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Summermind (demo)

by Shan

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1.
Smoke 03:50
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
2.
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
3.
Uncorked 01:08
Swallow Lungs uncork And love reborn breathes Embers freed into flame
4.
Retrosceptre 04:03
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
5.
Quicksand 05:35
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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Dimmer 05:06
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
8.
Space 02:37
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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released September 8, 2014

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Shan Clarksburg, Maryland

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