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Tutelary Genius
03:17
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Tutelary Genius
son of a bitch
don't sabotage everything that moves forward
I think if I fail ,I would be free from success and its burden's
but failure's burden's are heavier with misery's many friends
once I get up I will do all I can not to fall on my face again
can you find me a true original?
sentinel satellite, keeper of vigilance,
uncompromising and unconditional
Tutelary Genius
sound the alarm!
Agency's calling me out of my slumber
I admit that i'm scared
to bully regret out of burning my daylight
deep in my moment of weakness i tried to reach out to you
next time you need me for something just know I've more pressing things to pursue
can you find me a true original?
sentinel satellite, keeper of vigilance,
uncompromising and unconditional
Tutelary Genius
whilst hunting minatour inside my magic maize
this idle halo spins around my head in petty pace
I fear I've caught myself between the screen and window pane
Take joy from the now and the things that longing tried to take away
*(backing vocals - Inside my magic maze/please don't give up/just trust that efforts never are in vein/it's true what they say its the journey not the end/ from which all good things are made)
I feel so ashamed
only a mind with enough time to wander
its anchors away, once i'm through building the ship i'm to sail in
unbind myself from the hamstrings of yesterdays hit and run
no i won't stand to be pinning myself
there's more pressing things to be done
can you find me a true original?
sentinel satellite, keeper of vigilance,
uncompromising and unconditional
Tutelary Genius
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2. |
Dragonfly
03:58
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Dragonfly
Jump in its only fire,
the pilot's set to broil my nimble cook
Its useless - flying kites
it only works if the wind is right
and I've got a question for my dragonfly;
how to navigate through a perilous tide
without a safe or sound device
save only I?
save only I?
So sayeth the law of shadow
no night is so long to stop day from following
so long as I reach the air and finally feel my colors change
Jump in -
wisdom's with the pearls
the little shiny eyes the oysters took
deception
dragonly
the under-aged plan to drink the night
its not so wonderful feeling light's something just in the way
call up the thirty winds till your Persian rug flies
without a sage for sound advice…
who's there,
save only I?
save only I?
So sayeth the law of shadow
no night is so long to stop day from following
so long as I reach the air and finally feel my colors change
I'm willing my dragonfly
no need to slice the dark its just as good, I've found
so jump in while the flame is bright
yes if you jump when the wind is right -
think of this not as fire but lights of coming dawn -
coming dawn…
coming dawn….
fall up into the wind if she offers a ride
with no one else to turn the tide
save only I
save only I
So sayeth the law of shadow
no night is so long to stop day from following
so long as I reach the air and finally feel my colors change
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3. |
Misdirected
04:54
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Misdirected
Hey misdirected
What is this shit?
Can you tell me
This -
You've magnified everything
Swollen if countenance nears your reach
Tell me -
You think you can tell me who I am?
Well, I am numb to you
That's enough, I've heard enough
Just go away
Been busy have you?
Where have you been?
I've been worried
Sick
You've borrowed my nightingale
Return it! That something can twice prevail
Show me -
You think you can show me where I am
Well I am lost to you
That's enough, I've heard enough
Just go away
You are no longer welcome
I've bought out your usual seats
Your service is obsolete
If in this vein I should call you home
Misdirected
Ah...
You're on your own dear
How does it feel?
Can you measure
This -
You quantify everything
With numbers, pulled out from when panic speaks
Tell me?
I don't think you can tell me who I am
Well I am numb to you
Yes I am lost to you
That's enough, I've heard enough
Just go away
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4. |
No One
05:03
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No One
So much pressure
I feel helpless
Don't be angry with me
But I can't hold this in any longer
'Cuz you never listen to me
You've been sending me messages in language that is foreign to me
And I'm tiring from trying to decode the way you see things
This is why there's no one
This is why there's no where
This is why there's no one
Yes I'm grateful
Would you ever notice?
You're too busy watching TV
And I'm just wondering
Are you really happy?
Because you're never happy with me
Once again I'm on the fence with the way this feels and how things should be
And I'm tiring from hoping you'll decode the way I see things
This is why there's no one
This is why there's no where
This is why there's no one
Oh remind me again of how much I've cost you
You say that I'm expensive
And I know that you've good intentions
But if I'm such a bad investment
Don't tell me you love me if you won't give without receiving
Ah
You've been sending me messages in language that is foreign to me
And i'm tiring from trying to decode the way you see things
This is why there's no one
This is why there's no where
This is why there's no one
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5. |
Katrinah Josephina
04:04
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Katrinah Josephina
Katrinah Josephina is no longer so they say
She disappeared one year ago and not a trace remains
All the theories are just hearsay as to why she disappeared
Some say she was abducted and some say she drowned in fear
And what a joy it is to be the only one who knows
Katrinah Josephina journeys ninety leagues below
She's singing the praises of angels and sages
Oh, when the pills wear off, the symptoms will return
You may have found relief the cause has still yet to be learned
As a child, she was quite mystified in searching for the soul
With spade in hand she soon began to dig a little hole
At one league and fifteen years she ventured down her tunneled plight
And was greeted by a troupe of dancing demons stanced to fight
Each demon bid her, "Say our names, as our names you should know
Until such time your chains will bind us follow where you go!"
And what a joy it is to be the only one who knows
Katrinah Josephina soon identified her foes!
Yes, she's still singing the praises of angels and sages
Oh, when the pills wear off, the demons will return
Unless you're brave enough to face the ruler of their world
After years upon the surface higher learning taught her well
The value of the human soul's a dollar earned in hell
So one year ago upon this night
She dragged me to her hole
Her waist was roped
"Don't dare let go!"
Her voice resounded from below
Keep singing the praises of angels and sages
'Cause when the pills wear off...
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6. |
Six-Step Dragon
05:13
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Six-step dragon
Time stopped by
Pulling weeds up on a mountainside
Come back to me my heart
Time stopped by
Pulling weeds up on a mountainside
Come back to me my heart
Time on a mountainside
Pulling weeds up from a blind confession
She's mending broken lines
Climb to heaven on her six-step dragons
Lighting fires
Caught her pulling wings from butterflies
Come down to me be free
She's letting go of chasing time
She'll leave that to the rushing waters
Not every butterfly pulls a hurricane from over China
Keep mending broken lines
Time stopped by
Pulling weeds up on a mountainside
Come down - lai zi xin li*
She'll serenade as blossoms sigh
Thanks to the lady in the mountainside
Time on a mountainside
Pulling weeds up from a blind confession
Not every butterfly pulls a hurricane from over China
She's mending broken lines
Climb to heaven on her six-step dragon
*Chinese translation: lai zi xin li - from the heart
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7. |
Avatar
05:13
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Avatar
Don't fall away to fate
Waiting on an avatar
You're stuck from divining your future
Any way the cards fall
No, that's not the only way; the needles change
If you fate your world unwritten pages turn
To an ending that you did not write
That's not the only way
G-u-r-u're own
Don't sell your trust for Avalon
Still stuck from divining your future
Any way the runes fall
No that's not the only way; the needles change
Don't you know it's just extensions of yourself
Showing you which way you're facing now
You make the needles change
There she goes, she's flying off to know where
Leaving all she has unguarded and confused
And as she lays your reading down...
I hear that tragic chorus now
You hear them singing?
Refraining your whole life in the round
So what
So what
You won't abide, you can't confide in your riddle no -
If you would just stay in the moment
Do you suppose when she goes off to know where
Leaving everything to happen on its own
As she lays your tarot down...
I hear that tragic chorus now
You hear them singing?
Refraining your whole life in the round
So what
So what
You won't abide, you can't confide in your riddle no -
If you would just stay in the moment
So where's that tragic chorus now
I heard them singing
Just pin that tragic hero to the ground
So what
So what
If you decide you're controlling the rhythm
If you would just stay in the moment
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8. |
Solar/Lunar
04:29
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Solar/Lunar
Can't you make this thing move faster?
I'm trying to save us all from something disastrous
And when I'm safe and out of danger
I'll send a message from my spaceship Andromeda
Nearing objective
Everything's go here
Solar
I'll do anything for you
Lunar
I'll do anything for you
Solar
It's empty in the Alpha Sector
So cut your engines and stay tuned to my frequency
A static signal interuption
I hope you caught that
'Cause there's spikes in my status field
Origins unknown
Something is strange here
Solar
I'll do anything for you
Lunar
I'll do anything for you
Solar
Eleven hours since transmission
Maintain positions and keep all channels on receive
Another static interruption
I know we caught that
Keep in loop signal translator
70 hours and I'm starting to feel like I'm Pi on a calculator
Endless and unfamiliar
Translation download T minus 17
Hey, is that corona lighting the atmosphere?
It's well worth the wait
My god, that's amazing
It says, please take a lot of photos
Sidestep new solar systems
Right now you're not ready
But someday you will be
Nearing objective
Everything's go here
Solar
I'll do anything for you
Lunar
I'll do anything for you
Solar
I'll do anything for you
Lunar
I'll do anything for you
Solar
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9. |
Special Agent
03:11
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10. |
Quiet Use of Charm
03:38
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Quiet Use of Charm
Zoom in to what turns me on
A maiden in my liquid form
Brewing in the deepest of cauldrons
Baffled by the absence of sun
Grace and I had no relation
Caught me idling in a stream
Once she smiles then you're ever so eager to follow
Of all the roads that stretch in their wake before me
I long to rise above all the seas that toss me to say hello!
Hello and welcome!
Blueprints on my vapor's tongue
Calling the ingredients
Grant me all the powers of water
Gild my heart with virtues of gold
Steeped in my amalgamation
Surface just to be complete
Upward flight when you know every thing's as it should be
Of all the roads that stretch in their wake before me
I long to rise above all the seas that toss me to say hello!
Hello and welcome!
Winter's quiet and every mile has double vision
Spring is calling reinvention to sing my name
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11. |
Outro
02:16
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