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Cold Light
03:12
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COLD LIGHT, SOLID NIGHT
STUNNED AND LURED AND SLIGHTED
DEAD HEAT, A SUDDEN FEAT, THE UNINVITED
FROM ABOVE, STILL RAYS MADE OF
LIGHTNESS UNDERSTATED
CAMOUFLAGED, SAT AND WATCHED,
MIMICRY ILLUMINATED, VIBRATED
UPON THE EDGE, IT WAS ALLEGED,
A THINLY VEILED PROJECTION
SKY NOW GREY, WAS A WAY
TO MOVE IN EVERY DIRECTION
WENT OFF ALONE, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IN MY BONES
FIND THE SPOT WHERE THE WATER GLOWED,
A SINGLE BOUND BACK, OFF THE BEATEN TRACK,
I LISTENED AS THE WIND SLOWED
DOWN THE PATH, THE TREES ALL LAUGHED
OR WAS THERE SOMEONE ELSE AROUND THE BEND?
AT WIT’S END, I FELL TO THE GROUND
FORGOT MY PURPOSE, CURSE WAS LIFTED
DIDN’T KNOW IT TIL THE WEIGHT WAS GONE
PAUSED AGAIN, SAW A STAR WHEN
IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON
COLD LIGHT, SOLID NIGHT
STUNNED AND LURED AND SLIGHTED
DEAD HEAT, A SUDDEN FEAT, THE UNINVITED
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2. |
Forward
04:31
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TOWARD A PLACE, POINT OR TIME, I DON’T KNOW
ESCAPE, AND THE PROMISE IT GLOWS
BLUSHING SPARROWS, DO THEIR TINY SONGS
WIND EGG, KNOW THAT I CAN ONLY GUESS
LIGHT, BE UNAWARE OF MY REGRESS
THE DIN OF NOWHERE BUT HERE
TO BE CLEAR,
WHERE TALL TALES RESIDE
THEIR HEIGHT THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO HIDE
WHERE LIFE REMAINS BONE DRY
ALWAYS SUCH NORMAL GOODBYES
FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD
SO HOW TO KEEP GOING?
WIND EGG, PLEASE KEEP GROWING
SHOOT SO NEUTRALLY BEFORE ME
TRUTHS ARE BRUTALLY BEYOND ME
FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD
TOWARD A PLACE, POINT OR TIME, I DON’T KNOW
ESCAPE, AND THE PROMISE IT GLOWS
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3. |
Done Deal
00:30
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4. |
Cavalier
02:17
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BEHIND THE SCENES, A SIMPLE MACHINE
IT FEEDS UPON OUR DREAMS
FORTUNATELY, I’M LOST AT SEA
JUST MAY BE THAT I’LL NEVER GET BACK
BUT THAT’S JUST A STRETCH, NOT A FACT
SO CAVALIER, CAVALIER
BEHIND THE SCENES, A BROKEN ROUTINE
SWINGS
SO CAVALIER
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5. |
Safe
04:08
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EVERYTHING YOU SWORE BY
EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEED
JUST MADE YOU SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
EVERYTHING YOU HOLD ONTO
EVERYTHING YOU VOW TO USE SOMEDAY
JUST MAKES YOU SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
SO SAFE AND SOUND, NO ONE AROUND
NO, THERE WERE NO MONSTERS
NO THREATS ABOUNDED,
THERE WERE NO MONSTERS
NO THOUGHTS SURROUNDED YOU
THERE WERE NO MONSTERS TO BE FOUND
ALL THOSE PUSHED ON BRAKES
ALL THE EXTRA STEPS YOU CHOSE TO TAKE
JUST MAKE YOU SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
SAFE AT THE WRONG TIME
SO SAFE AND SOUND, NO ONE AROUND
NO, THERE WERE NO MONSTERS
NO THREATS ABOUNDED,
THERE WERE NO MONSTERS
NO THOUGHTS SURROUNDED YOU
THERE WERE NO MONSTERS TO BE FOUND
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6. |
Faking It
03:55
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OUR LAST MEAL WAS NO BIG DEAL
WERE WE JUST WERE WE JUST
WERE WE JUST WERE WE JUST
WERE WE JUST WERE WE
WE WERE JUST FAKING IT
FLASHING TIMID TEETH
PASSION HID BENEATH
SO MANY BIDS, SO MANY FALSE STARTS
SO MANY HEARTS SO MANY HEARTS
SO MANY HEARTS SO MANY HEARTS
JUST TAKING IT
WERE WE JUST WERE WE JUST
WERE WE JUST WERE WE JUST
WERE WE JUST WERE WE
WE WERE JUST FAKING IT
THE FAST AND FEW
KNOW WHERE THEY’RE HEADING TO
WHERE ARE THEY HEADING TO?
WERE WE JUST WERE WE JUST
WERE WE JUST WERE WE JUST
WERE WE JUST WERE WE
WE WERE JUST FAKING IT
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Battlerat Minneapolis, Minnesota
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piano-driven
indie rock /
chamber pop
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