1. |
The Ocean Floor
03:38
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Let your eyes roll back in your head
Follow the picture your subconscious paints
Is something sinking in, a lesson deep within
A drop of gold on the ocean floor
The shedding of your former skin
It is a necessary part of your remaking
Don't be frightened, the tightened bud will open up again
You hold a pearl under that lid
Keep your head up, look straight ahead
Don't be afraid
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How
04:02
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Your face, inescapable
When my eyes the mirror meets
My nose formed in the very same mould
I have your poignant beak
The song you put in my heart, my analytical streak
My name a loaded gun in the invisible family tree
How, how, how
Your words fall on active ears
Though they're playing dead for you
I know that you cannot feel how I long to connect with you
I camp under the oak tree, wishing you'd been strong like it
I try, try to reconcile the deep paternal rift
Wondering how, how, how
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Poison Blood
03:09
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Been on the run, been on the run for a very long time
Can't turn back now, can't push forward
Can't remember life before it
Been on the run, on the run for a very long time
Can't relax and can't ignore it
Can't make sense against or for it
Damage is done, it's already done
You can't change that now, you can't turn back the hands of time
And suddenly, it's turned from black and white to green
It's time you carved your own path, carve your own path
You know I wage a war inside
I'm trying to move on, move forward
But I feel the pull of a victim's pain
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4. |
Crying For It
03:57
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In the heat of today, I am ensconced in this place
Sinking the time in this ship
Trudging through miry pits, oozing
Crying for it, crying for it, crying for it, crying for it
My soul, my soul, mine
My soul, my soul, my soul
Shake, shake, shake yourself out of this state
Polish the jewel set within your breastplate
Swallow the bullet that your infant self ate
And let it melt into the real you
Crying for it
My soul, my soul, mine
My soul, my soul, my soul
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5. |
Light
05:41
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It's too loud outside, I can't get any rest
My thoughts are an endless pack of rabble
and I can't get them out of my head
Listen in past midnight, waiting for a change
My thoughts are an endless pack of rabble
and I can't get them out of my head
Eye of the tunnel, small and round
Give me a sign, show me how to keep my eyes fixed on the prize
Light a barrel, set the whole thing on fire
I'm walking blind running my hands along the wall
Light, light, light, light
Is there really any light?
Light, light, light, light
Is there really any light at the end of the tunnel?
Light, light, light, light
Is there really any light?
Try to shake this heavy feeling by going for a walk
But my anger's not subsiding, no in fact it's quickly rising
I'm a slave to its bark
Light, light, light, light
Is there really any light?
Light, light, light, light
Is there really any light at the end of the tunnel?
Light, light, light, light
Is there really any light?
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6. |
The Purple Palace
04:25
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Lilac walls in a past life
With the white painted outside of the lines
It is a palace with the purple blessing
The light yields a broad insight
Through the window it's bright enough for me to see
The way out of my fierce misery
And did or didn't I ask for my own space
It seems I'm in the perfect place
Right place at the right time
And is or isn't it time I should embrace
This lucky streak I'm on
Right place in my right mind
Lilac walls and off white painted outside of the lines
It is a palace with the purple blessing
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Is this the right one
Is this my way through the door
Have I finally found the key
Is this the moment I've been waiting for
Is this the right one
Is this the way through that huge big door
That heavy, heavy door
Have I found the right way
The way towards what I am looking for
If I open up the door, what will be there
Will it reveal the matrix of my time here
Will it unlock the universal
Will fate unravel with the ease of a string entwined
If I open that door, what will be there
Will I find all my nightmares free in the broad daylight
Will I see all my past and future flash before me
Ever stuck in the present, bored with my knowing
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Tether
03:29
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A tether, a cord, an anchor, a hold
A pillar, a port, a stanchion, a fort
A glimmer of hope for healing of soul
A tightening of ship, a loosening of grip
The struggle, the weight, the pile on your plate
A pity parade, resistance to change
A matter of time, the passing of prime
Contentment, relief
Are fleeting, are brief
And we go down, and we go up
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