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I came back from the dead
in a wooded glen
I started a new life
said goodbye to old friends
Locked myself in the basement
Sliced my stomach open
Put myself back together
just to find nothin' was broken
Bells rang all around me
The forest began to sing
Smashed my smartphone on a rock
and threw my shoe at Steve
Tried to write some new songs
but they all sounded out of key
So I threw them all in a blender
closed my eyes, and pushed 'puree'
So now
Wait...now?
Okay....
Now!
Now is the time!
The time to live
while the leaves are dyin'
I obsessed o'er the crunch underneath
when I came to, I'd bought a drum machine
Dreaming of rebirth by rhythm
Wilderness turned to steel
and I could only feel the city's cold
Tearing up the pavement
and realizing I'm old
I come a long way from the Land 'O Nod
and one day I will return
But the joy is in the journey
is a pearl of wisdom I have learned
Treading through uncharted waters
Sailing farther than your fathers
When treading uncharted waters
don't forget where your heart is
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The black hole of the future
stared me in the face
Unchained from the shackles of a past
that I longed to escape
I paddled against the current
Graduated at the top
As I passed the event horizon
I was spaghetti without the sauce
But now I don't get upset
when I see the leaves fallin'
For I know that through their death
the ground I walk will be more solid
And though leaves in the city
may end trapped in concrete hell
Their colour in the gutter
is the rose I stop to smell
Oh, oh yeah
Oooh, we're goin' home!
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Fraying String
02:22
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Resurrection Spells
03:52
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You lie in your crypt
Waiting for light to return
Your soul feels sick
From the weight of the Earth
Recapture the high
That led you to these depths
One day you'll fly
Right over our heads
Keep seeking the truth
Extend your time a little longer
Your age is no proof
Goddammit, it's only a number
But the incantations fail
to restore me from the ailments
So I'll drift along the shore
until I find a safer haven
And the spells we used to cast
have been forgotten
But that light still slips on thru
the cracks in my coffin
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And those spells we used to cast
have been forgotten
But that light still slips thru
the cracks in my coffin
And the spells we used to cast
have been forgotten
But that light still slips thru
the cracks in my coffin
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Old Concrete
01:56
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Broken
01:06
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We Will Rise Again
03:08
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We, we have fallen
From the skies
where we used to soar
And the birds don't know
where they're goin'
Anymore, anymore
But we, we will rise again
when the cities have rusted
and grown cold
When we sail over those darkened buildings
There will be a peace that flows
We will rise
Again, into the skies
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Barbeau
01:17
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Afraid of Monsters
01:48
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Wanna Play?
06:38
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Grey Rain
05:26
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Hope
02:38
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The State of the Art
04:08
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State of the Art
You're breaking my heart
State of the Art
You're breaking my heart
State of the Art
You're breaking my heart
State of the Art
You're breaking my heart
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Sailing On...
02:14
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Flow (Resonance Cascade)
04:48
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A sun is setting
I'm done regretting what's been done
giving zero f***s about the situation
constrained and restricted no more
In a season of solitude
No constants or anchors to keep you glued
Mercury in Retrograde,
the Earth is a lonely place some days but that's
Life in Flux, Life in Flux
It's always changing so don't get frustrated, don't give up
Tomorrow brings new things
and those things will bring you luck
Just remember in the now,
Life's in Flux
Life is a metaphor
I hear the songbirds sing
I cast a wide net
When I go fishing
Imitators are all we are
Like light rays bouncing from star to star
Shed your chrysalis! Grow some wings!!
I stand on giants' shoulders, and from there I sing
Life in Flux, Life in Flux
Don't be afraid to break yourself down and build it back up
Your dreams may seem out of reach, but they're in touch
For in the hardest moments,
We're in Flux
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"Oh-oh-ohhh-oh ah ah
Life in Flux, don't be afraid
to RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE
cos you've gotta wake up sometime…."
I'm learning how to be more patient
Now that I'm disconnected from the Matrix
No longer bound to space and time
No longer in need of <INSERT RHYMING WORD HERE>
I relinquish control of being pigeon-holed
In a strange city
Grasping at the moon
Wrestling with my sanity, but don't let go!
Life's in Flux, Life's in Flux!!
It's always changing so don't get frustrated, don't give up!
Tomorrow springs new things
and those things will bring you luck
Just remember in this moment,
You're in Flux
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Quit My Job Yesterday
01:54
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Liam King Ontario
I want to be Buckaroo Banzai when I grow up.
In the meantime, I make a variety of
weirdly personal & experimental music, and enjoy doing so. I hope you enjoy it too! :)
NEW LP! Anomalous Materials available NOW!! Also available thru Spotify and other online retailers.
Don't forget to keep an eye on my Soundcloud for work-in-progress tracks.
"Where art is love is science...."
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