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DeLorean
04:06
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Time to get back out of my head
time to let the dead be dead
no one likes to say farewell
oh well
it's time
Your memories will haunt you if you let them
so we let them go but don't forget them
let your soul, not your mind, provoke
let the currency of fear go broke
Your past will surely haunt you
your memories are fiction
your mind will take the presents of this present
change and twist them
the future is a false altar to which we beg and grovel
but tomorrow is a fiction too
don't live life for a novel
it's time to think about time
and whether it exists
the past and future rob us so the present can't persist
when Christ was on the cross they were the thieves on either side
so he forgave them
took his Present
even though it'd mean he died
if we practice acceptance of each moment as it comes
we can destroy the suffering to which we'd otherwise succumb
I've been holding on as tightly as I can
'cause letting go would mean moving on
I've been going wrong
nightly I'm abandoned by upsetting dreams
declaring my youth's gone
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New Math
04:10
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Divide up our attention
past and future kill the present
multiply our grief and guilt it all equals depression
so pop a couple prozac and numb yourself up
for a righteous individual dislikes the corrupt
I remember as a kid being preoccupied constantly
worried freaking out about what everybody thought of me
now that I'm older I can recognize the normalcy
and see that everybody probably felt just like me
and not just then in memory but currently
although it's all now in the grand scheme actually
but that's a thought that takes so much focus naturally
let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we?
We can look at old pictures in our mind more than in albums
recreate history and find ourselves without one shred of evidence
for how we think that we were looked at
so for every positive we force ourselves to subtract
Then i hit pre-k and it all falls down
who needs it anyway? plus I'm the class clown
so joke joke joke then I go home and cry
like how come no one knows me I'm a really good guy
and it's the same now only on a bigger stage
recite the lines, make life from the page
but ego gets intrusive and you want to be a star
does it bother you that no one realizes who you are?
yep
The truth is anything I offer pours right through me
I am just a vessel
and not truly anything more than an empty shell
a spacesuit my soul is in
fits well but it fools me by its' fit into thinking it's legit
so my ego throws a fit and if I believe it
I want times multiple ex plus the square root of why
let it all go and let your soul fly
new math
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Roots
04:17
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Consider if you will the stillness of a tree
its' willingness to be
it feels like you and me
as we stand longer our roots grow stronger
my roots and yours, entangled forevermore
I never knew I'd be who I turned out to be
never thought someone like you could love someone like me
I always knew I'd be a mess for somebody
I never knew I'd care enough to try to clean it up
I wish you could see you the way that I do
the way you breathe life into the world
make it feel brand new
I look into your eyes and I see so much light inside
I know until the moment I've died I'll be right by your side
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BrakeLight
02:58
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Leave the light on for me
'cause you know I'll be home late
I'm sorry I'm the reason
I'm the one who made you wait
turn the light low, I'll be right here
turn the light low, you've got nothing to fear
Driving down the hill, no brakes
wondering what path I'll take
why bother making a decision?
let it be
time to multiply this division
forget me. walk away. run away
clouds will take the sun away
once it's gone you'll realize the damage it's done to your eyes
living in the moment used to be my motto
now it's my opponent
working so hard to get out of my head
that I get inside my head and I reside there
then I whine and I claw and I cry and I moan
and I basically kick over my high chair
I guess this is how my brain works now
I'm stressed 'cause I caused you pain, jerk now
somersault into shame, Soleil Cirque now
Star Trek ('cause I'm lame), Captain Kirk now
Wow
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5. |
Undertow
02:24
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Drink yourself to sleep each night
trying not to feel
I used to think life was a dream
but now it seems just all too real
A million miles away
you might as well be
I know what you want to say
please don't tell me
'cause every time I hear your voice
or imagine how it might sound speaking words you couldn't say
so you've written them down
I get pulled right under
and I don't understand how I'm already down at the bottom of the ocean
but keep pretending I'm on land
It's dark down here (pitch black if we're dealing in facts)
but I'm the Jesse Pinkman of metaphors
and I'll deal them on this track
but in this simile I can see
all the beauty surrounding me at the bottom of the sea
there's so much color, infinite life, my eyes wide open
then my eyes open
and now it's dark
it's 3am
the pillow comes into focus and then I get pulled right under
Throw your headphones on to blunt the feeling with the sound
I'll keep pretending I'm on land
afraid that I might drown
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Thermostat
02:30
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There's a hole in the basement ceiling
snow is falling through the floor
I can't shake this winter feeling
but I'm not shivering anymore
Trying hard not to patch up this hole
not easy to feel so vulnerable
it's worth it to feel so full
so I'll show you my soul
I guess if cute is what we aim for
then the truth is what I'm lame for
we live on the same floor but never enter through the same door
which seems a little strange because my house is nearly paid for
which isn't close to true but it supports the bad metayphor
Metaphor (whatever)
I'm clever but still terrified you'll realize you're better off
to sever ties with this guy forever
besides the fact that my wallet is vegan (no cheddar)
I get afraid of warmth like scared of sweaters
I can't seem to write a long song
maybe I'm afraid to dig too deep through my floor
might see the mess that I have made
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7. |
Shine On
03:19
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Missed connection
resurrection
my collection of confections and delights delight the likes of who you are and who I am
we are both the same, my friend
the light inside us teaches us that we can trust each one of us
for each is us and all are one
so let yourself shine like the sun
the light of god is in you, is you
always has been
and you have always been and always will be
it's hard to see, I know
to wrap your mind around
so let your mind go
that's not where truth is found
truth is in the heart and if you search there and be still
you'll find your truest self revealed when you yield up your will
you are not who you think you are
you are not that you think
you are not your mind
so try a different link
"I think therefore I am"
that is a fallacy
I am that I am
that's the reality
the soul is eternal
it's hard to make clear
your essence was what it was before you got here
shine on
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Eric Lualdi Hudson, Ohio
I make alt/hip-hop/ electronic songs about the things that clutter up my mind.
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