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Phaethon
04:45
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Your eyes speak of dissent
Though trees loom o’er like crosses
You are my morning light
The bleary glimmer
I’ve kept your photographs
I’ve kept your laughing smile
You are my morning light
And when the sun gives in
A black hole in the night
You’ll be my morning light
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Coltrane
04:39
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Always Laughing at the wrong time
Fighting about any time
Running with your fists out
Take somebody’s eye out
Hiding ready to pounce
Hit ‘em where it really counts
Everywhere you go you come to blows
Because it’s so easy
Falling off the gravy train
Fall in with the chain gang
Good hearts and simple minds
Always have to take the blame
Playing while we’re praying
Don’t hear what we’re saying
All that we’ve been through gets dumped on you
Because it’s so easy
Forgive us, Coltrane
For we don’t know what we’re doing
Rising like a new bird
Eating all your own words
Speak up
Music down
Keep your feet on the ground
Don’t be smart
Don’t play dumb
Don’t you dare bite your thumb
We pushed on you all we thought we knew
Because it’s so easy
Forgive us, Coltrane
For we don’t know what we’re doing
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Don’t wake me up
Don’t make me sleep
I’m all I am
I’m none of me
I’m inside out
The wrong side wins
Ignore my words
My firing pins
It’s just my incredibly regular breakdown
If justice ruled
If fairness reigned
I might shout joy
With song unstrained
There is no law
There is no peace
Withdraw
Retreat
Don’t mess with me
It’s just my incredibly regular breakdown
Don’t hold so tight
I’ll just slip free
You’re no healing balm
You’re no fever tree
This is just a glitch
These are just mistakes
You have me choice
I’ll give you heartbreak
It’s just my incredibly regular breakdown
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Alectrona (Sweet Lina)
06:16
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Always begin the day with teardrops
Wondering where your mamma’s been
Double Minded as a woman
Laughing like a girl
Only everything will do at any time
Sweet Lina
Sunshine
You make all the roses bloom
Sweet Lina
Sunshine
Please don’t go away too soon
And I’ll be back in a while
I’ll be back in a while
Always end the day with daddy
Smiling down upon your bed
Pretty soon comes little Moses
To even up the score
And we’ll soon find out
Life ain’t just about you
Sweet Lina
Sunshine
You make all the flowers bloom
Sweet Lina
Sunshine
Please don’t go away too soon
And I’ll be back in a while
I’ll be back in a while
I’ll be back in a while
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Sitting on a Rainbow
05:18
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Sitting on a rainbow
Watching the world go by
Sitting on a rainbow
Keeping the tears inside
For I know
I know
How lonely life can be
And I know
I know
Nothing’s as lonely as you and me
Sitting on a rainbow
Watching them fix the vote
Sitting on a rainbow
Watching them sink the boat
For I know
I know
How cruel life can be
And I know
I know
Nothing’s as cruel as you and me
Leave the door
Open wide
You never know who’s creeping around
You never know when I’ll need the light
Sitting on a rainbow
Watching the world end
Sitting on a rainbow
And watch it begin again
For I know
I know
How lovely life can be
And I know
I know
Nothing’s as lovely as you and me
Leave the door
Open wide
You never know who’s creeping around
You never know when I’ll need the light
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Oh, Singer
05:33
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Rustle the leaves of time
And paradigm shifts
Still I follow your song
Through valleys
Off the cliffs
Don’t speak
Our words are cursed
Without melodies
An unholy truce
Is all that you’ll get from me
That’s all you
Damned sinner
Forget your heart is broke
Oh, Singer
Oh, Singer
Burn down your pharmacies
Forget your medicines
Oh, Singer
Oh, Singer
The dusty shoes
Will not come off your feet
Nor will you remove your coat
In waking
Or in sleep
Your tribe is lost
Your dreams are wandering
Into the golden hour
Where rest is an offering
That’s all you
Damned sinner
Forget your heart is broke
Oh, Singer
Oh, Singer
Burn down your pharmacies
Forget your medicines
Oh, Singer
Oh, Singer
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Perpetually seeking all the greener grass
A world escaping through the hourglass
We hold our tongues
While our thoughts collate
And speak for nought
What others consecrate
We might tear this world apart
But we won’t separate
You’re my Moses
Paralyzed fingers and an empty pen
We stood here laughing when we both were men
You’ll find the way out
Is an easy ride
Still we stand here
In the swelling tide
I’ve seen a thousand plagues
But you can heal my eyes
Your my Moses
Pace around the crowds with shallow ears
Afraid they’ll crack our spines with their countless fears
And I’m afraid of being afraid
To wander aimlessly
With these plans we’ve made
We might tear this world apart
But we won’t separate
You’re my Moses
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When it’s time again
We can’t begin
When time can no ending
Between dark and light
Between dream and truth
When truth is just pretending
Chase the moon from the skies
Chase the stars from your eyes
But outrun the sunlight bending
Open up the iris
Arching far behind us
The warm horizon ever extending
Between peace and war
Love and hate
If love is never ending
When sanity is madness
Triumph, sadness
When love is just pretending
Chase the moon from the skies
Chase the stars from your eyes
But outrun the sunlight bending
Open up the iris
Arching far behind us
The warm horizon ever extending
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Urban Jack Portland, Oregon
Urban Jack (aka Simon Milliman) is a composer, producer, rock & roller, photographer residing in Portland, Oregon. Other ongoing music projects include: Subterranean Howl, Fat Mannequins, and Azar.
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