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generation loss
in everything you are
chasing something perfect
soon to decay
but you don't change
it's something more
still the same
as when you were born
what length or distance can define
this driftless sense of losing time
i missed the past tense just to find
this sickness takes most of your life
took a lot of hits to get by
i took the medicine
this life will ring you dry
just to get rid of it
this generation loss
you know it's in your mind
but i can't tell if it's
part of the moving on
one day this dream will be gone
is there another way
to consume and decay
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2. |
Comedown Phase
03:04
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i know you
in the rearview
passage of time
falls behind you
i still feel it
in a daze
all the time
but it's okay
it's just a phase
a part of you now
didn't you say
you're stuck in the clouds
waiting for you
to come back down
i think i knew what
you were talking about
it took a lot of years
of kicking around to break through
just chasing the ground
i never knew the breaks
it's far too late
to change the tape, still
a part of you now
didn't you say
you're stuck in the clouds
waiting for you
to come back down
i think i knew what
you were talking about
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3. |
Something You Said
02:51
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never guessed it
would be so quick
it was there
then it was gone
must've been too much
for me to expect
just something you said
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i walked outside
when it got dark
the moon curved up
just like a smile
i don't recall
most of my life
you think it's gone
but i can tell
it's on your mind
so if you'd like
to change your life
there's no other time
you can't be sure
but you know yourself
it's an empty world
but there's nowhere else
want to be true
want to let you know
that it's all for you
it's all for you
lucid for the first time
terminal is calm
sleeping on the floor
under the fluorescents
everything is on your mind
so if you'd like
to change your life
there's no other time
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5. |
Falling Back Asleep
07:31
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falling back asleep
lucid as the time runs
out from you me
into memories
yeah it could be a dream
it could be a nice one
it could be a dream
you could leave a light on
hold, i hold, i hold
if i can't feel anything
hold, i hold, i hold
and if i can't feel anything
and nothing is as it's supposed to be
it's time
to go
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6. |
Talk In Technicolor
02:58
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so the sun comes out
just to come back down
it's a give and take
that's the deal we made
it won't ever stay
it's the time revolving
we are birthed in change
and i could not solve it
but we could always talk
in technicolor
like we used to fall
into each other
good times bad times
i'll be here, forever lost
don't lose your mind
it's your lifeline
to turn back the clock
is to break a promise
long before we're born
just before we surface
can you remember that
when you felt so nervous
just to join this earth
just to be incarnate
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7. |
Blissful Moon
03:32
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can't call home
or change my mind
due to distance
and different times
slept it off
drowned my thoughts
could not clear the memories up
i know it's not a waste
to lean into the pain
but its always felt this way
can't make sense of anything
even if i tried my best to think it through
like it's the end and there is nothing left of it
no i or you, this blissful moon
this tired night, even despite
this lonely world
what's the use
in running through
what once was or
wasn't us
flowers bloom
in every room
and bright green curtains
the light comes through
that place does not exist
it did but did it if
i don't even dream
can't make sense of anything
even if i tried my best to think it through
like it's the end and there is nothing left of it
no i or you, this blissful moon
this tired night, even despite
this lonely world
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8. |
In Airports
01:52
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sometimes i feel like a stranger
i know tomorrow i'll change
catch myself about to say
something that i'd never say
i made it all about me
is that a tragedy
used to put my headphones on
escape into a new song
in the car, on the floor
i still remember the timbre
of the piano on epping
in its particular tuning
the muffler rail and sustain
against the sound of the rain
you never write like you used to
you never put on your songs
so focused on the creation
forgetting just how to listen
and so i heard your new song
of course i like it a lot
i'll put it on in the car
and learn it on my guitar
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Highway Pileup
02:23
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broke down and i'm out of gas
highways piled up and i guess
the feeling, i could not contain it
still live with some regrets
time has kept up with all my sins
and i think you gave me too much
when i'm old
i'll pull the string
empty everything
you'll get all of me
in a pool of dreams
i could live in distant love
if the tunnel is still lit up
after two years and some more
still the same
when the memory fills with dust
and i forget how it was
still i'll always picture us
made it back and i had to rest
drove till i was sick of it
the room feels
more empty than before
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10. |
It Takes A While
02:18
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guess it's always the same
so for now, i'll step away
my words will never ring true
but sometimes i still see you
out by the train
churches and radio towers
in black and white
snowed out
i'm rewatching death parade
still meant
every word of it
even though
we weren't sure of it
back in those days
still live in aftersun
still think of when we were young
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11. |
Heart Still Hangs
02:44
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eleven thirty at night
and you and i sing a song
my heart still hangs in the air
never know if it's wrong
i'll be on time
don't fade away
waited too long
for you to stay
sometimes
still think of you
spinning in light
like deja vu
i'll be on time
won't keep you too long
running in circles
waiting to fall
know when it's right
i'll know if it's wrong
in time, still be alone
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12. |
In The Dawn
03:50
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can't remember
what you said
would it matter if i did
i'm in love in the dawn
once again, once again
indecision
in my head
i'll know for certain
after the end
just for once
to give up
is it enough
is it enough
right from the start
i know that i'll know
the timing is right
but it's never right
it's never enough
never enough
i know i'll be fine
i know i'll be fine
because you are a light
i hold in my mind
if one thing is true
i'm living for you
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13. |
I'll Wake Up Soon
02:55
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so strange
to be living
in your wake
if this is just a dream
then i'll wake up soon
when i'm supposed to
then i'll wake up soon
i'll be right next to you
if i could try
if i could hold on
it's not goodbye
if there's another one
another life
another chance to
to get it right
i'd do it all again
for just a little more time
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14. |
Orbiting Your Head
03:03
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i'll be there
orbiting your head
drifting in the atmosphere
i know the nights will always end
and nothing is permanent
but time will always prove it's worth it
and what you said
we'll never know
and what you said
we'll never know
i'll hope in the end
your words will make sense
it will be for the best
there's always a change
the train will depart
whatever you do
i hope you get on
it's leaving soon
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15. |
Strange Heaven
03:56
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is everything okay
i could lie near you
just for today
this could be a sad tune
light could fill the room
we could feel lifted
glue the wings to you
into strange heaven
bring me back to you
i'm still, still burning up
as it fades away
we could keep drifting
we could form a star
we could be lifted
and i could never get free
i could be alone
you know
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orchid mantis Atlanta, Georgia
found sounds, tape collages, and pop songs about forgetting.
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