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Whenever It Is The Same
04:52
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(It’s not forever)
Whenever it is the same
Whenever it is the same
Oh, whenever it is the same
I go where I know water
Water I know high
(Water I know high)
It’s always you wanting more
And life is kind in your eyes.
Life is kind in your eyes
And when...
It’s not the heart
that would love me forever
I come, I come, I come
Whenever it is the same
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2. |
Help Me Decide
03:14
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Oh, tell me where that I should look
Oh, tell me where that I should look
I’ve been chasing everyday
I’ve been wanting to you be with you
I’ve been wanting to be near you but I
Can’t I,
Can’t I,
Can’t I,
Can’t I,
Mangos help me decide
Turnips provide direction
Your hand feeds me blue!
Blue pours out wine
And a spice hits my throat
With that combined I turn to coat
Fur and juice
Juice and fuzz!
Fuzz stuck behind
turn a tune turns me you on
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the tree
Waiting for the bird
To grow at my knee!
There's a bird at my knee
There's a bird at my knee
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Studying a piece of a clock
It reminds me that the hands
Are controlled by
A mechanism that I’m not familiar with
But, sometimes…
I think I could learn about it
If I practice patience and time signatures
Yes, just signing the word
Time on a piece of paper
On a line that I made myself
Something linear
Yes! If I just buckled down and
Create a clock!
Yes, that will solve all my
Periodical pauses, you know
When you wait a little, just to make sure.
Perhaps i’ll be sure if I had a clock
That I built myself!
Those mechanisms I,
I really want to know about
If ever I fall
away with you
With you,
If ever I fall
away with you
Now listen, I get it.. it’s strange
Because I,
I found my love
Within this mechanism
That I don’t understand well
But it, It measures time well
And understands well
The passing of time
(And if you can control it)
(well)
Then maybe we can finally control ourselves
And our lives
(If ever I fall away with you)
Don’t you ever wonder about clepsydras?
Water resistant and grandfather clocks
And the color of digital alarms
And hands ticking laterally,
Overlapping, hugging
Always right behind
Or forward, or together
(Neon red, green, sepia)
If ever I fall
away with you
If ever I fall
away with you
If ever I fall
away with you
If ever I fall
away with you
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4. |
The Instruction Manual
05:06
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Well, I weigh in every match with my baby
Staying in one place for a while
Harboring me for a while
Staying in one place for a while
Harboring me for a while
Staying in one place for a while
(staying in one place for a while)
Looking down at the harbor I see
(going down to the harbor I see)
And it would be ok,
and it would be ok
Looking down at the harbor I see
(going down to the harbor I see)
And it would be ok
And it would be ok
(the harbor I see)
Every night when she arrives at sleep,
She wonders how these white walls have
Stood all these years
She's looking around her room,
Coming to terms with her Instruction Manual
She was given at birth
(and she goes near,
though she's living
in her own fantasied fear)
Well, I lean into a plan with this list!
Jotting down skullcap to assist,
Perhaps beetroot or a few
Different grocery stores
Looking down at the harbor I see
(going down to the harbor I see)
And it would be ok,
and it would be ok
Looking down at the harbor I see
(going down to the harbor I see)
And it would be ok
And it would be ok
(the harbor I see)
But wait…
There’s something on the bottom
of The Instruction Manual
She forgot to check!
What could it be?
(she forgot to check, what could it be?)
But there’s something inscribed on the bottom
It’s coyotes and crows
And beaches and frogs!
And I love how all of those sound
(yes, I love how all of those sound!)
When I hear them in the night,
(Yes, I hear them in the night)
When I hear them in my head,
In my dreams,
For you,
And for me!
The Instruction Manual!
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5. |
Always I Want!
03:10
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I WANT,
I WANT,
ALWAYS I WANT
ALWAYS
I WANT,
ALWAYS I WANT ALWAYS
Always I WANT always
YES, YES, YES!
I WANT
I WANT,
ALWAYS I WANT
ALWAYS I WANT ALWAYS
I WANT ALWAYS I WANT
ALWAYS I WANT ALWAYS
HE-HEHE-EHE
DO YOU?
HOW?
DO YA? SEE IT?
ALWAYS I WANT!
(OH, NO)
I WANT!
ALWAYS.. DO YOU WANT
LIKE THE WAY THAT I WANT?
DO YOU WANT IT LIKE .. TODAY?
OR DO YOU WANT IT LIKE… TOMORROW?
OR MAYBE A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY
But I still, I still, I still
Want it!
Like it or not!
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6. |
Alieska
04:23
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Our neighbor in the cul-de-sac
Would hold me on his back
Oh, our neighbor in the cul-de-sac
Would hold me on his back
I would walk around for days
with my sisters trying to play
We would fumble into the abandoned school
We would sip on our bright fuel
Usually hard to find, but we’d make it
We would make time
We would make it
We’d make time
We would make the sunshine our liquid fuel!
I was always scared and they were brave,
I think so
And they made me less afraid
They made me less afraid
They made me less afraid
They made me less afraid
They made me less afraid
I remember Alieska -
She fell on the concrete, snapping her tooth in two
And everytime we walk by the site
I wonder if I could see her blood
Though, it's been years
Though, i’m still a bit afraid
I remember they’re always near
(I remember they’re always near,
Are you here? Right outside the window
You don’t even need to go outside,
You can see it right over there
You don't even need to look through)
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7. |
1/2
05:53
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There is half a line
In white i'm told
There is half a line
In growing old
There is half a line
In white I saw
When I was flying by the trees
In the, in the cold.
And there is something in
The way I see
People always reading, but
What is in front of me?
Oh, what is in front of me?
When I hear a word
When I hear a word
When I hear a word
Oh I, I can’t stop
To remember I care
Half of the line is white
The other half is bare
And what do you think of me
When I don’t say much?
What do you think of me
When I don’t say much
When I don’t say much
Cause I know it is
Something about the birds
The way they swoop over
My head
What would it mean?
Is half cold
Half light?
Half white, half cold
Half blue, half white
Half blue, half white
It’s like an eraser
It’s like an eraser
It’s like I erased her
It’s like I erased her
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How can it be so easy for you?
(how can it be so easy for you)
How can it be so easy for you?
(how can it be so easy for you)
It wasn’t a day, but it was five
When I knew to turn around
When I knew to turn around
And in the dark, it was three
When I knew you didn’t see me
When I knew you didn’t see me
And how can it be so easy for you?
How can it be so easy for you?
You turned away
To remember your own
Sleep sound, heavy and
Yourself and I, not
You turned away
To remember your own
Sleep sound, heavy and
Yourself and I nod.
And I nod
And how can it be so easy for you?
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9. |
Fantasy Wading
04:48
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All her life she wanted to be
Like a candle
And all her life she wanted to live
Everyday to the fullest
But through her life she’s come to find
Why her shoulders are sore
From carrying the weight of these fantasies
For so long
But in her fantasy she's walking by the water
Feels so good, feels so nice
Feels so dreaming
Easy
But it's not
Easy
Easy, easy, easy
Oh, no
No, I
I want to be calmer
I want to be softer
I want to be
S-eerie-oh-ah
eerie, oh! ah
S-eerie oh
Ah,
Eerie, Oh! ah’s
(serious!)
And if I hold my breath,
I’ll be who I want to be
baby, oh
All my life, i’ve waited for me
All my life
(i’ve waited for me)
All my life
(i’ve waited for me)
All my life
(i’ve waited for me)
All my life
(i’ve waited for me)
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