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All At Once
01:22
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then all at once the world was gray it did no good to cry or pray
the earth had borne one final sin
a sickness smoldering within
now in the end the earth is still
no place, no one, to hide, to kill those with a need have found relief those with no faith have found belief
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The Vizier
05:59
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my child, come near
a moment, give me your ear
(Crimson Light / Maple Sight / Watchful Eye / Crimson Sky)
(“Pray for the soul of the Demoiselle Jeanne d’Ys, who died in her youth for love of Philip, a Stranger. A. D. 1573.”)
speak not what you hear
the harvest comes later than ever this year
(Whiskey Alpha Kilo Echo) (Hotel Echo India Romeo)
this is the last of my line
and there will be none after mine the stock, we will cull in the fields the grain, burn half of what we yield
it’s time
you paid your tithe pick up the scythe work ‘til you fall answer the call
it’s time
it’s time
you paid your tithe pick up the scythe
work ‘til you fall
over, keening
open bleeding
call for doctor chances fleeting broken now
your time is shorter try in vain
receive no quarter
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3. |
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(I. the latch)
Beyond nimbus menagerie Above any should feel relief Without a doubt we go around it So many times the chasm laughs
A current so strong the salt remains Behind the curtain below the stage Pulling the latch fall through the center A swiftly dropped forgotten name
Plummet
Tumbling deeper Falling into it
Far from the center
Here, Now
Speak with the people you keep around The feelings since have been mutual at best To meet the lowest point , A void for
the ritual replace our debts
Zenith
Where is it off to? Oh Descend Vacancy rendered
Falling falling falling down
(II. at baseline?)
It just woke up
Stared at an open door
As a month passed
And another
And another
And another
And another
And another
A laughably laborious lament met with a horde of deaf ears all too willing to be nothing above the surface
Sparkling speckled speculation spat out spreads like a virus onto the heated earth
Many have been here before but they’re gone now
The open door beckons at the end of the possessed hallway
An energy too sinister to define and yet it aligns with a cursed bloodline
Is it at baseline???!?!?!???
The spine quakes forward, ripping the body upwards in a desperate grasp for something above the gray brine
Is it at baseline????!?!?!?
Thousands thrashing, claws clashing
Is it at baseline????!?!?!?!
(III. dusted in silver)
a sin old as time itself Burrowed in a cherry hill
To put the cart before it’s horse
we did not miss it, Grimaced Pilgrim Though it was tough until then
Quiet
Dusted in silver Where is it off to? When will it return?
Here Now Here Now
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4. |
Bought & Sold
02:49
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excerpts from Justice Scalia’s concurring opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
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5. |
The Practice
03:26
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weak in the knees and head
they saw the disease and said
something like
“how could we be so inadequate, so unprepared?”
they were scared we were all scared
feeling the weight of death
they took a collective breath
and said at once
“no one can save us but those who will take all the blame”
but they were the same one and the same
all for a common good
the people that understood
will carry on
through the uncertain, in spite of the powers that be
the nobility pity unto thee
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O' Chimera
04:46
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An unfocused fear
To live within you or without
But to some may see things clearer
Passed the shadow of a doubt The setting sun remains
No longer staggered by the chains that keep you
A quiet room
An endless daze Forgotten ways To stay the same Forgotten days We can reclaim
Out in the rain
O’Chimera
Fall away we share
The coldest ruin or a shell
In the skin, sheltering the innocent
In the shadow of a bell
The sunrise hides a secret
Even in our plans to wake in time We always miss it
The fallen leaves
Will render hollow The wind will quake annoy the soul rescinding wake
The ship heads home
Familiar domain Out in the rain
O’Chimera
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7. |
The Binding
05:50
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it was not lost upon us the invention of a lie the alibi, impossible
but we reconcile
we give our thanks
in swallowing it over and over and over again
a brand new car on a contract
signature in triplicate
with a mortgage, interest, an extension of a loan a five year plan, or was it ten?
there’s another tear in the binding pushing, straining, commiserating hating, grating
kicking, screaming
the prodigal son of a wealthy senator, an invalid the only scion
a moonlit night and a promise broken a ritual
with a consequence
a compromise
you weigh in your head, over and over and over again
was it ever really there?
all that sacrifice, sacrosanct, sent to thin air
air you can hardly breathe, let alone grasp
tight enough to pull yourself in any direction
and even if you could, where can you go within one or two arm’s lengths? so
get a grip
catch your breath
and good luck
invention
of a lie
was not lost upon us
a contract
a mortgage with interest extension
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8. |
Epidote
03:56
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The Phantom Broadcast Chicago, Illinois
Band with human members. From Chicago, Nashville, and more. Tells stories, spins yarns, don't lose focus or who knows
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