B i o g r a p h y (by Steve Leggett)
Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1984, Spalding was not well served by the public school system and soon dropped out of classes to be home-schooled. Returning to the public school system at 15, she encountered her first acoustic bass (she had already been playing violin for several years) and immediately took to the instrument. Dropping out of school again, Spalding enrolled in classes at Portland State University as a 16-year-old, and earned her B.A. in just three years and was immediately hired as an instructor at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston in the spring of 2005. After touring and playing with a host of artists, including Joe Lovano, Patti Austin, Michel Camilo, Charlie Haden, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Dave Samuels, and many others, in addition to heading her own jazz trio, Spalding recorded and released Junjo on the Barcelona-based Ayva imprint in 2006, following it with 2008's simply named Esperanza (on Heads Up Records), which scored big with critics and listeners alike. The album topped Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and remained on it for over 70 weeks. In addition, it became the best-selling album by a new jazz artist internationally during 2008. Spalding followed it up with Chamber Music Society in August of 2010. The set comprised eight originals and three covers -- including Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington's "Wild Is the Wind" and Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Inutil Paisagem." It was performed by Spalding's quartet with guest vocal appearances from Milton Nascimento and Gretchen Parlato, a small string section, and guitarist Ricardo Vogt. The album reached number one on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, and she received a Grammy in 2011 for Best New Artist. Spalding recorded a companion album to Chamber Music Society in 2011. Entitled Radio Music Society, the set included her regular band -- drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and pianist Leo Genovese -- with help from longtime collaborator Joe Lovano on saxophone and numerous guests: drummers Jack DeJohnette and Billy Hart, guitarists Jef Lee Johnson and Lionel Loueke, hip-hop producer and DJ Q-Tip, and a slew of vocalists, Parlato and Lalah Hathaway among them. It was released in the early spring of 2012. The following year she popped up on several albums by other artists, including appearing on Janelle Monée's The Electric Lady and Joe Lovano's Cross Culture, among others. Similarly, in 2014 Spalding was featured on vocalist Dianne Reeves' Beautiful Life and pianist Billy Childs' Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro. In 2016 Spalding returned to her own work with Emily's D+Evolution, an ambitious, prog-rock infused concept album revolving around a central character named Emily, Spalding's middle name.
Junjo Cantora de Yala Santa Leoncia de Farfán De la Quebrada de Reyes Baja a la carpa de Yala Con setenta años que tiene Baja a la carpa de Yala Con setenta años que tiene La harina del Carnaval Le pensamienta las sienes Cuando sobre el mujerío Su canto finito crece Cuando sobre el mujerío Su canto finito crece Alegre como pocas Doña Santa se amanece El manantial de sus coplas va Por senderos viejos El manantial de sus coplas va Despenando su soledad No hay una pena de amor Que por su boca no queme Ni hay en la carpa baguala Que por ella no se queje Ni hay en la carpa baguala Que por ella no se queje La chicha al amanecer En los ojos se le duerme Hasta que un golpe de caja Cantando la reverdece Hasta que un golpe de caja Cantando la reverdece Alegre como pocas Doña Santa se amanece El manantial de sus coplas va Por senderos viejos El manantial de sus coplas va Despenando su soledad
Esperanza Ponta de Areia ( Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant ) Ponta de areia Ponto final Da Bahia-Minas Estrada natural Que ligava Minas Ao porto do mar Caminho de ferro Mandaram arrancar Velho maquinista Com seu boné Lembra do povo alegre Que vinha cortejar Maria Fumaça Não canta mais Para moças flores Janelas e quintais Ponta de areia Ponto final Da Bahia-Minas Estrada natural Que ligava Minas Ao porto do mar Caminho de ferro Mandaram arrancar Maria Fumaça Não canta mais Para moças flores Janelas e quintais Na praça vazia Um grito, um oi Casas esquecidas Viúvas nos portais Ponta de areia Ponto final Da Bahia-Minas Estrada natural I Know You Know The way you look at me When you think I'm not looking Tells me Your heart's a sleeping giant Worn out by someone you loved before me I see you're scared Unconvinced by what I've tried to say That I am yours and that nothing will take me away You already know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away I know that you know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away The way you always call me With some question And every time Try to pretend You didn't call me Just 'cause I was on your mind Too soon for you to say out loud But I know, you love me And though we don't say it Already shows You already know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away I know that you know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away You already know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away You already know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away I wait for you to open up But it's not a bore You're just what I've been looking for Why do you keep your head in the sand Whoever you loved before me that ran's Nothing like me Nothing like me Nothing like me You already know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away I know that you know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away You already know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away I know that you know But I'll sing it again I love you babe And nothing will take me away The way you look at me When you think I'm not looking The way you call me up Just to see what's cooking The way you look at me When you think I'm not looking I look at you that way too You just don't know that I do I know that you know You already know I know you know And I know it shows That I know you know I know you love me baby I can see you love me I know I already know But I'll sing it again I'll sing it again Fall In Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Just fall into a dream They say if you die in a dream You die in real life Well I just died in your arms Lost in your eyes And I know this must be a dream 'Cause I feel like I can fly to heaven They say if you live in a dream You're hopelessly lost Well this ain't just any old dream For our paths have crossed And I may be hopelessly lost But somehow I've managed to find heaven And won't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Just fall into a dream We will never fall Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Don't worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Just fall into a dream Cuerpo y Alma Mi corazón esta triste y solo Por ti suspiro cariño por ti solo Porque no has visto Soy para ti cuerpo y alma Mis días pasan con tristeza Y me pregunto porque me haces esto En serio te digo Soy para ti cuerpo y alma Es tan difícil de creer No puedo imaginar Que tú rechaces mi amor Acaso pretendes Que pareces al final Si al menos tuviera un chance más Mi vida la está haciendo pedazos Lo sabes soy tuya Uy puedes tomarme Felizmente me rindo Yo para ti cuerpo y alma Es tan difícil de creer No puedo imaginar Que tú rechaces mi amor Acaso pretendes Que pareces al final Si al menos tuviera un chance más Mi vida la está haciendo pedazos Tu sabes soy tuya Uy puedes tomarme Felizmente me rindo Yo para ti cuerpo y alma Soy para ti cuerpo y alma Solo para ti cuerpo y alma Cuerpo y alma, cuerpo y She Got To You If I had a penny For every time I caught you Undressing me with your eyes I'd be a rich one and then I could prove all my senses Were real all along You wanted me too Though now you laugh And call me a fool I know you wanted me too Before she got to you If I could remember All the things you used to say When we were left alone I'd have a book of sonnets so inspired All the muses would cringe at your denial At how you wanted me too Though now you laugh And call me a fool I know you wanted me too Before she got to you Before she got to you I would say That we were something special to behold But now it's over, all over Before she came barging through We were prime to make the kind of love As scarce as four leaf clover Now, I'm a bit confused 'Cause what I felt I thought was true Did she barge in and steal your heart away Or did you know from the first day I was just someone to play If so, damn that's cold Before she got to you I would say That we were something special to behold But now it's over, all over Before she came barging through We were prime to make the kind of love As scarce as four leaf clover If I could understand What you have found in her more than you Could have had with me I'd finally understand a mind As twisted as yours Must be for you to go Just when you wanted me too Though now you laugh And call me a fool I know you wanted me too What kind of spell Has she put on you I know you wanted me too Before she got to you Before she got to you
Precious Love me or leave me But please don't deceive me And say you'll love me how I am You love the way I fit some ideal Not the real woman you've yet to understand See, love ain't all heaven And I am no angel But I do the best I can You always wanted something more from my body And said you needed something more from my loving But all you got was me and that's all that I can be I'm sorry if it let you down Now it's no nice excuse But all the magic was used up on trying to uphold Some kind of tame, flattering persona that Soon enough was getting real old It takes more than pressure to change rock to diamond Now all you have is sand slipping through your fingers You always wanted something more from my body And said you needed something more from my loving But all you got was me and that's all that I can be I'm sorry if it let you down But I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy Trying to explain and being ashamed of things you think are wrong with me I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy Trying to explain and being ashamed of what you think is wrong with me I'm not Set you up, you say I set you up Like I was different than What I am offering you now Let you down, you say I let you down And drove your heart around Did you forget about all of the love And the acceptance that you promised me too You always wanted something more from my body And said you needed something more from my loving But all you got was me and that's all that I can be I'm sorry if it let you down You always wanted something more from my body And said you needed something more from my loving But all you got was me and that's all that I can be I'm sorry if it let you down But I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy Trying to explain and being ashamed of things you think are wrong with me I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy Trying to explain and being ashamed of what you think is wrong with me No Love In Time Wait a little while We can't rush what belongs To the heavens above Like the course of our love without time We'll never see what's behind This elusive romance Could be two who'll prove love Is more than mere chance Let's wait a little while And find out why we're waiting Amidst those parading Desire like a torch fire Amidst those who scramble For love all of flutter When true love is something subtler We'll create if we just wait We can't rush a happy ending That's not in our destiny's plan Sweet this seems we can't see The grand scheme of our lives Which really are what we'd share If this romance is true So take time to live yours I will too while we Wait a little while And be sure we're not fooled By the things we've been schooled To take as signs that love's arrived Like charm wit and beauty Our youth made us seek them But in truth we don't need them We're in love, so let's take our time Wait a little while And find out why we're waiting Amidst those parading Desire like a torch fire Amidst those who scramble For love all of flutter When true love is something subtler We'll create when we just wait We can't rush a happy ending That's not in our destiny's plan Sweet this seems we can't see The grand scheme of our lives Which really are what we'd share If this romance is true So take time to live yours I will too while we Wait a little while And be sure we're not fooled By the things we've been schooled To take as signs that love's arrived Like charm wit and beauty Our youth made us seek them But in truth we don't need them We're in love, so let's take our time We'll take our time We're in love, so let's just take our time Espera People I almost gave up holding on Watching us give into our fears I almost believe Almost believe All the world is helpless sorrow No hope for a bright tomorrow But I'm not sure enough To give it up, no Now as I learn how I must work for change I nearly cave in from the weight I almost believe Almost believe All the sorrows will consume me 'Til peace among men I never can see But I'm not sure enough to give it up I'll keep faith Like so many souls who won't be drowned By evil in the world I have faith in mankind That we can guide our choices towards a healthy world In time to ease our bind For only hard work through time Can change men's minds I know if we make some small changes now We'll heal ourselves, some way, some how I don't expect to ever taste the fruit My life devoted could bring forth I almost believe Well I do believe Oh the path to peace is endless So, choosing to close our eyes makes our fault mendless Of this I'm sure enough I won't give up I'm sure enough And I won't give up I'm sure enough And I won't give up
Chamber Music Society Little Fly ( Poem By William Blake ) Little fly The summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away Am not I A fly like thee Or art not thou A man like me Little fly For I dance And drink and sing Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing I thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death Little fly Then am I A happy fly If I live Or if I die Wild Is The Wind ( Dimitri Tiomkin / Ned Washington ) Love me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind Wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness For we're like creatures of the wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound Of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to me Don't you know You're life itself Like the leaf clings to the tree So my darling, cling to me Let my love blow through you Wild is the wind Wild is the wind Is the wind Wilder than the wind My love Wild is the wind Let my heart love you Wild is the wind Wild is the wind For we're like creatures of the wind Love me wilder than the wind Apple Blossom Mother of the spring Her branches cradle sleeping buds Yawning open Welcomed by an aging man He greets them fondly With memories of when Her boughs were arms that held him As a younger man together They would marvel At the birth of springtime Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms Every year where they used to go walking And he tells her about the summer and the autumn The winter in his heart and their apple blossoms In summer they would dream Of being three and smile Imagining her round As the apples on the ground That fall they loved and waited But winter came too soon Before their seed could bloom She wilted from the chill And all fell cold and still Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms Every year where they used to go walking And he tells her about the summer and the autumn The winter in his heart And their apple blossoms As he opened the earth to receive her He prayed heaven would be waiting to meet her He kisses her cold cheek goodbye But he couldn't surrender the hopes they had sired So in her folded hands He placed a seed From their favorite tree And he laid her to rest neath a blanket of white Until they meet again in the springtime Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms Every year where they used to go walking And from above she's always watching But her body lies ‘neath the apple blossoms Mother of the spring The sleeping buds she cradles Slowly yawn open Welcomed by an aging man He greets them fondly
Winter Sun Once autumn's glow Has gone away And gray cotton clouds Blanket drowsy days You're the winter sun Once fallen leaves Have lost their crunch And turn to confetti Brown and orange I know soon You'll come tame the whip of the wind And bathe the naked branches with warmth and light When tired bones tremble From the cold One kiss of your warmth Heals the soul Shine winter sun Make this cold heart whole Once autumn's glow Has gone away And grey cotton clouds Blanket drowsy days I know soon you'll Come tame the whip of the wind And bathe my naked branches with warmth and light You're the winter sun Inútil Paisagem ( Carlos Jobim / Aloysio de Oliveria ) There's no use Of a moonlight glow Or the peaks where winter snows What's the use of the waves that we break In the cool of the evening What is the evening without you It's nothing It may be You will never come If you never come to me What's the use of my wonderful dreams And why would they need me Where would they lead me without you To nowhere Mas pra que Pra que tanto céu Pra que tanto mar, pra que De que serve esta onda que quebra e o vento da tarde De que serve a tarde, inútil paisagem Pode ser Que nao venhas mais Que nao venhas nunca mais De que servem as flôres que nascem pelos caminhos Se o meu caminho sózinho é nada
Radio Music Society
Radio song Right now you need it Driving yourself through the hard times Traffic won't speed up So you turn the radio on But it's the same old stuff that just makes you yawn Well somehow he feels it And the DJ at the station Sends sweet salvation When he starts to play this song Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Now you can't help singing along Even through you never heard it You keep singing it wrong This song will keep you groovin' Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits Soon as you hear it The words are speaking to you As if they knew you This song's the one Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits The words are speaking to you This song's the one Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits Soon as you hear it The words are speaking to you As if they knew you This song's the one Even through you never heard it You keep singing it wrong This song's the one And then they start mixin' it up When you tired and stale and missin' something Waiting for some magic to come and make you feel better Enter that song Now that's how we know the power of song can save When you tired and stale and missin' something Waiting for some magic to come and make you feel better Enter that song Now that's how we know the power of song can save Now that's how we know the power of song can save Well that can surely save the day And keep you grooving Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits The words are speaking to you Yes, this song's the one Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits Soon as you hear it The words are speaking to you As if they knew you Yes this song's the one Smiling and driving Sounds like soon it might be over So you pull over And start scrambling for the pen But then the verse comes in again Paper in hand you Can't help moving while you're listening Your skin starts bristling Here comes the part you know And you can't help singing along Even through you never heard it You keep singing it wrong This song will keep you groovin' Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits Soon as you hear it The words are speaking to you As if they knew you This song's the one Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits The words are speaking to you This song's the one Keep traffic movin' Played to lift your spirits Soon as you hear it The words are speaking to you As if they knew you Yes this song's the one Yes this song's the one Now if you want to sing it loud with me With love in your heart Because you like to Because you need to Now if you want to sing it loud with me With love in your heart Because you like to Because you need to... Cinnamon Tree Cinnamon tree Graceful and free We meet just once in awhile With the spice in your smile Is magic to me Cinnamon tree Wise and sturdy Your roots are firm in the ground To soak up what's around And make sweet seasoning Please rub off on me So I carry a little of your auburn hue For spice when days are dull or dreary You bend your boughs towards me Times I'm weak and need someone to turn to You share your flavour ease my misery You give all that you are And just keep on growing Your flagrance lives in all who know you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Cinnamon tree Graceful and free We meet just once in awhile But the spice in your smile Is magic to me Cinnamon tree Wise and sturdy Your roots are firm in the ground To soak up what's around And make sweet seasoning It still amazes me I just think of one stirring conversation With you and my cup is filled with new infusions And like your honesty In the midst of all the sweetened chatter Your earthy taste adds real perspective You give all that you are And just keep on growing Your flagrance lives in all who love you Cinnamon tree Graceful and free We meet just once in awhile But the spice in your smile Is magic to me Cinnamon tree Wise and sturdy Your roots are firm in the ground To soak up what's around And make sweet seasoning Crowned & Kissed My king, my king, my, my, my, my My king, my king, my, my, my, my Where is the throne For you whose tender strength can heal a thousand souls Everyone you touch just turns to gold Many have tried But you're the one whose noble touch has gently pried The sword from my heart Once you've put a smile on the sun Once you've paved the road for everyone Once you've shared, shared the burdens of another Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Then you lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound Don't worry about a thing I'm here to love you My kisses are your crown And I'm your queen So now lay with me my king I'm here to love you Just lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound Don't worry about a thing I'm here to love you My kisses are your crown And I'm your queen So now lay with me my king I'm here to love you To love you, I'm here Go ahead take on the world I'll be beside you as you vanquish pain and woe Each battlefield transformed now Hope can grow All this you sure can Do alone but I know even the strongest man Needs someone to hold him Once you've carried all the weight on the shoulders Once you've made a way for the future Just lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound Don't worry about a thing I'm here to love you My kisses are your crown And I'm your queen So now lay with me my king I'm here to love you Lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound Don't worry about a thing I'm here to love you My kisses are your crown And I'm your queen So now lay with me my king I'm here to love you I'm here I'm here My king Lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound Don't worry about a thing I'm here to love you My kisses are your crown And I'm your queen So now lay with me my king I'm here to love you Lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound Don't worry about a thing I'm here to love you My kisses are your crown And I'm your queen So now lay with me my king I'm here to love you Lay your burdens down Don't even make a sound I'll be beside you as you vanquish pain and woe So hope can grow Everyone you touch just turns to gold I want you to know I'll be by your side I'm here to love you Land Of The Free Finally they've exonerated Dupree But it cost him his parents and his wife His home, his life In the land of the free Evidently Five fifths an innocent man But the court only saw three He spent eleven thousand days locked away In the land of the free Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin How can we Call our home The land of the free Until we've unbound the praying hands Of each innocent woman and man In these lands of the Black Gold Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Maybe no one else will tell you So remember that you are Black gold, black gold You are black gold Now maybe no one else has ever told you so But you're golden baby, you're black gold with a diamond soul But of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men, builders of civilization Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin There'll be folks hell bent on putting you down Don't get burned, don't get burned Not necessarily everyone will know your world No, no, no, no, all your world Think of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men, builders of civilization Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Maybe no one else will tell you So remember that you are Black gold, black gold You are black gold Think of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men, builders of civilization Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Maybe no one else will tell you So remember that you are Black gold, black gold You are black gold You are black gold, black gold You are black gold You are black gold, black gold You are black gold I Can't Help It ( Michael Jackson Cover ) I can't help myself I was looking in my mirror Took me by surprise I can't help but see you Running often through my mind Helpless as a baby Sensual disguise I can't help but love you It's getting better all the time But I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, even if I could I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, no I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, even if I could I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, no You just make me feel so, so Love to run my fingers Softly while you sigh Love came and possessed you Bringing sparkles to your eyes Like a trip to heaven Heaven is the prize I'm so glad I found you You're an angel in disguise Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, even if I could I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, no I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, even if I could I can't help it if I wanted to I wouldn't help it, no... Hold On Me I can hold my tongue for years I don't mind For within that time silent I recite Thousands of poems about you Until one of them comes true I can hold my breath for years I won't get blue One sweet sigh from you In my memory the breath of life that tides me through Until the air is clear enough To breathe around you I'll keep holding on Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Such a thrill when you're near But a staggering feet Holding still when I feel Folks can hear my heart beat Your love may never flow my way Still I'm gonna keep holding on Shouldn't I just let go Since there's nothing left to do Time just melts away And the current grow stronger Pulling me downstream toward you But until my love runs dry I'm gonna keep holding on Holding on life Can't help myself when you're near My head goes wild And my heart beats like an eager child I keep holding on, holding on Vague Suspicions On the neon news they won't be talking about his life That was still unfolding when he had to fly Toward toward God May this war end enshallah he knelt to pray When a dusty troop mis-judged and blew him away Strangers same God Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin They are faceless numbers in the headlines we've all read Drone strike leaves thirteen civilians dead Hold that thought My god Maybe your heart is seized with passing pity for the dead And vague suspicions creep into your head Am I part of war And what is God for Next on channel four Celebrity gossip Endangered Species She is in danger too Human danger Lone canary nesting near a fun way whispers Earthly strangers Mighty jet planes fly you casually glancing Over seas and mountains Too high to see This dying bird singing her swan song No one hears it through the din as engines burn Stars across the sky Watch the caveman fly Taking in the sights Breathing out things die Mother nature Dying to reach you hasn't heard from you in ages Since when her young children Listened to her songs with awe and reverence Now adolescents growing fast and eating her heart No more thank you's no good mornings Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Earthly Dangers What was once your modest home now Swarms with cars and poison Brown skies noise and playing with toys That kill your family Blowing up the mountains foul oil fountains Watch the caveman burn through the sky The last canary screams her final song and dies While towards her nest crawl more sprawling towns What burns up must come down Human nature scrambling late to curb hard consequences Young mankind so much potential Time to head earth's guidance Though our science brought us to novel heights We must come back to mother First she'll ground then she'll whisper You were my most endangered species She is in danger too Let Her You just walked in To the quiet after the storm, yeah It's chillingly silent And you sense that something's wrong Hmmm something's surely wrong And then you saw the letter With her keys laying on the counter And you know just what it means And grab the phone to call her Now is this another of her cruel jokes Or she made good those threats to finally leave you Tears well up in your eyes But your worm down nerves won't let you cry and finally Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin She's gone, bye, bye so long Let her go She's gone, bye bye so long now Life goes on The apartment stripped and silent Still you hear each fight and sobbing make up And all those crazy ways you forgave each time she loved you Now that you're all alone You realize she filled your life with litter Her kisses used to thrill now the after taste is bitter With the memories from the mess you've endured and now She's gone, bye, bye so long Let her go She's gone, bye bye so long now Life goes on She's gone, bye, bye so long Let her go She's gone, bye bye so long now Life goes on She's gone, bye, bye so long Let her go She's gone, bye bye so long now Life goes on City Of Roses City of roses Streets lined with red bricks and green branches All the rainy days might seem bleak Our rain is the paint that makes the land lush and the folks unique City parks, wild berries, and old bridges A rolling river running goods to and from the sea And mountain hooded in snow silently watching over me Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Everywhere I go their roots are with me And I find I take along a little piece of heaven With these memories of mine From the city of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses Down along the river weekend market On sunny Saturdays the waterfront comes alive With street vendors and hippies that keep a hemp sack flying All the people you could wish for or imagine From the farmer in the city selling fresh growns greens Musicians hustling to make sure that there's a thriving jazz scene Everywhere I go their roots are with me And I find I take along a little piece of heaven With these memories of mine Everywhere I go their roots are with me And I find I take along a little piece of heaven With these memories of mine From the city of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses Everywhere I go their roots are with me And I find I take along a little piece of heaven With these memories of mine Everywhere I go their roots are with me Yeah and I find Wherever I may travel I take with me Portland in my mind City of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses City of roses, city of roses Smile Like That Smile It's been a while since I've seen that smile I cannot help but wonder And it's nothing but natural To wonder if you've ever loved her I'll be sure when I see that I can make you smile like that Smile like that Is this something I can't help But notice the way your eyes focus On each word and gesture She does that makes you smile like that Smile like that Now, I like that Your heart is open and you love freely and all but Not like that I want us to be two lovely people But we feel like three Now I like that your heart is open And you love freely and all but Not like that I want us to be two lovely people Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Just two, just me, just you But I don't really mind if you smile like that If it's something you can't help, don't worry But don't pretend you don't see And feel what's obvious to me Every time you smile like that When you smile like that If it's something we don't have It's natural, let's just leave it At that so to let you be And let me find someone that makes me smile like that I wanna smile like that Then I still like that Your heart is open and you love freely and all so Stay like that, I'm sure that we'll be two lovely people Now I set you free Jazz Ain't Nothing But Soul ( Norman Mapp ) Trumpets, basses, saxophones Rhythm, makin' love People wearin' fancy clothes It's the voice of my people Jazz is makin' do with 'taters and grits Standin' up each time you get hip Jazz ain't nothin' but soul Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Jazz is livin' high off nickels and dimes Telling folks 'bout what's on your mind Jazz ain't nothin' but soul Nothin' but soul Nothin' but Trumpets, basses, saxophones Rhythm, makin' love People wearin' fancy clothes It's the voice of my people For me, jazz is all the truth to be found Never mind who's puttin' it down Jazz ain't nothin' but soul Soul Nothin' but soul Trumpets, basses, saxophones Rhythm, makin' love People wearin' fancy clothes It's the voice of my people It's the voice of my people For me, jazz is all the truth to be found Never mind who's puttin' it down Jazz, Jazz, Jazz ain't nothin' but soul Soul, nothing but soul
Emily's D+Evolution
Good Lava See this pretty girl? Watch this pretty girl flow Lone Ranger I see you like the view Wondering from a distance what my pretty peak can do Come brave me Don't march up In your discerning shoes I see right through the cool layered around your glowing fuse So let loose That mountain Oh good times, good lava We all know you wanna Good lava See this pretty girl flow Wait 'til you feel it See this pretty girl flow If you believe it's good See this pretty girl flow Wait 'til you feel it Good Lava See this pretty girl flow Watch this pretty girl flow With this pretty girl Good Lava See this pretty girl flow Watch this pretty girl flow With this pretty girl You stranger One day are gonna be Planting your own flag of conquered fear and fantasy Right on me Watch this pretty girl flow Watch this pretty girl flow Watch this pretty girl flow Watch this pretty girl flow Help and participate instead of copy and paste With this pretty girl flow Promise not to name me and I'll even let you climb Inside My mountain Oh good times, good lava We all know you wanna See this pretty girl flow Wait 'til you feel it See this pretty girl flow If you believe it's good See this pretty girl flow Wait 'til you feel it Good lava See this pretty girl flow Wait 'til you feel it See this pretty girl flow If you believe it's good See this pretty girl flow Wait 'til you feel it Good lava See this pretty girl flow Watch this pretty girl flow With this pretty girl Good lava With this pretty girl flow Good times, good lava We all know you wanna
Unconditional Love We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love And we'd be real love And see a real love story unfolding Faded cliches and makeup Dancing and singing, scripted delight Every act ends in break-up That same old boring story I've played too many nights The curtain and I fall when Fake arrows strike my heart Oh but oh, if some magic should find me Like the magic in our eyes, oh If your eyes would invite me, oh We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love Help and participate instead of copy and paste And we'd be real love And see a real love story unfolding We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love And we'd be real love And see a real love story unfolding Be my finale, waiting Off in the wings to sing the last song And when we're done pretending Throw me a white bouquet Oh I'd close the curtain behind me And enclose me in your arms, oh If your arms would invite me, oh We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love And we'd be real love And see a real love story unfolding We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love And we'd be real love And see a real love story unfolding We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love And we'd be real love And see a real love story unfolding
Judas Judas, you know the lonesome road Don't you collecting bottle caps of rum Honest sinning to chase the blues Blur you till kingdom comes Take a little girl who gets to see her mama broke down Now she's a lady made for the modern world, my life But if you ask my advice us raging girls are china dolls fed up with bull that follows All the way down Digging up holy scriptures to shame her while she drowns But if you ask my advice that shallow grave is a bargain next to Judgment Day Help and participate instead of copy and paste It's only a matter of time, honey Good money Sinks through her teeth She's not evil Forgive this innocent wrecking ball (man-made) Judas, you know the lonesome road Don't you collecting bottle caps of rum Honest sinning to chase the blues Blur you till kingdom comes Take a little boy who gets to see his papa broke down Now he's a shadow made for the modern world, my life But if you ask my advice, us raging boys are Indian cowboys high on toys, that follow All the way down Locking up holy figures to shame the whole damn town But if you ask my advice Their island cage Can't hold the rising sea of rage It's only a matter of time, honey Good money Made on the street He's not evil Forgive this innocent wrecking ball (man-made) Judas, you know the lonesome road Don't you collecting bottle caps of rum Honest sinning to chase the blues Blur you till kingdom comes Brothers and sinners You either love 'em or you leave 'em You either love 'em or you leave 'em Are you a lover or a chain Are you a lover or a chain A matter of time, honey Good money Earned in defeat It's not evil Forgive this innocent wrecking ball (man-made) Judas, you know the lonesome road Don't you collecting bottle caps of rum Honest sinning to chase the blues Blur you till kingdom comes
Earth to Heaven Thought and strength and breath Ain't much else left Better have your fill before you know It's over, say the natural laws And if the heavenly gods should call Is it heaven at all Sober These poor drunks don't know Money won't flow On the other side, they're sure to go Withdrawing from the need to achieve Careful what you believe in strong For you carry it on Over Help and participate instead of copy and paste There are no perfect amends here You get to just keep on getting there, getting there There's no promise or test here You get to just keep on getting there, getting there Soldier No virgins or saints here You get to just keep on getting there, getting there All good children and evil Are even here just getting there War man's cross on their Shoulders Kings die ringed in gold Slaves die consoled On the other side, a meek's reward is better Like a pearly resort Except without a report from hell How on Earth can you tell Burn or charge or hate Church men debate How to curse a sin and compensate Their burden of upholding the law What if the heavenly boss turns out To be ruling without Orders All legacies end here You get to just keep getting there, getting there No promise or test here You get to just keep getting there, getting there No virgins or saints here You get to just keep on getting there All aliens and legal cross in even here They come to just keep on getting there Statesmen lost in their Borders
One I'm not lacking in love Not haunted by its pain Of romance, life's given me enough I can't complain But now in this quiet midnight mind I faintly see The one so strong It stops the world and my heart's spinning One to prove what I've always known But couldn't see when he crossed my sky From a star fall-out, shot across my mind In the fiery pull of bodies floating along Help and participate instead of copy and paste Hot gravity does burn inside me I would orbit all who invite me Oh, then again There could be one so strong It stops the world and my heart's spinning One to prove what I've always known But couldn't see this modern mind Won't deny the tides that it can't defy When a primal urge just calls me down to the shore Hot devolution burns inside me I would dive in all who delight me Oh, then again There could be one so strong It stops the world and my heart's spinning One to prove what I've always known But couldn't meet The one so strong It stops the world and my heart's spinning One to prove what I've always known But couldn't meet
Rest in Pleasure Now what are we gonna do With our two fiery souls You act like you don't know Now let me show it to you And rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure The moment I saw you, I knew We've both been looking for this I found my long-lost bliss And I will share it with you And rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Help and participate instead of copy and paste Now truth be told I may not be in really love with you It's the idea of love I'm really into But in case you ever get the mind to wonder I do care Just stay there Now some day we may lose Our thrill, but never forget The greatest love made yet And while I make it with you Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure Rest in pleasure
Ebony and Ivy Ochre, ivy, brick, and leather-bound books built up by phony locked crooks With un-burdened minds of bastardized Darwinian logic-projected as hard evidence on backs and faces Of our ancestral culprits wasted toiling as the majority on plantated crimes We wanna knock and climb brass rings of wisdom and build our own hot breath kingdoms and make fuming passions rain down ash Then hand out dirty white rules to wipe up and memorize then howl our own law hand-me-downs upon the class of masses And grin as each graduate passes on our synthesized words that sterilize natural awe Sage grows on the mountain You can dig it with a silver spoon Float it off to market Hawk and talk it from hot air balloons Get your good old-fashioned learning Hear the bell in summer's ending underneath the apple tree Time to choose a branch and build your nest of animosity Now we're really, really learning It's been hard to grow outside Growing good at act happy And pretend that the ivy vines Didn't weigh our branch down It's been hard to grow outside But we're finally happy With the sage on the mountain now Is it plant or animal Help and participate instead of copy and paste Sage grows on the mountain Round the fountain of unfiltered truth Someone's locked the well You might contaminate their point of view And the taste of high-class feelings Peeking through the keyhole Thirsty people watch the master read One degree of kneeling separates the haves from loving need And the art of low-class feeling It's been hard to grow outside Growing good at act happy And pretend that the ivy vines Didn't weigh our branch down It's been hard to grow outside Growing good at act happy And pretend that the ivy vines Didn't weigh our branch down It's been hard to grow outside Growing good at act happy And pretend that the ivy vines Didn't weigh our branch down It's been hard to grow outside But we're finally happy With the sage on the mountain now Is it plant or animal Finally, ochre, ivy, brick and leather-bound books to find and fill our minds with double standard vision by degrees We banished slaving over someone else's question tests or problems and abolished all un-savary un-good grammar And forbid shovels, picking or hammers and the act of starchinglinen to become the educated ones wrapped in them It's been hard to grow outside Growing good at act happy And pretend that the ivy vines Didn't weigh our branch down It's been hard to grow outside But we're finally happy With the sage on the mountain now Is it plant or animal
Noble Nobles Dining debutants in pearl and powdered sugar face Their refined tastes Come suckled from mama's wet maid, you know Drinking dapper gents in wig and rosy cultured views Toasting the news All cargo on Jesus was sold, today Manifest and lavish God wants him to have this And without a doubt, believe his Ends are noble so the savage means Are deleted from the scene, so We can believe that we are Noble nobles what a savage myth Walking pioneers in blazing trails and rushing gold So far from home But none of them shed any tears, at all Not at all Help and participate instead of copy and paste Talking founding fathers with a free philosophy That don't mention me Or the stain of red blood on their hands, at all Now, we all replay it till we understand, the moral Of the story we're shooting again Tomorrow's savages Manifest and lavish God wants him to have this And without a doubt, believe his Ends are noble so the savage means Are deleted from the scene, so We can believe that we are Noble nobles what a savage myth
Farewell Dolly Change the way I see my life Why would I, why would I I'm the dolly, I'm the wife Damned if I, do or die Maybe time is gonna make An exception for me I'm exceptionally busy Judging by the times He's not worried about my kind or is he Help and participate instead of copy and paste Damn the way I go and bide All the rest, of my time Waiting for the man to die For a piece, of the pie Maybe time is gonna wait And expect less from me I'm exceptionally, pretty I can testify Nature's dead up in my mind, with me
Elevate or Operate Four walls surround us with a glassy top We're going down Or has the sky gone up Honey don't interrupt me! But look at the top (Ground floor) Looks like we're going down Honey don't make me turn this thing around Or is the sky rising up Look at the top (Ground floor) Looks like we're going down Honey don't interrupt me! Or is the sky rising Help and participate instead of copy and paste Just keep riding 'til you scrape the sky There are so many pies to strive for so little time You exactly taste none in your mouth But anything worth reaching must cut folk like us out So honey stop that whining, wishing scheming Press a floor to waste your dreams in But look at the top (Ground floor) Looks like we're going down Honey don't interrupt me! Or is the sky rising up Look at the top (Ground floor) Looks like we're going down Honey don't make me turn this thing around Or is the sky rising Just keep riding 'til your wonder stops Boot straps up around your neck, in case the thing drops No one exactly knows what's at the top But anything worth working for, must hide a whole lot So honey stop that whining, wishing, dreaming 'Fore you make me stop believing You know we can't stop it abruptly! (Look at the top) Looks like, we're going down Now just how do we turn this thing around (Or is the sky, rising up) And are we going up or down Look at the top Looks like, we're going down Honey don't interrupt me! Or is the sky, rising up I'm trying to turn this thing around Look at the top Looks like, we're going down Honey come help me turn this thing around! Or is the sky, rising up Are we going up or down Look at the top Looks like, we're going down Honey just help me turn this thing around Or is the sky, rising up I think were going down Four walls surround us with a glassy top We're going down And yes the sky's gone up
Funk the Fear Funk the fear Live your life Funk the fear Live your life Funk the fear Live your life Funk the fear Live your life Why don't we seize the day And frost it in our own way Won't you dare take a slice of this sitting out paradise Eating it with your eyes just shy of your smarts or rights To reach out and lift the glass but there's no one here to ask Help and participate instead of copy and paste (The invisible beat of a drum) March in line (Keeping all you are under the gun) For no reason or rhyme No facing that dream about Paradise pigging out I wanna break the rules with you And see the dream come true All I need you to do is (Funk the fear, live your life) Just like we came here to (Funk the fear, live your life) I want to do it with thee (Funk the fear, live your life) Just like we came here to (Funk the fear, live your life) Live your life Funk the fear, live your life Funk the fear, live your life Why don't we go and do Just what we came here to Nobody has to know The moral of our show (We could be) Spiritual spouting fools Or bombshells to cash their drool Innocent as a fox And other unchecked box, yeah (In the margin of error for one) We appear (With a beautiful slip of the tongue) That you hear from a reason Waking you from a daze Follow me down the maze Through every craft and craze For every dead end we find Ways open in my mind (There's a pitiful quip on the tongue) I can tell ('Bout the marginal mission of one) Very well But you heard me calling you up and out That's what this show's about I wanna break the rules with you And see the dream come true All I need you to do is (Funk the fear, live your life) Just like we came here to (Funk the fear, live your life) I want to do it with thee (Funk the fear, live your life) Just like we came here to (Funk the fear, live your life) I want to do it with thee (Funk the fear, live your life) Just like we came here to (Funk the fear, live your life) Live your life Funk the fear, live your life Funk the fear, live your life... 'Cause in an instant it could be gone And all the waiting was in vain 'Cause in an instant it could be gone It could be gone It could be gone It could be gone It could be gone It could be gone It could be gone It could be gone
I Want It Now I want the world... I want the whole world Give it to me, now! I want it now! I want it now! I want today... I want tomorrow Give it to me, now! I want it now! I want it now! Help and participate instead of copy and paste I want to lock it all up in my pocket It's my bar of chocolate Give it to me, now! I wanna wear it like braids in my hair And I do want to share it I want a party with rooms full of laughter Ten thousand tons of ice cream And if I don't get the things that I'm after I'm going to scream I want the works I want the whole works Give it to me, now! Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises Of all shapes and sizes... Don't care how, I want it now! Don't care how, I want it now! Don't care how, I want it now! Don't care how, I want it now! I want it now!
Change Us Soon as it's quiet, then a storm Is already a' formin' Rumbling with your lover's doubt And then you cloud me out And the lightning flies But then I see you on the corner Shining for Simone Or Sherilee and Baby Doll They're leashin' flat up all To fetch your mind Look, we can fight and stay on the same team in the same room But if you walk away That'll be your last play I already know when my grass is greener, don't you? Why just complicate it You know I love ya, but I hate it When you start kicking dust Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us Why must we fuss? Help and participate instead of copy and paste Just when it's good? Soon as you see a happy ending Up around the bend We break into your lover's swerve And end up on the curb With a stalling grind And then I hear that you were told Our engine's getting cold, to Malcolm, Ben and Johnathan Letting pedestrians Steer ya from behind Look, there are breakdowns all along this road to love And some hitchhikers, too Looking to just ride along We can steer back on to the good road; hand-in-glove Please don't complicate it You know I love you, but I hate it When you start kicking dust Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us Why must we fuss? Look in the mirror, darling Try to see clearer, darling Not getting younger, darling Why must we fuss? Just when it's good, you wanna change us I don't wanna change us
Unconditional Love (Alternate Version) We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love Faded cliches and makeup Dancing and singing, scripted delight Every act ends in break-up That same old boring story I've played too many nights The curtain and I fall when Fake arrows strike my heart Oh but oh, if some magic should find me Like the magic in our eyes, oh If your eyes would invite me, oh Help and participate instead of copy and paste We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love Be my finale, waiting Off in the wings to sing the last song And when we're done pretending Throw me a white bouquet Oh I'd close the curtain behind me And enclose me in your arms, oh If your arms would invite me, oh We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love And see a real love story unfolding La, la la We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living We could change the whole story of love Same old play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living unconditional love Woah, the whole story of love's a Boring play I'm getting tired of No more acting these predictable roles Just us living Unconditional Love
Explosure Swimming Toward The Black Dot Black spot heavy ink to my bones From lone sitting starking alone Now my limbs are writing I start blurry casting a stone A lone ripple Tears through the blank Lighting the face of the deep Stirring the delicate monsters I keep kicking down Pushing toward the ground There's a word there I need As far in this world as I can from belief Swimming toward the black dot I see those bodies bobbing and wasting on the shore Soggy pages litter the sand with pure thought and White bones clean as mind in a vacuum taking sun Safe beach blankets flat and getting nowhere See those bodies bobbing and wasting on the shore Soggy pages litter the sand with pure thought and Lying, lying, lying in themselves Dying, dying, dying clean and pure beneath a parasol Black spot heavy ink to my bones From lone sitting starking alone Now my limbs are writing I start blurry casting a stone A lone ripple Tears through the blank Stirring the delicate monsters I keep pushing down Stirring the delicate monsters I keep pushing down Heaven In Pennies (feat. Robert Glasper) Look at you Too proud to say what you need What the bell in the church of your mind Ain't been swung in such a long time Dull brass and spiderwebs choking the sound Locks on the gate round your fountain all dry Pretty cherubs of stone await Silver rain from the sky Why Come down and open your mind We're searching the ground for pennies We all wish for a voice from the sky And still watch the ground the pennies Open the door to your steeple It's empty where people would gladly Give a coin to restore Your rosy window panes Broken and boarded up Others come sewing your curtains Re-roping the bell That reminds you to move while you pray Polish and ring on down Each wish you make Children now splash in the fountain The coins we have counted are laid on a plate To feed them more Now come down and open your mind Start searching the ground for pennies We all wish for our riches on high And still work the ground for pennies We all wish for our riches on high And still work the ground for pennies Come down and open your mind Start searching the ground for pennies We all wish for a voice from the sky And still watch the ground the pennies Come down and open your mind Start searching the ground for pennies We all wish for a voice from the sky And still watch the ground the pennies Come down and open your mind Start searching the ground for pennies Come down and open your mind Start searching the ground for pennies Colonial Fire Ghost of the fire hungry and bold Glows in the corner of my wood soul All his paper words have turned to stone Graves in the garden all burned to bone Sign your name Aand claim one of your own Graves in the garden All burned to bone The ground is stolen I hotly own Ghost of the fire, glows in my home All his paper words have turned to stone Graves in the garden all burned to bone Sign your name And claim one of your own Graves in the garden All burned to bone My flesh on this earth is bound to live somewhere But where Everywhere I rest my head That fire ghost Stands at the foot of the bed Money's the ember in my wood soul All his paper words have turned to stone Graves in the garden All burned to bone Sign your name And claim one of your own Graves in the garden All burned to bone I Am Telling You Get your hands off of me When I tell you to Why are you bothering me Do you think it's cute When I'm telling you We've said hello Now just say goodbye Quit bothering me When you're not my type Now just say goodbye It isn't complicated Turn around And go that way When I'm telling you I can't admire you When you stand so close There Now let me look at you I was right before It isn't complicated Turn around And go that way I'm not asking you I am telling you The Ways You Got The Love (feat. Andrew Bird) You've got a certain way about you darling Let me begin Counting the ways You've got the kind of love I need You've got the kind of love I need The years I waited for you seemed un-ending Wasted and grey You turned my sky Colored again And brought the kind of love I need You've got the kind of love What do you count on a long wakeful night You should count on me Good for a drink or a dance or a fight Breaking up can be as sweet ??? And amazing I found you there What do you count on a long wakeful night You should count on me Good for a drink or a dance or a fight Breaking up can be as sweet You've got a certain way about you darling Let me begin Counting the ways You've got the kind of love I need You've got the kind of love I need I Do My heady heart Needs space and patience Cleverness too Give me some time My heart's already bowing to you The brightness in you, see I fear will consume me I try to command The light laws of the universe Though I know that darling I love you I do My heady heart is always thinking Time is the truth While the star in my heart Is already shining for you Calling light to collide Giant and merging I Lnow I can't control The laws of the universe All I know is darling I love you I love you It's simple I do Double Jointed Canyon To know what it means when the brain throbs to warn of symptoms that ride along With this potion made by the trauma one distill inside their mothers womb When it spills over into the bunkers that men make to protect themselves from joylessness envied my something unknown What does it feel like to wake up to a monster that's dressed itself in your clothes Being left off of the portions of remembrance that have moved on to nurture themselves Long live the time when there was no need to exchange simpler feelings with toxicity Being born out of the same fashion that ruined so many past movers of trails Enduring the pain while being swallowed by what used to be the open arms of lament Then comes along a delicate triumph Glory be to the ones that heed not to potential consequence But take to trial all that has permitted itself to become common law The time will come When the shadows of those wakeless mornings will bow to the masters of truth The masters of priority The masters of might and will The holders of a vase that reinsures the proof that shown itself at the beginning of time For all time
Undeveloped
Tangerine Tangerine's cannot peel themselves That part is very clear We're an unnatural hybrid fruit Man made you here How's a girl to get these seeds out on our own Without a thumbs up to open my mind And parse the words wedged in me Pray they come out tasty Out there a box waits for me My destiny in store I grow in heat of an electric sun It ripens me Leaves are shaking under me, a record drop is coming And I see the world a blur on my way down Rolling now into the hands of someone Oh peel my fame right open One for you, one for you One for you, one for you One for you, one for you One for you, one for you One for you, one for you Everybody chewing all the piece of me Sweet, now what my proven conversation produced Woe, no tangerine has ever escaped The "tossed as a handful of skin" part Imagine when the season's cutie learns She doesn't have a heart Just juicy pieces Poor tangerine Your citrine story Consumer tested Synthetic flavors And added colors (tangerine) What are you wearing (tangerine) What are you reading (tangerine) What are you thinking (tangerine) Oh tangerine (tangerine) Oh tangerine (tangerine) Oh tangerine (tangerine) Tangerine Tangerine Clear off the counter (tangerine) Tangerine Take out the compost (tangerine) Poor tangerine Poor tangerine Poor tangerine Happy New Year (poor tangerine) Oh tangerine (poor tangerine) Oh tangerine (poor tangerine) Tangerine
Word Jungle So little room at the tree top, I don't dare stop How can I prove I exist if I don't talk And talk, and talk, and talk, and talk, and talk, and Listen, I can prove I really have a thought Thought and not just (Shh) Keep swinging from vine to vine of logic Speaking just line to line don't drop it Swinging from vine to vine of logic Thinking just line to line don't drop it Swinging from vine to vine of logic Speaking just line to line don't drop it Swinging from vine to vine of logic Speaking just line to line Wait Don't open your mouth 'Less you got a way out Who knows what's lurking in the dark When you speak, they know where you are Quit calling it out It's loose on the prowl Machete minds have failеd to cut it down From the tree tops standing its ground Talk is everything Sеparating the man from the beast Your talk don't mean a thing 'Less you're speaking the rich man's tongue 'Cause we live in a rich man's jungle Just swinging from vine to vine of logic Speaking just line to line don't drop it Swinging from vine to vine of logic Thinking just line to line don't drop it Swinging from vine to vine of logic Speaking just line to line don't drop it Swinging from vine to vine of logic Speaking just line to line Of talk, of talk, of talk, of talk, of talk, of talk, of talk, of Listen I can prove I really have a thought Thoughts and not (Shh) Just Stop, shooting thoughts in the dark It's a real nature park Every man here hunting for their life Press release might strike from behind In the fight to survive They are changing our mind Hallucinations barred each branch of power State of claim but nothing is ours Talk is everything Separating the man from the beast Your talk don't mean a thing If you live by the rich man's word There's no escaping the rich man's jungle I'd rather run my head and mouth open In the way of wild tongues And brush fire Good luck with the empire Don't speak in shade in the sun We are light speed children Growing fast round up straight toward the sun Voice of our own dominion Anybody else's tree I sang all of them equal to me
Work of Art We all wanna see one We all wanna be one Even if you are Even if you are a one A piece of work of art Every little part For reviewing eyes A heathen for dancing An angel for blanding Anywhere you are Anywhere you really are A line run smeared between Nothingness and meaning Shit and caviar Cast eye and tie knots where you don't want to be affected By the colors of life Now frame that stretch of who you are It's in again free love and binding We all wanna break some The gall if you make some Who you think you are You think who you really are Deserves a speaking part In the role of art Fine, but our budget's tight
12 Little Spells
12 Little Spells Twelve little wells of golden ink Bone bottles stacked mouth to tail Arcing your back into the sand cloud Our thoughts underneath her skin Arctic to equator A pair of sympathetic ridges shift You've evolved to harness These constant eruptions Through vascular pennance Tectonic verse flows Riding again, again, again Again, again (They all can seem perfect) All floating a lucky heart over their palm Casual ribs house an expanded mind Left and right hemispheres in balance Constant composition and Eighty scribbles per minute Let us flow towards that Transfer every character there, circulating function Nests flowing forward out the snaking valve (Mouthing the eternal) It too dipping itself in and out in intervals Twelve little wells of golden ink Bone bottles stacked mouth to tail Penned in its planet ’round the cracky pole The inner hall expands in gilded breaths Compelled to give itself the moment it is for Compelled to give itself the moment it is for Compelled to give itself the moment it is for Compelled to give itself the moment it is for Compelled to give itself the moment it is for Compelled to give yourself the moment you are for Compelled to give yourself the moment you are held Compelled to give yourself the moment you are for Compelled to give yourself the moment you are held
To Tide Us Over (mouth) Maybe your tongue's a ruddy seafloor Buried in its night Just shy of the constellations you guide by Whispers of light Beneath the surface of sound sayings Mirroring their time What you mean to say burns silent as starshine Clear each night above the noisy city in your mind (Say what) The taste of pearl in the heart of your mind (Say what) Round every wound, you just needed some time Sounding out the shapes Now of your most beautiful dreams The speaker inside you stands to deliver the unseen Send up words to tide us over Bubbles in the flood From our new Atlantis somewhere beneath the sea of blood I'm diving now to meet you We can dance beneath the flagless moon (Say what) The taste of pearl in the heart of your mind (Say what) Round every wound, you just needed some time Finally the tide has come to lick away Scars all chewed into the land Rising out the sea your words shine Haloing the jagged rocks of splashing man Chewing scars into the land Rising out the sea your words shine finally The tide has come You just needed some time Rising out the sea your words shine finally The tide has come to lick away Scars all chewed into the land Rising out the sea your words shine Haloing Rising out the sea your words shine Finally the tide has come 'Til The Next Full (Eyes) Our eyeballs are hollow but presently hold shape Around a gooey filling Faculty of sight submerged in there Tethered to sense-making mysteries We have of course solved by now, technically But that mystery is harder than my blurry comprehension I barely touch an edge and it grinds my frame Into another shape of seeing I'm not sure what all this prescription's good for But here, I give to you my lens A gift of self brightens Right before your eyes Keep unwrapping it Till source pours out your eye And radiates x-ray like To the heart behind the mask Behind the mask, two pupils gleam there Behind shielded entry points, to another being Just within their learnt performance Bowing in ovation, they then Give to you their mirror A gift to see yourself clearer Right before your eyes Keep unwrapping it Till source pours out your eye And radiates x-ray like To the heart of the unseen The unseen, two pupils gleam there Your own shielded entry points To the future, you are portals of sight in that vast mind To see the magic all these hollow seeming nows contain And see the magic all these hollow seeming nows contain Thang (Hips) You best believe you came in with a real thang Your own gait and way of walking in this simulated world A kind of grease in the fulcrum of your inner space, that's your thang You've got yours and I've got mine Seat of the world inside Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang You've got a thang Inside As you release all resistance to your natural pace Life-force collects in the basin of your openness And as it spreads like a smile inside your waste, that's your thang You've got yours and I've got mine Seat of the world inside Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang You've got a thang Inside And you glide in step with your ownness You're seated on a thang A sweet bowl of individuality Thickened in your soul distilled to fill it Aren't you tired of walking around afraid you might spill it? Oh You best believe you came in with a real thang Your own gait and way of walking in this simulated world You've got yours and I've got mine Seat of the world inside That's your thang You're seated on a thang A sweet bowl of individuality Thickened in your soul distilled to fill it Aren't you tired of walking around afraid you might spill it? Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Stride grease For to loosen up your hip Joints and sink into Your thang, your thang Touch in Mine (Fingers) Touching surfaces every day Feeling no spark of tenderness within Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine There's a vibrational current between Every fingertip and the unseen Dipping your subtle hand into the flow Neural connection now sings us Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Follow blind Fingertips feeling their way And with ten roaming lips Unwrap the delicacy folded within silence... Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine Touch in mine There's a vibrational current between Every fingertip and the unseen Dipping your subtle hand into the flow Neural connection now sings us The Longing Deep Down (abdominal portal) Belonging deep down inside is longing Is longing Is longing Is to be I too would rather run, bound, cactus head to cactus head Stimulating laps flung wide, the distance well rounded A working circle All of our adjacent points equally distant from The center Fulcrum self, it's fruit and its pit so deep The whole current of being rises through it There between your crotch and belly button Lonely river bottom Longing to be entertained Stimulating laps flung wide Wait, wait... Before you run cactus Wait, wait, wait Just, say, say Please, with your deep dimension close Say which is worse, the longing to arrive there, or the terror of approach? But maybe, someday, try Mid-slosh through intermittent voids Try standing long enough to toe the still beneath And dare an inward leap Cupping your feet around that looming orb below Glowing with the shape of real things standed Other murky stones enlighten too, to guide you (No, we can't say home) For deep down there is no promise, only longing but deep down the Longing promises to be your own Longing deep down inside If longing If longing If longing Is to be Longing deep down inside Is fucking hard It's fucking hard It's fucking hard To be longing Deep down inside Is longing Is longing Is longing Is to be Longing deep down inside is Fucking hard It's fucking hard It's fucking hard To be It is fucking hard to be longing And at the same time feel your own belonging Where it's real Deep down Dep down Deep Down You Have to Dance (Feet) You can never be too magical You can never be too magical You can never be too magical And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical You can never be too magical And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical You can never be too magical (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Magical) Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake May your feet be Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake May your feet be And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical You can never be too magical And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical You can never be too magical (Too magical) (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Too magical) (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Too magical) (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Too magical) (Dancing tongue tips of Shiva's snake) And they say that there's no magic though They complained that we're too magical And I claim it, yes, I'm magical (May your feet be) You can never be too magical (Too magical) Now Know (solar portal) You're opening That girdle would round your cork of champagne Ooh, open looks good on you You're pouring into the mouth of a sober taboo Truth slurring right out of you And whoever you've half been Becomes full To the brim of your crystal well You rise, a solution of seasoned light Your sun plexus an eye Drinking in the divine It's clear now You're a beautiful vision now Appear You're a beautiful vision now Appear You're softening Into a smile of the silently known Ooh, open looks good on you You're opening Our lids of clay blinking round the unseen Ooh... tell me everything... Your bubbling realness has unfurled To the brim of your crystal well All rise their solutions of flesh and light To your sparkling eye Drinking in the divine It's clear now You're a beautiful vision now Appear You're a beautiful vision now Appear It's clear now You're a beautiful vision now Appear You're a beautiful vision now Appear All Limbs Are (arms) Do your shoulders long To fold into the arms of your papa Close, strong The missing figure is somewhere within they say But how do we get there? And who's gonna raise us till we find it If our hearts beat cold, will they skip there I'll draw the family tree Right side up so ancestors rise with me Holding, this new growth lineage carrying The scars of our fathers By branching upon them growth beyond them In the masculine sacred unfurling Readying to Rise (legs) What comes when you rise from the middle Then step up and ride the comet What comes when you rise from the middle Then step up and ride the comet You've figured out so much up there On your own now let us step in The bottom half that moves you round the world The legs and orbit of your dream are vast You spot it then just watch it pass Psst, psst, down here We remember everything you've come through And we're readying to rise you There's a new modality of love to be dis-covered What are you waiting for We're dangled or crossed Beneath you like we're worthless While you work away We're bent or locked still Listening to tapping digits We too must uphold, so holy And what's great about them Everything they've ever carried They've put down and left somewhere At best to maybe someday be re-found We work the largest muscle groups And come up against sit bones What makes you so tired When we're readying to rise Worrying and forgetting where you were headed Even with your thoughts distracted, we'll get there walking We know you and why you never See us or get to know us And on airplanes we have no space Because it is presumed we have no insights Or senses that contribute to our goals Our language is the memory of everywhere you've been In usefulness we preach And you may refer to us whenever you are lost, or stuck Or doubting will with its brain-based complexities We've been through it all with you And do our best to move you With dual reminders of your progress And how you must walk the distance ahead What you are facing now may appear to be more Of the same But we are readying to rise you To another plane of existence That comes when you rise from the middle Then step up and ride the comet That comes when you rise from the middle Then step up and ride the comet Dancing the Animal (mind) I'm out, the house of worship Rife with pride, rife with doctrine Rife with sin, now my laptop or device Is where I shop for wisdom At my very fingertips so much more than some holy man Could ever hope to comprehend So maybe now the holy spirit is Simply a mighty network Anchored in accumulated knowledge Now encompassing the globe Zeros and ones no-one can touch You must behold So have you prayed to your phone today? Atoning for all ignorance we bow our busy heads to Seek immortal wisdom from the clouds Rollin' down the social mountain to the tablet in each hand 8 billion new commandments At my command and some I post too Google humanity but while you do Guard the animal in you God's the animal in you (In you) No pride no greed no sin (You) Guard the animal in you (In you) (In you) Guard the animal God's the animal in you But when you ask the web anything It's always there for you Though the answers may not be true Searching an engine for the ghost of truth While the animal in you Guards the tangible in you (In you) Your heart, your guts, your skin (In you) Guard the tangible in you (In you) Guard the animal Guard the tangible Amazing grace I miss you badly I had the search the meaning (of the word) So little of it sadly With all this forward leaning (Grace) If it's in me What good is all this reading (of the word) Open attachments eating Into my time for living (grace) If there is a god out there (of the word) Once you've ended famine and warfare (grace) If you would just make these endless emails disappear (of the word) Oh, and show us how to fix the climate while you're here Your search for help did not match any documents Suggestions make sure all words are spelled correctly Try different keywords try more general keywords Try fewer keywords, maybe try using real words Try using your words ask another humanoid Try asking the one you are trying to avoid Yourself Accumulated knowledge now encompassing the globe Zeroes and ones no-one can touch You must behold to understand The burden of evolving man But, may you not become a stranger to God the tangible in you God the animal in you (In you) No service, page, or pin (In you) The program you came in with (In you) Guard the animal Guard the tangible God's the animal God's the tangible In you In you In you
With Others (ears) You can have my love As long as I can tell you what to do If you know what I need You'll use it against me Yes it's sad enough There just ain't enough love in the world If you want some from me I'll need some context I've been learning about Psychology, sociology, and the rest Now I can't rest 'Cause everyone reeks of power trips Where do I fit in your power trip? Let's see if your analysis favours me I mean otherwise why would I listen... To others Also Protecting Their baby Some In need of Undoing And real Love From someone who lets me see they need mine Without the pre-condition they be like me Like we Don't all Just need Love Okay, so you're really just gonna say it straight out like that? That we all need love The promise of The knowledge of The promise of The knowledge of The soothing arms Well it's chemical Really group survival in the wild Is the history of instinctual nurture So the feeling of needing to be loved is nothing more Than our primitive brains responding to stress I've been learning about Psychology, neurobiology, and the rest Now I can't rest 'Cause everything reeks of basic needs How do I get all my basic needs met? What? D– do I really have to just– come out and say it? Just straight up? That I do need Love, the promise of, love Love, the knowledge of, of love Love, the soothing arms, love Love, the promise of, of love Love, the knowledge of, love Love, the soothing arms, of love Love Love Love Love Lest We Forget (blood) Blood is breathing Fully submerged cells even In denser places like thighs or nails or secret stomach aches Blood is humming us A constant tone accompanying the incessant muscling Pumping us in out, in out, in out, in out, in out, in out The vowel of self Blood is steadying Lunged pendulums in threads of muted currents Ferrying air around and round it's labyrinthian orbit Through the fleshy underside of this Our atmospheric sea Blood is ignited engine here at the core of all creation With your key to our mystery's spark Bursting just beneath the surface Pushing time lapse blooms of newly aired blood outward While inward bound To central brain and each extremity As different as they are all alike One fauna all inhaling All flora's breath Lest we forget Look, this leaf Veins patterned by fractal giving Oxygen you carry now within A cell of blood threaded in All parts of this body we too will grow to give and be Blood is Pulsing vast beyond our vein tips... How To (hair) Through my hair I'm still picking the hulls Of Europe rained down in scattered handfuls Their seed-meat shriveled to a hollow rattling Striking this already ringing land Resonance choked by pale tendrils shooting off From long lost roots once locked in nature The stubbled senses ingrown now where crusader blades shore And donned them empty-headed beneath the bishop's cap Shameless scratching at the uncombed earth Raking the godhead righteous Silence in their wake Silence in straight lines hanging from settler heads Straight silence gathered, braided together, in tails Pony, pig and whip, straight through the rumbling frequencies Of boat bowels and cramped cabins The species underneath each scalp identical after all Night-tone mother and her light newborn Curling each other flat and tight into our tangled sound Muted howl Song of blue flame The brilliant headed silhouettes Shuffling candles through a nation's lightless dawn Kindling fires mass must wake to Fires for hot irons pressing big-house finery wearable Fire for railroad signals, fire in branded skin Skin like bronze hair like lamb wool Divisible under God Who's image have we been made in? Composed for? Orchestrated by? Our principals eye the concertmaster Ignore the mumbling audience situating late to their seat Or standing-room-only stance In this stately hall built for silence Bald bulbs blearily focus On our loudness Writhing out the glowing dark Us, a priceless all toned flood rising To nourish everybody down to the last Stray strand I raise my palm in praise of the symphonic nappyness Haloing your head I raise my palm in praise of the God-given nappyness Haloing your head I raise my palm in praise of the beautiful nappyness Haloing your head Move Many (joints) Stiff bones Your bones are stuck in place Stiffening the space While space Is bending in your face Face it We are the final straw Straw man Now don't just blow away You're not a sack of hay Even in a sack of hay Every straw is con- Nected someway With all the others move Move Move Move Move Move Move All, three Hundred and sixty ways To angle your own play Why play Stick figure hanging there Waiting for others to move For, you Move Move Move Move Move Move That's how we are made To move in many ways That's how we are made To move in many ways Ways Together I watched queen mama carry our castle and our king So I thought it ordinary to fly with just one wing Now, you run your hand along my shoulder And all I feel is lightness Buoying my bones, feel myself grow Lighter in our ways together Lighter in our ways together In my days of carrying on I never liked light things I thought the more I carried, the more that life would bring And it made my life so heavy, I couldn't give a thing Like love, not really New, to leaning back and falling open You reached right out to let me Know that you will hold up the heavy load With me Carrying the world between us marrying the world between us deepening in lightness Marrying the world between us (lighter in our ways together) Carrying the world between us (lighter in our ways together)
SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB Formwela 1 Sink into the ground wide and steady while the burning Flickers to a glow out the temple of your ear While the levy of our predicament's unyielding Love come flood through here In and round the walls of your heavy-minded palace Suddenly the air goes miraculously clear Un-cupping your brim of the never-ending chalice In rushes love's atmosphere Body, you're the bell sounding through the heavy pulling Ringing out a calm from the belly of your sway All there is to do now is really re-remember That love is and tune its way Body is your bell sounding through the heavy pulling Ringing out a calm from the belly of your sway All there is to do now is really re-remember That love is and tune its way Formwela 2 (feat. Ganavya) Re- Remember the works of sun Surrounding Love All grounding Doesn't mean it's time to Burn it to powder Doesn't mean it's time to Burn It down Doesn't mean it's time to Burn it to powder Maybe now we learn to Ride it out While we are stuck here Wide atmospheres Doesn't mean it's time to Burn it to powder Doesn't mean it's time to Burn It down Doesn't mean it's time to Burn it to powder Maybe now we learn to Ride it out While we are stuck here Wide atmospheres Surround you Love Come ground you Doesn't mean it's time to Burn it to powder Doesn't mean it's time to Burn it down Doesn't mean its time to Burn it to powder Maybe now we learn To Ride it out Love be patient, please We're coming around Slowly Formwela 3 I know it's all thick With thunder in your throat The worst storms undead Unsaid and unchanging But taking every room inside your head Wither, wither if we don't find some light somewhere soon How am I to be To be at home with all this density embodied Everybody's density up on me Well You're home no matter where you stand Or can't stand To be Your be is unchanging But changing what it means To be Home Figure, figure we've been suffering enough now Between the roof and mythos of autonomy Everybody's density up on me Everybody's heavy with the zombie consciousness causing this stress Stress unspoken and thundering Undead and unchanging It may be Or maybe You're changing what it means To be Home 4Remember the works of sun Towering within the blue While we are stuck inside Wide atmospheres breathe and surround you Formwela 4 (feat. Corey King) You wanna be grown and let it go Really didn't let it go, though Now we gotta tiptoe around this hole It's aching in the ground of my world You know we all see, and make-believe Please, just, what do you need babe? Dare to say it (dare to say it) Dare to say it (dare to say it) And though my home and stone may break Dare to say it (dare to say it) I can't hold anymore Let me allow the beauty from above who made you that way To be known love and get it made To know you need it that way is to let me love you, babe We know you need it that way Now we know love to get it made You're gonna need it that way now we know love To get it made You're gonna need it that way Now we know When you just gon' and let it go? You tell it in the company of Everyone who brought you in To carry that river on Please, just, what do you need babe? Dare to say it (dare to say it) Dare to say it (dare to say it) And though my home and stone may break Dare to say it (dare to say it) I can't hold anymore Let me allow the beauty from above that made you that way To be known love and get it made To know you need it that way is to let me love you, babe We know you need it that way Now we know love to get it made (When you just let it go) You're gonna need it that way now we know love (Really just gon' and let it go...) To get it made You're gonna need it that way Now we know love (When you just let it go) To get it made You're gonna need it that way now we know love (Really just gon' and let it go...) To get it made You're gonna need it that way Now we know love to get it made (When you just let it go) You're gonna need it that way Now we know (Really just gon' and let it go... to get it made) Now we know love (when you just let it go) Now we know Formwela 5 (feat. Corey King) While you're busy looking for a light I light you, I light you, I'll try While you're busy looking for your kind I kind you, I kind you, I kind you Though I'm just a little child And a survivor like you While we're busy looking for it Are we the sign of light? At the end of the tunnel Of everything that doesn't serve us anymore Or life while I begin to let me undo Notice in the middle of it We are the eye of light In the storm of that good death Of everything that doesn't serve us anymore Or life might I as you begin to undo Say that while you're looking for it You are the sign that life loves you I'm still a lonely child in my survival mode too but Promise while I'm working at it I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Long as you've been looking for it You are the sign that life loves you too Share us a little light as you begin to undo God knows you've been aching for it Still a lonely child in the survival mode too but Promise while we're working at it I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Notice in the middle of it You are the son of life Formwela 6 (feat. Corey King) Love, I wonder if we'll see the day Our earth is swallowed by the sun "But it's light years away" No, not for those who know by name The suns you burn into then never see again And the spiraling into oblivion "But it's light years away", you say But gravity still pulls his thread Across the black abstract, I've learned to love instead "Love, let's promise us the zone between The sun of all desire and the cold rock ring" Formwela 7 Hearing is a labor like reading Hearing is a labor like keeping still Hearing is a labor like seeing Like seeing, seeing for real Hearing is a labor like reading Hearing is a labor like keeping still Hearing is a labor like seeing Like seeing, seeing for real You're gonna Melt or burst You're gonna Melt or burst You're gonna Melt or burst You're gonna Melt or burst You're gonna Melt or burst You're gonna Melt or burst You're gonna Melt or burst I survived a fire, and it And it wasn't mine to head But I egged it in the science Of silence Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Don't say Hearing is a labor like reading Hearing is a labor like keeping still Hearing is a labor like seeing Like seeing, seeing for real Formwela 8 Under In you Homing star Always there from where you are Formwela 9 Can you let your real feelings shine? Do you let your real feelings shine? If the answer isn't yes then yes You're probably walking enchanted with her Pull To make you believe you're not alone When we are Connected by our alone Don't trade that beauty for her Beauty to make you believe you're not alone When we are Connected by our alone Don't trade that beauty for her Part of its making you believe she's really With you in whatever you be rambling on about But how could anybody else really know what it's like To be you? Of course you get hooked on the substitute for Sanctity you never felt or treated yourself to And a body seeking power to feel safe in love will use that to woo you And make you believe you're on a throne When you are already If you don't know by now... here Wear this To mind Mind Mind... who you let in to the temple of your home Body home, sex home, heart home If you can't tell on your own Who wants to drink you and who is full enough To meet you in unentangled bliss To meet you in unentangled bliss It could be the bliss of being alive A sexual loving adult who doesn't need to consummate Some other more addictive version of what you already hold Wear this If you can't tell on your own Who wants to drink you and who is full enough Who is full enough to meet you in unentangled bliss To meet you in unencumbered bliss Wear this Wear this Wear this Wear this to remember that you're not a drone Maneuvered by your dick Formwela 10 I saw what I wanted and took it for me With all the strings attached like they're supposed to be I didn't know how deep some feelings can go And you can really do some damage down there in the soul of another I wanted and got it opened up to me So fast I didn't learn the dance of how to treat These beings that walk and talk and breathe And you can really do some damage down here in the role of a lover Nobody watching over to make sure we don't waste Love cupped right to our face Can you see it? When you taste it, can you be it? I met an angel on earth but didn't know it Now see the root of my curse that let me throw it away With all this love in my heart I couldn't show it Touching the sting of my shame, no need to grow it now Maybe I'll find one again someday when I learn to love for real angel May you find the one too It's not to absolve responsibility And there's no going back, the scars are plain to see I know well I put you through a living hell This is a way to make the damages clear so I don't do another that way Nobody watching over to make sure we don't waste Love cupped right to our face Can you see it? When you taste it, can you be it? I met an angel on earth but didn't know it Now see the root of my curse that let me throw it away With all this love in my heart, I couldn't show it Touching the sting of my shame, no need to grow it now Maybe I'll find one again someday when I learn to love for real angel May you find yours too Formwela 13 Love the way you do that thing we do Smiling with you cause I do it too The smoke make and hiding, the smoke and hiding Love the way I do that thing we do Oh to be a humanoid Smile with me cause you do it too Who's really out here blazing truth and trust and love Nobody but Jesus Ours is smoke the beautiful And liquid spirit drowning in itself To hide the other stuff What do you know? What do you know about earth The place you actually are What do you know about Heaven or the fantasy you're holding out for Where does it burn? where does it really burn The hell you had to walk through alone Still there burning up Anything good for you By secret fires We all can see Burning up is beautiful So beautiful The smoke we make burning up Is beautiful to me You're beautiful to me Love the way you do that thing we do The smoke make and hiding, the smoke and hiding Love the way you do that thing we do Smiling with you cause I do it too The smoke make and hiding, the smoke and hiding Love the way I do that thing we do Oh the make-believe to be someone in the void Smile with me cause you do it too Who's really out here blazing truth and trust and love Nobody but Jesus Ours is smoke the beautiful And liquid spirit drowning in itself Ours is smoke the beautiful Unless we are it Everybody is Jesus Drowning it ourselves To hide the other stuff Where does it burn? where does it really burn still? That heaven is a fantasy there's no escaping What do you know? what do you really know about earth? The place you actually are It's hell you have to walk through alone At times but love is there In the place you actually are, too for you You are made of the waters That love the earth enough To make the smoke we make clouds The smoke we make burning up is beautiful to me You're beautiful to me Love the way you do that thing we do The smoke make and hiding Or come on down to earth and show yourself Give up the water vapors condensed all around Each particle of smoke that makes you That hides you That makes you hide you! Love the way I do that thing we do The smoke we make burning up is beautiful to me I'll give it up if you will too Give up the rain we could be Give up the rain we could be