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Believe Me
03:48
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Foxglove and beating wings. I could be standing on the edge of so many different things, but I don't want those things. There's only one thing I want.
Believe me I have thought a lot about it (It's who I am. Don't think that I can help it). Not that I'm just obsessed, just know that I'm all about it (turned myself inside out, so many times now).
So now I'm hittin' the streets. Know what it means to be me. I'd be your shining white knight but my thoughts are so dirty, so I washed them clean 'til the next time I got thirsty.
Believe me I have thought a lot about it (It's who I am. Don't think that I can help it). Not that I'm just obsessed, just know that I'm all about it (turned myself inside out, so many times now). One foot in front of the other but I think we got it covered.
A feast of hungry ghosts so hats off to the host. I will raise my sail. I won't let sorrow prevail. A glass of hemlock to your health. I'm surrounded by my wealth.
Believe me I have thought a lot about it (It's who I am. Don't think that I can help it). Not that I'm jusf the other so I pray we've got it covered this time. One foot in front of the other so you better run for cover and stay alive. One foot in front of the other so we better run for cover tonight.t obsessed, just know that I'm all about it (turned myself inside out, so many times now). One foot in front of the other but I think we've got it covered this time.
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Define Normal
06:08
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What's the criteria in a universe so crazy? I wanna create. I wanna be free.
But all that said, my friend, I have put my hours in and most of all I want you hear with me.
Just trying to have some kind of normal fucking existence.
Do you think I'll ever fit the part?
I'm comfortable in my skin. Don't only judge my happiness by you and me, but it's a great place to start.
And how do we define just what's normal and worth our precious time? I'm rock solid. I just want this to be cool. Baby, look on the bright side. We couldn't be boring if we tried. Don't you know that you're my shooting star?
So come closer. Come closer. To hell with the roller coaster.
Let me in and we'll enjoy the show. And changes come and go, but I already know...I know life can still be a work of art.
So let's speak the truth. I will be all ears. Just don't disappear.
And let's speak in tongues but be sure to hear the music of the spheres.
Just don't disappear.
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Reflection
03:38
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Shimmering lights in the evening and it won't be long. Walking through a parking lot after a rainfall (and now I know what's coming).
The world is a glass house (and i'm the one to run it). And it's a stones throw away from a ghost town (so tell me who you are).
Reflection, I reflect upon (Your face in the dark.)
Every morning I wake up beside you is a gift (like learning how to sing). Up in smoke or up in arms. One day I'll quit these things.
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Futility Bill
03:42
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When I was a young man I sang about Christ and LSD. YEah I know that I'm not the first but it came to me so easily, so...
ALL HAIL THE ALL SEEING EYE. It keeps us company all the time.
We all have questions. We all have answers and it's ok (but who's to blame?)
It's all the same x3
ALL HAIL THE ALL SEEING EYE. It keeps us company all the time. It watches over us. It twists the god damn knife. It knows about your dreams and helps create your strife.
Now pull your bootstraps up and put faith to the test. Or you can just give up. Manufacture nazi meth. They've got it rigged. True capitalism no longer exists. They won't pay their fair share, it's gridlock to protect the rich.
And I've got a special interest in collecting your heads. In the name of those who died to earn their honest daily bread.
ALL HAIL THE ALL SEEING EYE. It keeps us company all the time. It watches over us. It twists the god damn knife. It knows about your dreams and helps create your strife.
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Reason Returned
03:48
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You can tell them that I will be prepared for the worst of it. I'll know where to go.
And you can tell them that we have seen a lot, so no more jaded types. It's just not helpful.
You're the reason why I've returned.
And you can tell them that I will be prepared for the best of it. I will count the years. It's such a blessing to see your face again and to know for certain that you're really here.
You're the reason...
And you can tell them that we will not forget that this matters the most. It means everything. And you can tell them that we'll settle the score in our own good time or in 1,2,3,4.
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Mazemind
04:30
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(dadadada...)
I'm gonna have a great day, let me get it straight day.
You make me believe it's all possible. I walk into your labyrinth unrolling my string to remember how I came and I'm not gonna turn around now.
Step into your maze and it's amazing but it's true. I still can't believe some of the things that we've been through. I'm man enough to respect the intellect in your eyes. I know what I want and I just want you as my life.
I'm gonna have a great day, let me get it straight day.
You make me believe it's all possible. I walk into your labyrinth unrolling my string to remember how I came and I'm not gonna turn around now.
Silver screen dreams playing inside of our heads. I'm stamping my passport. I am busy in bed. Such a bright conversation, passing time. A lively wine. And all of the facts you keep as pets inside your mind.
I'm gonna have a great day, let me get it straight day.
You make me believe it's all possible. I walk into the valley of the shadow of death but I will try , I will try to fear no evil.
I don't have time for bullshit, words don't fail me now. You know I believe in this. Just can't put you down.
I don't have time for bullshit, words don't fail me now. I hope you believe in this. Just don't put it down.
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Take Off Your Coat
05:51
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Patiently waiting for the day to bring better news so I can say what I've wanted to say to you.
If no one planned for the future it just might be certain disaster, but I'll acknowledge my present. It's always a deciding factor.
And I dream of the times speech brings us to perfect understanding, powder blue. We are living our truths. So much light I see in you.
With a fond determination. I hoped so, now I know, as we admire the view from the afterglow. Yes, this is why I put in the time and the effort to make this place home. Take off your coat.
Should I go dress my rifle and find an open window or should I just hope for peace on earth? By the way I hope I deserve what I think I deserve.
With a fond determination...
Being careful with the company kept these days. You get in by degrees or stay at arm's length. Not to be fake.
Tearing up through the smoke, but I'll tan the royal hides. Noses in the air. Now so petrified. We were on to them the entire time.
With a fond determination. I hoped so, now I know, as we admire the view from the afterglow. Yes, this is why I put in the time and the effort to make this place home. She said, "Take off your coat".
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We All Fall Down
04:42
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Hummingbird, come and tell me all the things that you have heard.
I kept a lookout.
Held my breathe. Counted to three. Pretend the whole world's waiting for me and I, I kept a lookout (Keep your eyes peeled).
We all fall down, but some of you seem more content with your heads in the ground. But I will get up. I will step outside. I will rise up. Rise up now!
Fabric on skin. Pulling myself onto shore. I'm going in (I'm going in). Now I want more.
Held my breath, counted to three. Pretend the whole world's waiting for me and if they're not...I will make them!
A summary of longings. A puzzle game of lives to play, but maybe I can sweep you up if this real love I can convey. We'll dance across the everyday, an echo in my soul. So light a fire and I will gladly walk across your coals.
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I'll paint a picture of the rooms that we inhabit.
Make a time capsule to hold and have it, but remember to let it breathe.
Let it be. Keep it close to me, but make sure not to smother with uncertainty.
Enjoy it as it comes.
(As it comes, so...)
Don't struggle in a world of violence. Paint something else on your canvas.
Like love lives on the back of eyelids. When we're dreaming, sleep is kindness.
Kindness.
Some follow the advice of their dominant hands and all the while they're thinking that they're choosing at random.
So if you're preconditioned just step outside the box.
Admire the rainbow. The eyes of the fox.
'Cuz only you can be yourself.
(Be yourself...so)
Don't struggle in a world of violence. Paint something else on your canvas.
Like love lives on the back of eyelids. When we're dreaming, sleep is kindness.
Kindness.
In the sun or in the rain, I will always hear your name.
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Black & White Universe Kingston, New York
Black & White Universe is a colorful exercise in musical liberation. The duo aim to write good music with no compromises, beholden to no one but written for everyone.
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