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Calamity
02:36
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Unforgiving Tango
03:17
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One minute it seems as if everything is made of brass.
Solid and tangible until it suddenly all turns to sand.
Slipping through your fingertips without any answers to why.
Nothing is ever as it seems, it's changing states all of the time.
One minute it seems as if everyone you love is doing fine.
The terror begins as everyone starts to drop just like flies.
Strokes. Heart disease. Car accidents. And STDs.
Nothing ever stays the same, offer is valid for a limited time.
If over life control you seek, oh well. Your future is looking bleak.
So let us make good use of what little time we have.
Just take my hand and let the others envy us as we dance.
Slow. Intimate. This unforgiving tango is ours.
The future is not ours to see instead it does whatever it wants.
The past however has a tenancy to invade and haunt our thoughts.
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Lullaby for an Insomniac
05:52
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Close your eyes and drift asleep. Let your dreams take hold.
No use sitting counting sheep, unless your little lamb is sure to go to sleep.
Jack was nimble, Jack was quick. But now he's tired out.
Let us snuff the candlestick. It's light we'll do without.
It's time to rest. It's time to dream. You haven't slept in years it seems.
Just go to sleep and don't wake up until all of your bad dreams are gone.
What is it that keeps you up? Perhaps you are afraid.
Whatever monsters you invent, to sleep they must be slain.
The bags that hang beneath your eyes, they hold nothing but pain.
When you finally rest again, I'm sure you'll feel a change.
Night has come. Light is gone. Slowly fall. Forget it all.
Rest your head and dream. You're falling apart at the seams.
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Lethargy in Effigy
03:09
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I can't stand still.
I don't even know why it is I even bother to try and remember to take all those pills those goddamn doctors prescribe me.
Evidence suggests.
That there may be a correlation between them and the amount of trouble I get into when I decide not to take them.
I can guarantee.
That I'm firm in my belief that I am better of without them but the same cannot be said for all of those around me.
Monument to success.
This lack of imagination that sets in about an hour after every dose but those doctors say "It's just a side affect."
My head feels so fuzzy, I don't feel well.
They make me feel like somebody who isn't myself.
They take away my energy, replace it with complacency.
Lethargy in effigy of all those things that make me feel.
Feels like I can't win.
No matter how hard that it is I try I cannot seem to find the balance between being happy, oh, and being healthy.
Doctors say I'm hopeless.
Oh what a curse it is to live inside a body that was not designed to see the world the way it was built to be seen from the inside.
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In the dead of night, it comes to me.
This fantastic illusion fades from memory.
Is there anyone out there? Or is it just me.
Is this all just a great work of fiction? A spectacular fallacy.
In the dead of night, a celebrated work of art.
Funny how the simple things mean so much when they're gone.
Hanging lifeless above the mantle, telling tales of a broken heart.
I've got some form now; I just need a little function.
I've done some things I swore I'd never resort too.
They come in swarms. These mind bending apparitions.
To take control of my minds before I fall apart.
Fuck no! Gotta take control again.
Fight back against this faceless enemy.
No More of this self entitled malcontent.
Hark! Hear the trumpets a blare on this triumphant march.
I used to start my day with a cup of poison tea.
Two clumps of sugar, and a slice of anarchy.
I've lost my grip; rock bottom never came so quickly.
Gotta give my head a shake before I fall apart.
Fuck no! Gotta take control again.
Fight back against this faceless enemy.
No More of this self entitled malcontent.
Hark! Hear the trumpets a blare on this triumphant march.
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Coffee at Sunrise
03:09
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It's been a long time since coffee at sun rise.
I can't remember when.
It's been a long time since I dragged myself up out of bed to greet the sun instead of sleeping all afternoon.
It's been a long time since I was a good man; since I tried to understand.
Since I looked at the world with a different set of eyes and put some perspective into my point of view.
See my reflection. Black as night. A little cream, a little sugar ought-a make everything alright.
It's been a long time since coffee at sun rise.
I can't remember when.
It's been a long time since I dragged myself up out of bed to greet the sun instead of sleeping all afternoon.
It's been a long time since I was respected.
Now it's time to make amends.
I've done so much damage by not maintaining control, well I guess shit really got right out of hand.
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Blue Moon
03:55
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Once in a blue moon I find that everything just seems to make sense for a while.
All the pieces fit together and everything, that is, just feels like it's meant to be.
All the mistakes that I've made have been leading me here to this point all along.
If I hadn't have fucked up; I probably wouldn't be here right now to sing this song.
I can't deny that there are many things in this life I regret.
Things that I did or didn't do that I thought would or wouldn't make a difference.
Right now, in this epiphany, I wouldn't change a thing for the world.
All of the evils in this world are on their lunch break and we are free.
To just sit and watch the city.
So in the morning when I wake up I'll try to carry all of this with me that I can.
'Cause once in a blue moon we awaken and find that we're handed all the tools we need to realize our wildest dreams.
So let the blue moon's light shine on forever into the sunrise.
Maybe one day we can learn how to feel this way all the time.
Right now, in this epiphany, I wouldn't change a thing for the world.
All of the evils in this world are on their lunch break and we are free
To just sit and watch the city.
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8. |
Rebirth
04:29
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Stop, cease, and desist.
The way you're living life right now no longer brings you any benefits.
Giving more than you take.
Well that's just fine until you realize all that giving's gonna make you brake.
'Cause once your broke well, there's no fixin'. Don't wind up just taking what you're given.
Walk the road, don't let it walk you. Don't wake up one day with someone else living your life for you.
Rebirth is coming for you.
Don't try and hide it or deny it. You know you've got to see this one through.
Take what you deserve.
Wipe those footprints from your face. Stand and take back what you have earned.
'Cause once your broke well there's no fixin', don't wind up just taking what you're given.
Walk the road don't let it walk you. Don't wake up one day with someone else living your life for you.
Rebirth.
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Waves Upon Us Edmonton, Alberta
Waves Upon Us is a world fusion alternative rock band; that is consistently experimenting with the use of a variety of hand drums, violin, acoustic guitar & bass guitar.
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