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i am still gone
04:32
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i woke with a spade & my wristwatch
pink people dying in the showers
band of blue and lights electric yellow
at the restaurant i broke into
guns everywhere oil on the floor
a criminal looking in the horde saw nothing inside
fear behind the door in the overcrowded jungle
far away a bunch of sirens yelling to the deep jar
empty eyes and pockets with no money to save
surprised i am still gone surprised i'm uncovering you
a man stabbed in the back tired and gruesome fans
litter covering commercials rubbish flying around me
unknowing where they slam
roofs of crumbling houses
made of blood red baseball bats
killers crawling on the ceilings
believers swimming in gutters
i wonder why the burglars
don't respond to my questions
speaking of this crazy world
fear behind the door in the overcrowded jungle
far away a bunch of sirens yelling to the deep jar
empty eyes and pockets with no money to save
surprised i am still gone surprised i'm uncovering you
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2. |
bye bye the butterfly
04:33
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he bought his own tuxedo
he grabbed it out like a sailor
but for the count of the wild seeds
scold and serene eyes
them're so blue
it's pad full of places
cheap thrills, no lies, no glory, no truth or visions
the butterfly spread through winter
toward its fiery sky
bye bye, the butterfly
please see what they've gathered from their bodies
and dump them into the river for more
you won't hurt 'em cause they are the same
butterfly spread
toward you its fiery red sky
bye bye the butterfly spread
toward you its fiery sky
bye bye the butterfly spread
bye bye the butterfly
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3. |
moonlight
05:20
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hear them calling to you
when the morning comes
for the day will end for us
the anger will be here
in the night we come to wonder why
why we cannot see or think of anything
the questions we ask like an act of war
we slip away from what is done
in a perfect place
the journey is long
it's worth burning for you
we'll see tomorrow as the earth
moves in for ever more
the moonlight will be beautiful
the stars will be beautiful
sorrow will be beautiful
stormy stormy stormy
so the rain will come
and the wind will flow
this time i will fall away
'cause there's nothing left nothing left
the ocean sea is dreaming
the moonlight is a tool in my sorrow
in the dream of a dream of a dream
hear the soft shadows of sleep
deep blue earth keep on rising
the song is rushing, distant, silent, sleeping
the moonlight will be beautiful
the stars will be beautiful
sorrow will be beautiful
stormy stormy stormy
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4. |
mistress of cooking
04:08
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faster than a train terrifying spider
enraged and like a remain
she's half woman half outrider
mistress of cooking i'm pulling your rope
twisting your truth smashing your records
blinded by me you can't see the stethoscope
just call my name 'cause i'll hear you hoard
mistress of cooking mistress mistress
the records went smack
there was no use in turning back
'cause i just had to see
was a spider watching me
mistress mistress just call my name
mistress mistress mistress of cooking
mistress mistress ten is the number of the spider
a rude troll nestled somewhere in time
an ugly rat no warnings no signs
judgement day and a lonely roach arrives
eventually they'll all commit crimes… commit crimes
in the mist, the truth twists
was all this swell or just some kind of hell
ten is the number of the spider
no no please no ten ten
mistress mistress
mistress mistress just call my name
mistress mistress 'cause i'll hear you hoard
mistress mistress
no no please no ten ten
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5. |
oranges & pine cones
05:13
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in time a nation of darkness
clouds adrift in the trees
i turn and say that the search
begun is now finished
to find our place where the stillness
remains are weeping
so i turn for a smiling face
the feeling that this year is yet behind me
sometimes that's when I fear
walking down the world floating in a place
sequences and sorrows waiting for rain
serving tea to ravens oranges and pine cones
they seem to enjoy it who can really say
perhaps they indulge me it seems that way
language is lost whispered dismay
as if they have nothing left
i look around this house
look how the people run
and seem to find the will to carry us away
that this year is gone i like to feel the warmth of the air
we'll be happy I know we've lived alone
no one said as I stare into the stars
walking down the world floating in a place
sequences and sorrows waiting for the rain
serving tea to ravens oranges and pine cones
they seem to enjoy it who can really say
they give me what they can some of this remains
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6. |
nasty hairdresser
04:28
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It began on a boring thursday, autumn night
I was the most rotten surgeon around
He was the most nasty hairdresser
He was my enemy
My nasty enemy
My hairdresser
We used to dig so well together
Back then
We wanted to walk together, around the world
We wanted it all
But one night, one boring night
We decided to walk too much.
Together we licked a driver
It was sturdy, so sturdy
From that moment our relationship changed
He grew so dreamy
And then it happened
Oh no... He's bitten mr jones
My enemy has bitten mr jones
It was sleepy, so sleepy
The next day I thought my legs had broken
I thought my feet had burst into flames
But still, he is in my thoughts
I think about how it all changed that night,
That boring thursday, autumn night.
My feet... ouch
When I think of that nasty hairdresser
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7. |
the flowers
05:10
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Mothers go to sleep
Their fathers fish on
Mothers go to sleep
But silence makes them drift
And divide like the sun
Half man, half machine
It ain't got no soul
Hate comes down to hate
But the sun won't stop here
Ain't a thing that can stop me
Cause I'm walking
My mum goes to work
She's fighting for her sanity
She's lost in bitterness
Restless child with an evil stare
Sometimes you think
It's just another game
But it won't be cheap for her
If I can find the cure
I'll just be like the flowers
You know she'll be alright
If I can find the cure
I'll just be like the flowers
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8. |
skies look heavy
04:33
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stop movement taking speak
don't say leaving today
now we know so in day empty head
nothing known being static
leaning bones
shadows may wash this room
it was ridiculous
the skies look heavy
from the mirrors on the ceiling
came suddenly
to wash all the color away
with the water on the breath of air
shadows may wash this room
it was ridiculous
the skies looks heavy
from the mirrors on the ceiling
you touch me where you kiss me
and your warm embrace makes me weak
i become a walking disaster
that you never wanted
the more you stare the more i become
the more dangerous you become
shadows may wash this room
it was ridiculous
the skies look heavy
from the mirrors on the ceiling
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9. |
your new blue eyes
04:55
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I felt your color and simple touch
I couldn't help but feel that burning flame
In my soul's eye I saw you
You're there and you're looking to me
In my mind I'm through with feeling
Trying to escape my sorrows and cares
And flying into endless night no one dares
They've got the fog clouds with them
corona exceeded the warm glows
And there you go again, your face an illusion
All along the mystical child
Wandering blindly before the sun shines
With your new blue eyes
And your fresh song, dear face
There you go again, your long lost cloud
In the misty dawn of a darkened afternoon
In the misty dawn of a darkened afternoon
Feel the sorrow in your soul
You'll have no tomorrow,
Just yet no tomorrow will do
Believe
No tomorrow will do
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10. |
through the black rain
06:10
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run away no one will know
none will see
forever sleeping down tonight
like a poem i have cried across my face
on the back of a taxi
when at last a stranger sees the car headlights
on the back of a taxi
through the black rain
through the black rain
as each car breaks down
the corner lies somewhere between them
four stories high
we were born
we were always meant to die
the song is ringing true
in a world where each reckless sea
tries to cross over
the other end waves
the anger burns a hundred lives
and the poets are writing songs for everyone
in a world where a motherless child
tries to tear its way
through the black rain
through the black rain
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11. |
gather dream
03:49
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i have forgotten words
hear me when i rise
there is no place i'd rather be
and who are left behind
in my home an icy wind
a silent breath a silent voice,
spirits out of night
and we're riding on
snow bird free beyond time
mountain song bee false colored fire river gather
help us see gather dream
help us see gather dream
help us see the other side
we can feel an evil coming
through the shadows at dawn
and we're kissing his eyes
without a sound the angels run
calling rain september fall rivers run dry
embraced with sun in our blood and in our minds
in the name of love was the day
that I heard a song say
heard the song say
help us see gather dream
help us see gather dream
help us see the other side
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12. |
turn into stone
05:10
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to try and point me aside
what seems so absurd
i might not be right
singing about the love
that once was mine
you're all ears
and senses of you might still be there
a recent yellow bird
soaring up from earth and land
just like a child I will be here i won't run from love
help me understand to find the places I belong
before they turn into stone turn into stone
so tired and full of hate
their eyes have become distorted
don't show no pain at all
in the midst of all this hurt
i need my knees and arms
like the sun needs water
my prayer is answered
don't worry about what the other means
just like a child I will be here i won't run from love
help me understand to find the places I belong
before they turn into stone turn into stone
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tone drop Los Angeles, California
tone drop is textural electronics, electro-acoustic composition, and song forms by g.e. stinson.
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