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Enigma Mantra
07:07
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You will return to where you started from
Of all who could have been you are the kid
And then was thrown into the howling noise
Whose life will come to represent seven
You are the moment thought became a sound
It flows not straight but curves along an arc
It flows not straight but curves along an arc
You will return to where you started from
You are the moment thought became a sound
Of all who could have been you are the kid
Whose life will come to represent seven
And then was thrown into the howling noise
And then was thrown into the howling noise
It flows not straight but curves along an arc
Whose life will come to represent seven
You will return to where you started from
Of all who could have been you are the kid
You are the moment thought became a sound
You are the moment thought became a sound
And then was thrown into the howling noise
Of all who could have been you are the kid
It flows not straight but curves along an arc
You will return to where you started from
Whose life will come to represent seven
Whose life will come to represent seven
You are the moment thought became a sound
You will return to where you started from
And then was thrown into the howling noise
It flows not straight but curves along an arc
Of all who could have been you are the kid
Of all who could have been you are the kid
Whose life will come to represent seven
It flows not straight but curves along an arc
You are the moment thought became a sound
And then was thrown into the howling noise
You will return to where you started from
You are the kid whose arc will follow seven
You are the sound that came back from the noise
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The Empire's Divide
03:39
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The sun will stay fast asleep as I ride down the I-290 East
Morning rain to the factory
The FM voice stops to say
That the world could collapse under its weight
Glad I got some work today
Do you wonder if everything will be alright?
'Cause I wonder have we woken up on the wrong side?
The wrong side….said please don’t lie
Are we on the wrong side of the empire’s divide?
The evening sun has made its bed
As I ride up the I-290 West
Something else but I forget
Do you wonder if everything will be alright?
Cause I wonder have we woken up on the wrong side?
The wrong side….said please don’t lie
Are we on the wrong side of the empire’s divide?
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3. |
Life, Falling...
04:21
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Yet again, yet again, yet again
Well I drove by the stream past the pylons in rows
Under white winter light where the old smoke still grows
By the bridge in the town I am letting it down
And putting my pages deep in the ground
O stuck in a cycle — Axe, hammer and ball
The detouring turn of just dropping them all
O stuck in a cycle — O infinite wait
Of the infinite spiral: Life, falling in the way
Yet again, yet again, yet again
I once thought of the future like fate lines in palms
I once thought that fortune was destiny’s alms
But just like a river that frozen still moves
It’s better to face it before it faces you
O stuck in a cycle — Axe, hammer and ball
The detouring turn of just dropping them all
O stuck in a cycle — O infinite weight
Of the infinite spiral: Life, falling in the way
Yet again, yet again, yet again
(Yet again….)
My believing
Is leaving me
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To know it won’t go quite the way that you’ve planned it
It moves you to ask if there might be a chance
Yet to hold onto hopes still of finding a planet
Though trial and error throws dust on your jacket
It doesn’t take the stars or their glimmering dance
O to know it won’t go quite the way that you’ve planned it
Time measured in loss, magma to granite
Makes it harder to find than it was at first glance
Where to hold onto hopes still of finding a planet
Do the wings of your flight move by judgement or habit?
Do the moons of your night glow with truth or romance?
But you know it won’t go quite the way that you’ve planned it
So why carry on making marks on your ballot
And strive with no end for a way to advance
And to hold onto hopes still of finding a planet?
Guess it’s the need of the Earth to reach for the gamut
To be guided by the signs found in each circumstance
And to know it won’t go quite the way that you’ve planned it
Yet to hold onto hopes still of finding a planet
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Cardinal On The Wall
04:03
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I dreamt I left the house one silent dawn
I walked right through the door one silent dawn
The street and world were empty as I walked across the lawn
A sound caught me off guard out from the far suburban wall
A cardinal on the ledge
Sending out a call
But looking ‘round I was concerned the day
Yes looking ‘round I was concerned the day
Was evidence that everyone had vanished all away
And then I swore I heard a stranger from that distant wall
But there was no one there
Just the cardinal’s call
When I woke up I thought to go out there
O when I woke up I thought to go out there
The first time in a hundred days that I had breathed the air
And as I walked out upon the grass my mind was on that wall
Hoping I would see you there
From the distant wall
Hoping I would see you there
Sending out a call
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6. |
First Snowfall To Stick
04:24
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So we find our lives will be a year or two from now
Salt the streets past all the signs that tell us where we were
I believe they didn’t have much work for me today
Drive back home though covered up the road is always there
Wonder how the powdered sugar boulevard is long
Wonder how they didn’t have much work for me today
So we find though covered up the road is always there
Drive back home past all the signs that tell us where we were
Salt the streets the powdered sugar boulevard is long
I believe our lives will be a year or two from now
I believe past all the signs that tell us where we were
Wonder how the powdered sugar boulevard is long
Salt the streets though covered up the road is always there
So we find our lives will be a year or two from now
Drive back home they didn’t have much work for me today
Drive back home though covered up the road is always there
I believe our lives will be a year or two from now
So we find the powdered sugar boulevard is long
Wonder how they didn’t have much work for me today
Salt the streets past all the signs that tell us where we were
Salt the streets the powdered sugar boulevard is long
Drive back home they didn’t have much work for me today
Wonder how our lives will be a year or two from now
I believe past all the signs that tell us where we were
So we find though covered up the road is always there
So we find though covered up the road is always there
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7. |
The Great Conjunction
04:06
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Then stepping out from my old car
I pointed to the sky afar
Where two bright flecks were fixed in air
As if a big and smaller star
I did not give it too much care
You told me later that the pair
They were two planets in the sky
I was completely unaware
And had I known I think that I
Would then have stared with focused eye
But life is quick though days are slow
Tonight there’s food we need to buy
You find our masks so we can go
The future changed now ever so
And there are worlds we’ll never know
And there are worlds we’ll never know
Millenia...
Millenia...
Millenia...
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8. |
Ghost World
03:41
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You feel you’ve seen this before just like a ghost
This town is losing ground and you are the most
What are you gonna do now? What can you say?
Sidestep every mess that you’ve made as you walk away
Up above the power lines entwine
So what? It’s the end of the line, you’ve known it a while
Won’t wait for the end of the world to change up your mind, not this time
Sun fades out with all that’s behind as you cross that street
Dead store signs light up the night and you take a seat
Waiting for that one-way wind to blow
So what? It’s the end of the line, won’t change your mind, not this time
The headlights near
Your last time here
Before you disappear
So what? It’s the end of the line, won’t change your mind, not this time
Who knows where this will go as the places you knew, they fade from view
Street lights on the bridge through the dawn
And you’re already gone
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When I was waiting for results in bed
Preparing for the worst I had a fear
That I might have to go alone instead
Of risking chaos of my staying here
When you walked past the store before you called
Where in a cage two parakeets beguiled
And on the glass in sharpie black was scrawled
“Must go together” and a heart, you smiled
Today the snow fell down for just an hour
Almost as if the winter came and went
While you were in the kitchen or the shower
I thought about that photo that you sent
I thought about “must go together,” heart
I hope we never have to be apart
I hope we never have to be apart
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10. |
Carbon Sky
04:21
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Planes above move across the carbon sky
You know how I feel and it’s real
So don’t you turn and fade away
Breathe and look at me
You are everything
Sun or flame, whichever light returns again
You know how I’ll feel ‘till the end
So don’t you turn and fade away
Breathe and look at me
Believe in what I see
Breathe and look at me
You are everything
Planes above move across the carbon sky
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