1. |
Let Go
08:09
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Summer is leaving town
I can see her sliding down the street in her orange gown
Smiling at strangers
She left with a breeze and the most wonderful of sunsets
but the falling of the leaves makes me think of you
And the time when we used to dance together
It’s been a long time but I still can’t see clear
Why can’t you just leave with Summer
Let her take you away
Why can’t I just let you go
Let you go
Winter is leaving town
I can see him rushing through the woods with the ugliest frown
Yelling at strangers
He left with a storm and a magnificent sunrise
but the blossoming of trees makes me think of you
And the time when we used to laugh together
It’s been a long time but I still feel you here
Why can’t you just leave with Winter
Let him take you away
Why can’t I just let you go
Let you go
Why can’t I just let you go
But this time a will
let you go my dear
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2. |
Reflection
05:57
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I’ve let myself down again
So here I am
Staring at my reflection in the mirror
Persuading myself that it’s okay to feel this way ‘cause I’m only human
But my conscience is like an earthquake
And it keeps on shaking me
Telling me to run and hide
‘cause you’re broken inside
Stop pretending like you don’t know what’s going on
Must be entertaining
But I ain’t laughing no more
Get out of my life from the same door you walked in
Your unsatisfaction is the reason why you are
Drowning
And I won’t be the one to fill this void inside your chest
So please get out
Before it’s too late
So here she is
Staring at her reflection in the mirror
Persuading herself that it’s okay to leave this way ‘cause she’s only human
But your conscience does it ever weep
How do you even sleep at night
You played with our feelings
And now the joke is on you
Stop pretending like you don’t know what’s going on
Must be entertaining
But I ain’t laughing no more
Get out of my life from the same door you walked in
Your unsatisfaction is the reason why you are
Drowning
And I won’t be the one to fill this void inside your chest
So please get out
Before it’s too late
Now it’s too late
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3. |
Electricity
05:39
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With every motion
You give a sign
It becomes the rhythm
Cascading through my mind
And every breath you take
Becomes a melody
Oh, sweet malady
Words are useless
If the hands and the eyes
Can say things you can’t verbalise
So let me show you what
I feel for you, boy
You are electricity
Sparking fires inside of me
And I could burn down this place
As we lay face to face
But then you hold me tight
And I drown in your embrace
And this body of mine
Is made to please you
Oh, tell me what you want me
To do to you
I’ll do it for you
Let me show you what
I feel for you, boy
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4. |
Inspiration
07:39
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I’ve been told not to ask for the moon
because it’s too much to ask for
I’ve been told I should settle down for less
Remain humble, docile, speechless
but I kept on talking to my universe
this ever-changing season
and thought myself patience
You arrived gently as spring started blooming
and unfolded your constellations
You helped me shed worn out skin
showing me that magic is all around us
You unveiled yourself, I discovered myself
and we became friends
we became one
You are inspiration to me
You inspire me
to be better for you
And by raising each other I
become better for me too
Take care of me
I’ll take care of you
Lay your head on my chest
Your heartbeat gives rhythm to my lullabies
We’ll chase white rabbits into the realm of dreams
We have a lifetime to share visions and bed sheets
This love is a window to the world
This love is a window to my soul
Our love is
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5. |
Liquid
03:30
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Rough on the edges
Liquid deep within
Just shine your love onto me
And I’ll guide you through
The darkness
Intense
I know
I’m intense most of the time
But this intensity
Is the passion guiding me through life
And it may seem that this wall between us
Is made of carbine
But it is paper thin
So you can almost see within
Just
Stick around for a while
And move on me gently and then
Maybe you’ll get to know the sensitive side of me
The sweetest side of me
Overflowing with emotion
Ready to give it all
With devotion
I’m liquid on the inside but rough on the edges
Love
Is my religion
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6. |
Binary Philosophy
06:28
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Philosophy in binary
has gotten us disconnected
These bytes and terabytes
are getting in between
you and me
Your face is becoming pixelated
Skin turning into RGB
Silent words streaming onto
LED screens
Memories lost in a shortage of
electricity
This is love in HD
it comes with no warranty
This is love in HD
it has no substantial quality
All I want is for our 0s and 1s
to become a code in this
interstellar universe
Made from spilt information
I’m tired of this distraction
I need some defragmentation
De-install, Re-install again
Re-install, De-install again
01001100011011110111011001100101
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7. |
Deep Underwater
01:11
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Deep underwater
I'll hide you
Safe from harm
Safe from the tempest
Deep underwater
I'll hide you
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8. |
Red Light
05:41
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Press pause
Rewind
Pause again
Rewind back to the start
Skin becoming too tight
I’ve been spiralling out lately
Venturing into the void
Losing control maybe
Control was never mine to hold
This world’s getting cold
And so are these hands, wounded
I’ve been hitting the walls until
My knuckles crack
So the walls started hitting me back
With thoughts written in black ink
Bottled up
Drink it up
And go through a coma
To suppress the trauma
Years and years of
Emotional abusing
Turning to substance using
A faulty mechanism
Transforming actions to patterns
Turning into 10 years of
Breathing in dust
Piling up
Inside the lungs
Constructing sandcastles
Whose bars are forged with veins
Where my feelings could burn into flames
Could you please turn on the
Light
Red light
Press pause
Rewind
Pause again
Rewind back to the start
Head becoming too heavy
The line seems so thin
Dividing what’s outside from what’s within
So fear starts creeping in between
The paranoid silent tones
Of my ego whispering
The world’s getting dark and distant
Herbert’s landscape
My soul wants to escape
This perception I embraced
Chasing my own past
Negated and untraced
While the joy of the ‘now and here’
Awaits with arms open wide
But I’m still petrified
By this mental suicide
So I chose to turn on the
Light
Red light
The key to understanding
Is found in the moment
Where acceptance and responsibility join
And this matrimony, a holy promise
Not to look but see
Not to listen but hear
Gives the human experience
A reason to love
A reason to rise
A reason to be
Just by being I am worthy
Just by being I am enough
But I’ll never understand my shadow
Until I accept that it is my absence of light
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9. |
Lady Bird
04:56
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The wind is blowing from south-east
It is caressing your hands again
The nest you forged from your remains
Still remains
A vapid re-calling calling you to
Withdraw these rooting wings
But they are all you need to
Fly
Fragments of light are becoming a new sundown
The stars in the night are silently guiding you into
The vastness of dreams long forgotten where
Tokens of love lay untouched by time
May the sky be your home
May your fears disappear
And this wind, may it last
Oh, lady bird, my dear
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10. |
Bound to Explode
06:56
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Bowing heads
To whom are we bowing our heads
Clapping hands
For whom are we clapping our hands
Am I supposed to be amused
Or am I allowed to be a little confused
Objection!
Yes, sir
I do object!
This lack of human interaction
Has driven my mind into auto-pilot mode
And now I’m bound to explode
Used
I used to think
I used to bow my head
And stick it underground
Pretend
That I could drown inside
This empty pool Inside your artificial storm
The real storm comes from inside my mind
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11. |
Inner Landscapes
08:51
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Soothing violence
Ripples twisting beneath the skin
Quick sand absorbing me down
To the centre of the earth
The epicentre
Elements clashing at the horizon
Earth trembling
Air shimmering with gold
Mother speaks
with the voice of the cosmos
We are water
Barely a thought of nature
Perceiving the world
Through our inner landscapes
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12. |
Universal
08:39
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Vapour statues of dreams
Sent messages across the sky
Floating on air like laughter
Streaming through my mind
I am the emptiness, embrace me
Fill me with understanding
And breed me for joy
Purified
A soul uncorrupted by structural deception
Inception of a universal introspection
I am the emptiness, embrace me
Infinite (you could be)
Infinite (you are)
Infinite and empty
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