1. |
The Shining
05:20
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Caught in a room for a night
Actually, this night is all time
But I’ve got a window to see
The shining
Blinking with white fire flies
The Morse code of the sky
Send me a message that is
Un-dying
Ho hum, it’s speaking in tongues
I’m doing my best to hear it,
This landing of new spirits
Of new souls and somehow I know
We’ll meet them in the distance
We’ve known them well
Through every feeling we’ve felt
Being ourselves
As we trade one form for another
A face made of faces
Aa name made of names
And love is a light that the dark can’t contain
Don’t hand me a hammer
I’m not breaking out cause
I’m not breaking down
I know this room well
I’m a passenger
Behind his open eye
In fact
I just told him to open his mouth
I just told him to sing out loud
He showed him how good it can feel to mean it
Ho hum, it’s speaking in tongues
I’m doing my best to hear it,
This landing of new spirits
Of new souls and somehow I know
We’ll meet them in the distance
We’ve known them well
Through every feeling we’ve felt
Being ourselves
As we trade one form for another
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2. |
A Simple Song
02:33
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Simple living
I'm what I am
I am easing into
Being it
Being the ladder
On which they climb
Being the landing
From which they fly
Being the bold
Backdrop of life
A simple time
Simple living
Is what I've got
To be surrounded
It's quite a lot
If they're not laughing
They're gonna cry
Just make them happy
No questions why
Steady walk on
A steady line
A simple time
Simple as the stillness of snow
Simple as a ripple off a blue sailboat
Simple as a glow
It's easy to be known
A wait is over
A weight is on
Push it gently
A simple job
Turn it over
It's black and white
Keep it rolling
By keeping it light
Hold it close
But not too tight
Steady walk on
A steady line
Being the bold
Backdrop of life
I guess that means
I think I’m fine
In this simple time
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3. |
Rituals
04:45
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At the end of every day you come and find me
And curl into a ball
And kiss me on the cheek to say you love me
And then to sleep you go
A ritual
For us to keep
A ritual
Of you and me
A thought as real as anything
I could hold
I like to hang on all these rituals
We swore on all the meaning that would bind us
As if inside a trace
We kissed among our gathering of loved ones
And then all night we danced
A ritual
For us to keep
A ritual
Of you and me
A thought as real as anything
We could hold
We walk a trail Of all these rituals
To some I might seem sentimental
To me they just seem cold
Unable to conceive of this
Magic hour sunlight stream
that bathes my world in gold
Or maybe they just can’t believe
That every day begets an open morning
Made for an open mind
To sing a round on all the rounds before us
And truly harmonize
A ritual
For us to keep
A ritual
Of you and me
A thought as real as anything
We could hold
Our life aligned on this one ritual
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4. |
Grab Hold of What Floats
03:36
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He had 2 lives
He had 2 hearts
But he was not divided
When the lanes crossed
In the Black Sea
2 ship collided
You got to grab hold Of what floats
One soul to one soul
You got to grab hold
He was a lighthouse
With no walls
On a bed of yearning
His one sound
A slow howl
Of a lantern turning
You got to grab hold Of what floats
One soul to one soul
You got to grab hold
A silver mooned face
Looking at you from far away
If what will is a wind
Then what was is a weight
Don't let it bring you down
A watchtower
His is now
To the blue of the water
As dots of life
Drift through his light
And keep sailing onward
You got to grab hold Of what floats
One soul to one soul
You got to grab hold
One soul to one soul
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5. |
Folded Wings Folded
03:49
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Folded wings folded
Soft shut eyes dozing
Now your mind is open
Every path leads to the dark
Until knotted and unseen
Faintly outlined with stars
We disappear into a dream
Folded wings folded
Curled up like steam
An eddy in a deep stream
I leave the back door open
If you take to returning
Behind veil of my screen
I leave a lantern burning
Folding wings unfolding
Like a bird in the night
Only the sound of flight
A whisper
That I can’t see
But hear so clearly
I woke up in a crazy state
As if inside a dream
The features of each strangers face
I had already seen
I felt the essence of my friends
In random shopkeepers and kids
I heard the laughter of your breath
On playgrounds and cafe decks
Folded wings folded
Soft shut eyes dozing
Now my mind is open
Oh how my mind is open
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6. |
Somebody's Listening
02:51
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I got lost in this dream
Somebody’s listening
An audience of one
A show that’s never done
And so I sing out loud
My secrets and my doubts
Shadows of which I shout
To stage flowers raining down
You’ve got to give all you contain
You’ve got to throw yourself away
You’ve got to leap with joy and pain
To be remade again
On vapors then you’ll glide
Through atoms you’ll collide
As new strands form and twine
A column of new life
Are you ready?
Are you ready my greatest friend?
Ready for someone to be...
Always listening?
Ok
Then
Let’s be what they’re listening for
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7. |
Fields of Order
04:44
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Picking up the pieces
Can be difficult for me
Some are in my hand
Others out of reach
None are made to measure
All a different size
That's why, first chance I get
You know I'm gonna fly
To the fields of order
Through the rows and rows
Where you work with the sunlight
And the green that grows
Might break your back but
At least you know
There’s still a place in the world where you
Reap what you sow
I don’t know how it works
I just know what it does
And so for all this power gained
There is a knowledge lost
Deepest roots hide humble
Growing into the earth
That's why, by and by,
I'm dreaming of the dirt
To the fields of order
Through the rows and rows
Where you work with the sunlight
And the green that grows
Might break your back but
At least you know
There’s still a place in the world where you
Reap what you sow
Hard to think of a stranger
Time than now
Live in such abundance
And yet I feel a doubt
Endless possibility
Only drags me down
So you know where I’m gonna go
While I can still get out
To the fields of order
Through the rows and rows
Where you work with the sunlight
And the green that grows
Might break your back but
At least you know
There’s still a place in the world where you
Reap what you sow
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8. |
Far Away From
04:13
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birthday to birthday
what a year can window
what a year can consume
what a year can bloom
make a wish I know you
came from wishes come true
and as a wish can make you
so a wish can take you
Way away
Far away from
how does it feel to go
to the brink and come back?
to get called and show up
to look it in the eye
birthday to birthday
like a jungle campaign
Like a levitation
Like you’re riding waves from
Way away
Far away from
birthday to birthday
there’s a fire burning
the smoke is thick
it takes a lot to breath but
you seem to be breathing so I’m gonna just
find your favorites
delicious time to savor
on the day that made you
like we’ve always done
like we’ve always done
like we’ll always do
Way away
Far away from
Birthday to birthday
Through the deepest black hole
What kind of diamond
Can a day turn into?
When you’ve left completely
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
And my life is busy
(And an alert comes on my phone)
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9. |
Your Love Gleams
05:39
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I’m still inside the shadows
The hunter and the catch
Though you are not beside me
Your love
Protects
Alone in open water
The stars too dark to see
But I know where I’m going
Your love
Gleams
Your mind is like a carpet
Your thoughts are like the fruit
I’m eating as I’m laying
In your love’s
Room
How can I forget you
Now that I can see?
I call it a wonder
Your love leads me
A lantern flickers shadows
Soft across a face
Your body is but one form
Your love
Takes
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10. |
The Other Side
06:02
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Nighttime comes
Before sunset
We fall asleep
to twilight
How strange it feels
To never see
The darkness
of the other side
Talk to me
In my dreams
Paint with shades
I can’t unsee
Fill the halls
Of empty time
Shield me from
The other side
We’ve had friends
Begin and end
But all who leave
Come back again
They’re not gone
they're just on a ride
traveling round
the other side
The other side
Of you and me
The bones the blood
The skin you see
Into a song
One day we’ll climb
To drift into
The other side
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Brazos Brooklyn, New York
Grab Hold of What Floats - 2022
Saltwater - 2013
Phosphorescent Blues - 2010
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