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7:20 AM
02:05
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there was a boy
a very strange enchanted boy
they say he wandered very far
very far
over land and sea
and then one day
one magic day he came my way
and while we talked of many things
fools and kings
this he said to me
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2. |
Lights Out
04:23
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there's a little house
nestled into the ground
it makes soft sounds
the people inside move around
the stairs go up and down
the door swings in and out
the people inside move around
the people inside move around
there's a little town
with little houses scattered
'round the streets downtown
and on the hill there stands a tower
the siren starts to sound
the core is melting down
and one by one the lights blink out
one by one the lights blink out
how will you find your way when the lights go out?
hands against the wall to feel your way around
how will i know you're there when the power's down?
are you even there now?
there's a little house
dark within and dark without
it makes soft sounds
the people huddled underground
dust falls to the ground
pieces of sky falling down
and in the street the wind blows round
in the street the wind blows round
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3. |
Nuclear Family
02:38
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we lived along a tree lined street
our little street was lined with trees
in the shadow of a tower
that filled our little sky with steam
i tried to turn the soil under
turn it over in my mind
we tried to start a brand new chapter
but couldn't leave the past behind
we keep it in the family
the kids, the dog, you, and me
but the temperature is rising
and we're melting down
the plants all melted down
they couldn't take the heat
the plants all melted down
all along the tree lined street
i tried to turn the page
my fingers slippery with sweat
we tried to reach into the future
but we cannot touch it yet
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4. |
The Difference
04:51
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the tower in the background
poison underneath our feet
and the garden we had planted
yielding nothing safe to eat
the temperature keeps rising
can't escape this fever dream
but magnolias are blooming
all along the tree lined street
i was moving, staring through glass
as the landscape spun away so fast
now i sit at the window, watching people pass
and i cannot tell the difference
pack all the essentials
grab the kids, the dog, the keys
my hands tied to the steering wheel
as we turn away to leave
the tower in the rearview
and our garden gone to seed
so we keep the a c blasting
all along the tree lined street
i was sitting and staring through glass
watching all of the people pass
like gazing through a window at the leaves of grass
and trying to tell the difference
everything i am
and everywhere i been
wrapped up in the place i'm in
everything i am
and everywhere i been
fills up all the space within
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5. |
Scaffolding
03:37
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scaffolding covers the mural and the windowpane
and we all tell each other we like it better this way
for when it gets dark we climb up and look down at the place
where we once stood and looked down in the light of midday
but i thought i saw you
lying on the ground in the middle of the street last night
and i thought i saw you when i was looking down from upon that great height
did you see me too
up on the scaffold silhouetted by the street light
did you see me too
carried by the air between us in that warm night
how thick is a surface?
brick upon steel
how thick is a surface?
how do you feel?
we cling to a thin film
scaffold on the underlying structure
when you are above
do you understand what stands under
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6. |
Another Day On Earth
04:30
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i'd borrow an hour from the morning
to work a little later into the evening
we could split thirty minutes for lunch
but i'd probably end up wanting the whole thing
it's barely march and the trees in the park are blooming
i never thought that collapse would feel so soothing
but time knows something that money never learned
that nothing can be given and nothing can be earned
time knows something that money never learned
that everything is borrowed and everything returns
and i would give anything for another day on Earth
i steal half an hour from work
to go walking by the river
to remind myself
that this island is surrounded by water
it's barely march and i'm standing in the sun and sweating
spending all of my time worried about time i'm spending
but time knows something that money never learned
that nothing can be given and nothing can be earned
time knows something that money never learned
that everything is borrowed and everything returns
and i would give anything for another day on Earth
the Earth goes round like a bicycle wheel
the calendar doesn't care how i feel
and each and every forth february
we get another day on Earth
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7. |
Over 94
04:46
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i am standing over 94
traffic flowing north and south
i am waiting on the current to wash me away
to bring me home
i am standing over 94
traffic flowing north and south
i am waiting on the current to wash me away
i am waiting to open the door
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how lucky to be stuck along the vector
caught in between one place and another
how fortunate my legs in the river
as joyfully my blood flows to surrender
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stillness in motion
motion and stillness
rivers to oceans
new york and minneapolis
sitllness in motion
motion and stillness
rivers to oceans
what will/have/did i miss
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8. |
What I Mean
02:09
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i keep saying goodbye when i mean to say hello
i keep moving faster when i mean to take it slow
and i keep saying all the wrong words to you
but you know what i mean
i killed all my houseplants when i wanted them to grow
and i won't pretend that i never reap when i should sow
but i don't have to try so hard with you
because you know what i mean
but all the things that words don't say
the empty fullness of the day
and all that fills the silence when you go you go you go
all that these songs can't portray
the obstacles along the way
i go quiet and you say i know i know i know
i know i should stay here though i feel i need to go
and there are things i'm thinking that i should let you know
but i'll just think it through even though you
already know what i mean
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9. |
Follow This Line
05:20
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what is behind
and what stands
in front of it?
where is the line
and how do
i follow it?
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Gabriel Coleman Dublin, Ireland
future historian, musician, artist, midwesterner they/them
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