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What the Sky Needs
02:48
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Glass sky as morning forms its thoughts to end your dream
Dead tired and sounding out what could the ending mean
Could it be the plan has failed you
Could you fall toward an ancient home you've known
Guess what the sky needs when the light has died
To feel it owes you closure, clouds to hide what's over
Sun's high and glowing white, it blurs to end this scene
Disguised the darkest rain which seems to wash you clean
Could it bend the space inside you
Could you maybe keep a promise that the light could not
Guess what the sky needs when the light has died
To feel it owes you closure, clouds to hide what's over
Waiting on the waning dawn like telling our sun not to glow
Countless choices I have made have left me no other way out
Guess what the sky needs when the light has died
To feel it owes you closure, clouds to hide what's over
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Violet Fascinator
02:41
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Look through me quickly and tell me you know I'm about half a ghost
We clipped through the wall of your room and turned into memories
I'd never seen the magic die, the cat stopped reading my mind
The curses turned to paper ties, the cauldron only sighed
I'm so distressed that I'm calling things your name
I guess these absent slips are a stupid kind of praise
Above her head a side quest marker, she's standing out in the rain
Vaporwave the way she walks and she can't stop tracing her name in my quest log
I'm so distressed that I'm calling things your name
Unconscious gestures, a stupid kind of praise
Shameless DLC with some strange fascinator
All my instincts say it's best this way
White cotton twine
Some sequins and a car coat
Faint scent of violet or rose
Hope we can laugh about the writing on the wall
If it gets too absurd I trust that i can take you at your word
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Picture of Youth
03:46
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Looking back on years misused
What once was distant is now too soon
'Cause thinking backward you close your eyes
Water's shallow and time is at low tide
What's your life if not absurd
Certain death lived in reverse
'Cause holding tightly to base desire
You sense it's empty and wonder what for
Let it ring hollow, let it summon you
See your fate and future coming into view
Cut it slowly, let it bleed its truth
Give it time to die, let it be renewed
Close up to you, picture of youth
Said it's lonely knowing you
What's the song without the verse
In your eyes, a universe
Your stained glass chains soaked in holy light
Words too empty to warm you through the night
Cut it slowly, let it bleed its truth
Give it time to die, let it be renewed
Close up to you, picture of youth
I said it's lonely now, but only around you
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Controls the Mind
02:13
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Question for you, what's on your mind?
What left you nearly dead and begging for the light
Don't need a fortune to tell you that
When this distraction sucks all the time you had
Next question set before you, let's say you're right
How will you set your sights or settle for the prize
Don't need a fortune to tell you that
When this distraction sucks all the time you had
Don't need a fortune to tell you that
When this distraction sucks all the time you had
What makes you so sure that you're not in love
Or that the heart controls the mind?
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5. |
All News to Me
03:17
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The tired lights are dancing between the sky and sea
From seeds that scatter away, it's all news to me
Takes plants and life to make honey if you're doing it right
But time will haunt you with new eyes, horrified
What's wrong or right I can't say, but now I'm noticing
Pine trees and life that sways, it's all news to me
Make plans or don't for me honey, let the patterns align
But time will haunt you with new eyes, horrified
Connect to me independently
Connect to me
Learning to breathe easy and it's alright
The fireflies are dancing between the sky and sea
The world and all I see, it's all news to me
Can't ask for clouds to be sunny or canyons to rise
But time will haunt you with new eyes, horrified
Connect to me independently
Connect to me
Learning to breathe easy and it's alright
Ancient voices known to the sea
Clouds and crows, it's all news to me
Touch of gold and tenderness guaranteed
Not by choice it's all news to me
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6. |
The Ballad of David Icke
02:02
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The secret rulers of the world
They have stolen my girl
They whisked her away in a black limousine
And that was the last of her I'd ever see
'Cause they knew that her heart was the purest of pure
Through unbearable suffering she would endure
When she told of the lies and the hatred they spread
And how blood of blind children was used in their bread
So she opened her mouth to the cold lizard tongue
That was speaking in code of the work to be done
To be sure that the truthful are made to look mad
And the starving fed ashes, for which they are glad
'Cause her brain was a camera, they just had to look
And they sensed she was wise from the pictures she took
Which were not unlike anything you've ever seen
To be drowning in honey, awake in a dream
'Cause her brain was a camera, they just had to look
And they sensed she was wise from the pictures she took
Which were not unlike anything you've ever seen
To be drowning in honey, awake in a dream
The secret rulers of the world
They have stolen my girl
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Flatter Me
02:24
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Your hand up to my mouth, I have to taste the potion
So you won't question my intentions and devotion
And it's supposed to matter or surely it will soon
Your full moon shatters my stained glass afternoons
A funny private sermon delivered on my screen
It's obvious we're learning what this thing means
And it's supposed to matter or surely it will soon
Your full moon shatters my stained glass afternoons
The blur of highway lights smudges a fetid hive
Of lunacy on sun-bleached signs, prizes for promised acolytes
When the floodgates open the tides reverse the moon
And I fear these feelings that don't exist will soon
When your magic fails to break the spell
I know what you'll say just to flatter me
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8. |
Some Dream
03:01
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It's all white noise and fever dreams
Through static starts to feel something
Moving frightfully in the open with something to prove
My only aim is to follow you for a while
Get upset or talk you down now
Postcard signed from the borderline but it's over
One omen, one I could read for you
And all this time I…
I could tell you i'm tired of being free
Some dream…
For all my faults, I've got the time to wind you up
And tear you down before you can decide
Cold sigh implied that the heart is frightened
You wouldn't ever hurry, now it's to the wire
I wanted to come running
To tell you the truth I'm tired of being free from all of your charms
Amulets and precious stones
Thunderclouds, life avowed, and lingering doubts
It's all white noise and fever dreams
Through static starts to feel something
Moving frightfully in the open with nothing to lose
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As Sure as Fall
03:27
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An echo like the scent of air outside
These fragrant satellites orbiting around your eyes
Let the ground decide what's left to burn
Call your only friend
Your only living medicine
Why are you out tonight
Forever lonely, roaming
It's getting colder outside
She said, "Leave and don't let me know"
As sure as fall
Just try not to think about it all
A nameless kite floating in the wind
A force of night to overturn your mind and soul
As you know
You're not the only one
Some things just must be done to you
To rob you of lives and dreams you can't unsee
It's getting colder outside
She said, "Leave and don't let me know"
As sure as fall
Just try not to think about it all
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10. |
Content Warning Club
02:33
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Content warning club
Raining morning doves
Golden ratio
Honey's first rodeo
The first time we saw this last scene
We cried, barely floating with flailing wings
I had to finally unplug
Hundreds of days of bad luck
Breaks my heart to say, some things just don't go away
What's wrong? I know you can breathe
I'm sure you see, the plant can't return to its seed
Breaks my heart to say, some things just don't go away
And in the end the knife's not at your throat
But someone's left holding the rope
Constant warnings of divine proportions
Breaks my heart to know, there's some things you can't let go
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I Can't Complain
04:22
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Ends this way too often
Heard your voice through time
Words that start to move you closer to the light
It's barely a sign
Nothing left to offer
Gentle as the tide
Hopes that sink like coffins
Dimes over your eyes in time to choose sides
Ends this way too often
Colder than the night
A million prayers for nothing floating toward the light dissolve in the sky
Nothing seems to ring true
Not to be unkind
Words will start to leave you
Fading from your mind and backward in time
Not to ask too often
Heard your voice through time
Words that seem to bring you closer to the light
It's barely my life
Nothing left to offer
Gentle as the tide
Hopes that sink like coffins
Dimes over your eyes in time to choose sides
Ends this way too often
Colder than the night
A million prayers for nothing floating toward the light dissolve in the sky
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