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Let Your Blood Flow
04:50
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old bite’s a simple chew
each year more watered down
the path’s so smoothly paved
just sit and watch me drown now
throw my shoes into the fire
laugh at how they burn so quick
always a step away
just let your blood flow
now things are thin and dry
i’m walking straight through walls
my words just fall apart
can you even make me out at all?
toss my shirt into the pool
smile at how it sinks so fast
never but two steps back
just let your blood flow
just let your blood flow
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Constants
08:12
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my jealousy
it needs me
it eats me
and breathes on and on and on and on and on
my wishes
they leave me
deceive me
and move on and on and on and on and on
my problems
confuse me
and use me
they float on and on and on and on and on
my worries
their too loud
won’t die down
they dance on and on and on and on and on
my progress
is regress
it forgets
this goes on and on and on and on and on
my time
slips by me
defies me
it lives on and on and on and on and on
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3. |
Island
04:45
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i’m off by myself again
i like things close to me
no need to load a gun
no need to walk a mile
volcanic voices say
this island’s new to you
where’d all the people go
where’s all the color now
the moon’s got its strength
and it knows you have more
but I’m content with wonder
i’m fine with this shore
you said you’ll do everything
i know I won’t
i know I won’t
but, that’s okay
i live in shallow water
so I can see
so I can see the sand
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The Way
03:05
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it’s just the way
it’s just the way it is
it’s just the way
it’s just the way it goes
i’ll wonder
you get the way
you get the way it is
you get the way
you get the way it goes
i’ll wonder
you know the ins
you know the ins and outs
i know the ups
i know the ups and downs
i’ll try
you do things new
you do things new to you
i do things I
i do things I know how
that’s fine
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Springy
01:59
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Different
05:41
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i woke up today
i saw things differently
i saw things better
no, no, it didn’t cost a dime
i like things this way
when they have some bounce
when they have some bend
where’s this been all the time
i don’t want a lot
no, I don’t need perfect
i just want different
so, so, perfectly aligned
i like things this way
when they have a new speed
when they have a new feel
where’ve I’ve been all the time
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Pipe Dream Surprise
03:57
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pipe dream surprise
throw up my hands
my shoes untied
new recipes are cooking
i try to peel the layers
and find that there are none
i try to find the center
but it’s all one big mess
bring me a cup of coffee
to fill my empty hands
leave me to do as I please
i’ll run and run and run
yeah, things are meant to crumble
for things to take their place
leave me to do what I want
i’ll waste the hell away
pipe dream surprise
loosen my grip
i guess I’m alive
old recipes are cooking
i go to grease the engine
and find that it’s undone
i try to find instructions
but it’s all one big mess
pipe dream surprise
fall to my knees
it has arrived
or I’ve not been looking
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8. |
Ode to Being
02:52
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floating through a timeline
praying for smooth edges
warping space around us
to make room for the pain
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Hop Hollow
03:18
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we were always running then
running in circles on the front lawn
and I can’t seem to let it go
yet it’s so far from me
far from me
so quiet
do you hear those old tress sleeping?
do you see those old faces even now?
too easy
don’t you miss the strangeness in your breath?
don’t you feel that danger even now?
i’m spacing out again
and my heart can’t keep from racing
mind like a faulty sliding door
to an aged vanishing mansion
so tonight
i will swim a lap around the pool
breaking the rules
breaking the rules
missing the rules
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In a Black Hole
03:08
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dreaming of time forgot
i’m fast asleep in the safest spot
we just don’t want to leave
yet under so much shit that we can’t breath
filling the cracks
with a blindfold
spinning around
in a black hole
whistling to shaky tunes
while we cozy up in our cocoon
kings of the day-to-day
while the universe fades the hell away
becoming slaves
to our control
falling apart
in a black hole
drooling over
all the fool’s gold
breaking our necks
in a black hole
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11. |
Great River Road
01:39
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12. |
One More Day
02:53
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you were so far away
and where have I been today
up and down again
the sun is pouring in
rain falls on our skin
but I don’t mind
you’re going to leave again
so I don’t mind
one last time
to climb that hill
one more day
i’ll be okay
one more day
i’ll just have to wait
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13. |
Blue Pool
03:55
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collect my thoughts for me
tell me what they mean
something waits to grow
that something in between
that ancient depth to you
the silent waves you hear
you sit and breathe the wind
your humble wisdom’s clear
your restless subtle cycle
it keeps you fresh and new
never one perspective
your pure perceptive blue
you welcome all of life
no jealous shade to you
you’re curious and open
your calm and cool blue
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