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How often I remember
The weight of every heartache
The wave of every hand that left me stranded for a time
In moods to cool the embers
They'd rot away the passion
And level all the plans that I'd design
Through logic of opinions
The near collapse of reason
And follow-up reporting that resorts to exposé
For every blackened wish
From overcooking all the anger
There's part of me still needs to burn away
When the Blue Sky divides
I will be ready
I must be ready to rise and face the light
When the Blue Sky divides
I will be ready
I must get ready to rise against the tide
Or catch a boat that's sinking
Got a call on my receiver
The message said come over
Asking if our sacred theme could be revealed
Said I can't go any deeper
And still maintain sobriety
But I'll try to work on ways to break the seal
When the Blue Sky divides
I will be ready
I must be ready to rise and face the light
When the Blue Sky divides
I will be ready
I must get ready to rise against the tide
Or catch the boat that's sinking
So welcome to my bookends
Welcome to the dust between
All the restless turning learning how to read
The rings around the atmosphere
A test of all defenses
Gonna pack it up and move out of 3D
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2. |
All I Ask
05:54
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All I Ask
Some things lead to nothing
Others feed on cuttings
Over time frustration
Moves to prime locations
Supporter mentions
Border tensions
Up my spine
All I need is you
All I ask is you be happy
Insects fear collectors
Windswept near rejecters
Objects seeming smaller
Up the rear installer
All I need is you
All I'll be is true to love
All I need is you
All I ask is you be happy
As can be
Orbits in Alaska
I'll be extra careful
To unbutton
Every morsel
Every crime
Open drink selections
Snafu brings protection
See you later
Elevator
Show me why
All I need is you
All I'll be is true to love
All I need is you
All I ask is you feel lucky
Over me
Shaky ceilings
Bottom dealings
Tell me why
Escapades in
Lover's shades
The fault line eyes
Where we're going
I'm half knowing
Most the time
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3. |
Baby Destiny
10:49
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Ooh baby destiny
You can smile at every surprise
Or wander in misery
So whatever happened to escaping wheels of pain
And whatever happened to the still be still be still be still be
And whatever happened to the ghost of choice improved occasions
The comic illusions of our friendly foe the ego's needs
Ooh baby destiny
You can smile at every surprise
Or wander in misery
Ooh baby destiny
Try controlling each roll of the dice
Or ponder the mystery
And sometimes it seems like there's only so much one can swallow
Just walking around in this world can consume all belief
When tremors and triggers and tumors decide
The fate of so many with nowhere to hide till their time is due
And sometimes it seems that there's nothing much else one can swallow
Still thumbing your nose at the world seems to bring no relief
When the boss of exhaustion is docking your pay
Leaving you lost and abandoned
Tomorrow is near and there's been no today
And all Cinderellas are slipping away
If you want to keep going you're gonna need all your strength 'cause
The future's around every corner with instruments sharpened
And whatever happens there's escaping wheel of pain decisions
And whatever happens there is still be still be still be still
And whatever happens there's the ghost of choice improved occasions
A chance to defy the dance of our friendly foe the ego's needs
Ooh baby destiny
Ooh baby destiny
Ooh baby destiny
Ooh baby destiny
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4. |
Zoom
05:14
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Relieving the weary
Severe invitations
Rejecting your place in the game
A registered fragrance
A snake in the grass dance
Balloons out to cover your name
Ridiculous ocean
Fantastic revulsion
Success on a plate yesterday
Eclipse intervention
Saloon uber mentions
A desert dessert to survey
How long can the reeds keep playing?
How do all the naked songs survive?
When will all the conga summers soften?
Breathing offers with the morning tonight
Zoom
Zoom
Let's pick up the heat in the tomb
Zoom
Zoom
We'll fly like the Earth round the Moon
Grotesque intimations
A desk at the station
To fetch the bull out by the corns
Sue Louie the Ogre
A clever impostor
The creepiest TV reborn
Where were all the real flirtations?
I've been betting up beyond inside
What becomes of all the broken and hardened?
They set the sails with their saliva guides
What caused all the confrontation?
Smorgasbord all over
One thought bought a potful of patience
Til the answer was never
And how long til the flunkies fade out?
All antennae in a singular style
What becomes simply came out before us
We will leave with our believable smiles
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5. |
The Ladder
06:09
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Ain't got no time for pleasure
I've wasted too much treasure
This is my last endeavor
Things will not get much better
I did my time
I'll do my part
The chains are gone
It's in my chart
The ladder will be coming I will climb on
Add teasing mental throwdowns
To seasoned temporal flow sounds
These orders that I wrote out
Have all been filled there's no doubt
The bell has rung now
Ting a ling
It plays my song
Feel fortune's swing
The ladder will be coming I will climb on
Who was the guilty army?
Have they all said they're sorry?
Full tanks and fear insured them
One angry tear uncures them
Call out the patient pieces
Spit out the new releases
Rerun the old request line
That dares to still suggest I'm
Caught in a dream
That's not too smart
And way past dawn
The ladder will be coming I will climb on
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6. |
Another Passenger
08:17
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Midnight
In the Re-painted Zone
Who will masquerade, parade in these shoes?
Cigarette drama stained fetchers
Misspell all the passwords here
Honor is saved in the nick
If your offer's refused
Still I am sitting here waiting for someone
To speak to me here in the room
I told her
Yes I told her
Please to meet you maybe
Don't refrain
'Cause I will be there by the gate
Another passenger to train
We left out the premise of love
With hardly a moment's despair
Our meters both running alarmed by the business at hand
Begging for strength that was ordered
A thousand mistakes ago
But thrilled at the prospect of promises filled on demand
When suddenly everything spins on a corner
And everyone starts to collide
I told her
Yes I told her
Pleased to meet you maybe
Don't complain
'Cause I will be there by the gate
Another passenger to train
She told me the saddest of stories
I believed almost every line
Left on the bounce by a mother
Who couldn't remain
Still searching for
Someone to recreate stages she might have missed
And raging to shake off the emptiness - some of the blame
It was all up to me I could save what was left
If I felt it was worth all the pain
Chorus
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7. |
Heaven Circus
07:54
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Was nothing too bold or obscene?
We froze as all good was withdrawn
The agencies waging their faith
Claimed they knew God alone
Was God even home?
Meanwhile provoked sides conduct
Furtive mutual strikes in the sand
A madness that spills fire over the hopeless
To stop them
And how is it likely so few will succeed
When there is a chance for redemption?
Is life just a fever that lifts as we rage
Over sufferers hung up on heaven?
Alive on our piece of the ball
Surviving the scourge we installed
The doctors performed the most drastic of surgeries
Bounced by the tragic
His movements on trial
The Selected One fought off contentions
Approved but now striving to strangle the laws
He is prone to believing in heaven
When somebody cries, "won't our liberties die?"
Indignation deflects every question
The crossed over lines weigh on everyone's mind
Is justice belied until heaven?
"How dare infidels criticize?
If only you saw through our eyes
Your lack of all decency comes through quite clearly
Our virtue's discreet in disguise".
While single cell evils invade every shore
And shift their campaigns of ascension
Pursuing the use of an excellent ruse
They are all on the hoof into heaven
As global insurgencies rise
Our stars crave a shield in the sky
And mocking the evidence
Out past the purview their brains can't
Resist the Calypso of elderly harms
In their deep need to seize all dimensions
So they vie for a prize surely buried inside
The big box that we boast is called heaven
Can secular tourniquets bind us in peace
When the conscience of nations is threatened?
Demented traditions of hatred must cease
Or impossibly block us from heaven
Though lonely sure voices arose
Insisting we all have to grow
And yes, we must fight the most righteous of battles
To see all disparities close
Now everyday warning horns blow
And every nerve's overexposed
The tangled convictions still tend to flow downward
But may reason and tact?
Heaven knows
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8. |
Enough
10:41
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Got a long post from a former friend for life
Saying sorry sounding scared
How'd we ever drift so far apart?
With all the languages we shared
Was it me or was it something more divine?
What was it pulled him everywhere?
It pulled him everywhere
We hold for proof of any kind
We search for signs of any kind
That if one who dials a code unloads the other will forgive him
Took a dive in city pool at broker light
It was travesty surreal
Everywhere I looked the angels disappeared
Only cold men's wicked deals
Was it nothing but a sudden disarray?
Or all holiness repealed?
All our holiness repealed
We pose for beauty in our lives
We stand for duty in our lives
But for all our screeds and messed up deeds we'll surely need forgiving
Is there anybody here who sees a better way to stumble?
(I really want to know)
Is there any other place where we can rest relieved?
(I need to understand)
Why does it seem like every dreamer helps make someone else's crumble?
Is there a way to scream?
Or somehow move beyond this
I have had enough
Caught a wake-up through the steady roar below
Lost a darkness hard to find
I bless the beast that roams the wild jester's road
Inside my child's mind
The distance left to travel til the void
Is less than what's behind
It's less than what's behind
I've pursued the truth through music all my life
It's led me to abuses once or twice
At the final call when curtains fall I hope my soul's forgiven
Out shine the numbers
Out class the numbers
Out grow the numbers
Out last the numbers
Out fake the numbers
Out play the numbers
Out leap the numbers
Out run the numbers
Out shout the numbers
Gimmee one more ride before it's over
Gimmee one more ride then I'll cross over
Gimmee one more ride before it's over
Gimmee one more ride then I'll pass over
Gimmee one more ride before it's over
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David First New York
David’s bands/projects include his psychedelic punk band, Notekillers, SWATi - a drone collaboration with acupuncturist Isobeau Trybula, The Western Enisphere - an audio/visual exploration of psycho-perception, and the AM Radio Band – a solo project for vintage signal generators, oscillators and transistor radios. He is also the proprietor of “Dave’s Waves" – a sonic restaurant A/V installation. ... more
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