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Living Shapes
04:09
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You're the king of your castle
and you build up your palace
on a bed of quicksand
Meaning falls into upturned hands
bounces off fists that grab at them
and you are your own worst enemy
Salmon meet only mere acquaintances
pioneers trip over their own paths
they take a fall right through the ground
A monarch with wings
behold beauty and privilege
to reign and to gain
over jaded peers
whose only worst enemy
wont even look themselves in the eye
when before a mirror
they can only hope to die
before the inadequacy they feel boils over in their eyes
and washes away all the love in their beautiful lives
to laugh in their faces like clowns
unbearable ugliness arises with overwhelming anger
fire and flames clench like raging fists
tongues curl like cruel, scathing serpents
and the very flesh itself writhes like living shapes
that topple so easily without a sturdy base
but now
i hear in a splash
says begone demons, live as rain
for those who can release imaginary reigns
extinguish the hatred that defiles within
the envy, greed, and insistence to win
because every drop must fall
all the way to the ground
before carried back up to be in the clouds
their only choice is to trust in the unknown
and let be what lies beyond their control
what they then find is that no one's alone
progress relies on the combined efforts
of all a part of a cycle so vast it is beyond comprehension
and like a bird on a line they can take root anywhere
and make it divine
its not about where but how
you make the most of what you find
winged intuition is inherent in their decision
to call home,
sweet home
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Reminiscence
03:01
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[Instrumental]
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3. |
For Someone
03:35
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Wait out a mission
a misuse
Lay down in submission
and the distance
is distant
Whether or not you choose
whether or not it gets through
better off to get a hold of day
before it takes a toll of its own
in another name
Your blame
Way out, expansion
it's rising
and falling away
Lights out by autumn
its heat
not retained
Whether or not you choose
whether or not it gets through
better off to get a hold of day
before it takes a toll of its own
no one arranged
Your waste
Reach out for something
for something
to call
Reach out for somewhere
for someone
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4. |
What's Worth
03:25
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Comfort eludes
exert and lose
another book becomes a letter
crying overdue
knowledge as it were
or better yet say the pursuit
of words to describe everything
another can construe
time and time again
more is wagered than received
compressing stress into a mess
that words cannot conceive
frustration turns to fury
turns to jaded turns to worry
that time has passed
and filled in cracks
that will never turn out worthy
so sleep away another day
and curse the world as gone astray
Every look becomes deflating
when all fortunes have been fading
Hold
for what youre worth
for what you mean
is you deserve
to hold
for what youre worth
for what you mean
is you deserve
content is forced
ignore the source
to explore is such a chore
when application brings remorse
or purpose as it were
and left devoid only deter thus
abandonment and leave alone
becomes the preferred choice
time and time again
disappointment usurps amends
nullifying progress so that
no one can commend
what's inwardly pretending
to be spending energy
towards a misconception
or deception of living happily
and falling into relapse of living defensively
when every look becomes deflating
because all fortunes have been fading
Hold
for what youre worth
for what you mean
is you deserve
to hold
for what youre worth
for what you mean
is you deserve
hold for what youre worth
for what you mean
is you deserve
to serve all that youre worth
dont come between
what you deserve
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5. |
Axe, Whisper
04:29
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Falls like an ax, hits like a whisper
who plants an idea and fails to deliver
false cultivation promotes a lost cause
progress halts when the outlook is afterthought
Remains futile to expect to please
when blooming colors have yet to be seen
transplant potential to a fertile location
or uproot will with indecision
Allied to ease betrays understanding
a seed in drought needs more than commanding
Each new leaf turned reveals old side skyward
appearance feigned provokes wildfire
See the shadows from all the boughs
but within the bark, the heart expounds
allure to the novel and fortune may be
but you flourish deep, verdant green
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Reverie
03:23
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[Instrumental]
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Meridian Essence
03:46
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Can the tides surprise the moon
before the shores know theyre gone
see the world by afternoon
and still return if theyre wrong?
will the moon believe the tides
seek their own place to belong
with aspirations pushed aside
unjustifiable by the dawn?
In the wake of forever
captive to and answer few
and far beyond all nascent eyes
a stable aura of being is realized
the tethered ship mourns a wayfaring sea
achieves nihility from obedience
conflict contrived burdens peace of mind
repressing ambition accordingly
Each is left to decide to accept or deny
the essence that flows through the meridian
Can the tides surprise the moon
before the shores know theyre gone
is it ever to soon
to become what you've been all along?
To all those gathered here today, I ask
what moves you?
what propels you into incessant motion
and better yet, what brings you to your knees?
How content is a mind
that navigates anxiously around true astonishment
one that remains determined to adhere rigidly to subjective truths?
While hopeless impediments bend to the will of the aware
they glare forever into the flummoxed eyes of the entitled
await fulfillment in vain
that which is sought will not be delivered
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8. |
Wayward
03:54
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wayward come, wayward go
pinched buds learn to remain
stagnation onset undergoes
chewed through by thrips
chewed through by
desaturated and dried
flakes tend to slide
away from intention
routine presides
to uproot pride
in movement
wayward come, wayward go
tangled roots cant explain
how to appear unflappable
under constant reproach
under constant
self-effacing feel
unattainable ideals
that temptation's chasing
effort to conceal
and fabricate appeal
before all washes away
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9. |
Frontier
02:08
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[Instrumental]
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10. |
Watcher Watched
04:07
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mesmerized by creation
flame nods this way
unifying with intangible
flickering ethereal
the watcher watched
into dreams espy
complaints corrode
into dreams denied
frozen in flame
to keep from the cold
a breaths width between
humility and fool
the watcher watched
into dreams espy
complaints corrode
into dreams denied
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