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Rims Spin
03:44
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Rims Spin (C phrygian)
every night
I set fire to my dreams
the warehouse in smoke
the people screaming
every day
I construct a fountain
the people move into
this work in progress
we talk about the day
sorting out the night
sometimes we find
shapes in reasons
sometimes importance
eludes us still
wheels of progress stop
while the rims spin
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Pledge Drive Promises
01:59
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Pledge Drive Promises (Fdorian)
I could show you nothing
like it ever was before
you’re right to be skeptical
I’ll show you more
When the noise of the world
Gets under my silence
I bite my lip and think of you
to the edge of comfortable
without letting go
asking how you’re feeling
your eyes start to glow
pleasures are obscure
they’re here to explore
I could show you nothing
like it ever was before
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Darker
02:07
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Turn off the filters
Put out the lights
Don’t try to get comfortable when
Nothing feels right
It’s exactly then
Memories are made
A moment lasts forever
When senses break
what will you do with all this new
information about ourselves
If only time
would tell
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4. |
Refugees
02:17
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everybody with a secret
everyone with a fear
regret, and memory
the trauma of learning
we’re carrying something
to be free and clear
living on our backs
turtles without maps
searching compassion
moisture and warmth
justice equality
time in the sun
we keep on
pushing on
universal refugees
in every direction
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We're the News
01:54
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We’re the News (G# dorian)
your brand and my brand
got into a fight
my brand is
now apologizing
your brand is sensitive
to perceptions of hostility
my brand is about
creating understanding
my brand is making love
to your brand
your brand
is staring out the window
your brand
has a tremendous marketing budget
my brand
has zero
fighting for market share
vulnerable to takeovers
your brand pretends not to care
but is susceptible to flowers
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Good Intentions
03:30
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Good Intentions (A# Aeolian)
Assume good intentions
everything’s misconstrued
without directions
in the world that contains you
I strive to be honest
decent and true
in a life of temptation
none sweeter than you
I might go on longing
for the impossible
as my imagination takes me places
I want to show to you
I might go on being wrong
in what I see in you
but I assume my intentions
will get the better of you
there’s cruelty under everything
there’s just one thing you have to learn
I’ll be here for you
irregardless of how the wind changes
Let me know when I can see you
to remember what you look like
how you taste and smell
because I’ve just got this faded memory
and it’s getting worn out
from constant abuse
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Something is Missing
02:43
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your pretty face
is everywhere
in my latte
on my underwear
at the beach
stuck in here
out of reach
of your tangled in hair
something is missing
I have to go
to find that thing
lost in my soul
something is missing
i’ll be right back
save my place
or you’ll forget
action paintings
sinking feelings
dread in a bouquet
dessert too rich
your mind is blown
needing to restitch
life doesn’t stop
pulled by currents
something is missing
here all along
stop to think about it
it starts to haunt
something is missing
i’ll be right back
save my place
or you’ll forget
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However
02:11
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we live for these feelings
becoming aware
of their meanings
by ourselves
however things may be
however things may be
circumstances change
new things appear
it must have been love
we only know this now
every action’s recut
with better sound
left in this solitude
this unnatural state
we keep trying
to reconnect
these moments
imprinted forever
these mornings
removed with detergent
these moments
compel us forward
through this
gaping silence
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Bob Gaulke
SInger/Songwriter/
Rootless cosmopolitan. I sometimes produce others.
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