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Light and Heavy
04:11
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Light
Light and heavy
Consecutively
One after the other
Blinded by the words
One opposing other
It passes by
Without taking notice
Why
A stupid question
It doesn't matter
It's not important
It’s always staring me in the face
There's so much hatred in this goddamn nation
How many more must die
We just keep watching the whole world die
It passes by much too quickly
Please slow it down love
You slow it down my love
We can arrange it
Make that rearrange it
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2. |
Worker's Lament
04:48
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There are voices growing in the city
There are people turning old before they're thirty
There are people confused from too much too early
There are memories
I’m much too young to feel this way
And everyone I know is acting just the same
So how could it just be me
Still I could be projecting
Instead of introspecting
What does it take to just be free
Of all my responsibility
To this greenback worshiping society
And all the stress it brings to me
And all my friends are stressed like me
There are accidents reoccurring
There are people turning old before they're thirty
There are people confused from too much too early
There are memories
Children in the street they're learning
To live alone and beg for bread
No home at the age of ten
So what does money mean to them
What does society mean to them
An old bum once said to me
That they are going to get me
I wonder what they did to him
They're out there running things he said
They're out there running things he said
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3. |
Little Bird
03:22
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This bird flew through the door
Crashed and hit the floor
Couldn't see the glass
He held it in his hand
We watched it try to fly
Then we watched it die
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
We buried it outside
Blew it kiss goodbye
She began to cry
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird
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4. |
Walls
06:20
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I listen th the voices through the walls
All I think of are the empty halls
No window to be seen through
No welcome how do you do
She once was near me
I went away
Saw her again the other day
I can see myself
I can see myself changed
But I can't find the bridge so I still feel the same
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
The talker what can he say
To make an ear come to lend
The gamer what can he play
To make the watchers all join in
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
When a man is nosy he wants to comprehend
When a man is nearby he just wants a friend
When a door is closed it doesn't mean don't come in
Distance tends to ask the question where’ve you been
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
Will the light burst through the room
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5. |
Stepping Back
04:27
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Stepping back
To check the time again
Looking down
To hide my face again
Much better than now could be tomorrow
If only because
Tomorrow’s not today
And now the world
Can’t hide it’s sorrow
Can't hide at all
We cannot deny
We cannot deny
We cannot deny
Change
Change
Change
Change
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6. |
Relations
05:16
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Instruments of injury
Development of industry
Walking through the factory
Intimate with machinery
Resurgence of feeling
Resurgence of spirit
Destruction of apathy
Resurgence of quality
Walking faster
Calling outward
Summoning
The force of revolution
The fresh face of desperation
No motivation
Synthesization
Imprisoned nation
Through recreation
Now we begin
With each little fragrance
Emitting from the burning
Feebly injecting
The source of fabrication
The opposite reaction
The true interpretation
The only way of being
The only true direction
A source of information
A source of motivation
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7. |
A Guess
03:26
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Trying to find a good way
Trying to live with no pain
Oh and there’s a lot of roadmaps
And they all lead to the same place
But they all have varied legends
Symbols to know signs to read right
Places to stop when you’re lost at night
But how do I know the signs not backwards
Mythology and Legend
People have a hard time
Grasping on to something
With no basis in fact
But I want to believe
I wish that there were something
Something full of comfort
Something to believe in
Somebody to pray to
Somebody who answers
But nobody answers
Oh life isn't worthless
Life isn't empty
We've got to find our own way
We’ve got to make a difference
I like to meet the god and say
Religion has distorted
All that you have started
They use it for their own gain
They like to wield their power
The helpless don’t deserve this
They’re still praying to you
Listen
They think that you can hear them
They think that you will help them
It’s time to wake up god
Until then I don’t see you
I’ve never even known you
I believe there is goodness
It’s in the hearts of people
And it is very spiritual
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8. |
Dishwasher
01:58
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It’s kind of insane
That someone I know could do something like that
It’s really a shame
I just never thought he was someone like that
And he is to blame
But its just a reminder you're closer than you ever thought you could be to the horrible terrible truth of the nature of humans as they are exposed to oppression of political physical spiritual instincts
You could say we were friends
I gave him the dishes he washed them at work
I practiced my Spanish with him
And it’s hard to believe someone I called amigo
Could tie up and molest that young girl
But it’s just a reminder of things that you see every day but are easily forgotten with your feelings suppressed
You’d think you would have a reaction to this violent action
Like anger and rage
But it passes right by you
As quickly as the channels change
And it’s just a reminder of things that you hear every day but are easily forgotten with your feelings suppressed
You’d think you would have a reaction to this violent action
Like anger and rage
But it passes right by you
And soon you are feeling okay
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9. |
Complaining
03:13
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You say all the time
I’m lucky you're a friend of mine
You’re always bragging to me
You don't see the things you do
You give out all the blame
You’re always complaining to me
Me
I think that maybe you're going on an ego trip
Your head is getting to big yeah baby get a grip
I think that you're going to fall oh come on take a slip
If you want to be my friend at all you better come on down
From your high horse baby
You're angry and you're mean
You always let it out on me
You're always yelling at me
You’re blind to your attitude
You always cut me off your rude
I wonder if you’ll ever see
See
I think that maybe you're going on an ego trip
Your head is gonna explode yeah baby get a grip
I think that you're going to fall oh come on take a slip
If you want to be my friend at all you better come on down
From your high horse baby
Baby come on down
Get your feet on the ground.
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10. |
Aggravated Cultivation
03:45
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It takes a long time to find
It takes a long time to find a home
Kind of approach it from the side
But you can never leave it alone
Just try
Try to zone in
On the one thing that makes it right
On the one thing that makes it whole
Just try
It takes a long time to find
It takes a long time to find a home
Kind of approach it from the side
But you can never leave it alone
Just try
Try to zone in
On the one thing that makes it right
On the one thing that makes it whole
Just try
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Tom Markey Austin, Texas
Tom Markey weaves his unique sound from sonic explorations in rock, punk, pop, ambient, and beyond. His songs are infused with a sense of justice and humor in the face of darkness. He draws inspiration from space travel, books, and dystopian visions.
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