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to be told of a way
to keep your thoughts inside your head
instead of something that you gotta say
a simple gift a little sign
of the way they seem to smile
of how they always seem to have a spine
things to do and things to buy
'cause you gotta find a way
to use up all the time until you die
copy one another you
fill it full of all your things
so it can know nothing too
it's not so hard just pretend
that you know why we're all here
and tomorrow do it again
and things might be as they appear
a little time on your own
to practice standing in a crowded room
and not feeling you're all alone
keep it kind try to be still
as the water's pouring through the floor
and the room is slowly filled
it was fine no need to think
when you never feel a thing
only feeling like another drink
staying home staying inside
while the leaves are in the ground
and the roots are waving in the sky
it's not so hard just pretend
that you know why we're all here
and tomorrow do it again
and things might be as they appear
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with colors bright through perfect eyes
what can be seen under the sky
and then what can be seen through
on full display into the night
won't turn away from blinding light
what then have we turned into?
of all the things we've said and done
this is the place you are the one
in the foreground it's there
but memories still burn so hot
even the one's we all forgot
hanging in the air
and if disease should slow us down
then we can stay where we'll be found
and wait for the rain to stop
'cause summer's always stalked by fall
they'll tell us they can fix it all
from where they're sitting at the top
of all the things we've said and done
this is the place you are the one
in the foreground it's there
but memories still burn so hot
even the one's we all forgot
hanging in the air
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Taller Grow the Trees
02:42
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given time we'll all be broken down
giving everything back to the ground
rain on the leaves will be the only sound
given time we'll all be broken down
but for the loss the taller grow the trees
the birds above are thinking not of these
trials that have brought us to our knees
but for the loss the taller grow the trees
given time we'll all be broken down
giving everything back to the ground
rain on the leaves will be the only sound
given time we'll all be broken down
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Little Fires
02:01
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little fires to put out in your memory
growing higher than the pines of what shouldn't be
little engine that died on the hill that day
can't imagine ending any other way
Mary begs "stay close to me
don't fall from the nest high above"
and the fires will blow through the trees
embracing all that you love
little fires happily take all your air
all they need is for you to pretend to care
lapping up to the blankets onto your bed
pour across the parched landscape inside your head
Mary begs "stay close to me
don't fall from the nest high above"
and the fires will blow through the trees
embracing all that you love
Mary begs "stay close to me"
as you fall from the nest high above
into the fires that sweep through the trees
into the arms of your love
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Dead, Dead Guide
01:48
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the forrest lied
and killed your guide
or was it you?
hands unfold and lies untold
like blood drawn from the king
scream instead inside your head
for nothing that it brings
shattered hammer worker clamors
for the promised spring
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Your Heart's Still Green
04:34
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when everyone was so tough
they could live on the moon
and never drink enough
with hearts stronger than the trees
such easy-go charmers
with tigers' personalities
there's no day you can't kill
when living's lost its thrill
bandages cover the floor
your heart still feels like a stone
just like it did before
and when you can't see the ground
they'll fly to the top of the trees
to help you climb down
there's no day you can't kill
when living's lost its thrill
your heart just won't be still
there's no day you can't kill
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carved to the tree trunks
and laughing with sad drunks
but you know what matters
as clarity scatters
while flipping through channels
punching through wood panels
of tattooed wallpaper
you're choked by the vapors
the moon but a crescent
your hate incandescent
but moods are so fluid
you feel so ill-suited
like new growth from ashes
old men with mustaches
with hands pointing westward
they utter no blessed word
but reviews were scathing
whom David saw bathing
forgiveness with interest
welcome the honored guest
and now for the hard part
you're born with just one heart
and there's nothing to it
and light shines right through it
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Sympathy Grab
03:47
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inside his head it starts
here comes the best part
the pedal drops
the lights come up head on
windshield through the rain
his heart cannot contain
all he needs is
for it to be gone
and everybody said
his world was painted red
so sad, but how much
can a good man take?
and everybody knows
you never stop the show
but we got caught with our
fingers in the cake
we run and hide
dragged out by the tide
don't forget there's fortunes to be made
high sky of blue
always saw you through
makes you sort of wish you would have stayed
all falling down, falling down
all falling down
we run and hide
dragged out by the tide
don't forget there's fortunes to be made
high sky of blue
always saw you through
makes you sort of wish you would have stayed
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Needles Under Our Feet
01:44
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needles soft under our feet
evergreens hide the heartbeat
I'd take you but I've lost my way
here's as good as any to stay
silent and dark
blood begins to flow
while high in the tops
wind carries the snow
to cover us both
and blanket the ground
when everything's gone
we'll still hear the sound
laughter from over the hill
dogs baying over a kill
a thief rifling through a purse
memorized chapter and verse
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made me a true believer
in a dream or a fever
the fire burned my skin into snow
from the trees started whispers
but there weren't no listeners
I was afraid of going alone
I was afraid of going alone
count all my bruises the times I've said what I mean
maybe that's why we're only honest with ourselves in dreams
stayed in bed all day
then wandered to the hallway
got my hair washed
for a couple of dimes
but then I started backsliding
my sins knew where I was hiding
see I've been here a couple of time
yeah I've been here a couple of times
count all my bruises the times I've said what I mean
maybe that's why we're only honest with ourselves in dreams
dreamt I drove Szorady's
black diesel Mercedes
all the way down into Belize
there I stood looking backwards
through a thick cloud of blackbirds
and the waves came up to my knees
and the waves came up to my knees
and the waves came
up to my knees
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On the Moon by 10AM is songwriter Prescott Wagner, also a member of Ohio bands Yankee Ghost and Treysuno.
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