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I Went Inside-Out
03:02
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Silver & onyx, you fired up your phoenix, you won
You've played all your pieces & now you are done
April is spinning without any friction, she is young
She unties her cuffs with her tongue
She lets 'em all go, they didn't know
You went inside-OUTside is frightened, it's your glass eyes made of Titan
My clothesline is the length between two cities
They got golden gates that sign no treaties
They are dumb; these golden gates are made of gum
Therefore sprout my loving philanthropist thumb
Humans are not harmful but their sweetheart is always the hostage & they are running blind
These demons & the devil will rob them of their minds
An angel will dangle her hands from her heart hole, they reach out to me
I go to grab but am convinced to waver by a dream
Her hat's on backwards, I did not know
She turned inside-OUT right in front of me
It's the terror of the head of your first enemy
Oh my drink spilled out across the gardens of Eden
It drowned all the people who had nothing to believe in
They were wrong; they would not let me sing my song
Well now I am singin' but I still don't know where I belong
Oh no, loving is a birdcage
Let go of all you will be keeping
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Myrna
03:37
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Myrna was a young girl in Brooklyn, a busy world
She saw her life in line & hue, she drew it all but no one knew
Myrna, matriarch, wears a wig, makes greeting cards
In winter she brings us gifts & she shows us what family is
Well I hope she loved her life
Myrna was an old house behind mine, it's falling down
Salt water crashing down the stairs, windows shatter & gasp for air
Well I didn't know that people died
You're everything I want & all I had
It was everything & I want it back
Take me downstairs, I'm unaware of the gravity of her body there
So rub my back, take the nightmares away
Come back in the open door & we could be the same way
Tell me this isn't happening, it's so unfair
This isn't happening, it's so unfair
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The Year Full of Thorns
03:00
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The cat & the two boys jumped into the house through the window
& the year full of thorns was built as a great monstrosity
So he curls up in his bed, he tries to ride it out,
but the thoughts become overwhelming & the shakes are coming now
& she will come inside, put her hand on his head, say "now tell me what the problem is" & when he's done she will say "that is okay, settle down"
she will say "okay, settle down, settle down"
The coming of a new age took place on a couch near a college
& the rain falling down was written as a ripped up diary
& the love was all around, the fear was seeping in
& he claws & stomps & wrestles at the place he's living in
& she will be a finger in the darkness of the night
inviting him to stand up & know that it's all alright
She says "it's okay, settle down"
She will say "okay, settle down"
Oh baby, tell me "okay, settle down, settle down"
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4. |
Take
02:15
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Take it away from me
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5. |
The Fog Was Rolling In
04:06
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The window's open, you can't see out
The fog was rolling in
While you were sleeping there,
I was dreaming of where to take you
To an art museum in the mountains somewhere
where we could walk around & hold hands
I think that's all we need to stop fighting, stop fighting, stop fighting
I didn't hug you enough while you were here
I didn't hug you at all
I wanted to be fluent, but instead I poured myself out
I poured myself out, what a hideous sound
The car is humming in the morning
The fog will be gone by noon
We will drive back to Los Angeles
My heart is leaving soon
My heart will be leaving you
My heart will be gone by noon
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6. |
Mary Sleeps
03:20
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Things you thought ought to be in fact were not to be
when the answer begged the question that meant so much to me
How is all of this connected? Where do these lines intersect?
Are my points across the map close-knit or disparate?
& I think of all the reasons why I'm traveling through space
Why I search for all my meaning in another lover's face
In the freckles & the fractals that will bear their shine on me
in the crevices, the corridors, in the places I will be
& I wanna know the why, I wanna know the who
Who has made me who I am today? Who's done the same to you?
Who is lurking in the shadows? Who has been pulling all the strings?
Who gave the demons their horns? Who took my angel's wings?
& Mary sings in her sleep "I'm not wakin' up this time"
She's in a dream in which her son had never died
She holds him close with his head against her chest
They stay that way until there's no way left
& Mary sings in her sleep "I can't take this anymore"
She's upside-down, lying naked on the floor
& all she can do now is to try to keep her world from falling down
& lost love sleeps in my dreams, she's not waken' up this time
She took the pill and her insides will unwind
& all I can do now is to try to keep this world from falling down
That is all I do now
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Sandwich
01:10
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8. |
Some Mystery
03:42
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I look up at night, I see it, I see it
Take it back to heart, you need it, you need it
You need it
The master has grown old in his own way, in his old bones
Keep him on the phone till the time comes & he goes
Till the time comes
He woke up, he tries to remind himself of his mystery
He chokes up, he's losing his mind to some mystery
A small girl is afraid of her anger at her father
She crumbles at her arms on a sad day in a sad way
On a sad day
She woke up, she tries to define her mystery
Her own face was clearly designed by some mystery
& I look up at night! I see it, I see it
I look up at night, I see it, I see it
I see it
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9. |
Beneath the Waves
03:17
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I'll tell you what I'm thinking of; a simple love, a porcelain dove
I shaped it's wings with my own hands like children build castles in the sand
How did we lose this battle?
I always thought the kinder side would win
But fear can get confused with sorrow
We gave our very best but in the end gave in
The truth is in the aftermath
I can feel the letdown in my bones
The plane took off & here I stand to brave this new phase on my own
How did I end up in this town
I never thought I would not know you
We keep our hearts buried deep in the ground to dig them up again when love is far away
The tide rolls in
I live beneath the waves
These children cannot swim
Will the ocean reclaim this castle with no name?
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Babe, I thought you were a shark so I walked you around
Your snout in the air, your fin on the ground
I took you to the ocean, said "go on, swim free"
You turned into a woman & you smiled at me
Babe, I kissed you in a play & everyone saw
My hair hugged the moon, your breath numbed my jaw
I dived into the ocean. I met up with your mind
I found that my body was weightless, so I left it behind
It's a hot spot, it's a cool thought that will shake it & shake it & shake it & shake us up together
It's your green eye, it's that black fright that will crank it & crank it & crank it & whisk us away
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11. |
Hello My Grandmother
05:37
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Hello my grandmother
Mother of my mother, take my hand
Hello my grandmother
I must ask you to tell me what you've learned of his plan
Your laughter has been my solace
in my years before I could understand
This world in all its wild wonder
It makes me dizzy & I forget who I am.
You're lovely, you're breaking, & I'm sorry that you died
I'm trying, I'm dying to cry out what's left inside
Cheer up kid, it's like your psychic said
"She's still laughing where the funny papers blow"
Cry or don't cry, just because she's gone
it don't mean you gotta let her go
Cos her heart was burning like a coal
& that heat does not need a home to sow
So keep her where you know the things you know
& at midnight your warmest wind will blow
& the doors will right the windows
& the mice will hibernate their holes
& the sky will summon up your soul
when your body says now it's time to go
Take off your promise ring
Go on love, forfeit your hand
In high school you put your pain inside a spiral notebook
& someday we will use a crutch to stand
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