1. |
Comforts
04:27
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It's so nice of you to drop by,
I haven't had company in weeks.
I used to run around this part of town.
The sidewalk remembers the sound of my feet.
I hope I will see you again.
Is there something you're not telling me?
I haven't felt this way in weeks.
A phone call leaves a message.
You left something in your car.
A strange voice mentions my name,
and asks of my condition so far.
Panic throws me out the door,
demanding that you tell me what you know.
Realization sets in anyways,
symptoms have just begun to show.
I haven't felt this way in weeks.
Now I'm shackled to the bed,
by the pain of trying to breathe.
The pain I now see in your eyes,
that you've been holding back for weeks.
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2. |
Dreams
05:06
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You see, I keep having these dreams that we tried to escape out at sea.
We met on a slow-burning planet, in an empty town.
You see, I keep having these dreams of walking the cities.
That the lights and sounds have stopped, and no one goes indoors.
That time runs on batteries.
That money lights a good fire.
You see, I keep having these dreams that we're looking for a city.
Desperate to leave behind the ash and trees collapsing.
You see, I keep having these dreams where I’ve left you far behind.
You saw that hope was faint, like your breath in all the smoke.
That happiness was still what mattered.
That your hope was truly shattered.
Don't tell me that's what I'll find when I wake up.
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3. |
Sun
02:01
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I remember waking up before the sun
The smile brought to your face by the glow
But now my memory’s grown cold
The years have gone by like fence posts
And the cracks could swallow me home
And the cracks could swallow me home
And they'd finally call me home
And I’d finally feel, whole
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4. |
Cure
03:48
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Color so forgotten that it blinds
Life signs in a field decayed
She's waking up
The plague is nearly cured
Symptoms on a steady fade
Self-repairing
Extract/erase/Decist/displace
Don't allow infection to disgrace
Mass-consume excessive disregard
Sustaining never satisfied
She's suffering
Elimination or internal change
Status quo is ruin
She's impatient
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5. |
Untitled Note
06:02
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I dream of all the times I’ve let you down.
Expectations shattered on the ground.
The rusted walls collapse from my weight.
I can’t get up from the wreck I created.
I would tear the thoughts out if I could.
Straight out from my skull if I thought it would
Clear the haze searing in my eyes
A wall to hide the grey of the night.
Laying on the broken wall in shame
The rusted metal clean through my side
If I tear free the flow would end my fight
But that way out’s the wide path
I walk streets with no direction
Bleeding out, sick, infected
Driven by a need for distance
Miles can’t unchain me from my mind
I’m the one who’s walking,
but you did right to die
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6. |
Albatross
03:29
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You can’t exist alone
Need someone to love,
and someone to loathe.
All your heroes do wrong.
Some crawl in the dark,
others fight for a throne.
You watch from high above, just wait.
The ledge will crumble.
You think you’re some kind of dove.
But an arrow will find your wing.
(And you’ll be someone’s albatross to sing)
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7. |
A Comforting White Void
03:07
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What I hope for, and what I see.
What I cause, and what I heal.
What I craft, and what I destroy.
What I change, and what I deny.
When you smile, and when you cry.
What will be there, when I die?
What I see, and what I hope
is really there.
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8. |
Expansion
04:14
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You still haven't given up
on bending the walls of the cage that
I've locked you in.
You long for a view
of the wondrous Eastern land that
I've banned you from.
I'm sorry I kept you here,
I didn't want you to know.
You think you'll find your dreams,
but that's where all your friends died.
You search for a hope
just like the one your friends desired-
to discover a greater understanding.
If only someone had warned me
of the pain of awareness,
then I would have stayed in my own cage.
I'm sorry.
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9. |
Fear Processor
03:05
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I met you in a dream
Lurking in a factory
Noting all my fears
Filing them away one by one
I met you in a dream
We were tied together by a string
No blade could cut us free
But you were trying
I met you in a dream
You held death in a box
Tried to sell it off on me
The disconnect was tempting
If I reunite with the dust I'm walking on
Could a door to the stars open up
Will I be shown the greater web
That my strand's been severed from
I met you in a dream
You handed me a key
But the lock was jammed
So now the dust I am
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10. |
Laundromat
02:19
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Cracked tiles
Water pooling in between
Glances traded
The machine drones underneath
Let the time flow on
This is where I belong
Dust and blank white surfaces
Branding faded, unimportant
Afternoons are quiet
Is it ever not quiet?
Let the time flow on
This is where I belong
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11. |
Droning (A Hollowness)
02:32
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You can't struggle/You can't thrive
You've never left charted waters in your life
Sink back into droning motion
Never thought drifting would be so easy
Fall off a peak and crack your shell
Feel the words flow in a bell curve
The highway’s long and full of rust
The road goes on, don’t feel so rushed
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12. |
Introspect
04:15
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Couldn’t say who knows you better, brother,
The devil, or myself?
But least of all it’s you that understands
your piece of hell.
You need perspective like a bullet,
through the bone.
Not enough to kill you,
just to bring your mind back home.
The running stopped long ago,
with the blisters and the thirst,
But the running never took you
from your thoughts, not at first.
Forgetting’s sure to do you fine,
but what else will occupy,
The gaping holes in your consciousness
where you tend to self-crucify.
The world’s empty,
you’re the last one left alive.
No one can relieve your guilt,
but at least it’s warm inside.
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13. |
Guide
04:51
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I can never find
my way around these days.
But that's alright, you'll be there as my guide.
And I could never see,
past the gray in the horizon.
But that's alright, you're my second pair of eyes.
I swear the ocean cannot fade,
it's our one safe escape.
They say the wind and water's saved,
it's the last untainted place.
I can't find a way,
to tell you we've gone nowhere.
But the current's pushed us back to shore more times than I can count.
I don't believe in signs,
but reality's the same.
We have to land, the ocean's thrown us back.
I swore the ocean wouldn't fade,
that shelter's lost to fate.
They didn't mention waves of gray,
and that the sea still betrays.
I can never find
my way around these days.
But that's alright, you hold my hand so tight.
And I can never see
past the gray in all the trees.
But that's alright, you've always had the better eyes.
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