1. |
Not Again
05:37
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To keep moving at all costs, this is the law
the days pump by like the fist of an addict;
clench and unclench, try to raise that vein
got today's sweet infusion, let's tweet all about it
perhaps tomorrow's claws will not rip our souls again
To keep moving at all costs, this is the law
Another ordinary day gettin' ready for war;
another day in the life of a bad metaphor;
another soldier deployed to a sad charade;
another day when the pipelines of death are being laid;
another day when I'm beggin' just to get paid;
another day of crazy weather where there ain't no shade;
another day when I tell myself I'm not afraid;
get so tired of this life on the barricades,
while the man in the Google shades proclaims:
this virtual life is the only one worth being saved.
To keep moving at all costs, this is the law
it's a life you never asked for / the face that you've been given
that stuns you in the mirror / in the morning light of a heaven
made for someone else you never knew
Do you feel this is your destiny; where there's no final mystery;
and no such thing as history;
just endless spirals of uncertainty...
To keep moving at all costs, this is the law
It's a world where there'll be no great surprise
just an absence too pale to recognize
all that devil needs to know is exactly what you owe,
when he shows up to claim the keys to your life
through all my clear-cut memories,
can I find one that's a clear reprieve
for all I did or couldn't believe,
the tragedies I wouldn't leave
before I played my hand and lost
when all the accountants counted the cost
To keep moving at all costs, this is the law
Still hangin' on to my cause, though it has no effect;
still hopin' there won't be that final train wreck;
while afternoon slides toward night's horizon
before the darkness saunters in
like a mortician with his political grin
Don't tell me it's over, I've yet to begin
not again... but for the first time
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2. |
Civilization
01:22
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It seemed like a good idea at the time;
all that we wanted was to open our minds
to the possibility
that things could be better
than they are.
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3. |
Watch It Sparkle
07:06
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Do you remember the trees
when we lived free in their canopies
as far as eye could see from sea to sea?
all the leaves, all the leaves!
with their strange filigree
that cut like little saws
into the sky’s great blue belly
stretched above us where we lay
until the light bled over us?
then there was nothing left to say
in the sumptuous day
before time was even born or could slip away
but “we are happy, we are happy”
yes tonight I remember and feel free...
like I could reach out and feel the nearest star
or I could wait out the night in the nearest bar
until some light comes through the window
from near or far
to touch the potion in my glass
how it sparkles, it sparkles!
how it burns the memory of that crowded day:
the seconds hatched like a buzzing flies,
a horde of minutes that drove us away
to the place we never thought we could play or pray
ever again, ever again!
O my love what have you done?
you followed the snake and plow and gun
now what’s been started can’t be undone
and there’s nowhere we can run
and there’s nowhere we can run
and there’s nowhere we can run
where your deep sweet wisdom will not follow
and it’s already too late in the sumptuous day
already too late for anybody to say:
"I’m sorry" — I’m sorry
and your chemistry was supposed to be
the thing that would heal us
but look what happened!
what happened?
so maybe tonight I’ll try to wish on the nearest star
or just wait out this long night in the nearest bar
hope some light comes through the window from near or far
to touch the potion in my glass
make it sparkle, make it sparkle!
yes tonight I’ll try again to touch the nearest star
to make it through another night in my dearest bar
maybe some light from a neon sign or a passing car
will dance upon the potion in my glass
I’ll watch it sparkle, watch it sparkle
watch it sparkle!
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4. |
Conspiracy
08:33
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What voice do I have to bring;
what song do I have to sing
when I know it won't change a thing
in this wide world of woe?
I wonder is it time to sing a song of conclusion
stop all this confusion
admit there's gonna be a big intrusion—
on your best laid plans
You know someone has to sing
the song of our tears
someone has to chant out loud
the litany of fears that drove us
step by step toward the one word
we didn't want to hear
Can we sing our hymns in the crossfire
sing like a fierce angel choir
sing til everything catches fire
one way or the other with its true desire?
Tell me, what is it worth to own the skies?
What is the worth of your vast enterprise
when the tears of God are falling
when the tears of God keep raining down?
Don't let your bright eyes close;
don't let your heart shut down
don't hold your grief like a precious truth
it was never meant to be
It's better to wake up too early
while the world is still asleep
dreaming what it dares not disbelieve
now your prophesies have all failed
and come to pass!
everything you've stolen, you've inherited at last!
your make-believe future's dissolved
right before your eyes;
you're not invisible anymore
so go ahead and try to breathe
And every breath's a conspiracy with every other breathing thing
And every breath's a conspiracy with every other breathing thing
And every breath's a conspiracy with every other breathing thing
We'll sing our hymns in the crossfire
sing while the world's on its funeral pyre
sing til everything catches fire
one way or the other with its true desire
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5. |
I'll Be On Your Side
05:29
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You wake up without a voice / the very day you need to scream
they cancelled all your choices / they’ve brokered all your dreams
How can I say it plainer there’s a war behind the scenes
where these colonizers of your soul / are tryin’ to seize control
Beware these pirates of semantics when they shrink life's meaning down
to their financial acrobatics / when they try your lives to own
Make no mistake they’ll fight to keep you working like a drone
like a slave for all your wages, but I say you’re not alone
I’ll be on your side; I’ll be on your side
Stand your ground, don’t be afraid / I’ll be on your side;
The violent and the mighty fail to quell the rising tide, so
Stand your ground, don’t be afraid / I’ll be on your side.
They’ll come at you with clubs and gas / They’ll play upon your fears
But know their power is vanishing / it fades like Empires through the years
The tears you shed when hope is gone become a river flowing on
You ride the tide of history and you are not alone
I’ll be on your side; I’ll be on your side
Stand your ground, don’t be afraid / I’ll be on your side;
The violent and the mighty fail to quell the rising tide, so
Stand your ground, don’t be afraid / I’ll be on your side
The evening shades are past and gone / the shadows slip away
The journey of 500 years / has brought us to today
Believe the god of history proclaims this sweetest mystery
a nation’s cruelest legacy’s redeemed for one and all
Imagine what our lives can be when from all masters we are free
when life’s more than commodity, and love’s the only power
You know they won’t go easy and you know they will go hard;
but you know they’re going anyway because the time is ours; and
I’ll be on your side; I’ll be on your side
Stand your ground, don’t be afraid / I’ll be on your side;
The violent and the mighty fail to quell the rising tide, so
Stand your ground, don’t be afraid / I’ll be on your side.
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6. |
Just Another Good Day
05:13
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I want to tell you
how the very air will welcome you
caress your skin, go gently in
to the life of your life
I want to trace the line
where the air becomes your breath
when you breathe and then
the breath becomes a wind
that travels on
with a mind of its own
I want to go with you
to the other side of the light
where we'll see
what the shadow reveals
will be such a relief
We'll hear the heartbeat drumming
of the animal stars
the silent music tells us
where we are
time in its disguises
won't fool us anymore
when we touch, another world is there
materialized under our fingertips
Days tumble on with minds of their own
they breathe in our lives, and make them their own
and time, time disappears
like the wind from a sail
I see the clouds embroidered in the frame of the sky
we toss a bouquet of days, we don't notice as they fly
and every day will be
just another good day;
and every day will be
just another good day;
and every day will be
just another good day
of eternal life
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ds|fečo
ds|fečo has spent decades composing and songwriting in near-total obscurity.
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