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(forever) out of here
05:07
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God, make me into a bird
with the strokes of the glowing wings
up ahead
out of here
no, not a glance down
remember no one
God, make me into a stone
to be thrown by a mighty hand
up above
up ahead
all shiny and cold
and never to land
o, if i could be a dog
to go rushing the fields of rye
glorious, glowing-eyed
lost for evermore
joyful and wild
o, if i could be a fern
to grow up on a gleaming hill
a secret place where nobody goes
and nobody knows how it feels
forever
out of here
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sleepwalkers
06:37
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where am I going
nobody knows
on the darkest night of the year
an icy path ahead
in the full moon glow
we are sure to gather here
the snow covered woods
stiffened and mute
under the dazzling trees and twinkling stars
the clouds drifting low
and here we go
all of us heartbroken friends
the desperate sleepwalkers
joyful and weightless
our eyelids fluttering like butterfly wings
the wind in our heads
warm in our chests
for we know and remember nothing
we’re whirling, spread arms
in this dervish dance
embracing the Great Bear and the Northern Cross
wild flames in our eyes
but before the sunrise
we’ll go back to our rooms
back to our scars
the luminous sleepwalkers
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up!up!up!
04:29
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A place where the ground meets the air
On the borderline between here and there
Stretched out on tiptoe
I beg the earth to let me go
And the gravity
To lose hold of me
Behind the cloud foam
And the azure dome
Of the atmosphere
The stellar blaze
The outer space
Icy and clear
Somehow I gotta go up
Anyway I gonna go up
Staring at the sparks on the sky slope
And the star-way stairs
Hand-raised waiting for a spaceship or a satellite
To pick me up
Take me there
Behind the cloud foam
And the azure dome
Of the atmosphere
The stellar blaze
Icy and clear
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back into the light
05:06
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let all the rivers run backwards
count the days from the last to the first
let the Universe squeeze into a dot
and return
back to the Big Burst
all unborn
cold and pure
we’ll flow back home
to You
crimes of the past all undone
babies safe back in the wombs
let us
welcome the glorious squads
of the Light
in the blockades of our rooms
all unborn
all crystallized
we’ll flow back home
into the light
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clean
06:16
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A hundred lashes
All over the ribs
Broken bones I’m
Beating out the one who’s in me
A hundred slashes
All over the wrists
Cutting signs I’m
Scaring out the one who’s in me
Out of my chest with a bash
Out of my veins with a splash
Out of my throat with a moan
Go go go
Out of my head with a burst
With all the pain and dirt
Out of my throat with a moan
Go go go
Now I know I know I know I can’t stand
The insanity of bearing you within
Your sinews twitch inside my hands
Cold swirling breath under my skin
Now I know I know I know I can’t stand
The insanity of bearing you within
I am I am no longer listening
All I want to be now is clean
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sleep
04:33
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sleep
a pillow of cold rocks
a tight wooden box
a firm earthen bed
dead child dead
a mouthful of sand
tiny white hands
a young poplar root
grasp my foot
but there oh there above
a swarm of flies drones
the beast once loved
comes digging the bones
but no scream
the blue tongue curling numb
oh in that sleep
what dreams may come
a place
where no sun beams
the scattered dreams
the small broken birds
the songs unheard a pillow of cold rocks
a tight wooden box
a firm earthen bed
sleep sleep, sleepyhead
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Anastasia Minster Toronto, Ontario
Noir Chamber Pop based in Toronto.
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