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Age of Reasons
03:13
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How did we find our way here
long ages in the dark dear
light flashes at the dawning
of the mystery rocks
and a vessel nestles on them
bringing foreign pollen
and we can hardly stand the volume
revolutions in thought
(chorus)
in an age of reasons
the signals pile up
in an age of reasons
we walk a tightrope toward the truth
like a charge between the contacts
or the changing of the guard shacks
there's a time for social contracts
to adapt and evolve
who shakes the gates around the tower
who takes the bait who plants a flower
how many days are there to ponder
before the battle is lost
(chorus)
decide okay - now you remember
realize the change- it is forever
it seems to me this shape we're inside
is Lethem's head
what's that view that changes yearly-
I know I grow
months to weeks and now it's daily-
I know I grow
all united, then divided
find the pilot on the comet
this one goes to the third eye
and away we go
how it shapes me so
in an age of reasons
the signals pile up
in an age of reasons
we walk a tightrope toward the truth
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2. |
The Stingray Seven
03:37
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cave mavens out of line for the thrills
tack carpets popping tires like they're pills
oh KRS's blasting masters so shrill- like a law
chorus:
put all your hands up in the air
you'll rock out and blackout on the stairs
while they sit in the death's head mountain lair
peel out with gravel thrown at the blinds
drink harder the germs are losing their minds
spin sideways anthropomorphize a snake
in the sun
hello cave bear what's your side of the dime
breathe backwards into the hallways of time
you said you liked it before the frontwater blades
chopped it down
(repeat chorus)
stingray seven, stingray five, stingray three, now it's the stingray one- then it's done
jackson faucets exit one at a time
the angel beat it out hair feathers sublime
oh did they get together without all the weight of a life
(repeat chorus)
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3. |
Karma Train
03:33
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there's a gear set turning
burns a friction whole into the mind
with an airtight seal unraveling
in the engine room behind
and it's burning morning oil
it's not too viscous anymore
but don't call the brain mechanic
he's got an arsenal to fell the forest
how much longer until we get off
it took us so much farther than we had thought
chorus:
I wonder what will this train become
and where did all of these tracks come from
a karma cave in the background
ever updating our changing route
stop the whistle's blowing
so lets look out on the rows
got departures and arrivals
with their baggage at their toes
and it's high time to embark
embark on who can ever know
well it's a secret karma train tour
moving onward through the misty mountains
how much longer till we get off
it took us so much farther than we had thought
(repeat chorus)
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4. |
Young Victories
03:41
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after the end we questioned what happened here
we had new thoughts
a puzzle pertaining to judgements of yesteryear
and second thoughts
the bane of the human condition, conditioning
that's enough, already
chorus:
young victories grow...
catching up on crucial reading
now it's like we're lucid dreaming
we clapped and we whistled for all the inspired thoughts
we smiled wide
and here's to the ones who dream up a storyline
for young victories
hold on we're almost there again
(repeat chorus) plus:
digging in to deeper feeling
now we're raising shortened ceilings
(in truth, I have no idea what the hell I'm saying in this next part, points for honesty?)
repeat chorus
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5. |
It's Back
03:45
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Well you're guarding maybe(s), tired of feeling damnable, want to alight on golden plains
You see the way we act it's back it's back it's back it's back, you see the way we act it's back
Saw a flash of lightning in the black light of the soul, igniting a flame that can't be smothered,
While apparently alone there's a crowd of lookers on, say hello make them glow
(repeat chorus)
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6. |
Puzzle Tin
05:09
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7. |
In the Memory Zoo
04:16
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I've got a sidecar cruise controlled
it's on a moonlit mesa ant patrol
it's coming here, it's not alone
psychogenic thought propelled
it's on a late night ride through single cells
it's coming here, it's not alone
it's coming here and it's not alone
oh can you here the open-ended song
we're on a moon within the sun
within a thought, within a drum
here's to the plan we'll open
up a portal in a paper cup
and we'll walk right on through
Highlight Reel encased in goo
it's gonna play again in the memory zoo
and we'll walk right on through
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8. |
Lovey Dovey
05:25
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He's the king of the garbage bags, on a weekend tour for the blind, he's the beta for fishing lure, just thread this line, for all time, there's a reason it's kept so high, clawing air and gnashing sky, this stronghold is fortified in a room behind the eyes
She's the queen of the highbrow stores, with flat ironed skies and she often takes leave of her funds for a mask she'll despise, there's a season for shedding skins in the friction of dashing dives, when the caverns are caving in she escapes- just in time
Lovey Dovey.....
Say you love me always baby, hear my heart beat fast
when I hear you coming near me makes it not so bad
you phase me you take me high in your home
I don't follow what you're saying but I like the flow
Out beyond the perceived resolve, where the currents cross through lines, there's a summery feel in fall, where the glowing collide
In the blink of a group of eyes, in the motion of darts and smiles, there's a seed we see set in place, in an instant it's a vine
Lovey Dovey....
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9. |
Goodbye Moon
05:07
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hello my baby where have you been
I've gone round in circles caving in
alone in a blackened thought balloon
sleepless with a fading goodbye moon
chorus:
my heart is a wreck
my brain's just as bad
so how do you do
you act so aloof
is this how it ends
or is this just pretend
my sadness is real
so how do you feel
like stone roses baby, to be adored
maybe it's our destiny to move on
i know I can't hold you in my arms
without the reminder of what we've lost
(chorus)
goodbye moon
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10. |
The Silver Divide
04:37
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shifting like a paradigm
settle on a place and time
picking up an arrowhead
and I'm walking on Waterloo
round the corner it's up to 80 8's how the silver's divided
camping on a tarp near tides
underneath the tall shore pines
found another longing now
we'll see what this flame can do
round the corner it's up to 80 8's how the silver's divided
native ring like the posthumous music
we make it a drip at a time
take another photograph
Yosemite Adams trap
piano player in the forest
he found a view
(repeat chorus)
we make it a drip at a time...
the silver divide
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11. |
Lampholder
03:12
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Given some love your knowledge informs patients
talk to the phone, the lampholder so sacred
the swan is burned out perhaps we can call electricians
walk down the hall, the scene in the walls I can't fake this
Hello My friend can you wallow and walk away
can you meander in solid rays, walk in the solid rain
can you be aligned
be aligned
you'll be fine
my motor skills blind
hello my friend
stand there alone
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12. |
Hub Assembly
04:19
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13. |
Golden Sweet Age
02:57
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at night diamonds sleep
where diamonds sleep
but it's a two party plan
put a call through to stretch the span
pitter-patter on lawns
but don't scare all the fawns
'cuz there's a time for release
so savor the quiet and the peace
carefully tagged, the doe and the stag
enter the field for this golden sweet age
can't pay some dues
and some win and some lose
but now the winners demand
that you crawl forth to kiss their hands
that you lay down and cease to stand
that you crawl forth and be so
carefully tagged, the doe and the stag
enter the field for this golden sweet age
repeat chorus...
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Justin Potts Portland, Oregon
Justin Potts makes songs, art and biological entities in Portland, Oregon.
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