1. |
Terror Targets
03:50
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LYRICS:
what have they done to us?
what have they done to us?
what have we done to ourselves?
me and my terrorist targets
have increased our value on the market
don’t be calling me a sellout
do you know how hard i fought?
we and all our opinions
blast out to everyone’s living rooms
while he rakes in another billion
harvesting all our thoughts
what have they done to us?
what have they done to us?
what have we done to ourselves?
she injects her body with plastic
see — she looks and feels fantastic
we compare oranges to apples
and they buy up her stock
he’s been replaced by a robot
recede into collective afterthought
the powers that be don’t seem to have forgot
how you make a tinderbox
what have they done to us?
what have they done to us?
what have we done to ourselves?
his and all of hers matching
who’d guess this way of life is catching
we’ve all gotta keep up with the latest fashion
and the ticking of the clock
they give a name, a disorder
to those of us who are not conformers
the doctor tells us there’s a miracle cure
they don’t tell us at what cost
me and my terrorist targets
bereave the world’s most precious secrets
do you believe together we could break this
if we wanted it to stop?
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2. |
My Nature
04:28
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LYRICS:
my nature is to wonder
and ponder and marvel
at the world around me
how to make it better
improve my survival
enhance evolution
i will need to tamper
if i am to master
can’t leave it alone
my nature is to meddle
the world is my oyster
the pearl my advancement
hypnotized by own technology
expand territory
and go on creating
even when it’s destroying
can’t leave it alone
it’s mine for the taking
look at all that i’m learning
through my manipulating
i cannot be passive
my nature is to aggress
but if it’s war that we’re waging
we both know who’ll win it
so stop to ponder
how am i changing
the world around me
is it for the better
or can i not leave it alone
can't leave it alone
tight in a huddle
mine for the taking
live in a bubble
my own making
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3. |
Wayside
05:47
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LYRICS:
might i take home with me
a record of the ticking
of the old parlor clock
if i could bottle that sound
then when no one’s around
i would listen out loud
hardly knew it was there
til the candle burned low
just like eye’s growing heavy
mark the passage of time
in a rhythm sublime
as our hearts beating steady
people and stories
failures and glories
after and before me
exit arrival
wax, waning, tidal
another turn of the cycle
pass thru, pass by
hello, goodbye
we’re a guest house inside
fight the same war
feel the same joy
something to live and to die for
tulips, hyacinths, snapdragons
tall blue delphiniums
signs of spring
give way to summer’s glow
i like to sit here alone and listen to the ticking of the old clock
i like to site here alone and listen to the old clock ticking
and listen to the old clock
golden yellow, deepest red
brown, pink, orange
sunlight lessening, earth is sleeping
beneath the white feathers of the first snow
i like to sit here alone and listen to the ticking of the old clock
i like to sit here alone and listen to the old clock ticking
and listen to the old clock
and listen & listen to the old clock
might i take home with me
a record of the ticking
of the old parlor clock
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4. |
To Evolve
06:07
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LYRICS:
tide rising
the tide’s rising
and the flood’s coming
and the blood’s plumbing what is inside
he has ignored her warning
and now the storm’s approaching
he has angered her to no end
and now she gets her revenge
and as the storm gathers force
will he move inland? will he move inland?
will he change his course?
we’re moving inland, we’re moving inland
moving in to move out
of a path brought about by our
stealing, thieving and changing tide
hundreds of years
oceans and lands
plundered, pillaged
he has shown her no mercy
and she has no sympathy
(the only way all together to control the weather)
now will he go inland? now will he go inland?
take a good look around?
we’re going inland, we’re going inland
going in to get out
of a path brought about by our
raping, taking and changing
tide rising
the water’s rising
and the fire’s are burning
and the winds and the seas are churning
and the tides are turning
the only way all together finally control the weather
to evolve / to evolve / to evolve
and i know we’re the only hope that we can grow together
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5. |
Play Pretend
03:38
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LYRICS:
somebody told me
don’t rush into this
fates can be sealed with a kiss
and we’re works-in-progress
acting our ages
learning to shift gears
objects are larger than they appear
and i don’t want to stand in your way
but to be there at the end of the day
and i don’t mean to be making demands
and i cannot play pretend
no i don’t want to play pretend
setting intentions
conscious with each step
we haven’t seen anything yet
and what’s really important
so why this torment
mountains and valleys
spirits are willful
at the growing edge of push and pull
and we haven’t had our fill
but i cannot abandon myself
better to be selfish than somebody else-ish
i can’t bear for this to end
and i don’t want to play pretend
can’t afford to play pretend
somebody told me
don’t rush into this
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6. |
Lodestone
05:39
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LYRICS:
when i see you stand before me
like a candle burning bright
smoke still clearing from your story
and a smoldering heat and light
draws me as a magnet to you
weary traveller come home
heal this crying baby’s wounds
with the salve that’s in your arms
i recognize that searching
and the drive for journeying
i think i know that seeking
never let go your reaching
when i see you stand before me
like an ember burning bright
smoke still lifting from your story
glowing with a warmth and light
draws me as a magnet to you
weary traveller rest your bones
hold this crying baby close to you
like iron to lodestone
oh, oh, the candelabra
oh, oh, panacea
when you go in your dark room
draw your sword in front of you
close the door no reaching through
i’ll be out here waiting for you
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7. |
Stop
02:50
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LYRICS:
i don't like what you're doing to me
i don't like what you're doing to me
i really don't like what you're doing to me
so stop
what you're doing to me
what you're doing to me
what you're doing to me
i really don't like what you're doing to me
i said no
so let me go
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8. |
Blink
06:14
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LYRICS:
watch as the human animal
takes his first breath and the world stands still
his mind and hands bend all to his will
bites feeding hand more than he can chew
we try to solve the world’s riddles
and to heal all it’s ills
will the Earth slough off her skin
and a blink all we will have been?
with his big book he prays for us
prayers disconnected and tether-less
will we try to save the world from us
or to just save ourselves?
is the Earth sloughing off her skin
and a blink all that we have been?
and we only clap with one hand
and bury our heads in the sand
looking out across this divided land
and we only clap with one hand
and bury our heads in the sand
staking out our claims on stolen land
tilled by enslaved hands
and built on enslaved backs
and we seem to forget and
so we repeat ourselves
this old world
spins much faster
than before
all our bluster
this old world
spins much faster
than before
when we were younger
upset the rhythm
disturb the balance
this world we leave them with
half of a chance
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9. |
Dynamical
03:47
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LYRICS:
i have been working on earning my keep
proving my value to me
measuring doing against being
which of the wolves will i feed?
contemplation ~ rumination
days stretching on ahead and behind
how do we spend all our time?
time spooling out now in all directions
what’s ended and what’s begun
celebration ~ revelation ~ machinations ~ in gestation
do all second hands beat in step?
will we know whether we’ve arrived yet?
do all cuckoos sing in unison ~ in unison ~ in unison?
two sets of dreams
the unfathomed, the familiar
what ever am i rehearsing for?
inspiration ~ appreciation ~ frustration ~ ruination
are all second hands beating in time?
hook line sinker, future’s by design
amassing past, accumulation of inhalations
lamentations, procrastination, isolation
exhalation, in connection, manifestation
i have been working on earning my keep
proving my value to be
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10. |
Inheritance
03:58
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LYRICS:
how far does the fruit fall from the tree
and how long do the roots grow down underneath?
even now is the path already laid out for me?
cuz the map starts from where the fruit fell
and we pass on what we don’t resolve
patterning, gathering, establishing blueprints
half and half of what turned into opposites
is a plan for inner and for outer conflicts
secrets shown even if you don’t tell
and we pass on what we don’t work on
what we don’t work out
sweep it under the rug til
the rug’s pulled up and
it hits the fan
and now it’s all over us
and
we pass on the
wounds and the scars that
we don’t heal
and so it’s up to us
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11. |
You & the Stars
06:43
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LYRICS:
don’t look at the stars
you can’t understand
don’t look at the sky
you can’t comprehend
don’t look at the stars / don’t ask how or why
you can’t understand / or if it makes sense
don’t look at the sky / there is no reply
you can’t comprehend / you’ll get overwhelmed
you can’t comprehend
wrap your head around
these vast measurements
and look at the group
insignificance
insignificance
a drop in the sea
pebbles on the beach
we are but nothing
in the everything
a grain of sand
apple of my eye
a dust-speck
look straight-ahead
love of my life
look in the mirror
unimaginable
something held so dear / all this held so dear
so inconsequential
but you mean the world to me
a grain of sand
apple of my eye
a dust-speck
look straight-ahead
love of my life
in this universe
where we don’t mean much
i have come to see / that what really matters
is what we are / and what we mean to each other
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