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Cool Down
03:54
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Prepare for the Cool Down
Your blood so fire red
All the heat in your veins will go straight to your pretty head
Stick your feet in the snow
& your nose in a cloud of rain
Let the light in your guts
Meet the light in your brain
No shame, no shame
Hummingbird, what's your name?
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Willow Tree
02:12
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In the dark, in the dark
In the dark of the willow tree
In the blackest corner of the hideaway
That's where you find me
I sit humming a tragic song
Calling on sorrows doves
There's no light in this disposition
I'm displaced by the imagery
In the dark, in the dark
In the dark of the willow tree
And I watch the sun peek through the leaves
I wonder if it's this dark below other trees
So I climb from the center, straight to the top
Your branches seem flimsy from way above
I slip on a knot
and your weakest parts
they reach out, they catch me, they place me
in the dark of the willow tree
that's where you keep me, safely
In the dark of the willow tree
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4. |
Unpack
03:00
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Hidden in the shadow of the night
Dancing with the stars in geometric flight
I wondered what kind of bird you would be
I find myself in sea birds
Constant reminders of duplicity
Leisurely surviving as they watch the tilt of the Earth
If we could all be birds we'd be much more self assured
Comparable jump from the nest, I think it's the same for every bird
And if I'm lost you know exactly where to find me
Swallowed up in the green where the water meets the city
I'll be there to greet
I'll wait patiently
With all the other birds of the sea
Cuz I've never relied on my own wings
I search the horizon for something, for anything
That's how I learned to hear it speak
That's where I find everything
Where the dirt meets the river and the streams
Where the hills meet the sea
I'll be there to greet
I'll wait patiently
With all the other birds of the sea
Swallowed up in the green
where the water meets the city
Where the dirt meets the rivers and the streams
where the hills meet the sea
I'll be there to greet
I'll wait patiently
With all the other birds of the sea
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5. |
Shady Acres
02:00
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Said you need it
That I'm the only one who could feed it
Soak me in like a taste in your mouth
Suck me in before you spit me out
You lie without any reason why
Never needed you to be mine
I'm free and you can't stand
that I don't need someone to tell me
so you place these expectations on me
of what you think, what you think I'm gonna be
But you don't fucking know me
You don't fucking know me
And none of that mattered when you saw what you wanted
Mark me another crazy girl that you hunted down
You slipped to deep
Could feel you watching me
Caught me up in your dream
Wasn't what I needed but you wouldn't see
So you lie, you lie to me
Still don't know the reasoning, the reasoning
But you, you don't fucking know me
You don't fucking know me
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6. |
Magician
03:40
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I pity the child
Wrapped up in your delusion
She is not me
Trapped in your self made hall of mirrors
In this house of horrors the child sees
Lost in the fog of your scent
I am no them
And the child died when the choice came
to break or be broken
You slither past as though the door had been open
And I fall to my knees, cover my face with both hands
Ignore the reflections of a shadow of a man
And I crawl until I can finally breath
Confused about what I was brought here to see
Nothing was real
Just a vacuum within
Soaking up the living
and I pity the child in the state of delusion
** They got smoke and mirrors to evoke our fears
Push past this illusion, they crave our collusion
So we settle nevermore
wrap wrapping at your door
So raven speaking spells to quell the hell that they be raising **
SO remove yourself
Pop into someone else
forget all the things you were told you were not
Because every single thing ain't what you thought
You were everything every movement of the wind
Your potential had no limit
Since the minute you began to begin
Learn to begin again
Dipped into a thin layer of skin
So much energy potential within
An ability to grow that you never get again
Then again
Maybe the shifting never ends
You were everything every movement of the wind
Your potential had no limit
Since the minute you began to begin
Learn to begin again
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7. |
Burrows
03:04
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Something about you don't look right in the daylight
You've lost that twinkle in your eye
& I'm on fire with the sunrise
cuz I said too much last night
But I'm terrified
Your community is where you thrive
Catch me outside
All the contrary will be dignified
Cuz love been keeping me alive
But I'm terrified
And you gotta get back to where you're coming from
But when you woke up this morning all the seams were undone
You regret any fun, feel ashamed that you've come
Not sure where you're bleeding from
Barefoot in the yard you wait for the sun
& I hope you find some
But you're terrified of what you've done
You're terrified of what you've become
Standing outside, staring up at the sunlight
You're terrified
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When I'm a knife
I always cut too deep
It's better if I don't speak
I've seen too many things, none of it happening to me
But I know, I know, I know
When I'm a knife there is no feeling
The world just keeps on bleeding
& I know I know I know
They need something to believe in
& when I'm a bird, it's much more forgiving
Because they don't like it when you're not caged in
and when I'm a knife
I might be a weapon
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I might be a weapon
Cut right to the core
Forget what I did it for
But such is life
When you're a knife
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Two Joints
03:03
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I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
Smoke two joints in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in a time of peace
Into a time of war
& I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
& then I smoke two more
It listens for me it calls to me
Hear it call me out by a name
Begs for me it hears me coming
They call me Mary Jane
Listens for me
It calls to me, it knows it all will change
Begs for me, it hears me coming
It does not know my name
I feel your arms around me tight your caress is a familiar glow
I feel you lift me above myself as I watch my mind go
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
Smoke two joints in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in a time of peace
Into a time of war
& I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
& then I smoke two more
Daddy he once told me
"Son be a hard working man"
Mama she once told me
"Girl do the best you can"
Then one day I met a man who came to me and said
"YES. Hard work good and hard work fine, but first take care of head"
SO I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
Smoke two joints in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in a time of peace
Into a time of war
& I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
& then I smoke two more
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10. |
LA in Retrograde
03:31
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The end of the universe might look like a tidal wave
But we've all been looking up at the wrong stars, at least in LA
and it's probably not our fault
It's hard to anything at all
when you're pretty sure you were never even whole
So you should leave any time you like
or you could stay a little while more
But go ahead folks open up your doors
Cuz she don't know what she's turning for
You fill me up
And my fear is that, as all good things do,
You'll leave a hole in my chest in the shape of you
& I'll never be happy again
I don't even know how
I'll never be happy again
Not with the fear of being without
Cuz I learned you like a treat
& I worry constantly
cuz my head is exploding
& I don't know where I should be
So you should leave any time you like
or you could stay a little while more
But go ahead folks open up your doors
Cuz she don't know what she's turning for
Try and fill me up
Because I'm not gonna fucking die
No, the tidal wave is not tonight
It's my only fucking job
So I guess I've gotta do it, right?
Got the mind of my mother
& the spirit of my father
I don't fear the fire, the wind or the water
I only fear what I lack inside
& I don't mean to be the poison
swimming around in your mind
but if you're drinking poison
pass it around and maybe we'll just get by
Otherwise you should leave any time you like
Just run right out the door
Just turn and turn and turn and turn and turn
Don't even ask what you're searching for
I can't fill you up
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11. |
Passenger
03:22
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Running on empty
Refill somewhere down the line
Not sure where you lost your name
In an attempt to keep your mind
You trace your truth along my spine
& it'd take some time
Before I felt fine again
Don't worry it's my turn to drive
Don't fall asleep at the finish line
My eyes are bright and I'll take the night
Step to the side
I'll meet you in another life
But I'm not searching
Laying my body to waste
I'm not empty in need of filling
I don't exist in wait
I can have love every day
Does not require a name or a staking of claim
My love is free, cannot be possessed
And I think your loves the same
But you suffocate it
Squeeze until there's not pulse
Joy's deflated until my love feels false
Sprayed out on unpainted walls
Don't worry I'll bring you to life
Don't fall asleep leave me alone tonight
My eyes are bright and if you're in need of light
Let me provide
I'll meet you on the other side
But I was never searching for a better
You asked me how to be alive
I said "I could die right there"
Truth was I'd die anywhere
As soon as I saw it
It couldn't be undone
Every room is empty if you don't fill it up
& I'm full cuz I've already known love
Don't worry it's my turn to drive
Don't fall asleep at the finish line
My eyes are bright and I'll take the night
Step to the side
I'll meet you in another life
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12. |
Samsara
04:08
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Nerves of panic run sparks through me
& if you stand close enough you'd feel the heat
It'd shock you how I ignite so quickly
Then you'd see the colors of my energy
Amber with a little green
& if you look closely you'll see
I'm burning
Amber with a little green
That's why I don't let things touch me
But that don't stop the curiosity
Or hands from wandering
I'm a thousand exposed circuits
Without a warning
Amber with a little green
& if you look closely you'll see
I'm burning
Amber with a little green
I try to tell you that it's blinding
Clusters of tangled christmas lights
All entertwining
Amber with a little green
And if you look closely you'll see
I'm burning
Amber with a little green
That's why I don't let things touch me
Wouldn't want to get there too quickly
Cuz you don't know the things that I seen
Amber with a little green
Amber with a little green
& if you look closely you'll see
I'm burning
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13. |
Following Alice
04:10
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Sometimes I can't move at all
Frozen still, it's up to you if I fall
& I wait here on the other side of you
Waiting for you on the other side of truth
Gotta rid yourself of the lie
That you told your brain
Gotta rid yourself of the lie
That you know everything
You disappear and I watch you go
You led me by hand to this final unknown
& I stand here unafraid of the next
Scared to death if you took the same steps
Cuz I can't see any trace of you left
No my memories of you they fade into the bend
I can't tell if my mind is twisted
Searching for freedom in a stranger's dream
So I push through the reflection of me
To step into the world unseen
& I don't know what's left of what I used to be
No I don't know much of anything
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I have a fear of a dark being
For you I'm most present when I'm bringing
Out your shadows
In demons, that's the only way to see me
& I begin to believe that's the only way to be seen
manifestations of some negative thing
You fear my very being
You begin to resent the way I make you unravel
For you I'm most present when I'm bringing out your shadows
& I don't know who's lying next to me
cuz Joshua Thomson is just a ghost in my dreams
& I fear a darker being
I've seen too much
Every unsure smile, faking is never enough
& when you begin to see your nightmares in me
Just recall the idea
Every good thing you've ever felt is still here
& every bad feeling will eventually disappear
Judgement is cleared when we eradicate fear
& there are no shadows here
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I'll see you on the other side of this fear
Sit on the lowest branch, I'll wait for you there
It's not crazy for me to see you fully
We just push things away
You wanted it that way
I just wanted to step into your guts
Try on all your fears and see what sticks
Just see the world from the back of your mind
Await the fear that comes next
Everyday disguises forming in that fear
I've had the same dream too many times here
Every glance is starting to look like a nightmare
You were never real at all
I created you somewhere deep inside me
The destroyer of all things
I'll see you in every crowd staring straight back at me
It's time for me to just let it go
Remind myself I'm fine
Just give yourself some time
Give the destroyer a break from controlling your mind
Be the small spoon, let someone cuddle you from behind
Cuz you never trusted the way you feel
& it show all over your face
Love has been replaced
These shadows are what's real to you
The destroyer takes it's place
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There's a paleness so empty
A longing to every moment
I've accepted my life
It's alright, it's alright
A sliding scale
A movement through space
Creation of what you desire
In a designated safe place
Little packets of love
Hidden in between the lines of time
Projected wins making up for the losses
Each developed in our mind
Come find me in the blue
With everyone we ever knew
I'm disappearing with each moment
& I can start over with you
But you need to disappear too
I keep writing, hoping that you do
That you do
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