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Fist Full of Tacos
04:28
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It's not my choice, it's not my freedom
Don't take my voice underground
Once upon a time, in a land not far away
We the chance to change our minds
We had the time to play
You could choose red, and maybe I could take blue
We would trade them back and forth at will
We would eve share them too
I can't believe this is the end
And here I grieve, nigh, spellbound
The world has shifted, and fallen on its side
Afraid to walk outside our homes
Afraid of what we'll find
So many choices disappear inside a broken year
So many people turn away no matter what they hear
It's not my choice, it's not my freedom
Don't take my voice underground
I can't believe this is the end
And here I grieve, nigh, spellbound
We held the future in our hands, and maybe it will last
The challenges that we face today are different from the past
I stand outside the windows to break the status quo
It's a simple passionate request to, please, fulfill before I go
It is my choice, it is my freedom
I'll raise my voice to hear the sound
Please give to me what I require
My border run, my battleground
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Valley of the Wind
04:23
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The trees in the night cover up all our shame
Descend through the air like a moth to a flame
The sky fades away as I take all the blame
For the poison you spread as you staked your claim
How can I breathe through all of this pain?
Filled to the brim with all this disdain?
Where can we go to escape all we made?
Afraid to being to clean up all our sins
The dust that we breathe begins to degrade
The life that we saved that's submerged in the waves
The trees hold the key, or so I've been told
The stories of old lead us back to the light
The clouds dissipate and reveal all the blight
We have to take back what we can in Sunlight
How can I breathe? The toxins expand
How can I see when the air turns to sand
How can I breathe if I don't take a stand?
The soot fills the air and covers the land
Where can we go if we don't look ahead?
The life that we know will continue to spread
But not in the way that we thought it would be
It turns to the side in a way we can't see
It breaks down the walls and we are the debris
It takes what we shred and continues to breathe
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3. |
UnEarthly Child
04:10
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A bleak and sterile room with eyes to bid my time
Alone, and not alone. A vacant pantomime
I remember a field and a stream and a haunting white light
I could float above trees in a dream in the darkest of night
And the wind cut a path like a beam at a frightening height
And my eyes formed a taciturn scream
This isn't real. No. It's not real
I wonder if they know. Do they miss me down below?
Has this become my home? Not another chance to roam
Can the stars take the place of sand underneath the Moonlight?
Now there's ether instead of the land, a bewildering sight
And then something soft touches my hand and a gentle invite
And it hopes I can now understand
This is real. Can't you feel it? Time to reveal the dream I have for you
I am home. I am human. All I am I will reveal to you
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Familiar
04:15
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Alone, on the edge of a knife, I feed upon the coming dawn
A stone tied around my neck, I guess I'm just another broken pawn
I dance to someone else's drum, another puppet and a set of strings
A chance to break out on my own, even when the lonely caged bird sings
And should I find a path away from you, I'll run
The Sun and the Moon and the stars may be yours, but to me, you are oblivion
Tick tock, the pace of the clock has me living like the walking dead
I'll talk to the Ferryman as I descend through the riverbed
The days I spend in your kingdom are soon coming to an end
The nights that I almost succumb are the days that I can transcend
When I find the path that leads me back to you
I'll take apart everything you have and feed it to you, one by one
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Where should I go to take you away?
And who should I be to save you today?
The world spins alone, or so we've been told
A Goldilocks Zone, a sight to behold
They came from afar to hide underground
With lightning they strike at all they have found
We're upside down
How can we skirt this battleground?
Why are they here infecting our lives?
How can we thrive when our worlds collide?
The top minds on Earth will now analyze
The prime course to take to see the Sunrise
We hide underground so they can not see
The lives we are saving for you and for me
How can we keep this colony from adversity?
And if I should fall while saving the day
I'll rise up again and enter the fray
The world is alive, defending itself
We're along for the ride, a journey through Hell
The toxins down here will save most of us
The world is alive and most treacherous
And now that we know the we're not alone
We know more will come for our Goldilocks Zone
Without a chaperone
The streets are overgrown with the seeds they've sown
They broke my telephone and now I am all alone
I'll face this milestone and enter the Unknown
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6. |
Soul Jam 3
04:32
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Baby, I wonder if you'll fall beneath me
Maybe, I wonder if you'll break my heart
Over and under, to another galaxy
Maybe I'll tear you apart
Is there any reason that you roll your eyes at me?
Any other reason then I foiled your start?
In another season you'll claim my blasphemy
And I'll take you apart
After I change my ways, will you take a swing at me?
Every other stranger says you'll steal my art
Maybe I'll arrange a stay in a sanctuary
As your cool counterpart
Is there a trap door to escape your fantasy?
As a conspirator, I'm all about the nines
Maybe I'll explore a new mythology
So the stars can align
When they come after me, and they will come after me
Tell them you don't know me, and you'll be fine
They'll never catch me, I spread my anarchy
And my stars will outshine
Baby, there's nothing that you haven't said to me
Maybe there's a reason I stole your heart
Over and back again, to another galaxy
Now it's time to depart
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Fragile Asylum
03:12
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Cellar dweller, fortune teller, candy coated corner of my brain
City feller, and interstellar, a chance to save an ordinary reign
Circumstance arise and waste a tribal dance on a frozen refrain
At first glance, extravagance, break it down again and again
Super soaker, freaky toker, a carousel to treat the insane
Diamond choker, a pawn-broker, and dynamite to light the propane
Rearrange the terms and take control again- celebration times ten
Is it strange to be deranged? A human hurricane
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El Gato de Diablo
03:41
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The roads I walk, I walk alone
Into the dark and the unknown
The landscape paints a monotone
And for my life, I will atone
The kingdoms fall, they're overthrown
The seas will boil and turn to stone
The roads will split, the Moon has shown
Into the day, I'll walk alone
The cities fade, they're overgrown
The groves return, a cornerstone
I can't take back the seeds I've sown
And so today I walk alone
Time turned into a grindstone
It wears away all that I've know
It tans my skin and dries my bones
And still I'm forced to walk alone
The roads I walk, I walk alone
Into the dark and the unknown
The landscape paints a monotone
And for my life, I will atone
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The Fallen (In Chains)
03:49
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It towers above you to take away your throne
The shadow reminds you of every wrong you need to atone
And the fire beneath your feet, well it fails to keep you warm
Do you tire of trying to keep your failures hidden from the coming storm?
The ramparts are broken and the walls have turned to dust
The Sisters have spoken as your eyes begin to rust
There are no answer here until you turn your mind within
The dungeons will fade away when you answer for your sins
Your kingdom is empty, not a soul has left a trace
The Realm has turned on you as you forge your fall from grace
The Gloaming has faded as the dusk turns into night
The memory of you will wane in the glow of the Moonlight
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Lightspeed
03:56
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How do I identify the one who knows the way to go
Under the Sun and dirty Moon?
Is there something I can do for you?
Clarify a simple truth, that will do
Double down on a plan to deny that we ever saw the signs to Berlin
As we hide in the shade from the ones who made us
Farewell to the kings that bind us
A requiem for the fools that find us
Run when we can and we hide when the stalkers get too near
And we'll fear that the hounds catch a scent when we are spent
And we're hiding underground, hidden lair in Bucharest
Dissidents who will test the established order
Are you able to believe in me?
Take a chance on something new, symmetry
Take the path on the left of the old oak tree, and we'll find amnesty
As we run through the shade from the ones who made us
Farewell to the kings that bind us
A requiem for the fools who find us
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Holy Avatar
03:11
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Would you fall into another one of my charms?
Could I crawl into the alluring strength of your arms?
Should we take the time to dance around the world?
We could prove to them that our time in curved
Here on Earth, you only get the one chance
You can walk the walk and maybe enter in a trance
There are devils here trying to find some romance
They're only angels who have finally learned to dance
Would you like to drink the stars?
I could take you to an Otherworldly bizaar
We could float away and see the Earth from afar
Angels dance in place as demons jam on guitars
There are humans here that never get what they deserve
You aren't failing life, you're just behind the curve
Instead of falling down over who you should serve
Learn to live your life before it takes a turn
I know where Heaven keeps all the best caviar
And you know Hell has all the great bars
Somewhere in between, a vintage motorcar
We can have a drink and maybe play the sitar
Dimestore passages make up our repertoire
Lead the sheep away with a broken seminar
Fill their heads with glee, a Holy Avatar
Nothing changes here, let's find a new sandbar
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12. |
Lorraine
01:50
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If you run into Lorraine
Please ask her to explain
Why she broke my heart in two
Why she took her love from me
Remains a mystery
I don't know what to do
Was she sad? Was she mad?
Or maybe I was just a passing fad?
Does she know? Does she care?
I swear it's not about my underwear
When I look into the sky
I begin to wonder why
She left without saying adieu
If you run into Lorraine
Please ask her to explain
What the hell I'm supposed to do
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The Forest is Silent
04:46
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So, I woke up at 3am, and started walking down the street.
Why I had slept in the street was beyond me, but, there you go.
It was dark. It was cold. And I was sweating.
As I ambled my way down the street, I came across a man, talking, to a wall.
Now, the wall didn't have much to say in return, but what it did say was intriguing.
It said: "Don't be surprised if you get tripped up by a crack under your feet."
And before I fell, I looked down and noticed that the crack was in the wall.
When I opened my eyes, all I could see was green.
Well, green and brown. And then a flash of light blue.
I could smell salads and bark, dank and woody and peanuts. And salt too.
I was in a bush.
I tried to blink the haze out of my head, as a distant crescendo of waves, crashing against sand, whispered in my ear. Big waves.
And in between, silence.
I look inwards and hear wind, feel it pushing against my entire body.
I see flashes of blue and white and something extraordinarily large rushing at me. Something green.
The images stop and there is nothing.
I crawl towards the crashing of waves.
My eyes are starting to focus, which only helps me realize that the plant-life is thinning out, and the dirt is turning into an orange and gritty sand.
Using a dead branch as a crutch, I struggle to my feet.
Behind me, the forest is silent.
I trudge towards a widening blue sky, and beneath it, a bluer sea.
Something floats across my line of sight, something out over the water, and there is a brilliant explosion of color and light.
And then darkness.
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Parasite
03:28
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I walk the road at night
Between the dark and light
I'm not a parasite
I seek the afterlife
As long as I run to you
I can throw away my anger and fear
As far as I ever knew
You'd find a way to disappear
You hide in the twilight
Holding a Holy Knife
To stay my appetite
You'd never be my wife
As long as you hide away
I'll thrive upon your anger and fear
The light breaks a brand new day
And burns away my new frontier
As long as my memory serves
You'd run and you'd hide and you'd play cavalier
I hide my humanity
It tangles and writhes and is most insincere
I walk the road at night
Between the dark and light
I'm not a parasite
I seek the afterlife
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15. |
Walking
03:06
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Hush. I'll be fine. It's not like yesterday
Don't cry for me. Don't raise your hands and wonder why?
I can wander through the world and never find a resting place
And that should save the day
Don't look for me in the rain
Don't try to understand
Hello. I will be with you, hidden in your mind
Don't look for me, I can look out through your eyes
I will keep you company with a smile and a thought
I will help you find your way
I am standing in the rain
I am drifting through the stars with you
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SoulJam2
04:38
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Would you like to go for a ride?
I can show you something new
Something out of the blue
Would you like to see me fly?
Would you like to see me try? And fail?
I can take you places you've never seen
Eat exotic cuisine
Watch a waterfall of indigo from a quaint bungalow
Take this heart of gold into the stars
Look for something bizarre, an absurdity
Should we ask our friends to tag along?
Maybe they can encourage us
There's a lot of chaos to inspire- the galaxy is on fire
There are infinite improbabilities
Can we take one home? Maybe. Wait and see
Was it home we were looking for?
Look who just washed ashore
Find escape in something familiar, history to secure
There are places that we've never been to
Here at home, let's take a chance and see
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The Bronze Horsemen hell, Michigan
The Bronze Horsemen are Eric and Brad. They play music. A lot. More bio (degradeable) info to follow...
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