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stubborn seed
02:05
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again there is a bridge we will not cross
our stubborn seed came quietly
like a message o'er tin cans and string
giggles and toes tying the notes
that make up you plus me
I don't think it's called harmony
it's between that an cacophony
again there is a bridge we will not cross
so will you kiss me with your soft pink lips
when you say 'sorry' with your body
even though your eyes want to say goodbye
let's lay out in the soft blue grass
with our arms up and our guards down
to cradle our divided heads
and watch the rain green sky
we're heavier than the earth for days
stooping beneath the clouds I say
"again there is a cross we will not bridge"
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squint
04:25
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more than a honeysuckle
you're an orange carot on a blue string
I try and squint in the city
to see only trees and grass green
but you hide like a five hour
plane ride, swallowed
in a white cloud
still I tilt my head back
to hear the clouds humming
bay leaves help me remember
when i'm a sad thought of numb sensors
Its every pedal, every pedal
its every sweet nibble I try and savor
Slow, tempting timing
to tease my shrunken tasters
If this is grafted
then where is the trunk
if you are the true vine
then where is the bunch
they say that there is life
when my viens run dry
we're asking is there life
while we're alive
Its the hem of a robe
to be called fearless
i'm a hand from you
touchless
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bold
03:42
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I can't say it wasn't bold
to knock, ring then knock
to get your attention
even though I should not
I'm begging to fill my gut
with no more than a fist
when crack went my rib cage
she flew away with it
come back shy song bird
come back shy song bird
come back shy song bird
come back
I've sinned, i've missed the mark
if it was you (and it was)
don't write this down in ink
in your big book please
I'm begging to fill my cup
with saw dust and to grow some luck
I'm sighing to fill my lungs
with twenty one grams of love
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4. |
empire
04:16
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don't you find it time
to settle in your mind
and float along
the winding coils
that are padded in bile
thanks be to the One
who made straight paths
that are defined
by what they lack
oh, I am the water at its lowest point
companionship and loyalty
to gravity
I'm searching for a spark
to start our fire
but following the fuel
of my empire
you're asking for the sky
I'm asking for a sign
seed is in my arms
and that's where we collide
thanks be to the One who knew
that acorns fall and die
to grow the tree that made the bridge
that fell 'tween you and I
oh, I am the water at it's lowest point
companionship and loyalty
to gravity
I'm searching for a spark
to start our fire
but following the fuel
of my empire
you are the steam and once like me
you slip right through the grasp
of those who reach
well tell me my love
what is he like
the man at God's right side
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the worst half
02:55
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seed wakes all night in sweat
better than regret
you'd probably feel
light & free
but you're with me
now, we were not blooming
but out came this seedling
who bound you like a sailor's knot
tied to my docks
ooh, I anchor you
but not to the ground
to a deeper dark
where I pull you down
you see creatures & critters
swimming all around
you see ugly things
bound up in me
past times I count as lost times
they got the best of me
well, since you got the worst half
we might as well agree:
I'm not the man you dreamed
and in the clouds it seems
so much lighter and serene
till we become nothing
ooh, I anchor you
but not to the ground
to a deeper dark
where I pull you down
you see creatures & critters
swimming all around
you see ugly things
bound up in me
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6. |
seed
03:49
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seed one day
you'll be like me
seed, you'll be twice as tall
with twice my heart
and my cork screw spine
seed with my very hands
I will burrow you deep
into the richest soil I find
by the riverside
seed i'll sow you
seed i'll show you
seed i'll grow you
the best I can
seed one day
you will not understand
why I prune
you'll will hate the gardner
and you will curse the father
seed one day
i'll teach you
to peal back your bark
with those around you
so they can see the real you
seed i'll sow you
seed i'll show you
seed i'll grow you
the best I can
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7. |
three drinks
03:43
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everyone knows the wages of sin
everyone knows the places i've been
it doesn't take two to lose you I see
i'm always much farther than I used to be
I've got a head full of steam
three drinks to soften the scene
and you've had every right to this
my silence is torture & bliss
my silence is torture & bliss
I thought you were the big bad wolf
I thought I'd fall into the black hole
sideways glances & crooked chances
I'm sure the nameless love word dances
I've got a head full of steam
three drinks to soften the scene
and you've had every right to this
my silence is torture & bliss
my silence is torture & bliss
honesty
it will tear you apart
honestly
lets go back to the start
back to the
back to the
back to the start
but I've got a head full of steam
three drinks to soften the scene
and you've had every right to this
my silence is torture & bliss
my silence is torture & bliss
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8. |
grave or kite
03:40
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manic
isn't it all within my reach
within my reach
panic
i'm on the edge of everything
of everything
curse this bad eyes
peeling like scales
and this cork screw spine
twisting like the vine
curse these foul hands
that take from the king
and this flat foot folly
that goes with the breeze
manic
isn't it all within my reach
within my reach
panic
i'm on the edge of everything
of everything
I do what I can
its cold then it burns
these mountains & valleys
are cause for concern
promise that you'll dig
when I lay in the land
or a kite tossed in the wind
my string is in your hands
manic
isn't it all within my reach
within my reach
panic
i'm on the edge of everything
of everything
I'm up in the clouds floating
kissing the sun
or i'm down in my grave digging
looking for someone
manic
isn't it all within my reach
within my reach
panic
i'm on the edge of everything
of everything
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reminder
04:35
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provider, not peace-of-mind-er
you hang, kite
looking down your nose at those
tiptoeing and pickpocketing life
son of a clean bride
split from open skies blind
to twenty one one
wont you come if even in metaphor
and cast the pharisees out of me
wanting signs
you with your sugar brown eyes
and pre assembled earth time
figure this jigsaw, pigsty life
I tried
reminder, from your landlord
we all equal lesser
the clean and the poor dressers
the yes-ers and the no-ers
those bloated with the answers
see you
stuck up in a cloud
wont you come if even in metaphor
and cast American out of me
wanting kings
you with your sugar brown eyes
and pre assembled earth time
figure this jigsaw, pigsty life
I tried
you with your magazine smile
and preassembled earth while
figure this jigsaw, pigsty life
I tried
christ, we're all overfed
filled with showbread and manna
christ, we're all overfed
filled with 'holy words' and manners
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10. |
winter coat
03:44
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a winter coat
to hold me together
up in New York
we dress for the weather
I'm wrapped in goose feathers
I'm hidden and safe
I'd rather not leave
this shell that I've made
but don't leave me alone
don't leave me with strangers
you know that I'll pull towards
permanent dangers
I love a good secret
let it sit in the cellar
let it age and excite me
eighty proof all the better
my hand in the wolf's fur
my head had no clue
my heart is an island
eyes hazy and blue
I'm useless and smiling
I really should go
you found what I'm hiding
I'm reckless you know
I'm reckless
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11. |
salt city
04:33
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deep in salt city
it isn't pretty
I hear fireworks
no, gunshots
on the corner
down the street
they say you don't gotta worry
it's only gang related
you can feel safe in your home
you can feel separated
the revolution will not be televised
deep in salt city
we've got irony
we've got guns for that
to push the violence back
they say you don't gotta worry
it's only drug related
you can feel safe in your home
you can feel isolated
the revolution will not be televised
this mass appeal american dream
poured in the water upstream
I'll wait for the year of jubilee
till then hold on to me
till then hold on to me
till then hold on
the revolution will not be televised
deep in salt city
there is no green to be seen
the dollar bill king is dehumanized
he's seductive and sterilized
I say come together
we're all love related
you can feel safe in my home
you can know all but hatred
the revolution will not be televised
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12. |
used to be a sinner
01:33
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I used to be a sinner
now and unhonest dinner
and card wont make up for untruth
I cook you up a pot
of undeserved anger
garnished with a touch of danger
lets not get too close
close as we spoke
close as eve and adam
I'm an embarrassment
I'm an unhusbandry
I'm as bad as you are
good to me
strugglers feel noble
sinners feel dirty
liars feel nothing
and thats why I'm singing
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Mountains & Valleys Syracuse, New York
Mountains & Valleys makes music that your ears will love. It's raw and real yet could still be the soundtrack for a lucid dream. We are not interested in sounding like anything other than honesty.
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