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Blood and Roses
03:33
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Blood and roses blooming under the sun, shadow religion. A song awakens in the darkest corners of the heart. A song awakens from the sweetest misery. Blood and roses. Blood pouring over the castle wall. Roses growing up from the blood spattered ground. Blood and roses blooming under the sun, shadow religion. A song awakens in the darkest corners of the heart. A song awakens from the sweetest misery. Blood and roses. Blood pouring over the castle walls.
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Onion
03:34
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Peel the onion, layer by golden layer. Gently remove the thin dry skin. Circle on circle of tender, pulpy flesh. Deeper and deeper, more of the same. Layered eternity, like the onion. More of itself inside, repeating to the core. Peel the onion, like a ripened jewel. Beware the bitter, stinging blood. Savor the tartness, fire on your tongue, acid protection of the flower. Give me the painful love of the onion. Rub it into my cuts, let me feel the heat. The more that you see baby, same old thing seem deeper. You see differently. Layered eternity, like the onion. Give me the painful love of the onion.
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Comedy of Animals
02:31
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All the dirty little secrets shared in confidence on the phone. The pathetic little miseries, laughing at failure and shame. I confide to you a private life not even a mother could love. You recognize the comedy of animals. War stories of cheap conquest, confessions of selfishness.
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Fallen Arrow
04:03
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The Hill
02:21
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Sitting on a bed of sweet onion grass in a sunlit field. Eyes are following butterflies through the weeds and vines. Seeking the spirit beneath the leaves. Branches and stones hide the secrets beyond our eyes. Where’s the light inside? Will this hill ever be climbed? Tasting of the orchards far from the roads. Fruits if the earth donated by a distant god wearing wreaths of fire. How we long to feel this light.
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Tiger Lily
03:14
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Tiger lily, dangerous and wet. Tiger lily, dangerous and wet. Smell of eucalyptus and black earth. Taste of bitter roots and sour herbs. It’s all emotion moving me. Welcome to night time. See the colors glow through the dark envelope. I picked a flower, touched it to my lips. Stinging nettles cut into my skin. Secret poison sonnets filled my ears. Tiger lily drinking from my tears. On stormy water I sailed away. It’s all emotion moving me. Welcome to night time. See the colors glow through the dark envelope.
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I Fly Tonight
03:21
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It’s all been said, it’s all been done. This guilded box is all used up. Tonight I’m turning the page to a new chapter. Tonight I’m busting the cage for greener pastures. Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye! I did my job as best I could, but now my heart has turned to wood. New love is calling my name across the mountains. Never stop moving toward the shiny fountain. All gone, I fly tonight. So long, I fly tonight. My will be done, I fly tonight. It’s all been said, it’s all been done. I laid my soul out like fresh carrion. Just one last pick at the bones, I’m moving on. I’m taking this blistering heart to new horizons. All gone, I fly tonight. So long, I fly tonight. My will be done, I fly tonight.
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Pound Cake
04:03
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Ordinary Boy
05:25
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Thousand and thousand of faces, an ordinary boy wandering crowded streets. No one sees an ordinary boy getting by, living on dreams. Buyers and sellers colliding, an ordinary boy passing through town market. No one sees ordinary boy making due, living on dreams.Maybe a movie star one day, an ordinary boy imagines his future. No one believes ordinary boy making due, living on dreams. Thousand and thousand of faces, an ordinary boy wandering crowded streets. No one sees an ordinary boy getting by, living on dreams.
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Church of Betty Brooklyn, New York
New York City's long running progressive world chamber rock ensemble performs innovative pop with rock band, sitar, bassoon, string orchestra and a chorus of soaring voices. "Brilliant" - Billboard "Irresistible" - New York Times
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