1. |
Of Time and of Space
04:38
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Glimpsing strange sights, squinting through lights
Of time and of space
No hellos or goodbyes, I feel no surprise
To see any face
Why do past live never seem to die?
Will I ever die?
Timeless, they fade, and memories evade
And moments capsize
Felt, never seen, or somewhere in between
In the short purple sage
Visions in place from all sex and race
And Gender and age
Find the letters you sent to yourself
When you mapped out a path in the sky
Trace your footsteps, follow the lines
And don't bother ever asking why
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2. |
Energy
03:25
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They say energy cannot be destroyed
That it's an endless river in an endless sea
But you defy physics, you cynics, you did it
You disbelieved, doubted, destroyed energy.
I am a light who's beam shines, ever westward
Favonian backdrafts toward desert and sea
You're a compass that's froze in a single direction
Infection injection if it were up to me
You've been taught the rules
Family tree of fools
Rotten fruit that falls to the ground
And hits without a sound, rolls away
What's that fantasy you've got hanging
In your closet? I've never seen you put it on
Has it gotten out of style?
Have you been told that it's from an era bygone?
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3. |
Toy Ode Uh
02:50
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Eleven-thousand feet
From Glenwood Springs in thirteen hours
Running on rubber feet
Across the desert of Wyoming
In the passenger seat
A living legend known to no one
Pavement and gravel meet
Sunset, the Great Divide Basin
I'm sorry
I'm a murderer, I know
This highway is a wild and wicked hell
The desert
Stretches strange into the night
The desert beats upon your body's light
The Eastern forests sway
Beneath a sky that's always raining
A thousand miles away
Between the hills of Appalachia
And on that fateful day
I punched your eye out in Kentucky
Then we were on our way
To a far-off fate that finally killed you
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4. |
Jaywalker
03:10
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Hands up, eyes down
I've been around
If you look away then maybe things will disappear
I'll take it on myself, scare the fear I hold so dear, so
Walk in, run out
Trade shit for doubt
Consuming another, wanting them to consume you
Better hold it tight, it might fade and become untrue
Can you see the faces that I said were turning gray?
Please, don't be one of them, and don't turn yours the other way, so
Come on, come on
Take a breather, wash your hands
Come on, come on!
Aren't you weary? I know I am
Come on, come on, come on Jaywalker!
Look both ways
Slow lane, fast lane
High cost small gains
If you look away then maybe things will disappear
I'll take it on myself, scare the fear I hold so dear
Gremlins in the engine, added to the gasoline
Gremlins in the engine, added to the gasoline
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5. |
3 Things
02:37
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Freedom defined by a cabinet,
By the state or within your own mind
A cerebrum clad in shackles
Hide and seek with itself, seek to find
Not a notion for promotion
Not a slogan for banners and signs
An abstraction lacking action
Adjustments based upon place and time
Don't go near, it's a mind trap
You'll never make it out alive
Don't look under that striped hat
And don't be surprised what you find
Piece together how you got here
Cast your vote so you can be cast out
You don't have it but hand it over
What you gained is not worth what you gave out
Not a notion for promotion
Not a tool to raise cash or gain clout
But we're stranded on an ocean
Where there's none of what we can't live without
*Fred Hampton voiceover*
"We've got to defend ourselves, we intend to defend ourselves.
We did so in the past, and we're gonna do it today and the day
after that and the day after that.
Because only through this proper example of self defense, and the proper example of retaliation, and by letting these people know:
That we move for some basic laws. That anything that goes down on oppressed people, on the part of the oppressor, it should be reciprocal. And in plain, proletarian workers language: It takes two to tango. As soon as these motherfuckers go, we go."
and through
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6. |
Striped Hat
04:50
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Freedom defined by a cabinet, by the state, or within your own mind
A cerebrum clad in shackles, hide and seek with itself, seek to find
Not a notion for promotion, not a slogan for banner and signs
An abstraction, lacking action, adjustments based upon place and time
Don't go near, it's a mind trap
You'll never make it out alive
Don't look under that striped hat
And don't be surprised what you find
Piece together how you got here, cast your vote so you can be cast out
You don't have it, but hand it over. What you gained is not worth what you gave out
Not a notion for promotion, not a tool to raise cash or gain clout
But we're stranded on an ocean where there's none of what we can't
Live without
*Fred Hampton voiceover*
"We've got to defend ourselves, we intend to defend ourselves,
We did so in the past, and we're gonna do it today,
And the day after that, and the day after that.
Because only through the proper example of self-defense
And the proper example of retaliation
And by letting these people know that we move for some basic laws.
That anything that goes down on oppressed people
On the part of the oppressor,
It should be reciprocal.
And in plain, proletarian, workers' language: It takes two to tango.
As soon as these motherfuckers go, we go."
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7. |
What We Need Is Now
07:08
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Today is just a day that lives inside your head
The here and now of now tomorrow will be dead
And as the fella said, 'With faith you will be fed'
The daily mundane deeds are what fill your day with strife
Look ahead to looking back from the last day of your life
What matters is how high you climbed into the night
And all that matters now is the noise you make when you fall down
And what we need is now, and to find somebody to show how
Today is just a day you'd rather just forget
And those that held you down are the ones you've never met
It's something they can bet, one day they will regret
The truth is not expressed in screams
It hides its face and then falls as a whisper
And other than diluted dreams
All I have left are the things that I remember
The truth is not expressed in screams
It hides its face and then falls as a whisper
And if you listen hard enough
You'll hear the songs our souls sing to each other
That's why you're still here with me
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8. |
This Knowledge
05:10
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I read some pages from your book
Closed and placed it on my shelf forever
With greedy hands, I reach for you
Touch and let go to floating like a feather
All I want is everything
The queen of crimson loses like a lover
This choice contains a multitude
Of hells and heavens to lose or discover
And knowing this knowledge can't be un-known
I don't believe in accidents
Every living being has a mother
Something pushed me to the ground
I bear the scar and soon I'll bear another
Logic is illogical
And every act is one of affirmation
Careening blissfully
With a complete and total lack of expectation
But wearing such translucent skin
Lets every piercing instant in
And once the moment is absorbed
Can't be forgotten, evermore
They coalesce and downward pull
With all that's weird and wonderful
And hotly dripping off my chin
And falling squarely on my pen
Fulfillment of a million dreams
The universe tears at the seams
The blindness of outrageous sight
From unthinkable love and light
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9. |
Living To Succeed
04:34
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I'm not living to succeed
I'm here to understand
I'm not working to make money
I'm just strengthening my hands
I didn't buy a car
I got a rolling periscope
I'll be leaving, I'll be leaving
I've got everywhere to go
Slow down awhile, for now
Take what you can from who you've known
Collect all of the people for another day
When lightening strikes the ground
It pulls back out of fear
And in the torrent, I tell my terror
"Right now, I am right here."
Needless to say, I need
But I'm walking to be free
I'll be leaving, I'll be leaving
I've got everywhere to be
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