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Leaf Men
03:11
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When I was a child
I'd walk through this garden.
It was miraculous,
And anything could happen on a moonlit night so long ago.
I strain to remember.
Now the plants are sickly.
They whither and die.
I can't save them now.
The garden is in peril.
It grows weaker yet.
I can't save it now.
Your skin is soft and now the frost is on the ground.
You'll never make it unless you wait till the sun comes back to get across.
You must call upon the Leaf Men. Only they can save things now.
To call them, climb the highest tree.
Sing low and sure, "Leaf Men, we are in need."
The battle won't be easy.
Climb our way to the top.
We won't die with your hands around our throats.
I won't die with your hands around my throat.
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2. |
Antipositional
04:27
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At night in my slumber
Falling backwards through time
There's a nightmare that will not end.
It's in this moment when I realize
That the terror thrives when I shut my eyes.
It's not enough to pass the time
Seeking answers in my mind.
A danger of its own kind.
It's time I draw the line
between what's real and in my thoughts.
There's enough to blur the truth.
Distorting focus, distracting my gaze.
There's enough to blur the truth
Can't keep my eyes fixed on you.
Rings of silence
Find my thoughts, take what is left of my freedom.
Make me whole,
Make me miss what I lost and claim i never had it at all.
You must show us the way to our past,
and help us remember the ways of old.
It's not enough to pass the time
Seeking answers in my mind
A danger of its own kind.
You made me out to be your enemy,
But I submit and I'll quit fighting.
No need to question your version of reality.
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3. |
The Remnant
03:38
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I can't take it.
When did holding on turn to running away?
Did I agree to this?
Was it ever easier...
Easier to do what's right?
To think I expected more...
To think I expect reward.
I could not have known
We'd have a good run,
Smooth sailing to the sun,
Thrown off the edge of the earth.
You played your role.
You served to draw me out of my naievity,
And lead me to the flame to be consumed.
You could have been what I wanted.
You could have been all I needed.
But now your lost, and I'm alone.
Alone.
And alas, this sinking shop won't reach the shore....
Ever.
I can't believe you'd leave me now.
I always thought I'd have no loss.
But it's over, this maiden voyage gone wrong,
A ship derelict offshore.
And while you cut your losses I went down
With the craft.
And now you'll even forget my heart at the bottom
Of the ocean depths.
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Veritas
03:08
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Will you never learn?
I can't stand, I can't stand the lies you tell
when you think you can't be found out.
Is the truth so foreign that you
No longer know how to speak it?
I need the truth from you.
Nothing you say should mean anything to me anymore,
But I can't help myself.
I need to hear those words drip from your lips
One more time.
Can you say what I need you to say
Just this one last time?
Say it enough!
Say it enough!
Say it enough!
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King Safety
04:24
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The willing pawns are inching their way toward the forward lines.
"Attack the space between us, and step-by-step the distance, the gap, is closing."
At one point we started equal but opposite.
Charging headlong into a conflict that's sure to bring us loss.
There is but one among us who cannot fall.
There is but one among us who cannot fall!
With all these moving parts the picture begins to fade before it becomes clear.
Another twist, another turn regretting moves we could have made...we make.
With all these moving parts the picture begins to fade,
But it becomes so clear!
In order for us to find this subtle comfort
We've begun to branch out without the peaking effort.
There's no effort.
In another glance the image changes again.
It's not the pattern, but the form...
A single span to bridge the gap.
"Make loss the new norm!
Lay it down across the grid, across each shape.
Set it down in the square for all to see- for all to see it."
It's not enough to simply cross the divide.
It's not enough to simply cross the great divide.
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6. |
Lock and Key
04:07
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Under the guise of what is best for me
The hearts of those who cares have grown so cold.
Ideally they'd relent, and leave me be but...
The freest men are caged neath lock and key.
These chains that bind me have much more play than I had thought.
I could break free if I could pull myself another inch,
But I've forgotten which way will lead me out.
And can it be
That I'd gain favor?
You'd set me free
When I don't even know your name?
(This debt I cannot pay) but I'll always remember the smallest token is all you ask.
And could it be
That I'd gain favor?
You'd set me free when I don't even know your name.
I don't know your name,
But I'll always remember.
This is the life
We're meant to live.
Not chained or caged,
But running free
In the place we love.
I'd rather die free than live a slave to anything.
Were it not for you
The only option, death, would be assured.
Instead I have a better way.
A better way.
Give me liberty!
I'm free to leave,
Free to leave these chains behind,
Free to leave.
Not a servant,
But a free man.
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