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I
02:43
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2. |
Vanitas
04:00
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She wanders the grounds
Patiently awaiting the end
"Turn back!" she said to me
"His mind is collapsing he does not see reason!"
I fear what she'll do
with the knife in her hand
Warm path of evergreen
His eyes pierce the night sky
With no recognition
Blackened dreams of distant shores
Step forward and realize this dream
(I am dissolving just don't let go of my hand)
With empty eyes you smile at me
(Tell me where were you when I was feeling alone?)
As his tears meet dry earth
A river flows from the place of his funeral
And the path that lead us home has now been turned to dust and fire
In perfect elegance you sit
Watching the flames shoot skyward
The earth it shakes and its torn apart
My form begins to blur
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3. |
Alone Song
03:45
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The words that she spoke
Sat upon a lustrous smile
As we basked in summers embrace
Where the trees and the stars meet the sky
(for what it’s worth every day after was stolen from me)
Rolling skies
Chase our world closer to the sun
But you pushed the thought from my mind
You promised me the end together
So count the stars
Before we fall asleep forever
(You let it slip away and its gone)
Sadly smiling
The world falls in around us
Softly with your arms around me
(Watching as the sun it meets the ocean)
(Extinguishing our lives)
(Red moons ignite the sky)
Our worst fear is bearing down
The breeze grasps at your hair
Our death is spelled out in fire
Whispered love and a sad smile
In the absence of sorrow
Your mind doesn’t grow
All that is love is the will to let go
Could I have saved her?
No one can save her now
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4. |
IV
00:45
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5. |
The Creek Watcher
04:00
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Beyond the stars
We’ll find the safest place
Where all we’ve been given is gold
Without it all
We see we’ve taken this for granted
And let our greed swallow us whole
With no one to show the way
It’s hard to find
The path you’ve been told to take
But it due time you will come to see
That life is fleeting
(Dancing over summer)
(We were lovers under somber night skies)
I was free
To do as I please
And the only thing stopping you was me
Everything before this moment
I should have done differently
Within us all
We have a sacred space
Where all has turned silver and cold
Ancients of old
Say it was written in the stars
And all of this had been foretold
Looming in the darkness
In a spire to the sky
Believing in only what he tells himself
Come with me into the night
To the city of sleep
With our fingers intertwined
I won’t let them take you
Not while I’ve the strength to save you
Farewells filled the summer air
(Love it means everything so pick her up and carry on)
(I won’t let them take you not while I’ve the strength to save you)
(She said)
Lovers dance on summer’s breeze
(“Meet me at the edge of the earth. I’ll wait for you.”)
(I’ll always wait for you!)
The last day on earth
Spent lying in the garden
Counting down the end of days
Beneath the trees
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6. |
Skyward
04:24
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Come from the window darling
Beckoning me down the hallway to the stairs
With eyes like obdurate stone
But before you go
Take these golden memories
Ill close my eyes until you leave
(Ever so soft and exquisitely)
Exquisitely
(Your fingers grace the slope of my back)
You collapse
(Shimmering still night air)
We were meant to walk along this path
In perfect elegance you sit
Watching flames shoot skyward
The earth it shakes and its torn apart
Every night the stars glow brighter
As I let my body ascend skyward
Knowing everyday
Brings us closer to the end
Somehow still
In the morning when I look at you
Your waking eyes ease the pain
Our lips meet and every so soft and exquisitely
Dead vines creep the crumbled house
Where once evil had its place before
Rustling of leaves
The wind stirs
This chamber of power alive once again
Forgotten words spring to lips
As the footsteps tread the spiral stair case
Searching the depths we know
Forgotten demons
Antlers at the alter the stag will be offered as SACRIFICE
Golden colossus arise
Your servant is now your master
All is lost
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7. |
On Distant Shores
05:03
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Summers golden kiss
Gaps in my memory
Dancing on the edge of infinity
If I could stop the moon in the sky
Id dance in and around its circles with you
Seven suns colliding
(This world)
(This girl)
(Mean everything to me)
This can’t be happening
I’ve told you over and over again
I can’t do this on my own
My only wish is that
My waves will reach your shore
How could you ask this of me?
I’m losing my grip
Our cause can’t be hopeless
The last day on earth spent
Lying in the garden next to you
The way that it felt
Summers air full of farewells
At the feet of alabaster guardians
We slowly dance for rain
Forget the path that leads us home
(We meet at the kiss and I melt away)
And on the broken mountain
As the gates crash down
My father’s ghost laughs into the wind and fire
Consumed now his ethereal form
Will burst into a cloud of lights
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8. |
Constance
04:03
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Constance is calling she beckons to me
Questioning is everything all as it seems?
(Im still aware)
An ominous tune from the hallway she sings
(Of my body)
I’ve left everyone so disappointed in me
So disappointed in myself
How will I fly without my wings?
Tell me who will lye on their back in the grass with me?
Who will count the stars until I fall asleep?
I’ve left everyone so disappointed in me
Who will count the stars when I’m gone and you’re all alone?
Who will keep the sun in the sky for us?
(As it’s burning)
(I long for the day)
(When all is lost)
(When the grasses advance)
(And take back what we’ve borrowed for so long)
I know it’s something that we can’t change
I hope you won’t go
It’s something that we can’t be without for long
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9. |
IX
01:28
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10. |
Swift Escape
02:12
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Unconscious contortion of values
A tangible depiction
Of what we’d all assumed to be the truth
The quest for a constant only spells out an end
(As her tears crash on distant shores)
(If only I could be so grossly incandescent)
Heavy with an indelible sense of vanity
(Your delicate face in the fading light)
Escape from the rain by way of the secret stair
As we experience
A black wizard’s waltz
The allure of dawn pushes us forward
With the promise of the worlds end
Looming over pour heavy heads
We will retreat from the land of the impure
(Make your way down from a window to the west)
(We’ll go on your mark)
The slightest whisper will mask our escape
(Won’t you take my hand?)
(On a moonlit flight)
(On the path of the wind)
Promise me
(If only I could be so grossly incandescent)
You won’t look back
If I fall behind
Take all that I have taught you
(Your delicate face in the fading light)
And use it for the good of all man
Side by side the world has turned to dust before our eyes
(The only way to save you)
Fallen short and taken by the storm
(The drops of rain turn to glass)
There is no other
That’s just how I feel about love
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11. |
XI
00:30
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12. |
Glory of the Chosen
05:49
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Lifeless her body rest in his arms
Lovers under a starlit sky
Memories of dancing in summer
But you betrayed my trust
And now I’m falling
I want to walk across this night sky with you
Meet me at the edge of the ocean
Where heart meets desire
Versed on the howling wind
We’ll be together
At the cost of all things
The branching roots of your mind displayed
Here for all to see
Glory of the chosen
Reflected in this hallowed ground
(I’m afraid that I will be swallowed alive)
In the darkness
Your face changes in the night
Believe that we will someday know the truth
Have you forgotten that we’re all alone?
(Reflections of explosions)
(Colors bursting in her eyes)
For who am I to keep you here?
Friendship turned and spoke to me
I’ll always be there
I’ll hold you until it’s over
Our love it lasts forever
Stars over somber skies
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13. |
Cemetery Garden
06:19
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With Blood on her hands she placed the circled stones
I sit from a window that looks on the lawn
Tossed from the window he fell to his death
Alabaster guardians arising all around us
The walls begin to shift pulling me further down the hallway
I found you sleeping in the garden again
The last day on earth spent lying in the garden next to you
Blue and green
Swallow me
But I won’t be afraid
I know we all die alone
(Side by side we’ll ride the tails of ghosts into summer night skies)
Haunting, her face
“I’ll be leaving soon”
Chased her through the courtyard
What will the children think of you?
It’s just not real
Do you have any say in how you feel?
Take my hand
We were star crossed lovers
Dancing over summer night skies
Green of your eyes
Bursting with incandescent color
More bright than any other
I’ll exceed the power of all those before
I can do anything
I'm not alone
My friends are here with me
Blooming in our new found twilight
Dancing under somber night skies
I found you
In the garden again
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14. |
XIV
03:28
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I tried my best to let you see
The little good thats left in me
We will do this together
Best friends means friends forever
I'll hold my breath yeah i wont breath
I'll close my eyes i'll gnash my teeth
We'll tie our lungs together
And fall asleep forever
Who's blood is on her hands?
I found you sleeping in the garden again
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15. |
After Life
01:26
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I was sleeping
While you were digging holes
To bury secrets
One thousand years old
I was drinking
With my father's ghost
And we were singing
Cause nobody has to know
From here i see everything
Far near and wide
From here i see everything
The whole country side
And i hope you know
Though you'll grow old
I will keep
All your secrets close
They're safe with me
No one has to know
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Treebeard Ashland, Missouri
I can watch the flecks of dust sway through the beams of light on their way to the center of the forest, and i will ride the wind and meet them there, and we will feast with the spirits of the earth, in the halls of oaks and leaves and magic!
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