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Neon
04:23
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I was walking after midnight
Three AM to be exact
Crossing city limits
A heavy coat upon my back
Counting strangers as I passed them
All were hurried, eyes ahead
There is no trusting after midnight
When we're just looking for our bed
But I stared out from the overpass
On the downtown haze
Hailed a cab and headed toward it
In a bleary daze
The driver was slipping out
Could hardly keep awake
I prodded him with bony finger
And we rode swerving to someplace
Riding
I pointed to the densest neon
Made a motion to depart
When I stepped out the streets were empty
I let the color filled my heart
And with it full I asked forgiveness
With it full I asked for strength
I asked it of the swirling neon
And let my wish list turn to blank
It was enough to pose the question
I expected no reply
But spun around found my way home
And hit the sheets by morning time
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Flowers
03:53
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I called you up in the middle of the night
Called to wake you, that’s what I wanted
How you doing, hey, I’m alright
Just been having dreams, they’re mostly haunted
I’m losing count of when last we spoke
Finally quit numbering the days
And the years get blurry and your voice has changed
Suppose I only knew it covered up in pain
So tell me the colors of your wall
Won’t you paint a picture of your room
Are your street lamps humming, did they burn out again?
Are the flowers in your neighborhood in bloom?
I’m gonna bore you to death or at least halfway
I learned I’ve got a gift
Let me tell you a story that goes no place
Let the details slide, let the memories drift
What kind of person have you become?
Stuck between the lines or free?
You know I still get nostalgic in the glimmering sun
And rest my head in the weeds
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Allies
03:09
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I did everything in hopes that you would notice
Though I can't recall your face or given name
I believe we could have been the closest allies
Though I’ve nearly nothing to back the claim
You are my favorite stranger, soft and distant
We could've painted towns all wild and red
I doubt this just a little in the greying sky
When October falls and rests its turning head
If nothing ever reaches true conclusions
I’ll say it plain and just attempt the truth
I’m sure you don’t recall this brief illusion
Except on accidental evenings, dark and blue
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Rust
02:31
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Oh it seems with us
Though never quite the fools
Shaking off the rust
And abiding by the rule
That if something trickles down
Not needing to be much
An IV of your anger
A thimble of mistrust
I will watch you run with it
And listen to the call
And all the static under it
I will listen to the fall
If it is monumental
I’d like to tear it down
Throw out all the guidebooks
Spin ourselves around
Coming down the walkway
Uneven on the brick
Throw out the dim lit hallway
Flip the lights on quick
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Slow
03:46
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I don’t belong in this room today
I belong a few state lines away
The windows are wide, the view is fine
But I can’t do nothing but slow the time
Birds fade into the grass
The mountain shifts like an hour glass
Where are you besides my mind
And I can’t do nothing but slow the time
Look at the stars, don’t know a thing
I made up a map of the shit I think
Astronomy of the idiot kind
And I can’t do nothing but slow the time
Flew on a drift of the morning breeze
Think I was trying to catch a ride home for free
The way I feel feels like a crime
And I can’t do nothing but slow the time
A few weeks on where will we be?
How can I make the best history?
I wrote you a letter but on every line
Was I can’t do nothing but slow the time
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Shoulder
02:32
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Touch my shoulder the way you do
Come with laughter to my side
There are a few things to know this season
A drunk dream an empty road
A shaky hand icy cold
And you on the other side keeping it warm
You are no stranger I know you well
In a brief moment it was clear
The voice I heard would leave me shelled
Cleanly out two halves of man
Part sweet relief part yearning hand
I see it all before me wait
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Interlude
02:40
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Snap
03:42
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Something gives
A snap or twist
A break or bend
Slips through your lips
Your wildest dream
Fades from view
The curtain falls
The day is new
Facing out
There was so much to fear
And the old reminder
Still echoes in your ear
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Here Again
04:01
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Everything’s getting uglier around here
I didn’t ask it to but I had no choice
Sit down, won’t you buy me a beer
I’m empty in my pockets, I’m losing my voice
Gone away is the mystery of youth
I learned what it was once it had gone
Can’t say where I buried the proof
Dark eyes sparkling, the television on
Are we here again or is it my imagination?
Don’t you find that it’s to blame for all of this?
The false light, the clear sight, the revelation
I caught you singing to yourself
When they take us out of here
When they take us out for a ride
Are we crown jeweled and waving to the peasants?
Or tossed to the wind, to the side?
I traced your hand on the dance floor
As the lines drew heavier on my face
In the fear of what i was asking for
To the melody you hummed, we swayed
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Sam Moss Staunton, Virginia
"Marvelous, resonating, magnetic stillness." - Boston Globe
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