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6-40
03:28
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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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2. |
Æther
03:33
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3. |
Don't Push Me
03:43
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4. |
Run Rabbit Run
05:16
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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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5. |
Best Life
04:45
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6. |
Sixth Sense
04:00
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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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Bones Make The Blood
03:30
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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
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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
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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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10. |
Way Down Below
03:20
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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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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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