1. |
All a Dream
04:36
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All aglow on stage
I saw you unfasten the latch to your own cage
On your hands and knees
You crawled out and you sang relief
A bird - who knew it?
Mirror mocked you and you fought it
So it goes
On a lark
I pressed my fingers deep in your dark
You carried me
Like a child into the darkened sea
Knowing not where this is going
Knowing there is no knowing
So it goes
It seems so bittersweet
Arrive as family yet one to leave
Still I seek reprieve
All the while I'm asking, was it all a dream?
Has it been a myth?
Once you closed your eyes and made a wish
Let it go
I know that I was born
You were meant to yet you slipped away in the storm
Said you weren't afraid
Huddled warm in the shelter of our cave
Like a bell, it then rung us
Ears filled with the sound of the love among us
So it goes
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2. |
Escaping Going Gone
04:41
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Where am I -
Where am I -
Feel I've lost myself again
Not that I'm not on the right path
Cause I know I've always been
But I took a curve - a sharp bend
And I'm out of sight
Trees scattering the falling, faltering sunlight
Where have I gone?
Just as I chose to enter the cave
So I can choose to leave again
It's been a long time - I knew that love could hurt
It's been a long time
I knew that love could hurt
Have I lost my way?
Can't know these days
Could I embrace or snuff the ember of this flame?
Am I destined to stand alone?
Naked, cowering in shame
With you yelling loud
Hands around my waist, my head all
Wrapped up in a cloud
Escaping, gotta go
I gotta go when you're around
I'm gone
Escaping going gone
Do you know how this feels?
Is this how you deal?
Do you know how this feels?
Is this how you deal?
Yeah, you really know how to deal
Oh yeah, you really know
Oh you really know how to deal
Oh yeah, you!
I'm gonna do my best
I'm gonna really try
I'm gonna try so hard to forgive you
Remember why I loved you
I really loved us
You went and threw me
Under the bus
Oh yeah you went and threw me
Oh yeah, you!
Escaping
going
gone
escaping
going
gone
escaping
going
gone
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3. |
In the Cave
05:16
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I was in the cave with you
I agreed to go in the dark with you
I felt I could move mountains with you
like a breath, I moved with you
in and out through you
it was silly, too vulnerable
to be pumping blood out there with you
my ship pretty much tied to yours
like we were floating on a red sea
a dead sea, too salty, too dense yet a totally
buoyant sea - that's how you felt to me
like buoyancy, my tongue censored to a delicacy
but you were foreign to me
totally & completely new to me
but also old to me, like fear to me
you were like the feeling of fear
I was in the cave with you
I agreed to go in the dark with you
I felt I could move mountains with you
I thought that I could balance you
I saw so much glowing inside of you
amidst all the darkness, there were crystals in you
amidst all the crystals, there was darkness too
& I wanted to explore all the pathways in you
how the sunlight refracted off the walls of you
how rays bent & prayed to be frayed by you
your seams gleaming with bursting beams
I thought I knew you but I didn't know
anything
I saw your sign and it said
nothing
I didn't know where you led me
till you left me
there
I was in the cave with you
I agreed to go in the dark with you
I felt I could move mountains with you
I saw you as a story unfolding
I saw you as a flower just blooming
I saw you as everything new moving forward
towards something greater
shifting fate, shedding weight
oh boy when we were in that cave
you amazed me & you challenged me
you loved me & you dazzled me
you scared me but you wooed me
you didn't & yet you knew me
you surprised me when you found me
but you lost me
yeah you left me
I was in the cave with you
I agreed to go in the dark with you
I felt I could move mountains with you
I dreamt I loved you so much part of me imploded
a jagged gaping thing
it felt inside of me, till it rotted
like a maze to my misery
sad sad sad
it amazes me
sad sad sad
my naivety
I was in the dark with you
but I wanted to find a way to be with you
cause I loved you
I was in the cave with you
I agreed to go in the dark with you
I felt I could move mountains with you
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4. |
A Thousand Times
05:56
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You found a job you like
Working in that old store
Where they sell all those worn treasures
That someone's loved before
And your face fits in
Like a painting on the wall
Just like those worn treasures
You've seen it all
It's like you're growing younger
It's like you're getting old
I watch your face bend
I watch your body fold
And the careful knit of your eyebrows
Like those cable stitches with which you take such care
And I wonder when you glance in a mirror
Are you self aware?
And it seems that my heart always breaks
Like the wind against the sails
Impossibly, I still think of you
Every night without fail
I wonder, will you marry?
Will you learn to talk like them?
Will you grow into your body
or harden to the bitterness of men?
I hope another woman never has you
Yet I hope you fall deeply in love
I guess I wish for you whatever you want
When push comes to shove
And I've felt this way a thousand times
That I am falling down a flight of stairs
Impossibly, I still love you
Still, it isn't fair
I hope another woman never has you
Yet I hope you fall deeply in love
I guess I wish for you whatever it is that
You wish for yourself.
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5. |
Okay, Cupid
05:01
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You can't swim
How'd that slip by me?
You pretended you knew
Then floundered beside me
I tried to teach you;
I can't teach
I've been a lonely whale
You, the beach
I'll snake a broman
Maybe a brewski
You snuck a kiss in
I gave you reiki
Some people say,
"You can't look for love"
Well I found you online
Some people say,
"You can't buy a heart,"
Well you were recommended to me
I put you in my cart
I'm a good sales girl
And a smart consumer
I know just what to look for
In a lover
You're an otter;
I'm your favorite rock
Keep me in your armpit
I'm gonna steal your socks
You're so patient
I wouldn't change it
I will love you always
In every second
Some people might talk about us
Some people might laugh about us
Some people might look at us
Oh let them, I want them to see
The way you look at me
You and me
The wind whispered to me,
"He's kind of a newbie,
Treat him gently,
Stroke his belly,"
And my heart said,
"If you don't give this a try
What is it you will give a try?
Don't be stupid,"
I said,
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay,
Okay, cupid,"
Some people say
Yeah they do
Some people say
a lot
Let em talk.
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6. |
Tidal Wave
03:59
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Tidal Wave, oh
What have you come to claim?
Tidal Wave, oh
What have you come to save?
Tidal Wave, oh
when you come call my name
no lord, oh I
no I won't be afraid
My poppa came down the stairs
And he said to me
There's a telephone call for you
In the pantry
I picked up the other line
And it said to me
Are you ready for infinity?
And don't you worry bout me
If I'm at sea
Don't you worry bout me!
Don't you worry bout me
If I'm at sea
Don't you worry bout me
Ow!
I won't be drowning
No, I'll float
I got an anchor
But I'm a boat
I won't be drowning
No, I'll float
I got an anchor
But I'm a boat
Tidal Wave, oh
What have you come to claim?
Tidal Wave, oh
What have you come to save?
Tidal Wave, oh
When you come call my name
I'm gonna ride that tidal wave
And don't you worry bout me
If I'm at sea
Don't you worry bout me
Don't you worry bout me
If I'm at sea
Don't you worry bout me
Ow!
I won't be drowning
No, I'll float
I got an anchor
But I'm a boat
I won't be drowning
No, I'll float
I got an anchor
But I'm a boat
Tidal Wave, oh
Tidal Wave, oh oh
Tidal Wave, oh
Tidal Wave, oh oh
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7. |
Spirochete
02:59
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Fill me up
My drink, my cup
Fill me up
Cause you made me this way
It feels the same
The words, the pain
They say, "we'll make a hole so we can plug it in,"
Well,
Plug me in!
I'm drained
I'm thin
Well,
Plug me in!
Why does the wiggling
Why does the wriggling
Why does the wedging feeling
Feel like I'm spilling?
I wanna take it out
When can I take it out?
My sink a cavity
You've taken my spout, ow!
Plug me in!
I'm drained
I'm thin
Well,
Plug me in!
How bout that spirochete
How bout that spirochete
How bout that spirochete
You pulled on me when
You said it'd make me better
Make me better
Well you put it in me
Rotting and festered, ow!
As I live and breathe
As I live and breathe
As I live and breathe -
Trust me
I don't need no man
I don't need no man
I don't need no man to fight for me
Oh but
Plug me in!
I'm drained
I'm thin
Well,
Plug me in!
How bout that spirochete
Oh I got no need
Oh you got to trust me
How bout that spirochete
Oh I got no need
Oh why won't you believe me?
Ow!
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8. |
Hunker Down
05:00
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Sheriff say he got a case for me
He call "Investigation Family"
Well, I got my mission and it take me
Illinois, Chicago, no I won't be
Silent, shamed or forgot
I'm gonna get my guns while the gettin's hot
Cowboy Dan!
Lent a hand!
Strapped all my limbs to his bed.
Cowboy Dan!
Lent a hand!
Burned all the hairs off my legs.
Well, police say they got a clue for me
They're bringing back a piece of my identity
Navy sure do look pretty but I'm a woman
And that means I'm oh so silly.
They say they found me
They say they found me
They say they found me
With a gun in my mouth
I don't recall
I don't recall
Why don't you tell me about it all?
Hunker down!
He got my head spinnin round
He got my teeth turnin brown
He got my crown stuck in the roof of his snout.
We were!
We were!
We were in the belly of the beast!
We were!
We were!
Crying out cause we couldn't see!
Goddamn you!
Had me beguiled
Goddamn you!
Kept me dragging for miles
Goddamn you!
Had me swindled good
Goddamn my papa says he gonna pull down your hood.
Fare thee well
Fare thee well
Fare thee well
My papa's gettin his gun
I would if I were you -
I'd leave town
My daddy said he gonna come shoot you down
I would if I were you -
I would leave town
My papa said that they gonna come shoot you down
Aren't we!
Aren't we!
Aren't we family?
Well, fare thee well!
Fare thee well!
Fare thee well my papa's gettin his gun
I would if I were you -
I'd leave town
My daddy said that he gonna come shoot you down
I would if I were you -
I would leave town!
My papa said that he gonna come shoot you down!
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9. |
Another Day
04:22
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I did like it when you kiss me real sweet
Put your hands around my feet
You held me like I might fall away
Like you knew I would never stay
And you, you had the grace
You knew it was not your place
And you, you could count my age
Fixated on one another's face
I think something in you hums to me
Rumbles with anxiety
I'd like to wear you like a big coat
And pretend that I'm an adult
And you, you had the grace
You knew it was all a chase
All the potential that we'd make
My ambition will not fade
I like the sadness as it grows in men
It gets better as the years are spent
I get drunk on something so absurd
A frequency that I once heard
And you, you had the grace
You knew it was not your place
And you, you could count my age
Fixated on one another's face
You saw it was a chase
All the potential that we'd make
My ambition will not fade
Hold on for another day
I'll keep you where you like it most
If you promise not to overdose
I do worry that you'll one day die
Who will I have been in your life?
And you, you had the grace
A light beneath your face
And you let hope cascade
Hold on for another day
Hold on for another day
Hold on for another day
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