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Dream
02:12
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We’re riding in my truck on a hazy, beautiful day to see some bands at a festival. We’re talking and I hear you laugh and see you smile. I think about how good it is to see you. You look healthier and happier than you have in years. It feels like you’ve been away. Then I remember.
You ask me to please wait for you as you drift away. I hold your hands as best I can. I want to hug you. “No, you come with me now. Just because no one’s ever done this before doesn’t mean that it can’t be done”
This is how my day began.
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One
03:02
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Driving the wrong way
without escape
train on its track
an explosion of pain
You thought you had nine lives
but you only had one
thought no one noticed
believing you were alone
The one who didn’t survive
will never know
It doesn’t go away
like tinnitus in your heart
You once were so happy
you seemed so sad
what changed in your direction with
all the love that you had
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Just Thinking
02:23
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Gone are the ordinary days
with it in the back of your mind
Waiting for the realization
of it all to be just fine
while you’re sitting there
burning your soul
while your heart does the talking
Go figure
just thinking
Sometimes you sit and holler
every thought that’s in your head
even though nothing changes anything
and not what could have been
Is it love that you hold on to
or is it something now
you don’t recognize
Where’s that leaving you?
With it in the back of your mind
waiting for the realization of it all to be
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Remembering Stories
01:04
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Capricorn
03:29
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In a room back in my head
there’s always someone
screaming inconsolably
I can hear them sometimes
and it makes me sad
Laughed at myself on a Wednesday
looking to find the truth
then the rain came down
and washed everything away
and I’m never going to see you again
You only ever promised me
one thing and this isn’t it
you knew l was terrified
and could never learn to live with it
In a room locked in my head
everything is black and gray
and if I reached out and touched the rain
it just wouldn’t feel the same again
You only ever promised me
one thing and this isn’t it
you knew l was terrified
and could never learn to live with it
Laughed at myself on a Sunday
thought it was all l had
then the rain came down
and washed everything away
and I’m never going to see you again
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Black Swan
03:08
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Bill Reed Providence, Rhode Island
Turning sound into mental pictures.
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