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March
00:58
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It's almost the same as it was
The moment before today but
Everything's different because
The world can just change in
The quickest of ways
I'm soon to be needing my toes
To keep track of all the dates
There's only one way time can go but
Still it stands still in my home
They're all in my phone
Together alone
It's strange to be knowing
I'm here in this time
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2. |
Rainy Day
02:16
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The camera is set on the world of today
The pallet is muted
The sky's cast with gray and
Smoke hovers over the floor
No one breathes anymore
We hold it in till we explode
And everyone's tired
We've all met our match
The theater's on fire
The bank's set to catch and
There's not much else left to say
It's a rainy day
Life stands on stilts and
Time only passes by slowly
I can't count the days anymore
It's like getting shot with a gun
But you don't hear it first and
It's only as bad as it gets but
It's never been worse and
Yesterday's gone but
Tomorrow's a long ways away
But still we exist in this time and this place
With stains on our backs and
A scar on our face and
Gas filling up in our cars but
We stay we are
Just feeling like strangers at home
And when the sun sets on
This world of today
Our cameras will follow it falling away but
Till then there's nothing to say
It's a rainy day
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3. |
Future's Book
03:23
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Crack a window take a breath and
Hold it in and remember how it feels
Lock it in and close it up and go down
So alone you'll be
Be inside a memory of
Everything and everyone you've ever loved
Here to stay in for a while
As the film unrolls its reel
It's only the beginning
Feel it as it comes
The floor is falling on the ceiling
Nowhere left to run
Empty closet look for cotton
With a scissor sew a future for yourself
Wise disguise of only eyes
You'll see it all unfold in time
Time of day is all the same
The walks and views of watching all the flowers bloom
Stick around to find the ground get hard and
Feel the air
Grow thin you will
Patience body trust and still
You can't go anywhere
Watching as you run the reel and
Realize the one you were you are you'll be
Grow it out and cut it off
Away from what you know is right
Write a letter clear instructions
Where to find what's been in your mind all these years
Black and blue and red and
Everything is everywhere
Be there soon
Try to get it back but you
You can't go anywhere
Understand you're walking through the
Sentences and paragraphs of future's book
Don't forget to take a breath and
Never let it out
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4. |
New Mirror
01:03
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I hung up a new mirror today
For the old one started fading away
When I looked into it yesterday
It showed a different face than mine
But when the glass materialized
All I could see was the surprise
Of a stranger's face and sunken eyes
Beside the bed I used to dream
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5. |
Everything Under the Sun
03:08
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Everything is black
Everything is white
I don't care anymore
It's all coming through my door
It's all spinning in my head
So I'll lie away in bed
Counting the days inside
Passing by
Just waiting on a dream
Can I move on
Can I go back
To the time of before
Of outstretched arms open doors
Outside days open minds
It'll return in time
After the flood goes by
Ships arrive
Just floating downstream
My head's feeling dead
My eyes are open wide
My ears cannot hear
My brain's not the same
It's done
And everything under the sun is
Exactly the same
Waking up and going around
With nothing to say
Only to sigh
When they reach the end of the day
I'm over it
Well something is lost
But something is gained and
I'm learning what for
Behind every front door
Beside every free mind is
A soul in their time
Feeling the light of day
In their way
Just taking in the scene
Still my head's feeling dead
Still my eyes are open wide
My ears just can't hear
My brain's forever changed
It's done
But everything under the sun
Has a rhyme and a name and
I'm here and
I'm finding the light in the gray and
I don't fear tomorrow or yesterday
I'm over it
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6. |
A Garden
02:20
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There is a garden where
The days grow long but
They never stray from
The weeds in the lawn and
The flowers all bloom but
The colors are wrong and
The bluejay is singing the sparrow's song
The sun always sets when
The morning begins so
Bulbs light the rows with
No radiation and
The grass feels like blades and
The dirt's made of tin and
The fence is held up by
A thin metal pin
Storms often brew over
The garden walls where the
Wind rips all through
The marigold halls and
The clouds will roll in but
The rain doesn't fall and
The lightning will flash but
The thunder won't call
In this garden, I stand and
I drift on by with
My eyes on the ground and
My head in the sky
My hour hand's broke yet
The minute hand flies and
The second hand idly resides behind
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7. |
There It Goes
01:48
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The moon will sink and
Trade places with the sun
Welcoming the world to
Another shining day but
After some few hours
All the light will turn and run and
I'll be there to see it fade away
People seem to come and go
As noon gives way to night and
I can't help but miss them all
I wish that they would stay
No matter what I say
They fall away and out of sight and
I'll be there to seem em fade away
There was a time I felt
The sun in it's place
With people I held close
As I traveled down my way
Now I can't recognize
The freckles on my face
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8. |
Cave
02:40
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9. |
Smoke
04:10
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Smoke's pouring in through the window
Glass is shattered across the floor
But there's a little space
Where the air is fine
A foot off the ground and
That's where you'll find me
Ants crawl in the cracks of the floorboards
Going about their busy day
They don't have a clue
Of the damage above
Just walking over glass and
Charging ahead for bread
Everybody looks like ants from down here
Even if I had a spaceman suit
Strong enough to fight the air of the moon and
I put the helmet on and
The shirt and the pants and
The sleeves and the shoes
I'd still be smelling smoke
I'd still be sweating strong
I'd want to run away
I wouldn't be today and
I wouldn't sleep tonight
One day the smoke will clear out
New window panes will frame the wall
But not today it won't
No it'll be quite a while of
Lying mouth faced up
Breathing the fresh clean air and
Letting atrophy
Slowly take hold of me
Or I could arch my back
A little more each day and
Find the air is fine and
Even if it kills me
I just wouldn't care at all
No I'd be quite alright
It's just going to take some long, long nights
To convince myself
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10. |
Cornered
01:21
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Don't get a dream tonight
They'll close in
Room is bleeding in white
Find a way out
They're hiding in the walls
They're filling up the air
I look and they're gone
Don't let it see the light
There's movement
Air is feeling so tight
I need a way out
I don't know where I am
I don't know how to be
I'm here and I'm gone
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11. |
Staying Inside Forever
03:01
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Here on this day I do declare
I won't be going anywhere
No I'll be staying inside forever
I'll see you soon
And when my mind begins to fade
My friends all stand outside and wave and
Though I'm grateful they're there
I have never felt so far away
Many months and many seasons pass
As I watch the world through fading glass
Seeing the leaves fall from trees come November and
Fill these quiet streets
And here I sit and still I stay
Pushing everyone I love away and
Losing the life that I used to remember
Until I can't recall
With nowhere to go and
Nothing to say
I never could've known
That I'd become this way
Here on this day I've come to see
The state my life has come to be
Waiting for something to change for the better
Inside this empty house
And when I finally leave some day
My friend's will all have gone away
Cause you can't wave through the window forever
Goodbye, goodbye
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12. |
I'll Be
02:41
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Lying awake at the front of the bed
Watching the clock
Waiting for another day to pass me by
Where I don't seem to see
All the beautiful things that revolve around me
Trying to be
Life seems much sweeter when I'm asleep and
The world waits outside
Waiting for me to remember that I'm alive
Beneath a blue sky and
I try and I try to be there all the time
With open eyes
Losing my thoughts as I fall asleep
Drift away and
When at last I wake
I'll be, I'll be
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13. |
In This Life
03:11
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Gold and violet touch my
Fingers and my face
Pink is sinking in
Just slow enough to taste and
Though I'm leaning left I feel alright
I won't leave a drop to waste
You caress me slowly
Just below the eye
Filling my soul
With rosy pigments and dyes and
I have never wished for something more
Than for this day to stay alive
Despite my silent begs
The sky begins to change
All I've ever had is here
Until the old moon wanes
So in this life where nothing real remains
I pray that you will stay the same
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14. |
Allston Night
03:13
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15. |
January
04:33
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We tossed our pennies in
They sailed through the December wind
When life was all around and
Hope was in the air
Well the Christmas lights are down and
Now we're deep in January
With ice holding the ground and
The snow storming on overhead
And I don't have much else to say
Words are hard to find
Maybe I should go back to bed
And even more I don't know what to think
The world has worn a different face
What will still remain
It's a cold, cold winter's day
Out the door past the trees
Far from home overseas
On this Earth as we sail around the sun
When it all comes to a close
I'll try to be a better man
Dressed in summer clothes
Cause I know
I'll be there when it's June
When it's June in the air
We tossed our pennies in
I wished that this would be our year
And I guess it was
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