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nature drives a wave
05:19
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while traveling by canoe
she knelt on a sleepless lake
craving warmth by an open fire
rejection nestles in
while dalliance out of guilt slinks away
when shown desire
thwarting strengthens a hull
she could’ve held in sway
unspoken lies find a voice to seduce
reliant on natural awe
in contentment’s disarray
while her fate is outlying
nature drives a wave
one end’s up and one end’s down
while the water is much the same
tho a mile as the crow flies
it’s one mile up and one mile down
til she gets to the other side
love is a beautiful waste
when selfishness pervades
over war over lunch over you
ideals’ll dissipate
ambition a quiet wait
ok whatever, she’ll leave
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2. |
aspirations
03:26
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a mother wolf
in tight
pacing and tired
by a mountainside
her distant moan
rattles off a wall of stone
where aspirations die
a wildfire
threads
its way along
from tree to tree
and burnt alive
are her kin of five
where aspirations die
i'm not on speaker
one day they'll grieve
for all the wars we'll never fight
clone me now and i'm forever gone awry
to live in the past is always tryin to get to sleep
there's no shortage of idealogues to fleece
where aspirations die
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3. |
awake every night
05:19
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awake every night
i wait on the light peekin thru the side of my drape to let me escape
awake every night
the wind in the lithe starlight
if wishin were true this wouldn't be right
lately i'm crossin at the red light
narrow miss
the driver curses me and flies
lately i'm fallin at the office
reachin past my coffee
barely squeakin by
lately i'm wishin for a forest
fishin for ambition
shyness - push it away
lately i'm dreamin of a forest
wishin for a statistician's impatient desire
awake every night
basically workin for a stranger
dreamin of a fire creature that cannot be born
awake every night
lately i'm gazin far away to find a love i had in mind ever since i been born
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4. |
why i had to go
04:13
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whenever these wars die away
i’ll always be a soldier anyway
half the time i drink my booze
i’m drownin in spirits of men i shoot
the other half’s to try to say
why women & children get in harm’s way
tho i go
i’ll be there
when you grow
you will know why i had to go
when the bosses say let’s go
you put on yr helmet - can’t say no
when the bosses say come back
they put you in the office of a man in black
if the man in white diverts you in
the man in black has to eat yr sin
if the man in green is scratchin yr back
the man in blue already stole yr cash
tho i go
i’ll be there
when you grow
you will know why i had to go
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5. |
another holy day
07:21
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wet snow slides in clumps off the edge of the roof thru an evergreen
it’s a war at xmas received from a tribal religious scene
there's so many things i wish i could say to you
but i will anyhow because it's true
because it's true
would you wait until i start
i can only be so smart
when you make me work around you
there is only so much i can do
on holy day
nothin i can do
nothin i can say
nothin i can do
another holy day
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6. |
music to shop to
05:00
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ladies browsin at a sale
girls perusin the merchandise
wet umbrellas in a pail
babystrollers up & down the aisle
i can go for macchiatos over arcade fire
in all fairness i'm aware i'm wearin yoga attire
music to shop to
subtle nuances in tone from the fortuneteller's orifice
you can make it thru alone just so long as you can borrow this
delusion of selfimage in a credit card
iraqin up a deficit – it's not so hard
i wish i never felt this way just listen to the music play music to shop to
many flavours, every size, any shape you can mention
when you waver all our lies obliterate yr contention
the psychographic footprint of yr online path
will enlighten our designers – they just do the math
i wish i never felt this way
just listen to the music play
music to shop to
our blissful retail therapy anticipates yr eventual need
music to shop to
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7. |
can't be helped
07:17
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in a rage
very calm
disengaged
but still touching
it's not real
but it's live
i can deal
i'm not shuffling
all the ways i can help you are the ways that can't be helped
lotsa time
but no groove
i'm released
but not movin
i got out
still, i drive
in the grind
where it's soothing
all the ways i can help you are the ways that can't be helped
i can live in a lie if the dream's never ending
i can stay to get by when the rage is ascending
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8. |
i wait all night
03:51
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all the secrets we could've had
all the weakness could've gone bad along the way
all the deep deliciously sad
i wait all night
i wait all night for you
impatience makes you react
if you wait then you'll retract it when yr grey
to retrace an old attraction washed away
i wait all night
i wait all night for you
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9. |
goin to drive around
03:13
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in last night's dream
i found a room
in my old house
i never knew
was there a place
you wished to hide
when you couldn't bear
to mask yr pride?
the other night
i danced with you
jumped in excitement
when lightnin drew
the power down
didn't stop the band
i pressed my shoes
into yr hand
i couldn't wave to you
in the dark
i left the window
down in the car
my ass is wet
cuz the seat got drenched
i'm in no hurry
my nerve is quenched
no i won't arrive
at the feelin you suggest
til i catch my stride
the other shoe just needs a rest
so i'm goin to drive around
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10. |
dream between the lies
03:39
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i got distracted makin up these words
i’ll get back to it when my user returns
run away
almost captured
almost free
almost related
so you can see why i’m run away
here’s a formulaic vacant remark
smirking online at a fallen star in a painkiller arc
logic far away
dream between the lies
and run away
rumour mills are to truth what puppy mills are to morality
when superconducting supercolliders reignite the original fires
there’s a chance they’ll discover me
here’s a formulaic vacant fake celebrity
melody is to music what thoughts are when you sleep
melody is to music what thoughts are
while the quiet sun observes
my run away
dream between the lies
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