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Mary, Mary, you’re so contrary
Where do your flowers grow?
Did you share your secrets willingly
Do you hold them when they go?
Was it three or a hundred and fifty
Do you keep your tallies close?
Does it matter if they were willing
To let your gardens grow?
How did you escape the culling?
Why were you the lucky one?
In the darkness, souls are waiting
In the light, the forest grows
The subway beckons you to terror
You spread your flowers as you go
Was it love or chaos calling?
Was it loss that made you glow?
Death is just around the corner
You can help Her as she goes
How did you escape the culling?
Why were you the lucky one?
Why did you accept this mission?
Was there a boon you’d like to share?
Mary, Mary, such a pixie
You live like a garden gnome
You spend your days just digging dirt
Do you call the ground your home?
Are you friends with fallen angels
Do they drag you down below?
If the sky were any clearer
Which way would you have the wind blow
Are there barrows all around you
The ground covered with snow
Do you share your flowers willingly?
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Corners of the Earth
03:42
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Why do I want to run
Inside of my dreams
When there’s nothing to fear
And another stream of consciousness
That takes me back to yesterday
I shake the corners of the Earth
I break the sounds
Back and forth again
Into the acid rain
Why do I have to fall
Into another dream
That’s nothing but fear
The answers slip away again
Into the void I go again
I break the corners of the Earth
To shape the sound
Back and forth again
Into the acid rain
How can I read the room
When the room is filled up with fools?
Why must I descend
Into this ancient sand
Away from my homeland
Descending to another world
I feel my footsteps overheard
I change the corners of the Earth
To make my sound
back and forth again
into the acid rain
How can I read the room
When the room is filled up with fools?
How can I stand this pain
When the rain filled with all these memories?
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I Can Hear Breathing
06:55
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Shifting patterns of light
Voices scatter in the night
I watch the castles fall
Distant thunder in the night
And the clashing of lights
I watch cathedrals burn
Ashes cover the ground
Voices don’t make a sound
But I can hear the breathing
And the Sun doesn’t rise
A darkness covers the skies
But I can hear breathing
Come to me, Show me
How to wake up the world
Come to me, Show me how
Broken bridges and roads
How to find my way home?
There are no stars out tonight
The rain continues to burn
And the air feels like a churn
There are no stars left tonight
Ash will cover everything
There are no birds left to sing
There is no horizon
There’s no time to turn
No more bridges to burn
Where are my options?
Still the Sun doesn’t rise
And darkness covers the skies
But I can hear breathing
Come to me, Show me
How to wake up the world
Come to me, Show me how
Where do I go?
Who should I be?
What do I need to get me to the sea?
What do I know?
Who can I be?
What are my reasons to make believe?
What do I care?
Why am I free?
How do I face these impossibilities?
Shifting patterns of light
Voices scatter in the night
And I can hear breathing
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Little Secrets
04:32
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I wonder, can I have the time?
I wonder, do I have the time?
To do the things I need to do
To cross the lists and misconstrue
The answers into something new
Where will I come through?
I wonder, who commits the crime?
I wonder, is it on my dime?
The reasons I can disappear
Are not the same for you, my dear
I have no answers, for you
When will i come through?
Little secrets everywhere
Open hands and thoughts to spare
One should hope and then despair
But be aware of everything that’s here
I wonder, will you take the time?
I wonder, will you take what’s mine?
Don’t do the thing you want to do
Don’t look around or play the fool
Don’t run away and then come through
I wonder if you can make it too?
Little secrets everywhere
Open hands and thoughts to spare
One should hope and then despair
But be aware of everything
Little secrets everywhere
Open hands and thoughts to spare
One should hope and then despair
But be aware of everything that’s here
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Insecure
05:22
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What do I do to change the tide?
Where do I go to catch this ride?
And I should know just what to say
What do I do to save my day?
What can I do to change your mind?
What can I do to make you stay?
And I should know just where you are
What do I do to hide these scars?
Why should I believe?
And how could I deceive you?
What do I do to change my life?
Where to I go to realign?
And I should know which way to go
What do I do inside of this glow?
Why should I believe?
And how could I deceive you?
Where is my intensity?
And why do we disagree?
What do I do to stop this time?
And how do I find a place to hide?
And I know that I should change
And I know I could today
And I know that I should break away
And I know that I should try
Why should I believe you?
And how could you deceive me?
And what about my intensity?
And why should we disagree?
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Left to Bare
06:55
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Distant memories
Of frozen homes
Our fallen heroes
Buried in the loam
Drifting principals
And token drums
Fading warriors
With no way home
There are reasons left to hide
Or take the world in stride
And face mortality
There are reasons left to share
And burdens left to bare
No more visions
Of our broken homes
No more reasons
To go alone
Empty memories
Of reckless lore
No more enemies
Inside this useless war
No more reasons left to hide
Or take the world in stride
And face mortality
No more reasons left to share
Or burdens left to bare
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About the Thing
03:59
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Can I tell you about the thing?
A thing you won’t believe
A thing that's so amazing
It will blow you away
Do you know?
I could tell you
About the thing
Let me tell you about the thing
It’s something to behold
Amazing, reflective thing
It might blow you away
Do you know?
I could tell you
Do you know?
I could show you
Why won’t you believe
The thing about the thing?
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When the Wind Blows
04:28
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Take away the trees
Take away the buildings
Does anyone believe
That they were ever there?
Crumbling pavement
Abandoned playgrounds
When the wind blows
It scatters everything
Dried-out rivers
Empty sea-beds
Where did they go?
Do they flow underground?
A simple lifespan
Sears tomorrow
Trades eternity
For today
Take away the cries
Take away the people
Does anyone here
Remember the tides?
No more answers
No more children
Does anyone here
Remember the time
That a simple lifespan
Seared tomorrow
And traded eternity
For today
A lonely figure
Waits for tomorrow
And trades eternity
For yesterday
Why does it burn?
Why is it so dry?
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A fragile boy at night
He does his verses
And he knows it isn’t right
But he knows their vices
So he takes his lashes
And he drinks his milk
Adds up the losses
Watches for the kill
Morning is such a traitor
When there’s time to kill
Wincing is a new behavior
If he just stands still
Show me where the moments happen
Tell me when the Moon is still
Help me with another season
Help me with another kill
A lonely girl at night
And she reads her verses
But she knows it isn’t right
To ignore the curses
So she burns the churches
And she drinks her milk
Adds up her losses
Waits for the kill
Morning is such a traitor
When there’s time to kill
Burning is an odd behavior
When she has the skill
Show me where the moments happen
Tell me when the Moon is still
Help me with another season
Help me with another kill
Morning is such a traitor
When there’s time to kill
Wincing is a new behavior
If you’d just stand still
Show me where the moments happen
Tell me when the Moon is full
Help me with another reason
Help me with another kill
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A boy came home, full of shame
After losing in an academy game
His father greeted him with a smile
“It’s ok, have fun, failure is the beauty of the human style”
The years had passed, and the son left
Advancements had hit, with technical shift
A plague had spread, and their health fell in decline
Meds became digital chips- from their heads, they’d shine
Father and Son
The bond broken, having different hearts
Father kept following the old white light
Son left searching for a different guide
Father and Son
new goals awaken, and set them apart
Father wants his son back, to feel human again
Son wants perfection, not to feel shame or pain
Digital Chips granted limitless health
In the place of human feelings and wealth
The Father was struggling to cope with these emotions
The meds kept telling him they were just delusions
The Son gambled with illegal mods
Just to mend every flaw that he saw
He was pleased when the chips seemed to grant him a fix,
Then enraged when the changes caused an avoidable glitch
Father and Son
The bonds broken, having different hearts
Father kept following the old white light
Son left searching for a different guide
Father and Son
new goals awaken, and set them apart
Father wants his son back, to feel human again
Son wants perfection, not to feel shame or pain
The Father’s search for humanity
Led him to his son seeking perfection
But it left him with no sanity
Searching for hope inside an infernal machine
To revive his humanity,
Father joined his soul with a frozen machine
Forming a unity, but erasing his mind
To hold on to his son’s remains
Left with a single memory
“It’s ok, have fun, failure is the beauty of the human style”
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Ghosts in the Machine
06:25
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Tick-tock, boondocks
Where are my hands, where are my feet?
Tick-tock, deadlock
Load in my past, make me complete
Sidewalk, mohawk
These are my eyes, these are my dreams
Gridlock, livestock
Where are my threads, where are my treats?
Turn away or turn inside?
Wishful thinking
Is there a god? Only machines
Turn my favors
Into a fraud, my quarantine
No more corners
Something to feed, something routine
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Do I believe? Do I believe?
Am I a man or a machine?
Wonder and amaze
The City lives inside my brain
Close and discover
The mask that drives me insane
Tick-tock, time clock
Where is your home? Where is your pay?
Tick-tock, cold shock
This is a lie, this is a game
Take your small talk
Take it outside, make a display
Tick-tock, bird squawk
Can you complain? Can you explain?
Are you dreaming now?
Lose your visions
There is no god, there is no pain
Learn your lessons
Make up the time, learn to refrain
Tick-tock, unlock
Open your hands, open your eyes
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Everyone goes, everyone dies
Are you a ghost inside this machine?
Wonder and amaze
The City lives inside your brain
Close and discover
The mask that drives you insane
Wonder and amaze
The Cities live inside our brains
Close and discover
The masks the keep us insane
Are we just ghosts in the machine?
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Take apart another me
Take apart another you
Are there pieces everywhere?
Are there secrets in the air?
Why don’t you
Try something new
Close your eyes and look inside
Is it red or is it blue?
Little pictures of the past
Change the frame and make it last
Where do all those people go?
Do you really want to know?
Why don’t I
Show you the sky
Open up and look outside
Is that a purple dragonfly?
How do we
Change the chemistry
Into to learning how to change the world?
Broken pieces of a chair
You can find them anywhere
Was it me or was it you?
Can you show me what to do?
Why do I
Hate the Southern Sky?
Turn around and face the Sun
Can you tell me when you’re done?
You can see or you can hear
Are you closer when you’re near?
Did you take a step outside?
Now you have to hide
Why did you
Break into this zoo?
Did you find an answer here?
Do you think the answer’s clear?
How do we
Change the chemistry
Into to learning how to change the world?
Wait until tomorrow comes
To see what you believe
Waiting for the beating drums
To see when I should leave
How do we
Face our ancestry
When do we begin to save the world?
Take apart another me
Take apart another you
There are pieces everywhere
There are secrets in the air
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Eleven Times
05:26
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Eleven times, I ran
And eleven times, I lost
When do I escape?
When should I descend?
Where do I belong?
I should find another cage
Before it starts to rain
I should try to make it through alive
Eleven darker days
Eleven endless nights
Do I stay inside?
Do I have to hide from you?
How to I break through
To get away from you?
Eleven times, I tried
And eleven times, I cried
Is there more than this?
A breathless mortal kiss
And when the angel lied
She took away my pride
And gave it back in pieces
To try and stop my life
I should find another cage
Before it starts to rain
I should try to make it through alive
Eleven suicides
Eleven times, I died
When do I escape?
When should I descend?
Underground, I hide
To make it through this life
Where do I belong?
The answers are almost here
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A Light Born of Sins
03:57
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(V1)
Oh, the flowers that
Used to decorate our path
Just became dust because of human wrath
Oh, the birds that
Used to celebrate our laughter
Turned to ash, mourning hereafter
(CH)
It all started with a siren
While we were holding hands
And a scattering of senses
Torn asunder by emerging lands
Then
came a light,
born
of our sins
(V2)
Oh, my hand I can
Still feel your warmth
Fighting for existence in this metal arm
Oh, my love
There is hope you are alive
My heart beats through wires, just to survive
(CH)
Then came the new horizon
Joined by survivors wearing armbands
Then came the invasion
Mutated forms from the Wasteland
Then I
Saw your ring
attached
to its skin
(Outro)
Oh, my soul
How harsh this world was to you
Stealing away
The only beauty that you ever knew
Oh, my soul
How hard that was for you
To bring new pain to your second life
And let your metal half end itself by chains
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The Voices in My Head
04:31
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The voices in my head
The voices in my head
The voices in my head, singing the same song
But in different keys
The voices in my head are finally singing the same song
All in different keys
Decision’s made, a driving rhythm
Common ground
The Key of Anxiety says, No need to rush.
Slowdown
The Key of Doubt says, I’ll never be good enough.
Three major, two minor
One flat, one sharp
Satan’s choir - the noise I dread
The voices in my head
The voices in my head
The voices in my head are singing the same song
But in different keys
The voices in my head are finally singing the same song
All in different keys
Path is cleared, lesson learned
Until the Key of Fear says, I’m gonna fail
It ain’t earned
The voices in my head
The voices in my head
The voices in my head are singing the same song
Three major, two minor
One flat, one sharp
Satan’s choir - the noise I dread
The voices in my head, appeased
The voices in my head finally singing the same song
Courage says screw those other keys, just believe
Voices in my head, voices, voices …
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Move into the Cloud
02:18
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Sniveling fools in a
Crumbling world
Put on your headset, kid
Move into the Cloud
Squash your thoughts, you won’t use them
Squash your memories, you don’t need them
Forget it all
Be here now
Did you take your Adderall?
Forget it all
It’s just too much
(makes no difference)
Sit and rust
(makes no difference)
Sit and bitch
(makes no difference)
It’s just too much
Try to forget it all
Forget it all
Forget it all
Forget it all
Groveling Tools in a
Crumbling world
Change your mindset, kid
Move into the Cloud
Forget it all
Squash your thoughts, you won’t use them
Squash your memories, you don’t need them
Forget it all
Be here now
Did you take your Adderall?
It’s just too much
(makes no difference)
Sit and rust
(makes no difference)
Sit and bitch
(makes no difference)
It’s just too much
Try to forget it all
Forget it all
Forget it all
Forget it all
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Freedom in Dystopia
09:04
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What is freedom when religion controls you?
What is freedom when governments oppress you?
What is freedom when you can not be you?
We hide underground.
We tell stories in secret.
We read forbidden books.
We watch abandoned movies.
What is freedom when you feel alone?
What is freedom when you can’t reach out?
What is freedom when they can’t see you?
They chase us.
They bind us.
They steal our homes.
They take our lives.
What is freedom when you cannot stand?
What is freedom when you cannot breathe?
What is freedom when you cannot see?
What is freedom when you cannot choose?
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Children of Tomorrow
05:17
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Waiting for tomorrow
I raise my head
What to do with all this folly
I hang my head
I hang my head again
Will there be a sign
Will there still be life
For us
Waiting for tomorrow
I look around
What should I do with all this sorrow
I shake the ground
I shake the ground again
Will there be a sign
Will there still be life
For us
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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more
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