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a pinched nerve in my neck again
is it some kind of upside down inside out medicine?
to look ahead, and not back to then
hello humble, my old friend
a sense of time, a sense of mine,
it's good to kiss them goodbye
and what you find, with every sign
will ameliorate your climb
so he wasn't making any sense
but where do you get off thinking you're the only one that's heaven-sent?
it's not your place, there's no reflection meant
simmer down discard the sentiment
a sense of time, a sense of mine,
it's good to kiss them goodbye
and what you find, with every sign
will ameliorate your climb
beyond something that I read about
this ego, I want to live without
now it might seem strange, with all this space in there
but you clean out the attic, and you can travel, anywhere
and wash your face but see no reflection there
you change it to love become so aware
that a sense of time, a sense of mine
it's good to kiss them good bye
and what you find, with every sign
will continue to fill the air
every time, the blurring line
will ameliorate your climb
and oxygenate your mind
hallelujah
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my suryanamaskara A
showing me things are OK
but sometimes you've got to pray
this crazy world will sway
and our hateful ways
will evaporate
I can't wait to get, I can't wait to get back,
I can't wait to get back to my sweet & simple gravy
it's time to break, it's time to break fast
I think it's time to break this fast from my garden temple lady
my suryanamaskara B
showing me just how to see
unmaterialistially
most undeniably
I've got to put in my time
and it ain't easy
I can't wait to get, I can't wait to get back,
I can't wait to get back to my sweet & simple gravy
it's time to break, it's time to break fast
I think it's time to break this fast from my garden temple lady
sweet and simple
nature is the temple, and the gravy
I've got to fill out that bloody application
and give my blood donation
so many complications
in this incarnation
for my soul's transmigration
I can't wait to get, I can't wait to get back,
I can't wait to get back to my sweet & simple gravy
it's time to break, it's time to break fast
I think it's time to break this fast from my garden temple lady
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The Subsequent Chapter
03:55
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oh those eyes, and that stare
a snippet of dialog, that caught me unaware
on your bike, I on mine
you know I think it was a ticket to a paragon so sublime
the subsequent chapter
is what I'm after it's not later, this after
it's right here, and we can change our fear into laughter
as above, so below
you know I headed back to the bike stand at choices
to see if you would show
but by then it was ten
and you were gone and golden
and I was at the bitter end
the subsequent chapter
is what I'm after it's not later, this after
it's right here, and we can change our fear into laughter
yeah it's a fine day to put this song in swing
and talk about what you bring
that means everything
and later on days by-gone
but the day of the election lingers on
and what of this time? sped up and blind
is this the coming of an eschaton?
cause there's a cavalcade of signs
the subsequent chapter
is what I'm after it's not later, this after
it's right here, and we can change our fear into laughter
oh those eyes
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Say Something
05:47
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You couldn’t tell me, with that mentality
What it was about me, that schoolyard shove in the chest to incite
And in the lines between the tiles in the porcelain room, I wrote why
And I couldn’t tell you, couldn’t muster the words to tell you
What it was that made me stop, and not confront you
in the lines between the tiles in the porcelain room, I wrote why
We should’ve been saying something, not pushin and shoving
Saying something, so simple it’s tragic, saying something
He couldn’t tell his eldest, let alone his youngest
What it was about his own, childhood family madness
in the lines between the years I can picture him writing why
The shelter in silence becomes a mutual, mental violence
That won’t let go, where’s the common sense
in the lines between the years you wind up writing why
When should be saying something, not pushin and shoving
Saying something, from little steps comes the magic, saying something
Tell me we’ll be speaking soon
And he couldn’t tell her, even though his divine was her
What it was that mystified, and also his fear amplified,
And he let too much time, he let too much time pass them by
But one day he found her, at the end of his rope he tethered,
He finally opened his mouth, Began to understand her
And in the lines between the tiles, he could begin to erase why
Cause he was saying something, not pushing and shoving,
saying something, so simple it’s magic, saying something…
Tell me we’ll be speaking soon…
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Those Three v.2
03:08
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Just one more thing before I go
do you have any more wild seeds to sow?
'cause I've been here before, I said to her from the door
and things could get ugly, that's for sure
with those three, not so insignificant words
before you go using them with me, those three
"Well just how many times have you been committed?"
she had to ask, I said, "how many times have you been denied and
omitted? and out on the Lougheed Highway when nobody's going
your way, and the rain keeps coming down and the rain keeps
coming you know when you need
those three, not so insignificant words,
you've got to have needed them to be, with me"
but after I left, I couldn't help but regret it
cause none of what I said is true
I know those three should be as free
as rolling my girl towards me
when we're dancing, she looks at me, she says:
"What is the meaning of life?" and I’ll say
"it's probably John Cleese and a wife, yeah,
it's something that's after, it's something that's during and before
and while you can look to the future, I'm just here to give you a
present, it's those three I'm knocking at your front door
I mean those three, not so insignificant words
I know that you're needing them from me, those three
I know that you're needing them from me
I'll do my best to make them free
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