1. |
Call Me Blue
02:41
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Call Me Blue
The color of heartache
Echoed sounds of loss before black debuts
They can’t hurt you anymore
when they break themselves against you
The sea in a sky of songs you wrote for me
I wrote for you
We don’t take art for therapy
But it’ll do
Still in a bluish haze
No one ever touched me that way before
How did you reach me?
I’d like to know
I wanna go there on my own
The pallor of daybreak
Falling through a space in time without mood
Ashes to dirt on the floor
when I hide myself inside you
The plea in a dying song I wrote for you
Mortal savior
You don’t take hearts for therapy
But it’ll do
Still in a bluish haze
No one ever touched me that way before
How did you reach me?
I’d like to know
I wanna go there on my own
But till I know the secret
let me stay inside the poem
Jennifer Hughes
March 31, 2014
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2. |
Don't Speak in Tongues
04:47
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Don’t Speak in Tongues
I just needed a friend
Someone to remind me
I’m not alone in the end
I wanted more than reality
More than you could get out of me
when we were alone
But I broke your mind
tryin’ to ease my pain
Crippled you so I could walk again
You’re barely breathing now
some shallow hallowed vow
inside your lungs
Don’t speak in tongues
Don’t speak in tongues
I needed quantum space in time
to remind me
I’m so much more than my mind
The cryptic reeks reality
Until we open up our eyes to see
lies for the mind every time
But I broke your mind
tryin' to ease my pain
Crippled you so I could walk again
You’re barely breathing now
some shallow hallowed vow
inside your lungs
Don’t speak in tongues
I get down when you criticize
I'm gettin' tired of your pretty lies
That’s why I fantasize
Behind the burning seas of red
that swiftly drown me in my bed
Inside the refuge still for rent
Won't you raise me from the dead?
Tryin’ to ease my pain
Crippled you so I could walk again
You’re barely breathing now
some shallow hallowed vow
inside your lungs
Don’t speak in tongues
Don’t speak in tongues
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3. |
End of Daze
02:21
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End of Daze
Tame the wild mind
Trick to slow the vibe
You first discover music
and then you are alive
Money just for trade
Happiness delayed
Your true friends will stand with you
till the end of days
And she hears before I speak
My mind is wired, my heart is weak
& I won’t just wait here in her grace
the end of daze
the end of days
I fight inside the madness till I hear her say
It’s ok
Fault was in our stars
forsaken where we are
Turn your pain to politics
then you’ve gone too far
Money that you’ve made
All your debts repaid
Your true friends will stand with you
till the end of days
But she hears before I speak
My mind is wired, my heart is weak
& I won’t just wait here in her grace
the end of daze
the end of days
I fight inside the madness till I hear her say
It’s ok
It’s ok
It’s ok
It’s ok
It’s ok
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4. |
Halls of Sound
02:39
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Halls of Sound
Come on in
We’ve only started
Dwelling with the spears of sorrow
Full moon’s breakin' down the walls
in the halls of sound
You see the old lady
Lonely eyes
In the house where everyone comes to die
Caretaker’s underground
and no one cares anymore
They’re heaven-bound
in the halls of sound
On my knees
I’m only beginning
to wonder why before repenting
Some fools’ vows will fall
in the halls of sound
You see the old lady
Lonely eyes
In the house where everyone comes to die
Caretaker’s underground
and no one cares anymore
They’re heaven-bound
in the halls of sound
C PART:
I wish that you could hear me here
But my voice falls away and disappears
You see the old lady
Lonely eyes
In the house where everyone comes to die
Caretaker’s underground
and no one cares anymore
no one cares anymore
oh, no one cares anymore
They’re heaven-bound
in the halls of sound
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5. |
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The Lonely Mind (Don’t Go Back)
Play old records in your mind
& you will find
the ghosts of time
(the ghosts of time)
Eyes impair the way you see
you’re meant to truly read
beyond the signs
(beyond the signs)
Don’t go back to hiding
in your mind
‘cause you know you’re only going to find
that you’re alone
You’ll go back to counting every day
and you’re gonna miss the way back home
The life inside the poem
Poison flowin’ through your veins
You can tell it feels the same
inside your bones
(inside your bones)
Substance cannot stay the same
You have got yourself to blame
for what you’ve known
(for what you’ve known)
Don’t go back to hiding
in your mind
‘cause you know you’re only going to find
that you’re alone
You’ll go back to counting every day
and you’re gonna miss the way back home
The life inside the poem
You don’t see a gambled price
Till you finally roll the dice
You’re feeling bold
(You’re feeling bold)
Take a card and place the bet
Never knowing what you’ll get
is fool’s gold
(is fool’s gold)
Don’t go back to hiding
in your mind
‘cause you know you’re only going to find
that you’re alone
You’ll go back to counting every day
and you’re gonna miss the way back home
The life inside the poem
Don’t miss the life inside the poem
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6. |
Born the Day I Died
03:18
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Born the Day I Died
Prisoner of my mind
It’s not like I didn’t try
Trapped in everything
I thought that I wanted
Facing my damage
with diversions
The places I go
to hide my pain
oh, how it grows
I make it something pretty
What it takes
You don’t wanna know
The things we sing
While waitin’ for the end
Don’t know why, but we always seem to repent
I wait in the queue to say goodbye
But I won’t get out alive
I was finally born the day I died
Fade into stars
Sittin’, drawin’ art
Slapped by soundless rings
You wander through undaunted
Facing your heartache
with diversions
The places you go
to feel again
to feel whole
You make it something pretty
What it takes
I don’t wanna know
The things we sing
While waitin’ for the end
Don’t know why, but we always seem to repent
I wait in the queue to say goodbye
But I won’t get out alive
I was finally born the day I died
C Part:
I can’t compete with
the elation of my despair
Only I can do
what I do
when I get there
The things we sing
While waitin’ for the end
Don’t know why, but we always seem to repent
I wait in the queue to say goodbye
But I won’t get out alive
I was finally born the day I died
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7. |
For Your Amusement
02:46
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For Your Amusement
Got your invitation to stop by
Were we going to sit for hours
and talk about our lives?
I’m not doin’ anything
So I guess that’d be ok
But maybe you should know
I’m bleeding my disgrace
For your amusement
Watch me slowly die
For your amusement
Best seats in the sky
to watch my falling down
into the ground
without a sound
for your amusement
gone now
Do you really know me anymore?
Were we going to reminisce
on people you adore?
I’m not going anywhere
and it’s not nice to say
All this nervous nicety
evokes my rage
For your amusement
Watch me slowly die
For your amusement
Best seats in the sky
to watch my falling down
into the ground
without a sound
for your amusement
gone now
BRIDGE:
Distractions waste the mind
while I live another day
Feelings are just chemicals
but pain is pain
For your amusement
Watch me slowly die
For your amusement
Best seats in the sky
to watch my falling down
into the ground
without a sound
for your amusement
gone now
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8. |
Unwired
02:38
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Unwired
Drink your evolution
careful not to spill a drop
Killing time just multiples
each idle-wild thought
Dark-age smoky bar
Lookin’ at the Wasatch Range
bottom of the glass
and I'm finally fast awake
I'm unwired here
Sick and tired of the years
that wasted everything I love
before my eyes
Everything that meant something
was in disguise
The truth told lies
and I'm unwired
Still your devolution
before it gets too late to stop
Denegation underlies
your consecrated thoughts
Short cuts don't exist
Forcing me to recreate
Bringing up the past
is undermining fate
I'm unwired here
Sick and tired of the years
that wasted everything I love
before my eyes
Everything that meant something
was in disguise
The truth told lies
and I'm unwired
BRIDGE:
I've only got one hour left
before I’ve got to leave for good
so it would really help me now
if you just understood
I'm unwired here
Sick and tired of the years
that wasted everything I love
before my eyes
Everything that meant something
was in disguise
The truth told lies
and I'm unwired
Yeah, I'm finally fast awake
and I’m unwired
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9. |
Go Slow
02:03
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Go Slow
Everything here is going to break
Nothing will last that you can take
into the air when you lose your mind
Where it all goes
we never know
Leaves falling down
inside the cold
Just as you fall
that’s when it flows
Go slow
Slowly… oh…
Run to the hills when you start to bleed
None unaware can fill your need
Where we go on, you only dream
Life slips away inside the seams
When it comes back
we never know
Winter falls deep
inside the snow
Just as you fall
that’s when it flows
Go slow
Slowly… oh…
Ohh…
Slowly… oh…
We go
So slow
Then we’re gone for a while
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10. |
The Alchemist
01:52
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The Alchemist
The man who dies
leaves all his secrets behind
You can find
his wisdom if you read
between the lines
in a book
the words abandoned
You discover all the keys
to live the life you please
He is watching
through the starlight in the East
Supernova
finally free from gravity
Time has lapsed so deep into the space
but if you talk to him at night
he’ll show his face
The girl who cries
leaves streams of rivers behind
You can feel
her sadness if you sink
beneath the brine
In a look
Her scarf is flowing
You discover all the signs
but will not change your mind
She is waiting
in the fairytale moon
vast Orion
finally dancing to her tune
Time has lapsed so deep into the space
but if you call to her at night
she’ll show her face
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11. |
Ghost Inside the Machine
03:32
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Ghost inside the machine
I am the ghost inside the machine
You have never seen beyond my face
You will find me on your dying day
Mind over matter in the end
Standing till my thoughts grow old
Fighting just to breathe
I will finally set you free
Someday I will leave
I am the ghost inside the machine
Let me be your guide at any cost
Flaws become your compass when you’re lost
Mind over matter in the end
Standing till my thoughts grow old
Fighting just to breathe
I will finally set you free
Someday I will leave
I am the ghost inside the machine
Vessels tossed into the storm
caught inside a dream
Live a life worth dying for
‘Cause nothing's what it seems
Standing till my thoughts grow old
Fighting just to breathe
I will finally set you free
Someday I will leave
I am the ghost inside the machine
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