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ancestor
04:03
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plant the seed and echo through me your intangible laughter
your roots will spread to crush bones into dust and dirt
with this movement, you control the soil
I am left with only a piece of heart
as you tower over me with your branches
for under you, this poison shade
I am clenched beneath your spear
I am clenched beneath your spear, impaled
forced to wander now
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the night was gentle and still while all souls began to decay
those words came so calm:
“love moves just like the sea...
ebbs and flows, but not through me”
you sat quietly and I watched the tears drop
like crushed hope floating down like wayward snow
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the call
04:27
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josephine, did you hear what i mean?
(don't shut me down)
the silence echoes
it reverberates off empty walls
i can hear it clatter, i can hear it stare
i know, i know, i know it's everywhere
what should i do?
i cannot hear you...
oh josephine, are you even fucking there?
(don't shut me down)
"yes, i'm in a safe place"
"no, i'm on not on anything at all"
josephine, josephine, it was inside me when i called
i can feel it's viscous thrall
have you ever wondered what it's like to die?
holding on to shadows as the only thing
reminiscent of human in this room
oh josephine, josephine,
josephine, are you just an automated message machine?
(don't shut me down...don't shut me down)
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the death of walter
02:04
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as i traveled up the mountain range i once called home
i remembered the way the flames danced up those trees
igniting everything in a blaze of destruction
the fire seemed to have illuminated the sky
brighter than any star that night
so much that the smoke inhaled the colors of space
clouding everything above
i remember the fire felt cold that night
despite its natural element
and i was flushed with the pale red of course flowing blood
i remember the sound of your screams
reaching out to the night sky
that was engulfed in blackness
tethered by dark clouds as you stood between me
and the place we once called home
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where trees whisper
04:27
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silent sentinel
may i sleep below your shade?
shelter me from rain
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upon these tracks
01:59
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we stayed so long upon these tracks
one could forget how much time passed between whispers
whispers because we were too afraid to make bold statements
if you sit long enough, you can feel the vibration of the movement
that metal on metal scraping sound and the shriek of something heated
but no train ever came
you used to say, "it's probably just the rotors"
or "maybe it's the brakes"
i would jump up from the tracks every time i felt the vibration
but the sound never moved me either
"could be something hanging, like the muffler"
still you never checked
it became clear to me as i began to jump up from the tracks
even from the sounds, the shrieks
that you would never believe the train would come
and so i will leave the tracks so that when the train finally meets you
i am not there to witness it crush you
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the secret self
03:15
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can't hide a mountain not covered in trees
can't climb the summit without fighting the breeze
try to escape the feelings you face
but the stones on the mountain expand all over the place
can't strike a fire without something to burn
it's all been inside you, when will you learn?
hope lies in being with somebody near
but you blocked them all out with all that you fear
now it's gone...
gone away...
(gone...gone away)
oh, where have you gone?
(gone...gone away)
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your feral teeth
03:15
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the sun will rise when the morning's come
don't worry now
like a little yellow bear with a red-worn shirt
you mustn't bother now
they'll say you're wrong for being with the howling ones
the wolves terrify them, but the mountain calls
it calls your name
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bliss
02:22
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(instrumental)
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to return
06:01
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through the woodland pines, the morning sang
i closed my eyes and felt the chilly air
i breathed in the scent of petrichor
the smell only found out there
i waited between those ancient stones
i waited for the rain
within my weary heart, i struggled to return
knowing i may be consumed by them finding me
at once, i was the bear that slept comfortably in the cave
like many before me, i longed for the same
though i took a long time to get here, the mountains may disagree
i clenched the thought between my fists
and met with the old ones that day
after sinking into the comfort of this moss bed
i set forth to the short-circuiting sky
to hold onto this hope that i am finding within
i danced the rest of the night on tomorrow's ashes
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