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Hunger makes us do some crazy things
War without room for an argument
Stomach empty as a pocket is
War without room for an argument
Tiny feet that scamper in the
War without room for an argument
Ignorant and blind from appetite
War without room for an argument
Sleeps with one eye open maybe two
War without room for an argument
No stone left unturned or unattained
War without room for an argument
When the cats away
You’ll know where to find me
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Born at the Wrong Time
05:35
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Babe we were born at the wrong time
And we were born at the wrong time
Two hearts that beat to their own rhyme
And we were born at the wrong time
Through pursed lips
Our first kiss
I miss the very thought of it
A tenderness a tenderness
Oh how could I resist
You’ve earned this
My mind says
Oh a moment on the sun
And its burning and its burning
This icarus undone
Babe we were born at the wrong time
And we were born at the wrong time
Two hearts that beat to their own rhyme
And we were born at the wrong time
A new fate a clean slate
The life you’re longing to create
A better fit to benefit
Oh the plan of your escape
You’ve earned this impermanence
A walk among the clouds
And their crumbling, their crumbling
All the walls of your house
Babe we were born at the wrong time
And we were born at the wrong time
Two hearts that beat to their own rhyme
And we were born at the wrong time
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My Love
It grows in pieces
Of which you will find
Wherever you look
And my love
It flows like a river
And you know I’m a giver baby
So give it all to me
My love my love mv love
Cuz if you want it better believe it
Im gonna make it happen
God damn what a sight to see
Forget all your hurtin
Close every curtain
This is a chain reaction
Cause your love has a hold of me
My Love
It burns like a fire
A call in the dark
A light in the night
And my love
Doing it right doing it right
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A Better Version of Me
05:18
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Woke up early
long before sun
could delegate a daylight to a dawn
and swore that today
would be the one
to turn this year around
see these emotions
this frivolous talk
Been second nature
Since I learned to walk
Put lines to a page
and hold that thought
Waiting round for the shoe that drops
And huddling in misery
(Chorus)
well you’ll see
A better version of me
The kinder gen-t-ler frame of mind
We don’t practice while we preach
Gotta reason to believe
If I don’t make the time
The time makes me
(V2)
what I’m after
I don’t need to see
Cuz intuition
Is the flowering tree
That clings to its buds
Like a honey bee
A nectar sweet and mild
And these emotions
this frivolous speech
Been second nature
Since my body could breath
Put lines to a page
Till it makes you weak
But that don’t put you on easy street
“The work” is still a mystery
(Chorus)
well you’ll see
A better version of me
The kinder gen-t-ler frame of mind
We don’t practice while we preach
Gotta reason to believe
If I don’t make the time
The time makes me
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Bottom of the Bottle
00:54
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Oh why does the bottom of the bottle
Taste so much sweeter than the top?
Oh if I could find my fix
At the bottom of the neck
Oh it’d make it so much easier to stop
Oh why must the bottom of the bottle taste so much sweeter
Than the top?
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Eternal Interstate
05:13
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You ever notice?
That everyone you’ve deeply loved had their own motives
Yet, no questions, inferences or code switch; you’re happy just to let them live their lives
What if I told you?
There’s nothing stopping us from seeking out a shore view
A suitcase full of memories we won’t use; you’re happy now to let you live your life
There’s a place out west i’ve heard of
When we get there they’ll all know you
We can send a postcard
Marked from nowhere
Don’t waste your life at home
Eternal Interstate
Don’t waste your life at home
Eternal Interstate
Can you imagine?
A better time to pack a bag and load the cabin
Two kids, the dog and all of our compassion: we’re happy just to live another life
And can you feel it?
The cadence sounds inside your chest: a proud revealing
the itch became a scratch became a feeling; and you’ve been trying to feel that all your life
I’ve got friends in scenic spaces
we could be there moments notice
what you’re holding on to, does it matter?
Don’t waste your life at home
Eternal Interstate
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7. |
Next Life Blues
03:56
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When I arrive at pearly gates
And time should near to test my fate
Pon’ which three things
Should I be judged
That he should know
If I am one
Whose lived there life
With dignity
And sovereignty and piety
And never trod with devils foot
To break the trust that he hath put
Into the depths of every soul
In hedging bets and paying tolls
Pon’ what three things should I be judged?
Love love love
Love love love
When I arrive
At pearly gates
And time should near
To test fate
Pon what three things
Should I be judged
That he should know if I am one
And carried out
In holy
With sweeping
And purest blood
Pon what three things should I be judged?
Love love love
Love love love
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8. |
Right is Wrong
04:16
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f grass is always greener on the other side
Tell me which side am I on?
Free my consciousness of what is right
Free my consciousness of wrong
And I’ve been tempted by the apple tree
Overtaken by its song
A melody for sake of melody
Feasting on the flesh and bone
And right is wrong is right is wrong
And there’s not reason to be cheating either end of some
Cause there’s enough to go around to share in the wealth of song
Cause right is wrong is right is wrong
Now lines are set in place for crossing
Tables made to overturn
And notions set to pledge devotion
Leave us little room to learn
And I’ve been tempted by the apple tree
And overtaken by its song
A melody for sake of melody
Feasting upon the flesh and bone
And right is wrong is right is wrong
And there’s no reason to be cheating either end of some
And there’s enough to go around to share in the wealth of song
Right is wrong is right is wrong
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Songbird
04:07
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Oh I knew a songbird
Who spoke with a strong word
With a confidence I heard, saw and felt to the bone
And I kept her spirit
Long before I could hear it
For a reason unclear then
But it carried my own
Oh song bird sing to me
Song bird sing to me
She could sing from a place where
You’ll forget how you got there
Melodies in the cold air
Leaving you standing in place
I could not hope to fight it
How her song it invited
Every ounce of my lightness
Spilling out from her grace
Song bird sing to me
Song bird sing to me
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Prism
05:13
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Oh I feel holy!
My soul; a prism
Refract and bend the light you’ve shown me
Spreading color; karmic wisdom
Give me your sun
My soul’s a prism.
Oh I have only
my intuition
to guide us on this path we’ve taken
Spreading color, karmic wisdom
Give me your sun
My soul’s a prism
*you can’t wait around for a sign* x8
Oh higher power!
Oh holy visage!
Exact in form and disposition
Spread your color, karmetic wisdom
Give me your sun
My soul’s a prism
My souls a prism
My souls a prism
My Souls a prism
Spreading color; Karmic wisdom
Give me your sun
My soul’s a prism
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Beard & Glasses Bennington, Vermont
The itch became a scratch became a feeling; and you’ve been trying to feel that all your life.
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