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Why Don't You
04:16
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1. Tame, leaving everything around the same
to look exactly like you never came here before.
Blame, shifting light behind a windowpane, after all we’d done
it’s such a shame to see:
B. Us walking over
in single file
an edge that’s sober
but never silent.
Why don’t you know what to do?
You’ve been there before.
C. Why don’t you do all you know?
Why don’t you do anything at all?
2. Try, try your best so I can be surprised
after all you pull you’re still alive and walking around.
Or die, it’s the only thing you can rely
on if nothing happens ‘til you’re gone. Alright.
B. Been walking over
in single file
an edge that’s sober
but never silent.
Why don’t you know what to do?
You’ve been there before.
C. Why don’t you do all you know?
Why don’t you do anything at all?
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Silence is Better
04:55
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1. Down by the river you remember the breeze
carried you over, you sang to the bees: Oooh Oooh
2. But silence is better, that’s a lie that you keep
saying until you had to believe. Oooh Oooh
3. Sad king of fabric on this mountain of fleece,
quilting your comfort, your queen’s in release. Oooh Oooh
Oh please, don’t keep silent too long. Oooh Oooh
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Songbird in the Static
03:35
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1. Walking through a dream,
notice as the fog
drifts away.
Faded as it is,
know this is the world
you choose,
feels so alive.
B. Wait now,
slowly fall
like snow.
Melt away,
fade into dust
like fire.
2. Smoke is in the air,
seeing static rings
as they float
above you.
Listen to the call,
bird is on the wing
as you sit here
on the ground.
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4. |
Oh Your Backwards Smile
04:16
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1. Go blind, tear your eyes away from all of these old
Roman games you thought that we should play.
Brain storm, rare form, crater fate.
You want to relate to our blue sight.
Oh.
C. And half your seasons change with a sigh.
Half the reasons empty replies.
An offering of smoke to a fly.
Oh your weight,
Oh your backwards smile.
2. Rain all day, your gray feels nice.
Part of this brand new ancient life.
Stay this way with trains you tried
to begin, or to end, or push aside.
Oh.
C. And half your seasons change with a sigh.
Half the reasons empty replies.
An offering of hope to a fly.
Oh your weight,
Oh your backwards smile.
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5. |
Lucid Dream
05:34
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1. Just as easy as it seems, learned to fly, a lucid dream.
And drifted high above a crowd out in a field.
Lifted off the ground, breathing thoughts evolved,
right from what we’d found,
but I feel that way again when you’re around.
2. Made to move along, there’s an end to every song.
But try to hide that with the movements that we make.
In the ocean there’s a tide receding,
we’d ride the undertow.
If you don’t I will receive you at the shore.
But there’s no need to knock when you’re the door.
3. Just as leaves blown in the breeze whisper thoughts
about the trees, and pictograms of offered hands
for mouths to feed.
It’s a certainty, you’ve been there, I can see.
Eyes just like that dream.
But it’s easy as it seems when you’re around.
Easy as it seems when you’re around.
Easy as it seems.
Easy.
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6. |
It's Slow
06:28
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1. Silent liquid black center of your eyes-
breathing, but shifting, concealing.
A sentiment confessed, vacant emptiness.
Feeling this full moon, I’m leaving, Oh.
C. I know, it’s slow.
2. Rise and melt the ice, fountain of the sun-
creeping from under this darkness done.
Back with what you’ve missed: lonely tenderness.
Sleeping, I’m waking up dreaming still.
C. I know, it’s slow. I know, it’s slow.
3. Days that seem to fade gentle and afraid-
pleading with brightness receding.
A night that wants to rest underneath your dress.
Fleeting, these moments worth stealing, oh.
C. I know it’s slow. I know, it’s slow.
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7. |
Lo and Behold
02:40
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1. Bright as a hole
fountain fill the lake
Words that you hear
are your own mistakes
Drown, float around
tired little towns
that try to
follow you down
C. Lo and behold you’re able
I knew you were
to lay down your whole life beside you
I know you do.
2. Faint as a roar
there’s lions at the door
Eat you alive, man
they know what you’re for
Wars or brand new
violence for the poor
but I hoped
you’d never ever go.
C. Lo and behold you’re able
I knew you were
to lay down your whole life beside you
I know you do.
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Easily Together
04:03
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1. Home, somehow here, and I know what you are-
your ghost watches me.
The most idle way to decide: look away
or try to behave (alright),
if you go I will wait, I will play these songs
that you make.
B. Your signs look the same in her eyes and the rain.
Still words keep you down, building walls to define.
C. Our kind melt easily together now.
2. Nights have a way, keep me up
‘til the rising day, setting sun.
All done, as you’d say we’ve been
moments away a while, made to wait.
To burn or to break. To get lost in a maze-
bad thoughts that we’d face.
B. Your sighs sound the same, through her eyes look like rain.
Still worlds keep you down, building walls to divide.
C. Our kind melt easily together.
Leave a trail of smoke to rise and be gone.
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9. |
Aw, Much Too Soon
03:53
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1. Stay in bed
Lie with me
All of your old beliefs
Fake relief
Looking down
Falling asleep
2. Days of rain
Hazy lines
Even your harmony
Coming through
Easily
Like waves in the air do
Even your hard to see
Memory
C. But aw, much too soon
Day starts to break
This deep midnight blue
New moon
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Hologram of Thought
03:16
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1. Watch metronome of time
Rhythm of the hands
Sequence out a night
Soon hours slip away
Out from under you
Must everything you do
Pass like a kidney stone?
2. All the places that you knew
A sense of seasons gone
Winter’s coming soon
All the leaves are falling down
With warmth inside of you
And everything is new
But the hologram of thoughts around you
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Book of Colors Portland, Oregon
Book of Colors is a band that constantly skirts the edge between torn-open soulfulness and delicate restraint. Their melodies are dreamy and hypnotic, and lead singer André Paraguassu’s distinctively warm, crooning voice carries them with an easygoing authority that recalls singers from the big band era. ... more
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