1. |
The Ground
04:01
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The ground
Was trembling up to me
And all around
Was sound
And a fountain
Of blood and glowing string
I woke from half-day eyes
Sprayed up and scattered the light
I froze at the peak of the arc
Bare life in a thousand shards
The ground
Was cracking at my feet
And all around
Was sound
And a fountain
Of stone, from there you swing
I woke from half-moon eyes
Sprayed up and scattered the light
I froze at the peak of the arc
Bare life in a thousand shards
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2. |
No Lightning Fix
05:18
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Swung out to the tiled plane
Stretching each direction the same
Under a purple sky, uncertain
I called your name
And I came upon a fountain of stone
The very same as on the shore back home
I look down to my reflection
A shimmering ghost
Among the rattling past
There’s a layer that packs
All the heat won’t let it go
A riddle crying to be told
And under that where the rattling never rests
There’s a sunken chest
You enter through a silvery door
I heard the innards are a cloud of smoke
You’ve seen before
I dipped my feet inside
Like Rome back in ’45
Violence and history
Have no boundary
In this light
And the water turned black and cold
And pulled me in by the toes
Into a thick, unending ocean
A million holes
Among the rattling past
There’s a layer that packs
All the heat won’t let it go
A riddle crying to be told
And under that where the rattling never rests
There’s a sunken chest
You enter through a silvery door
I heard the innards are a cloud of smoke
And no, no lightning fix, babe
No lightning fix, babe
And then underwater all alone
The purple circle of light above slowly closed
I climb down into my vessel
To sink below
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3. |
Under an Ocean of Holes
04:35
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Under an ocean of holes
With no sign of the lodestar
Dipped outside of the known arc
This vessel will crack before it blows
I’d have a moment to mourn ya
Through a window
Ooh, you can’t run from the spell
Ooh, no, you can’t slip out unheld
When it’s all premonition
On the edge of oblivion
And the whole sunken world is your cage
Whose death is this?
I’m dipping under the black
Beyond all going back
And repeating
Under an ocean of holes
I’m not sending a postcard
I ripped up what I owed ya
Now, way deep down on the floor
You know that I’m getting closer
To the silvery door
Ooh, you’re in the midst of the spell
Ooh, you didn’t slip but you fell
You cut up like a knife
Teeming with life
And were thrown to the bottom of the sea
Whose death is this?
I stepped out of the night
Into a tunnel of torch light
Heart beating
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4. |
Hey, Dark Ones
04:24
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I am haunted down a well-lit road
By the shadow sticking to my clothes
Walking underground, the torches glowing
I encountered them two miles below
Tunnel opened to a space so wide and tall
Shelters endless, stretching row by row
Found them all dancing in the weird town square
Thousand bodies swaying unaware
Thousand bodies where the bonfire flared
Their heads were dead: no eyes, no teeth, no hair
Hey, dark ones
Shaking cavern
Hey, dark ones you’ve won
They undulated by the big bright light
Their shadows scattered out and magnified, like
Giants dancing through an endless night
The great cave silent while they rock in time
They rock in time
Hey, dark ones
Shaking cavern
Hey, dark ones you’ve won
Now have some fun
And in a twisted flash I clearly see
Bodies move while the shadows lead
I feel a tugging from right next to me
Now I’m dancing up a well-lit road
Battling the shadow clawing at my soul
Louder now, the silent drums from the darkness below
Trying to turn me around, I’m writhing on the floor
Crawling, rolling, bleeding up the hole in the world,
Then lo and behold, I’m banging on the silvery door
Hey, dark ones
Shaking cavern
Hey, dark ones, I’m done
Hey, dark ones
Shaking cavern
Hey, dark ones, I’m gone
Tether, take me to shore
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5. |
Obvious Blessing
01:42
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I fled as the sky cracked
The ground bubbled red and bright
And I swung out way beyond the light
And I held that tether so I tight I burned
A line right on my skin
And here in this room now
The one I’ve been dying to find
The one that lies just behind
That silvery door in my mind there’s only
Some white smoke in my eyes
And back where there was a future
One time we watched a comet flying by
It was blue as fire and blue as ice
And ain’t it just an obvious blessing to find
A moment of such light
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6. |
So Quiet
04:30
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This is what you set out for
You gotta get home
It’s over now
You hung your string
You had your swing and how
You swung out
Well, that monster won’t find you here
Sipping on the brink, you were
Slipping on down
The dirty backbone
You can’t put no stake in that
This is not how it ends
Just look at how the ends tie up
I hung my string
I had my swing and now
I’m swingin in
Well, that monster won’t find me here
I’m still learning how to be
So quiet
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7. |
Was There Anything Else?
02:51
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Oh, you came to
As the trash truck rattled by
And the circling sunshine
Filled the room
And the risk of the city still looks pretty
When you close your eyes and count to infinity, well
You set out
You set out as the whole world fell
You didn’t think that I would find you there
And you recall
Behind that door, a hazy room, small
As the room you rented last fall
Was there anything else?
And you get your pity in the midst of the city
When you close your eyes and count to infinity, well
You set out
You set out as the whole world fell
You didn’t think that I would find you there
What’ll you do now
What’ll you do now, can’t run from the spell
You can bet I’ll find you anywhere
You set out
You set out on a tether
That you’d never return? You should have known better, well
What’ll you do now?
What’ll you do now in the midst of the spell
Now that you know I’ll find you anywhere?
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The first time you left home
You were naked, slimy, still attached
And you didn’t have a single word to scream about that,
Well, sure as hell you scream
And now that you’re alone again
You feel naked, slimy, still attached
You struggle to find the words to speak about where you’re at
Well, maybe nothing’s changed
But to be honest there’s this newfound and vaguely dreadful sense that
Maybe nothing changes
Well, how about that?
You walk out that silvery door
Where’s the sting?
Where’s the fire and rain?
In the heat of summer you just sweat all through the day
You sure tethered something strange
In the roar of the passing trucks you can’t hear your breath
While you would hear the scream
Well, how about that?
There is nothing obvious about that
Well, I don’t know when
But I know that this is happening again
I said I know that this is happening again
And maybe there’s no shame
In being caught in a loop at the end
I said I’m feeling caught in a loop at the end
But it’s just the beginning
Well, how about that?
There is nothing obvious about that
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9. |
Beyond the Light
03:19
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What do we talk about
When we talk about talking?
With sand dry tongues in tomorrow’s weather
Will the presence of strangers really loosen up the tether?
What do we listen for
When we really try to listen?
All these big moves are just small ripples
When you’re knee-deep at a distance
And at the sea when you look up
At the sea when you look up
What do you see when you look up?
Beyond the light
The peace flows cheap all night
Beyond the light
Where the circle ain’t wrapped so tight
What are we clinging to
When we’re reclaiming our possessions?
Like how I will use the key I still have
To get in alone,
Pack my shit up while you are at work
What are we hoping for
When we stare into the future?
‘Cause today looks like a bright sleek funnel
The light shines on as everything crumbles
You call out, my god, it’s an echoing fumble
With no fold to hold all of the secrets that humble you
And the fear won’t wake you up
Beyond the light
The peace flows cheap all night
‘Cause beyond the light
There’s no need for an appetite
Beyond the light
No teeth, no hair, no eyes
And beyond the light
Where the circle ain’t wrapped so tight
What do we talk about
When we talk about freedom?
Like a child in the air
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10. |
In the Long Year
02:56
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I loved you on the highway
And in the bath
And in the storm drain eating up my cigarette ash
I loved you in a toothache
And in the mail
And in the long year descending to the bottom of the trail
I loved you in a stain
I loved you when you’d ask
I loved you on the first day, baby
And I loved you on the last
I loved you as a stranger
And in our bed
As you were laughing freely at something that I said
I loved you as you craned
As the wheel was turning back
I loved you in the freeze and the thaw
and I loved you after that
I sit in rocky silence
Too thick for dreaming
I greet the salty absence
Breezing from within
I cough a long wind
I rub both my eyes
I clean up the mess
I accept my prize
I blow through the winnings
I clean that up too
And then I picture a picture someone else took of you
I loved you in the mirror
Looking alone
In the long year, the creaking of your steps beyond the door
I loved you in a stain
I loved you when you asked
I loved you on the first day, baby
And I loved you after that
I loved you on the first day, baby
Wonder will it ever pass?
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