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1. |
someone else's dreams
05:09
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i saw her there in the cartoon
singing about herself
she looked down from there
ran her mouth to the ground
and though the weave is tight
there's a lump in her head
both of them were nervous
as they started to shout
i couldn't help but thinking
she’s just a drop in the ocean
out of the water out of sight
she could see right into me now
so bright you're good looking
she was soft she was danger
how could it be
the cats are alright without you
and they don't get on my nerves
you're like a bad pun on fried eggs
and the clock is out of order
there’s something very wrong
i'm not sick enough to be tossing up
on someone else's dreams
so step aside step aside
we can just have fun
stop the clock it's just too late
there's no need for alarm
if it’s four in the morning
and there's only one queen
it's been a month since i've come alive
come on baby don't get upset
we’ll drink some beer
i saw my ma with her hair in curlers
on a tangled bender before the fire
welcome to hollywood or heaven
it's just shit like that
sticks like glue through a screw
nailed through a daisy chain
the cats are alright without you
and they don't get on my nerves
you're like a bad pun on fried eggs
and the clock is out of order
there is something very wrong
i'm not sick enough to be tossing up
on someone else's dreams
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2. |
terrible sad song
04:20
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your words are like magic
that no one can wear
and they're not like mine
i've been walking around here
with garbage in cans ribbons and bows
i couldn't stop them walking
on an elephant's tattered nose
the panic stopped the clock
i shut down the night
i emptied ashtrays on my face
made my mouth add insult to industry
i grabbed a baseball bat
shedding their ears clear off
put my head in the clouds
stomped it at the devil's place
i should have dragged it on the chin instead
this is a terrible sad song
that I want you to hear
i know you're missing it
so please listen up
while I pluck your brain out
what the hell is it worth
when the day comes on
the night stands still
there's nowhere else to go
i swear the sky stood still
i saw the metal detector
when I stepped in the entrance
and I sat beside the head of his bed
on the side of the road
so it seems to me
as we're passing by
but our voices fade from sight
on the edge of the wall
my heart breaks
as we're stumbling through this fog
i turn my head back
on the horrible pain
as he kicked me out screaming
this is a terrible sad song
that I want you to hear
i know you're missing it
so please listen up
while I pluck your brain out
what the hell is it worth
when the day comes on
the night stands still
there's nowhere else to go,
i swear the sky stood still
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3. |
burn the buildings
04:22
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this is the first day
this is the last hour
i don't want what I might get
all the things I want to be
when you come my way
i’ll understand
my walls tumble over
i’m a prisoner in the doorway
of your thoughtless greed
you can’t say no
i don’t belong inside it
you do
that is a mind full of dread
hold the tongue and laugh
i’m a prisoner inside the doorway
of your thoughtless fear
you can't say no
i don’t belong inside it
you do
this is your mind full of dread
i know i don't know you
not even from now
so climb out and hold on
i want no one
to feel the pain
or feel the shame
turn this world around
burn the buildings down
turn this world around
burn the buildings down
want no one to feel the pain
to feel the shame
turn this world around
burn the buildings down
with nothing to say
with nothing to do
so I gotta get on my own
before the clock is dead
the afternoon is uninvited
by something that isn't there
someone’s speaking in another tongue
speaking through your eyes
i want no one
to feel the pain
or feel the shame
turn this world around
burn the buildings down
turn this world around
burn the buildings down
want no one to feel the pain
to feel the shame
turn this world around
burn the buildings down
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4. |
welcome home
05:44
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i live inside the small
i live outside the wall
in living or in dying
each day is so long
make no great mistake
i'm not afraid of heights
strangers come and go
my spirit keeps sinking
my face is made of stone
for the lack of love
shake the world away
let me fall
on your face there are no words
in your mouth there is no meaning
the sky that you seek is out of place
the moon has left no trace
i was like a child
thrown back into the rain
i had to walk on the ocean
all these words i have to say
this is not the story of my life
i keep a mask on
every day is filled with metaphors
that teach me nothing
when everything's worn out by war
so stop looking for answers
there's no hiding place
i have holes the size of buckets
in my world
i walked through the doorway
into temptation's face
i looked deep in the eyes of everyone
the fire’s still burning
so slow it fell to the ground
is it still alive or will it be found
on one way to reach this
i'm still living i'm still breathing
the sky was green on my face
on your face there are no words
in your mouth there is no meaning
the sky that you seek is out of place
the moon has left no trace
i was like a child
thrown back into the rain
i had to walk on the ocean
all these words i have to say
this is not the story of my life
i live inside the small
i live outside the wall
in living or in dying
each day is so long
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5. |
out of the fire
04:57
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I see the noise
of a distant time
like a storm
in the night
to find you there
on the day
of my surrender
and it's okay
whenever I'm down
i need comfort
from the ground
the sound of bells
comes ringing through
my window
wind flows
down my back again
i hear the sounds
of long lost stars
that shine at night
when the sun is dying
you can hear them
in the frequencies
and the secrecies
circling through
the darkest streets alone
i have waited for you
i have stepped
on
the rainbow's end
i must return
out of the fire
and find the strength
that i left behind
the night has turned
to night again
the sky is black
before my eyes
when we're looking
for something
in the world to see
i hear the sounds
of long lost stars
that shine at night
when the sun is dying
you can hear them
in the frequencies
and the secrecies
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6. |
human costume
04:45
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pink magpie sitting in
his glass eye shrinking
closing down and moving
every-when you go
there comes another
comes a shadow
echo in a zone
sing a day so high
as the night starts to cease
dream across the court particular
visions of hilarity
no way to satisfy the deeds
cause you're my macro-scope
piss away all the ice
and the thing upon you
you never let me tell
love is on the ceiling
and you hang boy and real
you have reached up
and found a remote control
at the point of no return
you have sealed words
on the back of your hands
only so much left to say oh yeah
as your body closes in on you
there's a tear in the fabric
of the human costume shop
this is you say hello
as you leave the rocket's eye
remember it as the first day
the dark woke you into laughter
I know this isn't just a dream
some words are slap in the face
we hung up our fingers
in the laughter and the tears
i feel so deep in danger
won't let this last for long
we'll never look back
i left the ice coming off the walls
you came in with a warning
didn't stop until the fire started
you have reached up
and found a remote control
at the point of no return
you have sealed words
on the back of your hands
only so much left to say oh yeah
as your body closes in on you
there's a tear in the fabric
of the human costume shop
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7. |
just keep dancing
04:57
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these are words that go together
we’d do well to understand
this is really a moment
that's lost and not long
in this special shroud of sleeping
you can hear the laughter
through the foggy dawn
like an empty prayer
soiling all that is bright
in the misty day like an ember
he holds his breath as he nears the fire
and every stain you might find
is a dark face waiting to be seen
the tiger is on his way
he wants blood for china cake
the beast shines its teeth
it looks less like tears
and it left a hole in my heart
no one else could ever tell
when I'm back on my feet
i’ll just keep dancing
i’ll be drowning by myself
through the holes in my roof
as I walk backwards
to where I came from
all I need is a sign
one word off the tongue
go toward the morning light
let me see you smile
i need to breathe in your eyes
i want to feel your heart on my sleeve
there’s no denying
that my life is bleeding
couldn’t stand the pain
so I picked a time to tell myself a lie
don't want to see another face
and it left a hole in my heart
no one else could ever tell
when I'm back on my feet
i’ll just keep dancing
i’ll be drowning by myself
through the holes in my roof
as I walk backwards
to where I came from
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8. |
doing fine so far
04:21
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i have a taste for destruction
and just one good move
when I'm laughing
when I'm lying here on this floor
then I say
could you please stop this ache
and i am a liar too
this can't be love
like no one has loved
when we met someone last night
and then we all said
oh oh
but it's not love
oh no it’s just a reaction
as I lay here on this floor
just too lonely to wake
touch my face
and go back for my bones
just a moment to remember
one more moment to forget
i look at you
and the color's almost too bright and blue
i look at you
and the color’s almost too long
i don’t know where I’m going to
but I’m doing fine so far
you can wear your shirt
to cover a broken heart
the danger that’s in you
is far away In the sky
everything is wrong
in this world it’s not so easy
when everybody’s crying
babies like you
are only brought up to die
i’m holding a place
where there is nothing wrong
but it's not love
oh no it’s just a reaction
as I lay here on this floor
just too lonely to wake
touch my face
and go back for my bones
just a moment to remember
one more moment to forget
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9. |
house on earth
05:01
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she wore an unmade prayer
tender words that would reach the heavens
the wind touched her face
i never worshiped such a sacred thing
i watched the sunrise get bright
all around me someone watching
feeling like I’m in on the right side
all around me and by yourself
i hear someone whisper
death is like lying in a meadow
there's a house on earth
where everything is blue
there's a magic rising
in the sky above
though my heart is sad
my soul keeps singing
sound of light shining through
in the colors all around me
sing the bells of love
and the voice of shadows
i met myself down across the way
thinking i was nowhere else
cause the streets were blind
so I left that place behind
no way to know
if I've been depressed
or maybe just in love
wish I could go back
just for one more day
and find emotion in my veins
there's a house on earth
where everything is blue
there's a magic rising
in the sky above
though my heart is sad
my soul keeps singing
sound of light shining through
in the colors all around me
sing the bells of love
and the voice of shadows
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10. |
gone tomorrow
04:56
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I see the ocean
I see the trees of green
i watch the clouds as they sadly fall
the moon above my head
it holds the colour of the night
in the stillness of my eyes there’s a child
a heart so strong and free
my longing for what is meant for me
the clouds look full of fire
and the sun begins to shine
it’s here i know that i should stay
but i’ll be gone tomorrow
another day
another heart is broken
another night
another cloud has yet to fall
i want to be with you
i want to lift your heart
just to watch you smile
i want this just for you
new born from earth and water
when you dream there is nothing to do
when you dream there is nothing to say
when you dream there is only the water
and the sky will be blue
the universe is full of angels
their shelter is the moon
with the stars on fire
sent from above the heavens
and the angels from below
of thunder and rain
they're storming through the open
I stand with my head on down
and in comes the sun
a new born king
born in the same world
knocking me into your arms again
the sound behind the tear
and the laughter of love
another day
another heart is broken
another night
another cloud has yet to fall
i want to be with you
i want to lift your heart
just to watch you smile
i want this just for you
new born from earth and water
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11. |
always in the dark
04:11
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in a crowded room
on the corner just a face
we were slowly disappearing
when the sun must have come
wash away the evening moon
cause it was shining everywhere
in my mouth I could taste
the ship was leaving
the reason I was staying
i could not say
and i don't care
cause you’re still here
i was always in the dark
like a leaf in the storm
and if that's not enough
just spin me around
drowning in a puddle of rain
and the truth is like a tear
my heart will be broken
love will be waiting
it fell into my pocket
and i won't let it go
it seems there'll never be
someone else to set me free
i was never the same
too cold for words
too shy to ask for help
the world was never the same
had a terrible face in every eye
stars beating round my head
and the sheets I lay upon
had a terrible bridge in every spasm
if you look for your own reflection
it's inside of you
it's on the grave
the greatest pain is truth
it's all beyond words
all over every chord
the colours run deep
the lines are under dog muscles
all over my feet
I'm looking for an empire
i was always in the dark
like a leaf in the storm
and if that's not enough
just spin me around
drowning in a puddle of rain
and the truth is like a tear
my heart will be broken
love will be waiting
it fell into my pocket
and i won't let it go
it seems there'll never be
someone else to set me free
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12. |
ordinary day
04:30
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i found this face on my doorstep
monkey hair low voice… pencils I could use
could never understand the sadness
it's just another day an ordinary day
i tried to remember
and it wasn’t quite the same
maybe there were a few cracks
where they pulled out and touched the sky
or maybe there were lots of cracks
in the road that took my mark
it's not goodbye
when you're feeling all alone again
a stranger looks you in the eye
i don’t know what I was looking for
but i never found it
I never… never found it
just beyond that rainbow
there’s a deep dark hole
so here it is beside the sun
eyes were stolen and left a spark
the dawn was broken
there were hours between us
dreaming of new things
there was never any greater than this
falling away with your face beside me
your faded smile it beckons
and I was choking inside
that clock on the wall
cannot stop me i’m losing my mind
i want a future
a song of broken
i didn’t know what I was looking for
but i never found it
just beyond that rainbow
there’s a deep dark hole
i didn’t know what I was looking for
but i never found it
just beyond that rainbow
there’s a deep dark hole
a deep dark hole
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13. |
cold glass mirror
05:12
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took my time in the belly of the rat
I saw it all and I found out
who we all were i could see
were you a man dressed as a fool
out of all the two hundred nails
rip this up and steal that
we'll see you on the moon
see this gleaming innocence
upon your pillow past
upon the cold glass mirror
this life comes back to you
this is really something new
it’s really something old
when they see your face under dirt
there's nothing left to do
tears of joy aren’t there
your life is like a prisoner
in the deepest cage
the greatest pain has been found in the garden
so now you're on your own
in all the streets they're laughing
so now you're shaking
your face smiles and your fingers sour
you're paralyzed
as the tears from your eyes
rising up from the hurt inside
their voices vomit wretched lies
egyptian fire on a frosted shore
it was eating it's own breath
we were raised we learned
to speak with the keys of desire
learned how to taste what bleeds
with silent words of fire
and roses everywhere
the greatest pain has been found in the garden
so now you're on your own
in all the streets they're laughing
so now you're shaking
your face smiles and your fingers sour
you're paralyzed
as the tears from your eyes
rising up from the hurt inside
their voices vomit wretched lies
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14. |
broken sky
04:53
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i looked
at my reflection
in the rain
i didn't think
of listening
but as they would disappear
and here they are
without a hope
their lives went that way
who do you think you are?
and who you decided to be?
In your little breath
I say look where you come from
my mirror won't let me be
once I had a dream
i lived by the ocean sounds
and when the earth was void
shadows on the windows
i would climb the chandelier
alone across the hallways
oh the falling star
the moon rose above me
with the broken sky beyond
i hungered for the darkness
the tearing of its heart
becoming with time
i found the love
i left behind
in the icy waters
just below
i felt the anger
and the pain
the icy flows
from my veins
i knew the boundless change
would be swept away
saw my reflection in a crowd
I thought about tearing it down
so I looked around
and down the avenue
saw the eyes locked into my veins
once had a dream
i lived by the ocean sounds
and when the earth was void
shadows on the windows
i would climb the chandelier
alone across the hallways
oh the falling star
the moon rose above me
with the broken sky beyond
i hungered for the darkness
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tone drop is textural electronics, electro-acoustic composition, and song forms by g.e. stinson.
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