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Fell Ground
05:03
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THE GROUND OPENS WIDE
I fell through, in a cavernous vision
Refracted view from the angle within
Perfect truth: ceremonious, unsung
Obscured from view in an endless prism
Pulled from the dream
Falling slowly, falling clean
There's no time to explain what I've seen
All of us revolve endlessly
All of us resolve endlessly
All of us reform endlessly
All of us reborn
I don't mean to live alone inside my head
But I don't know where I would rest instead
Maybe I could build a place near everyone I love
Do you remember all the times that I've ruined everything?
Yeah I ruined everything
Believe me, I'm trying
But sometimes there's dirt in my eyes
When I'm falling through the ground
You won't hear a sound
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Divinations
04:45
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Waking hours
Suspended in two states of mind:
Absentminded
And over-aware all the time
So I only sing of earthly things
To get out of my own head
Every time I look inside
The leaves, in phase, are changing
So I wander around at night
And I watch for signs
In the shifting of sound and light
It is all divined
A quarter-turn towards the edge of the Earth
But I haven't learned the secret yet
A pyre burns from the moment of birth
And the smoke is filling up my head
Every time I look inside
The leaves, in phase, are changing
So I wander around at night
And I watch for signs
In the shifting of sound and light
It is all divined
Tortoise, sow us
From void to the forest
Dragon, tend us
And teach the wisdom to forget
Phoenix, raise us
With strength to endure our regret
Tiger, greet us
In death and in harvest
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In Oblivion
04:51
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Distant, a form I know
Empty, with room to grow
There's an ancient place you cannot erase
Or leave to ruin
And it waits
And waits
And waits for you
If you need me I'll be right here
If I'm far away please do not fear
Even when I am underground
You know I can still be found
Avoid the need to fill
Don't waste the space you built
In oblivion there's a great garden
That's overflowing
Every seed and stem is born from you
The Unknown: in my blood, in my home, in my love
Hold it close and breathe it in
Let the earth cover your skin
If you feel that you're growing thin
Let your heart be open
And your mind is clear deep within
Where the emptiness begins
There's a door that keeps it in
Just let it open
In the corner shadows gather in form
Their shape is just like mine
In the corner something dim is born
But I am light of mind
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Setting Stones
01:17
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There is a light that is rising from the east
Blinding and bright, it is bearing down on me
Setting the stones in a pattern of relief
Build up a wall 'round the garden of my peace
Block out the light till there's nothing to distract
Safe in the dark with the soil 'round my back
When the light fades and the sun falls to the west
I'll never know if I safely could have left
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Wander/Trespass
07:40
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I've followed you through frozen storms
Wind and rain, through all your forms
I've stood with you on mountain peaks
The world you seek
And I've been living borrowed lives
Found within borrowed minds
Wandering all the time
If a thought has been once known
Is it still my own?
If ideals have fully grown
Can I sow my own?
And I've never seen the tundra
Or the mountain's peak
Yet the voice inside tells me:
"Behold, BEHOLD"
But I see nothing
Just paneled walls
Just the beckoning hall
Just the dim of it all
And you know what we don't know
Will always grow
(There's a light that hides, inside)
There's a voice, never ceasing
Never fleeting
(And I know it won't subside)
But the lights of town
Will drown out the sound
(And I don't know anything else)
You know all (don't know all)
You know all (don't know it all)
Everywhere I go it looks the same
Seeing the world through veils across an open window pane
There are times when I begin to feel my size and weight
Even when there's friends, it gets under my skin again
See me wander past the fence
Missing signs in fog condensed
Hear me stop and softly sing:
"I am always trespassing"
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Servoss House
01:56
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Servoss, again
I’m here often
In the world and in my mind
Alone, again
Senses soften
Sight replaced and realigned
A flock of birds, inside the brush
Are crying out here
They don’t seem to notice me
I think they see it too
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You Will Feel the Reap
02:55
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Hollow
You're a sight to see, so hollow
You can't conceal it
Sorrow
Colors all you see, such sorrow
But there's no one to heal it
You're a stone in name
But you wither all the same
Wallow
As a statue you will wallow
When you start to feel it
Borrow
All the light meant for tomorrow
Till you deplete it
When you feel the ground
In fear you'll turn around
Look at what you missed
But you'll only catch a glimpse
Lungs grow cold, mind erodes
There is no relief
You will feel the reap
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Seasonless
03:26
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So far away, a thunder
A silent grave escaping my thoughts
Our final day, a point in time
If it is distant then so am I
No changing of the light
But I'll honor your afterglow
No shifting of my sight
But I'll honor
No spring, no fall, no season
No fear, no pain, no reason
Don't know the day that you died
(When I leave sight and pass away)
Don't know the life that you left behind
(Beyond the mortal light and mind)
It's difficult to feel a loss
(There are few who will)
That isn't in my sight
(Remember me in time)
But I will try
(And honestly that's fine)
No changing of the light
But I'll honor your afterglow
No shifting of my sight
But I'll honor your afterglow
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Every Sky Is Mine
06:52
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Give your heaviness a gentle hold, a slight grip
Let it lift you up as you unfold above it
I woke from death, rising out of the grave
Moving slowly toward the view of the bay
Wrapped in blankets at the edge of the sky
I know that it will forever be mine
Let your body fade away
In the open air
Give your emptiness a gentle hold, a slight grip
Let it fill you up as you unfold within it
Do you have the strength to find an empty room and sit alone in it?
Are your thoughts so terrifying that you can't pause and spend some time with them?
When you start to feel the weight of the Grey
Know that I will be forever that way
Look in terror at the deepening sky
And know that it will forever be mine
Even when there's nothing left to hide
There is fog inside
I don't think I'll ever understand why
But I want to try
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A Garden Shrine
01:52
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A life is not a passing dream
To be forgotten when you sleep
Or carved into a slab of granite
Do you feel another's gaze burning over the wall you've made?
Will you dam the garden stream and close the gate?
A life is not a monument
It's something much more permanent
Flowing from the mouth of Lethe
Do you fear a wild blaze that will carry you to the grave?
Will you keep your garden shrine hidden away?
There is no fire that can wither what's been defined
Move the stone and loose the stream
You'll be fine
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Stretching thin and wide, billowing out
Trailing down to greet you
Cleanse the will to fight, clear your old heart
This is not about you
Once a perfect pearl, covered in dirt
Buried in the soil
Harvest, clean, and wash out
All the grief that stains this world
Glowing full and white, filling the sky
Perfect and unflinching
Lacking signs of life, barren and bright
Clean but never feeling
While it’s true we live covered in dirt
Digging and upheaving
Harvest Stone, remember
Every flower blooms from soil
A garden always grows when you’re around
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Seismograph Portland, Oregon
Making noise in the corner.
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