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Drifting Palomino
06:28
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Flash!
A bright light shines
Then gone
You're only awake for so long
Yet it feels so real
To pretend again
Amen
And to relate to that is a sad fact
What a pious, perennial pact
Oh to chase by twilight
To lean heavily on dim light
Like the sun’s gilded kiss over a moonlit sky
I yell for more light
The moon looks down
Cause wolf and owl see clearly at night
“Are you all right?”
“Christ, Moon,
Does it seem like I’m all right?”
I've been out here all night
In route chasing
Up the mountain side
So high
Up
Nailed to the rocks
Stoned
I’m spent
I’m loose
Unhinged
Awake
Crossing over
Somewhere yonder
I want it
I need it
I feel it
Words
Meaning
Words
Uncertain feeling
It’s fine
Everything is fine
That’s right
I’m here
Not there
I’m right
Here
Now
So
I’m in love
I’m inside of love
I think I’m in love
So I must be in love
Yes!
Maybe that’s the answer
Sometimes we need an answer
Out of the black
The mane shines through
Above that fading shadow
And to see it glow
That Drifting Palomino
It’s like falling through thin air
When
You’re so far
From where you came
And too old to hold on to
What it is you came for
Or where it is you came from
I’m going to die
There’s nothing wrong
With saying goodbye
Before I die
Maybe this is how I’ll say goodbye
To feel that steady come down
And to let go of that drifting palomino
And I’m falling through mid air
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2. |
Midnight Movement
04:13
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What is it about dancing that makes the lonesome pray?
The twilight is entering and the kitchen is closed for the day
In the evening the rustling and the constant questions stop
The jerks and the losers the poseurs and users shadow stalk
Golden light stays still at the feet of darkened hills
Shining free like daylight the burn of moonlight sears
Aging romancers only wait for answers in fear
There’s a body pushing through night’s heaviest mood
Eyes follow the turnstile of the passing day
As you and I both know
When to come and go,
What is it about dancing that makes the lonesome?
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3. |
The Forty
04:20
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Daybreak
Curbside
Downtown jungle
Bred second class from the start
Sitting down to play the part
Hot air
Stern stare
Me first grapple
Watch the pale men fumble headfirst to the finish line
You’re bleeding seconds while they kill time
It’s sickening to cross that line
And live life serving time
Human pace
Rat race
Nonsense stumble
An economic love affair
It’s encouraged to compare
It was more gentle in your mind
Gravity’s grip on your spine
Hey
Don’t compromise
Or feel so defined
By the human design
Don’t be denied
By teachers
Amassing poets and preachers
Hey
Who are you in this moment?
A teacher
A student
A preacher
A poet
A doorway
A doormat laying dormant
A choice or chosen?
Choose
Or be chosen
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4. |
God's Death
05:20
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Count your blessings as I point my finger
I could have left but still I linger
The town I grew up in bore no chance at a second wind
So Death became my friend
Late at night we made a pact
To live each day like it was the last
So Death and I made a game where every day was just the same
Each death carried no shame
I was never afraid with Death by my side
So one day I went for a ride
Through a wood chipper my body turned to paint and beat like a drum
It was there i was scattered like chum
Over the river
where the winter winds send a quiver
And the fish eat around my spine
My deaths were callus at the start
The more I died I played the part
In lessons for those who carry a gun
And treat everyone like a lesser seen as a jester
What if I was blown away?
I whispered in Death’s ear one day
A shotgun shell unloading shrapnel sharply cutting through my youth For books overdue
Up in heaven God looked down
Upon the Earth with a frown
Watching two friends live a life with no end
That was the day that God drew the line
Telling Death it was not my time
Death knew it was through we had our fun under the sun
I cried the day God won
All my rights were wronged that day
God sent Death away
So I cursed God’s name until they took away my tongue
Yet again it was God who won
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5. |
Petaluma Drive
03:03
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What I can’t define
What was never mine
Petaluma drive
Searching for a sign
When i’m on the line
What do I hope to find?
On Terlingua drive
Petaluma drive
What I could never find
I just need a sign
I’ve always lied
I’ve always tried
Petaluma drive
If I could only be free
If I could only be me
All I need of life is
All I need of life
All I need of life is
All I need is life
I’m in need of life
I’m in need
I’m in need of life
What I could never find
What I need is time
What I could never find
What I need is time
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6. |
Blush
03:46
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I’m watching old friends unwind
By drawing lines in between colors
They illustrate what’s familiar
But even a pen can wander
I want to show empathy
I want a discourse
But when you crash a car at full speed it’s hard to learn without force
I stand to find some aloe vera
I can say so much about sunburnt skin
Because that’s the reddest neck I’ve seen on a friend
Now everyone is standing and my sister is crying
Is it too much to ask to be civilized?
Is it possible to not feel paralyzed?
I can only watch someone cry so many times
Oh to live as the fundamental slime
My sister stands
There’s no reason to stay
It’s enough for her to say
“Fuck it. And fuck you too. All you animals belong in a Zoo”
A hard woman is good to find
You’re god damn right that’s refined
I don’t feel very refined
When the world is unkind
It’s hard to feel refined
When the world begins to unwind
Blush
As the world begins to unwind
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