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Meadows
03:51
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in my life I have spent too much time
grazing dark meadows
child in a classroom
profound revelation
no one's immune
time spent in mind tones
heart full of sadness
all too familiar
those that have passed
like faces on a carousel
all is forgiven
the drone of a sermon
statues stare in silence
all for the living
walk through the door
somehow the daylight
seems different today
stare into the wind
learn to accept it
find your religion
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sometimes the story tells the character
upon a raft upon a stormy sea
always the jester, never a thief
roll like the thunder in the valley
and now the flesh sustains the bone
eyes of wisdom staring from the stone
sword leaning tarnishing against a tree
lies in the open now to be taken by thieves
and the seasons spin without a care at all
shadows from the world outside
like squirrels on the wall
the elm leaves swept away by autumn wind
they leave you longing to be free again
the benevolent will bow and pass
to an unanswered oaken door
unwillingness to heed a map
or the path of those before
when you look into the hourglass
is it reflection that you see
and not the mound of time that's passed
or the sand cascading slowly
when you look into the hourglass
have you come to terms with your perception
not seeing the supply
you can't invert the hourglass
when both your hands are tied
when you look into the hourglass
is it reflection that you see
and not the mound of time that's passed
or the sand cascading slowly
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Song for Deetjens
04:58
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Frown
02:03
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Ron read radar
six tents he said
farmer in a train
tried to run instead
bear in a trainers bed
try pen and a busted
Poolie Ann and a trusted friend
ran for the tank again
frown an intrinsic clown
eyes up and down
trolley did the tin stink?
four minds then thumped the lead
think real hard
run to the next event
talk backward to the rat
soak the water through your collar
punch the new wet juniper
tell her that your strange
file in the mind corps
tilt the slate
ty said a diamond lane
four tenths said a rats brain
Ted a Feliarosa
for a kids name
time a line a tinder tine
holly roller tinker toller
filler of a rototiller
flop onto a blue line
and slide into the ripper water
fornile flip and type a wire
tyke a niptide tite grip
fight a firefighter for a friend
shirk out of the dark again
for the warm, for the warm, for the warm.........
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Tiny Rings
03:09
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and as the lenses aligned
i saw a lonely planet
with tiny rings around
alas out of reach and out of time
till my fields and ponder
this discovery of mine
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Jaded Maidens
03:33
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Temple of Switches California
"The two mainstays throughout are sections with an often subtle but distinct jazz flavoring applied to them, sometimes from bass and drums, on other occasions by way of the keyboards, and here and there we are treated to almost purebred jazz-oriented music too. The other red thread throughout, albeit perhaps on a slightly lesser note, are quirky, subtly atonal instrument details" Progmessor 5/2021 ... more
Temple of Switches recommends:
guitar virtuoso Ron Sachs will blow your mind. Drummer David White plays on our "Wings of Mind" and "Temple of Switches 4" albums.
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Excellent calming, ethereal and complex music. Perfect soundtrack for Big Sur.
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This is an excellent album. I love the mix of styles and the underlying theme of it as a whole. Highly recommended.
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