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The Fire
03:29
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first there was heat
then there was fire
then there was the ash left over and the voices of a children's choir
and the voices broke
and the room went cold
they said if you don't risk dying young you risk growing old
but if we howl and holler
and fill the building with water they
will be soaked in safety
and the fire won't get in the way
of the lives they're leading
am I leading you astray?
so sorry, I'm so sorry
if I'm leading you astray
then the wind caught up
and the crowd got word
but the word only confirmed what they, from the fire, inferred
so they sang to the sky
"oh mother moon"
she said, "don't worry baby. It'll all be over soon."
But if we howl and holler
and fill the building with water they
will be soaked in safety
and the fire won't get in the way
of the lives they're leading
am I leading you astray?
so sorry, I'm so sorry
if I'm leading you astray
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No Water
03:39
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I had a dream we were working
on a garden in the sand
you said, "you know, we've been working just to grow some unknown greenery that thrives and demands
no water"
no water
of course nothing grew
it was only then and only I that knew
with all said and done
it was only me left baking in the sun
no water
no water
no water
that friday night I was foggy
I was listless I was broke
you said, "instead, maybe we should go to bed and in the morning we'll forget we ever spoke
without caution"
no memory
of course nothing grew
it was only then and only I that knew
with all said and done
it was only me left baking in the sun
with no water
no water
no water
no water
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3. |
America
03:51
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I left early in the morning to arrive at the place I should be
I made sure I was a ghost I made sure I was a nomad in the land of the free
the sky had that color that early faint glow that deep dark blue
I went over the mountains and as I got closer it shifted its hue
I want to go to America
I want to go to America
I heard westward it was different heard it was quiet and built for a ghost
ancient trees grow like mountains they climb through the air they scatter the coast
it was different as promised we all could agree it was worse than before
from a time unremembered sealed inside bottles and washing ashore
I want to go to America
I want to go to America
wouldn't you think it would be different?
wouldn't you think it would be nice?
if we could spend the day together
and the night on ice
I want to go to America
I want to go to America
I left early in the morning the sky was still dark just tinted by sun
I got lost in the aether the spin of the planet that cancerous one
god bless the fields of grain and god bless the rocks and the wood
we have our own ideas of how distance should be understood
I want to go to America
I want to go to America
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Naples
02:39
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I parked my car in the driveway
the windows froze shut
the temperature dropped
I'm still unsure on the highway
I suddenly sped
I suddenly stopped
the bent steel frame
the total loss claim
I fell asleep in your bedroom
still fully clothed
your head on my chest
neck cramps from lacking the headroom
the heat on my face
the nauseous unrest
you said when this is over
as it soon will be
"I plan on rolling on forever
so don't wait up for me"
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Reinvent
06:05
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in the woods
there was a holy playground game
that filled your heart
and in your heart
there is a place you've yet to find
and when you get there
do you think that you will know
right away
and if it's changed
do you think you'll change your mind
or will you reinvent your promised land to suit this new frontier
or accept the home you've dreamed about is very far from here
and the home that you return to now will one day disappear
and if it does
when it does
you'll still be here
in the garden
with a lonely holy ghost
for a guide
you will walk
drawing circles in the soil
the path
that you create with dragging feet
won't lead you home
you disappear
when you shake your mortal coil
you need to reinvent your memories your dream girl don't exist
do you think that she'd just watch you being swallowed by the mist?
when watch her fade away it's only human to resist
and if she does
when she does
you'll still exist
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