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Once, my life was a feast
Beauty sat on my knees
I found her flawed
I abandoned all hope
I gnawed the hangman's rope
Woe was my god
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Out on the Wire Again
03:12
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Just like an outlaw,
And just like a runner
And just like a child in a rocking-horse summer
I have tried in my way
But I am not free
And just like a sailor
And just like a hatter
And just like a drink from their mercury platter
I have tried my escapes
But I am still me
And goodbye
I'd scream from skies if I could fly
Out on the wire again, I
Know they're words I can't say
And soaring,
Time would flow by without warning
But I'll still be here in the morning
I will be here every day
So just like a stillborn, who came like it's brother
And just like the midwife who looks to the mother
Silence is so loud
That I cannot speak
And just like a father,
In all of his grieving
And just like me when I said I was leaving
I am so damn tired of feeling weak
So please stay
I say to each path in my way
Out on the wire again, they
Crumble back to my breath
I'd grow strong
And pick which road I should go on
But now the days just feel so long
And I can't take the first step
So just like the echoes
That could've been laughter
And like a reflection who mourns for their master
Who I wanted to be feels so long gone
So like a failed idol,
Like every note onward
And just like the calls of the last northern songbird
I no longer know why I'm singing this song
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Doo doo doo
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Flowers
03:46
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There's no reason to scream
Just go fall in a dream
And forget every sound of that curse
There's no reason to cry
When you could just deny
All the waves you may see from your hearse
And the Sun, it has failed
And the Stars, they have paled
And nothing lies buried 'neath the snow
But there's comfort in dark
And every flake trapped in it's arc
For I'm certain there's nowhere else to go
Not a blooming flower under the sun
I wish I had the power to hold just one
Seven ways to cower, seven ways to run
With each passing hour I come undone
When the day starts to fade
I will join those parades
So my head does not fall into a rot
But I've grown bored with the nights
And I've grown bored with the lights
And my head has still fallen to a thought
Not a blooming flower under the sun
I wish I had the power to hold just one
Seven ways to cower, seven ways to run
With each passing hour I come undone
And it's been a long time
Since I fell into mine
And I let every color drain away
But now I welcome the fears
And I welcome their tears
For it's better to cry than just decay
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Sideways Strap
03:43
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I remember looking from the yard
At exactly who I wanted to be
And seeing how they move their feet
Like they were proving to the ground they're free
Look at how the big kids walk and the way they all hold their packs
I always thought I'd be that school-kid with a sideways strap, but no
And knowing how I missed out then whenever I am looking back
I always held my breath, I never had their step
And I never had a sideways strap
And drinking from a garden hose
And falling onto the ground
Hearing voices so nearby
But feeling nobody around
Look at how they run to help
Everyone who has fallen off track
I always thought I would've had someone to hold my back, but no
And sneering at those teenage brides
I never thought it would be me who cracked
I'll hear their children run
As I come undone
With no-one left to hold my back
And tying stories to myself
Whenever I am bored
But turning on the rain
Doesn't make it mean any more
And Look how well it all turns out
From the vantage of a paperback
I always thought I would've had that classic fade to black, but no
And there's no going back that way
Not after everything that's come to pass
All there's left to decide
Is where to go hide
And find somewhere to fade to black
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Quincy and the Drill
00:48
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Parking Lot
04:28
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And it's been three years
Since you've been back home
And a lot has changed
But you wouldn't know
Golden Arches stand
Like the setting sun
Full of all the people
Who would never run
And the streets you drive
Found themselves new cracks
And you ask yourself
Why did you come back?
And the bar your parents
Used to go at night
Seems now so much dimmer
Seems now much too bright
How long?
And the parking lot
Where you use to lay
Has been taken over
By the roots of shade
And now all that's left
Is the broken grass
Where you may fall over
And forgive your past
How long?
You crawled your way out
To sit by that tree
And your face looked older
When you looked at me
And I walked bit closer
Just to say hello
But I was mistaken
'Cause I didn't know you
How long?
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The ships keep conquering shores
And the seas keep asking for more
Within these sands I confide
I wanna be alone with the tides
I wish these waters to creep
To where my body will meet
To lift me out to the sea
And wash my borders from me
I wish these pressures to fade
Upon each crashing of waves
To weather down to a shade
Of every promise I've made
I wish these shadows to pour
Across each grain of these shores
And shape a place I may hide
I want to be alone with the tides
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Thnksgiving
01:52
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The lights are on
Frankie is crying
I can hear Olick talking
Cole is playing James Taylor in his corner room
Door open
I don't know why but, something about it is really cinematic
Come to think of it, I think one of the most cinematic moments I've heard came from a conversation with Tom, dad's friend. It was a couple years back, it was right after Sean died. We were looking at some paintings in Tom's basement. There was one was a chaotic, just, array of blacks floating across yellow canvas. Blackbird
Apparently he had been painting into the night, 5am or so, and Tom was already awake doing work. Playing in the office was the Beatle's Blackbird. "Serendipity", said Sean.
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Danny Sharif Chicago, Illinois
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