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Sycamore

by Jacob Earl

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Sycamore 02:51
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Woke before sunrise In the darkness and cold I could hear the branches sigh Scraping in the snow This is the lonely time I get a lot done Before the light arrives With the morning sun Notes and research On the Sycamore Nothing to besmirch The layers at my core The panic pain persists A manticore inside Could never conquer this Manic energy I hide Slivers biting at your soul Little did you know Persistence rarely pays Enough to make ends meet Licentious lies the ways To get back on your feet But this is the lonely path I carved on my own And nothing feeds the wrath Like throwing a dog a bone Slivers biting at your soul Little did you know You could gnaw the marrow You could squeak on by Shoot fish in a barrel Make it if you try Or give up trusting God For all the good it did It's not the Sycamore's job To bend to your whim Slivers biting at your soul Little did you know
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A Common Sin 02:30
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There is nothing original About suffering for your sins All limbs are vestigial If you're out you're in The hammer is blunt And may be overkill Words are just a grunt A guttural spill There is nothing new Under the sun Ecclesiastical few Or less wonderful fun I read a book once or twice It laid down the law The pictures were nice But the story was flawed There is something rotten In the air tonight There is something rotten In the air tonight There is something rotten In the air tonight Something rotten In the air There is something rotten In the air tonight It tastes like ill begotten Kisses, but not quite It feels like sinning Without any guilt I could be winning If I didn't always wilt The screw is loose And the driver is cracked I cooked your goose For an evening snack I could be powerful If I didn't even care I just go sour though So buyer beware
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The Trinity 02:31
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Nothing is as holy As a prayer gone wrong The hymns don't bring a peace Just shitty songs Bowing down To imaginary friends I've got three kinds of lovers And none of them pretend A cold shoulder Could cool you by degrees Turn your back on God But don't ignore me, please I've gotta go now I got someplace to be Don't ask me how I'm walking in my sleep Purpose driven You've got three kinds of faces You carry them with you When you go out places Each mirror true To your multiple facets When the carnage ensues The mirror just shatters
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Fruits and Labours 05:20
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Apple of my eye is rotten at the core Loving something broken is normal No one questions why anymore The proper answer is so formal No one is an island but the expectation That you furiously carried yourself up the ladder Lives on in the gloomy grey of the nation For all that it just makes you madder I can toil through the doubt This mortal coil we all get out There is nothing new on this earth But the notion that we can change The neverending gospel search For a pathway out of the cage Fruits and labours make us whole The party line is idle is evil All the wealth can't be stole If it remains so big and inconceivable I can toil through the doubt This mortal coil we all get out Corporate parties pat themselves on the back For inventing nothing, investing nothing But promoting hybrid and giving us flack For caring ourselves, caring about something Care about something Care about something For caring about something I can toil through the doubt This mortal coil we all get out
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Popular Mechanics 04:00
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Tanks and multiverses Thanks for all the service Words and glossy pictures Nerds and philosophical doctors Popular Mechanics From Pacific to Atlantic Gifting your science To a world audience This is how things are done This is how to fix em when they all break down This is carved in our bones This is what we own Quarks and quirky behaviour Technology is our saviour Future machination show Nuclear grifter crypto This is how things are done This is how to fix em when they all break down This is carved in our bones This is what we own Advertisements For antimatter cars What the lies meant In a billion shooting stars This is how things are done This is how to fix em when they all break down This is carved in our bones This is what we own
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669 02:44
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Book of spells Full of dreadful power You conjured Hell Hour after hour Salacious claims Don't faze your demeanour Hazy days Getting dirty but cleaner Numbers feel so nice They count every little vice They itemize the dead Oh yeah In a catalogue of previously-read Unh Climb inside with me Find a different place Somewhere underneath Along the inner space The dinner of the beast With a few extra seats It's what I do to win at least While wandering these streets Numbers feel so nice They count every little vice Unh They itemize the dead Oh yes In a catalogue of previously-read Unh Cloak of lust and desire Twice the burning fire As a twisted yin to my yang of sin And sing it for the choir Numbers feel so nice They count every little vice Unh They itemize the dead Oh yes In a catalogue of previously-read No One time
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Seven Days 04:52
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I could cleanly sever After seven days But it felt like forever In a thousand small ways On the last day we spent together Your attitude was aloof You pretended it was never But your pulse was pounding proof Only a week went by Tangled up in the heat It's never enough to answer why I ended it so neat I could cleanly sever After seven days But it felt like forever In a thousand small ways So I picked myself up Brushed off the shame Enough is enough Everything was the same I could spend each day of the week crying Crying crying Or thinking about death I could always think I'm dying Dying dying Well that's not wrong But what about the rest I could cleanly sever After seven days But it felt like forever In a thousand small ways And that's the last we touched Though we still keep in touch There wasn't much a fuss There wasn't much of much I could cleanly sever After seven days But it felt like forever In a thousand small ways On the last day we spent together You wouldn't look me in the eye Your sullen attitude Made me wanna cry
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Spirits 03:06
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Everyone you love and lost Are waiting at the finish line Imagine you could have that closure Somehow in another time Wouldn't that be nice But it would fuck you up To see a poltergeist Interrupted But wouldn't that be nice Spirits don't exist Spirits not haunting this Spirits are a tryst With every lie you miss I miss my dog the most I wish she were waiting for me Imagine I could get back what I lost I'd be filled with joy and glee Her ghost always haunts me Her name is on my tongue Her face I always see When I think about having fun Spirits don't exist Spirits not haunting this Spirits are a tryst With every lie you miss I don't want to die I like being alive Even when the dark consumes me And I've lost my drive Like I'm not even here And this home torn down The debt has been cleared The safe is empty now Spirits don't exist Spirits not haunting this Spirits are a tryst With every lie you miss
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No Drums, No Rhymes, No God 04:34
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There is a frame on the mantle A print behind the glass A carefully reproduced sketch Of a small grey bird I stare it down for hours I don't even realize I become the picture My wings are made of paper Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest There is no reason to fear Real or not, it's moot The things that used to matter Just sorta fade away All that's left is questions About the fundamentals I'm not a big believer In long goodbyes Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest I log on each morning I log off each night It's a carefully structured routine And I don't want to change Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest Real life soundtrack There are no drums There are no rhymes We don't talk about the rest There is a frame on the mantle A print behind the glass A carefully reproduced sketch Of a small grey bird
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A Tree 03:18
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I'm someone else I'm not me I'm rooted self I'm a tree I'm a tree I rest in the forest Reaching for the sun Photosynthesis For everyone Wind in the willows Rustles the leaves Feel you on my pillow My heavy heart heaves A single tree stands Alone in the cold The clapping of one hand The branches unfold Nature in the bark and branch Frozen like a stone If you didn't get the chance You'd go it alone Wind in the willows Rustles the leaves Feel you on my pillow My heavy heart heaves I'm someone else I'm not me I'm rooted self I'm a tree I'm a tree Wind in the willows Rustles the leaves Feel you on my pillow My heavy heart heaves I rest in the forest Reaching for the sun Photosynthesis For everyone

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My 50th album, recorded in 21 days in February 2023 as part of the RPM Challenge. This album is an exploration of sadness, anger, and spirituality.

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released March 3, 2023

Produced, written, recorded, and performed by Jacob Earl.

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Jacob Earl Mississippi Mills, Ontario

No Gender. Queer Songs.

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