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100X
02:15
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the distance that this light has travelled
is measured best in tears shed
matching up the names and faces
tripping over cracks in your head
100 times a day
100 times a day
the dimensions of this planet
are measured best in vessels burst
trying to recall the chording
leading to the second verse (again)
100 times a day
honored and betrayed
100 times a day
hammering away
surprised to be surprised
to be surprised to be
oh the depths that you’ve ascended
oh the heights to which you fell
keep ‘em close and keep ‘em coming
and don’t forget to forgive yourself
100 times a day
honored and betrayed
100 times a day
hammering away
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2. |
Here Somewhere
02:28
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write it on a light bill envelope
stick it on a stretch of tape
a new tune or an ancient melody
who could tell the difference eh?
suddenly spotted
it disappears
but it’s gotta be here somewhere
spying on her up in the balcony
reading in the heavy sun
didn’t she dissolve your gravity
weren’t you the lucky one
but the name on the jacket
it isn’t so clear
but it’s gotta be here somewhere
it’s gotta be here somewhere
trying to sleep in the summer
with your head laying low
embracing yourself and bracing yourself
for the light that's pouring in
so slap it on the side of your monitor
seal it in a laminate
a new sensation or a data point
mustn’t let it get away
but if you feel it slipping
it’s nothing to fear
it’s gotta be here somewhere
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3. |
Backyard Birds
02:52
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recipes and manuals
backyard birds and annuals
ah what’s in a name when it fades anyway
bottles and collectibles
photographs regrettable
ah what’s in a name anyway when it fades
letters slip into a gloss
double words they double cross
ah what’s in a game when it pains you to play
i brush away the bothering
but offer thanks for offering
ah what’s in a day when it rains and it rains
there are times i lose the thread myself
say hello and shrink into my shell
there are times i lose the thread myself
say hello and shrink into my shell
cross my fingers hope it all goes well
there are times i couldn’t even tell
recipes and manuals
backyard birds and annuals
ah what’s in a name when it fades anyway
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4. |
Don't Let's Stop
02:43
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weekday night in august
the champs are loading in
sharing a kit's a must
whenever this begins
don't let's stop don't let's stop it now
just try to get every level sorted out
and huddled in a corner
rich envy in my bones
barely looking over
grimacing at my phone
don’t let’s stop don’t let’s stop it now
ready set could somebody count it down
and the weight and the sway of the sound
properly hollows me out
it escaped my attention but now
i'll follow it all the way down
weekday night in august
the lightweights deliver
joy as an act of trust
or faith if you prefer
don’t let’s stop don’t let’s stop it now
settle up settle up and wander out
and the weight and the sway of the sound
properly hollowed me out
it escaped my attention but now
i'll follow it all the way down
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5. |
Again Again
03:06
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summer’s ending i don’t know why
chasing after a chlorine high again
and again and again
your haystack hair and naked feet
slapping all the way down the street again
and again and again
i can hear a distant bell
raining down upon our shell
you can hardly even tell
but i can hear a distant bell
that everybody knows so well
weightless under a wondrous sky
you ask me maybe a hundred times again
and again and again
to stop my staring and watch you dive
i raise and lower my tired eyes again
and again and again
and i have taken on a tone
put upon and over blown
every shape and color's flown
'cause i have taken on a tone
that everybody calls their own
summer's ending it's right on time
i watch you sink and i watch you rise again
and again and again
please again and again and again
please again please again
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6. |
Up and Back
02:26
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first side second track
heading north on my up and back
and i'm sleepy-eyed and i'm unprepared
but i guess i'm getting there
brew's bitter on my tongue
heading for that patch of sun
yeah it might be up but it's hard to tell
when i'm suffering so well
should i take any pictures?
will you know how to smile?
am i always on trial?
counting every car i pass
marking the colors to hold me fast
cause i’m spinning out like a hit parade
i'm a million miles away
there’s red and gray and black
and there's the light coming up and back
and i’m so alive and it’s so unfair
did i get the right flowers?
will you keep them alive?
will i ever arrive?
i'll nod and hold your hand
and pretend that i understand
yeah i guess i can yeah i guess i can
i can nod and hold your hand
and pretend that i understand
yeah i guess i can yeah i bet i can
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7. |
19-20-21
01:57
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8. |
First Term
04:11
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it started with some promises
because it always does
a phenomenon that blew out of a buzz
it was followed by some purchases
followed by regret
and a series of unfortunate events
in a term that wouldn’t give us any rest
so you paid it some attention
traced it all in red
but it split into a million little threads
til you were standing in your boxers
scrolling down a glass
as the echoes of your family ripped past
in a term that no one thought was gonna last
now we skim through glades of articles
that engineer divides
and we give our children drills on how to hide
and there’s substance in the spectacles
and fire in the feeds
but nothing quite resembles what we need
in a term that marches on relentlessly
endlessly
don't get tempted into wishing
for a not too distant day
when every trial and error burns away
don't get tempted into dreaming
there's all this time to save
by beating back on every little wave
don't get tempted into thinking
you're out of things to say
you should fight for something more than normalcy
fight for something more than work and play
in a term that’s on the brink of giving way
either way
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9. |
Patch of Sun
02:44
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the sky isn't frozen cause it never is
sprawling down on the carpet with my kid
waiting on that patch of sun
wondering if it'll ever come
we disassemble and assemble things
describing the circles that we're circling
waiting on that patch of sun
nineteen to twenty to twenty-one
it'll bless us for a second or a season
then we'll watch it disappear for no reason
for no reason
the weather's a button on a little screen
we are the customers and we're the kings
waiting on that patch of sun
we're meant to whistle until it comes
my kid is looking for a certain piece
a wheel for an axle with a subtle crease
waiting on that patch of sun
when the piece in his head is so nearly won
it'll bless us for a second or a season
then we'll watch it disappear for no reason
but it was decent
the sky isn't frozen cause it never is
the sky isn't frozen did you notice it
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10. |
I'm Paraphrasing
02:59
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draw a breath and then let it go plain enough but even so
i'm just paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
picking up on every sign walking in a straight line
but i'm paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
and it's a long time to go any more
but it's not far to go any more
pockets full of shaky hands making films making plans
but i'm paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
slip into the great unknown you say hello i say hello
but i'm paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
and i don't wanna miss any more
but i say i can't look any more
and i say i'm not looking any more
and i say i'm not looking
i'm feeling every note is flat but no one's even noticed that
i'm paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
so give us iron and give us rope but don't abandon any hope
i'm just paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
and i say i can't look any more
but i don't wanna miss any more
no i don't wanna miss it any more
no i don't wanna miss it
draw a breath and then let it go plain enough but even so
i'm just paraphrasing - i'm just paraphrasing
and it's a long time to go any more
but it's not far to g
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11. |
Must Have Forgotten
02:34
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i know that i love you
i'm sure of it now
but i must have forgotten somehow
the light at the window
the shape of your smile
set me adrift for a while
i was under the oak tree
and petting the grass
six and in awe of the sky
i was tracing the branches
and breaking the clouds
and losing whatever i found
it must have escaped me til now
oh til now
i know that you love me
i'm sure that you're near
but i must have forgotten back there
if you try to forgive me
i'll try to hold on
to the words as they fly through the air
the air that we happily share
oh for now
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Zapruder Point Cincinnati, Ohio
Zapruder Point is a Cincinnati-based sad bastard songwriter with a pretty voice.
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