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Message From Rita
08:05
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Open the door leading through the foyer
Thought I heard the window breathe
Wind was blowing like a thousand voices
Heart was beating very loud
Kettle was yelling on the kitchen stove
Should have told me everything
Stars were dying right before my eyes
Where had the light of the world gone
Rita's getting older every day
Doesn't own a clock
What she knew, I can't say
Her face says it all
Screens that trap the fresh air
Signs that scream to show the change
Cotton dress so neatly kept
For a life so well arranged
Love makes the world go 'round
She never even feels it turn
The sun it shines onto the snow
And doesn't even feel it burn
Surround us, surround us
Such pretty hands
Surround us
Surround us, surround us
Such pretty hands
Surround us
Rita's getting older every day
Never gets a break
What she knew, I can't say
Her jewelry dances 'round her wrist
And her lover walks away
Her jewelry dances 'round her wrist
And her lover walks away
Her lover walks away
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2. |
Mice
04:46
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The deepest shallow men
Pick stuffing from their seams
As though they were splitting
The filled-up empty men
Walk like pails filled to the brim
Yet no drop falls
See how they run
How they run
Run
See how they run
How they run
Run
The ignorant idea men
Speak as a means to silence
As a means to obscure
The puffed-up humble men
Purge ego to swell it
How they love to tell it
Tell it
Mice in suits of men
See how they run
How they run
Run
See how they toil
To escape toil
Toil
To escape toil
To escape
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3. |
Take
05:02
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Take all the shit that they gave ya
Take the fresh paint from the walls
Take anything that ain't nailed down
Take one of the steps out, so somebody falls
Take all the rugs and the curtains
Take every word as the truth
Take the big kickbacks and shortcuts
Take it with ice and a glass of vermouth
'Cause you can
Make it so
But your ego
Don't know
Giving is easy
Taking leaves nothing
Something that you'll never get
In the end honey
Like the strong scent of money
Fades and leaves lives to regret
Take all the time that is needed
Take every nickel and dime
Take the path back to my heart dear
Back to the scene of the bloodiest crime
Take care of you and you only
Take your possessions you phony
Take your sweet lies, and cold distant eyes
Wrap them real tight, and hit that highway
So you know the world's there for the taking
And just look at the path that you're making
If you think that those close to you can't
Can't figure you out
Then I'd say that you're sadly mistaken
Giving is easy
Taking leaves nothing
Something that you'll never get
In the end honey
Like the strong scent of money
Fades and leaves lives to regret
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I tried to listen to what you had to say
I stayed in my seat for the entire show
But the music swelled and I drifted away
Well past the horizon by the credits roll
I reached for the place where I remember you are
But my hands fell back to my guitar
I didn't want this but to my own self I am true
And if I couldn't be honest with me
I wouldn't be much good to you
I stood face to face with you
On a planet that circled a fairer sun
I sung the constant note in dulcet
And rounded the figures to a fairer sum
Unfolding the blossom to the bitter bud
Drowning paper tigers in a glass of wine
I stitched your cuts but shied away
When you looked my needle in the eye
In my days in the dark I somehow obscured your light
Somewhere along the way I learned to wear it
But you wore me so thin before you could shine
In hopes that I'd become transparent
Playing close to my chest, I bet only what I could lose
And you wagered everything on a pair of twos
I remember you fondly now
Those years were never forfeit
You will always be with me
Beside me in the portrait
I stood face to face with you
On a planet that circled a fairer sun
I sung the constant note in dulcet
And rounded the figures to a fairer sum
I stood back to back with you
In each of our hands, a loaded gun
I lied through my teeth for you
Because I know one and one cannot make one
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5. |
Twice
04:56
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Employ the sky
To make the way
A crystal road
Where freedom lies
Your only ship
Memory changing
Faces new
Voices flowing
Rain coming down
Upon the world
And underneath
A lonely girl
The shell standing
In all the heat
Hair of gold
Tables flowing
Love
Whispers
Twice and flies away
Twice and flies away
Love
Madly
Twice and flies away
Twice and flies away
Skin the drum
By the pound
The up lives up
The down dies down
And in the middle
Light up the night
Bring back the day
The apple right
Twice as much
Twice we spin
Twice without
Twice within
Twice the story
Twice inside
Pay the ferry
For the ride
Love
Whispers
Twice and flies away
Twice and flies away
Love
Madly
Twice and flies away
Twice and flies away
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6. |
Elegy
05:05
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I don't know if I can take the blow
Of another day of crumbling decay
I'll keep my feet on the ground
Not make a sound
And stay away from the light of day
Hold it Mister Weak, Mister Feet on the Ground
You thought you had me, ha ha
I caught you didn't I
Red hands and salivating
Don't want to bite off more than you can swallow
Stop in your tracks
I see right through you
You're nothing but me, reflected
You thought you could infect me with impunity
But now I purge you, rejected
Phew, just let me catch my breath
I've been running
The world out there I swear
It's mind-numbing
It's good to have a home
It's good to be alone sometimes
Because out there is the world
And the world is wrong
Because the soul of her people
Has forgotten its song
I cannot be stopped by the likes of you
Your legs aren't strong enough
Your back will give out
What I am is beyond your sight
Beyond your grasp
You're nothing but my doubt
There are things in my past I can't change
I tried
The stitches failed to mend
And you'll keep feeding
But I'll keep breathing
What I am will never end
You know that birds, they only fly away
It's a matter of perspective indefinite
Time moves in a linear fashion
But the human condition moves infinite
You and I, we have but little time before it's all over
And our stabilities are all abstract
We can't afford to stoke idle hearts
And regret after the fact
That's why I'm singing this darkness dirge
It's my elegy of despair
My hymn to the self beneath the scowl
That I ceaselessly choose to wear
I choose to wear
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7. |
Work Out
05:17
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What gives you strength?
You don't believe
Like a flower in winter
Takes cover
Full of life
Searching for truth
In reverence of facing
The big show
Around and around
Under us
In thunder
It will all
Work out
Grey and delivered
Like books on a shelf
Stories told to our fathers
Deep under crust
Where king and queen rule
They lay there in waiting
For endings
Around and around
Under us
In thunder
It will all
Work out
Angels and demons
Angels and ghosts
Return to say
It will all
Work out
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8. |
Every Devil
07:31
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Avast, ye bilge rats!
Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen
I'll not be caught 'tween the Devil and the deep sea
And ye may lay to that
Blackbeard, your lessons were harsh and cruel
But apt you found your young boatswain
For Shakespeare and Shelley, for gold and jewel
For fell intent, my dubious fame
To the sword with Silver in deadly duel
My hook in him is etched in pain
And chasing his whale, the obsessive fool
My prowess Ahab could not dare to deign
Arrogant boy you no doubt believe
This curve of iron to be my namesake
But I was old when you shortened my sleeve
I was Hook 'fore my solace you raked
From me mine own wrist did you cleave
And my deadly sword hand did you take
Tossed to the croc with a careless heave
For this I shall make you walk the plank
Pan! Wait 'til I get my hook in you
On my honor I solemnly swear
To dawn the day you'll rue
Pan! Your days are numbered and few
You cannot escape my wrath forever
And here I am ageless too
Better perhaps for Hook that he had never been born
From the malice in that name I cannot now be torn
Like an old boot, it fits better the more it is worn
But I never cared for the names mothers use to adorn
I grow tired of the killing, plunder and theft
Oft I have wondered on my long-delayed death
It waits for me just beyond Pan's last breath
The only great adventure I have left
Run Pan, flee the Jolly Roger
Save what Lost Boys you can
Else I'll add them to my roster
I'll make a graveyard of Neverland
You'll see the rage still in this old codger
You'll taste what it takes to make a man
I'll bring Hell to this place and boil it hotter
If it's what I must do to catch Peter
Pan! Wait 'til I dig my hook in you
Every dog may have his day
But every devil must have his due
Pan! I'll flay you alive, it's true
I'll silence your endless youth
If it's the very last thing I do
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9. |
Very Far From Me
04:45
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I wish that I could say I've missed you since you've gone
But I still haven't recovered completely
I'm glad I lost you in the darkness before dawn
I can't believe you thought you'd defeat me
I think that I have grown since you went away
I think these wounds just might heal after all
Does it make you mad to think that I'll be okay
Does it make you laugh when I fall
And if I take a step away from a safe place
I expect to see you there
And if I falter just a little bit from grace
That's all it takes to bring you there
You cannot hurt me anymore
I know now that you belong very far from me
I realize that I have no use
For a twisted, worthless, diseased carcass like you
Trying to hand-feed me abuse
Sometimes I sit and think, and wonder if
What if maybe you were still around
And if I let down my guard and you came back
Would you try to put me underground
It's always me I hurt each time I attack
No matter where I aim
But I must react to the knives you placed in my back
Unlike you, I feel pain
And if I reach for you in a moment of weakness
I expect to see your smile
And when you say to me together we can beat this
My throat will fill with bile
But against me, old friend, you are not defeatless
And I will never give in
Though I know that only death can complete this
I only play to win
You cannot hurt me anymore
You are not worth me anymore
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10. |
Ride the Wind
05:56
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Now that the guns
Have all fallen from our hands
We’ve stained the soil
On every land
And though a peace
Has now been made
Many a soul, have been laid
Under the flags of a god we call man
Brothers I wish
This madness not came
We let it play out
Now we’re to blame
Under a silent, yellow sky
We bury hope, and wonder why
That all of the spoils we possess
Reek in shame
Take this gift
Floating away
Use it as quick as you can
Rise to the top
Cream of the land
Behold us, the kingdom of man
Children ignore
Everything that you’ve learned
Don’t follow me
Or you’ll crash and you’ll burn
Don’t try to run, just take your time
Don’t listen to me, or you’ll fall behind
Just ride the wind
Down the slow decline
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11. |
Started Out Like Us
04:12
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I never met anyone like the likes of you
A blue eyed beauty queen, and a heart wrecked fool
It would be so cliche if it weren't so true
Honey I'm so close to heaven, up here on this cloud with you
'Cause I can't breathe, with just a brush from your touch
You're so good, at whispering words that sound like love
Everyone says we're much too young
Some of the greatest love stories ever told
Started out like us
Started out like us
Mama said, don't tie my heart down just yet
'Cause fifteen don't know, enough about what comes next
Hollywood's missing a starlet, and I'm the luckiest man alive
People can say what they wanna baby
I'm not going to even think twice
'Cause I can't breathe, with just a brush from your touch
You're so good, at whispering words that sound like love
And everyone says we're much too young
Some of the greatest love stories ever told
Started out like us
Started out like us
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Mother's Mistakes Albany, New York
Progressive rock from New York's capital region. Fans of Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and Yes will find
something they love in Mother's Mistakes:
From the minds of two homeless doomsday prophets, words that were first scrawled on sandwich boards and sounds that began in overtaxed guts. Heed their lessons, hard-earned from ordeal and ordure alike.
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