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Come Back From The Deep
03:33
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"Down in the alley,
away, six floors down,
he could see a cracked flower pot
scattered over a spray of dirt
and something pink
sticking out of a green paper bow.
It was down six floors
smashed down six floors."
'Fuck,' said the modern man,
the post modern soliloquist,
talking in circles,
around his friend the ventriloquist...
(I keep running around)
"'I don't understand Ivan,
what does it mean?'"
<FRIGHT> [with emphasis] no, it's you!
[with force, accusatory tone]
"'Is this just a wild fantasy or
a mistake on the part of the old man,
some impossible quid pro quo?"
"' For the secret of man’s being
is not only to live
but to have something to live for.
Without a stable conception
of the object of life,
man would not consent to go on living,
and would rather destroy himself
than remain on earth,
though he had bread in abundance.
That is true. But what happened?
Instead of taking men’s freedom from them,
Thou didst make it greater than ever!
Didst Thou forget that man prefers peace,
and even death, to freedom of choice
in the knowledge of good and evil? '"
"Midway upon the journey of our life,
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost."
“'But ... that's absurd!' he cried, [flushing].
'Your poem is in praise of Jesus,
it does not blame him —as you meant it to do.
And who will believe you about freedom?
Is that the way to understand it?
That's not the idea of it
in the Orthodox Church...'"
(feast or famine...)
(you can't believe
what your feelings teach ya,
you've gotta go your own way,
spread your wings and
fly away over the sea
as it drowns the world)
"'But the little sticky leaves,
and the precious graves,
and the blue sky,
and the woman you love!
How will you live,
how will you love them?...
'With such a hell
in your heart and your head,
how can you?
No, that's just what you are going away for,
to join them...
if not, you will kill yourself,
you can't endure it!'"
"'Everything is permitted ...
everything is permitted, is that it?'"
(Catch all the rainfall
in your Blue Bucket of Gold,
where do your footsteps fall,
when you're getting older?
Every day I'm getting older..."
Come back,
come back,
come back,
come back,
come back,
from
The
Deep
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2. |
Letter To Self
02:40
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Oh, brother, you need
some time and space
away, alone,
just some time to think,
You've been carrying this weight
your whole damn life,
now it's time to let go of it,
(high) time to let go of
the habit you know so well...
Self hate and disdain,
tricks you into thinking
you're the one with the key
it's a disease, my friend,
oh, but it isn't the end,
You're free,
to just be,
as the Good Lord intends,
let the facsimiles fall,
(this knot is not
who you were
intended to be at all)
Love yourself!
Don't ever forget
your Belovedness
or anyone else's
Kindness isn't weakness,
(Love yourself!)
toughness is only defense,
When you gonna, gonna
start living for real?
When you gonna let yourself
drown in Grace,
Right now it's the opposite
of what you think,
You don't have to solve this Mystery,
You don't have to solve this Mystery,
You don't have to solve this Mystery,
let Him instead.
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3. |
Friends (Remix)
05:40
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It looks as if
we've found ourselves
way up in a tree,
Oh, it's alright,
if we stay a while,
I don't really mind it here.
I've got a lot of good people
on my mind,
I'm not looking to be
distant strangers,
Maybe we'll all sit out
by the campfire
singing kumbaya...
watching sparks fly up
into the sky...
I look at where
we are my friend
and it seems we've grown
apart somewhat,
Oh I believe in what
the distance brings
though I'm bound here
to waiting patiently.
I've got a lot of good people
on my mind,
I'm not looking to be
distant strangers,
Maybe we'll all sit out
by the campfire
singing kumbaya...
watching sparks fly up
into the sky...
(into the sky...)
The weather outside,
can't affect your mind
if you don't let it now
(oh you won't let it now)
don't let it get inside
and hide that light
you've got to let it shine
(you've got to let it shine)
I'm saying 'no man is an island'
we're together in this
'no man is an island'
we're together in this
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You And The Flume
05:38
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The sky
inside
and the silhouettes in view
amidst the subtle hues,
Moving
through
the scenes
and the motions
the motions,
And the rise
the ocean
and I
thought I saw
the water,
thought
I saw
the water,
but the grain
the grains
of sand
surrounded us
(oh, they surrounded us!)
while the visions
came and went
I could have been
caught up
in the mirage of
the barren land
beyond the fence
in an arid
sand nothingness
I could have thought
I saw
when the film fell off...
...You.
Sometimes
we survive
like animals
like beasts
in the wild
the Truth
so elusive
oh the sieve settles
and strains
distills
and all that retains
oh, but the shade,
drew away
and Your arms surrounded us
(Your arms surrounded us)
while the visions
came and went
I could have been
caught up
in the mirage of
the barren land
beyond the fence
in an arid
sand nothingness
I could have thought
I saw
when the film fell off...
...the likes of You.
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Misty
02:44
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Look at me
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clingin' to a cloud
I can't understand
I get misty, just holding your hand
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear
I get misty whenever you're near
Don't you know that you're leading me on?
And it's just what I want you to do
Can't you see that I'm hopelessly lost?
That's why I'm following you
On my own
When I wander through this wonderland alone
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty, and too much in love
Too misty
And too much
Too much in love
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6. |
Author of Life
04:26
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Who is the father of chaos and lies
and who is the author of life?
for all of diabolos's schemes and scattering
he surely must know he's in vain
And it takes a toll
(And it takes a toll)
"I can't believe what you've done..."
creation
groans and aches
what did the Spirit see
As it left the Son's broken body
And descended into a sea
Filled with souls locked in Dante's Dream?
Oh, how can a Father of lights from above
watch as his Son dies below?
for a moment it seems
the deceiver is king
while the Temple Veil tears into two
And it takes a toll
(And it takes a toll)
"I can't believe what you've done..."
creation
groans and aches
what did the Spirit see
As it left the Son's broken body
And descended into a sea
Filled with souls locked in Dante's Dream?
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Lazarus
01:36
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8. |
Age
02:12
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9. |
Nostalgia (Wurlitzer)
03:54
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rise
and fall
of empires so alike
and time
so constant
as the tide
lists
and strings
not trying to forget
and pace
so constant
as the race
so crawl out from underneath your skin,
you've been a'hiding in...
lift off that blind so you can see,
you're standing in the moment
is this a mirage?
or is it my heart?
hiding in corners of picture frames
keeping me awake...
and I didn't even notice,
that my camera's out of focus,
and the likeness of a sight,
'til it was gone...
is it too late?
moving
s l o w l y
d
o
w
n
these lanes
here in my
hometown...
how?
say what you wanna say,
remember everything
is memory everything?
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James Morse Atlanta, Georgia
singer-songwriter, sound-maker, ad-hoc arranger, painter
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