1. |
Wanna Feel Alright
05:01
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I waited forever
I thought I was clever
Say yes or say never
I wanna feel alright
Please be kind to me
Don't just look through me
Show me that you see
That I wanna feel alright
You lie there without a dream or a prayer
To guide you to the morning
And though it seems unfair
I guess I had my warning
I'll tell you a secret
And trust you to keep it
I wished on a comet
To make me feel alright
'Cause I wanna feel alright
I lie here and from my dreams I awake
I never thought I'd fear you
But now I fear it would take
A lightyear to be near you
I tear my tears apart and leave them on the ground
To show that I have not forgotten
I'll wind the wind until its wicked wounds are wound
Although the bandage isn't cotton
Do you remember when we broke each other down?
I need you
I miss you
I love you
I wanna feel
I wanna feel alright
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2. |
The Rainy Day
03:47
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It was a rainy day outside
And I could tell you, cadavers on my mind
I was open to the flood comin' down
I had timed it so I wouldn't have to drown
I had a dream of you last night before I woke
But with the morning light it all went up in smoke
And so I stood there in the rain
And felt my lips move to softly speak your name
And as each drop of water came from the sky
It splashed upon the ground as if to wave goodbye
I had a dream of you last night before I woke
But with the morning light it all went up in smoke
I fell in love again today
And as the rain fell it washed the world away
I had a dream of you last night before I awoke
But with the morning light it all went up in smoke
And if the only place I can see you is in my dreams
The from my eyes when I wake up my tears will stream
And fall upon the ground to join the splashing rain
To wave goodbye to you until I dream again
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3. |
Deexister
04:21
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Little sister, I once promised you that if I ever found a way to end the world I'd be sure you wouldn't suffer
Deexister is the title I have chosen for myself as I lie down curled up next to a candle snuffer
And it frees me to know
You're in good hands now
Oh my brother, I once told you that my mission was of mercy -- although it proved a bitter pill to swallow
Father, mother, when you taught me that each sparrow was an egg before it ever flew, the message wasn't hollow
And you, my lover, know that when a record plays the needle finds its way along a certain groove that it must always follow
But it frees me to know
You're in good hands now
I fell asleep to feed the flowers one day
So they would grow so high and far away
And the world is all I have
Each transistor in a radio plays the song a little louder so you can hear the wavelengths that are narrow
Deexister is the title I have chosen for myself as the end draws near and I become a sparrow
(You're in good hands now)
And it frees me to know
You're in good hands now
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4. |
The Tumbling Game
03:24
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I got lost in the world today
I wasn't sure if I could stay
I never thought it would end this way for me
I fell down in the tumbling game
I hurt my leg and now I am lame
I only have myself to blame, you see
And I'll take it, oh I'll take it easy now I know
That everything happens for reasons we can't control
I sank fast in the swimming game
My drowning body swirled around the drain
The rushing water seemed to speak my name
I got burned in the loving game
I struck a match and I lit that flame
The burning fire couldn't be restrained
And I'll take it, oh I'll take it easy now I know
That everything happens for reasons we can't control
I got killed in the dying game
My friends told me it was quite a shame
I hope you think of me if you remain here
And you can take it, oh you'll take it easy now you know
That everything happens for reasons we can't control
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5. |
Kitestrings
04:04
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Me and my vessel know
I'm old and it's time to go
'Cause I was just passin' through
As people tend to do
And my body's aglow, and if you don't know
It's a cobalt 60 blue
Freedom and a bird once told me
"Down on the wing is a silly thing"
And I don't know why I'm not in the sky
I'm a kite held by a string
Dying can happen slow
If you only will it so
But I was just passin' through
As people tend to do
And my body's aglow, and if you don't know
It's a cobalt 60 blue
Nevermind the dark of night
And just ignore the light of day
It's okay, you'll be fine as the stars combine
And you wash your mind in gamma rays
I'm afraid!
Grains of the skies in my eyes
Milky white and clean
As the clouds crystallize
Stratus crystalline
Quiet falling design
Muted cascade
Ivory ash crystalline
Faintly falling fade
The seconds swing to and fro
And the world is under snow
But a tower can only grow
To a high place from below
And dying can happen slow
If you only will it so
But me and my vessel know
I'm old and it's time to go
I'm old and it's time to go
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6. |
Knowing
05:08
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If I find you
Under a time when
If I find you I'll know
And if you see me
Folding my hands in prayer
If you see me you'll know
I know you'd recognize the way I feel
If my bandages unravelled like film rolls off a reel
If I catch you
And hold you close to me
If I catch you you'll know
If you see me you'll know
I know you'd recognize the way I feel
If my bandages unravelled like film rolls off a reel
So although my wounds will take longer to heal
They'll no longer be concealed
It's time that I reveal them to you
Reveal to you
All that's left when you take away the things I've made is whispered and true
And if you swear to euthanize the things I dream I'll share them with you
But you take your time like a pharaoh wrapped in strips of memories
And you take your time and you go
You take your time like a king entombed in bricks of made up things
And you take your time and you go
And I know you'd recognize the way I feel
If my bandages unravelled like film rolls off a reel
So although my wounds will take longer to heal
They'll no longer be concealed
It's time that I reveal them to you
Reveal to you
If I find you
Under a time when
If I find you I'll know
And if you see me
Alone upon a hill
If you see me you'll know
You'll know
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7. |
The Blinding Light
05:09
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The light is blinding...
The blinding light I see
Is what will come to be
But I solely do intend
To love you to the end
It seems like long ago
And it frightens me although
It has not yet come to pass
But I know it's coming fast
And I hope it won't be true
As I sing this song to you
'Cause I cry with all my might
When I see the blinding light
The light is blinding...
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My eyes don't work too well
Just well enough to see the smile upon your face
My ears don't work too well
Just well enough to hear the time within your voice
As syllables of laughter extend beneath you like a thousand little wings
And your ears listen too because the time within my voice tells them a thousand little things
My mind won't work too well
Just well enough to know the things it knows of you
My heart won't work too well
Just well enough to pump my blood while busy loving you
And your heart's beating too, I can tell because your pulse makes currents in the air
They swirl around the room like little angels weaving waves into your beautiful hair
I wrote this song for you
I wrote the words imagining my life with you
I look back at it now
My eyes see just as well as if they were brand new
Although they can't see clearly when they look upon a universe in disarray
My love for you is like a lens through which I see the world and know that it will be okay
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Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me my love
Stay
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