1. |
Follow Down
04:03
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I drum my chest, as I wipe my mouth
Look down my nose at you
and claim that "I am the stronger one"
But I close my mouth to blow my nose
Know I notice the hole in my chest
Watch us follow down evil, (evil)
come on down and watch us hide
come and see us succumb (succumb, succumb, succumb)
Mother Culture in our ears
Watch us follow down evil (evil)
come on down and watch us hide
come and see us succumb (succumb, succumb succumb)
Mother Culture in our ears
You close your eyes to sharpen your claws
you bear your teeth at me
you claim that yours is right and mine is wrong
but you open your eyes to look at your paws
know you notice the marks down your back
Watch us follow down evil, (evil)
come on down and watch us die
come and see us succumb (succumb, succumb, succumb)
Mother Culture in our minds
Watch us follow down evil (evil)
Come and follow down feeling, (feeling)
follow down into the pinch
come and see us become (as one, become, as one)
our visions working in our hands
Come and follow down feeling, (feeling)
follow down into the pinch
come and see us become (as one, become, as one)
our visions working in our hands
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2. |
Maria
02:44
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Ever watching witness, gazing through the glass
watching from the window
and never moving fast
Ever watching witness, face pressed to the glass
watching from the window
and every breath his last
Sound grips night so softly
with silence in his hands
he's drunk from his obsession
with drinking from the past
Maria, Maria, Mar-eeeeeeeeeeee-uh
Somebody knows
Sound grips night so softly
with silence in his hands
he's drunk from his obsession
with drinking from the past
Maria, Maria, Mar-eeeeeeeeeeee-uh
Somebody knows
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3. |
One More
05:00
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Round eyes of a child I saw in the garden
great thick stone walls of my limitations
vetch-vine stitch-twined six inches thick
a blanket over my barrier
One more as we had the time before we met each other
One more as we had the time before we met as lovers
I grew old and one day I climbed upon the wall
the truth of man and suffering was all I saw
Landscapes like sandpaper patch-work quilts
stitched with threads of the ashes of our lies
One more as we had the time before we met each other
One more as we had the time before we met as lovers
One more as we had the time before we met each other
One more ...
One more as we had the time before we met each other
One more as we had the time before we met as lovers (ad infinitum)
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4. |
Ga-roove
04:20
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5. |
Behind a Mask
04:59
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I hide my face behind the mask
for fear, for fear, for fear
I hold my pain inside
for fear, for fear, for fear
I wear the mask to hide my fangs
for fear, for fear, for fear
I should realize, I should realize, I should realize, I should be alive
I should realize, I should realize, I should realize, I should be alive
I should realize, I should realize, I should realize, I should be alive
I should realize, I should realize, I should realize, I should be alive
be alive, realize:
Everything will be forgiven, 'cause my demons,
they don't speak for me, they don't speak for me,
they don't speak for me...
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6. |
The Garden Party
04:14
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7. |
Into Your Hands
03:20
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Hold a candle to my eye
light the flame and watch my hot hot wax tears drip
Into your hands
A shard of green glass to my fingertip
press it softly and watch my hot red blood drip
into your hands
A strong-grip glance from nut-brown hazel eyes
speak with with tender words and watch my soul drip
into your hands
into your hands
into your hands
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8. |
Leave You Behind
06:01
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Take a look at the world around you falling
is there really anyone here at fault
who is to blame?
who is to blame?
who is to blame?
who is to blame?
They want to leave you behind
They want to leave you behind
They want to leave you behind
They want to leave you behind
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9. |
All That Matters
03:45
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I can say anything
and all that matters is the way that I feel
when I say it
you can do anything
and all that matters is the way that you feel
when you're with me
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10. |
Recollect a Record
04:54
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11. |
I Believe That's Love
03:55
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I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
Why was I so afraid?
what made me run from you?
what made my love delayed? I wonder
What made me hide so long?
I can't change the past,
I can only change me
but I still believe in you
and I love you for you
and I believe that's love, oh baby yeah
Why'd you love me like you did?
What your heart so strong?
how could you give like you gave? i wonder
what took my heart so long?
I can't change the past,
I can only change me
but I still believe in you
and I love you for you
and I believe that's love, oh baby yeah
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
I believe (believe) that's love (that's love)
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12. |
Nycole
03:54
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John Bickel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia native song writer and recording artist/ botanist
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