aesop Rock was on to something'
"If I had a hammer, I'd build a city on stilts, so my feet would stay dry when God's wine glass tilts. If I had a shovel, I'd dig a hole in the dirt, and I'll be hiding when his drunken stupor lands upon Earth."
Not even exaggerating, these are probably my favorite lines in Art. These transcend mere poetry and music. They're something more.
I agree, some of his other lines make me feel like that too.
noel cruz I literally started reading your comment as the part started in the song. tripped my balls
Yep. Really some amazing lyrics. Almost too much to take in at once. Luckily we get to listen and digest again & again. Great post!
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I think this is the most underrated piece of art I know from the 21st century, those who know it know how fantastic but only so many people know these particular songs, even a majority of Aes’ fanbase are not aware of these songs existence, let alone how lyrical, just crazy
Always been one of my faves
And you are owed a debt of gratitude for putting all three Tugboat Complexes into one vid. Aes basically raised me. Been listening to his music since I was 14, Iam now 31, and each time I listen to a song, I understand different lines from a different perspective.
Being an AR fan is like growing your own food. It takes work and reflection, but when you eat it up it is extremely satisfying.
And it nourishes your body and soul better than anything you can find in the super market.
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Copy Rodger that
100 years people will be dissecting aesop rock. real talk.
Fr this hip hop shit ain’t going no where any decade soon
He is an overall gem. timeless
Shakespeare of american Hip-hop. Study his work and you can understand just about any MC that's ever been
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We dissect it now. In 100 years he will b the subject of a book that changes the view of the world haha😂
"Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?"
This to me is "Even when everything you know is awful, just find one thing. Literally anything to keep you going. Even if it's just a window that opens towards a brick wall." If it gets you out of bed, or brings you back from the brink, then it's not trivial.
For me, it's just being able to feel the sunlight again. Just...warmth, true and complete.
Bless you, kindred soul.
"The jackal met the badger, they were both such fucking badasses that clashing wouldn't make sense."
"And all I ever wanted to aggravate the sleepers.."
"I know that sob story, it no longer turns my stomach"
😰😰😰
Never heard the first two before this TH-cam video. They're doper than part 3.
I actually like the third one the most
The first one is a gem.
Part 3 is maybe the craziest overall. That last bit of part 1 is some of the realest shit he ever said
"I'll sell your worth in a bottle and let profit explain my bias"
Aesop said he probably wont do a Tugboat Complex 4, and that everysong now has its own tugboat feelings. Something long that nature atleast.
I wonder what he meant by that
Some of the deepest darkest early Aesop.
This guy is literally the reason I started writing... then stopped ... Hes soo phenomenal you just end up listening
he's the reason I stopped writing... It's impossible to recreate this style and everything I wrote ended up being weaker
I have videos of him kicking my mixtapes off his stage ( i was throwing them) i dont think he was a fan
@@nzbg1132it’s not about recreating his style. it’s about finding your own.
"I am not your friend anymore," is such a powerful phrase.
Stilll here👊🏼
loyalty is the shovel in the soil.
Loyalty is the shoulder that pushes that shovel..
Dig it
i hope i never have to meet the 8 people who disliked this masterpiece
Maybe they had Parkinson’s and misclicked
the chanting in 3 is otherworldly. the bars are ethereal.
As I continue to listen to more and more of Aesop im liking more and more the older stuff they did. New stuff is good to! Just older stuff I feel more soul being poured into it.
For once the algorithm gave me serendipity !
Thanks , I needed that music .
“This friendship sunk with a barrel full of Taro’s pull”
The GOAT
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Count on it.
I misss you its been about 5 year i haven't heard you aes keep rocking always need these words just to remember from crap
This is what music should do to people. When i listen to Aes, i close my eyes and rethink life.
I dig that.
Good music is like sifting through a dump to find free booze. It's hard work, and you will have to go through alot of shit. But worth it in the end.
Still the best video on YT. Hands down.
Was on a B-sides and rarity's mixtape, I don't think it was ever officially released.
thanks to napster, kazaa etc.
the one dislike never heard of truth before
wissen I am not his friend anymore!
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As a first response tow driver. Aesop gives me my driving music. 😎 Fresh coffee and long nights.
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I've been going back for years and always will. Loved when I met him
Still here in 2022, these are ancient hieroglyphic lyrics that should be spread to the masses.
part 2 has a dope as pic. Going super saiyan
" so my feet stayz dry when Godz wine glass tilts"..
1 7 7th/8th add it up. Count on it.
Now, since we left are we at 18 or 81 or 9 or 7... or we still only at 8?
Magnum Opus ?? I think so.😮
The first one is my favorite. Actually heard the 3rd first and didn't love it but after hearing and falling in love with this one I love the 3rd. I throw this on the playlist with the rest of Appleseed EP.
smooth mesh to my energy. thanks.
for the three legged dog draged on a leash
Nothing but urban poetry in the finest state
Down from a huntable surplus to 1.
My favorite
So why if every light is dark to I continue dancing? Well if it ain't a question that's worth answering.
The first Tugboat is magnifico!
The second song is named "Same Space" but it is the second tugboat complex
pt.3's rhythm is so fucking hypnotic
The last smirk of the Damian mainframe
Yeah it'll probably make the dead wake up and smell the coffee
yo thx for this.saves me from making a playlist.
At why is every light is dark to I continue dancing I tried it. In a messy house covering my eyes in the dark. It's religious if you go from trying to keep up with Aesop and shift to trying to trying to keep your mind clear.
Aesop Rock - The Tugboat Complex 4 PLEASE!
We have pt 3 and pt 2 on Spotify now.. maybe we'll get pt. 1 soon.
Yeah probably not, just as likely as Music for Earthworms on Spotify or getting rereleased.
With his Lyrics being as they are, I'd love to hear everyone's different impressions on what "The Tugboat Complex" is:
You've come a long way to skelethon! Maybe you should remember....MUST not sleep MUST warn others...what happened aes? We miss the real you...
Have you listened to his newest CD... spirit guide....if so what'd ya think
This....all of this.
pt 1..... very satisfying
Me too! Thanks, dude!
thanks a lot, man
2022 still here jamming
💯
"Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?... for the market merchant selling me stoges at half price..."
Oh man that's a good reason
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oh, alright thanks man
Aesop rock is the only modern artist because of whom i remember im not a native English speaker.
If your still rocking the good music. I ❤️ You.
One petal falls to the floor, "she loves me not"
Not hate at all, this is the best video I think I've ever found on TH-cam, but aren't the songs in the order 2, 1, 3 in this? Just curious, as I've always known the first song ("Oh my gooood...") as Part 2 and had never heard the second song until now. Just looking to get my facts straight.
Again, DOPE video.
The second song is off music for earthworms so your right
@@timbryant2485 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_(EP)
They are in the right order. The second song is off of Appleseed
@@timbryant2485 No, the second song it off Appleseed and it's called Same Space (Tugboat Complext Pt. 2). Bought the CD at an Aes show in DC.
Heart attack
Can't count back my pulse
Lover left me ignorant
Diligent, I left her hovering
Halo locked into the atmosphere the moment I took a bite
Turned upside down
I drop the record in the office, take steps towards my goals and arrived suddenly deaf
Death dances dinner and a movie
Homie, you ain't got breath
Her breast, my babes booty, and I'm out the sore to sweat the stocker down the street, a round the corner, in my seat.
Crashing, cracked under pressure, cry screaming.
I know what we did last summer, dumbass.
Jab
Bad addition to my choice less
My idea
Maybe it would have been there in the beginning had I had my hand on the tuner
Newborn down the block
Lying through my handsome grin, frightening my family and my neighbors
'know what you're up to and I don't give a damn I'm a do me'
And then came the baptism and a spanking
Applause, 'take a deep breath' lost
Reminds me to increase Everytime. Its easier this way!!!
I've often wondered why he's still here... Or even I, but i also believe that reason is a part of mine as well. Thank you Aes, And Im sorry!!!
Every humble move we make adds a little to our worth and every positive add I'd worth the energy
what album is tugboat #1 on?
Why if every light is dark do I continue dancing?
Melt it tryin to milk it.
Keep writing!!
frozen ground
That clash wouldn't make sense hence my tape-deck!
i think i just got high off that....not kidding...
Everytime it's his quick word play that makes you 😮
What albums are these on?
Roger mucroy I know part 3 is on Labor Days but I don't think the other two are on and album
Part one is so incredible.
Roger mucroy part 2 is on Appleseed
Aes needs to write a book.
Because a same God has used a same tricks
175th
Time for Tugboat 4. Do it. You playing? You scared Aes??? They drain you? Your essence? Scared to reach old man?
Even shadows have shadows.
He said he wont be doing a tugboat 4, and that all songs now have their own Tugboat complex within them. at least thats what the uploader of this video said
176th
i can't hit the thumbs up... no matter how much I like these tracks
why not
@@nzbg1132 We'll never know......
Das Racist would've just said Mcolly Culkin instead of "Aes Rock home aloner" denser and denser.
that's a reference but aes rock home aloner is more abstract and could mean many more things
trapfrom 2001. see, not all trap is bad!
what? this ain't trap
@@nzbg1132 it only slightly resembles looking back. Big Bang is more trappy though
@@flatmac I revisited big bang after your comment & it does have those speedy high hats typical of the trap sound, good ear dude.