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everyone's dreams are dying -
there is no best option anymore
let us design algorithms to show you your weakling future
anachronistic machines somehow holding key values
it is dark and there are buttons to push
a question for the tactile
but restless mermaid fingers shake
and go numb from the chance to make mistakes
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the armchair prophet
03:10
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so much deeper
i worry about you now
so many things between us
armchair prophet what do you see?
scant provisions for our uncertainty
do we crutch it or do we just walk
resist the pull or succumb to the promise of simplicity?
bring me isotopes and perfume
let’s cover up the mess
better yet let’s dedicate to whereabouts unknown
and finally admit that we know nothing
remove bandages to reveal: nothing!
it healed itself right out of existence
is that what you want?
to turn a blemish into void?
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nice, nice, very nice
01:33
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ultrasound
03:12
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and you will be
every color in my canvas
and i will use worried brushstrokes
to paint you carefully dark red
canvas shows us a picture of the big top lights
right there in the center ring
where the spotlight shines down upon it
i saw the dancing bears fade to gray
washed out by other hues, wiped away
i'll paint you carefully dark red
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[instrumental]
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woman in the dunes
01:58
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languish in secret coves
speaking in secret codes
pouring hearts into bottomless holes
life – come on and swallow me whole
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deep sleep among the machines...
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[instrumental]
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white noise bath
01:48
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you could almost let yourself inside
but pulled away before the flood came
taste a little more regret and a lot of safety
cycles to break or keep
fade into a white noise bath
(the beauty's in the hidden stuff...)
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distance
03:07
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from the rear of the hall
everything looked so small
and in that pseudo-world
she was so beautiful
hope filled my head -
all the thoughts that begin
prayed the show would never end
please know that i am watching you ...
from the rear of the hall
everything looked so small
and in that pseudo-world
details blurred to perfection
she was so beautiful
hope filled my head -
all the thoughts that begin
prayed the show would never end
please know that i am watching you ...
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rhetorical chasms
02:15
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come on, i’ll write bridges for you to cross
landing strips for your midnight flights
guardrails for your seaside drives
come on, i’ll give you hope before crestfall
give you sleep before nightfall
make new meals from old food
dance on the carpet like a jettisoned toy
always remember to call
those who you said you would call
always remember this:
the chant must be seaworthy
the driver must be trustworthy
with no albatross
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what did you miss?
04:20
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the time has come for walking upstairs in pain
and looking through rocking chair eyes
fixed on a screen that shows comfortable scenes
familiar, deposed, and antique
the time grows, the garden slows
the crawlspace is too small
feelings that once burned within
don’t register at all
what did you miss in this somnambulistic trance?
what did you miss - life becomes a backwards glance
now is the time for cliches and smalltalk
no new things are found christmas day
a kinetic mind in this seamless time
lies frigid, choked, and austere
the gates close, the garden slows
the house has empty halls
feelings that once burned within don’t register at all
what did you miss leaning on a tyrant past?
what did you miss behind tinted safety glass?
what did you miss holding back and holding in
what did you miss - the phenotype could be anyone’s
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maybe years from now...
01:37
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maybe years from now, when the sting is gone...
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parade
03:17
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all we asked was ten more minutes
while the city spent its weekend
it all was planned but unexpected
youth goes quickly when undefended
i'll have a single room where it's cool and dim and quiet
i will sleep and hope that the neighbors stop their fighting
when it's too much work just to stay awake
we can close ourselves inside to keep the traffic silent
we can dance to this, we can turn it off
only look outside to find the parade
is this all that we'll remember:
birthday parties, christmas mornings
there's so much more that seems to happen
without our knowledge, without our process
don't take hold...
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the gifted children Rochester, New York
the gifted children is a music collective centered in rochester and buffalo, ny.
since forming in
1995, the gifted children have released 13 albums, over 30 EPs and singles, and a boxed set, with several dozen unfinished albums currently being worked on. stylistically they range from art rock to folk, electronic to indie rock, ambient to shoegaze.
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