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Winter Dream
04:36
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01.The snow was falling afresh on the hills,
Our sun was setting on unpaid bills.
You left -- just like you did before.
The sleds are dusty atop the shelves.
You claimed you had to find yourself.
I said "Go, I won't search for you anymore."
It's gonna be a long night now,
Without you standing by my side somehow.
Winter dream. Snow unseen.
Light of day, light our way.
In my hand, wonderland.
Don't be alone. Come on home to me.
02.The roads are lovely, dark, and deep.
I used to drive with you asleep
By my side. I didn't want to let you go.
The silence of these December nights
Lead me to sleep with every light
Ablaze. Your memory still haunts me so.
It's gonna be a long drive now
Without you resting by my side somehow.
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3 Hours 15 Minutes
03:43
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Another ping -- you rush to read it right away
Notifications up the wall, mmmm
But here's the thing: you check 58 times a day
Even when you're on a call
3 hours 15 minutes
Is a chunk of time when your heart's not in it
3 hours 15 minutes
Spent picking up the phone
3 hours 15 minutes
Starts a chain reaction with every visit
3 hours 15 minutes
Don't call this mind control
You need to stop and let those ringtones fade away
Look how you're twisting up inside, hmm
Like Pavlov's dogs, you've trained yourself to salivate
Whenever notices arrive
3 hours 15 minutes
Is a big distraction and a loss of focus
3 hours 15 minutes
Spent looking at your phone
3 hours 15 minutes
Is the time you spend on a thing so bogus
3 hours 15 minutes
Turns your mind into a stone
You have the heart of a marauder
The attention span of a toddler
I wanna talk to you, talk to you
But your eyes are on the phone
You have control if you want it
Take simple steps to achieve it
You have the power to be present
But instead I feel alone
You have control if you want it
Take simple steps to achieve it
You have the power to be present
Don't let them feel alone
Don't let them feel alone
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3. |
Walking With Dolby
03:41
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As I walk for the millionth time on this road
I listen to Thomas Dolby
With the wind really biting down, fangs of cold
He sings of European cities
The music falling down like rain or mercy
The footsteps echo loud and drown the lonely
Now we travel to Budapest in a blimp
The Linn drum keeps time so slowly
I patrol the perimeter in this daze
Imagining that I'm a sentry
As deep as any ocean is, as sweet as harmony
The music brings me to a place that eyes can't see
All the headlights are speeding past in morse code
Their code is a secret to me
And yet in his music I find a flow
That speaks with an ageless beauty
The music falling down like rain or mercy
The footsteps echo loud and drown the lonely
As deep as any ocean is, as sweet as harmony
The music brings me to a place that eyes can't see
Switch off the mind, let heart decide who I am meant to be
The music brings me closer to unity
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1.
Here we go again:
Another madman vying for the crown,
A malicious actor who will bring us down,
The offspring of a once-despised king.
How much more chaos can his bloodline bring?
2.
Here we go again:
Diehards extol his virtues loud.
And the younger generations say they're proud
To choose such a noble family
And return the land to its former glory.
3.
They think what they do is brave
Never counting all the unmarked graves,
How dissent was crushed beneath
The heels of such a shrewd dictator.
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5. |
After This Our Exile
04:46
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A new beginning is all we wanted
It's always promised but never gained
We walked through waters, escaped our captors
But strife and sorrow, these will never change
Searching for a land to call our home
We may never find a better place
And after this, our exile, only death
The only water flowing is from our face
A life of freedom is all we asked for
To shed the yoke upon our backs
But now we wander, consumed by anger
And wishing that we could retrace our tracks
Longing for the life we left behind
Now it doesn't seem that bad at all
And after this, our exile, only death
Looking back our troubles seemed so small
A new beginning is all we wanted
It's always promised but never gained
It's always promised but never gained
It's always promised... but never gained
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6. |
You Are the Guillotine
03:42
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When lies abound, and truth cant be found
You are the guillotine
Constantly severing the good out from the bone
Deep in the night, and within your light
We are remembering
How things are fracturing: we're quarantined alone
Death all around, we sleep safe and sound
Trusting in medicine
Cleaning is discipline. We're chaff under the dome
Sharpen your knife; this is your life
You're an anomaly
Playing monopoly while Nero's burning Rome
Fake news, intrigues, no one believes
Science is odious
Your knife melodious, I'm in the danger zone
You're not too keen on this vaccine
While i play the guinea pig
I'm the zag to your zig in this explosive home.
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7. |
Northern Sky
04:20
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Underneath cerulean sky
Hand in hand just you and I
We dream of futures unspoken
We will face a thousand miles
To be together undenied
We see horizons unbroken
Discouragement will come from every side
And those whom you rely on run and hide
Yet in the darkness is this one surprise
That through it all you will remain my
Northern sky
Morning's over, sun is high
The traffic locks us in a line
We crawl through souls that are broken
In this jungle we call home
We work to death then die alone
Our odds have already spoken
Discouragement will come from every side
And those whom you rely on run and hide
Yet in the darkness is this one surprise
That through it all you will remain my
Northern sky
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Acid42 California
Synthwave that smells like the past. Ethnotronic downtempo that reeks of the future. Enhanced with percussion and Philippine nutrients for a complete sensory experience.
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