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Eclipse
00:55
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Eclipse
A Brief glimmer of the moon and then she is gone
No warning
No flicker flash to tell us that she will leave
Only light one moment and the next darkness
This is how people live you see
“I didn't think I’d live to see the day”
Is repeated in echo with different voices overlapping
As if any of us could have seen what sat over the horizon
The words trip over themselves in the mouths of people
Who have spent their time already
We might never know if they've done it well
Because they will never tell us the parts that really matter
They push us every which way telling us to spend our days in the light
Carefully
Precisely
In a five-step plan
Go to school
Get a job
Make something of yourself before
There's a small pop and then you’re in the dark
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2. |
Bird Song
04:40
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Can you hear the birds calling
and the trees falling in line
You and I both know that it’s only
a matter of time
‘Til I’ve lost my mind
Cotton candy clouds taste so sweet
on my tongue
But I can feel them floating away
Would you take the time to
sing me a lullaby
I’m a bit overwhelmed by the
state of the world
I’m just a girl
Wishing for fundamental rights
And a chance at life without worry
I worry about the color of my skin
And if it will send me to prison
For a crime I didn’t commit
Or maybe worse I’ll end up dead
So many thoughts left in my head
Mother’s are crying
Their babies are dying
Who you gonna blame
This isn’t just some silly game
People in the streets are screaming
Why aren’t you hearing our words
There’s blood on your shirt
And it's falling to the water
When will it stop
Yes, it is all cops
Shut up and learn
Now’s not your turn
Can you hear the birds calling
and the trees falling in line
You and I both know that it’s only
a matter of time
‘Til I’ve run out of rhymes
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3. |
Diego Rivera Court
02:24
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4. |
Home
01:29
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Locked out in evening air
Headlights disappear
Would the stars feel less alone
Somewhere in between the broken pieces, on the way home
Screamed words down the stairs
Memories just burning air
Head held high, repeat the poem
Somewhere in between the broken pieces on the way home
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5. |
Untitled
01:19
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6. |
Bumble Bee
04:04
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Never done this before
I don’t know what’s in store
But tell me more
I don’t have much to say
How was your day
Cuz my heart’s starting to sway
Just from the way you type my name
Trying not to get my hopes up
In a world untouched by black and yellow fuzz
Hey bumble bee
Can’t you see that I catch feelings easily
wont you run away with me
Spend eternity with me my bumble bee
Can you feel the buzz
A golden honey love
As we write our tune
Sun falls past the moon
I don’t mean to swoon
Try not to get my hopes up
In a world untouched by black and yellow fuzz
Hey bumble bee
Can’t you see that I catch feelings easily
Wont you run away with me
Spend eternity with me my bumble bee
l'amour est comparable au mot allemand "heimweh".
indescriptible.
parfois nous l'utilisons comme un mot d'appréciation.
l'amour fond.
ses fleurs poussent entre les fissures du béton.
l'amour est un regard désespéré partagé entre des paires d'yeux.
intangible, invisible, mais toujours là
Hey bumble bee
Can’t you see that I catch feelings easily
wont you run away with me
Spend eternity with me my bumble bee
I worry that you’ll leave me for the next flower you see
But then you light up my screen my little bumble bee
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7. |
Voicemail
02:23
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Please pick up the phone
*ringing*
Hi! You’ve reached the voicemail of Rose. (Giggling in the background) Leave a message if you want.
My darling rose,
Why won’t you call me back
I've lost track —of all the reasons I’ve messed up
I said I loved you and that wasn’t enough
We could’ve been enough
It isn’t fair that I’m cleaning up this mess
Wearing your black dress
Grasping at the wheel
(Small laugh) how do you heal when you’re crumbling from the inside
What’s the point of school if they couldn’t show me how to keep from feeling blue
Or better yet teach me how to reach for you
To stop me from missing you
I won’t allow myself to feel any bit happy
I am a factory reset, numb but muscles tense, cannot rest
Maybe now you’ll get some rest
Is this some kind of test— I imagine you will come in from the balcony, cold tea in your mug, saying that you’d stay tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and today
And if today is already tomorrow, then you’ll give me another day
What should I do with all your stuff
The mail is piling up on the counter
And now I’m whistling that song that you used to sing in the morning sunlight pouring ‘cross the bed
I know I should’ve been by your side
Promising not to lie
I need you tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and today
And if today is already tomorrow, then give me another day
That’s what you used to say
My darling rose
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8. |
Skeletons Like the Rain
01:50
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Bury me in the cold and deep
with the silver and the gold
Friends and loved ones stand and weep
for the fear of growing old
Before you lay me down
kiss me on the mouth
And tell me that tomorrow will be better
Cause when I’m underground and a storm rolls in
I can’t open up my mouth or feel the water on my skin
But I’ll learn that the skeletons like the rain
Soft steps stutter like fallen men with bodies growing cold
Tell my mother not to fret
for the sunshine warms my bones
Before you lay me down kiss me on the mouth
And tell me that tomorrow will be better
Cause when I’m underground and a storm rolls in
I can’t open up my mouth or feel the water on my skin
But I’ll learn that the skeletons like the rain
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9. |
Tears to the Tide
01:29
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If I shut my eyes tightly and brace my body against the table the shouts of my peers turn to seagull cries
And as I feel the waves cover my eyes
They will wash away the tears to the tide
*spoken*
And so you sit there hoping that someone will be able to pick you up from school.
Hadley Bugar to the office please.
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10. |
Notes
02:35
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Every girl I’ve ever known has been unexplainably in love with the moon.
But how can such a tiny piece of sky cause so much heartbreak?
Call it what you want
Wish it never was
Tattoo your matching scars
Paint them on the walls
I’ll stay here taking notes on love
You met a boy on sunny road, but in the light I’m left alone with my attraction to the unknown
Ignore the message in the cards
You run out and chase the stars
Wrestling trees in the dark
Baby’s breath lace the floor
I’ll lay right here
Staring above
Taking notes on love
I’d rather gouge out my eyes
Don’t wanna waste another night
Could you please close the blinds
Hide away from crystal eyes
Pen crossing all the lines
While I’m staring at the sky
Taking notes on love
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11. |
Past Life Regression
01:54
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I am falling falling falling through the sky
Chilled air surrounds me
And I just keep falling
I am young
5 maybe 6
Sitting on a bench alongside my mother
She reads me the Twelfth Night
And yet I’m still falling
Falling onto the grass
Ring around the Rosy
Familiar faces
Familiar face, but faceless
My soul aches
Rising up
Growing older
Running
Laughing
Long grass grazes my legs
Skirt caught in the wind
The boy smiles back at me
Faceless
Falling into
Cream colored layers
A wedding
Ivy scraping the walls
Faceless standing at the alter
Birth
Unknown song
Within my brain I guess the melody
My mother gave to me
My father gone
A stranger to me
I am falling
From the roof of a barn
Into the sheets
People standing over me
Grave faces
Familiar faces, but faceless faces
The sheets are soft
I feel even colder
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12. |
Gone
03:29
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Smiling through a screen
At the people that we used to be
Cooked picture frames
Hide the strain on the other side of the glass
Yes I promised you I’d stay
but will we find a way to the part of us that’s gone?
Sleep is so elusive
And the thoughts that fill the space
Are ones I’d rather have forgot
Used to hearing music
But the parts that play the tune
Grow mold and so they rot
Yes I promised you I’d stay
But will I find a way to the part of me that’s gone?
My aching bones
need someone to fill the holes
And when I’m alone
I dream of our lost home
Yes I promised you I’d stay
But will I/we find a way to the part of me/us that’s gone?
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13. |
Horny for Francis Bacon
04:25
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14. |
Outro
00:37
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Work Ethic Detroit, Michigan
detroit garbage
occasionally folk
hit us up if ya want to make a tape
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