1. |
Indigo
04:32
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INDIGO:
Is this the universe you stand before?
balanced by the moon, and it's indigo
when she stays, I can't remember a thing
it's always rivers and rain
it's such a shame
were on the same thing
faces on the ceiling
always kept me dreaming
I have seen them weaving in the paint
I forgot the tune, and the room caved in on me
With every space I’ve been passing through
all the this need to just up and move
I always knew
With or without you I’m there
running through dark hallways
am i supposed to be scared
(I dream)
when you go the wrong way?
You'll be the stillness in me
Not so fast
I believe I know you better
I believe you know
Chime on in like the hand of the wind
Speak in the tone of a ghost
Just like that bird with the soul of a saxophone
It was calling from the basement
it was dripping in paint
Pain and the feel
and the faces on the ceiling
A song that keep me dreaming
I have seen them weaving in the paint
I believe I know you better
I believe you know
Chime on in like the hand of the wind
Speak in the tone of a ghost
No waking, escaping
you miss it like its gone
If it means nothing, then no one
Will show where you're wrong
nothing’s gonna hold this soul to a dirty cage
confess myself a criminal
pull me out into the breaking waves
or keep me alive with a smile
gonna leave every bit of this world behind
though all of that was wonderful
push straight through into the other side
i'm sticking around a while
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2. |
Canary's Gone
08:14
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CANARY’S GONE:
There's a bird that sings like platinum rings
the people in the walls despise
heard ‘em knocking from the outer halls
the candle burned out three times
canary's gone with a bottle of rum
some of them fools got wise
too blunt to miss
and we were too drunk to piss
everybody got trapped inside
yeah
where you gonna go when the hell breaks loose
got no one to find
you got the dog's mind.
where you gonna go when the hell breaks loose
got no one to find
the only burden you will ever know
is the one you've held the whole damn time
He's got the dog's mind, a sunken face
Graveyard in his eyes
A tower off in the distance
Writing in the rye
bless the soul who doesn't know, but isn't so surprised
a hundred horses in the goldmine
galloping in time
yah!
There's a bird that sings like platinum rings
the people in the walls despise
heard ‘em knocking from the outer halls
the candle burned out three times
canary's gone with a bottle of rum
some of them fools got wise
too blunt to miss
and we were too drunk to piss
everybody got trapped inside
yeah
[“Rustem” an adapted Romani folk melody]
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3. |
Spare Me
05:00
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SPARE ME:
Spare me
Wear me 'round your neck
Stick around this town until you make your nest
In the pear tree
Soon to meet its end
Rotten fruit around my ankles
But it's sweeter than the rest
Spare me
Put me down like that
Cut me loose if what you need is living life without me
Blame
You forgot your place
Where's the laughter ever-after
If I’m standing in the way
I've been
Looking at this wrong
Pulling teeth, I went the wrong way
I couldn't hold my tongue
Hold me
Reason not to run
Burning feathers swarm around,
And slowly cover up the sun
I don't know you yet
You find me so down, but so blessed
I don't know you yet
You find me so down, but so blessed
What on earth are you crying for?
Pull the wool away, push the wall over
Do you still see the light of day?
I can't tell the teeth from fur
Spare me
Wear me 'round your neck
Stick around this town
Until you make your nest
In the pear tree
Soon to meet its end
Rotten fruit around my ankles
But it's sweeter than the rest
I've been
Looking at this wrong
Pulling teeth, I went the wrong way
I couldn't hold my tongue
Hold me
Reason not to run
Burning feathers swarm around,
And slowly cover up the sun
I don't know you yet
You find me so down, but so blessed
I don't know you yet
You find me so down, but so blessed
I don't know you yet
You find me so down, but so blessed
I don't know you yet
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4. |
Silvery Waters
02:21
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SILVERY WATERS:
You laughed so good, you were falling over
overboard and bored of all the spinning circles
into the fire, we feel like we've been cheated half
Give it back
If there was a way to move diagonal to you
Or stay within the frame of day to day
When the other half is getting wrecked
Who the hell will you protect?
this faded world that you project is waiting on a ring
Follow me down
In silvery waters
Be the one
they all fall down for
If you need some bad advice
All the while I kept my fears aside
When the fault lines have fallen over
Your smile is still and sober
I took a sideways glance at the sight of the moon
The angle it made, it reminds me of you
This shit just happens, we don't move backwards
Baby I've been a fool
Who's asleep in my garden? You come around too often
You killed me in a dream, but it was nothing like you promised
Follow me down
In silvery waters
be the one
They all fall down for
Follow me down
In silvery waters
be the one
They all fall down for
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5. |
True Distraction
04:55
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TRUE DISTRACTION:
How I spend my time
When no one's looking
Out from a wire
I think I can get this going
A little bit of time on tape
The hiss will never leave you lonely
What do I owe, and what do I make?
Such a true distraction baby
I can be the ocean for you most the time
Your’e familiar with the tactics
It can only happen as the moon decides
In season
A little bit less awake
So afraid of something
Some of them understand the wait
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
Go beyond the hours
Stretched across your days
I think I might wander
A little bit less awake
Ain’t afraid of nothing
some of them understand the wait
Sprawled out on the axis
With no focus in mind
I'm feeling, “why bother?”
If everything is so opaque
I ain’t feeling nothing
Won't let that distract me from the path I take
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
How could I stay?
Could I stay here?
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6. |
Moth in a Box
07:07
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MOTH IN A BOX:
As we wander
Its paper box entombed
The vacant sound of rain
under a yellow moon
I hearing the chirping of
Caliopes and crickets
who's to steer the shipwreck?
all we know is dirges
We are an illusion
made of space for living in
I'm not scared of the computers
Just all this mess we make with them
it's a silent fight they're losing
moth in a box
and the walls are closing in
You’re in the arms now
waiting on the dream
the darkness of the tides
wait here for me
how we overcome
the likeness of the city
I fall asleep so easy now
so easy
We are an illusion
made of space for living in
I'm not scared of the computers
Just all this mess we make with them
it's a silent fight they're losing
moth in a box
and the walls are closing in
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Banshee Tree Boulder, Colorado
"Hard Winds" out now on all streaming platforms
Michelle Pietrafitta
Thomas LaFond
Jason Bertone
Nick Carter
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