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New Frequency Response

by James Keyes

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6-40 03:28
I’ve been inching towards the bottom line All black no red I’ve been working towards the wrong way Candle burnt at both ends I’ve been drinking from the wrong well Paid the dowser no heed I should be living from the ground up Time to change what I mean I am become another day Undreamt unknown along the way Bought and illusion from the wrong man See what you want to see Somebody sold me on a bad dream Waive the warranty I’m a sucker for the con job, got fooled again Another monkey in the rat race In a maze with no end I am become another day Undreamt unknown along the way I’ve been passing through the center of it Overstayed my time Tried to find some meaning where there is none, nobody’s fault but mine Getting lost walking leylines Can’t get there from here Something is calling from a far place What do I hear? Just a barrel fish looking for a way back to the sea... he’s at it again
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Æther 03:33
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She just wants to be loved How many times has she killed to prove it? Her breath is your breath She knows where you’re hiding She knows all the secret places… She waits by the window But you never look up Been some time since you’ve seen her You better count your lucky stars Maybe she’s found a new scent Maybe she’s found someone else You better run rabbit run she’s coming for you She takes a turn through the garden Strides like a Queen To bathe in the sunlight To see and be seen You think she’s not looking But her eyes… they always follow There was that time on the balcony She disappeared and returned the next day Her hair told the story But hell hath no fury… Her bite is as fierce as her love She’ll make you her plaything A roll on the floor But this isn’t dancing, not anymore She’ll sink her teeth in But you always knew it would end this way
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Best Life 04:45
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Sixth Sense 04:00
Breath slow and let her in Picture nothing and it all begins Focus out to the periphery Beta drop down to alpha waves Cycles and spirals all beat in time In this rhythm you can clear your mind Shut your eyes and thin the sound Let come in all that is all around I'm not looking for a new medication I'm not looking for a new way to get high I'm just tired of the same situation/aggravation  Maybe... maybe it's all in my mind Now I feel out beyond my skin, rhythm changes something else begins think I'm moving but I could be still, thought I knew this body well It’s something new something I can’t control I’m more aware of what I didn’t know I’ve been reduced but I have been set free Left in awe of everything Can’t go back once you know the way Every thought tells you you’ve got to stay Now you know that you were less before You were something now you’re something more I'm not looking for a new medication I'm not looking for a new way to get high I'm just tired of the same stimulation  Now that I know that it's all in my mind Learning to feel with a brand-new sensation Had five now another one revealed Tuning into a new evolution I want to know… I want to know what else is
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In a dream I had a vision and heard a voice that spoke to me But dreams are ever fleeting, now we chase eternally I can see the Angel in the stone and carved until I set him free Without grace I’m but a golem, imprisoned in this earthen shell These new creature bear false witness and worship gods of earthly wealth I’ve been in this form too long to want to see what the sculptor see I don’t judge I only serve, We do what we do and we do it all for love Place my tools on the table, ancient and immaculate Obedient my hands are, to free will or divine command “Bones make the blood” she said to me No blood from this stone until she’s free I could wait a while longer, I’m happy not to be disturbed You humans need your pictures, I’d rather have a thousand words...
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New Maze 04:18
A new maze every time, cut your gardens from the vines There's got to be a way, there's got to be a way away from here Don't give in to the noise, don't give in to the void Don't give away your voice and call it freedom The walls are coming down, all the piggies will be free Someone's always watching, someone always sees Endless eyes in endless hands ready to believe Once you are beyond the lizard's needle teeth  lying like a diamond masked and breathless dont come to me I can't help you man, if you don't understand  You got the means to help yourself No I cant help you man, if you dont understand I dont need to wear your weight
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Auld Soul 03:41
Old souls make old friends, I’ll see you when you come around again Blow wind blow my way, this summer breeze is not a guest to stay This gift won’t last forever so I ain’t holding back no more Are you what you are what you what owe what you believe or what you know? Let your eyes tell the story words could never find the mouths to tell Have faith in the wild world owe nothing to what haven’t made I believe in wisdom as a status symbol not in greed Paper ain’t worth fighting for ask any decent human being So put your heat up on your sleeve If you believe in what you seek you will find it Catch a wave catch a ray and when you do just say hooray and don’t define it All the minutes of the day add up in such a way that seems so final Remove time from your mind and just see what is that is right now
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Way down way down below way down below way down Ain’t been no water, ain’t been no rain Haven’t felt a breeze in 29 days Threw the Jonah over, we watched him as he drowned Now I fear our fate is to follow him down Two feet in the well and rising, rats are growing bold Leftenant died on Tuesday I stitched him through the nose Nothings left between us but the devil and the deep blue sea Second mate strike the bell, and what will be will be

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released November 4, 2022

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James Keyes

Six string dream slinging musical maestro, teller of tall tales and short stories, social media soliloquist, blues shouter, country crooner Rocknroll raconteur and avant folk rambler, pint quaffer, shot shooter, foot stomper, soul singer, rain bringer, and left fingered proletariat provocateur. ... more

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