THE FRICTION I DEMAND
THEATER OF THE ABSURD
Take me down
To the bottom of the ocean
Take me down
Below
Take me down
To the bottom of the barrel
Take me down
To the dregs
To see what lies
In the minds
Of the callous heads
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It’s been a while since I felt so certain
About the state of the world
I spent some time in the belly of the beast
But we’re all caught up in this theater of the absurd
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It’s not something
That I ever really wanted
But it’s something that I need
I’m taken down
To when those bottom dwellers feed
Taken down
To the bottom of the ocean
Taken down
Below
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It’s been a while since I felt so certain
About the state of the world
I spent some time in the belly of the beast
But we’re all caught up in this theater of the absurd
THE FRICTION I DEMAND
The wheels just won’t stop turning
I dug my heels into the sand
I couldn’t stop the burning
From the friction I demand
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Another chapter concluded
So much faster than I thought
I’m bruised, used, polluted
Far from anything I sought
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All alone again
Crawled into the open wind
I pawed my heels into the sand
Alone as I began
HEAVY AS HUMIDITY
Buried down compacted like stone
A mess of weeds left overgrown
Forgotten dreams and parts unknown
Buried down compacted like stone
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Let it rise up to the surface
Let the grief unfold and bloom
All that has been carried
Lives reflected in the moon
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Hurried forth perplexed in love
A mind like clouds dispersed above
Distracted by the mourning doves
Hurried forth perplexed in love
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Let it rise up to the surface
Let the grief unfold and bloom
All that has been carried
Lives reflected in the moon
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Heavy as humidity
DEATH BRINGS RENEWAL
My body reels on the heels of a dream
All my desires set fire at the seems
All falls apart and to the start I repeat
Decomposition positions my feet
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Death brings renewal
But not without grief
When death is in bounty
How do we find relief?
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My body bends and it pretends not to break
Holding my footing like an ungrounded stake
All falls apart and to the start I repeat
Decomposition positions my feet
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Death brings renewal
But not without grief
When death is in bounty
How do we find relief?
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Death brings renewal
But not without grief
When death is in bounty
How do we find relief?
HOLLOWED BONES
Tears live suspended at the back of my throat
Held back as I swallow; hollowed bones begin to float
The burden of my body left tangled in your web
My sense of self distorted; into your mind I am fed
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Finally the welling brings a wetness to my eyes
You will not keep a hold on me; I am leaving you behind
Your weight is a heavy one, but I will not be your mule
I am not your evil; No I am not your, I am not your fool
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I wonder why I let you cause this scism
My mind scrambles on in discordant rhythm
I wonder why I let you cause this scism
My mind scrambles on in discordant rhythm
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I let out another moan
Feeling the eternal drone
Hands held tightly to my heart
Falling backwards into the void
Back to where we start
RELATIVE HEART
Why must I whine and pine?
I live undue privilege to unending time
Complaints still arise and I utter with ease
Leaving knots in my gut I am sickly diseased
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But it’s never too late to be grateful
To be sowing the seeds, letting gratitude breed
Not that the bitters are a meaningless taste
But alone and out of context we will suffer and waste
Yes alone and out of context we will suffer and waste
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Relate to this life with a forgiving heart
In the beauty and strife we will replenish, we will restart
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What does it all define?
All this undue privilege and unending time
It all feels designed and its out of my hands
Or so i say to myself to escape your demands
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But it’s never too late to be grateful
To be sowing the seeds, letting gratitude breed
Not that the bitters are a meaningless taste
But alone and out of context we will suffer and waste
Yes alone and out of context we will suffer and waste
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So forgive this life with a relative heart
In the strife and the glory we will replenish, we will restart
WAR IS NOT OVER
War is not over just because you want it
You can’t just close your eyes
The truth is still out there and people are dying
You can’t just close your eyes
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The earth is revolting to our destruction
We forgot to honor the bees
But it’s not too late now to change are habits
We’ve got to honor the bees
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I know it’s a little bit harder than I’ve made it out to be
But please don’t walk away
We’ve internalized all that we despise
But please don’t let it stay
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Breathe it in and feel it deep within your skin
And breathe it out again
Breathe it in and feel it deep within your skin
And breathe it out, breathe it out, breathe it out
Breathe it out again
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There aren’t two genders just ‘cause you said so
No no no, we can express infinitely
No matter your body, you bestow beauty
And you deserve love intimately
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I know it’s a little bit harder than I’ve made it out to be
But please don’t walk away
We’ve internalized all that we despise
But please don’t let it stay
Breathe it in and feel it deep within your skin
And breathe it out again
Breathe it in and feel it deep within your skin
And breathe it out, breathe it out, breathe it out
Breathe it out again
LOVE IN TIME RESTORES
Abundant life in a time of decline
One can find a depth and beauty divine
Moments drifting in the midst of the blaze
Ferments lifting our senses from the haze
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But we can’t ignore all that is broken
Laws written for the white rich and powerful
No, we can’t ignore all that is broken
Love in time restores
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We can be comfortable when we’re allowed to breathe
We can be comfortable in the soft sunny summer breeze
Even then we still need some relief
Sent to those reaching up from beneath
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‘Cause we can’t ignore all that is broken
Laws written for the white rich and powerful
No, we can’t ignore all that is broken
Love in time restores
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Love in time, time restores
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Love in time restores
WILDER WONDERS
Just past the river
Are you comin’ darlin’?
You’ll find me ‘neath those sycamore trees
Uncertain words and time to ponder
I send to you my love
I send to you my love
RESPECT EXISTENCE
WANDERING
I ventured out on the trail
I’ll sing my sorrows from the rooftops
I feel myself moving on
Taking one more step down the line
But I’m not ready yet
WISDOM IN THE TREES
WISDOM IN THE TREES
It is hard to know how to proceed
by dams and refineries
I see the wisdom in the trees
then we will go a-tumbling
I see the wisdom in the trees
If we don’t hold onto our roots
then we will go a-tumbling
MUTTERING THE TURNING BREEZE
I turn to the trees
My movement is echoing the seasons
DEEP POWER
I feel a rise in the tension
But I do not make a sound
AUTUMN WINDS
receding inward
as I travel westward
and I feel the air cooling
the autumn winds renew me
and I’ve been eager to return
ever wander in the west
is reflected down below
in the stillness our souls will grow
find their convergences
winding to emerge in the ocean
traveling alongside my family and friends
knowing we’ll reach the source as one in the end
I know that it is time; the autumn winds renew me
LISTEN
CLIMB
The mountains on the horizon are eclipsed in my dreams
NOT HERE TODAY
I am led astray
WINTER IN THE CITY
It is winter in the city
But we will get by
SINGLES
MOLECULE MENAGERIE
A blanket of clouds coats the sea
A molecule menagerie
Ocean bound to rainbow skies
Impervious to perceived lines
Moving fast never felt so slow
Consuming constructs, nothing known
Homeward bound yet bound to memory
Arrivals rival bygone needs
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Contradiction colors my view
It’s astonishing but it’s nothing new
Brokenhearted and out of touch
Yet grateful that I love you
Grateful that I love you so much
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I want you close, I want you to stay
Yet waywardly I turn away
Ecstatic pleasure your skin brings
My instinct stunted, left to sting
I’m stung and stuck and it’s all my fault
Momentum stumbled, my moments halted
Someday I may turn around
Until then tucked under the ground
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Contradiction colors my view
It’s astonishing but it’s nothing new
Brokenhearted and out of touch
Yet grateful that I love you so much
And I do
SHE LIVES WITHIN ME
The Forest, she lives within me
Weaving a web of diversities
My bones the trees, my heart is a drum
My skin the leaves that thirst for the sun
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The Stars, they live within me
Painting the skies with profundity
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The River, she lives within me
Cascading veins and arteries
My heart is in flow from trickle to rapids
Letting gravity move what will happen will happen
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A mind is a light amidst a dark sea
A wonder to all that will soon come to be