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Janus Eyes
03:38
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staring into Janus eyes
crouched down in the middle
fire cracking the sky
compliments of monkeys
and their missiles
your god and mine
got our head in a vice
made of greed
and avarice
no mother tongue
no chosen ones
we're equally flawed
and precious
light and shadow
filed for divorce
but pulling apart they'd
cease to exist
so we still gotta find
ourselves in each other
to the slow decline of stars in the lid
for all our hyperconnectivity
we're better at tin cans and string
so i'll meet you my friend
in ten billion years
galactic address of Milkomeda
watch heaven twist her lips
into wry coyote smile
love is a dare
devil may care
this may take awhile
free will is a knife
cuts both ways
we take the sting
to get the honey
they say living hard
living's easy
til you risk all
you're merely surviving
but oh how we cling to our stories
for our very lives
while human laws fossilize
watch heaven twist her lips
into wry coyote smile
love is a dare
devil may care
this may take awhile
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2. |
Two Two
04:57
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two two tuesday
so much to do today
so i try reaching out
get out of bed
put the kettle on
keep your head up
let your guard down
never turn your back
on the waves
sneak up on ya
tumble under
get up and do it again
get up and do it again
get up and do it again
look out
look out you
lookout you might
look out you might
like it
indiana grass is cool
wind is long
takes her time remembering
through a porthole
was it sea or it sky
first widened your eyes
stand on a hill
sway and howl
at the moon
bend back
like a willow
close your eyes
it's not on the outside
you're the beating heart
the rain in the sand
your own deep well
pull that bucket up
pull that bucket up
pull that bucket up
lift off the animal mask
layer by layer
what keeps
generating
what keeps
generating
what keeps
generating
two two tuesday
fall into the fray
strength wrapped in fragility
chain mail steel
blue morpho wing
flaps til jupiter
rolls backward with
her pearl moons
when your mind is
stuck in a groove
pull the plug
fall forward
heart first
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3. |
Life Sentence
05:10
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schooner skim the night
spinnaker billow
phosphorescent light
sail the frequencies
ever shifting
pull treasure up
from the deep
shadow only
distance traveled
between
points of light
suns and moons racing by
raindrops on portholes
trickle
trails like teardrops
breathing like a tree
never reaching
terminal velocity
ringing in your ears
echo in back of your head
second hand slowing
til you're light years ahead
drifting particles
universe of broken rules
elegant punctuate
each life sentence
fibonacci a spine
every moment passing
crows land round your eyes
tattoo a smile
catch memory
snowflakes on your tongue
dissolve into you
doorways and tunnels
we hide and we seek
higher resolution
each frame closer to
home within range
we hide and we seek
higher resolution
each frame closer to
dot on horizon
drifting particles
universe of broken rules
elegant punctuate
each life sentence
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4. |
Of This Dirt
04:24
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so now you're smiling
wider than time
busted free of this
wheel of age
hours click forward
and backward
helix spin down
below up
for the galaxies
you are the sound
the earth makes
thunder that bursts
through the clouds
wake up your electricity
show me you
show me me
facets of one
shining sun
singing in unison
trading harmony
fat or tall
skinny or small
we're all of this dirt
teach me your philosophy
show me your horizon
draw me round
your boundary
keep me in your sights
friend you are my enemy
when it serves me right
one way or another
we all get there together
all of the lines
we drag through the sand
are the folly
of one hand
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5. |
Water Is Life
03:02
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water is life
water is us all
water is life
water is us all
black and brown and white
flowing through us all
in it together
flowing everywhere
mni wiconi (water is life)
water is life
water is life
water is life
brown and black and white
flowing through us all
om
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6. |
Candle And A Knife
04:50
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powdered sugar
coffee and fried dough
clouds huddle
like the people in the road
ladies round the next table
with their eyes all looking down
lost in their devices
together and alone
seem to have forgotten
how the conversation goes
all thumbs and digits
ones and zeros
just before the sky cracked open
storm flashed in my eyes
i avert my gaze
so you won't catch me when i cry
you take my hand
rain runs rivers through the town
if i wasn't running
i'd a laid down
standing under shelter
call your mama on the phone
sound of her cooking and cleaning
feel like home
while ladies on the tv screen
are at each other's throats
seem to have forgotten
what to reap
what to sow
the nice man at the counter
rubbing voodoo charms
just to help us all
keep running
into each other's arms
but maybe all we need
is a candle and a knife
to burn away
cut through what ain't right
and shine a light
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7. |
Les Enfants
00:59
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et les enfants
qui pleurent quand ils voient le soleil
où sont leurs coeurs
qui va découvrir leur secret
et nous qui ouvrent la voie
une génération sans le nord vrai
que dirons-nous
nous trouvons notre propre chemin
English translation:
and the children
who cry when they see the sun
where are their hearts
who will discover their secret
and we who lead the way*
a generation without true north
what will we say
we find our own way
(* the literal translation of “et nous qui ouvrent la voie” into english words is “and we who open the view” which is how the french say “lead the way” - i love this)
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8. |
Chatter Chatter
01:21
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chatter chatter
clink and clatter
chop chop
hammer
build a home of imagination
thin air
inspiration
broken glass
tumbleweeds
bottle caps
rocks and things
weeding
pulling
pretty
weeds
chatter chatter
clink and clatter
chop chop hammer
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9. |
A Small Star
03:11
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a small star in a vast sky
no known constellation
hardly of consequence
in the company
of such bright
luminaries
hard to notice
her burning
hydrogen for joy
helium desire
leaden longing
golden equanimity
elemental emotion
atomic state of mind
uranium inquiry
quicksilver curiosity
solitary strong
she educates herself
alchemically
greedy gravity
make molecular
constellation
only the weightless
are immune
even thought is heavy
mass of a line
on a page
consequence of a dream
or a story told
pushing air around
in little ripples
some cruel
and some
kind
a small star
in a vast sky
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10. |
Before Sleep
02:29
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11. |
Aiye Omode
03:10
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aiye omode
uhia uha i ao uhia uha ao
aiye omode
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12. |
Spell
02:09
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13. |
Leap I
02:43
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Artemis San Francisco
Spectral keyboard washes and sinuous dance beats set up a feeling of warm alienation while Artemis’s voice heats things further. Over the thump and shimmer, she croons with detached fervor, the music dissolving in a storm of pixie-dust disco until a rude riot of effects snaps the tether and she vanishes. ... more
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