1. |
Dawn
00:53
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2. |
The Lake
04:04
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a lake at the center of the earth
holds the full attention
of every unloved soul
whether dead of cold
of hunger or hate or age
the bells rings
and the inside cave
the lake fills slowly
water rushes round my feet
a slow end coming
a second grave
more than beginning
harsher than the end
please dont beg i wont explain
the life i've lived, i'll do it again
please dont beg i wont explain
back to birth my crawl begins
this bed awaits me
then i see my friend
she worked at night
she waited her life
for the right, moment
to pull her out
and give her life
my friend had eyes once blue
now full of tears
the life she knew was through
so i held her hand
the water rose
our knees now cold
had i known her pain
i'd have held her close
i'd have made her bed
and touched her brow
every dark day that filled her life
like this lake, now neck high
the fact that i am here
i wont explain
so take your guess
and let it stay
her eyes cut through me
but never saw
the mirrors i wear
to block the gentle
from ever creeping in
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3. |
Bay Bee
04:31
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baby
you've got everything i want
and nothing i need
baby
you're everything to everyone
and nothing to me
when we were young
white was a color
a christian sense of guilt
we earned our love
we faced ourselves
we faced the world
circles round our feet
black thread and pearls
i see in sounds
(i will be)
you only words
(something)
this will be our love
(you can't be yourself)
is all you heard
when what you've said
(after a while)
it's not what you've done
(i will be)
the bandages come off
(nothing)
and the blood runs
when we hold on
it's never fair
all the subtle looks
and branded stares
fall apart
then build again
pedestals appear
when faces red
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4. |
One Piece
03:51
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i doubt
you dont
remember how we got warm
all the worry left your insides bare
the hair we cut stayed unswept for days
and even though you thought it was over
the remains filled you up and stole what was left
all of us is less you or me and more who we are as one piece
you doubt
i dont
think about you when you arent here
more misguided, clamoring hands
past names clawing, dragging us back
a dark form raised a cloud too dense
reason and soul slurred into one
and now that we're more than who we are
you and me, one piece of us all
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5. |
I Want Love
04:24
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you never run when you should
you stand and take it
heels against the wall
eyes wet and naked
when's enough enough
when can i save you
i walk alone
we cant
hold our
selves up
our arms are weak
we cant
hold our
selves up
our legs might break
wood paneled walls
cheese cloth and staples
hide sisters hide
the wolves wont catch us
while the wind knocks the walls
while howling might shake us
the ground beneath our feet
is layers below us
humid summer warmth
in the pine tree fortress
the bike between my legs
tall socks and sneakers
ride faster, go
their words wont catch us
close your eyes and run
they'll see right through us
when's enough enough
when will you save us
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6. |
Something New
03:28
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i want something new
you've never fought
another mind like this
held my breath for years
kept the beauty near
one man's passing hope
the picture turned and stretched
then we walked away
in either fear or shame
holding sticks not pens
we didn't write but dreamt
i didn't run but hid
knowing that these kids
wouldn't mask my brightest smile
so then i hid away
yeah, i hid away
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7. |
Big Wheel
00:42
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8. |
Made a Place
03:54
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hold steady
you're almost through
there's more to you
you're stronger than we
knew the warm embrace
the close and safe
It's all because
we made this place
if all the wild in you
could be held for just one moment
i'd hold your face and say just what you're worth
and how you deserve
to never feel the weight of the world
on the softest shoulders ever known
draped in glass and never on their own
i hope you know what you're in for
beauty is seeing the end
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9. |
Take the Money
03:04
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if i cashed in the years i put in
we'd be forever
if i stood by and let the monster in
we'd be together
every time i tried to make you mine
it never felt right
so i looked for more
and worked for more
and died inside a little more
if i stop by will you let me in?
i'll act better
if you dont mind, i need a place to hide
but not forever
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10. |
Walk Away
01:13
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we dont love anything other than this
i don't wanna find another way of life
but i dont have a choice
now that i've walked away (from you)
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11. |
Ferndale, MI
01:43
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i dont care where we go
but you better drive
i dont trust myself tonight
back there
those people
i never want to
see them again
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12. |
The Gardener
03:57
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only ever and never gone alone
the empty undertaking stole below
held by nothing known or overgrown
our members hardly taken far from home
old i chose you, a flowered tree in fall
told to mind the thorns i grabbed them all
the gardener rushing, his hands wrapped a maul
close behind we felt the distance grow
in the early wool and warm
there's a light through the storm
down the wet path
there's no way back
from where we've gone
as we focus, the corners grow dull
sound and color blend a fiery hall
turning inward, frayed a cut chord
your branches wrap, leaves fill the holes
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13. |
Home
04:51
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i don't feel like going out
take off your socks
come sit with me
let's talk
i don't wanna die
when you say you find
a better self in me
the twisted now feels right
if only miles away
if only you would stay
we'd fall if we could stand
you always make me say
i've done all i could do
i'll think things through
i like myself much more
when i smell like you
and all the world went through
the changes brought by you
a fundamental noise
we've heard and felt true joy
close your eyes and feel
the things around your body
all the weighted knees
and blades crumble free
(i dont feel much like going out come sit with me let's talk)
close your eyes and feel
the space around your body
every memory
of hiding, tuck your feet
(tear off your socks come sit with me let's talk)
close your eyes and feel
the skin around your body
gentle warm and breathe
you've found home, now sleep
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