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They Want me to Lose
07:12
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I’m gambling that I never forget
The simplicity of a tape cassette
In a world of confident conjecture
Life becomes all about texture
When 24/7 they argue the toss
Each minute becomes an unbearable loss
That’s why I noisily refuse
to reject the things they want me to lose
Be the weeds they can’t destroy
Be the breeze they can’t employ
Be the few seeds left after they destroy
Be rough and ready, tactile joy
Alone in the mint green room, I’m young
A piano, thin carpet, the concrete won
Discordant memories that just leave questions
years later I still discard your suggestions
Be the sky above tower as it’s getting late
Be the creature leaving it all up to fate
Be the black oily surface of Bantam lake
Support what you love don’t share what you hate
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2. |
I Live at the Lake
05:37
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I have lived around here
Most of my days
Also spent some time
Out in Santa Fe
A brief stint in the army
I had bills to pay
But I live on the lake now
Up here on the lake now
You can see me most days on the lake
I see plenty of goings on
From my old folding chair
Cars bikes and boats
Some in need of repair
Families and tourists
Sometimes Rabbits and bears
Mostly Birds and fish at the lake though
Mostly Birds and fish at the lake though
I live at the lake you know
I live at the lake
People know me here
They ask me what I’ve seen
The nights when the sky is clear
I’ve seen a few things
I’ve got stories to tell
And if you see me around
I will wish you well
But if you ask me about this
I’ll smile and just wish you well
Late one night
A local motorist made claims
state trooper 10 miles away
Confirmed they were not playing games
Everyone looking at me to see if I saw the same
Was it real or was it fake
The space whale of bantam lake
Was it the meteor shower or one big mistake
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Welcome to the Water
04:11
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Heading somewhere new
Wide eyed and full of tea
Some expectations but mostly excitement
at what might come to be
The place you leave is smaller and more insignificant
than anyone wants to admit
You realise fighting the ego of measurements
Matters not one single bit
You hit the language barrier
Before you hit the ground
Even when they do
most won’t mention
that they want you to stick around
Learn to time your landing
With press and local police
It’ll be an age and then some
Before all these conspiracies cease
Welcome to the water
Welcome to where you’ve been hurled
Welcome to anywhere other than what you imagine
On any other world
Welcome to the land
Use all that you’ve learned
It won’t be made easy hold on to horizons
And hope to never be returned
Returned to the water
They make a show of it
But put in the least they have to do
You’ll get quite used to a
Future that’s loose
With this ragtag disparate crew
It’s more than we can hope for
When a whole town works as one
Even if the results will prove
That very little actually gets done
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4. |
Under the Depths
09:06
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Right away it’s clear the
Method isn’t right you’ve
Kept the dream alive but
All around is noise and
People in the woodwork
Don’t make it something more
We’ve written down the end
Miles from the shore where
Houses hide the prospect
Of taking down the lead from
High above the mass of bone
and sweat and screams for more
And when they come for you and
They will come for you and
They will come prepared for
Conflict and confusion and
Between the smoke and mirrors we
Dangle an illusion
make of it what you will
As You’ve got time to kill where
We’ve buried all the trinkets that we
Lost inside our memories
While high above we still hear
Cries and screams for more
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In the grand scheme of things
You were gone in a blink of an eye
but in-between your long eyelashes
You were a reason why
And all the monstrosities
That are built up in our heads
Make way for curiosities
And a million separate threads
Pull on each one for a moment
And watch it quietly unravel
Rake the topsoil on the road
you’re least likely to travel
And summon up the courage
To stay right where you are
Just you and me and the stars
In the grand scheme of things
What you saw may not be explained
But in-between those quiet lost moments
You were what remained
And all the possibilities
Written about despite their lack of legs
Make way for our own ability
To consider a million separate threads
Pull on each one for a moment
And watch it quietly unravel
Rake the topsoil on the road
you’re least likely to travel
And summon up the courage
To stay right where you are
Just you and me and the stars
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6. |
Out into the Light
04:31
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Be the brightest version of yourself
Show the world that you exist
Hesitant at new, surprising information
Over time we won’t resist
I see you
even if others leave you be
You might be cosy in your corner
But don’t you hide away from me
We all have something we can offer
We all have something we can do
Unfurl your gorgeous colours
A sequel to your radiant debut
Sometimes it’s cruel and frightening
Your gut is screaming at you flee
I promise to try and make it safe for you
If you don’t hide away from me
Come out into the light
Hold my hand tight
There are wonders to be found
If you look at things just right
When you’ve met a fair few people
When you’ve lived a year or two
You can spot those who are exceptional and rare
And I recognise that in you
There are some too wrapped up in their own journey
Some who will choose not too believe
Together we are stronger we are better
So don’t you hide away from me
Ignore the noises in the background
Find where you perfectly fit in
No heart was ever won in silence
I’ll show you the best place to begin
Come out into the light
Hold my hand tight
There are wonders to be found
If you look at things just right
Be the brightest version of yourself
Show the world you fly and I guarantee
Every step after the first is easier
When you don’t hide away from me
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Germany
03:50
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I want a midnight snack
I want to never come back
I want to have dreams curious and deep
Give me a reason to stay asleep
Can’t keep the dog down
The gown restricts the gown
I want to be Bowie in Germany
I want a 35mm certainty
The search is everything
The search is over
The search is everything
The search is over
Overexposure
I want a good review
I want a world in the image of you
I was happy to get back in line
Thirty more years to tend to the vine
Photos on the tarmac
Us and them under attack
The next big sell out waiting in the wings
A metamorphosis always stings
The search is everything
The search is over
The search is everything
The search is over
Overexposure
I want a midnight talking to
I want a mirror I’ll go walking through
Give me colours that creep
Give me a reason to never sleep
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8. |
And That'll Do
06:01
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Everything’s been done
Everything’s been found
We flounder in the sky
We decimate the ground
Chase the latest trends
Chase the next best thing
What are these choices that you cling to
What is the phone that never rings
And all we’re shown
And all we’re told
And all we’ve known
And when we fold
There is nothing but now
There is nothing but you
And that’ll do
Everything is understood
Everything is confusion
We have this imitation
We built a dark illusion
Chase the next dollar
Chase the wrong opinions
Who is this walking surgery
What is underneath the millions
And all we’re shown
And all we learn
And all we’ve known
And all we burn
There is nothing but now
There is nothing but you
And that’ll do
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Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures New Milford, Connecticut
Songwriting and banging your instruments together
The main thing I love to do is write
songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first.
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