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Beyond Chance
02:56
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faith in play
guided by grace
choose your strength
who's it for
trust in gut
open up
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2. |
Nervous Magic
02:07
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channel candlelight
memorize a phase
wash your rocks in the sink
write your book of spells
carry one of them down to the concrete
give away your best prize to the roughest hand
how long will a votive last
will it pass on the past life vision stash
spice a drink with poison cinnamon
lick a ring of wormwood off a lakitu mug
call the hotline
stagger in street
did you sell all your pills to get something to eat
why try advertise no skill in your meat
deck of tarot knows
it's a pose, you're a hoax, you're a show
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3. |
Daughter Cycle
02:22
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test her fortitude
the shifting tide, the liar
silt spawn between two states or more
they won't abide a liar
they'll hold her heel to fire
destined for breaking through
(she's finding comfort in the list of things she's going to feel)
she's underneath watchtower
meet god, release imprisoned soul
already vibrate higher
there will arise a choir to ask did you know:
your story never had to be tragic
embrace your inherent magic
fill the world with your loudest laugh
in the face of the forces that feed off your past
as you fight your way through the contest city
everybody here is so god damn pretty
wielding reputation like a blade that sharpens
more with every party/
/every angel wants to be the coolest kid in town but they've got nothing on my friends who don't consider themselves angels they come out
/every chance to sing your song in the contest city
everybody here is so god damn pretty
wielding innovation like a fading marker
writing out the plea to
please step back from the innocent girl, I am her invincible mother
(find your voice, there'll be no way to stop you)
guess there's more to do
(she's finding comfort in the list of things she's going to feel)
she's tending to/gardening a flower
seed pod, beneath the skin it's sewn
finally laughing louder
to realize a power
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4. |
Con Past Young
02:49
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con past young
in too deep
swing 2x4 into forehead
once they discover who won't bleed
they'll turn a sword on another
no more squandering mantra
lower factions won't hold me
promise reward and a cover
once our "I" can become "we"
they'll turn a horde into lovers
every cut now a healing
no more profane telepathy
every action by unseen
no more profane telepathy
no more squandering mantra
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5. |
Intrigued
03:04
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hold still beautiful flame
you're much too hot to touch right now
though I've been tempted by the sound
that you make when you glow
the sun here isn't the same
if not reflecting off your eye
a window into another side
of what could be light
I want to know what it's like to be burned by you
I want to know if it's possible
I've heard the stories are mostly true but
I'm made of mostly stories too so
let's say we light this matchbook together
watch it bloom
but first we better hold still beautiful flame
take it down smooth
celebrate the things that we have learned to lose
are we just two rats in a waste bin
what did you think would happen
I want to know what it's like to not have to choose
I want to know what's possible
If the way I sing makes you confused
I guess we got some catching up to do
so what say we write some chapters together
what say we share some chapstick forever
what say we light this matchbook together
watch it bloom
but first we better
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6. |
Hana the Giant
02:25
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hana the giant and ancient one
protect me as I sleep
the fire flying above my bed
the lightning bugging the back of my head
(are we really just the one)
oanaki the giant and ancient one
watching me smoke and drink
they say I do not need the help
of potions to medicate myself
with the confidence to still feel healthy
in spaces previously stealthy
come and knock on the door of the ancient one
where will the woodben guide me
am I awake, am I in a dream
outside to party with ancient ones
who threw that rock at me
the night is filled with restless past
and incantations yet to be cast
having a ball with the ancient ones
come join us, take a seat
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7. |
Holding Light
02:23
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remember colors
dance across spectrums
tiny lights shine in a ballroom of grass blades
bent to spoon inside cascades of droplets
recalling laughs echoing from a deep gut
when is the new game
who else gets tired of rules
spouting nonsense
to counter unstoppable truth
that you'll be holding the light for me
will you be holding the light for me
celebrate with time
do not lose sight of old soul
focus soft eyes outside in a natural zone
invent a new way, same as the old way
cyclical hearts turning wheels of an infinite lore that keeps
holding the light for me
when torches pass on
we can keep our beacon burning
untangle shameful spirals of those still too
sorry to apologize for being so sorry that they're sorry to apologize for being so sorry
no need to apologize
if you'll be holding the light for me
as I'll be holding the light for you
if you'll be holding the light for me
I will be holding the light for you
shake off that baggage
shoulders will get sore
help can be given
no need for ribbon
though ribbons may welcome when dancing through spectrums
and nothing is wrong with some nice decoration
if joy can be amplified
spread it as far as you
hold it as close as you
launch it as high as you
plant it as deep as you can
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8. |
Beleagured
03:52
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meet me in the garden where we can care for something other than our selfish human egos have had more than enough time at the wheel never stops turning despite all our best efforts to slow down and take a moment to remind ourselves that we are stronger than this could be the last time we would ever have to feel like something's off about the way our nature defines itself to us
I'm not going to call again your voice still hurts my heart too much to hear and now I've conjured every memory we have
this could be the last time we would ever have to feel like something's off about the way our nature defines itself to us
meet me in the garden where we can care for something other than our selfish human egos have had more than enough time
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9. |
Jelly Band
02:25
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(here they come, friends from afar, teaching us of ourselves, reaching through our haze, meeting as one, hearing a name, hands held out to receive, what may be known)
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10. |
Tree Toss
02:33
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11. |
Hydra Hunt
01:55
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and you scream
why you want to cut my head off
burn my house down
threaten my family
why you want to cut my head off
always grow back, they always grow back
just why you want to cut that head off
there
you want to cut my eyes out
I'm not scared
of why you want to cut my head off
get out of my woods
get out, bring your scythes
you cut my head off
and you scream
why you want to cut our heads off
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12. |
Catch Me
02:22
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my horoscopes have lost their meaning
if you don't leave the house then it doesn't count
find me buried underneath a mountain of books no one ever wrote
catch me keying my own car
catch me eating my own arm
catch me exiting the party early
you won't see me ever say good bye
I'll assume you saw it in my eyes
it's easy work being no one, staying no one at all
it's harder work being someone because someone can fall
but if you are someone you probably have someone you can call
if you lose that someone what if it was your fault
your sister brags about her breeding
compliments my blouse when it doesn't count
find me struggling to agree with all those laws that her friends wrote
catch me dancing too bizarre
catch me skipping rocks too far
catch me leaving for the bar too early
you won't see me ever say good bye
I'll assume you saw it in my eyes
it's easy work being no one, staying no one at all
it's harder work being someone because someone can fall
but if you are someone you probably have someone you can call
if you lose that someone what if it was your fault
did you lose that someone
what isn't was
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