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What Captain Ahab Said
02:04
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I am the emperor of ice cream
That was a poem I used to scream
Wallace Stevens wrote it down
And danced naked like a clown
Won’t be famous ‘til I’m dead
Isn’t that what Captain Ahab said
The well-dressed man with a beard
Makes a gesture that is unclear
The motive for metaphor
Just confuses me more
Won’t be famous ‘til I’m dead
Isn’t that what Captain Ahab said
There is an owl in the sarcophagus
You have to do as you must
Variations of a summer day
It really could go anyway
Won’t be famous ‘til I’m dead
Isn’t that what Captain Ahab said
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2. |
Magic House Drama
04:46
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Momma grabs the check as she goes
to the grocery store to get some milk
Momma got a ring in her nose
She ain't got no time to pay
for hospital bills
Well, I've gotta way to win this argument
Win this argument all night long
Sister gets the room on the floor
there is a castle window, she's waiting there
Momma gets the photo from her room
She says she's gotta black cat
Then she looks in the mirror
Well, I've gotta way to win this argument
Win this argument all night long
Brother leaves his tarot cards
with the old maid's daughter at the back of the house
She leaves them in the kitchen drawer
Oh, well, this blue house has never felt so haunted before
Well, I've gotta way to win this argument
Win this argument all night long
Oh, well, the planks are dropping from the room of this blue house
And I'm changing now to the man I used to be
Carry this new world without order
You'll find it best to slow it down
To your magic
Well, I've gotta way to win this argument
Win this argument all night long
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3. |
Rainbow Cherry Fade
02:28
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Your daydream eyes cast over
Your monotone voice is sober
You’re lazy now cause you’re older
Relaxing in the shade
Watching the rainbow cherry fade
The girl at the checkout counter
Smiles and begins to saunter
She smells just like a flower
After the summer rain
In a downtown mundane
Sunlight’s electrifying
Paper parachutes are flying
Folded in the wind you hear your name
Please please purify me
Mirror hear me testifying
I’ve got only myself to blame
The man at the gas pump is waiting
He looks so devastating
Rumors keep circulating
And I am out of range
Transmissions are strange
You begin to stutter the truth
In some old photo booth
Yet you sound so uncouth
Laughing and afraid
Watching the rainbow cherry fade
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4. |
Build Upon Eternity
02:18
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Gazing out the window, babe
I know you’ve been here before
Listening to some bullshit,
Oh man, what a bore
I waste all of my time so I stopped keeping score
Build upon eternity
And spread the wisdom of doubt
Don’t tell me now
That you forgot
What it is all about
Stay awhile so we can figure this out
I remember the last time
That I spoke in my sleep
Something about giants
Ignoring the size of their feet
Something about protecting the meek
Or whatever, I don’t know
Why you should even care
There’s shampoo in the toilet
And vomit in your hair
Everything is easy when you’re going nowhere
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5. |
Passing Through
04:58
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I wonder how many stars above
Have fallen from the sky
Only to be reborn in
Somebody’s eyes
I sit around and watch the tangle of
Taillights flashing by
And I think about the roads I’ve crossed
Of other peoples lives
~ Chorus ~
Passing through
Passing through
I am only passing through
When I listen to the river laugh
I begin to cry
I understand the paradox
Of ever asking why
I wrote a letter long ago
Addressed it to the sky
I threw it out of my window
But never heard a reply
~Chorus~
Swallow the moon and you’ll stop dreaming
Your storybooks will lose their meaning
Walking blind with no one leading
Follow noise that is deceiving
Everyone is just the same
Only we have different names
Wearing masks, creating chases
Running faster in our places
The greatest thing that I have done
Was leave my home town
Ever since I turned my back
I’ve been moving all around
The day will come when I will be
Buried in the ground
Until then I will stay
Glory bound
~Chorus~
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Bromantelope Denver, Colorado
We build upon eternity until the rainbow cherry fades. It's like what captain Ahab said, "we're all just passing through this magic house drama."
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