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Benediction
03:04
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Reason in defense, surrenders
Timeless magnificence renders me
Locked within a dream
Understanding takes a back seat
Sanity melt down
Surrounding me
Frozen in heat cause—
You are my soul benediction
I attest to this affliction
Offer up my rules to you
What else would you have me do?
I thought I would be much stronger
But I can’t take this too much longer
Resolve to play the fool
Love has never ever felt so cruel
I would try to resist your touch
Think of things that I—I don’t want this much
But I am pulled into your fever
I am a believer
I would try to abstain
Breathtaking pain
Initiates
You are my soul benediction
I attest to this affliction
Offer up my rules to you
What else would you have me do?
I thought I would be much stronger
But I can’t take this too much longer
Resolve to play the fool
Love has never ever felt so cruel
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2. |
Flood
03:04
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When the moon’s in the sky tonight
And the stars are all bright
I lie sleeping and all through the night
I dream I’m inside you
And if you were to
Take some time away
Maybe with me
I feel as if I’m falling
And there’s nothing I can do
Then again—then again
Why would I want to?
And if you were to
Take some time away
Maybe with me
We could run away
But you won’t
And you don’t
And you can’t
So you just won’t
And I’m left all alone
So into this tempest
Comes this rush of blood
And I’d gladly drown there
If you’d be my flood
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3. |
The Sweetest Part of You
02:41
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I walked you down to catch the bus
We found a few things to discuss along the way
Words that ended up at my door
Conversations on my floor
Conversations on my floor
I drank the sweetest
I drank the sweetest honey
I drank the sweetest part of you
You showed up when I was on a date
Like you knew I could not wait to get away
And now it seems strange to me
I grow old, you’re still seventeen
Oh I grow old, you’re still seventeen
I drank the sweetest
I drank the sweetest honey
I drank the sweetest part of you
I remember Cohen and cloves
And I still recall your last joke—It wasn’t funny
Salt water rivers on my skin
We roll from Oly to Berlin
(Everybody knows what nobody’s gonna say)
We roll from Oly to Berlin
(Everybody knows what nobody’s gonna say)
(Everybody knows what nobody’s gonna say)
I drank the sweetest
I drank the sweetest honey
I drank the sweetest part of you
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4. |
Move On
04:08
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You settle in, fall back on an old routine
You’re in the bathroom again praying on your knees
When you finally find all the bargaining is through
What the hell do you think you will do?
So many guys
So many names
So many times
There comes a point When the asking is done
And you don’t want some—no, no, no—all you want is none
But this new truth, does it ever really stick?
Or just fall back into all of the same old shit?
So many guys
So many ways
So many times
And who’s to blame?
Another summer come and gone
She bounced her check, she’s overdrawn
There’s a chill in the air
And no one really cares
The months roll by and turn to years
And dick by dick, you disappear
Stay up late and watch the sun
And try to move on
You change your hair in attempt to change your life
But there’s no god damn way you can change your mind
When you find all your promises are gone
Are you sure you can still find the path to just move on?
Another summer come and gone
She bounced her check, she’s overdrawn
There’s a chill in the air
And no one really cares
The months roll by and turn to years
And dick by dick, you disappear
Stay up late and watch the sun
And try to move on
Another path to learn your place
Another cut, another taste
I guess your resolution’s done
So you just move on
So you just move on
Never one to be outdone
You just move on
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5. |
Sky Falls, Waters Rise
04:06
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Walls separate us
Take no time for granted
Try to berate us
This will outlast everyone
If I can’t see myself with you tonight
Then I won’t see myself at all
Sky falls upon you
Clouds are disappearing
Water surrounds you
There’s no time for drowning
Maybe someday
I can’t say whatever
I will just drive away
And be gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forever
If I give what’s left to you
Would you see through me?
If every day was déjà vu
Would you come to me?
If I can’t see myself with you tonight
Then I won’t see myself at all
Sky falls upon you
Clouds are disappearing
Water surrounds you
There’s no time for drowning
Maybe someday
I can’t say whatever
I will just drive away
And be gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forever
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6. |
Scream For Me
03:15
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Everybody wants just a little more
Everybody wants to unlock the door
And ooh, baby you can’t blame
What you know you can’t contain
Everybody wants just a little more
Scream for me
Scream for me, baby
Scream for me
We’ll make such a good team
I know you think you can’t ask for it
I know you want just a little bit
So come on sugar, I won’t bite
If you’ve got the appetite
I know you think you can’t ask for it but—
Scream for me
Scream for me, baby
Scream for me
We’ll make such a good team
You’d like to feel me on your face tonight
You’d like to try me, try me on for size
This is how we do’s it in this congregation
We don’t need donations—we got lubrication
Scream for me
Scream for me, baby
Scream for me
We’ll make such a good team
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7. |
The Reason
04:04
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When you met him you didn’t know
Then again, how could you?
You smiled and he said, “Hello.”
You should have known that you were through
He’s only happy when he’s sad
And always best when all is bad
He’ll drive you seven miles to mad but
The best sex you ever had
And nothing less than the biggest mess
You ever got into
Nothing more than the most stress
That you ever thought you knew
He’s the reason you cry at night
He’s the source of all your dreams and nightmares
Can’t decide if it’s wrong or right
But if you don’t, oh baby—I swear
Pull your hair out in handfuls
To see what will appease
What you feel is understandable
He’s got you on your knees
Before you met him you used to be
The coolest game in town
And your stuck between the sheets
Is it really time to go down?
He’s the reason you cry at night
He’s the source of all your dreams and nightmares
Can’t decide if it’s wrong or right
But if you don’t, oh baby—I swear
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8. |
These Little Things
02:39
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I know there’s a better way
To say the things I want to say
But these little things they always bring
These little things they always bring
These little things they always bring me trouble
And you’re not here to visit me
I should just learn to stay away from these…
Oh these little things they always bring
These little things they always bring
These little things they always bring me trouble
I look at me from outside in
I see my hands along your skin
I can’t stop what I can’t begin
And I see, I see, I see—
I never felt so out of control
My body has a mind of its own
And these little things they always bring
These little things they always bring
These little things they always bring me trouble
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9. |
Right Here
03:35
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I did it all, everything I thought I needed to do
Not saying a word but everything I thought I needed to do
I feel asleep with a wish in my brain
That maybe I’d see you if it did not rain
But I’m here, and it’s overcast and not clear
And boy I can see you’re not here
So I sit alone, no pen and no phone and I’m dreaming of you
That that I said hello when you were alone and believing it too
That you’d bump into me on this lovely day
That I’d tell you everything you could not say
Cause you’re shy, you can’t even look me in the eyes
And all of those things you feel inside
Then we’d find a place somewhere far away
Where we’d both just hang around every day
Cause who needs another when we’ve got each other
I believe it too
And every evening just to crawl in bed
Even on those nights when we’d “talk instead”
And you love—love when my hands touch your skin
And you ask me, where have I been?
You ask me, where have I been?
Where I am still—right here
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10. |
Everyone Come Home
01:47
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Everyone come to my home
Everyone who’s all alone
Even the trees are singing,
“Everyone come to my home”
And everyone come to my door
We’re all laid out on the floor
Everyone come to my bed
Everyone lay down your head
There will be peace in time
Everyone come to my bed
And everyone come to my door
We’re all laid out on the floor
Even the trees are singing,
“Everyone come to my home”
Even the sky is ringing,
“Everyone come to my door
We’re all laid out on the floor
Everyone who’s all alone”
And everyone come to my home
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Dustin Hunter Seattle, Washington
Music maker, art creator, and student of the mind.
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