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Open
01:55
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(1970)
good evening.....
tonight's production will be performed with the accompaniment of the oscillation and synthesizer enthusiasts of northern minnesota.....
be advised, when you hear the following chord (Fdim).....
this chord is used during this production to signify death, suffering, and other gravely negative effects. we ask you to please use this information accordingly.....
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Normal Problems
03:41
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life is fine
i'm dreaming out here
beauty king i'm coming home
50 miles per hour if it's okay to you
'pleasure isle', the name of the book
sits for me
i love the way the spring appears
and things get warmer
snow turns to sun
things could be better
but i'm surviving with my days intact
and things could be harder
but i can't complain, easy on the brakes
chapter 1, 'soot of the tortoise'
island life
vacation days are coming soon
i wonder if this puts me in the mood
characters are introduced here
metaphors are coming through here
break for food, i'm dreaming out here
islands sound so nice
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3. |
Sprint
03:18
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he's coming up faster now
a phone in the hand he controls
he needs to know you
he needs to show you
i don't wait around
i gotta go...
so what?
so all you have to do is dream of me
and the warm, it will come
when everything comes from a withering hand
you will find my strong hum
suppose it doesn't have to be this way
a quiet life in the aisle
whenever you decide to go away
hiding out in the isle
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4. |
Alabaster City Creature
07:57
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speak and spelling
weep and welling
getting draining at this old house
opera ceilings
pagan feelings
he is creasing in your old blouse
so climb into this bed and write
success is on the right
up the stairs it goes
did you have a taste?
old man's closet, snow in the backdrop
cars are crashing
hurts been gnashing
making smoke up the olden way
paranoia from appolonia
but arabella is singing loud in the night
into this bed and write
success is on the flight
up the stairs it goes
did you have a taste?
old man's closet, snow in the backdrop
when they wake up now
will they feel like how
they could ever think it was smart? stop
i miss all the times
when i could sit and say 'i could nothing today and it's fine'
when it's the weekend day
i'm expected to finish the work of the week
i'd decline if i could
i could afford the good house
if only i put in all of my life to this clause
but i won't...
it waits...
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night fell
and i, the shepherd
unconcerned
strike me down, apemantus
i walk the night alone
there's no one behind me
who's the bad man?
is he going away?
i want to go home
but i don't know what home is
what goals do i have?
and what support do i need?
i don't know
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6. |
The Tortoise
08:49
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the tortoise walks on by
he has been through the mud, it's been 50 years
and carol doesn't see
that the tortoise would walk if there's something wrong
but everything's so clear
another year, the sun is a savior
and everything feels fine
another time, the warmth is a savior
he carols all alone
in her radio box, she makes out some noise
in the concrete enclosure
she can see that the sails haven't come around
one word that hasn't sent
and another is gone, there is no reply
and carol's all alone
she can make out some life but she doesn't know
but everything's is great
another day, the sun is a savior
and everything is fine
the radio lies, the life is a savior
and everything is green
another scream, the depth of a savior
those summer tears stay blue
but another hue will come from your neighbor
here, the light grows more and more
the dark sensation hits the box
carol tries to figure out
but you can't stop the boats they rock
(Fdim)
the island's all alone
with the sun and the sky and the kissing clouds
the trees have turned to dust
and life turns estranged
in the strangled air
and everything comes clear
from carol's tears, the dark is a savior
when everything is gray
for this one day, the servant a savior
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7. |
Pathway to Heaven
03:22
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this time i'm gonna stop and watch the clouds
you never should til you're out in the burning world
this life's been haunting me for several days
but my antidote has been right here, unfurled
i'll take the day out
one step onto the path you've made for me
it's lined with roses and tulips, a scent of
green, green grass upon the hills of tuscany
we'll dot the map and we'll make our home unseen
i'll take the day out
when you're out of it
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8. |
Thoroughbred
02:45
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norm...hang on, i'm gonna record this...
reserve for none but a makeshift task
fingers to split and a knife to mask
sings so divine, it's a killing spree
taking me out on the local streets
coming up fast, it's a country fire
gasoline makes for a funeral pyre
up on the hill is an abandoned house
statues about in a purple blouse, it's doused
patience for one but a few is much
swinging this chain for a truth, that's rough
cleaner than sheets at the greenest dot
planting a seed on the perfect spot
hose with the horse, he's a thoroughbred
and races the stone with the coldest dread
but one of these days he will break the gates
and jumping the fence, he will dissipate
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9. |
Pageturner
05:31
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i am not a stranger to this land
so i open up this book
and what do i find?
the land a - mu
and what do i find?
the land of youth
i am but a transport to this world
with my literature in hand
and what do i find?
the land a - mu
and what do i find?
the land of truth
and what will i read?
the change of youth
and what will i see?
the text of truth
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10. |
They Went Outside
03:20
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now that sunnier days have appeared
i drain my head of all of my fears
this afternoon, i think i'll go out for a while
no cars to come for me, and no one stops for miles
norm comes around once in such a while
when he's done with his work, we both smile
this afternoon, i think i'll be outside a while
no cars to come for me, and no one stops for miles
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