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Lewis & Clark Landing
04:40
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Lately I've been thinking about the ocean
And the warm sand that sits beneath your feet
How the freezing tide can change and shift your body
And you know what it's like to get swept to sea
Everything around me is always changing
What I'd give to keep in all in place
Everything I've got is on the table
Wagered all I have left to lose
Every minute passing feels like an hour
This game we play isn't one we always choose
Rolling dice is fun when you play for money
But when we play for keeps I'll pass them on
I'll be jumping off of bridges to see if I can swim
Falling from the sky to see if I fly
Rolling down a rock face to see if I can climb
What if I can't?
Is that all that I am?
On a highway a little west of the city
The twilight says what I already know
"Can you keep a secret?" I ask the dashboard
There's nothing like the feeling of coming home
If I could find a hill to watch the sunrise
I feel like I could finally disappear
I'll be jumping off of bridges to see if I can swim
Falling from the sky to see if I fly
Rolling down a rock face to see if I can climb
What if I can't?
Is that all that I am?
Is that all that I am?
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2. |
Flyover Lights
03:39
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I was born on a Saturday night
In the womb of a funeral pyre
I don't remember a single thing except you were dancing
In the river where they say I died
Truth is I was buried alive
And in the water I could hear you dancing
I'm ceaseless dreaming under flyover lights
Here lies the body of a rock and roll suicide
There's no such thing as history
It's a lousy record played on repeat
But as the needle scratched we still were dancing
Everything that there ever was
The glowing stars we depend on upon
They could all go dark and we'd still be listening for the...
I'm ceaseless dreaming under flyover lights
Here lies the body of a rock and roll suicide
If there was only time
To answer all these questions
Is it worth the ride?
Do you have the gumption?
Is it terrible to say
that after all these days
of crawling on my knees
I'm still just guessing
Even though I never learned to speak
And I got blisters on me hands and feet
I'll be rolling across the floor 'cuz I feel like dancing
When the cabbies have left for the night
and they finally turn out the last light
it won't matter 'cuz I'll still feel like dancing.
I'm ceaseless dreaming under flyover lights
Here lies the body of a rock and roll suicide
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3. |
Sand Mandala
04:40
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It's been years since my last visit
But the little things bring me back
The scent of her hand soap
And the buttons from a guitar strap
Frozen cookies in the oven
Fresh snow on the balcony
Sunshine on the carpet
A box of wine and DVDs
I never saw it coming
I was caught by surprise
By cicada's calming chorus
The smell of green grass at night
Intercepted handshakes
Breakfast in the afternoon
Netflix in her bedroom
A kiss that's way overdue
That was the first time that color filled the room
The realization blinding
You were always mine to lose
I'll create the spaces
I'll cover you with white
Give me the strength to be spotless
I'm letting go
Letting go
Goodbye
Maps above the doorway
Usher in a whole new life
I saw it out for miles
But I was caught by surprise
I'm the thawing out of winter
The coming of the spring
A spectre in the window
Waiting for nothing
I'll create the spaces
I'll cover you with white
Give me the strength to be spotless
I'm letting go
Letting go
Goodbye
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4. |
Movements
04:52
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The other night I had a dream
You were the happiest you'd ever been in a world where I did not exist
And as the sun did rise
I knew this life we're living was barely at all mine
I think it's time to make a choice:
Between the grass that should be watered
And a future with a daughter
I've got a bone to pick with you
And I still have questions
Are we standing still tonight?
Is it just the world that moves?
The constellations tell no lies
But back and forth, we do
I used to think love was the end
The riddle, the plan, the scheme;
The key to everything
As it came to be
That loving yourself should've been first instead of me
Every time you're forced to choose
It gets more difficult to win and even easier to lose
I've got a bone to pick with you
And I still have questions
Are we standing still tonight?
Is it just the world that moves?
The constellations tell no lies
But back and forth, we do
As this rock we're on revolves
Is the universe expanding or
Are we collapsing on ourselves?
I've got a bone to pick with you
And I still have questions
Are we standing still tonight?
Is it just the world that moves?
The constellations tell no lies
But back and forth, we do
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5. |
Sea of Trees
04:28
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Blue sky
Stomach churns
Sun high
I feel it burn
It's a good day
It just has to be
It's a good day to be set free
Sayonara
I'll see ya tomorrow?
Sayonara
Goodbye friend
Parking lot of empty cars
I wonder where all the people are
So I slip under the waves in a sea of trees
I think it's finally time to get some sleep
Sayonara
I'll see ya tomorrow?
Sayonara
Goodbye friend
I see you
Out on the limb
We're so fragile
Like Christmas ornaments
Warning signs I did not heed
All the bad advice I did not need
I walk amongst the trees; I'm not alone
High in the canopy I'm going home
Sayonara
I'll see ya tomorrow?
Sayonara
Goodbye friend
Twilight
Moon shines
Eyes close
I think it's time to rest these bones
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6. |
Waiting
02:29
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Waiting for you to change how you feel
Guess I'll keep waiting
Looking through the windowpane
At the life I had
I threw away
Sun pours in
I am drenched in the light
Exposing sins
This world you built
You let me in
I should just go home
I'm an alien
All we have is hope
For a way to not feel so alone
All we do is wait
For someone we love to change
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7. |
Avebury
03:48
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God damn
I just wanted to hold your hand
Why does that make you so mad?
I suppose I don't understand
In the van I know you were pretending to sleep
You didn't have to talk to me
I just wanted to hold your hand
I can't cast a spell to make you love me
say a prayer for diamond rings
draw a card for picket fences
I guess I'll just go home instead
So I left the hotel on my own
I went walking through Soho
then I sat under the glow of the moon
On this island unfamiliar
Where everything is backwards
but the sky looks just like home
I can't cast a spell to make you love me
say a prayer for diamond rings
draw a card for picket fences
I guess we'll just go home instead
Throw a wish
In a well
Leave it there
Forever
Why'd we come here?
Do you even care at all?
This wasn't fun
This wasn't fair
In the circles and the squares
Just close your eyes
It's like we were never there
I can't cast a spell to make you love me
say a prayer for diamond rings
draw a card for picket fences
I guess we'll just go home instead
Have a day I'll see you never,
Ever waking up in your bed
Snow is falling Sunday morning
Guess I'll just go home
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8. |
Twin Cities
05:10
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April 25th, 2007
After months of battle I was losing the war
I was stuck in the north
Where it smelled like piss from behind concrete doors
You were sleeping in south
Kid, you're batting in the big leagues now
It's entirely fucked
How are we here when we're both so young?
We talked about cope,
The brick, the pills, and the rope
You gave me a little hope
That somebody else had known what I know
In the quiet of night
The standing water begins to rise
Expand your lungs and breathe slow
nobody does it alone
Picked up perspective and went on my way
Put in the work and hoped for change
Wish i was sober when I'd talk to my friends
But I'd still drop you a line every now and then
You said you were doing fine
Mostly sober trying to stay out of sight
Finally had your faith restored
You saw God's beauty and what it all was for
I don't want to be average
This life I never imagined
It's hard to be honest
Even when I try
In the quiet of night
The standing water begins to rise
Expand your lungs and breathe slow
nobody does it alone
Two more trips 'round the sun
To undo the work that was done
I'm older now than you'll ever be
Your circumstance is a mystery
I wish the work that went in
Wish it would have worked out
Wish you hadn't thrown that brick
And instead built a house
In the quiet of night
The standing water will rise
I don't know where you are, but I hope that you know
No one does it alone
No one does it alone
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9. |
The Flood
03:48
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My eyes are red
Heavy and burning
From losing sleep
And thinking about all the things
I'll never be everything they could need
I'll never be anything at all
These cloudy days drift so slowly
Like sheets of ice on the winter sea
Gray afternoons
I'm missing mornings
There's got to be another way
I spent three days
Talking to picture screens
And hearing ghosts
Tell me about all the things
They'll never be everything that I could need
They'll never be anything at all
These cloudy days drift so slowly
Like sheets of ice on the winter sea
Gray afternoons
I'm missing mornings
There's got to be another way
Bridge F#m Em, last time D F#7
TV static on my brain
Change the channel go away
The ever louder dripping sound
It's just the flood to wash me out
These cloudy days drift so slowly
Like sheets of ice on the winter sea
Gray afternoons
I'm missing mornings
There's got to be another way
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10. |
I Wish, As If
06:10
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It was a beautiful day
To walk over the bay
The smell of salt in the air
The cold wind in your hair
Sacred and mundane
I wish there was time
I wish there was hope
The grains of sands will fall
As do the rest of us all
Into the water below
As the minutes went by
You felt the salt in your eyes
Getting sick of the breeze
Smells like death from the seas
I've always hated goodbyes
Do you see through
Pink clouds in view?
In the cover of twilight
When you've had your fill
You started gnashing your teeth
Started biting at me
Moving in for the kill
After regaining senses
The daylight is violent and rude
The air is toxic and thick
Like an oil slick
Soon we'll be swimming in crude
Now I see you in nature
I see you're stalking my dreams
Did I just imagine?
It's like it never happened
But I feel everything
Yeah we never listen
We never learn
And then question
Why everything hurts
Wish i'd seen
The view from the ground
But it's too late to turn back now
Do you see through
Pink clouds in view?
I can't fix what is broke
Can't give back what you stole
As if
I'd cut off both your hands
Never touch a heart again
I wish I wasn't here
I wish I'd disappear
As if
I wish it didn't hurt
That you'd get what you deserve
I can't fix what is broke
Can't give back what you stole
I wish
As if
I can't fix what is broke
Can't give back what you stole
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11. |
Wash, Rinse, Repeat
03:20
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You can build a home out of sticks and stones and mud
But it'll get washed away by the rain and ensuing flood
If you survive rebuild it under the sun
But lo, on the horizon it's another storm front
We seem to be hopelessly
Doomed
To wash, rinse, repeat
So tell me which person to believe
The one who blows kisses or the one who bites and screams
"Everything will be different, everything will be better, you'll see"
Is said with a wink and a smile through sharp teeth
We seem to be hopelessly
Doomed
To wash, rinse, repeat
Apologizes not I'm ready yet to say
Forgiving speech not ready yet to make
Eventually everybody goes away
It won't really matter and we're probably both to blame
We seem to be hopelessly
Doomed
To wash, rinse, repeat
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12. |
Try
04:37
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I admit that I've been absent
I admit that I've been miles away
In my head
With these misgivings
And regrets that will seal up my fate
Tonight let's start a fire
Tonight let's burn it all down
I am the match
And we ignite
When we collide
If you still think that we could be something
I will try to keep these wheels turning
Deliver past the storm clouds forming
I will try if you think we could be something
I don't have the answers
Well I...
I got no fucking clue
Every day, just improvising
It's absurd that it makes sense for you
Well I just can't be super
Well I can't even be a Clark Kent
Because he at least was decent
But I?
I got no fucking clue
If you still think that we could be something
I will try to keep these wheels turning
Deliver past the storm clouds forming
I will try if you think we could be something
I thought it'd be easy
I thought it'd be like counting by two's
Never dreamed I'd be so lonely
Never dreamed that I'd be singing the blues
If you still think that we could be something
I will try to keep these wheels turning
To deliver past the storm clouds forming
To keep this beating heart pumping
To keep these tired eyes open
To keep these burning legs churning
I will try if you think that we could be something
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International Creeps is the musical project of Ross Turpen, occasionally joined by friends and collaborators.
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