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Forward Stream
05:48
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I step through the door
Raise my hand to block the gleam
Of this earthen sphere
Becoming a clear blue stream
As the landscape shifts away
All the trees and houses fray
Looming waves dissolve the street
I am lifted off my feet
I am washed away
Those nearby are swept away from
Everything they have known
Ants washed out from tunnels and hills
Writhe until they come upon a stone
From this vantage they begin to see
What it means to truly be
I reach out my hand but they’ve
Gone the way of the houses and trees
Once a planet, now devoid
Empty stream in ocean void
Silent vein of blue in black
I give up, float on my back
Watching stars, ancient debris
None of them aware of me
Close my eyes and start to dream
This is Earth, a forward stream
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Grey Light
04:58
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I’ve drifted far from the place where I began
I never meant to wander
Although I know I should turn back I’ll go on anyway
Under the grey light
Oh, see the glow
Found only in rainy, iron days
Oh, see the glow
Held here in the silence of the light
Oh, see the glow
Underneath the window of your house
Though there are those who feel burdened by the Grey
It never weighed me down
I’ve seen the way the light bends and swallows me
As I lay beneath the trees
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Treeswell
05:03
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Ancient land sprawling, empty, clear
The distant cloud-bells had led me here
Far removed from the social realm
That endless noise that can overwhelm
Quiet and calm, only the wind
Dares to break the silence
I know why I’ve been brought here-
All I’m after is stillness
I reach a hill
I stare from it until
I glimpse the world’s design
I see all
On this hill rests a single tree
Its silent branches call out to me
I lie against it and rest my eyes
The stillness closes in from all sides
As the years pass the low sky
Begins to darken and weep
Now I awake to sinking streams
The rain begins to seep
As the treeswell begins
I hear a bell echo
Through clouded sky
Although it’s distant
I still feel the pull looming
I know it won’t be long now
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False Haven
05:08
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There is a place where the stream never runs
This hallowed haven where all is undone
How can we move when we won’t leave this heat?
Lost in the hearth, we’re doomed to repeat
There is a house beyond the field
It glows and calls me inside its silent walls
The air is clear here, I feel a perfect harmony
So tell me why I can’t shake this solemn, pensive chill
Although I’d like to believe what I feel
It’s a false haven that I can’t make real
All of our lives we long for our youth
But we forget that our minds shape the truth
I won’t stay here
Leave the hearth, leave the heat
Leave the house, it’s incomplete
And if you miss the haven’s glow
Don’t despair, I know-
Even when we’ve grown tired and old
We’ll still have our false home
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Overworld
01:47
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“The spectacle was breathtaking. I could see a thunderhead boiling up above Flagstaff, Arizona, 350 miles to the west. I could make out Guadalupe Pass in Texas to the east. It was almost like a painting. I can’t really describe the feeling I had hanging there in that tiny gondola and seeing this magnificent planet set against the utter backdrop of outer space. I suddenly had a powerful and unfamiliar sense of my own remoteness from everything I cherished in life.” - Joseph Kittinger
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Stratosphere
05:51
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Aimless dust hearts are drawn towards the light
I wander through the sky, staying out of sight
Houses pass beneath, lit by those within
I wonder how it feels
Higher up now, losing the heat
I start to lose my sight, drifting through cloud sheets
Wind is blowing at everything we hold
I can feel it slipping
The calming light hides the doubt in its creases
Its glow betrays what is held here beneath it
Left alone in the stratosphere
It should be simple but things are rarely clear
Now it’s too late to take the long way down
I have no choice this time
The calming light hides the doubt in its creases
Its glow betrays what is held here beneath it
Although we use it to tether our pieces
We can’t remain under it here in orbit
Now revealed before the Earth
There’s nothing left but to jump
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Clattering Peaks
06:57
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Torn asunder, bottled thunder roars
Rust gathers on far off shores
The sky opens to reveal more clouds
Endless layers forming misty shrouds
My water limbs and my fire hair
Won’t help me move this earth through air
A simple task, to move a stone
But simple things aren’t easy alone
Break
It’s breaking
It’s breaking my arms
Clattering peaks calling steadily
Endless paths reach from them to me
Each one filled with countless stone debris
Guess I’ll stick with the one I’m on
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Descend & Reprise
03:18
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All of these pieces are left here in the cold
Beyond them, another stone lies in the road
Finally I move this earth off to the side
A brief pause, then I move forward with a sigh
My hands rise, descend, and reprise
All our lives, we reprise
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Reverse Tectonics
06:01
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As I float through this glow
Everything begins to fade and slow
From the view on this hill
I can see a hearth standing so still
Over world, over sky
Over all in orbits tight and shy
I accept what I’m shown
I accept I’ll always face the stone
I’m not dead, I’m mislead
Left to my wandering mental threads
Reverse tectonics, bring me back to clearer, solid ground
Even ants find their peace
Knowing that when their lives cease
They’ll have found meaning in everything they’ve accomplished
I step through the door
Raise my hand to hold the gleam
Of this glowing sphere
And the light it’s given me
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Seismograph Portland, Oregon
Making noise in the corner.
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