1. |
Original Tea
04:25
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Divinations for those who wrestle with the cause
Of why that starlight seems so untoward
Their trajectories give me no harmony
And I have no commentary still
I'm on my way to pick some milk up from the shop
I get the feeling that the weight of skies about to drop
All that is to be; all that we are yet to see
To grow right over me here
Losing
A little more face just to keep your place
Losing
A little more wine just to tell your mind
It’s yours
It’s yours
Some like to speak the greatness of our little train
And how its ceilings is peeling from the strain that is leading us
Over the precipice
To swim in original tea
Losing
A little more face just to keep your place
Losing
A little more wine just to tell your mind
It’s yours
It’s yours
I get no feeling from the cause
And effect of the sanctioned responses
From the core
From the core
Divinations for those who wrestle with the cause
Of why that starlight seems so untoward
Their trajectories give me no harmony
And I have no commentary still
Losing
A little more face just to keep your place
Losing
A little more wine just to tell your mind
It’s yours
It’s yours
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2. |
Engineer
03:44
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The Engineer has paid my fare
I take my seat
I have his key for the cage with the bees
I let them escape
They buzz and they sting
At the billowing steam the engine creates
They're all starry eyed
For some girl in the tide who trails their graves
Let your armies descend
For it's all just pretence
Sticks and stones
On my weary bones
Come break my will
Break my will
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3. |
Porch Song
03:36
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I'm just sitting out front, watching a hedge row
Watching it grow; the days moving slow
I'm feeling aware
Wondering where the broken bits go
And that’s about when you come around
Ascend from the Earth to where black holes are found
And you can witness the birth; I don't know how you feel
If you’re even real but I know what your worth
You’re taking my time
Everyone says that it’s true
You’re taking my time
I don't mind when I know that it’s you
Taking my time, taking my time
Taking my time, taking my time
Here enter the night, the passing of light
The thoughts that we made to fill out the days
Now flow from our cups; the burden of luck slips away
A sweet slow decay
The action in eyes, release your disguise
Your bones are to bare, these ones are mine
Enter and climb
They’re filled up with signs to keep out the tears
You’re taking my time
Everyone says that it’s true
You’re taking my Time
I don't mind when I know that it’s you
Taking my time, taking my time
Taking my time, taking my time
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4. |
Shallow Grave
04:05
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Monkeys in the kingdom; silence in the orderlies mind
The heartache of wonder took them to a different time
They met her last summer, the season took them from behind
There's a little bit of history, I think they lost their presence of mind
All your friends have left your grave
You were gone too long, nothing was saved
You cast your thoughts on a black heart day
All your friends have left your grave
Your allegiance took the bones from your legs
Come and hit the farmyard and have a cup of tea instead
Take one of these, it might appease your crimes
Or have you dancing on the roof top, thinking of the summertime
All your friends have left your grave
You were gone too long, nothing was saved
You cast your thoughts on a black heart day
All your friends have left your grave
Cross the water; leave the water
Go tell the warden there's no water
I'm a shelf please read me; I am seaweedy
Marine kilter; watch me filter
All your friends have left your grave
You were gone too long, nothing was saved
You cast your thoughts on a black heart day
All your friends have left your grave
Cross the water; leave the water
Go tell the warden there's no water
I'm a shelf please read me; I am seaweedy
Marine kilter; watch me filter
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5. |
Doctor of the Sea
05:27
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I met that Doctor of the sea
She wrapped me in her coat and then she buried me
Far beneath the waves and in her dreams
I met that Doctor of the Sea
And you’re my enemy, down in the sea
Once I believed in your misery
But now I can smile, knowing that all the while
You were my enemy, down in that sea, where I was thrown
I had no expectation
Of what was coming with the morning light
It was a small revelation
How your past had me wired
And you're my enemy, down in the sea
Once I believed in your misery
But now I can smile, knowing that all the while
You were my enemy, down in that sea, where I was thrown
Now I know you'll never grow
You sit in the Shade with nothing to show
A strange attraction; pathos and glow
State of inaction; nowhere to go
I met that Doctor of the sea
She wrapped me in her coat and then she buried me
Far beneath the waves and in her dreams
I met that Doctor of the Sea
And you're my enemy, down in the sea
Once I believed in your misery
But now I can smile, knowing that all the while
You were my enemy, down in that sea, where I was thrown
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6. |
Mare Bear
03:20
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Your nation expels me
Through exit doors, I'm returning
Always to the point you keep sinner down
You show the face that weaves the crowd
Your dirges are resounding
By wicker light, hearts are pounding
Lost in the dark house where I was left to pine
Nightmares to end when you are dying
You put me on a pedestal, it won't last long
I can't be all those things you say you need
But loving you through the night
That's alright
A story told across the plain that
Lies between the heart and brain
No elevation, No pious retort
An adage read when light is sought
You put me on a pedestal, it won't last long
I can't be all those things you say you need
But loving you through the night
That's alright
You put me on a pedestal, it won't last long
I can't be all those things you say you need
But loving you through the night
That's alright
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7. |
Eve of Good Fortune
05:01
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You’ve had a little honey from an open hand
Wandered in meditation, looking for a place to stand
But nobody is listening as you play your tune
You sit back down in your hole in the ground
Looking for a different view
Today, you say, "think I need a holiday”
“I'll get what I deserve and it ain't you"
Despite your inventions, you doubt your intentions
You know it’s still their smile that gets you through
There’s a little salvation when that weather treats you kind
You follow its evolution, though you know its wisdom is blind
Stretching out your fingers from the womb to the tomb
It’s a manic phase that fills your days and wraps you in your wounds
Today, you say, "think I need a holiday”
“I'll get what I deserve and that ain't you"
Despite your inventions, you doubt your intentions
You know it’s still their smile that gets you through
Heading for the New Year, you’ve got yourself the old fear
Well ain't it so, some things never change
Sitting by the ocean seems many years away
When you’re held up in the mountains trying to teach yourself to pray
But then that dawn is breaking, those wings they are in bloom
You separate from your familiar state and head on down to the dunes
Today, you say, "think I need a holiday,
I'll get what I deserve and that ain't you"
Despite your inventions, you doubt your intentions
You know it’s still their smile that gets you through
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8. |
Storm Surge
03:33
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Hey there Stormy
Its Friday morning
Is that a window to your soul?
Or too much caffeine
A restless daydream
On how the night time might go
You fear the abatement of corporate containment
And how they'll put you in the cold
Will that wage keep you? Will it relieve you?
Will it deceive you with the things that you know?
Laid out in low sun, placate the boredom
Is that a penny for your thoughts?
Don't try to reclaim them, from those you paid for them
If you don't want it in the courts
How can we save you when they’ve ingrained you
With thirty years of a lonely view?
You'd like to say, you'd like to change these ways
Crying up at the mindless moon
Bring me a wave and I'll be true
Hey there Stormy
Friday morning
Is that a window to your soul?
Or too much caffeine
A restless daydream
On how the night time might go
You fear the abatement of corporate containment
And how they'll put you in the cold
Will that wage keep you? Will it relieve you?
Will it deceive you with the things that you know?
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