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Menace
05:21
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It all began with the smell and the salt
Pushing through our porous skin
We recognize the chemicals we see before us
They came from within
It dawned, it dawned, it dawned. It came upon us, such a soft design.
It dawned, it dawned, it dawned. We saw the white hot light.
Mutter the opening line. Apathy can work so well to hide.
So let it out.
Water to weaken the wine. Still its strong enough to haze our crimes.
So let it out.
Now at the front of the line. Hands outstretched to give our gifts to time
Don’t align, desperately we’ll keep on for another week
Half alive what goes out comes in , comes in, goes out, so divine.
Crash warns, woken ghosts
Of youthful promise, seems like a joke
Soft core. Goal driven
Pick another faith than the one given
Moving on. Moving on.
Kicking up dust at what we left behind.
Day old, love gone.
Celebrate age with a funeral song
Moving on. Moving on.
Kicking up dust at what we left behind.
Mutter the opening line. Apathy can work so well to hide
Water to weaken the wine. Still its strong enough to haze our crimes
Now at the front of the line. Hands outstretched to give our gifts to time
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2. |
Redshift
05:30
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Slow slowly drift apart
As we tried to count the stars.
So much focus on a distant sun
And not the lives that we had just begun
As our universe expands, and the distance grows too wide
Lift your eyes and watch the stars go by
As you shift out of focus
so far away, that even the light it grows tired
You're Adrift in an ocean of stars
but the weight of regret, the weight of regret holds me down
More and more you disregard
As everything around goes dark
walk alone into the setting sun
A new life that you have just begun
But The only thing that greeted you, was the silence left behind
Lift your eyes and watch the stars go by
As you shift out of focus
so far away, that even the light it grows tired
You're adrift in an ocean of stars
but the weight of regret, the weight of regret holds me down
Just like the stars we grew tired of the distance
Seeking a steady state - shifting from blue to red
From lovers, to friends, to roommates, to neighbours
From lovers to friends. From lovers to friends
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3. |
Global Slap
07:19
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I fall to my knees. Look up and see the blue
All swells and pulls the veil
Everything is light between the leaves
Blood lost, blood shared
The spark that bends the pipe
Displaced and seeking knowledge amongst the grass
Your choice to join the morning choruses
Your choice to join or drown in finch and sparrow wings
Severed shifts of changes
Everything I’ve done, I’ve done for this
Fall back into the year of 1998
Just boys before the night
The city swells and hums and runs dry
The red dust from Empire brick stains
Global slap leaves a mark
Our thoughts repeat the image, printed on the wall
Your choice to join the morning choruses
Your choice to join or drown in finch and sparrow wings
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4. |
Reply All
04:40
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The sky was suspended
On a silver wire
You lost a a fistfight by the roadside
Took a shortcut home through the graveyard
Between the cedars
In the shades of blue and green
They wind and they tie and they wrap and they pull
Time will tie your hands
And this poison is bitter
Pulled along and pulled under
Time will tie your hands
float along with the current and
they’ll find you face down in the river
Her voice slid across the table
it still rings in your ears
You keep on saying you’re no charity case
Its just been a few bad years
Don’t say that nobody warned you
Or that it wasn’t intentional
Looking back looking back looking back
Begging for morning redemption
Go swim with the dreamers
In the shades of blue and green
you reach and you grasp and you slip and you fall
Time will tie your hands
Time will tie your hands
And they’ll find you face down in the river
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5. |
Fade Into Two
06:00
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Day thirty Three
I wait in this cabin for you to find me.
No water or food
It will only taste bitter until I’m with you.
You told me to wait for your return
For heat I am running out of things to burn
Bring me some news or leave me to die here
Bring me some food or leave me to starve myself
On account of you
Show me the light I have not seen for days
Draw down the shades there are no colors anymore
They fade into two, grey and solitude blue
grey and solitude blue
Air’s growing stale
I’ve breathed it before and I know it so well
Thought I saw you at last
But it was just a vision four more days have passed
Speech is now foreign I’m now adoring, the idea of slipping away.
Day eighty eight.
Holding out
Paths worn in the ground
From pacing and calling your name
Bring me some news or leave me to die here
Bring me some food or leave me to starve myself
On account of you
Show me the light I have not seen for days
Draw down the shades there are no colors anymore
They fade into two, grey and solitude blue
grey and solitude blue
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6. |
Low Tide
07:24
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Hangover haze
Spitting blood in the sink
I used to to believe that I could fix anything
My phone lights up again
And I don't stop to think
Callused hands form a fumbled reply
And I’ve dropped out again
Low tide - sparkling like broken glass
Fades away like a photograph and returns again
I know that there’s a certain a joy that only comes with losing
Heart of stone - Don’t Let yourself sink beneath the surface
You put a drink in my hand
flashed a smile like a knife
I drink myself to sleep
Test pattern dream
Where the background repeats
Hum along with the sine wave
Low tide - sparkling like broken glass
Fades away like a photograph and returns again
I know that there’s a certain a joy that only comes with losing
Heart of stone - Don’t Let yourself sink beneath the surface
I’ll have another dreamless/ sleepless night
And I’ll drink myself to sleep
Following the tide. Crave bitterness and sea salt.
Seeking out the lowest spots.
Oh I’ll float away. On a wave or on a dream.
It doesn’t matter all that much to me.
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