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Power Plant
06:06
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Downstream
There's broken down machines
Obscured from your eyes
Overrun by scenery
and the brick
choked by kudzu
obscured from your eyes
an artifact to you
overgrown
the ground that once was there
changing fortune
was more than it could bear
overgrown
the ground that once was there
changing fortune
was more than it could bear
Planted thoughts
are electric
synapses
snapping in the air
Planted thoughts
are electric
synapses
snapping in the air
Was there something that I missed
A conduit
Through tortuous turns
I insist
A labyrinth, a conduit
A billow in the sky
I insist
I saw smoke plume
Planted thoughts
are electric
synapses
snapping in the air
Planted thoughts
are electric
synapses
snapping in the air
Down the smokestacks
I shimmy
Through the ferns and foxglove
In the chimney
Down the smokestacks
I slink
Through the ferns and foxglove
Is something precious hidden there?
Planted thoughts
are electric
synapses
snapping in the air
Planted thoughts
are electric
synapses
snapping in the air
Down the smokestacks
To find nonpareil jewels
To find you
To find what's left of you
Down the smokestacks
To find nonpareil jewels
To find you
To find what's left of you
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Sea foam
05:04
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Sea foam green and sea foam white
sea waves break the craggy dykes
cross another off the list
fall asleep in sheets of mist
We're so worn
But the path presses on
Dance on rocks in theirs moss dresses
Cut off all the river flow
The smell of ash and aloe
Sea foam green and sea foam white
pushing boulders with all your might
Sometimes it takes strength to get what you need
To get what you want
To get what you need
We're so worn
But the path presses on
Dance on rocks in theirs moss dresses
Cut off all the river flow
The smell of ash and aloe
You have eyes of rhyolite
Sea foam green and sea foam white
These steps shouldn't be here
Must be a mirage
Move a little nearer
Hail the queen of camouflage
These steps shouldn't be here
Must be a mirage
Move a little nearer
Hail the queen of camouflage
These steps shouldn't be here
Must be a mirage
Move a little nearer
Hail the queen of camouflage
These steps shouldn't be here
Must be a mirage
Move a little nearer
Hail the queen of camouflage
These steps shouldn't be here
Must be a mirage
Move a little nearer
Hail the queen of camouflage
These steps shouldn't be here
Must be a mirage
Move a little nearer
Hail the queen of camouflage
Your eyes create
The most beautiful
Collage
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Victory
04:11
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Keep the backlight on
Watch the battery
The rigorous road to victory
Keep the backlight on
Watch the battery
The rigorous road to victory
Keep the backlight on
Watch the battery
The rigorous road to victory
Keep the backlight on
Watch the battery
The rigorous road is paved
With burning hickory
Keep the flash on
The camera
Of your hearts diaspora
There's no turning back
You have strength
You have stamina
Keep the flash on
The camera
Of your hearts diaspora
THere's no turning back
The flames will lead the way
As fire swells and plumage swoons
In the deepest pits
Midnight looks the same as noon
All the dreams that you repel
Emerge from your cocoon
You've seen the caves in the depths of hell
Spring will be here soon
Keep the flash on
The camera
Of your hearts diaspora
There's no turning back
You have strength
You have stamina
Keep the flash on
The camera
Of your hearts diaspora
There's no turning back
You have strength
You have stamina
Your love is like a helix
Swear I've seen this place before
Fortress of the phoenix
We will soon be reborn
It's lost all of it's meaning
Please unlock the fire door
Once felt like a genius
Friends dying off like dinosaurs
You deserve
Happiness
Success
And so much more
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Cairns Missoula, montana
Music made for insects and insect sympathizers
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The Birds Outside Sang
by Florist
I can't begin to explain how much I am inspired by/love this album.
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For the new Tenants of my Old Life
by Three-Year Day Job
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