1. |
Kaleidoscope
03:04
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Mother night is choking behind a sky of white and red
Putin's kaleidoscope trains on the stars again
Season's pleasure, we smoke ten times a day
Indeed we will repeat it indefinitely
Morality never paid
This war is under guise of entertaining
If we tried to explain it, our friendship just might fall apart
And it just might fade away
Country, Lake, and we traded for
Something we can't describe anymore
Part time jobs and full time dreams
Dreams point us in the right direction
All of this, all of this
All of this is just a reflection
It's just a reflection
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2. |
Fifty
06:08
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you’ve lived
eighteen thousand,
two hundred and fifty days…
passed on
the wisdom of the ages
to the kids you’ve raised.
i cannot verify
if what I’ve been told is a lie;
life gets better
after fifty?
maybe you
can shed some light
you speak from experience
you can see the end
without so much interference.
i want you to tell me why
life gets better and then you die;
life gets better
after fifty?
i hope that
i look as good as you
when I am fifty too
and maybe
the wisdom of the ages
will prove this life is just a practice run,
will prove this life is just a…
i want to live forever
if it just keeps getting better,
so tell me life gets better
life gets better after fifty.
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3. |
Pictures
03:37
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these pictures of you
they paint a thousand words
they tell me your life story
stories I’ve never heard
they are the memories
that have joined me in my mind
i feel as though I know the you
you somehow left behind
these pictures you took
I’ve never seen such pretty views
and the ones of you, that look
makes me fall in love with you
Oh just pictures
But snapshots in the past
In a split second
Refracted by the glass
These pictures black and white
Searing with your tempting tones
I can see that you’re not frightened
But restrained by the subtle unknowns
How can these pictures compare
To the true form that is moving
The life that I am sharing
Beyond the frame measured with care
Oh just pictures
But snapshots in the past
They are our memories
That our bodies won’t outlast
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4. |
Down On The River
05:01
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down on the river
she sat out on the raft
the current
deliberate
had her trapped
she didn’t seem to fight it
she didn’t seem to care
i wondered if she noticed
i wondered if
i could make it there
in time in time
in time in time
my feet felt frozen
frozen to the ground
i lifted with all my might
like lead they fell back down
to the ground
but somehow I moved forward
like in slow motion
movies at the drive in
the monster’s creeping
out of the lagoon
i won’t get there in time
before it rips her in two...
what can I do?
what can I do?
and all of sudden I’m lunging
cold and wet
and gasping
and reaching out
and grasping without even thinking
i haul her back to land
up the bank, through the scrub
i lay her on the sand
i tilt her head back
and hold her, lifeless
in my hands
hold her lifeless in my hands
hold her lifeless in my hands
my mouth feels dry
everything empties out before my eyes
i slowly stand up and walk away
i wish i could forget this day
i wish i could forget this day...
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5. |
Lattice
02:56
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6. |
Soulstice
02:27
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in the evenings
we sit
quiet
trading our thoughts
i like
spending this time with you
the bond
between us seems to grow
i don’t know
what the future holds
i hope you are there
you make everything gold
in my soul
i know
i found you for a million reasons
everyday they show
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7. |
Baggage
02:17
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Gentle nagging
In the back of my head
Leaves me edgy
It’s the baggage I dread
Not stuck at the airport
Tucked under my arm
This way I can trust
It will come to no harm
But I would purposely leave
It behind if I could
Rip the heart off my sleeve
Shoved in a locker would be good
Where no one will find
Cause to be unkind
Shrug it behind,
Hide in my hood
But walking away
Isn’t the way to heal wounds
In twenty shades of grey
Bursting our balloons
And out fly the memories
Like candy from a piñata
Playing out in a semi-frieze
Every piece that matters
And that is when I know
I’ll leave the candy on the floor
And place the baggage there too
I don’t need it since I got you.
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8. |
Our Furniture
03:25
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9. |
Side Door
08:48
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outside the side door
the moment is frozen
cold snap taken over
I held it together for the end of the show
now St. Pat’s sits empty
looks so peaceful
in the snow
but the chains on the doors
tell us what they know
accidents happen
the steeple stands
but the church bell doesn’t ring anymore
it was out of our hands;
nothing but cold
outside the side door…
inside the side door
the hall is warm
pleasant home
presents no harm
and as we sit in solace
wonder what will face us
when the doors open wide
and we have nothing left to hide…
accidents happen
the steeple stands
but the church bell doesn’t ring anymore
it was out of our hands;
nothing but cold
outside the side door.
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10. |
Send Me
06:35
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You send me high
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11. |
Tao = Te
07:14
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you were always connected
to your inner peace
when I got angry and ran head on into the wall
you somehow picked me up
after the fall
you were always the Tao
and I was the te
somehow that got switched around
between the night and day
you say go with the flow
you say wu sei
i say I’m too bound
by my need to stand my ground
sometimes anger is the only way
you were always respected
in your inner circle
when I got tired and ran head on into the fire
you somehow picked me up
after i expired
you say go with the flow
you say wu sei
i say I’m too bound
by my need to stand my ground
sometimes anger is the only way
you were always the east
and I was the west
somehow that got turned around
and maybe it’s for the best
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12. |
Lullabye
02:43
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In my dreams last night
I was visited by the muses
They came to me to do what was right
I had run out of excuses
They treated me like the devil
You treated me like an angel
They wanted to send me to Hell
You only wanted to make me whole
Because we didn't look back
We didn't see what we'd become
We almost lost each other there
Before we had even ever begun
In my dreams I turned
Back into the boy I was before
And everything I had learned
I somehow didn't know anymore
It made me feel so innocent
And cherished by your love
Because we didn't look back since then
I can never get enough
I can never get...
Because we didn't look back
We didn't see what we'd become
We almost lost each other there, my dear
Before we had even ever begun
Because we didn't look back
Because we didn't look back
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