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All Hallows Eve
03:26
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All Hallows Eve
Paints and paper on the floor as he makes his last display
Fingers clinging to the edge of the closing of the day
Playing piano side by side on a cold All Hallows Eve
He will slowly don the mask of the man who makes her leave
You can’t preserve what’s lived- just a likeness in its place
Lively figure turned to stone left with nothing but its face
And even that without a kiss
Lips and tongue embalmed in tar
Archaeopteryx of a love or a long departed star
And the party went too late so they’re lying on the floor
He would give up half his life just to listen to her snore
She the lipstick from his mouth, he the glitter from her cheek
Smeared together in the dark as she draws a breath to speak
You can’t preserve what’s lived- just a likeness in its place
Lively figure turned to stone left with nothing but its face
And even that without a kiss
Lips and tongue embalmed in tar
Archaeopteryx of a love or a long departed star
Just impressions in the dust
Just a rustling of the leaves
Just two hands that form a chord on a cold All Hallows Eve
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2. |
New Song
02:10
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New Song
An ocean of tears
I’ve rowed each stroke of heartache
The crash of the waves collide upon the horizon’s moon- in love
I won’t sing anymore of despair- no
There’s a life that I want to explore with you
I’ve been given so much more than I deserve
I couldn’t perceive apart from me the contours of the shape that bends me
There’s this life that I want to explore with you
There’s a new song we can write to sing ourselves
You smile at me and I know
This is the one that breaks me
This is the one that breaks me
This is the one that breaks me
This is the one that breaks me
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3. |
Clinging to Life
04:16
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Clinging to Life
Did you feel afraid to whisper?
It’s such cold comfort but it’s real
The weight of close encroaching absence
Too paralyzed to make appeals
But I’m clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
The sheets pulled in close, caressing lovesleep
Please don’t pretend if you don’t feel
Oh I don’t- I don’t know why I even bother
Your mental landscape has no place for me
But I’m clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
Past loves become infatuations
Reduced in memory, sick and frail
So too as my life grows colder
This aching grief may someday pale
But I’m clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
I’m just clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
I’m clinging to life
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4. |
Sugar Armadillo
02:25
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Clinging to Life
Did you feel afraid to whisper?
It’s such cold comfort but it’s real
The weight of close encroaching absence
Too paralyzed to make appeals
But I’m clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
The sheets pulled in close, caressing lovesleep
Please don’t pretend if you don’t feel
Oh I don’t- I don’t know why I even bother
Your mental landscape has no place for me
But I’m clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
Past loves become infatuations
Reduced in memory, sick and frail
So too as my life grows colder
This aching grief may someday pale
But I’m clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
I’m just clinging to life
I’m still clinging to life
I’m clinging to life
Sugar Armadillo
I think I crashed my car
Can’t remember how I got this far
Smashed into a tree
You remind me of someone I knew once
Curl up to me
It’s not so easy
I’m well aware that I had once what others spend their whole lives looking for
Sugar Armadillo- the three of us sharing a pillow
I think you really know me
Now there’s nothing to know
Sugar Armadillo- The three of us sharing a pillow
This poison only kills me if I swallow
Life goes on- la di da, la di da
Life goes on but not for me
Little gray gargoyle, do you remember me?
Don’t confuse friends with family
Because the ones we choose unchoose us just as easily
Sugar Armadillo- the three of us sharing a pillow
I think you really know me
Now there’s nothing to know
Sugar Armadillo- The three of us sharing a pillow
This poison only kills me if I swallow
Sugar Armadillo, Oh Sugar Armadillo
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5. |
Sorry We Missed You
02:52
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Sorry We Missed You
We forgot to remain same name, same face
But there’s no need to equivicate
No you don’t have to lie
Please just change the truth
I really tried my best but it just- it just doesn’t suit me
And I hope you’re happy now- I do
Someone should be so why not you?
I’m just sorry we missed you
I’m sorry that we missed you
I’m sorry that we missed you
I’m sorry that we missed you
Oh for how many years, my most abstract friend
Have we tried to deny that the good things end?
Lick the dew from a stone just to wet my tongue
It’s too late when we’ve grown old
And it’s too soon when we’re still young
And I hope you’re happy now- I really do
One of us should be
It should be you
I’m just sorry we missed you
I’m sorry we missed you
I’m sorry that we missed you
I’m sorry that we missed you
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6. |
Cicada
06:33
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Cicada
Silence your song and let me sleep for awhile
Even if I could remove this pain, it would kill the change you made in me
I’ve no desire to start a life without you
I’ve loved a lifetime and I can’t do it again
Far from the sun, a flicker blinds you again
There’s nothing to see that can’t be found in the dark
But I wouldn’t lose a day
And there’s nothing I would change
We were children when we met- a thousand years ago
Brittle remains up from the dirt emerge
Even if I could remove this pain, it would kill the change you made in me
I’m not too cynical to believe that something good can live
However briefly
It flutters to me and falls- died searching for a mutual love
The black of the sea, the depths that never see
That never see, that never see that never see…
That never see the day
And there’s nothing I can change
I will always be pierced by this loss
A lack of pain is ignorance of love
Cicada, I know what your song means now
Oh Cicada, oh Cicada, oh Cicada, Oh Cicada….
I will never trade you away
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7. |
What Time is it There?
04:56
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What Time is it There?
I think I know which form you’ll take
So I keep my eyes on the clock
I can’t seem to conjure you
Because I can’t recall your smell
What time is it there?
What time is it there?
You visit in the dark
I feel your breathing in my ears
I’ve set your food on the table
But I know that you won’t eat it
What time is it there?
What time is it there?
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8. |
Approaching the Point
04:18
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Approaching the Point
Please indulge me
Just for a year or two
But I’m approaching the point
[Is this illustration meant to look like me?]
I’m approaching the point
[Face against the screen]
I’m approaching the point
[Touched your eyes]
I’m approaching the point
[Driving you home]
Will I feel this for a lifetime?
And will that be such a long time?
Crawling in it, crush the tile
Smash the teeth and bruise the eyelid
How could you know?
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
Focus on the facts
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
When we made our pact
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
I knew or thought I did that there was more than this
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
It’s all in my head
Forget about it
Only God knows
But I’m approaching the point
[You know I wasn’t waiting for your call]
I’m approaching the point
[But I’d do it all again]
I’m approaching the point
[Parked outside]
I’m approaching the point
[Leaving a wake]
Ill at ease for a lifetime
And a life is such a long time
Old cassette tape with your perfume
I had no breath left to tell you
So how could you know?
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
Focus on the facts
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
When we made our pact
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
I was too naive to know that you were too
[You’ll know my ghost by blackcurrant and mandarin]
And who will be left to miss you?
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9. |
Possessor
03:05
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Possessor
Wild wind-blown fly
Trace your path away from mine
And what did you find?
What did certain someone’s imply?
I’m beneath you
And I blame everyone
It’s a cattle call
It may as well be anyone
Misidentified
Circle numbers one through five
And I always lie
Held you closely as it died
I’m beneath you
I always blame everyone
When the city calls
I’m counting on your empty heart
I guess I’m not so mature
Am I getting better or just used to it?
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10. |
Eating Sand
04:40
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Eating Sand
Eating sand- the starving man goes through the motions that kept him alive
As he buries himself from the inside
Drinking dust- he’s always guided by memories directing his hands
As his body’s entombed by their demands
The thirsty man- he remembers when all that he needed was at hand
Each moment like sugar lost in sand
Away with words- can’t reveal this love
That pools like blood in his throat- congeals
And he’s eating sand- the starving man goes through the motions that kept him alive
As he buries himself from the inside
The dying man collapsing- forces of instinct directing his tongue
Lips that move as they did when they were young
Not far away from you he lies in dunes, teeth cracked
And still the sand consumes
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11. |
To Laugh
05:12
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To Laugh
So you figured it out- only points in a void
Of the people you miss and the love you enjoyed
But don’t forget to laugh
To laugh
You just have to laugh
You just have to laugh
And if there is a god- why would it care?
And if your soul is in hell, who put it there?
But don’t forget to laugh
To laugh
You just have to laugh
You just have to laugh
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