1. |
Circle
04:21
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fold up the paper
draw something later
art is imperfect
draw me an exit
out of this circle
there is no end in
did you forget
I have your organs
color I choose my mood in
the lines retrace where you were
I stare at the paper
imperfect is my attempt
out of this circle
there is no end in
did you forget
I have your origins
baby...
maybe...
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2. |
Under Stars
03:35
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the sun is shining
now we can dry our sleeping bags
I drank your coffee
and only get one free refill
on the streets the family's bigger
he's your brother
she's your sister
love them all
did your mother like me or did she fight you
is the letter coming that says you love me
did you tell them girls about me, the ins and outsies
under stars I'm dreaming of your ceiling
fix things that are broken
sew up holes and think of you
the spirit moves
the wind blows
whatever
I feel you
what we had
what we have
what we will have
well we will have to try again
it's not what we had
it's what we have
and what we will have
maybe doesn't matter
did your mother like me or did she fight you
is the letter coming that says you love me
did you tell them girls about me, the ins and outsies
under stars I'm dreaming of your ceiling
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3. |
Blue
05:16
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let me tell you something about me
I really loved you though I don't care too
much for this life, having you was nice
but you left my heart with holes, more than some
the parts I gave to you are gone
we're not going to start it up again
and I can't stop crying
and though it's not the same way
I still think of you all day
the hopeful flame flickers
though it drives me mad
wanting something I can't have
daydream of the old you and I
where does all this space come from
going through the motions, I'm numb
and I've lost my drive
lady you helped me through hard times
but you left me even worse off when you died
with lessons learned in less than due time
not to hate this life
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4. |
I Know You Know
05:37
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Now the fire’s all around
I can’t run, I am choking on the smoke
But when the game is done son
What will be left to fight over now
Except for pretty faces, pretty eyes
Gardens left to grow toward the sun
I recall you telling me I was in for the ride of my life
Holding shit down
Holding this down
Music, music, sweet music
Take me with you on your trips
To and from that very first song
That taught us how to sing out loud
Coat me in those glittering notes
Till it covers who I am
Music, sweet music soothe me
Till I just don’t give a damn about
Figuring shit out
Or burning shit down
Burning the world out of my way with my eyes
Burning layers back to reveal what’s in their minds
Hard to believe it’s always been you and I
Different ages, different lives
Should I give up
Turning shit ‘round
The sun comes up, the day begins
A headache’s creeping in
But you can’t imagine my surprise
As the sky starts falling
Before I realize I can’t breathe
The stars are getting big
And there’s no getting out of their way
As they crush the cities
Burning the world out of my way with my eyes
Burning layers back to reveal what’s in their minds
Hard to believe it’s always been you and I
Different ages, different lives
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5. |
Glitter
04:11
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Don’t speak too loud
Or we’ll lose our little cloud
And fall to earth
Don’t think too much
Or we’ll run the risk of
Dissipating
Pile on your worst
And it rolls off of me
But hide your star
And I’m lost at sea
Till you sing the verses
That will guide me home
Don’t make me gasp
When I catch you looking around
At other worlds
And don’t trade me in
For the world of glitter
If you ever get the chance
Pile on your worst
And it rolls off of me
But hide your star
And I’m lost at sea
Till you sing the verses
That will guide me home
A thousand miles away
I feel you breathe
Those haunting melodies
Have warned me even
Turn my back on them
And they’ll haunt me home
They’re in you
Power and light
They give you
The crown of life
They love you
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6. |
WhiteNightLight
04:27
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Can I turn this love off, let it die
Stop sending signals deflecting, stop crying
Letters… are you listening
What I’m feeling written for you
I have been in this town a year and four months now
Loneliest waking dream
The sweetest love now out of reach
All I’ve found
(And in a white night light it all comes out)
Absorbed into the current firmament it ends
But with honor the same voice has said
The idea you had in your head of atonement
(In a white night light might mark these days)
Struggling to hold a memory
Tightly in my hand
As a sea of change is rising
The wind is whispering to move on
And that you are gone
(And a white night light won’t bring you back)
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7. |
Mortal Coils
05:43
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When someone cries out loud
And no one’s there to hear it
Does it make a sound
Beyond the pain it left
Reaching out her hand
Death looked like an angel
And the strength to finally touch her
Was with you all along
There’s a time of night
So dark you do not fear it
And you look at your ghost
What do we do with heaven and hell
Fighting for our mortal coils
When we want nothing and neither of them
The shooting stars that fall to earth
And never seem to land where we are
We are watching and waiting for them
In this world we made with our hands
That every boy and girl dreams to escape
Most won’t have the time
Many are made uneasy
Some will simply laugh
And one or two will smile
When they’re hit by the notes
Of their children’s children’s
Children’s children’s music
Traveling through time
Telling them it was fine
Though they shooed the wild horses
Shot the messengers
And made a mess of the place
What do they do with heaven and hell
Fighting for their mortal coils
When they want nothing and neither of them
The shooting stars that fall to earth
And never seem to land where we are
We are watching and waiting for them
In this world we made with our hands
That every boy and girl dreams to escape
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8. |
Dreamy
04:14
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Land of evergreens
It covered everything
I found you doing well
And looking swell
Knew i just had to see you
So long had I seen
You flourishing
I thought of giving into things
I’d been thinking
For a long time then
Now I look at the kids
And they don’t know about you
Time and a place
Just a line on my face
But the feeling’s that
If all of the doors are
Opening outward
Is there a good enough mirror
To show me why I did leave
What I left behind
Sat there listening
To songs I sang
Though not to you
There were a few
Times I could say
I was singing to you
You told me all your dreams
Some scary things
I wish I could’ve slept between
You and your boy
Now I look at the kids
And they don’t know about you
Time and a place
Just a line on my face
But the feeling’s that
If all of the doors are
Opening outward
They’re a good enough mirror
To show me why I did leave
What I left behind
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9. |
Make Believe
05:25
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Those good days are gone now
The memory’s almost a lie
And going back’s about as easy
As trying to light water on fire
Your face is still with me
Though the times have faded away
Over and over all just one in the same
We can meet in a dream
At a place we cannot stay
For we wake in the morning
To all of the glory of day
And it is all gone
Into a world of make believe
With only your breath left
To send off your feet
What would you say
To make them see
When they’ve only got a second
And they’re turning to leave
And I turned my back so long ago
I can scarcely recall those days
I would’ve said the stars had spoken
But clouds got in their way
Now those spheres of light that pierce the night
Could keep the dream alive
But more often not to stand in space
I turn from what’s inside
I turned the other way
Then I woke in the morning
To all of the glory of day
And it was all gone
Into a world of make believe
With only your breath left
To send off your feet
What would you say
To make them see
That they’ve only got a second
And they’re turning to leave
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10. |
Little Fish
07:04
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There’s a little creek near our home
Carved out long before they carved this town
Snowflakes on the mountains melt and trickle down
And though that’s such a lovely place you can still feel so alone
So our people settled lower
When we can’t relate or we’re so mad we cannot speak
It does us good to sit beside the stream
And watch the water ripple over these stones
Smoothing out the rough edges and moving on
To someone further down the line
To somewhere else, some other time
Not spending too long in one place
But touring the country and all the
Amber fields and forests green
Before making its way back to the sea
We all have friends living in different ways
Different rivers carving different lands
But don’t they all drain into the ocean in the end
Don’t we all need this water from the heavens
And isn’t all life somewhat wet
If love is deep and dreams are little fish
Then our dream is this
To keep our channel clean and clear
To keep the edges crisp
To filter our black and grey cloudy adjectives
But still be so pure the weary traveler stops and drinks
Still being so sure we’ll one day arrive at the sea
Reunited with the family
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