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In the Beginning
03:01
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It was dark in the beginning
No stars to light our way
No trees to hang our pictures from
No words for us to say
It was wet in the beginning
No wind to dry our hair
No mountaintops to shelter us
No one around to care
We were free in the beginning
Gently floating hand in hand
Listening to oblivion
No need for use to land
Just you and me
In the beginning
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Healthy Doses
00:54
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Lay out on the grass
Don't ask me for my thoughts
The minute that you ask
All hope is lost
Everything that's going through my head tonight
Could set our whole world alight
I know you think it strange
But please don't go away
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I awoke in a cold sweat
Salt stinging my eyes
I saw the unwashed hordes
Slaves to others' lies
I knew the hour had come
My waiting at an end
And so I took the sacred text
And now my path descends
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Autumn Over Us
03:12
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All the leaves on the trees are changing
Autumn's over us
We have reached the end
Of the Summer of our love
As the yellow grass sways slowly
Around your naked feet
Can we take one final walk
Before we have to speak
Everything is mourning
The grey sky for a pall
The greater the height of our love
The more severe the fall
Everything is mourning
The grey sky for a pall
The greater the height of our love
The more severe the fall
So let's just forget the future
And listen to the wind
And remember the Summer
Before the Winter begins
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Water Hymn
03:31
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Hot water scalds my hands
A purifying rite
As I scour pots and pans
I feel you press against me
Arms slide around my waist
A soft kiss on my neck
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
Warm water beads on your skin
To slide down your back
Tracing mystic lines
I press my lips against you
Arms around your waist
Water moistening my mouth
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
Cold water wrapped me up
Cut me off from the world
Promised a new life
But nothing really changed
Until I felt your arms
Until I felt your lips
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
I've gone down down down in the water
And I've come up again
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Gargoyle
03:32
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I sat down in the corner
With my back against the wall
And I watched
I watched it all
I felt the pang of hunger
But I refused to let it win
And I let
The process begin
And I was a statue
Solid
Unbreakable
I couldn't be moved
I was unshakeable
I listened to conversation
Floating in the air
And my stone ears
Held it there
I watched the people milling
Trying to get somewhere
And I sat
Free from care
And I was a statue
Solid
Unbreakable
I couldn't be moved
I was unshakeable
Unshakeable
It was just a momentary dream
I felt life return to me
And the hunger returned
But I kept what I had learned
How to be a statue
Solid
Unbreakable
How to be a rock
To be unshakeable
Every now and then
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Falling through a blue skyscape
Trying to make a clean escape
Green hills calling out my name
What a sound
And it's such a long long way
To the ground
I wish that I could find my wings
Where'd I put those things
The sky's held up by tiny strings
Of sound
And it's such a long long way
To the ground
Watching the clouds roll by
I don't believe my eyes
I know that they've told me lies before
That's what eyes are for
Where'd I put my wings
Where'd I put my wings
Who know where I put my wings
I can't find my wings
Where'd I put my wings
Wings
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Grammar Lessons
03:37
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You have a way of phrasing
That lures me in
With false questions your baiting
Fools me again
And I swallow hook line and paragraph
Your letters so sweet
And wait for the day
When you will come back to me
But my past and my future
Are equally grim
The water is rising
And I can't conjugate swim
And you say that you want me around
But I know that you want me subdued
And you only love me
In the subjunctive mood
You throw around words with abandon
And it twists me inside
Your semantics too often seem random
I wonder what you're trying to hide
And I wait by the door like a dog
And hope you return
But you've got it down to a science
And I never learn
And my past and my present
Are equally bleak
The water is rising
And my little boat's sprung a leak
And you say that you want me around
But I know that you want me subdued
And you only love me
In the subjunctive mood
Yeah my past is imperfect
And my future looks worse
But I just don't have the words
To break the hold of this curse
And you say that you want me around
And although you want me subdued
I'll only leave you
In the subjunctive mood
And you say that you want me around
But I know that you want me subdued
And you only love me
In the subjunctive mood
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Quilt Without a Seam
02:50
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When at last upon the rock stood I
I saw the whole world
I saw the banners of war unfurled
When at last upon the rock stood I
I could see everything
I could see the vultures taking wing
And yet I lived
In the comfort of this dream
A world without boundaries
A quilt without a seam
When at last upon the rock stood I
I could hear the roar
I could hear what the horsemen had in store
When at last upon the rock stood I
A fetid stench arose
Filth and decay filled my nose
And yet I lived
In the comfort of this dream
A world without boundaries
A quilt without a seam
A quilt without a seam
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10. |
Rain Hymn
03:07
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The first raindrop fell
On my forehead equidistant from both eyes
The second raindrop fell
In the middle of my lower lip
The third raindrop fell
In the hollow of my throat
The fourth raindrop fell
On the tip of my nose
A benediction soft and cool
Passed down from the grey sky
Freely given
The first raindrop fell
On my forehead equidistant from both eyes
The second raindrop fell
In the middle of my upturned lip
The third raindrop fell
In the hollow of my throat
The fourth raindrop fell
On the tip of my nose
A benediction soft and cool
Passed down from the grey sky
Freely given
Rain asks for nothing in return
Rain asks for nothing in return
No need for thanks or praise
No need for guilt or shame
No need for self-abasement
No need for pious nothings
No need for hollow prayers
No need for ego stroking
No need for flimsy deity
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Dismal Science
01:57
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I've been making calculations
To see how much I really need you
I've been working out the odds
Of my dreams ever coming true
And I've drawn up charts and graphs
To try and figure out
What is essential
And what I can live without
And it's a dismal science
But I've got to take a stand
And it's a dismal science
But I've got to play the cards
That are in my hand
I've plotted all the data
And my analysis is in
But my conclusions are unnerving
And I don't know where to begin
We've been together such a long time
And I know it may seem cruel
But all the signs point to the fact
That to stay I'd have to be a goddamn fool
And it's a dismal science
But I've got to take a stand
And it's a dismal science
But I've got to play the cards
That are in my hand
It's a dismal science
And I know it's not that kind
But it's a dismal science
And I've got to walk away
For my peace of mind
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12. |
Parasite
02:16
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The guilt twisted my stomach
It kept me up all night
Eating me from the inside out
A filthy parasite
But I just couldn't remove it
We're too entwined it and I
If I let it be I'll be in agony
But if I don't I know damn well I'll die
Call me all the experts
Let them join in my despair
The guilt that rips me from within
Is something no one can repair
The guilt found me so long ago
Don't know how long it's been
We've been together so long now
Who knows how these things begin
And I grew dependent
On the very thing that sucked me dry
If I let it be I'll be in agony
But if I don't I know damn well I'll die
Call me all the experts
Let them join in my despair
The guilt that rips me from within
Is something no one can repair
So call me all the experts
Let them join in my despair
The guilt that rips me from within
Is something no one can repair
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Crow on the High Wire
03:07
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I've been thinking too much
I've worn out the elbow in my shirt
And in the drowning air
I try not to feel too hurt
The sodden sky might try and shove me down
But the crow on the high wire plays the clown
In the Summer heat
It's easy to take offense
But the red-tailed hawk
Wheels above in my defense
Gentle sadness ofttimes is a friend
And the crow on the high wire plays pretend
Oh the crow the crow the crow the crow
Oh the crow the crow the crow the crow
Oh the crow the crow the crow the crow
Oh the crow the crow the crow the crow
Oh the crow the crow the crow the crow
Oh the crow the crow the crow the crow
If the clouds don't burst soon I think I might cry
And the crow on the high wire takes to the sky
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It's been a long hard day
The sacred gives no rest
From dawn to dusk I knelt and prayed
To gods I now detest
So come outside with me
Sit down on the porch
Let's forget responsibility
Let our dinner scorch
Because the air is sharp and clean
And the wind is stinging sweet
And all the lights are off
Along the whole damn street
So take my hand and run
Leave this place behind
We'll flee the burning sun
That wants to claim our minds
And I'll forsake my prayers
They're useless anyway
I can't keep
The dark things away
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15. |
Warm December
04:06
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Headless Relatives play songs. These songs feature desperate individuals, bittersweet memories, and ancient Egyptian gods. Some of these songs can be found here.
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