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cedar tree (death)
01:33
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Come with me to the burned cedar tree
and I will show you Death
and in this skeletal happiness
we will play music
in the dark
When everything is blue
new thoughts will come to you
and love will never ever end.
Standing on the blue bridge the trees
go on forever
the illusion is kept by a girl with a map
i'll share it with you
but you must promise to respect
"love as the practice of freedom" (bell hooks)
the goonies NEVER SAY DIE
but i say EVERYTHING WILL DIE
cause death cuts through all of this nonsense
of money, jealousy, and greed
so take my hand
before I am soil again
before my body becomes energy
and my body is energy
and your body is energy
and we are energy
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2. |
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lets go back to the water
swim where we can't stand
lets go back to the cold cold water
swim where I can't stand
listen to the weather
rain here and dust over there
chemicals change the weather
industrial fuel for fear
sitting here numb with fear
but Ariel said lets redraw this map
you have in your head of your potential
cause if you can't you can't you can't
but if you can you can you can
and if summer is a myth I believe in it!
sunshine fueled resistance!
we don't need electricity!
we need to move our hearts, our minds
our bodies!
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secret city
01:40
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take me to the radio tower
where we can both feel our power
listen close to the midnight hour
sadness speaks to our desire
blinking lights
see them winking
at nearby mountains
see me sinking
into a sky of endless gray
will I go outside today?
falling from the darknest night
I need my rest to keep fighting
shooting start that shines so bright!
i'll do my best to keep trying
to live for today and not for tomorrow
isolation brings more sorrow
never forget
you do have friends
never forget
this isn't the end
take me to the radio tower
where we can both feel our power
listen close to the midnight hour
sadness speaks to our desires
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4. |
choose yr own adventure
02:08
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last night I was walking
on the streets of this town
hoping just to find something
to fill my hands, my mind, my
heart with
fifteen windows with the lights on
noone waiting, noone at home
concrete boxes filled with daisies
this is not what i can call home
so feed me from your open dumpsters
wasteful system i will plunder
meet me at the park at midnight
from there we will plan our flight
from these four square intersections
from the city streets at night
we will wander through the corn maze
you'll take left and i'll take right
sitting in a land of plenty
built by hand and pesticides
hold my hand squeeze it tight
and like the mountains we will rise
like the mountains we will rise
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make//believe
02:25
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what does your resistance look like?
what does your resistance feel like?
make believe
what is real
make believe
dreams you feel
if you wait for tomorrow
all you have is yesterday
i imagine there's a way out
or at least a way to change
all that's overwhelming in our day to day
embrace
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