1. |
Harbour for Your Courage
04:28
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many broken pilgrims search the sea
temporary vessels, tattered sails and busted reeds
hearts are getting heavy
arms are flailing
time is over, time will cease
into the belly
harbour for your courage
enter turmoil, there's a bottle for your peace
hold on to me
caress this bounty
together we are pearl
we misplace our splendor for our suffering
captain one and all
followed down with every ship
waste becomes our treasure
when our pride is overthrown
for our love
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2. |
Cats and Birds
02:21
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come home
cats and birds
your family is waiting
come home
cats and birds
your mother is crying
it's raining and hailing
don't fight
cats and birds
there's plenty of food
come home
cats and birds
your mother is hurting
the table is empty
and we need you
cats and birds
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3. |
Notes of Green
04:06
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i take a dive into plenty of space
and i know somehow i will land
you worry what be of your dull symphony
patience my friend, it's at hand
it's gold
so why must i see the relative brightness
don't hold back these notes of green
shall i color the walls
a clear liquid sound
i know you can't see it
by god you can hear it
something that needs to be heard
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4. |
Words of Comfort
04:00
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you melted yourself to a puddle on the floor
the high's not as good if there's nothing inside anymore
and life gets pretty small when you get lost in the bowl
you're better than that son, i've seen your soul
close your legs girl, it doesn't suit your face
you're an angel, slowly falling from grace
well there's nothing i can do if you don't care anymore
you're better than that love, i've seen your soul
you made some mistakes and now you hide in the dark
you're too afraid of the goodness in your heart
but i know you'll overcome, i've seen your soul
you might be broken up but you're a piece to a bigger whole
you once wore the crown but your kingdom has crumbled to dust
the cumbersome words of comfort are beyond your trust
and even in your dreams you're a fool, you know you'll wake up
you know you gotta do something but you don't know what
what are we for if we're not for someone else
if we're all alone, why should we love ourselves
well you know what i will say kid
i've seen your soul
i don't know what we are for
but i know it's better not to know
you might be broken up but you're a piece to a bigger whole
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5. |
Story Will Never Cease
03:37
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i will not weep
when you cease to speak i will breathe
and know that i'm breathing you in
i'll know that i'm breathing you in
you're in the wind
all your sins, all your hopes, all your dreams
every ounce of you wrapped around me
every ounce of you wrapped around me
you are a song
and a song that is yet to be
a burning that you couldn't keep
trapped behind this skin
you are great
greater than what was composed
your decomposition is bold
now the earth is a host for your soul
and you are free
and nothing is holding you in
you are taking the earth for a spin
every story you are within, you are within
and story
story will never cease
you grow and you grow and you grow
every inch of the world is a soul
every second you come and you go
every second you come and you go
our bodies have died
so that we can live thousands of lives
we have to sing out what's inside
we have to sing out what's inside
there is light
and a day is a place to begin
but the night does not signal our end
we turn over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again
and the story
story will never cease
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6. |
Dear Citizen
03:19
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dear citizen
if the music gets too loud
knock and kindly ask
and we can cool it down
dear citizen
don't call the cops on me
cause i can't afford the fee
dear citizen
i apologize
for parking in your spot
on your side of the street
if it means anything
please keep the letters coming
but don't be so condescending
there's no need to be
dear citizen
you're welcome anytime
please come over for coffee
dear citizen
we're not citizens at all
we are children in a sandbox
with handfuls of time
and we can get by
if i knock your castle over
i can help you build a new one
dear officer
take off your mask
you're not fooling anyone but yourself
with that badge
dear officer
you're the same as me
forget your false superiority
and please don't arrest me
dear officer this includes you
so all children of the universe with attitude sing
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7. |
You Don't Cry
03:46
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you don't cry anymore
you don't even bleed
before your heart dries up
you need a release
when your eyes have forgotten how to cry
and your ears only hear the destructive words
you're unable to develop the big picture in your head
when the pretty people tell you how to feel
you concede the fight before it has begun
you sacrifice your argumentative nature
you no longer hold your head up high with pride
when there is no cause worth fighting for
your grass has turned to straw, it's getting withered
you can't even feel the blisters on your feet
you're sly of heart, choking on your schemes
your pail of water's floating into steam
as you collapse, you say you're not the answer
but you don't believe the words you speak
you're hollowed out, a hole in home to foster
the love of yourself you put to sleep
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8. |
Trees
03:45
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so i filled the empty spaces
like the walls of a room
with images that take me away
to a world more enchanting and inviting
to my ideology
and my distracted frame of mind
cause the world's moving faster
and i'm stuck in one place
like a tree, with its purpose undefined
now becoming more defined
i see only love and beauty
i see leaving and returning as one in the same
still we speak metaphorically to give our troubled minds
the capacity to understand all sides
and somewhere, in this allegory wisdom
has a place for me to hide
while love and sound erases time
while love and sound erases
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9. |
The Record Is Repeating
05:23
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now that the hardest parts are over
can we still be friends
not like it's been
we are a phone off of the hook
a big misunderstanding
a left-in-the-dark
an unpleasant landing
maybe our time in the sand
is seedless and trapped
on opposite sides of the hourglass
we're busy with the hopelessly illogical construct
of friends between lovers
it never makes sense
cause there aren't any rules
only imperfect creatures
the sounds are getting stranger
i question if my senses are returning or endangered
i am an astronaut in space
and you are the equator
but it's you who is drifting
in and out of temptations
like addictions
fun to make light of
if and only if
we eventually shake them
so shake the world with me
like a snowglobe
the flakes can fall freely
we don't have to worry
how the puzzle is forming
until we are sure we have all the right pieces
you are the echo of a previous daydream
once i escaped i woke up to living
and to my surprise you were there listening
we were both playing music
strange for so long i had thought that my dreams
had considered you dead
now the record is repeating
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10. |
Bird
04:36
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stand back, do the countdown
five four three two one i'm taking off now
and you all look like ants
but you're not as strong as ants
and it's a bright day but i can't tell
there's a window but it's crystal and it's cracked in the middle
and everything looks like
it's a spider or a fly and i'm a bird
but i have no where to go
so i sing and it sounds pretty
to some but to others it just gets annoying
and they want me to shut up so they can get more sleep, but no
there's nothing you can do
i can sing all i want and i'm singing to you
and the words to this song are very meaningful
but you don't speak bird
if you lived here you would learn the language
and as time goes by you'll notice that there's more to what you'll see
it makes no difference, it's the same damn thing
and when they clip your arms you're no longer a scarecrow
you're a child, you're a pile of blindfolds
we fly, fly like bird fly, fly together, like a feather
think fast, here comes a hard one
in the form of fifty milliion smart bombs
just because you're underground
doesn't mean you're safe from harm
and i try to float on with a wing and a prayer
that goes out to anyone who's waiting
wanting to share
it's not a novel if you don't write it down anywhere
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