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Wooden Stars
03:57
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I’m flying high beneath the lightbulb sun
But I came too close so crashed out on the rug
My ship is blown the bricks are everywhere
A dusty creature came by to stop and stare
Help me!
I don’t have the key
Won’t you help me?
Up there it’s said to be
A host of wooden stars guide your way home
Saturn’s rings and Mars of styrofoam
Through window in to night
For your final starry flight
Open it, you’ll find your way home
The creature brought to the Queen of Lampshade
And she told me the pieces that I need are deep within that cave
So I journeyed on and found the massive trunk
A man stood guard made of rolled paper, cloth and gum
A host of wooden stars guide your way home
Saturn’s rings and Mars of styrofoam
Through window in to night
For your final starry flight
Open it, you’ll find your way home
Help me!
I don’t have the key
Won’t you help me?
In there it’s said to be
I peer inside, find the pieces that I need
And deep in the corner, the key that sets me free
The window now open, to access the night
Fix up my ship, and blast into flight
A host of wooden stars guide your way home
Saturn’s rings and Mars of styrofoam
Through window in to night
For your final starry flight
Open it, you’ll find your way home
A host of wooden stars guide your way home
Saturn’s rings and Mars of styrofoam
Through window in to night
For your final starry flight
Hopefully you’ll find your way home
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2. |
Snow Day!
03:34
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Forecast shows 12 inches of snow
Must be lake effect from Ontario
I got my pencil in the freezer and it’s getting cold
That’s how these winters always go
The plows come in, but they can’t keep up
My theory and suspicion’s not just based off luck
The weather man says driving’s gonna be tough
As the news comes through that I can’t get enough - let it snow
I don’t care ‘cause I got a snow day
Let my obligations go
I don’t care ‘cause I got a snow day
It can wait ‘till tomorrow
I think I’ll build a snowman
And call him Jeffrey
Or Jimbo
Or Jeff
Or Jim!
Or Jefferson
Who knows?
The sun beats down through winter’s trees
The pines look like they're made of vanilla ice cream
Trekking through the woods at least knee deep
The next adventure is wherever you seek
Cars all over the side of the road
There’s some old guy yelling he forgot his phone
And the rest of the world is a swirly ice globe
Something only us up north kids know - let it snow
I don’t care ‘cause I got a snow day
Let my obligations go
I don’t care ‘cause I got a snow day
It can wait ‘till tomorrow
Yo, who wants to go sledding?
Sledding’s awesome
Until you hit the car
That’s not as fun
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The Patchwork Dream
02:52
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Taking out by layer,
Incision by incision.
Neatly winding down
To reveal heaving sanctum.
The final draw finds its mark,
Granting ingress to your
Smoke-filled room,
baleful and rotten.
Smut seeps from the stroke,
Dissipating into the
Nothingness of clemency.
Loving laceration,
Permit giving quarter
To a whited sepulcher.
Expel my harbored agony
Into the home of memories
Long forgotten.
Selective severing of careless
Blunders and broken bonds.
Freeing me in ignorance,
Birthing my patchwork dream
Of a preferred realization of you
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Under the Queen Sky
04:33
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Out by the island, and what do I see
A majestic scaled creature that’s staring at me
She glides through the water, sits up on dry land
With a puzzled expression, she holds out her hand
Under the Queen Sky
Under the Queen Sky
Throwing caution aside, she began to speak
And she told me of her people that dwelled in the deep
Large castles so grand made of coral and rock
But envious of those made with two legs to walk
Under the Queen Sky
Under the Queen Sky
She said “Won’t you come with me?
I can take you there
To our land filled with love,
Void of sorrow and despair”
I kindly declined
For I’d surely drown
So we shared our final moments
As the sun settled down
I watched as she dove and disappeared in the waves
Back into the sea, her home from which she came
But sometimes at night, when I hear the siren’s call
I remember her still and the wonder of it all
Under the Queen Sky
Under the Queen Sky
Bye
Bye
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5. |
Note
02:48
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[Instrumental]
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Brother Narev
06:35
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Ours is the righteous
Ours for the taking
Ours is the way that these sinners shall know
Come to me my children
And listen to my teaching
For the ways of our people
Will not be swayed
Keep in mind the usurper
The snake and diverger
A shepherd with intent
To lead our lambs astray
Give up your self interest
And look toward our fulfillment
As our Empire still grows
By thousands each day
For we, we are the Order
With no room for quarter
We’ve surpassed most their borders
They will soon meet their fate
We are the people
We are the chosen
We are the saints who will lead all mankind
We are the power
We are the justice
We are the Order of man held divine
Do you know of these sinners?
Dear Creator, how you must loathe them!
For they wield a powerful magic
Only darkness can create
And for this is why we must rid them
Take it back for our fellow man
Destroy this world of sinners
And make them all pay
We are the people
We are the chosen
We are the saints who will lead all mankind
We are the power
We are the justice
We are the order of man held divine
In the outskirts of the city
His head on a pike
As a warning to the rest of the Order
This is not the end of the fight
We are the people
We are the chosen
We are the saints who will lead all mankind
We are the power
We are the justice
We are the Order of man held divine
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James 1:5
11:29
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[Instrumental]
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8. |
Vampire Girlfriend
03:26
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I got me a new girlfriend
She’s quite the spunky lass
There’s just some things about her
That I don’t quite understand
She really hates the sunlight
Stays in the dark all day
Sleeps in a dank old coffin
But hey she’s really great
Wait ‘till ya meet her
She’s finally all moved in
And she brought along her pet
He’s a bat, his name is Alfred
He loves scratches on his neck and back
She’s also a great lover
Always biting at my neck
At first it wasn’t really my thing
But now I’m kinda into it
Wait ‘till you meet her
Last weekend we took a trip
So I could meet her family
It was out in the middle of nowhere
Some castle in Germany
Everything seemed to go fine
Until we got to dinnertime
And they served some dude on a platter
Used his blood for wine
And I said
Babe you just can’t do this
This shit is real fucked up
The plane ride home was awkward
‘Cause she’d seen I’d had enough
Soon after we broke up
And went our separate ways
There was just something about her
But I guess it was just a phase
Boy, I miss her
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9. |
When It's Time to Walk
03:53
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When the lights die down on the street
It's time to stop and breathe
Feelings come and go, but one thing remains
There's a message in a bottle
That I'm trying to get out
But the waves keep sending it back to me
No matter how hard I throw
Time to clear your mind
Let your world unwind
Good things come in time
But tonight, it's time to walk
The wind will always blow harsh
Whether late in July or the snow still in March
You gotta try to do your part when it's hard
I don't speak to a single soul
They're on the other side of the road
Where I'm going it's lonely and cold
Call the darkness my home
I'm at least a step closer to my goal
But I've gotta go at it alone
Time to clear your mind
Let your world unwind
Good things come in time
But tonight, it's time to walk
Let it heal your soul
Let it's wisdom flow
And fill up all you know
It's time to walk
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Some people live in a fortress
To keep the enemy out
Behind their walls of empty halls
The silence of loneliness falls
Some people live for tomorrow
Always looking ahead
Dreams shaped yesterday crumble away
As the sands of time bury today
If I could change the world
I would make new rules
Where tears only fall from laughter
A heart can bleed but not break
And everyone gives
Just a little bit more than they take
Some people dwell in their heartache
Feelings they understand
Afraid to let go from sorrow they know
So they can move forward and grow
Some people live in the background
Safe behind the scenes
Their own point of light is lost out of sight
Behind stars that brighten in the night
If I could change the world
I would make new rules
Where tears only fall from laughter
And everyone gives
Just a little bit more than they take
If I could change the world
I would make new rules
Where love truly conquers all
And time can heal all wounds
Dreams always come true
And life doesn't end so soon
If I could change the world
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Prepare yourself my student, for your final test
Your brother’s succumbed to illness, he’s on the verge of death
Go to the woods of Caligo, find the esis root
Only that will save him, we’re all counting on you
My life has now led up to this
My path ahead is clear
To save the only one in life
That I hold so dear
And all the things I’ve learned to spell
Yet I feel there’s something more
I’ve buried deep inside myself
A power I can’t ignore
The night is black where shadows crawl
I’ve learned so much, but there’s more to it all
Of bringing the life back into the dead
A wondrous cycle that becomes endless
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Don’t be alarmed, I’m a supporter of your father
You’re the the young Lili Vess, I can tell you’re his daughter
The root you are looking for is sadly now turned to ash
They just came this way, igniting the glade
All that is left are the ashes and the graves
Of brave young men who seemed to have met their fate
But I need that to save him
There must be another way
I have to find another root
There must be another glade
There’s no more root, no other glade
So you have but one option
You can bring raise the life out of the dead one
To make a better concoction
In the art of necromancy
To save your brothers life
It’s the only way you have now Lili
You must decide tonight
With the root in my hand
It glows a gold
It takes me to feelings
I’ve never known
The shadows bend at my will
They call my name
Now to hurry back
There is a life to save
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Crashing through the door she goes
Up the stairs into his room
By his bed there’s crowd
Pours the liquid down his mouth
Not a drop dribbles out
He awakens in a sweat
His eyes are black
His head is wet from the blood
A rage emerges like a flood
And the life that once was there is purely gone
What have I done?
Why is this happening?
Brother, will you ever forgive me?
What I thought would save you
Has turned you dead
A raging corpse is all that is left
He rushes out and down the stairs
Screams are heard from everywhere
The blood sprays up on the wall
And the heads roll down the hall
The undead menace does not fall
The spark inside of her ignites
And it sends her through the night
Into space, out of time
Swirling in a ghastly flight
‘Til she lands deep in a swamp
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I don’t know where I’m going
But I sure know where I’ve been
I’m riding down the mountain
Moving on to the road ahead
So many possibilities
Where they’ll lead me, I don’t know
So I’ll go where the skies tell me to go
Yeah, I'll go where the skies tell me to go
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Ned Greenough Syracuse, New York
I write songs about wizards and rivers that kill people. I hope you like keyboards!
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