1. |
Home
03:40
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Hello, how are you?
What would you like to talk about?
Last time, you said
Something about obstacles
I am thinking very hard
Or maybe waiting for you
Our time has and end,
I will see you soon
Bubbles and balloons
And cracks in the bowl
What was it holding
When I let it go?
You can’t look it in the middle
You can’t see it with your eye
We kneel in a chorus
Of hellos and goodbyes
[CHORUS]
X’s and O’s
Put down your everything
My hope is for you
To go home
X’S and O’s
He said, “Don’t do anything
Differently, we go
Home.”
Sweets and bitterness
Hurricanes and fires
We better get used to it--
We made up our minds…
In other words, I’m glad
Your wisdom teeth are pulled
It was probably a good idea
To stop wearing you down
[CHORUS]
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2. |
wikiHow
02:01
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No, not you, I’m sorry.
This was supposed to be a love song.
This was supposed to be a letter.
Well, this is how you listen:
Step 1:
Someone dies.
Or, at risk for dying.
It could be anyone like me,
Like you, your friend, your dad, your dog…
Step 2:
Wake up in the night
Step 3:
Stay awake ‘til daylight
Finally,
Make some eggs
Left on the top shelf
Top shelf eggs
Step 4:
Learn about clay
Clay!
Plaster and molds, and thirty minutes
Usually a good amount of time
To dry out and look the same as anyone…
Step 5:
Just clip some twig
In your yard
Something that grows and grows
That’s what vases like you and i
Are good for in liminal spaces,
Spaces…
[Radio news]
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3. |
If You're Listening
04:30
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They found a woman in the water
Under the pier at Jack London
Since it wasn’t me
Or you
If you’re listening..
Thought I would say
Something
Embrace America in its candor
So many questions that are
Being lived
Semi-automatic rifles
Express your freedom in
A brand new way today
Since it wasn’t me
Or you
If you’re listening…
Thought I would say
Something
What I’m saying is--
Depends on who you are…
What I’m saying is--
Depends on who you are…
What I’m saying is--
Depends on who you are…
What I’m saying is--
Depends on who you are.
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4. |
Falling Down
04:32
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Be my muse and I’ll be yours
We could write
A goddamn love song--
A song to lift us up...
We could fall
And never touch the ground.
I think it could be you
I think you think the same
I think our paths are parallel…
I think of you at night
And all the livelong day
I think it’s time I
Stop this thinking
And just get on my feet
Have you stopped to watch a tree
Turn to fall
It’s leaf by leaf
Until its soul’s ablaze
Can’t turn it back
Can’t keep itself together
Falling down for you…
Falling down for you…
Revealing branches and bones
Skin and bones…
I’m falling for you…
Falling down for you…
Falling down for you…
Revealing branches and bones
Skin and bones…
I’m falling for you.
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5. |
How to
03:05
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Can I speak plainly to you?
Can I tell you a joke?
This is it:
I showed up
With a lid
And no pot
Gold leaf inside of the lid
Not the pot.
That was it.
I’m not here,
I’m not there,
Not from
Here nor there.
Here I sit
In car
I’m not going anywhere
Radio: Ashbury, boondocks
In my mind...
This is it.
What I’m saying is--
What a day to forget
How to, how to..
What a day to forget
How to, how to…
What a day to forget
How to, how to…
[repeat]
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6. |
Virginia
04:10
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Behind the homes lit bravely for the hunted,
Clouds compete to cover the scar below
As we skirt the sun eastward--
Shivering night on the shore…
Virginia calls in a midnight pulse
A lighthouse meant to shine
Through foggy nights--
No stones in my pockets…
Racing to, racing to, racing to…
My father’s arms held me back
“It’s no time to die.”
The siren song: blackened waves crashed
I said, “It’s been time, It’s been time
Oh it’s been time, it’s been time.”
“We’ve been waiting on the park bench.
We’ve been waiting in the cold.
We’ve been waiting on the shoreline.
We’ve been waiting til we’re old.”
We biked by light of the moon in the summer
The path behind their houses
That were lit--I thought--to guide the homeward
As others sought us out…
Vivianne, my light, cried in the summer
Another was shot walking
“We know our rights, though they’re not
Worth a penny in this American dream.”
“We’ve been waiting on the park bench.
We’ve been waiting in the cold.
We’ve been waiting on the shoreline.
We’ve been waiting til we’re old.”
My father’s arms held me back
“It’s no time to die.”
The siren song: blackened waves crashed
I said, “It’s been time, It’s been time
Oh it’s been time, it’s been time.”
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7. |
Shower Song
04:26
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I rarely observe my legs from this angle
They’re more parallel than i remember, you know
You know, hot shower-- nobody’s watching
You can sit, see your kneecaps turn colors and
Skin pale from wanting, spin around
Close down your egg shell
Mother Rain warming, mother I need you, who
Who Might have sung sweetly she says,
“It’ll be ok. It’ll be ok” she says,
“Mother I need you.”
Drunk from connection, I forgot my towel
I’m so embarrassed, now all of me is dripping
I see one waiting--decorate--decorating the bathroom
We’re two lost souls here, what am i doing?
And how did i get here? She says,
“Why are you waiting? We’re more parallel
Than I had realized.” and
Where were our mothers? And where were our fathers?
Why wasn’t I stronger? Where is my tenderness? And
“It’ll be ok,” I say, “Mother I need you” and
“It’ll be ok,” I say, “Mother I need you” and
“It’ll be ok,” I say, “Mother I need you” and
“It’ll be ok,” I say, “Mother I need you.”
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8. |
Sleepless
02:45
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I always wanted to be
A camera on a tripod
Facing a great divide
Surely there is light if
There is daytime, if you
Sit, still, patiently at night…
I always wanted to be
snake shedding skin,
worm with five hearts
This skeleton’s worth something
Still, worth something
Elbows dig into the carpet
Rotating blades--
This is war
Yet wanted arms around
Scientists say,
“Heads regrow”
Memory phoenix,
When will you retire?
Malignancy in my bones.
I always wanted to be
Heating conductor,
Compromising win
Surely, there is light if
There is laughter
If you open up
To sunflower eyes...
I always wanted to feel
Breeze all around me
Blankets on my skin
This midnight’s worth something
Still, worth something,
Sun, please rise under an hour
Another day, here we are
With cream in my coffee
Sleepless until the rise and
I’ll say “hello, how are you”
With a whisper
Morning is in my eyes and
Another day, with death all around us
Blank page and pen in hand
What will I say when he asks
“What did you do?”
Blood is on all our hands.
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9. |
Cloudy Covers
06:01
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Gorgeous Nothing:
Hear me now.
Green to yellow
Leaves turn brown
Eyes on water
On you, in vain
You owe me nothing
I own this pain.
Should I be pushing through
The soil to you?
My heart is heavy
With blood still blue.
Oh, my darling…
White wall
Shadow falls
Folded over sun
Day is done.
Red to yellow
Leaves don’t ask:
“Whisper, wind?”
Hummingbird through glass
Crystal hanging
On the beam
Many directions
Weather vane
Should I be pushing through
The soil to you?
My heart is heavy
With blood still blue.
White wall
Shadow falls
Folded over sun
Day is done.
White wall
Shadow falls
Folded over sun
Day is done.
At night, I wake to dreams
Of hiding
Go to sleep, sleep a while
Under cloudy covers.
Even if you don’t rain again on me
It’s a gift you’ve given
Just to prove:
I’m capable of this again.
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