1. |
alma
02:31
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city slacker, engineer
in search of something real
stepping out into the land
fascination
mysteries down in the earth
glimmering lifeforms
destiny vegetables
strange attraction
magnificent mavericks
rituals i couldn't grasp
knowledge of another kind
unknown world i only dream
you have changed more than i thought
my cartesian mind
what's "live-giving" in latin
is "apple" in hungarian
let's believe it's a sign
through those who can hear it sing
and never suspecting a thing
the moon has drowned me in light
seen its miracles enough
to know it is REAL
surprisingly moved enough
to know it is GOOD
feeling thankful enough
to trust it as a LIGHT
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2. |
satori
04:32
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when there is violence
when there is impatience
when there is selfishness
when there is imperialism
when there is prejudice
when there is superficiality
when there is coercition
in the people that we love
i try to do it
just like you do it
but it's hard to do it
just like you do it
it's true i want to run away
it's true i want to go back home
it's true i want to avoid conflict
to tame this stomachache
because i fear they would change me
yes i fear i would forget myself
feel the need to regenerate
i know i shouldn't think that way
i try to do it
just like you do it
but it's hard to do it
just like you do it
as much as i try to be antenna-like
so many times it brought me down to shrink
makes me provide less attention
don't know yet how to fight corrosion
exit rebellion for existence
now could i start to be a healing force ?
there is a cage that i have to exit
which one is it ?
never prove
never fake
clear as the autumn river
you were wise enough to heal
since you've gone
through their words
i have discovered the strength
you never boasted about
looking back
with new eyes
did you reach the satori ?
so many secrets still in you
diaries
in your room
protected by dignity
could they teel me how you've done ?
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3. |
kvarteret korpen
03:21
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who is it you see in me ?
is it your son or a ghost ?
you've got my future all made up
but it was not made to fit
i have got dreams of my own
who knows if you believe in them ?
i probably should quiet them down
if i wanted to please
crushed in your loving arms
taking off feels cruel
in the shadow of your frown
i was stoned by concern
today i am going away
i'm tired to disappoint
i'll sing about my ideals
prove to myself they're not whims
compromises are small deaths
and i think i've lost some time
following the illusion
i had to earn your pride
i'd reenact your own mistakes
the ones that tame your life
it's time now i became someone
someone you did not dream of
packing my case with a smile
finally know what to do
i won't be struggling to convince
i won't wait for your blessing
look at me it's not as bad
just a tough step to go through
and it doesn't mean i love you not
i hope you'll understand
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4. |
nosebleeding you
03:17
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lovely in the bathroom cottoning up your nose
and sweetly, sweetly cottoning up my nose
how much messed up linen by our blood let loose ?
and up the family tree, the same old little stains
bled on my lover's cheek while we were making love
felt sorry and confused, but it didn't feel so bad
introducing the mark of my deep nature
and through every drop, our untimely bond
i've got you in my blood, i've got you down my nose
in my liver, my skin, my cells do as they're told
i'll have you on my tongue, and i'll look just like you
these signs of you can't be taken away from me
i could die from it all, but that's the glory of being your son
being proud of a disease, we'll tower over it, right ?
look at them all say i am so much of your son
yet i keep wondering who exactly were you ?
most of your legacy is mere mystery
objects out of context, what could they mean to you ?
all that i failed to know is far more puzzling now
i'd roam through the whole world to draw your image clear
those i met thanks to you are bits of you to me
as i probably am to those who search for you
i want to dance for you like a blind man would paint
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5. |
fantasy world
01:32
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your mind's a star
it's peculiar
like the minds that
you admire
but you don't know it
you wouldn't trust you
rather feel bland, newborn or blank
toss that hang-up
you've got the germ
take a good walk
and start to work
your fantasy world
ain't out of reach
you'll shine your own light when the time is right
the way you laugh
the way you're bored
the way you write
the way you walk
the way you're anxious
the way you shiver
forget the others and make it your crown
some years ago
she told me "your
existence is
exceptional"
i think of her now
i'm saved forever
it's ok to be cheered up now and then
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6. |
south to north
01:54
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the day we hitchhiked south to north
i slept between the two of you
relieving as the moon and exciting as the sunrise
you took me by the hand
because you were afraid to die
in that speeding car that brought us back to your home
i felt at home in her house
warm as a chimney fire
there two angels bandaged my broken universe
then on a rainy day
i wrote with her a love letter
how we couldn't wait to deliver it to you
you looked up to us
the letter in your hand
you knew it was for real, i saw it in your diamond eyes
my lighthouse, it burns
nearby your lantern
please understand when i choose to look away
it's only that i feel
only half-complete
and not thawed enough to be that close to a fire
away from you my friends
making myself better
never want to hurt you, never want to disappoint you
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7. |
songs like wine
01:52
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think: honey -
it's the portrait of a land
a pollen map turned into a fluid
a work of thousands
a picture of nature
think: of wine -
it's the portrait of a folk
that's become half-human and half-land
every gesture
turns into a shape
grapes in barrels
it's an ideal study
of matter changing itself around
so one can read through
like in a open book
juice, in time,
settles in tune
mere aftermath of the fear of the vinegar
keeping in within
guarded mysteries
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8. |
friendship 101
02:19
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- at some point you lit fires with everyone you met, is that correct ?
- i was saved by igniting them all
- do you feel the dim light of it all can beat the warmth of a bonfire ?
- i thought i would be out of danger
- many candles burning low but how many will last until tomorrow ?
- it was a mistake to light and leave
- now that you're known around the town, who will you carry around the world ?
- i would rather be unknown and know
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9. |
chrysalis
03:26
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like a drug
to kill the loneliness
i agreed to be your need
i thought of me
as a knight whose destiny
was to keep you from the dark
they had warned
the worst of medicines
was to have a living clutch
in a whirl
we destroyed our nests
best & only medicine
nobodies
sedating their hearts
betting that it would work
great feeling
in a net of knots
clothed irrelevantly
now since we have said "farewell"
i have seen your body untangle
i have heard your voice clearly
i have seen you glow like never before
all this time
i've seen you through a mask
i knew i'd love what lay behind
now your mask
is see-through more and more
and i'm loving what i see
all this time we thought we were chrysalises
but i know we've just gotten there
when you see the ground from up in the sky
you'll know you're a butterfly
---
now the knight is just a boy
a bit less lost, a bit less dangerous
i'm not anymore a fix
i wonder how we could be apart
i'll be sticking round your ankle
lucky charm even if you wrinkle
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10. |
murderous home
04:27
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i'm staying home
in the murderous home
learning to live
growing at last
it takes time
to finally settle down
in a haven
where i would feel at peace
it takes time
to become a man
just to become someone
in the murderous home
learning from guilt
not to hurt
not to abandon
not to lose
learning from loss
to grow a heart
to learn how to care
to become innocuous
i'm learning to feel
so i won't be a knife
so i won't smell the blood
and inevitably lose
i'm staying home
walking in the night
elsewhere life goes by
and i'll go when i'm ready
i won't leave
because i feel my heart swelling
would it wither there with them
whom i overly admire ?
empty city
i'll master your misery
so anywhere i could be
i will be O.K. with me
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carton Nantes, France
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