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Smoke
03:50
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Open up, let it out
Never thought you could do without
The world living inside your mind
Go on, see how it feels
Step down from the spinning wheel
Leave all those phantoms behind
Winded through purple haze
Swung on by my mistakes
Buddy Time seemed so blind
For a best friend
Played on like Hendrix's strings
Pulled off on offerings
Didn't want it, did you want it?
Where did it go now?
Sitting on the roof of your life
And the smoke inside
Lifts you up into the sky
All that happened was true
So who knows how it blew open that smile
To firefight
Open up, let it in
Never thought it'd suit your skin
That silence that never asks for more
Dusted off the fantasies
Sailed through the seven seas
And met them on another shore
Sitting on the roof of your life
And the smoke inside
Lifts you up into the sky
All that happened was true
So who knows how it blew open that smile
To firefight
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2. |
Hold That Thought
03:01
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Quietly, defiantly you say
Let’s go our separate ways
You know, it’s for the best
Strangely enough
I couldn’t agree with you more
The ship has hit the shore
In fact, it never left
Chorus:
But hold that thought
Look at what we’ve got here
Like sunlight on the grass
And hold my thumb
Fingerprint this moment in your mind
Even if it won’t last
You turn away like nothing really matters
And I know nothing does
Life’s too short to be fooled (can’t hold on too tight)
And sure enough we will still see each other
Every now and then
Just as good friends
Just pretend
But hold that thought
Look at what we’ve got here
Like sunlight on the grass
And hold my thumb
Fingerprint this moment in your mind
Even if it won’t last
Hold that thought
Look at what we’ve got here
Like sunlight on the grass
And hold my thumb
Flip back to this moment in your mind
And think of me sometime
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3. |
Uncorked
01:08
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Swallow
Lungs uncork
And love reborn breathes
Embers freed into flame
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Retrosceptre
04:03
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Hollow
Swimming in imagination
Go slow
Feel the rhythm in sensation
I live to live inside the music
Release the solitude you’ve been bottling in
The weather is fine
They said it will rain
Contradictions arise
Resolved with some pain
And love and desire
They catch you again
But you’re lost in a storm dancing wildly
Cuz you see no end
What if you had the second defense to every answer?
What if I don’t believe in concepts like ever after?
Must we bow down
Kiss the hand of the Retrosceptre
The only guarantee is now
And I ain’t letting go
Follow, follow what you've always wanted
I can’t, I cannot lead you there
I am left-handed
Excuses pervade the ether
And people do care
Enough to say whatever
And moments they blow
Like sand in the desert
You’re chasing security
Insanity is making more sense
What if you had the second defense to every answer?
What if I don’t believe in concepts like ever after?
Must we bow down
Kiss the hand of the Retrosceptre
The only guarantee is now
And I ain’t letting go
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5. |
Quicksand
05:35
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Summer is a state of mind
Can’t find it by forcing that smile
Search for it inside
That light, honey sunlight
Be whatever you want to be
If you want I’ll follow you, you follow me
But don’t slip into that quicksand
Quick, take my hand
Is it too late?
Won’t let it swallow you whole... I will not (x4)
There’s an emptiness in everything
But there’s also infinite
See it, feel it, be it
Master of possibilities
Running from things that let you
That define you
Do they dissolve your pride?
Must stand out from tribe
It isn’t here to save you, can’t fill you
Will not watch it bury you
Greed always incompletes, find peace
Summer mind, quick, take my hand
Is it too late?
Won’t let it swallow you whole... I will not (x4)
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6. |
Starlight Ninja
01:45
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7. |
Dimmer
05:06
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Did you really think
That I could get over all of this?
You said you knew the pain
You’ve hosed it down so many times
I could sink through it again
Love is funny that way
In that magic, tragic kind of way
How you made me blind
And love was kind enough
To take the blame
But it’s all the same
Just another game
Cuz now you’re dim
You’re dim to my soul
You’re dim to your sin
That I wished you would own
Oh, but you shone bright
For way too long
But you’re dimmer now
Becoming the dark
That will hail the dawn
Distant memories
Come too close for comfort
Too close for peace
Can you push them?
Can you push them away?
Like you pushed the love that wanted to stay
Didn’t you know that it never goes away?
Cuz now you’re dim
You’re dim to my soul
You’re dim to your sin
That I wished you would own
Oh, but you shone bright
For way too long
But you’re dimmer now
Becoming the dark
That will hail the dawn
And I was burning out
As you burned out
And though I’m letting go
You will linger on in my soul
And I will be fine
You’re dimming with time
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8. |
Space
02:37
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Undid the twists and the folds
The earth hangs below
Nothing to hold
Float, fall
Feeling it sprawl
The stars carry my way today
Float, fall
Feeling it sprawl
The stars carry my world today
There were long days in space alone
Silence, seconds and monochrome
Showed me how I held the light so tight
So I let it sprawl, and it held my flight
Float, fall
Feeling it sprawl
The stars carry my way today
Float, fall
Feeling it sprawl
The stars carry my world today
Open arms and a whole lot of space
The frame explodes in a whole lot of space
Love breathes in a whole lot of space
I feel the stars and God holds me safe
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Shan Clarksburg, Maryland
Singer-songwriter and occasional electronic musician.
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