1. |
Things in Motion
05:18
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We stride
Moving back and forth
Layers on the shore
They don't matter
High tides
Pounding on the coast
Crashing like I don't
Know any better
White Lies
Stare at the roiling foam
This wave won't let me go
It is perpetual
I don't mind
To bound the unexplored
The power that it holds
On me is but a grain of salt
What's some blood in the sea
What's some stains in the scene
Drawn or drowned
But never ever shown out loud
So never ever recalled
Might stay here forever
Might go down even further
Might try to set things in motion
Why even try?
When down I go
So deep's the sea
Down where I can't hear
Calling, howling
Might stay here forever
Might go down even further
Might try to set things in motion
Why even try when I can just
Drown
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2. |
Me in the Mirror
04:16
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Out of reach
Floating down in the water
Make believe
Delusional like a prayer
There I lose control
Of everything that I touch
Here I'm on my own
And anything follows a path
There I lose control
Let alone that I try
Here I am alone
In my own misery
You see me reflected around
I know I'm not supposed
To see you, inaudible fount
But I know every single word
You're saying out loud:
”Loving you is my own curse”
In May I made my own
Hiding place from a box
In June you saw it break
Under the weight of discontent
And now you see me reflected around
I know I'm not supposed
To see you, inaudible fount
But I know every single word
You're saying out loud:
”Loving you is my own curse”
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3. |
Quasi Whole
04:26
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I accept
What you're carrying with open arms
Any movement
Any sound, any breath, any part
We observe
All the changes in the human heart
Growing out fast inside of you
Quasi whole
Too often picked unripe
A shade of old
Couldn't fool the wise
With time and space
Shape and hue would change
But at the core it might remain
The same
It feels like a tired bird
At the mercy of the winds
When down you go
Obey the new you
Just let it land you down
Quite thin the skin you have on
It's light dims behind any thought
That finds the way back into your heart
There lives the self loathing you
Quasi whole
Too often picked unripe
A shade of old
Couldn't fool the wise
With time and space
Shape and hue would change
But at the core it might remain
The same
Quite thin the skin you have on
It's light dims behind any thought
That finds the way back into your heart
There lives the self loathing you
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4. |
Aether
04:06
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Nowhere to go
Nothing to see
Not a thing can grab onto me
Cause I'm Aether
Don't be silent please just tell me
Can you solve my mind?
I'm coming out so crazy from these days
But I can't lie
Every now and then I feel ok
But never fine
Lead makes the system crawl
But never goes far
Craving more than I can take
Dance around round I go whatever comes my way
All my limbs disconnect from the earth and I can feel
Memories and fantasies but I can't tell what's real
Nowhere to go
Nothing to see
Not a thing can grab onto me
Cause I'm Aether
I've no bounds
Round I go
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5. |
Back to Youth
04:33
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Time doesn't work when we stay
For long hours in this room
That Ivy that grew on my arms
It'll die by the time you're gone
Long quiet hours at the same
Window from where I saw you leave
Standing where I stood before
Pretending to live by different terms
Nobody gives you freedom
I'll never take it my way
So give me the key and I'll be back to youth
I never said I'm a dreamer
Just want to live it my way
So give me the key and I'll be back to youth
I'll never carry my own weight
I just need a key and I'll be back to youth
Cause now I'm sure I'll never find my own way
So give me the key and I'll be back to youth
Such a long way
To where the meanings are
You could find me praying
And end up in solitude
You could find me astray
Within the empty yards
Maybe it won't matter what I say
But I don't want to be cruel
I'll do what you need me to do
And open my eyes once more
I loved, will always love
But what for?
Nobody gives you freedom
I'll never take it my own way
I just need a key and I'll be back to youth
I never said I'm a dreamer
Just want to carry my own weight
I'm living to see, seeing to prove
Nobody gives you freedom
For any price you cannot pay
So give me the key and I'll be back to youth
I never said I'm a dreamer
Just want to live it my way
I'm leaving to feel, feeling to leave
I'll never carry my own weight
I just need a key and I'll be back to youth
Cause now I'm sure I'll never find my own way
So give me the key and I'll be back to youth
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6. |
I. Not Here
02:53
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It goes with wine
Swimming by the pond
Cold like ice
Frozen to the core
I left my mind
Standing by the clothes
Like salt now in water I dissolve
I know this feeling like I know my hands
Pours in my mind but can't fill my head
Wish I could yield my assertion forever
Reach me and deep down I swim
We'll be in tears till the winter ends
Till the last drop of water I dissolve
I know this feeling like I know my hands
Pours in my mind but can't fill my head
Wish I could yield my assertion forever
Reach me and deep down I swim
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7. |
II. Not Now
04:13
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Don't say goodbye like you are
Just human to my own very eyes
Like you are about to leave my life
I'm so one dimensional
No change in sight, a simple kind
Don't leave me behind
Not here not now it's not the time
To drown in this blue world
I know it's not the time
To drown in this blue world
I'll wait tomorrow
I know it's not the time
I'll wait tomorrow
Tomorrow
Don't say it's too hollow
You reach me and deep down I go
Reach me and deep down I go
I'll wait tomorrow (Not here)
I'll wait tomorrow (Not now)
Tomorrow
Don't say it's too hollow
You reach me and deep down I go
Reach me and deep down I go
In the water
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