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Guillotine
03:25
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I feel so silly
Yes, I’m scared to death
Running in circles
And trying to catch my breath
Counting my blessings
Forgetting the pain
Leave all the pain
To yesterday
I am no conservative
I always hedge my bets
I don’t care if I win
Or if I lose my head
‘Cause I’ve seen the guillotine
Its speedy and humane
Do with me what you will
I’ll never be the same
I will get a rocket ship
And I will plot the course
To the center of the sun
I’ve got to find the source
They say that life is suffering
But I say that there’s more
Life is love and love is for
The whole entire worldI feel so silly
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Tres Borrachos
04:25
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My old man and me went sailing
Upon a lonesome southern sea
Who here knows the name of that dragon
The one that we imagined in that dancing isle of stone
And we found a hidden harbor
When we heard the wind would blow
Throw your line to these très borrachos
Tres borrachos in a boat
Drinking beer beneath the sun
I want to be a Mexican
You’re not too old if you still try
Excuse yourself and kiss the sky
Kiss the sky
Waiting for the moon rise
We need the light, the night is dark
Its so close, close enough for kissing
Tell me what I’m missing, I’ve been gone
I hear the Earth’s been shaking
But I’ve been gone too long to tell
Hold on tight, its a nuclear summer
A day like any other wipes us out
Drinking beer beneath the sun
I want to be a Mexican
You’re not too old if you still try
Excuse yourself and kiss the sky
Tres borrachos in a boat
Do what you can to stay afloat
While the world is melting down
And the mountains turn to sand
Turn to sand
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3. |
The Falling
04:20
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Let me down
I cannot help but pick you up
The sound of you falling’s like a drug
That I want, no, I need
I need it with me constantly
Its the only thing holding me up
Let me fall
Like a reckless lover
From a ta ll precipice above
A dark and yawning endless chasm
The faithless and abandoned
The reason why we want to fly
The falling makes me feel so light
There are dreams that we all share but never speak of
There are fears that keep us up all night
And I hope, one day, all the lonely people
Will figure out that they’re all right
Let them fall
like a bottle rocketing in the sky
A riot of white light
And they’ll fall but when the flame is finished
It will not be diminished
The Earth will catch them every time
The falling makes me feel so light
The falling makes me feel so light
The falling makes me feel so light
And if I knew just where I’d be landing
I don’t know if I would go
I’m afraid I have made so many bad choices
All I want to do is just let go
Let me fall
Like a reckless lover
From a tall precipice above
A dark and yawning endless chasm
The faithless and abandoned
The reason why we want to fly
The falling makes me feel so light
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The Great Migration
03:36
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Shadows follow falling flames
Chasing that which can’t be names
Reasons change like seasons
Don’t believe a word I say
Sunshine showed up found us stone
Ready for the anti-dote
Powder white like wings of night time
Flying paper moths
Upon a great migration
Its bound to get down soon
With powder on paper wing
It clings and brings us home
Ship wreck reject beneath the moon
Cut them god damn anchors loose
Forgotten free you may believe
Forgotten you are free
Cities sink into the sand
Forgotten dreams recur again
While all the little fishes make their wishes
To be birds
Upon a great migration
Its bound to get down soon
With the powder on a paper wing
It clings and brings us home
Upon a great migration
Its bound to get down soon
With the powder on your paper wings
It clings and brings us home
With the powder on your paper wings
It clings and brings us home
With the powder on your paper wings
It clings and brings us home
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Black Fire Smoke
05:00
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A sparrow’s egg in a cedar box
It’s speckled like the sky
The embryo is drained and drawn
There’s no one left inside
But the light is on, the lazy lie
We cannot reconcile
We’ll waste the world because its ours
Because its ours we burn
Black fire smoke
Black fire smoke
Black fire flaming I’m changing
To black fire smoke
My last hope undying
Consuming daylight
We follow behind
A train of mules in on the trail
They bear their burden well
The mountain came to me I see
And then I said farewell
Your golden globe I do recall
While in your royal robes
I stole it just to melt it down
The map we drew must burn
Black fire smoke
Black fire smoke
Black fire burning I’m turning
Black fire smoke
Is this some kind of joke
Consuming day light
We’re riding the moon
A soldier and his only friend
They flee a star-lit field
New machines replace the things
That chaos has revealed
A sparrow falls and falls alone
Into an outstretched hand
Of those who wait for what may come
Of ashes in the wind
Black fire smoke
Black fire smoke
Black fire flaming I’m changing
To black fire smoke
My last hope undying
Consumes the daylight
Consumes the daylight
Consumes the daylight
And tears down the sky
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6. |
Hill Above the Sea
03:15
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Feeling like a tree
Falling in the forest
No one else can see
See or hear me
The noises I’m making
Love that I’m faking
Oh how did you know
I’m a sunny day
Above a rain cloud
All the people say
Put up your umbrella
The rain drops keep falling
Sounds like they’re calling
Calling your name
And if I was a bird
I’d be flying
If I was a little girl
I’d probably be crying
For all them little birds
That never make their landing
Leave us standing alone
On a hill above the sea
Hill above the sea
Ships keep on rolling
Fog horns are blowing
Like pages of a book unbound
I would read that book
But the pages have gone missing
I would sing that song
If somebody was listening
Like the quiet calling
Of a tree that’s falling
Alone in the woods
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7. |
Flowers and the Devil
06:32
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Wind stirs the branches
Setting sail the seeds and leaves
Like slave ships a-rowing
Free in the breeze
I was promised fortunes
In the land beyond the sea
All I found was the devil
And he looks a lot like me
You look like your mother
And I’m my father’s son
Let’s lie down in the shade
And wake up in the sun
With flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
When the color’s gone
They still smell sweet
Some birds sing at twilight
Some birds sing at dawn
Some birds sing all night
Mocking me with their songs
These flowers that I cut for you
Are drowning in a vase
I’ve been so long without you
I can’t recall your face
With flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
When the color’s gone
They still smell as sweet
Wind stirs the branches
Setting sail the seeds and leaves
Like slave ships a-rowing
Free in the breeze
Let us quit this country
Let us leave the land
Let us go with nothing to show
But a suitcase in our hands
Yes we’re running from the devil
We are what the devil needs
But my suitcase is over flowing
With wild flower seeds
Yes there’s flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
And when the color’s gone
They still smells sweet
Yes there’s flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
When the color’s gone
They still smell sweet
Sweet
Sweet
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Sun shines down
Raising me off the ground
The day is a destiny
That has no need for me
My two feet
Get me where I need
To be but luckily
I’ve got no place to go
I’m happy and I’m rich
And perhaps a little beautiful
I’ve got all that I need
And all I need is enough
So pass that jug around
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
I’ve got all that I need
And baby that’s enough
Oh the stars
Shine like a million bucks
Who needs them when you’re stuck
In a barrel of good luck
My ragged cloths
Are better than tuxedos
Who wants a pretty life
Who wants a fancy wife
When you’re happy and you’re rich
And perhaps a little beautiful
I’ve got all that I need
And all I need is enough
Pass that jug around
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
I got all that I need
And baby that’s enough
I’m happy and you’re rich
And perhaps a little beautiful
I’ve got all that I need
And all I need is enough
So pass that jug around
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
I got all that I need
And baby that’s enough
I got all that I need
And baby that’s enough
I got all that I need
And baby that’s enough
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Trevor Garrod San Francisco, California
Hello folks, I've been rambling around for quite some time, singing songs, playing pianos, and trying to figure it all out.
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