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If I have any common sense I owe it to your heavy-duty presence
You showed up with grace and understanding
You showed it to me and that changed everything
I think of this world of hatred and lies
I feel utterly hopeless, and then I realize
That I don’t have to imagine your love
If we are destined soon to part
I’ll keep the light on for you in my heart
We might not be forever feeling it
But just having known you is a promise
And if we can’t keep it that’s okay with me
Because you showed me beloved community
And because I don’t have to imagine your love
All I have to do is remember it
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Dusky
04:15
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Blessed is the front porch and your six pabsts
Your feet on the milkcrate
And your hands in your lap
Something’s on your mind, your eyes brighten
You pull me in again with your excitement
You notice every angle
The way you look at buildings
The way you look at people
I want to hear your interpretation
You’ve got ways of seeing hidden meaning
Another five minutes since we last spoke
Blessed is the front porch
Because I’m going for a smoke
Something’s on my mind, it’s getting dusky
I tell myself not to worry, but how can I trust me
When I notice everything?
Every little reaction, every passing sigh
I could turn mountains into dust
Where would that leave us?
Clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy
In our house the sickness is the same as the remedy
I know you feel it too and it clearly bothers you
I say “it’s okay, don’t worry,”
But you can tell that I think it might not be
Because you notice everything
Every little reaction, every passing sigh
You could turn mountains into dust
Where would that leave us?
You notice everything
Every little reaction, every passing sigh
I’m not up for interpretation
Blessed are the places that grant us patience
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Clairvoyant
03:36
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Sometimes a song, sometimes silence
sometimes a friend gives me a little guidance
Mark’s got nothing but garbage movies
So I drive out to see you in Jersey
You asked if I’d been crying lately
I said “how can you tell?”
You said “I’m clairvoyant, baby”
We walked to the park, as far as the station
Now we’re walking back
With a few more realizations
I’m still scanning the path, searching for clues
Something to substantiate our passing through
I’m probably still gonna wallow
As I’m crossing the Whit
How come we never happened?
How come life was a bitch?
Are you coming for me, morning?
I don’t know if I can face you
But others have before me, so maybe I can too
You asked if I’d been crying lately
I said “how can you tell?”
You said “I’m clairvoyant, baby”
It’s kind of scary how you know
What’s going on in my world
But you help me to see my life
You set one hell of an example
How do you always seem to know
The details of my world?
That’s beyond me, but shoot, I’m grateful
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4. |
You Might Already Know
03:42
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Junk on the table, and my work gloves
I ate in the kitchen, standing up
You sent me a picture, you were looking alright
It’s hard to make out the ocean at night
I’m sending back a message
You might already know what it’s gonna say
Sheets of typar move in the breeze I’m singing the same song:
Come home, stay with me
You found a portal to my world
And you walked right in
I didn’t think there was a door there
But apparently it’s wide open
I’m sending back a message
You might already know what it’s gonna say
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5. |
Low but On
05:03
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Call me when you’re on your way
Like you do every other day
If only you knew how much depends on you
If only you perceived your influence on me
Black leaves dipping in the gray cement
You can quit any minute
Cold water dripping from the Kenmore drain
You can always change your ways
I know just how you’re gonna use me
How you’ll drag my heart around
Because everything you do to me
I have done to someone else
Black leaves dipping in the grey cement
If you want to quit you can quit any minute
Cold water dripping from the Arctic King
You can leave today, you don’t owe me anything
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Sure
03:14
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Huge fly
Flew around the room a few too many times
Doing what we can to survive
Are you absolutely sure?
Finches on the birch
Level with my third floor window perched
You’re downstairs doing your research
Yes, I’m absolutely sure
New moon, I’m back tonight consulting you
And you say you’ve felt it worse than I do
You are constantly upping the ante
Are you absolutely sure?
Yes, I’m finally sure
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Several Stations
04:37
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I visited several stations on my way downtown
Forgot my own language
Had some trouble getting around
In the back of the bodega
I was agreeing with my friend
But with every passing moment there grew
An ambient but unmistakable dread
And the sound of the doorbell sure didn’t help
Like an alarm clock incorporated
Into the end of a dream, I’m adjusting for reality
Saying to myself “just get it together,”
Waking up the faculties
I visited several stations on my way downtown
The keys had vanished but I made it somehow
In the back of the mailroom
There was a line for me to stand in
I meant to get home in time
To take Roy to the garden
But the El was late, and it ruined my day
Every little incident does a number on me
Everything I trusted is gone
I never guessed that I would be able
To betray myself. Well, I was wrong
Not a peep out of you in weeks
Who called me just about every night
when I lived on the island
Did you think you didn’t matter
Enough to hurt someone? Well, you were wrong
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Millionfish
04:14
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When you judge everybody you’re scared all the time
You start deeming folks unworthy left and right
Feeling like garbage, angry and bitter
Shitty springs blossom from crappy winters
Must be at somebody’s mercy, but whose mercy?
I know it’s so foolish to dwell on the past
But as of late I’ve been dwelling, dwelling bad
So I’ve got to know, is your house on the market?
I’ve got to relocate some unwanted habits
Shake a few of these ghostly co-signees
I took it down to the embankment
Billboards and little guppies
Headed down to my place of respite
In the shade of the camphor tree
To know and love other people is to constantly generalize
I will never know you and sometimes it hurts being surprised
I guess it’s high time we get used to it. I still get surprised, but I’m using it
Every day I die and I wake up
With the IQ of a two-year-old
Making way for new construction
I’m sorry, the property’s been sold
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Not an Exit
05:40
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Not an exit, the door opens anyway
On two green dumpsters and a loading bay
Seagulls are stalking up some prey
They get squawking, they fly away
Not an exit, but you’re leaving today
Are you feeling closer to normal?
Looking out my passenger window
Can you see those cloudy symbols?
One for fine, two for miserable
Three might stand for not insurmountable
Not an exit, well you could have fooled me
What’s the matter, can’t you speak?
I’m sorry, that’s not what I mean
It’s just that you can be so hard to receive
Without a barrier inbetween
Looking back I can’t say I have ever been sure
How to get on your level, how to meet you on your terms
It wouldn’t be the first time I put off hard work
I can’t see your face, just the hem of your sweatshirt
Maybe gas will be cheap forever
Shoes, tires, and the A/C fan
Are moving by forces I don’t understand
Why one collapses and another expands
Would you let me in on your plans?
One for water, and two for land
Every stream has a bend, every fence has a gate
Since I picked you up this morning, you’ve been miles away
And I know things between us can be so strained
But you’ve got the spare key if you need a place to stay
Not an exit, but you’ll surely find a way
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10. |
Hex on the Barn
03:29
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Hex on the barn, two white birds
Ink on your arm, two black birds
It feels like never enough even when there is so much
Hex on the barn means nothing
Ink on your arm is just a decoration
And the light through your window means nothing
And the sweet little rainbow means nothing
You’ve got to sift through the messages
More often than you’d think
Remaining suspicious of the fishy explanations
Everyone is offering
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