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a prayer
04:25
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a prayer
it led me to the conclusion
have i been here before?
now lead me through the confusion
remind me i'm doing well
she is the antidote
i pray i will not squander
promise me you won't give up
promise me- do not disappear
brother tell me where you've been
brother tell me more
how many fears, how many blows
have nailed you to the floor?
she has a love of life
let no one take it from her
she has a love of life
promise me- do not disappear
is this a maze we wander?
have i been here before?
another day, another life
another open door
she is an open book
let no one squash her wonder
she is an open book
promise me- do not disappear
she is the antidote
i pray i will not squander
she is the antidote
promise me...
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the before and afters
04:11
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the before and afters
the before and afters work for me
I represent the changing sea
nefralians R.S.V.P.
in viral code piano key
why would I not accept the gift?
why would I, yes, refuse a lift?
I'll get there soon enough he said
though many dials were in the red
sort through the things that fed or bled
I like the noise, it clears my head
why would I not get out of bed?
I would not get what's left unsaid
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melisma
03:18
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melisma
stay too long in one place
everything turns strange
fixated on one face
in contrary phase
moot melisma
mnemonic rose
trust something invisible
is filling in the spaces
shouting out into the breach
down with all the graces
acute melisma
melon indisposed
saccharine & capsicum
give us back our faces
turning over this poor sod
where once we ran the races
melancholy melisma
melanin repose
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try not to look down
04:27
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Try Not To Look Down
When the new bridge is done
Will they tear the old one down?
There’s more I need to ask you
Desi, where can you be found?
There’s more I need to ask you
The dust and the papers
Voices- don’t understand
Must in a bottle
Moss in my hands
I want new words- all new sentiment
I’m trying not to look down
Andrew, what did you mean
When you said “I’ll never go away”
While trying hard not to be seen?
Could you be held to your word?
Are you flying underground?
Are you buried in the clouds?
Still a thread between us
Thinner than a human hair
Can’t see the other end
Hanging in thin air
We’ll have to trust that it won’t break
Try not to look down
Ruth, do you have a story for me?
Can we steal some flowers?
Can we… just be ok?
There is nothing that you could tell
That would be too strange
That would close my arms
If they learn your bitter secrets
Do you have to run away?
Make them see what makes you stronger
And through your eyes
If you are recognized
Try not to look down
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manifest
03:49
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manifest
you shackled my ankles
and made you a haunting
you set me on fire
and made you a vision
squashed in a book
and shot full of holy
you say you love me
but you just want control
well I'll be cursed
and I'll be blessed
but this is not how
I want to manifest
you ripped out some hair
and made you a faerie
you tore off a finger
and made you a crow
you anthropomorphized me
and wolfed down my body
you smoked me and poped me
then studied your bowels
you dressed me in feathers
you dressed me in robes
you stripped me bare naked
and drooled on my toes
you writhed and whined
screaming "carry me daddy"
then said it was me
who soiled your clothes
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high chair
02:56
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high chair
in the high chair
getting wet
behind the ear
they’re taking bets
she likes him
but likes him but
likes what he did
with trees he cut
linked together
swaying, saying
nobody’s that
far away
nobody went far
a-weighing
high road
procrastinating
us virtuous
versus them
judge not lest ye
be judged pro-tem
in jest ingesting
one two testing
in contempt but
so arresting
in ambivalent
obsession
taught to wait
but failed to lessen
rugged depths
he combs and sweeps
secrets he doesn’t
know he keeps
backwards flying
underlying
divert this yawing
hole of crying
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solid air I breathe forever
not broken, just bent
over you I'm not, I'm falling
upside down, imagine falling
into orbit, lapse into 2D
inward oohs and aahs above your beauty
sewn below the hem, a labial union
solid air i breathe forever
unspoken, unspent
piggy bank, the pots are banging
endocrine disrupter, hang
together, we will suck our gut in
tending to the business side of living
here's the hem and haw, the pitch the yaw
roll me over, know i'm human
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8. |
shapeless
03:09
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shapeless
sugar and pain
wooden eye, rubber shoe
stuck in my throat
because I wouldn't chew
slippery and shapeless
slippery and shapeless
in a dream I forgot
we began to comprehend
rhubarb and fanfare
in dutch, in the know
crumbled walls long ago
but still we blow
slippery and shapeless
slippery and shapeless
what is the use of hope
in the promised land?
shady and framed
as epic struggle, phantom foe
eat the crumbs first
while the plate is still full
slippery and shapeless
slippery and shapeless
what part of yes
don't I understand?
hey, hey, hey, hey (si, si, si, si)
no hay pulpo
banana seat stingray
purple three-speed go
slippery and shapeless
slippery and shapeless
do a donut in the yard
mud recipe pretend
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9. |
exactly what i need
03:09
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exactly what i need
everything is out of place
but moving together with some
sense of grace
it's getting harder to put on a face
to straighten out the tongue
and tie the lace
now the foot's in the other mouth
long moments walking from the
north to south
minutes saved and hours spent
years alone but i know
where they went
heart ablaze, packed with facts
attempted magic and
amoral acts
(it helps to breath into a paper sack)
you might find it hard to believe
feels like you've given me
exactly what i need
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all the things you aren't
nearby but folded under
a simulated fool
in love with all the things you aren't
in a kitchen drawer there's a useful assortment
many simple devices
someone thought would make life easier,
in some small way
a clutter of gifts, never found purpose
following the fool
in love with all the things you aren't
in a catalog, a thousand variations
of what was once of stone
how did someone think we all could believe
in one ideal form?
sparks shower on a black floor
sharpening the tool
in love with all the things you aren't
in a dusty box, a lifetime of tinkering
while away the hours
someone found universal delight
in each small handiwork
repeatedly torn asunder
then wound upon a spool
in love with all the things you aren't
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there form e
04:59
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therefore me
you were there beside me
mud on your shoes
by the river slowly
walk quietly, and listen
bats feed in the twilight
a warm wind hisses in the trees
a truck drones on the highway
you and the river whisper to me
none of these stones are perfect
you'll be searching all your life
pick one up and give it a kiss
leave it there for me
if this touch could heal you
would heal me too
together on the water
float quietly, and listen
tell me your story and i'll tell you mine
turn the pages till you and i rhyme
you're so sweet and i'm so fine
everyone is singing this time
i see your colors when i close my eyes
i feel what you feel when we touch
child on the beach, angel in the sky
the difference is not very much
i found you in the garden
when we were old and gray
tilling for the next year
i picked up stones and threw them away
one of those stones was perfect
i've been searching all my life
but now the rose you planted
is growing there for me
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adam griffen Bellingham, Washington
adam griffen- experimental folk pop.
vsmqu?- experimental instrument builder, noise, ambient, improvisation, etcetera.
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