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Kesh
05:17
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Kesh
(Lyrics- Peterson)
Crawl in the cage
Get locked up and be free
To grow and show your beauty
But under what a dim light
Born of a seed
Sown in captivity
Your voice is choked by the same dirt
By which it is nourished
While you lie in wait
For a chance to break free of your chains
You know you won’t see the sunlight
Til your rose digs out of your own grave
I heard your voice
Coming clean through the radio
Your so-called swan song sung
By a canary
It’s not a secret if nobody listens
It’s not a secret if nobody cares
They’re unaware
It’s not a secret if no one believes you
It’s not a secret if nobody cares
They’re unaware
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2. |
Shouted Down
06:23
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Shouted Down
(Lyrics- Peterson)
The room smells of saturation
The party guests complain
The wines reek of maturation
The gripes are overly strained
But there’s one man drinking it all in
While the rest are spewing swill
Someone needs to relieve the pressure
And he knows no one else will
His life’s an open book
But he won’t turn the pages
He employs a labored mind
Paying minimum wages
I’m sick of losing my voice
Buried in the white noise
I’m getting lost in the sound
Drowned out in the background
To cause a scene
You just need to scream
Craning necks to see who shouted
The party guests aroused
Notice the room feels a bit more crowded
With the grievances espoused
With one voice over another
A murmur builds to a din
She moves across to the defeated man
Once again suffocating
His life’s an open book
But she turns the pages
She extends a labored hand
Raking in petty wages
I’m sick of losing my voice
I’m getting stuck in the sound
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3. |
Flyover
08:47
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Flyover
(Lyrics- Trelstad)
Maybe the wind will slow some more so I can catch my breath.
This white out and black ice paint the Midwest.
Waiting for spring for half a year for just a glimpse of sun.
This windchill, I can’t feel my face. Freeway is frozen.
Sun dogs and hoar frost, still blinded looking down.
Dead air of nowhere, break ice to hear the sound.
Don’t sleep on Dakotas.
Take me to when my hands were warm and didn’t feel depressed.
The same thing year after year, the upper Midwest.
Just wait for the northern lights, watch your breath and feel the air.
Take a drive through a tundra night, white knuckles facing fear.
Don’t sleep on Dakotas.
No service and the straightened roads, flyover.
We’re still here.
Flyover.
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4. |
Widowmaker
05:27
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Widowmaker
(Lyrics- Trelstad)
Drop my lungs and crack the chest
I’m falling
Ice my heart and hope to live
Heparin
Widowmaker
Hook me up, go on pump
Oxygen
Better free the IMA
Conduit
Widowmaker
Take my veins, sew them in
Saphenous in sequence
Warm me up, bring me back
Protamine
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5. |
Strangers
05:50
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Strangers
(Lyrics- Peterson)
See you across the room
My gaze focuses on
A life so far away
Uncrossing my arms
I approach you
There’s trust in your eyes
Your smile uncompromised
Have we met
I don’t know yet
Since when did you start talking to strangers
Throwing caution to the wind
You pull the chain and let me in
Since when were you disregarding your instincts
You act like you’ve never been hurt
Haven’t we all
Didn’t your mother teach you right?
I’ve learned and lost so much since that night
Who would’ve surmised that grief never really dies?
But in the distance you catch my eye
That familiar face it once was mine
Now all I need is time
Oh do I
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6. |
Seasick
05:22
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Seasick
(Lyrics- Trelstad)
Seasick, I’m overwhelmed. My head is overboard I’m not feeling well.
Reel in, the tide has changed. Don’t know which way is north, the cloud’s covering.
Feeling the waves swell, everything is fog as far as I can tell.
Breath in, my mind’s astray. Decision making down, my heart’s sputtering.
I think I know what I’m doing.
I’m going down.
just make it home this time.
make sense of now.
Silence keeps the peace, the storm I have in mind is all that I can see.
Center, try to breath, the wind and waves are getting overpowering
Reason. L’appel du vide. Loss of care and give in to my mind again.
Never try to smile, the heart will show its teeth when you are cowering.
Your body protects your heart, but nothing protects your mind.
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7. |
Criminal
06:22
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Criminal
(Lyrics- Peterson)
I know my rights like they’ve been read to me
But I can’t plead the fifth knowing what I’ve done
One cut can bleed you out
One lie can instill doubt
If you’re thin skinned
What makes a phone call back
Feel like a heart attack?
Expecting white noise
It’s criminal
What am I getting away with
It’s criminal
What have I done?
I’ve lived a few lives. I’ve lived a few lives since then
I’ve lived a few lives trying to gain my innocence again
And now I can’t decide whether to save my pride or accept my judgement day
Cuz it’s social suicide, the dumb leading the blind into the fire.
I’m turning myself in. I’m turning myself into them. I’m turning myself in. I’m turning into them.
You can’t come clean when it’s a dirty system. It’s criminal.
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8. |
Written In Chalk
09:23
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Written in Chalk
(Lyrics- Peterson)
If you were deaf I’d sing a song about you
And we’d see how much reading of my lips you do
Unashamed I’d belt the verses out loud
But at the chorus I would shut my mouth
If you were blind I’d paint a picture of us
And I’d describe the colors to you if I must
I’d mention your shadow on the ground your silhouette in the stars
Leave out the detail you’re in my arms
What you want you don’t want ever going public
And if this gets out I just might try going through with it with you
There’s a lot I want to say when we talk
And if it’s raining I will write it in chalk
The script is perfectly composed by a patient man
But if you look close it’s in a child’s hand
What would you do if you were suddenly free?
Would you become the person I pretend you to be?
Would you come to your senses it was me all along
Or have you made your mind up just to prove me wrong?
What you don’t know you can’t ever hold against me
And what I don’t show is a captive of my bloodshot eyes
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