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The Rise 02:20
THE RISE In the silence In my morning I welcome The numbness That carries My weight Towards self-conviction I hope that she will wait She’ll wait She’ll wait She’ll wait And I rise And I rise And I forget To fall Back to silhouette Even when I’m Crushed, closed Mouth sewn Hush my breath in the air All things Burn bright When the dark is the sharpest The skin can be bare I’ll burn A constellation I hope that you will wait Just wait Just wait Please wait And I rise And I rise And I forget To fall
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SAY IT’S TRUE Must we be just actors hitting marks? Must just spotlights know us in the dark? Must we live our lives out in the pages? Must we play at lovers and friends Before they haul us off the stage? Oh say it’s true That you are improvising. Oh say it’s true That you Are free and afraid like me. Oh say it’s true That you are improvising. Oh say it’s true That you aren’t getting prompts And haven’t read ahead. We were not given a reading list So it’s not shocking that we have missed Some things that should have be clearer But I swear they’re references They won’t happen again Oh say it’s true That you are improvising. Oh say it’s true That you Are free and afraid like me. Oh say it’s true That you are improvising. Oh say it’s true That you aren’t getting prompts And haven’t read ahead Don’t read the end Don’t even try to guess Oh say it’s true That you are improvising. Oh say it’s true That you Are free and afraid like me. Oh say it’s true That you are improvising. Oh say it’s true That you aren’t getting prompts And haven’t read ahead.
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HOW NOT TO BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU’RE A GHOST Nothing will be as it seems. Those rivers, houses and trees Are not the same ones that you knew But they still tug at your heart; The memory of your heart. You mustn’t let it get you down You mustn’t let it get you down You mustn’t let it get you down This is how not to be surprised when you’re a ghost. Your love from years before Who got here before you Will love you like she did back then. Your love who knelt by your side Will soon be here with you; It’s up to you to sort it out We hope that you can sort it out You mustn’t let it get you down. This is how not to be surprised when you’re a ghost This is how not to be surprised when you’re a ghost Just think what you can get done. There’s no time here; You can put to bed every one, Each thing that you’ve left untied. If you’re of a mind to do it If you’re of a mind to do it right If you love them you should do it If you love them you should do it right See the way she hides behind her hair If you love her you should set it right If you ever said life isn’t fair This could be your chance to get it right This is how not to be surprised when you’re a ghost This is how not to be surprised when you’re a ghost.
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BEAUTIFUL WRECK With all respect I have to tell you you’re incorrect What you won’t buy you wouldn’t get Anyway So set your sails In doldrum waters You’ll never fail To sell your brine to Everyone Everyone I’ll run aground on a shore And I’ll stay there forever Like a beautiful wreck On the waves You’ll see my bottled messages Does the writing still exist Or did It fade away? Well grab your guns And anesthetics And dance along To the sounds of the ever changing Superman And close your heart Stand by yourself on the shore And you’ll hear I’m a siren I’m a beautiful wreck A beautiful wreck A beautiful wreck Stand with me Amid immensements Confide in the sea Make no defense There’s a trembling The waters part As we tumble in The wake of the surfacing leviathan Down in the depths of the ocean Forever resounding I’m a beautiful wreck

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released March 13, 2014

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