1. |
Childlike Empress
05:02
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I saw the last sunset
through an alien eye
I felt no anger
I felt no fear
just chemical sadness
the childlike empress
watching her wishes
disappear
in earl grey twilight
I watch the tide
when silently
sun and moon collide
the childlike empress
who lives in my soul
searches in mirrors
longing for home
the empress is now an empress of nothing
wandering the void eternally
alien eyes, alien skies, purple and silent
shifting hues of twilight interspersed with blackness
she feels a little sick
the nothing gets to her
the sleeplessness, timelessness,
wanting to curl up, dig to the bottom,
finding there is no bottom
only swirling void
nothing she remembers is here
on an alien beach she saw the sun and moon collide
and everything that she knew was no more
everything has been destroyed
the empress is now an empress of nothing
wandering the void eternally
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2. |
Starlight
03:24
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is it colder where you are
are you frozen in place
a marble being
but not the marble we know
not the hard part, no
the in-betweenness
oh starlight, you’ve got nothing to hide
won’t you come into my mind
lonely
the final frontier of reality
the dream we share
held by a single tether
we nail it to the ground
our falcon minds are bound
a thousand taloned claw
draws magma from the core
of in-betweenness
oh starlight, you’ve got nothing to hide
won’t you come into my mind
oh starlight, you’ve got nothing to hide
won’t you come into my mind
oh starlight, you’ve got nothing to hide
won’t you come into my mind
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3. |
Make it Real
04:59
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let me try it this way
tonight
step out and lock the door while
amber streetlights look on
headlights awake
in the dark night a small car pulls away
into the grey
I’m tired of the distance
I wanna make it real
I wanna come home
I wanna make it real with you
mystery no more
by the time the sun rises
I’ll be somewhere in Michigan
dogs bark in backyards
while coffee trickles in the pot
pink sky
I’ll be flying by
on the interstate
following signs
the sun
I’m gonna make it real
I’m gonna come home
I’m gonna make it real with you
mystery no more
mystery no more
mystery
I pity the sky
for it has chosen to marry the wind
a metaphor circling in
what was supposed to be
a body at birth
but what is now caught in a dream
the smile within
the glow is real
the love I’m feeling like never before
for which I’ve longed
is just a drive, an overnight
into the arms, no fight or flight
let me try it this way tonight
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4. |
Shadow of a Shadow
02:48
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every little sound
I am listening
the fire hisses
tiny explosions
are big to someone
crawling up my leg
twisting like a vine
shadow of a shadow
who else could it be
who would come to me this way
and who else would it be
is it my time?
or are you just reminding me
how deep the dark is
in between the stars
and how long you must sit
to befriend the dog that bites
befriend him all your life
the grouse did not dance
did not beat or wild
just stared
shadow of a shadow
who else could it be
who would come to me this way
and who else would it be
is it my time?
or are you just reminding me
how deep the dark is
in between the stars
and how long you must sit
to befriend the dog that bites
befriend him all your life
befriend him all your life
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5. |
We Are Blood
04:34
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I’ve never met you but I love you
I’ve only known you from afar
and you’ve only seen me on your TV screen
but we are blood
thicker than the time that’s ticking
heavier than the rock in the garden
but lighter than a hummingbird in flight
can you feel the air rise
can I be the sun on your skin
can I be your song on the wind
can I be your friend
thicker than the time that’s ticking
heavier than the rock in the garden
but lighter than a hummingbird in flight
can you feel the air rise
circling high, thermals rise, I can feel you
circling high, thermals rise, I can feel you
‘cause we are blood
thicker than the time that’s ticking
can you feel the rock, it’s rolling
lighter than a hummingbird in flight
can you feel the air rise
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6. |
A.W.I.L
03:49
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come on
this is how we work together
can you feel my heart beating
can you feel my joy
can I open up now
we fear so much
I’m always in love
come on
this is not a struggle
this is the day you were born
and the day you’ll die
it’s where we live
it’s when we live
we fear so much
can we always be in love
here you are
here we are
silent and staring
who will give and who will break
who will give
can we let something live
can we let it live
can we let it live
ooh, can we let it live
I’m always in love
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7. |
Heat Potential
03:34
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keep your head, keep your head, keep your head up
off the floor
I know you can’t unsee it
but here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
the earth is turning
on its axis
outer space is a place outside you
but what if there’s room inside too, for
heat
potential
heat
potential
heat
potential
to try something new
how did you sleep
would you believe that I saw you dreaming
your legs were twitching
were you racing horses
or could you jump high enough to touch the ceiling
yeah were you floating
and when you woke up to find walls
were you obsessed with cracks of light
and where others saw sheets of ice
did you see
individual molecules
just waiting for your
heat
potential
heat
potential
heat
potential
to try something new
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8. |
It's All Around You
03:32
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spawned by the sun
expelled by a sunbeam
incredible force
incredible heat
landed on the planet
formed, unfurling
here among everything
all you could ever need
it’s all around you
it’s all around you
I didn’t know I was hungry
I didn’t know
til I saw it all laid out in front of me
where I come from
you don’t talk about things like these
you don’t talk about things like these
you don’t talk about talk about any anything
it’s all around you
when you reach out to touch it
it’ll be there
it’s all around you
but you’ll never see it until you do
reach on through
it’s all around you
it’s all around you
I didn’t know I was hungry
I didn’t know
til I saw it all laid out in front of me
where I come from
you don’t talk about things like these
you don’t talk about things like these
you don’t talk about things like these
you don’t talk about things like these
you don’t talk about talk about any anything
it’s all around you
when you reach out to touch it
it’ll be there
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9. |
The Thing Is
03:22
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stick me here
stuck in
stop time
let me try
this
over and over til I get it
over and over til I’ve mastered it
and then let time flow again
when I can ride on top of it
on top of the world
on top of the flow
the thing is, I started from below
and I had no one to tell me how
and I always needed love
well I guess i’m learning now
that I have always been alone
the love I needed was my own
and the thing is, as I become one with light
I become invisible
the dark distracting mess of mind
dissipates and leaves behind
I’m unrecognizable
the story I was telling you
it fades before the end
and the thing is
the thing is
the thing is
the thing is
the thing is
the thing is
the thing is
what you’ve gotta know is
I’m unrecognizable
I’m unrecognizable
what I want you to know
is that I started from below
what’s that you want me to know
it’s that you started from below
too
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10. |
Intangible Holds
06:57
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Intangible Holds
photo developer
let me live
the only ones you show me
are negative
I feel I’m spending too much time
in the dark
I’m trying hard not to give in
this feeling that the ship is sinking
and I guess I’ve been struggling
with all the intangible holds that embrace us
I did it again
I spoke too soon
my words grow wings
fly around the room
and you shoot them down
with eyes like .22s
as I wait for time to undo
I’m trying hard not to give in
this feeling that the ship is sinking
and I guess I’ve been struggling
with all the intangible holds that embrace us
the pupil’s growing place in the iris
and how I dream of swimming in the black hole
of the eye
sink deep, fall asleep, let it die, calm the river
sink deep, fall asleep, let it die, calm the river
sink deep, fall asleep, let it die
you’re so clever
pretentious
so carefully cynical
looking backwards around every corner
pretending to have forgotten something
it’s getting old
but you still judge me so harshly every time I misspeak
you make me sit in my awkward silence
what does it even matter
what do you think is going to happen
you have such a hold on me, I’m going to break
one day I’m going to break
and do whatever it takes to escape you and your judgement
your rules
you can’t reach me in a cocoon of darkness
you can’t judge me for failing if I never try
you can’t judge my words when I no longer speak to anyone
and you can’t judge my movements
if I no longer move
and the only one who will see my face is the wall
as I fade into darkness
I’ll start to see figures
shapes of those people that I knew
my grandparents
my best friend from grade six
our fans
my dad will be dancing in his own sheepish way
my sister, with her little son, her little daughter
my mother, with so much love in her eyes
my old neighbour who loves smoking weed and making movies
none of them can see me
none know I’m there
but I can feel their love
and they are dancing for me, for all of us
fading in and out of my consciousness
in the void
fading signals to the old TV
a flickering hologram of everyone I’ve ever loved
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Beams Toronto, Ontario
Blending psych-tinged indie-pop with Appalachia-sourced folk music, Toronto sextet Beams have long been a unique voice among the Canadian indie rock scene. With their newly announced third album Requiem for a Planet, the outfit... dive[s] headfirst into the difficult experience of coming of age in a world that isn’t nearly as functional as the one we may have perceived growing up. - FLOOD Magazine ... more
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