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The Blue Sky
03:06
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Seems many have been captured
by the the things they've seen on screens
and I wonder what that means tonight.
The mindless tend to follow
when the whole world's gone insane
and we're really all to blame
that's right
Behind the blue, blue sighs
they're dreaming all the time
and it's on and on, the same old song
like everything is out of sight
Beyond the blue, blue skies
it's raining all the time
and it won't be long, till it's all gone
and everything will be alright
Few may have the money
But many have the means
it's exactly as it seems
but we're blind
They'll spin you round in circles
creating endless streams
and they don't know what it means
to un-tie
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Long Deserted Streets
02:49
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Let us go then you and I
to cross those long deserted streets
Restless nights, amongst dim light
to hide beneath our dirty sheet
Do you trust me to be honest
how do we know
where do we go
Now do we find the thing that's promised
I don't know, Anemone
Treacherous and timid, passive lies
that turn us from our way
these shallow waters rush toward our feet
and that codifies our fate
Do you trust me to be honest
how do we know
where do we go
Now do we find the things we wanted
I don't know, Anemone
Do you trust me to be honest
Anemone, Where do we go
Or do you know, have we lost it
Anemone, Anemone
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Forever Forever
02:53
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Forever, forever the passing of the day
Seasons keep changing, flowers bloom then fade
Life marches forward upon our faltering feet
forever forever the circle is complete.
I wanna change
don't wanna change
On this dreary morning,
in a mood as grey as the day
I stare at the world and the inner state
all that is so familiar shimmer and fade
and I am lost in the far far away
I wanna change
don't wanna change
Even if I want this forever,
one day I'll leave
I'll pretend it's forever
but it's just a little fib.
Forever, forever the passing of the day
Seasons keep changing, flowers bloom then fade
Life marches forward upon our faltering feet
forever forever the circle is complete.
You make me change so fast
maybe that's why I'm lazy
It sure is forever it's just a little fib
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Sun and the Moon
02:40
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Sailing
but we don't know
where we are
Failing
to find the land
at all
There ain't no holy trinity
to guide us to infinity
mine alone
to build a better home
We ride the endless carousel
but waves still have a tale to tell
wise, grown, to do it on our own
Row Madam
Row Adam
Rowing barely floating
In circles hoping
Again falling
For
Round row round
In turns
In rounds
For
To
son lead me home
moon lead me home
love lead me home
to you
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5. |
Means and Ways
03:28
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No fact
No rights
No honest goal in sight
Hollow and empty
controlled by ourselves
I pace on and stare
at places sometimes there
Hollowed and emptied
return to itself
We're never free
I wonder can we be
or do we wander in the night
Lately we're lost
What were we thinking of
Hollowed and empty
return to ourselves
How could we be
there's more we ought to see
means, ways
the light
found
Even though we're drowning
please cast a spell our way
Find a way to teach ourselves
to care
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travelers in distress
02:01
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Now the leaves are falling fast
Nurse's flowers will not last
when the graves are gone
the plans go rolling on
Cold, impossible
raise your lovely heads
who's lightness in the depths
could bless
Travelers in distress
Whispering neighbors left and right
block us from the real light
and the active hands once freed
lonely on their separate knees
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7. |
The miles between us
03:13
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Who knows
where words all go
how they fall between us
Lord knows
before it's over
miles lie between us
(some hold near the truth they fear
yet others stand aside)
and I wanna be there
(Nihil is the loneliest place in time)
I don't wanna live a lie
(are they free are they happy
the question is absurd you see)
oh woe is paradise
Free to be
in wisdom and in peace
all falls between us
the miles that lie between us
(some hold near the truth they fear
while others stand aside)
and I wanna be
(Nihil is the loneliest place in time)
I just wanna see
(are they free are they happy
the question is absurdity)
all they want is certainty
yet chaos seems to follow
all the time
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8. |
Only Waves
03:00
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Who will bless our wicked heart
when the raining really starts
who will rise up from their knees
and finally not accept defeat
It's only waves,
I see the soul transcend it
yet all the while
we dream without a
world of peace
We cling to frames
the frames we can't see through
a little paint and care I think
could change our point of view
planning won't stop
planting don't stop
planning won't stop
planet don't stop
It's only waves
this time we're only dreaming
It's by design
this seed in need of nurturing
honesty still awaits returning
in you. in me
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Still Life
02:58
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Mary it's been a while
since I followed the light
all that I am
is what I've been
Yet faith still lies
where wonder resides
beyond the place
I thought I'd be
In a way, faraway
I wander each day
what manner of place
will I see
Feeling love again
and I'm alight
but I know it ends with me
leaves me feeling cold
sidelined
oh how the burden
weighs on me
Yet faith still alive
where wonder resides
beyond the place
I thought I'd be
In a way, faraway
I wander each day
what manner of place
will I see
Are you all full of questions
like someone's tugging on your sleeve
can you rely on the answers you receive
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Conversations
02:47
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Here on the other side
it's another place to hide
safe from the judgmental stares
of someone who's not really there
while they're mesmerized
I'll just take my time
Cast off what you fear
cause I really want you here
the view from the top of the hill
when we're moving on
we'll just take our time
The conversation drifted through
that rainy afternoon
and words like mindless butterflies
flashed around the room
Victories and future dreams
discussed and analyzed
then put aside, forgotten
as the rain came pouring down outside
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11. |
In Spaces
03:15
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They say the dream is over
and there's no where to run
but there's solace in the Order
of all the things to come
They don't wanna stay in
They wanna go outside
cause the leaves are free
as the water flows on a hillside
Our cells are always present
Our prisons there to see
but there's something in the water
that reminds we are free
They don't wanna stay in
They wanna go outside
Where the talk is cheap
whatever that means to life
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12. |
Dinosaur
05:39
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You thought you could keep the Dinosaur
I've lost what I thought you could be
So come cherie, I'll make you shine
mind your mind
You thought you could feed the dinosaur
you could teach the dinosaur
you could bring it to the store
and keep the golden eggs
Every day I wanna say I love
Every day I wanna say I love you
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