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towards an opening
00:28
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2. |
all the livelong day
02:32
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all the livelong day and the long dark night
what do i do?
dream about you
from the first time that you came in sight
suddenly my gloomy old sky turned
magically bright
you'll find we're perfect casting, you & i
will love that's everlasting
will i leave you ever?
never never never
all i live for now is just to hold you tight
all the livelong day and the long dark night
no chance you're taking chances
taking me on
believe when this woman says:
summer spring and fall time
you're my one and all time
all i live for now is just to hold you tight
all the livelong day and the long dark night
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3. |
the centre song
05:33
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the middle of road is the hardest to uphold
the well worn paths outside of me
tend to present only the extreme
spoken so loudly you can hardly make out
what they mean
C: the middle way is doomed, due to lack of volume
when the messengers shrink for long enough to breathe
inhale deep and start to think
to choose a path rather than be towed
a load behind their guiding light
too often the pull is strong and we go along
let others choose the course of history
lights so bright we can't see
another option? what kind of potion are you drinking?
C
there is no way but thinking
the path of the middle ground sees the whole of it's surroundings
this leads to perspective, unfortunately
once rejected the outside will continue to spew
their vulgar positions will envelop you
as their voices swell your thoughts dwell
in the silence amidst the screams
to continue to exist clear the head daily for sustenance
C
unless
the voices grow so proud
the talking heads can't hold their ground
ears will ring when the outsiders' cry is gone
stillness, silence, it won't be long
before we hear the centre song
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4. |
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7 days till i see your face
7 days till i'm in your place
7 days till i know if we're friends
or if i should prepare to be lonely
said the other day, i made you happy
just to think of me made your day
though i felt the same, couldn't push from my mouth
any meaningful words about you
been saying for years "i don't need your kind
one way track to tears and i don't like crying"
now tears have been shed and i don't understand
why i can't forget you
think that you're what i need
that you're everything
that i need
what does that mean?
i'll know in
7 days, will you take what's yours?
7 days till i receive the cure
until then every note that i pen
every thought that i send will be about you
7 days then we'll see
7 days, won't we?
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5. |
the way we never were
06:20
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we were supposed to be
like Jack & Suzy
two kids in the yard, it wouldn't be that hard
on you at least
you envision a reality that never was
never could be
just a sketch of some false memory
a time when women were everything
they were meant to be
C:
the way we never were
will we ever find the cure?
the way we never were
will we ever find, will we ever find the cure?
you knew from the start
i would never play the part
be the keeper of your castle
why would you want the hassle
of forcing your love to walk behind you?
she wants to walk beside you
even catch you when you fall
in my imperfection i will stumble too
but where were you
when i called out for you?
C
too busy chasing
some stereotypical goal
don't you see, you'll never fit the mold?
they set the bar so high
even the greatest men must fold
but they'll hide their failures from you
so you'll sing the song anew
the way we never were
what you'll aspire to
who? who are you?
who are you trying to please?
only you know what you need
C
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6. |
snow
02:21
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snow
fills the fields we used to know
and the little park where we would go
sleeps far below, in the snow
gone
it's all over and you're gone
but the memory lives on, although
our dreams lie buried, in the snow
sometimes the wind blows through the trees
and i think i hear you calling me
but all i see is
snow
everywhere i go
as the cold winter sun sinks low
i walk alone, in the snow
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7. |
interlude
00:51
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8. |
reckless
03:00
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i hear some songs are written
just to take away the pain
this one's to remind you
some things never go away
cause you're reckless
reckless indeed
reckless with a friendship that meant something to me
ever since the day i met you
i loved you from the start
for years i sang your praises
set you a breed apart
but come to find you're just like everybody else
you only care for you and you alone, no one else
let's call you reckless
reckless indeed
last time that we spoke you just didn't seem to see
i've lost my faith in you
went and did something i'd never do
played a game of fast and loose with the truth
now there's nothing that you can do
well
i forgave your sister when she broke my brother's heart
i'll forgive you this one too, but
forgetting's going to far
that's just reckless
reckless indeed
reckless to forget that you're too selfish to see
that you're reckless
reckless indeed
next time i'll remember how you're prone to be
instead of writing down my problems just to push them away
i'll pen a fist full of mud just to throw it in your face
i know it's reckless
reckless indeed
next time best think twice before
crossing me.
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9. |
needs (prelude)
02:52
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10. |
needs (redistributed)
03:52
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it's all desire
it's all desire
it's all desire led you to me
then you found out you could talk to me
threw a wrench in your plan
so it seems
you couldn't stand to fuck a woman
with mental capabilities
she just might see
the truth in me
not that you wouldn't mind having a good time
desire remains although i brought you pain
it's just that when the morning comes
you'll feel the need, explanation
respect leads to obligation
it's all desire
it's all desire
it's all desire so you left me
to spend the night alone while you went home
with some little wench you could screw without the stench
of responsibility
it's haunting now, your memory
nothing to respect, just in then out but yet
you didn't know i would've gone
done the deed you wanted done
it's all desire
it's all desire
it's all desire let you do me
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11. |
time laughs
04:54
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if i knew the name of every mountain
i crossed on the way to yours from mine
perhaps i'd know the way to make you love me
the only one who knows now is time
time has a way of holding answers
just one or two or twenty steps away
from understanding
yesterday
time passed on and out my heart you wandered
till one day a letter crossed my path
you'd found your flaws you'd taken me for granted
do i cry or throw my head back and laugh?
laughter shakes and keeps frustration
far enough away that i can last
another day, another day, another chance
for time to pass
if i knew the name of every mountain
i crossed on the way to yours from mine
perhaps i'd know the way to make you love me
but the only one who knows now, is time
time has a way of holding answers
the truth cuts but clarifies the way
laughter helps to keep the pain at bay
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12. |
ida lupino's last stand
07:42
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is it?
is it now?
is it now in season?
is it really alive?
really lovely?
ida's idea
has it known how, that you'll do what you say?
you could not do
what you don't know how to
tighten right now
tighten right now
tightening your trousers
all that's left to say
if it was in season
gently right now
gently right now
tightening your trousers
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when i talk with ida
everything is clear
time is not important
when there is no fear
when i heard her calling (i was locked in her dreams)
calling my name
slowly i am certain
i've never been the same
time is not important (i was locked in her name)
calling my name
when i talk with ida
then there is no fear
time is not important
tightening your trousers
time is not important
time is not important
tightening your trousers
time is not important
time is not important
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13. |
space outro
00:34
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qualia Oakland, California
Qualia is the auditory outfit spearheaded by Alison Niedbalski.
Her devotion to music became apparent
early on, spending hours spinning records, playing classical piano, & arguing with other children who "loved" the Beatles but had never heard of Harry Nilsson.
After an affair with academia, she moved West to teach Philosophy and found herself forming a Band.
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