1. |
Heavy Traffic
04:05
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From a bird’s eye view, the common loon
The stark change in altitude seems worth it for the view
And it’s barking like a dog to get you back into it
jangling the keys of everything that’s left to prove
such a mystery how it wanes and branches further from me
open to the daylight for the first time was I mother, babe or womb?
How’s it looking blue?
The rhythm keeps on changing right on cue
A constant yearning echos through the sewers
grows louder than I can help it
can’t dance to heavy traffic news
So how can I take your form
iridescent truth?
The scattered and abstract tones have veered us far off course
Oh if I could burn into your mind the picture that I saw
you’d lose all the autonomy and questions I have to
there’s a chaos in the air that brings some magic to the calm collected nights inside a lonely living room
How’s it looking blue?
The rhythm keeps on changing right on cue
never know it staring at your shoes
and I need to take a second
can’t dance in heavy traffic
How’d you get so bruised?
that wide eyed fascination shrunk so soon
and morphed into a nameless face consumed
by the lights of another bastard
can’t dance in heavy traffic
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2. |
To Build a Love Right
04:27
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Taking a joy ride out to Virginia
or to the closest beach I find
Breathe in that clear air
saltwater backstroke
through all the messes left behind
but you can’t keep running from the heart that had led you there
what’s another trip gonna find?
Digging deep I promise them everything
cancelling my own sense of pride
Sure acting like you can’t remember
what it would feel like to build a love right
Just want the quick and easy answer
cutting through long lines, skipping the hard times
can we take this outside?
cause it’s growing bigger
than I could ever hypothesize
all this alone time can make a man bitter
And I was supposed to be a light
Days grow longer in the house that you didn’t build
Working on that bottom line
Gotta take it back to the first known place I fell in love
Free from this peculiar design
The idols that shaped the form have faults red around you
Embodying strength in waters unkempt and cruel
So why do you need them darling, my crystal light
Refracting the patterns repeated within your mind
Sure acting like you can remember
what it would feel like to build a love right
lined up next to the perfect dancer
caught the moonlight, kissing them goodnight
What would it feel like to build a love right?
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3. |
26
02:56
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When I think about it
It’s really not that bad
I got friends who care
And a place to rest my head
And you can bark on and on about the things you wish you had
But they’re all raindrops baby
Glistening your hair
And you can take me time again
You can take me time you always have
How I dreaded this one!!
In the thick of it now
Tried not to think about it
But there ain’t no other way out
Oh to press on when all this pressure wants to do is to keep you laying down
But that’s just silly ain’t it
how could I not
(You'll float)
And you can take me time again
You can take me time for another spin
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4. |
The Right Hand of God
05:34
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I want the rain
to wash over drought ridden craters
Raised on the popcorn mamma made us
hope for more
So what’s left to change?
The right hand of god got you anxious
Slowly observe each passing day as a degradation
Something’s been strange
Did the lead poison mid century water
Or did the acid just need to be stronger
To clear these views
And I know that I’m late
All the others who’ve known it much longer
The plantation fields, endless slaughter
Paint that flag deep red
Spinning round on tiny pages
sworn in to call out
My mother’s fight undone
Look around at all the obstacles
‘Neath your rose crown
When did all love turn to control?
So what’s left to defend?
I just wanna see how thing ends
In a dream American
Could work a few while the rest pretend
Does all love turn to control?
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5. |
Stay Warm
03:44
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Step right up to that fire baby
But please don’t get burnt
I want you to get better but first let’s get you warm
Florescent lit bathrooms in a sterile office park
What comes to your mind when it’s a new morning’s start?
Tell me what’s the worst that it could it be?
You have the option to lose the shackles placed upon your feet
So get back on your high horse honey
let it take you home
theres only so much I can do until you’re on your own
And slowly gets better
you’ll find the light in the room
and the moment to treasure
is the work you’ll put into
But there inside the belly of the beast
The grey skies shimmer and billow out from joy hanging underneath
C’mon won’t you hang your head in disbelief?
it’s always been there the bones of heaven underneath our feet
Standing at the edge of the effigy
In the serpent’s mouth we will gather free
I can’t comprehend what my life would be without the warmth inside of me
In a sudden blink all of this will be
just another age like the pliocene
I don’t have a plan I just gotta be
here for the sun at its highest peak!!
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6. |
Heat of July
02:34
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Her clothes were scattered on the floor
but you know I long for something more
No reason why I need release
The heat of July cracks in the streets
Grandfather, your bitter soul
Where did all your old friends go?
Smoke them up, they'll find a way
Even when there's nothing to say
at all
Don't gotta fight to feel it
Come on just say you mean it
These humid nights they won't last long
Go on and pry me open
These word don't keep well closed in
I've only seen you from afar
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7. |
Black Hole Spirals
05:05
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Something’s gotta to bring you out of this mood
I can’t keep guessing if it’s me or the food
It’s a dark abyss outside this room
Only natural to feel the way that you do
come on push through
Black hole spirals
2 souls found a home that could be strong
Slowly moving towards the dawn
It’s a violent anomaly that we can’t both push away
swept inside its vortex looking for one more chance to stay
Songbirds spare me from the harrowing dark
Now they call every morning from the thick river fog
Am I doing all I can to honor your heart?
or reacting to the stimuli in front of me
Never cherishing never believing
a long lost memory
Because it’s all that’s left to see
I'm surrounded by the what if's on a purple star crossed sky
zoom a little closer then start asking why
Still I wanna be there
Tell yourself I don't care
Reaching out with hands that plead
knowing I won't feel a thing
I won't feel a thing
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8. |
Smell the Roses
02:28
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Brother where you gone?
I have waited oh so long
Lost in a haze
From one thousand foggy days
So when you leave the window open, smell the roses
And I got stains on my jeans from all the pain
Truth be told, you can't stop this broken soul!!
When you feel empty hearted
Smell the roses
But I take so much more than I'll ever give
I know I'm a selfish man
But what can I do?
Take the path that's less chosen
Smell the roses
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