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Welcome
03:20
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(instrumental)
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2. |
Your Fly is Down
03:36
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when you walked through the room the eyes rolled
the host must have been beholden to you
the one naive person that spoke with you
grew weary before the night was through
you bragged about the car you drive
I doubt you know what the payments are
you're a product of parents that had the means
to create a monster, they admire from afar
your fly is down
bragging about your delusional conquests
you nearly cleared the room
in the corner they quietly skewered you
because that’s what kind people do
why don’t you climb into that beautiful car
and drive into the sunset
and ponder the who and the what that you are
for the sake of those who've seen behind the curtain
your fly is down
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the chaos that it brings
wanting so the precious still
I hid my face
turned my back again
needles, fronds and trash
I’m sheltered from the gnash
In custody
entrusted with the flame
I’m hidden from the wind
the sullen sun obscured
I’ll try again
when I find a reason to stir
as far as I can see
the wind and crows agree
today there is
no solitude
for me
I hide behind the wind
reside inside the wind
hidden from
forbidden from
and deriven from
I’ll keep you company
a whisper from the trees
balance
frivolity with reality
wind, the wind
has set my sails again
like a sailor locked in place
in circles and disgraced
this page has taken toll
has made our spirits whole
the wind and I submit
to a carrot and a stick
I’m finding comfort in
the things of changing norm
a solitude
borne on the wake from a dream
the doubts that lied within
effetely trespass away
banished
to other where deceive
wind, the wind
you set my sails again
was a sailor locked in place
in circles and disgraced
this page has taken toll
has made our spirits whole
the wind and I submit
to a carrot and a stick
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4. |
Pareidolia
04:37
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(instrumental)
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5. |
Dale's Neglected Song
03:26
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(instrumental)
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6. |
Human Zoo
05:59
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a loving mother scolds her son
it’s what she has to do
he apologized through teary eyes
staring at his shoes
some of us will understand
and some of us are fools
he was aggressive toward another child
cause he doesn't like to lose
he was out of bounds, and so he found
that's what children do
some of us will understand
and some of us are fools
our brains are all connected
the internet's the glue
Corey ties the final knot
and stares beyond the room
the other kids make fun of him
for things he can't undo
work them up, then turn them off
fill your tin with tears
one simple act of kindness
not an easy thing to hear
so he says a prayer
and kicks the chair
that’s what words can do
work them up, then turn them off
fill your tin with tears
you stole from someone frail
you can grow a beard like Rasputin
play God to a bunch of fools
you've given up your heart and soul
to the human zoo
Keith was a virtuoso
incredible to view
he filled the world with melody
it’s what he loved to do
ravaged by the hands of time
his friends said he was through
when they kicked the door
he checked out
cause that’s what people do
in the stupid human zoo!
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(instrumental)
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8. |
the Unfurling
10:17
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take from a fall daydream
try on the jester’s costume and begin
hou tinn tai cie yea ti
hei rit tai fou yea tou cie
faces in the mist
cry into the dawn
visions from the past
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Freeway
04:39
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there's something about the open highway
feel the freedom moving through the air
pick up a friend who's going my way
we'll know where we're going when we're there
cruising on the freeway with a friend
rolling down the highway till the end
cruisin on the backroads
till the end
the music almost seems to move you
the engine hums, the road goes roaring by
feel excitement building in you
take your problems kiss their ass goodbye
cruising on the freeway with a friend
rolling down the highway till the end
cruisin on the backroads
till the end
cruising on the freeway with a friend
rolling down the highway till the end
cruisin on the backroads
till the end
there's something about the open highway
we'll know where we're going when we're there
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10. |
Go Champion
03:33
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Hey
gonna win
pack it up
let’s go
go you champion
let’s go champion
try hard
push up
and toss it to the stake like a horseshoe rival
open the valve like a deep-sea diver
click your heels like its straight across cherries
hit the jake brake for the kids in the window
go
go
plug it in
power up
high five
go you champion
you’re a champion
shoot high
stand tall
and twist that throttle like a street bike racer
pass that cop like he's standing still
take that moment that you'll always cherish
if you don’t take it someone will
go
go
you’re a king
lay it down
let em know
you’re a champion
go you champion
try hard
push up
and toss it to the stake like a horseshoe rival
open the valve like a deep-sea diver
click your heels like its straight across cherries
hit the jake brake for the kids in the window
go
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Lemongrass and Thyme
04:57
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lemongrass and thyme
I met you on a sunny day
your velvet words left me stranded
when you smiled and turned away
lemongrass and thyme
you overlooked that I was mesmerized
my heart reached out with a thousand arms
but you didn’t know you were mine
stay
can I hold your gaze?
can we struggle together
against time and space
may I admire from afar your windblown hair?
will you cry to me
when your dreams aren’t there?
lemongrass and thyme
our paths were destined to entwine
always meant to take the time
but things just got away
stay
your company
is the beginning
and the end of me
can we endlessly live
this garden life?
where we happily share
the things we like
lemongrass and thyme
I saw your name
just the other day
a concrete path
and an iron gate
a threshold
and a heavy door
stay
can I hold your gaze
can we struggle together
against time and space
may I admire from afar your windblown hair?
will you cry to me
when your dreams aren’t there?
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"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
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