1. |
Who Am I To You
03:28
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I saw you dancing on the corner
Just a little, to yourself
You were still shaking off some tiger beat
I saw you skating by a blur
Of pink and red and gold you were
A brushstroke suspended in the street
And the mystery deepened
When I saw you on tv
But my knees really weakened
When they cuffed your hands behind your back
And walked you off the screen
Who am I to you?
Who do you love?
Who am I to you?
Who do you love?
I saw you singing in the mirror
With a lipstick in your hand
And you would only stop to reapply
I saw you split a man in half
With words you said on my behalf
And laugh as the halves slipped to their sides
While the feelings just deepened
As you pulled the car away
In a sense it was cheapened
When you ran me over twice
And sped away
Who am I to you?
Who do you love?
Who am I to you?
Who do you love?
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2. |
Waiting For The Light
03:46
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I was a lighthouse keeper
Tending to the light
But I considered myself
Something of a
Shepard of the night
If you would mail me
I’d mail you right back
Then I’d come to your home, where you live
And attack
It was a field day for
Snakes and raccoons
As the body thrashed
The weapon flashed
I was consumed
If you’d just spit me
Back out I won’t tell
If you love me I’ll love you right back
Half as well
People should be forced to say
“I just made that up”
After everything they say
People should be forced to say
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3. |
True Companion
04:42
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Looks like somebody lost
Their cupcakes
You can see them on the stairs
And in the street
Their taste of life brief
But like any other sweet
They died cause they wanted
To be free
Oh Sweet Queen Lady Jane
Takes the stairs up
With a mouthful of last words
To say
But her voice, so diminished
The sentence went unfinished
To hang there, forever
In space
If you ever lose control
Of your body or your soul
Or the handful of things
That make you feel whole
It may be small consolation
To have by your side
But it’s your own true companion
The part that survives
All those spiders we raised in the mountains
Sweet and gentle, and a hundred feet high
As the city glowed burning
We as parents will, were yearning
To have them at home, safe inside
For my brother out there on that fine edge
All the oceans across and inside
May you see where you’ve been
May you take it in and then
Find a hand held out across the divide
If you ever lose control
Of your body or your soul
Or the handful of things
That make you feel whole
It may be small consolation
To have by your side
But it’s your own true companion
The part that survives
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4. |
Not Fair At All
02:17
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5. |
Hidden Pockets
03:13
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Turning on the lights I see you scatter
In the trees and in the sky
Shaking all the leaves with your applause
Cruel audience of mine
Take it all inside
Into the heart, so deep and wide
And its unforgiving tide
Pulling apart everything I think is mine
Walking through the street the lights are blinding
From the windows, white and warm
Shaking like a leaf with your black eyes
Swirling in a swarm
Take it all inside
Into the heart, so deep and wide
And its unforgiving tide
Pulling apart everything I think is mine
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6. |
Trying To Get To You
04:18
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I saw a face
In the foam
At the bottom of the bathtub
Fade away
I saw a cloud
Pulled apart
One half went this and half went
That way
These are not signs, I know
But still it seems
They got something to say
Like hey, you really screwed it up
And this is how you’re gonna pay
If you see me on the street
And I’m smiling
That smile is meant for you
If you see me on the street
And I’m driving
I’m just trying
To get to you
Maybe you been trying, too?
I felt the phantom
Of a rumor
In the whisper of a casual reply
I saw the specter and the shadow
Of something I kept buried
Oh, a long long time
These are not signs, I know
But still it seems
They got something to say
Like hey, where you going, man
I thought you wanted it this way
If you see me on
And I’m smiling
That smile is meant for you
If you see me on the street
And I’m driving
I’m just trying
To get to you
Maybe you been trying, too?
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