1. |
Stranded
04:17
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Are you trapped in that desert place?
I’ll strand myself there just in case
With you
I hate the dust that coats my lungs
But I enjoy the view
All I found were wicked things
And though I feel dark
I still cover myself in dirt
To camouflage
I am trapped in that desert place
And I’m waiting for the cue
Your cue
A sea of city lights, a mountain, and a star
Already bored of this view
All I found were wicked things
But I’m trying to crack the dark
If I wash myself of this dirt
You’ll see what I’m about:
Cupid’s poisoned dart
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Echo
04:46
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It is known that there is no sound in space; but there used to be. There was a time when music was present in the vast space, and though stars only communicated through thoughts, they rather enjoyed the sounds that resonated through them.
The galaxy had given birth to several royal children, each with their own gift; but they had become scarce and absent.
Her name was Echo. She wore a gown made of glitter-dust, and danced silently around the stars each night. She danced along to the memory of songs; and as she danced to the left and to the right, and spun around in delight, grains of glitter would shower unto the nearby stars, helping them shine brighter in the night. And this was important because she gave them life.
Echo and the stars could hear each other’s thoughts. “Thank you for reminding us of our beauty,” they would tell her.
Meanwhile, further away in the darkest space there lived another born of the galaxy. Her name was Princess Phere. Phere was once a gorgeous, luminous being who admired herself so much that her light bent itself inward; creating a jealousy of other shining majesties. This gave her a dark soul and a dark gift.
Phere had a black hole ability to absorb the light of any other being, and never allowing it to escape. It is believed that she was responsible for the now quiet outer space.
“Echo reminds them, but I will persist to consume her and siphon that which makes her exist.”
… To be continued
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3. |
Stealth
04:40
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I come in like a ghost
Someone close, someone else
I shake the hand as you hold
On to yourself
With everything shaken up inside
I play the part right here
With the lights down low
So you can scream it out
‘Till your lungs take no more
Is this the face of God we cannot behold?
God, your broken heart
But not as much as you have mine
I’m a man left in the dark
Is this how you make us divine?
So I'll put my hurt on daily stealth
And I’ll try to be kind
Will we one day wake from this
With everyone we have ever missed?
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4. |
Cage
04:08
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All the words that you ever said
And all the ones that you never did
Built these bars so very tall
The height of it was the illusion
And the things that never should have been
They make sure that I stay locked in
I am really my own warden
Telling myself to just get over it
Trapped inside my humongous cage
Free to roam inside my cage
Please know that I do forgive
I’m sorry to those I trespassed against
I live with my many regrets
Including those final words I said instead
“Have a good day.”
Then I left
I breathed in the top of your head
With your face in my chest
You said I was like a box
I wouldn’t have changed a thing
If it ever meant I could not connect the dots
Leading to you
We still lost
Trapped inside my humongous cage
Free to roam inside my cage
No way out
Try to escape from this humongous cage
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5. |
Penny
04:00
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I'm a sinful one who needs to be forgiven
Did you know me when I was a young
Child with such burden
I have tried to sense you since way back then
Have I done something wrong?
That made you remain hidden
I praise you, God
But my heart’s not what it once was
And I do not have much love to give
Help me be worth a damn
A merciful person
Without recognition
Let them remember when it is time to
Pass the favor on
I believe you, Jesus
But my heart’s not what it once was
And I do not have much love to give
You gave me someone you let me lose
But that desperate bond; you did not remove
If I should arrive at the gates
If she’s not around, let me walk away
My heart’s not what it once was
And I do not have much love
I praise you, God with what is left
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6. |
Caterpillar
02:04
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Fuzzy cat
I’ll keep you fat
But keeping you from the dirt
You had your fill
Oh, caterpill’
But cannot fulfill your worth
That is until you bury yourself
So you can rise again
A brand new version of you
Got stepped on right away
What does that say about how it creates?
We were branded an enemy right at birth
And we still contemplate what this life is worth
My friend Laz
I’ll bring you back
Back from the dead
So we can have another chat
Not just to mess with your head
And it will make a good story
At dinner parties
This is just temporary
You’ll return to death
You will feel the pain of dying again
Is this how the next story really begins
Little caterpillar
You grew up amongst the flowers
Little caterpillar
Your life was just as sad as ours
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7. |
Phere
02:11
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Phere was often frustrated with her sister’s casual, but deceptive ebullience. While everyone else admired this graveyard of past light, Phere felt it as a violent quiet.
She was blessed, or burdened, with this gift that few understood. For her ability was not only to absorb beauty, but to also send it elsewhere. She imagined what contentment felt like on the other side. She imagined the ability to reminisce happily as Echo could.
The galaxy knew of Phere’s stoic beauty, her strength, her pull. However, Phere only felt the void of beauty; and her strength, a mere exerted composure, with wounds to be appreciated from a distance.
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8. |
Sixteen
04:20
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We talked about when you’d get there
We talked about when I was your age
Now I talk about how it is not fair
With heartache to celebrate
Sixteen
We talked of your mother’s wisdom
We talked about your world to come
And about how God would hear your prayers
Now I talk to you as if you were still there
Sixteen
I need a ruler for measure
You show up with a crown and a scepter
Lose your ideas in your purse
You were in no rush with these stems and colors
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9. |
Orange and Black
04:21
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Something familiar is in the air
Orange and black, I just stare
I float in subtle passions and shaking leaves
And admire her kisses to the breeze
Orange and black
I beg you, please
Keep blowing your kisses
Into the breeze
Place your warm hands on my cheeks
The paint on your nails chipped away
Maybe tonight we’ll get some sleep
3 AM, awake again
Orange and black
The evil in me
Just take me back
To that beauty
I was a king, now just bereaved
Look away for a moment of peace
Before this earth I leave
Just take me back
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