1. |
A Call to Lights
00:29
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Turn your eyes to the stars
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2. |
Starlight's Castaways
03:16
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Hit the drive, ditch the weight, now we’re Good. To. Go.
Got no past, got no map, got no Need. To Know.
She might break apart in flight, but that’s Just. Our. Code,
So Strap in!
Planet's in the rearview, woah
All the cosmos hears you,
Come this way,
We're starlight's castaways!
Far too fast for the fuzz, come on Make It So
Why did I stow away on this psycho’s boat?
Did they jettison their brains to make space for treasure?
Thanks for spacing that stupid navcom.
Oh my pleasure!
Can’t stop me
Into the great beyond
Fire your beams
Cause we’re already gone
Starlight’s Castaways!
Captain’s hat, Up to bat, take the helm and drive
Got a feel for the wheel, guess it’s just my time
Say Goodbye, Galaxy, we’re heading for
The next one over, time to plunder, go!
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3. |
Point To Point
00:58
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4. |
Meteor Bath
04:51
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Until we meet again…
Follow me to the hilltop lights
Been so long, can it be tonight?
Chasing ghosts across the sky
Just one flash to wash over my eyes
…was it you?
Hit the button and let it rain
Streaming into your world again
Weave me down between those tails
Spark and fire are gifts to kiss the new
…was it you?
Let it rain, let it fall, let it in
Let it rise, let it shine, let’s begin!
All the while, still in style, to the end
We embrace our new place, we ascend
Pull me out of the years gone by
The comet-tail dreams, the lonely nights
Distant world, shine in the dark
Got this compass so I won’t fall apart (for you)
All the life in tow, just a bonus to the show for you
Let it rain, let it fall, let it in
Let it rise, let it shine, let’s begin!
All the while, still in style, to the end
We embrace our new place, we ascend
These stars were in my dreams
Wishing and waiting and anticipating
Always closer than it seemed
Ages gone by with our hope never fading
Every hour’s a gift—
The signals, the noise, and the sorrows and joys
Can you give us all a lift?
Take flight
Take flight
Take flight
To those lights
Let it rain, let it shine, to the end
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5. |
In Jest
00:45
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Meiosis licks us all differently,
fresh new angles with which to see.
But opal slinks up upon the nerves,
and block out sunlight that gives you worth.
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6. |
Plasticbrain
04:23
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Insane was just the word to say
To turn your focus the other way
To eat your peaches and pacify
Cause you're too god to believe that lie
The Asphalt 'neath your feet's a sheen
A bright new world lay underneath
But still you listen and groom those shelves
‘Cause you ain't believin' no one else
Tragic, tragic goes the Plasticbrain
(I don’t believe I’m insane!)
Tragic, tragic goes the Plasticbrain
(Just watch it go down the drain!)
Go ahead and do it all the same
(It always seems such a pain)
Tragic, tragic, tragic, tragic brain
They tell you that they believe it, too
Then they turn it around on you
Cause "some tomorrow", oh they say
You will finally have your day, yes
You will finally have your day yes
You will finally have your day!
Tragic, tragic goes the Plasticbrain
(Maybe I might be insane!)
Tragic, tragic goes the Plasticbrain
(Watching it go down the drain!)
Go ahead and do it all the same
(They say no pain, no gain)
Tragic, tragic, tragic, tragic brain
Keep pushing forward, keep falling backwards
Pick yourself up–Turn it on and then off again!
Expecting results from lightbulbs and bolts
Dig yourself out!
Your mind caged in your crown
Turn yourself around
Tragic, tragic goes the Plasticbrain (I’m already insane!)
Tragic, tragic goes the Plasticbrain (Somewhere far down the drain!)
Go ahead and do it all the same (Will someone please turn up the gain?!)
Tragic, tragic, tragic, tragic brain
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7. |
Tides of Gravity
00:25
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8. |
Scattered Skies
05:21
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Scattered, shattered skies from chimneys rise
And metal minds are all around
The man in red cries from his bed, all done and said
The birds don’t make a sound
They sing the quiet part out loud…
The quiet part out loud
The quiet part out loud
The quiet part out loud
He made his family from the earth
And in the dearth of bodies free from flaws
Madness dances from his hands to all the land
He makes his word the law
This life of smothered stars and midnight dark
We don’t know who we are
And time and time we’ve had this dream
And still it seems it never goes too far
Never goes too far
Never goes too far
Never goes too far
Our spirits shouted to the tower: ”You are not alone!”
We are not your paintings, but a story of our own
Were we not listening?
Or were we only waiting
For our turn to talk?
For our turn to talk (scattered, shattered skies)
For our turn to talk (scattered, shattered skies)
For our turn to talk (scattered, shattered skies)
The last man who’s standing
Doesn’t know himself from devils or from gods
With engines of destruction manifesting
When he stretches out his rod
Finding and reminding
All the faces that he sculpted out of steel
The crystal heart that beats inside their bodies
He had always made to feel
He’d always made to feel
He’d always made to feel
He’d always made to feel
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9. |
Homeforest
01:27
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Where do we end the lost and found?
When do we place our feet on hallowed ground?
How did this start?
How could we have missed this place?
Nestled ‘tween the Time and Space
Time and Space
Inside our hearts
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10. |
Imperfect Vision
05:12
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Run away
Run away
Took a little excursion
Right out of my comfort zone
Heard a different version
Of the truth that eludes us and drives it all home
Comin’ in for a landing
Air was nasty and burning me up
Not quite understanding
How a place that had plenty had just had enough
Wanna
Run away, run away, run away, cryin’
All the way home
Hide away, right away, outta-sight-away
Keep your head down!
Turn away, burn away, learn away
What you think that you know
Know the way, go away
Won’t you get me away
Get me out of this town
(Get me outta this town!)
Sea of banners, an ocean of shouts
Tortured wails on the wind
Saw her stumbling out of those clouds
And the tears on her face ran through blood on her skin
She was carrying a sign in her hand
She demanded to know where I stand
I remember that fire in her eyes
And her feet on a line in the sand
She said…
Run away, run away, run away, cryin’
All the way home
Hide away, right away, outta-sight-away
Keep your head down!
Turn away, burn away, learn away
What you think that you know
Know the way, go away
Won’t you get me away
Get me out of this town
Doctor tell me I’m losing my mind
Please don’t tell me it’s real
Said,
“Not sure what you thought I would find.
It’s not you who’s gone crazy, you’ll just have to deal.”
Veiled angels in white
Saw them work through the night
When the morning had come
They’d wrapped up everyone
Get me out of this town
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11. |
One-Time Pad
01:42
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12. |
No New Messages
04:31
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Somewhere else I run beside galactic streams of light
Collect the writ of all that civilize
Steely cans my only audience for my cries
Out of sync a million years on gravity’s own tides
Too far past to hear all their replies.
Maybe someone’s figured out a way to say 'hi'
But I can’t hear anything
Must I return to dream?
Can you signal me at the end of all?
Space and time, give me a call
Throw your words to the stars
When you see me passing by (or just try)
I’ll hold on the line
Hard to tell how many cycles that I’ve even gone
How many miles were written on my skin
Blurred-together stories carry on
Where is mine?
But the reply was just a ghost
Where did all those people go?
Am I the only one to know
How these epochs ebb and flow?
Far and wide these waveforms hide
Throw them on the pile
Words I need to feel inside
I’ll be waiting while
You signal me at the end of all
Space and time, give me a call
Throw your words to the stars
When you see me passing by, or just try
I’ll hold on the line
Tuning in, attenuate, picking out a sound
Maybe there was something on the scope
Do I believe my ears that it might just be...hope?
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13. |
Stowaway
01:15
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14. |
Cat's Paw
03:48
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There’s a place we felt like being
Where the fabric’s bending
Beyond what we were seeing
Nearly never-ending
See the cosmos come alive
Feeling stars and souls combined
Punch that hyperdrive
Shimmer, shine, glimmer!
Maybe we were waiting for the right time
Saving our ambrosia for a bright mind
There’s no competition for the grand prize
There isn’t any limit to the number of tries
Doesn’t take much–Just a dash of
Something special, someone fearless and bold
Alchemy’s an art and not a science
You might be delighted when you give it a go!
In the interstellar kitchen
Something’s brewing
Enticing and bewitching
Mind undoing
So savor all this flavor
Steel your nerves and never waver
Hold your horses, ‘cause the forces here
Might tear you all apart!
Maybe we were waiting for the right time
Saving our ambrosia for a bright mind
There’s no competition for the grand prize
There isn’t any limit to the number of tries
Doesn’t take much–Just a dash of
Something special, someone fearless and bold
Alchemy’s an art and not a science
You might be delighted when you give it a go!
Maybe we were waiting for the right time
Saving our ambrosia for a bright mind
There’s no competition for the grand prize
There isn’t any limit to the number of tries
Doesn’t take much–Just a dash of
Something special, someone fearless and bold
Alchemy’s an art and not a science
You might be delighted when you give it a go!
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15. |
Aeternium
01:20
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16. |
Ocean Glass
07:12
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Where’re you going in such a hurry?
Seen you lost in that flurry of activity
How’s life been here in the future?
Now that the years we have are fewer in captivity
Wish I’d lived a thousand lifetimes
Then all these moments I could hang right on your every word
How many times did you need me?
All those secrets that we left behind and went unheard
But you’re trying to wind that watch
When the clock’s all but stopped
In the years you will find
You can’t just hit rewind
I recall that you were crying
Embracing like we knew
We'd never share another hour
"Don't you drift, no matter what,"
Then the distance found its way to seep between our words
And the sun’s all but down
Yet we still dance around
All the things we’d have shared
If the Fates would have dared
Timelines, slipping by—guess you must have slipped my mind
I try to get it right, connect the dots between our lives
I know not all good things last forever
But it’s better late than never
Reaching out across the years
There was nothing in this silence that we treasured
We’ve known trials, we’ve known tears
We’ve known pain and hardships beyond any measure
But it’s better
But it’s better
But it’s better late than never
Trying to wind that watch
When the clock’s all but stopped
In the years we will find
We can’t just hit rewind
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17. |
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18. |
Second Sight
04:33
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Blind into divine
Grant my door through all of time
Do I turn to a wasteland
Turn to make it right?
Lacerated by the veil
Cast back to my personal hell
Can I beg the universe
To break me from this jail
Beg the universe to lift me with the gale!
Omni eye, fill my sky
My sweet second sight
Lost inside a clockwork grind
Waking to eternal memory
Curse this second sight eludes me!
“Don’t follow me, this path was not to be.
Let this valley stay unseen”
This is not my fate!
My world is what I make
This is where this spirit can be saved
This is where I’m finally awake
Holding out for this reprise
Cry out in the night
Am I along now for the ride?
Serpents moving endless futures
Tie me up with temporal sutures
Synaptic doorways, cerebral gates
The twisted fibers of the fates
All tomorrows that await me
And unmake me in a flash
Trying one more magic number
Show me time that’s unencumbered
Could’ve-beens all torn asunder
Buried under all these pasts!
Omni eye, fill my sky
My sweet Second Sight
Lost inside a clockwork grind
My sweet Second Sight
Holding out for this reprise
(Synaptic doorways, cerebral gates)
(The twisted fibers of the Fates)
Cry out in the night!
(All tomorrows that await me and unmake me in a flash)
Am I along now for the ride?
(Trying one more magic number)
(Show me time that’s unencumbered)
Serpents moving endless futures
Tie me up with temporal sutures
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19. |
Endless Routes
01:46
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20. |
A Different Light
04:32
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All the way up to the sky
I love you between you and I
Should you fall down, I’ll catch you
Run out and fetch you
God forbid you’d have to cry
The stars shone a different light
Brilliant, they tore up the night
But they lined up as stars do
To show just how far you
Would run away out of my sight
And even the wind seems to breathe as you sleep
It can’t blow away all the mysteries you keep
But for now stay growing
Without ever knowing
A gift with a price that’s so steep
We saw your name between your eyes
A letter in clever disguise
Closed tight, still dreaming
I know they’re still gleaming
With power and insight so wise
And maybe it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie
You can’t clear away all the clouds in the sky
Remember, as I do, somebody loves you
And that’s all you need know tonight
Close your eyes…
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21. |
Azimuth
01:02
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22. |
It's Mine
05:47
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Got shabby clothes
I don't suppose you'd wanna know my name
I'm one of those
Who never knows fortune or knows fame
Scraping by
Time and time we never got our way, oh no (never got our way!)
So here's the thing
You'll hear me out with what I've got to say
It's mine for the taking!
Don't care whose hearts we're breaking
The truth inside is waking (and know that we’re not faking!)
Watch history—and our future!—in the making
All this time
We never saw the greatness bound inside
Oh no no no no no
Kept hearing lies, when whispers kept us living our small lives
(I don’t want it no more!)
I feel it now, I don’t know how
It’s singing in my blood
My minds alight, so hang on tight
It’s holding back a flood!
It's mine for the taking!
Don't care whose hearts we're breaking
The truth inside is waking (and know that we’re not faking!)
Watch history—and our future!—in the making
How you guys doin’ back there?
Ugh…
I can taste that galaxy…!
That great huh? Just save some for me
*retches*
I feel lighter and righter, I've figured it out!
Maybe we all need a cure for our doubts
And tell me you'll toast me when I throw back the glass
And watch me become my true self at last!
Uh oh…
It's mine for the taking!
Don't care whose hearts we're breaking
The truth inside is waking (and know that we’re not faking!)
Watch history—and our future!—in the making
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23. |
Entanglements
01:32
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24. |
Deeper Space
06:07
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This horizon’s longing
Watch the stars all flash and fade
This abyss the bang has made
I’ve aeons on my side
Stretch my vessel so long
Thin to see the suns are bursting
Has this judgment strung me out enough
Where did my time go?
Onto deeper space
Where I'll be a stranger
What can be erased?
Galaxies spin down the drain
While I ride your nebula away
A past that lies before my eyes
Future-tense is where I went
Spin me up and pull me down until
You’re all that’s on my mind
Paths that lead to doorways
Cross that threshold in my dreams
Lock and key, did you need me to tell
Of all that I might find
Within future space
Where I'll be a stranger
What can be erased?
Galaxies spin down the drain
While I ride your nebula away
Did you say there’s another scene
A perfect place, with a newer dream
I can see that the grass is green
A brighter shade, so fresh and clean
You say I still have work to do
But what would you do
If you were in my shoes?
One way street through this divide
On my way I thought I’d say
Looking beyond yesterday
I left something behind
Next time will be something else
All the fumbles of the past never happened
It’s going so fast that
I can’t gaze upon your face
In this fallen space
Where I'll be a stranger
What can be erased?
Galaxies spin down the drain
While I ride your nebula away
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25. |
Inversions
01:30
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26. |
Best Friends
04:46
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This is where it starts and this is where it ends
Reach into the mirror, try to make a friend
Be sure to take it slowly, if time is on your side
The lights are on, the table’s set, got nothing left to hide
What’s your favorite shade of my favorite hue?
When I hurt myself did I think of you?
For the things you’ve done and the things I’ve seen
And the things you said that we didn’t mean
If good enough is plenty forget about the rest
Your nose against the paper, not everything’s a test
'Cause it’s a nice day outside
I’m sure you’ll do your best
You felt alone, hey baby I know how it feels
It’s time to own those shadows nipping at your heels
Lover so fine, sworn enemy of mine
Let’s see what the morning reveals
Alien Invasions, simple conversations
Far too strange to dive in, too plain to cultivate them
You’ve got nowhere else to be, so come along and see
Tonight’s on me, I know a place
Don’t need a reservation
And I think you’ll find
What you’ve left behind
You hold your peace
Your puzzle has no lines
You felt alone, hey baby I know how it feels
It’s time to own those shadows nipping at your heels
Lover so fine, sworn enemy of mine
Let’s see what the morning reveals!
Lover so fine, sworn enemy of mine–
Let’s see what the morning reveals
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