1. |
Lotus
02:56
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My consciousness sits
Inside my hiding place head
I've tried all the tricks
But why? My mind just plays dead
Why can’t I just train my mind?
Why can I not just ask it nicely?
My ego mocks me
As if my shit means something
I can’t find my words
Unheard, I’m blurry nothing
Why can’t I just train my mind?
Why can I not just ask it nicely?
And why is my body locked?
When I find the key I’m finally free
I'm a hopeless child in the open wild
With a smoky smile, stuck in lotus style
Why can’t I just train my mind?
Why can I not just ask it nicely?
And why is my body locked?
When I find the key I’m finally free
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2. |
Sun
03:30
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Dirt covers this earthling
And I’m searching for more on the ground
Cause the world where you’re supposed to be perfect
Is worthless in the forest I found
Though I should be rolling
And controlling the highs and the lows
When I roam through the garden I’m growing
I’m just hoping that someone will show
Sun, why are my eyes closed now?
Sun, why are my eyes closed?
They’re always closed now
I see the shadow inside me
It’s been hiding and waiting for light
But it’s grey outside
I need the universe bright and shining
To find me a beautiful life
But I am going backwards
And I am slowing faster now
Sun, why are my eyes closed now?
Sun, why are my eyes closed?
They’re always closed now
All I want is to wake up to something new
And find you finally hiding in my room
To pull me from these roots
Into the
Sun, why are my eyes closed now?
Sun, why are my eyes closed?
They’re always closed now
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3. |
You
04:34
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I wanna call forth the forces
I wanna make the push to pull you home
I wanna know your name and number
I wanna hear the sounds of you exposed
I see you see me fucking dreaming
Heavy breathing, you’re spinning round your spine
I’ll take you horseless to my fortress
You can’t ignore this sign
Are you starting to feel heartbeats syncing up with mine?
Race me baby cause we’re wasting time
I’ll be keeping my body ready to rise
And you’ll be begging to pull me inside
Let’s go missing in the bliss this skin needs
Our tongues twisting while you whisper with me
Is this a song to turn you on to?
And do you want to know who it's about?
She’s in the future, you maybe knew her
Or, wait, are you her now?
Are you starting to feel heartbeats syncing up with mine?
Chase me baby cause we’re wasting time
You! You!
Envision every single scene where
I’ll always be there loving you alone
And think of every single season
And all the reasons you are my home
You! You!
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4. |
Pearl
03:45
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I’m attached to this distraction
But the now is all I know
I’m gonna use you while I have you
And then I’ll let this decompose
I don’t know if I
Need you or the time
But something is missing inside
I want all of your deepest lies
I want all of the secrets you disguise
I want all of the things you hide
I want all of your future lives
You’re mine
You’re trapped, tricked, and blind
And swept up by my selfish mind
I know
I lack self-control
But you knew that a long time ago
I’ll change the tempo
I’m hard to let go
But this love is self-destructive
And there’s nowhere for us to go
I hope I lose you before I leave you
Because you’re stronger than this, you know
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5. |
Strings
04:30
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I need you
To pull my river strings
Telling me to care enough
And finish my whispering
Listening to everything
I’ll ever sing
Not liver wasting
But forgiver facing
Forever force me to see
I need visions of you and me
In your dreams
Cause I feel you inside
Putting words in my mouth
But I know it feels right
And I can’t force you out
Will you stretch me to stride?
Can you push me around?
Or I’ll fall down
I breathe you
Like you’re oxygen
Turning all of my blood red
Spread out through hollow limbs
Crawling under razor-thin
Paper skin
I’m physically sick
When ripped from your twisting arms
I cannot move
My gut is an empty room
The bile is you
Cause I feel you inside
Putting words in my mouth
But I know it feels right
And I can’t force you out
Will you stretch me to stride?
Can you push me around?
Or I’ll fall down
You hold
Me together like bionic bones
But you’ll know
That I’m human when stripped of my clothes
I’ll show
All my colors like open windows
And I’ll grow
When I learn how to be all alone
My mind’s broken
But I will open again
I am broken
But my mind’s open again
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