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april vigil
02:23
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april vigil by the river
my god my heart's a slow forgiver
I'm gonna wait here by the water
til you tell me why I should bother
my generation are all addicts
and I'm so numb that it's not tragic
but I saw a nuthatch chip the tree bark
so this machine is made of magic
after all
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2. |
may 1st, 2041
03:35
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Looking over the horizon
Spot something that chills my bones
My father taught me there are some things
That a body leaves alone
Still there’s beauty in a dog’s eyes
As he roams the endless road
And there’s wonder when we capsize
On a forgotten chestnut grove
There is always someone looking
Over a shoulder you can’t see
And you’re always moving backwards
From the person you will be
Live the questions so said Rilke
May I do so till I die
And may we rain down tender mercy
Until the oceans all run dry
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3. |
desperate4love
03:52
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desperate for love
never enough
taught me to hate
now it’s too late
you are my only option
desperate for love
never enough
desperate for love
do what you want
never give up
if it’s your only option
do what you want
you are my only option
desperate for love
be my own god
you’re not my only option
take what you want
desperate for love
while I’m surrounded by it
take what you want
you never have to buy it
ready for love
you are my only option
desperate for love
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4. |
the old world
03:34
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before the paddleboats lined the shore
before the millworks asked for more
before the roar of progress came
there were beasts without a name
the fern unfurled will tell the tale
the frog in song remembers well
the old world before the dawn
the silent night, the vicious calm
the tender stare, the laden air
the days without reprieve or care
the old world abandoned there
an old man playin solitaire
and if my message clears the breach
tell me, do you know of which I speak?
or is your program too far gone
down the road of possession
and domination?
we're here and then we're gone
the old world carries on
and if you wanna know where you are
oh, you don't have to look far
you're here in my heart
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5. |
vulture's peak
03:02
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you got a plan
you wanna run
as fast as you can
and I know a place
where we can go
when the light gets low
and you were reading Franny and Zooey when you were 16
raise high the roof beams, carpenter, know what I mean?
I learned more words reading books than I ever could speak
didn't say much in those days, anyway
and especially not with my heart on vulture's peak
I'm young and I'm waiting for something to break or to change
the thing they don't tell you is how much just stays the same
I loved a girl in my youth, she had fire in her veins
wings on her shoulders, water in her lungs, and love on the brain
I learned more words from her than I ever could name
didn't say much in those days anyway
but you talked me out of the vulture's game
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6. |
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can you imagine waiting
ten thousand years for summer?
that would put even this winter to shame
how the seed knows
when it's safe to emerge
doesn't matter how long it's been frozen
and it's the same for me
that glacier here pokin
rubbin me raw
waitin me out
and there's nowhere to run
you just get ground down deeper
givin up hope
that your life is about to start
all the books I never read
all the ones I never kissed
we don't mind death
we just mind the suspense
but I haven't died yet
I'm just waitin
is it the same for you?
that glacier here pokin
rubbin you raw
waitin you out
and there's nowhere to run
you just get ground down deeper
givin up hope
that your life is about
anything at all
even mighty rivers
it's the same to me
I smile at the first flower after the ice age
knowin it's just a matter of time
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7. |
sadder in the summer
02:41
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I get sadder in the summer without my veil on
like a lonely bride hummin a wedding song
this must be what it's like in heaven when the thrill is gone
I get sadder in the summer but it won't last long
in the winter there are branches to hang your blues upon
in the winter there are chances that it won't be long
in the summer there are lovers, am I the only one
who gets sadder in the summer? come on let's have some fun
in the winter there's no option, you gotta stay strong
but all that bracing lingers long after the cold is gone
takes some time to learn to play after it's been so long
let's go dancing in the summer to the saddest song
I'm the type that's always reveled in the saddest song
first time I heard 'something so right' I could sing along
think the summer's just the current version going on
so I'm sadder in the summer but there's nothing wrong
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8. |
samvega
04:18
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I just wanna be free
I just wanna be happy forever
I just wanna be loved
I don't wanna be somebody better
I just wanna be me
without having that be a problem
I just wanna have friends
without having to ever call them
is that too much?
tell me honey
to ask for
I just wanna know peace
I just wanna feel safety inside me
I just wanna know why
it's so hard to put my demons behind me
I just wanna be wise
understand the reasons people suffer
I just wanna be kind
take the world as my gentle lover
is that too much?
tell me honey
to ask for
I think there's an upside to all this darkness
I'm not interested in expensive watches
I have to be free, there's no option
either that or completely lose my noggin
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9. |
the wasteland
03:59
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as you travel this lonesome road
you will come to the wasteland
and when you do you will know
why they call it the wasteland
when you're lonely, feelin blue
you will come to the wasteland
and when you do just hold on
don't be scared of the wasteland
I'm a stranger with no friends
I have come from the wasteland
bringing gifts to you
all I have is the wasteland
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10. |
translation
04:18
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I need you in translation
the sun in the trees
the light on the table
the whispering breeze
not my imagination
no, this is really here for me
the cool of forgiveness
the warmth of harmony
all I have is translation
the sun peekin through the trees
and an insufficient poem
just a moment, then it leaves
falling, burning like a riot
I think I never knew my life before
and still don't know it now
and probly never will
just these translations anyhow
I want you in translation
you are my family
I never felt so close to
the blood inside of me
churning, yearning for survival
never felt so fuckin tribal
you're my nation
in this translation
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Witness Minneapolis, Minnesota
Witness is a garage-country/jazz-fusion/rock-n-roll power trio from Minneapolis, MN. Our new travelogue album just passing through is a mix of full-band and solo arrangements of songs Gabe wrote while on a six-week solo road trip last year. Loud guitars and heavy drums intersperse with minimalist piano and banjo for a rollicking journey through heartbreak and back. ... more
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